Summary

Business Analyst/Project Manager with experience in purchasing both direct and indirect , operations improvement, logistics, budgets, interdepartmental liaison and contract negotiation.

Accomplishments:

• Proven track record of process improvement and commitment to continual learning which drive initiatives that contribute to long-term operational excellence.
• Vigilant at identifying issues before they become a problem
• Highly effective communicator with engineers, attorneys, architects, vendors and all levels of employees.
• Project management specialist with expertise in strategically planning, designing, implementing and managing large complex diverse projects with a 100 success rate. Functional areas of concentration include administration, operations, technical services and facilities.

Competencies include:

Professional Experience:

Confidential

Acquisition Project Manager

• Provide overall integration support
• Managed a Corporate Office closure, including the winding down of HR, IT and Accounts Payable/Receivable functions Local, State, Federal Government notifications and third party contract/lease terminations.
• Managed a leased 90,000 square foot plant cleanup and successful final site transition back to the landlord. Directed demolition, waste disposal crews and coordinated office equipment removal. Coordinated all third party contract/lease cancellations and worked with Corporate Legal to minimize cancellation charges
• Provided weekly integration reports analyzed raw material synergies and sales pipeline targets

• Coordinated reporting processes for multiple disciplines Sales, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Technical, IT, Purchasing
• Designated as the primary contact for remote employee services integration.
• Provided training for multiple PPG disciplines Concur T E, CRM, sales reporting tools

Confidential

• Spearheaded Voice/Video, Export, Travel Management and Expense Reimbursement process improvements and systems implementations.
• Developed metrics used to determine inefficiencies and areas for improvement.

• Identified bottlenecks and implemented new and improved processes and policies.
• Gathered technical requirements and participated in design sessions.
• Ensured compliance by examining records, reports, operating practices and documentation.
• Developed presentations.
• Collected data, analyzed trends and created reports as requested.
• Served as cross functional project manager see below
• Created a master plan and timeline

• Identified and tracked inter-project dependencies
• Created a resource plan, including role descriptions
• Continuously updated the plan based on changes and informed the team and stakeholders
• Set and assigned expectations and provided reports on program milestones.
• Setup and coordinated planning and status meetings taking minutes and insuring that assignments and decisions were clear
• Tracked contracts, purchase orders, changes orders, budgets and provided reports
• Facilitated project closures, including all documentation to include policy and procedure changes.
• Managed and monitored administrative needs for 5 sites IL, CA, TX, NY 2 directly reporting to the CEO and EVP, assessed system requirements, provided recommendations and proposals when applicable.
• Reviewed and executed multi-site vendor sourcing and contracts/leases relating telecommunications, corporate travel meetings, office equipment, office supplies, and various miscellaneous services.
• Concur T E -- Corporate credit card administrator, travel manager, expense reimbursement administrator and processor provided monthly extract file to accounts payable monthly, quarterly, annually reported to business unit managers and executives and cost saving analysis .

Projects:

• Voice/video proposal to upgrade 5 Avaya IP Office Systems including disaster recovery and preparedness, replacing the desktop Phone Manager client with the cloud based Avaya one-X portal, replacing home office IP VPN phones with extension to cellular and mobile workforce, desktop to desktop video conferencing, desktop to conference room video conferencing, and using an Avaya mobile application to lower international cell phone roaming costs by approx 50 .
• Proposed and facilitated a cloud based expense reimbursement process to include mobile applications, pre-populated credit card charges, electronic receipt attachment, electronic audit and reimbursement by direct deposit. Reduced processing from 4 weeks to 3 days, resulting in a 75 savings in process costs.
• Managed a manufacturing site electrical upgrade conversion from 220v to 440v to include needs assessment, contract negotiation and construction management.
• Managed a 20,000 sq. ft. manufacturing site renovation to include two R D Laboratories, one manufacturing area and front office to include needs assessment, design, contract negotiation and construction management. Delivered on time and on budget
• Corporate Office Relocation to include a needs assessment, site search, design, contract negotiation and construction management.
• Proposed and Managed a multi-site Avaya IP Office VoIP installation resulting in a 50 savings in long distance within the first year
• Created new policy and procedure adapting to open booking air travel options resulting in a 75 savings in Travel Management Company fees.
• Created a corporate mobile communications policy and merged 70 individual bill/individual accounts into a corporate bill/corporate paid accounts to take advantage of shared minutes decreasing the monthly recurring costs by 25 .
• Created an Approach database which was used to scale paint formulas to proper quantities allowing customer service to meet requirements and reduce loss.
• Recognized the need for and created an automated export documentation process -- Prior to electronic data management created a process using an Approach database which allowed for a single point of data entry which in-turn was used to complete the various forms necessary to complete the shipping documentation Pro-forma Invoice, Dangerous Goods/Non-Dangerous Goods Declarations, Exporters Bill of Lading, Monthly International Ocean Marine Insurance Reports .

Technology:

Microsoft Office Expert in Word Excel, Intermediate in PowerPoint, Access, Project , Adage by Infor Microsoft CRM, Avaya IP Office Phone Manager VoiceMail Pro, Concur Travel Expense with TripIt Pro integration, Business Intelligence/IBM Cognos, and SharePoint