SUMMARY:

A seasoned Project Manager with strong liaison skills and a keen ability to turn complex concepts into simple language.

SKILLS:

Project Management Certified

Microsoft Office Suite - MS Excel, MSWord, MS Outlook, MS Project, ACCESS, MS PowerPointJira | Confluence | Azure DevOps | Asana | Visio

ERP | SAP

Agile - SCRUM - RUP - Waterfall - SDLC

Supplier Performance Management

Cross-functional leadership

Technical Writing

Procure to pay / Source to Pay

AGILE Project Management

Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Process mapping and Story writing

Status Reporting

Business process documentation

Requirement gathering and elicitation

LEAN SIX Sigma Green Belt

Sprint Planning and Sprint reviews

Product Backlog development

Scope Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managing a project by managing tasks required to successfully launch a new product for a number of client locations.
• Managed project and product through scope, schedule, initiation, start-up/design, building & deployment of project from beginning to end.
• Creating, updating, and organizing AGILE PM Epics, Sprint Backlogs, and Stories using Jira, Asana and other Agile Project management tools
• Creating and managing Project Management artifacts throughout the project including but not limited to: Project Charter, Project Plan, RACI Matrix, Risk identification & mitigation plans, SOW Statements of Work Deliverables and status reports, Budgets and forecasts
• Conducting Stakeholder analysis using RACI Matrixes and other tools
• Creating and organizing AGILE PM Epics, Sprint Backlogs, and Stories
• Interviewing Sponsors, and key stakeholders to ensure accurate aligned OKR’s - Objectives and Key Results
• Setting and evaluating project scope to set project boundaries and avoid scope creep
• Creating project charters, SOW -Statement of Work, Risk management plans, schedules and budgets
• Facilitating initiation/planning of project scope (i.e., Objectives, resources, milestones, risks, communication plans, etc.)
• Conducting retrospective feedback sessions to evaluate lessons learned and in corporate future improvements
• Managed a customer facing restaurant tablet project on time and under budget to several locations with a 95% customer satisfaction rate while increasing sales by 28%.

Confidential, Seal Beach, CA

Vendor Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managing OEM suppliers to ensure quality performance and exceptional support to Confidential customers for all arising issues using MS Excel, Access, data management, and project management skills.
• Performing comparative analytics on a monthly basis on KPI metrics to ensure SLAs are being met for major OEM’s that supply parts in excess of $12 billion to Boeing Airliners
• Communicate supplier in service performance expectations and metrics (KPI’s) to evaluate and monitor supplier performance.
• Managing suppliers to the negotiated contractual documents.
• Conducting risk, issues and opportunities management.
• Managing supplier readiness for entry into service (EIS).
• Managing repair turnaround time and spares, working with supplier on corrective action plans where needed.
• Initiating and executes supplier recovery and improvement activities
• Integrating with production procurement team to ensure in service issues are taken into account for contracting strategies and leverage.
• Developing and executing project and process plans, implementing policies and procedures and setting operational goals.
• Contributing to the improvement of existing processes, including the deployment of strategic supplier management and procurement strategies

Confidential, Huntington Beach, CA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager managing projects and tasks required to successfully launch new products, website, and online presence for a variety of platforms.
• Liaising with software developers and stakeholders to develop an e-commerce website and an online presence
• Liaison between several levels of organization with business process evaluations and improvements in an Agile environment
• Working in a Scrum team environment and participating in backlog review and Sprint planning sessions, following Agile methodology
• Creating, updating, and organizing AGILE PM Epics, Sprint Backlogs, and Stories using Jira, Asana and other Agile Project management tools
• Identifying Business and Functional requirements through Stakeholder Joint Application Design (JAD) interviews and facilitating meetings with project teams
• Documenting business requirements, functional specifications, use cases, business rules, process flow diagrams using industry accepted methodologies and templates
• Conducting risk, issues and opportunities management.
• Creating and managing Project Management artifacts throughout the project including but not limited to: Project Charter, Project Plan, RACI Matrix, Risk identification & mitigation plans, SOW Statements of Work Deliverables and status reports, Budgets and forecasts
• Requirement gathering from SME’s, stakeholders and process owners to map out the "as-is" &" to-be" processes
• Conducting retrospective feedback sessions to evaluate lessons learned and in corporate future improvements

Confidential

Project Manager - Supply Chain Procurement

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Procurement to accounting process improvement leading to increased productivity by 28%
• Customer support focal point for a fleet of approximately 40 aircrafts of various types, including fixed wing and rotatable wing aircraft.
• Using SAP (ERP) to issue Purchase Orders (PO’s), identify part specifications, verify quantities and verify BOM to technical diagrams
• Issuing, handling RFx’s (RFQ, RFI, RFP) and following up until award and evaluation stages using SAP ERP
• Project Management: Managing aviation projects and agreements (aircraft upgrades, engine agreements, Service Bulletins, etc.) using MS Excel to measure progress via burn down charts and Gantt Charts, while working in a cross functional role liaising between various departments (Procurement, Engineering, Logistics, finance, quality among others)
• Supplier Development: Sourcing, evaluating and monitoring suppliers based on established SLA’s
• Developing and maintaining excellent working relationships with suppliers while closely communicating with internal stakeholders to ensure procurement of necessary aviation parts at acceptable quantities, and competitive pricing with adequate technical specifications and optimal delivery time.
• Resolving customer disputes and discrepancies related to purchase orders, terms and conditions, and Supply chain related issues
• Ensuring proper data governance and compliance with all regulations
• Facilitating initiation/planning of project scope (i.e., Objectives, resources, milestones, risks, communication plans, etc.)
• Conducting retrospective feedback sessions to evaluate lessons learned and in corporate future improvements
• Liaising between senior engineers, buyers, and maintenance organizations to resolve technical issues related to Saudi Aramco equipment and spare parts.

Confidential, East Hartford, CT

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed a Bill of Material project to verify and update a Bill of material consisting of 400+ parts by coordinating between external suppliers, internal stakeholders and verifying information through SAP.
• Ensuring proper flow of operations and required tasks to complete projects in a timely manner while adhering to company policies and satisfying customer expectations.
• Using engineering blueprints, Quality Assurance Data Reports, and SAP to verify, and update engine part qualification requirements.
• Reviewing manuals and technical documentation to ensure the necessary quality specifications are met as required while documenting and resolving quality-engineering issues by means of RCCA and troubleshooting.
• Liaising to ensure on time delivery and overcome any outstanding quality, engineering, or manufacturing issues.