SUMMARY:

• An innovative leader with over 10 years of experience in matrix environments working on complex global cross - functional strategic and operational initiatives for regulated manufacturing, service and distribution industries. Broad-base knowledge and experience in sourcing, research and development, regulatory compliance, procurement, logistics, inventory management, product development, marketing, sales, product management, finance and accounting, auditing, human resources and information technology (IT).
• Authorized to work for any employer in the United States without sponsorship. Open to relocation and travel.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification through the Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Six Sigma Lean Practitioner (SSLP) Certification through the Management and Strategy Institute (MSI)
• Broad-based experience supporting functional processes and technical design as well as implementing applications
• Experience in project management and leadership without authority within matrix global organizations
• Managing resources and directing the activities of people involved in projects with a focus on any or several non-IT business applications and disciplines as well as business process design and improvement;
• Collaborating with project sponsors, internal and external partners to identify project scope and focus, developing project initiatives, implementing project requirements, plans, processes and tools, and ensuring project success
• Working in matrix environments, ensuring timely communications to all project stakeholders through full project life cycle.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Effective negotiation, conflict resolution and interpersonal skills, able to navigate through challenging team dynamics;
• Strong leadership and decision-making skills, able to build and lead effective project teams;
• Self-starter and quick study, able to deliver results that align to business strategy;
• Excellent financial, technical and business acumen, able to translate strategic goals to operational strategies and vice versa;
• Effective communication and consulting skills, able to adjust messaging to audience;
• Excellent prioritization skills, able to manage multiple projects concurrently; and,
• Proficient in the use of office productivity tools and various software applications, able to maximize use of tools to support processes.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Confidential, North Chicago, IL

• Responsible for the management and oversight of Clinical Business Operations and Transformation (CBOT) initiatives.
• Providing project management consultation support as requested by functions within department;
• Assessing project tools and templates, proposing enhancements for improved accountability and transparency;
• Working and communicating with global cross-functional, multi-level teams to achieve goals and objectives;
• Gathering team updates, creating transformation project status reports and submitting summaries to Senior Leadership;
• Enhancing the structure and design of the Transformation Program Office’s (TPO) collaboration site; and,
• Understanding business needs and providing exceptional project management leadership to advance strategic priorities.

PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential

• Responsible for actively managing global system and process improvement projects for the global supply chain management team.
• Working with business owners and IT to establish goals, objectives and deliverables for system projects assigned;
• Developing and managing key project artifacts;
• Identifying and implementing opportunities to optimize project team effectiveness and outcomes in a proactive manner;
• Developing project deliverables such as process flow maps, business tools, governance models and research analyses;
• Building and maintaining collaborative and trusted relationships at all levels within the organization;
• Gathering lessons learned and obtaining final project approval from sponsors and stakeholders;
• Designing and maintaining department and project team SharePoint sites for company collaboration;
• Enabling project team and operational stakeholders by providing training and coaching; and,
• Creating quarterly and annual presentations that identify Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) trends and outliers.

PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential, Libertyville, IL

• Responsible for the effective execution of HCP marketing campaign approved by regulatory bodies for assigned clients.
• Working with client’s Brand team and internal stakeholders to develop and deploy FDA-compliant marketing messages;
• Facilitating client and internal meetings to ensure marketing program tracked against schedule;
• Making certain marketing tactics for assigned clients are delivered in a timely manner;
• Testing, reviewing design issues and ensuring the same are resolved and approved within 24 hours;
• Submitting documents for medical, legal and regulatory reviews;
• Measuring performance to ascertain that program is progressing as planned; and,
• Reviewing and approving payments for third party vendor services engaged in the campaigns.

PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential, Lake Forest, IL

• Responsible for the successful and timely delivery of projects for the FSS team: cash application, billing, invoicing and collections.
• Working with accounts receivable team and IT to define, design, test and implement projects;
• Managing outsourced projects and ensuring completeness of business requirement documents and delivery;
• Engaging teams by speaking to project benefits, sharing best practices, training and coaching;
• Analyzing, presenting and executing opportunities to optimize project team effectiveness and outcomes;
• Designing automated performance metric reporting for FSS accountabilities within the Salesforce (SFDC) application; and,
• Creating process maps and writing standard operating procedures, adhering to Sarbanes Oxley (SOx) guidelines.

PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential, Arlington Heights, IL

• Responsible for managing project resources and dependencies for new product development.
• Coordinating resources from development, manufacturing, engineering and quality teams to design wireless prototype;
• Ensuring accuracy of customer profiles by communicating with customers and updating profiles frequently;
• Maintaining material build plans, communicating design changes and updating customer orders;
• Simplifying customer order forms and creating Bill of Materials (BOMs) for each configuration; and,
• Designing a resource allocation and roll out schedule.

PURCHASING AGENT

Confidential, Buffalo Grove, IL

• Responsible for raw material procurement and management of vendor relationships.
• Managing raw material spend, global supplier relationships and regulatory compliance;
• Ensuring inventory levels are in line with production schedules and that safety stock levels are appropriate;
• Identifying and addressing root causes for late deliveries and reporting supplier performance to Senior Leadership;
• Negotiating contracts, pricing, terms and conditions to obtain best value for the healthcare division;
• Reviewing and approving payment for supplier invoices, addressing root causes of payable issues;
• Reducing frequency of purchase price variances and ensuring timely payments to vendors; and,
• Resolving Incoming Quality Assurance (IQA) issues with suppliers.

PRODUCT PROGRAM SPECIALIST

Confidential, Northbrook, IL

• Responsible for maintaining material master data for assigned product lines and developing supplier relationships across 300+ vendors.
• Ensuring material master data for service parts of materials offered by Grainger Industrial Supply (GIS) are loaded and updated;
• Working with outsourcing team to maintain product information on Grainger-branded materials;
• Resolving customer inquiries regarding assigned product lines;
• Designing and disseminating reports for functional area’s key performance metrics, identifying trends and root causes for management and team use;
• Coordinating training of department processes and addressing International Organization for Standardization (ISO) audit Non-Compliance Notes (NCNs);
• Determining, proposing and implementing opportunities for improvement that optimize operational effectiveness; and,
• Working with process owners and IT to define, develop, test, train, deploy and support projects.