Project Manager Resume

Title
Project Manager

Primary Skills
IT, SAP, Sales, Project Management, Manager, Consultant

Location
US-MO-Kansas City

Posted
May-14-09

PROJECT MANAGER

Over 10 years of managing large-scale client projects for a Big 4 consulting firm and a start-up company by delivering best practices, technologies, methods, and benchmarks that meet both internal and external clients' IT needs.

* Results-driven, collaborative professional with solid history of designing, developing, implementing, delivering, and operating complex technology projects for global Fortune 100 clients.
* Excel in implementing systems that comply with strict government regulations and meet business, financial, and IT requirements.
* Recognized for cultivating strong client relationships, delivering high quality work products within aggressive timelines, and building highly competent and unified teams of top talent.
* Approachable leader skilled in clearly communicating project objectives, mentoring staff, and empowering teams to attain peak levels of performance.


AREAS OF EXPERTISE
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- Project Management
- Project Scoping, Budgeting & Scheduling
- Statement of Work Development
- Business Process Alignment
- Process Improvements
- Financial Transformation
- Client Management
- Operational Improvements
- SAP Implementations
- Client/Staff Training
- Team Building & Leadership


SELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
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* Reduced manufacturing costs, optimized supply chain, increased visibility to product costing, and improved accuracy of key financials for Deloitte client by leading large team to replace 470 different legacy systems with SAP installation.
* At Deloitte Consulting, managed and delivered projects with up to 275 team members and $200M budget on time and within budget, while meeting client expectations and specifications.
* Reduced returns by 90% at Woodmaster by improving manufacturing process productivity and quality, negotiating supplier equipment upgrades, and designing state-of-the-art technological processes.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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DELOITTE CONSULTING, KANSAS CITY, MO - 06/01 -- PRESENT
MANAGER
Manage and execute wide range of projects including SAP implementations for clients such as McDonalds, Agilent, Lockheed Martin, Wal-Mart, and Raytheon. Assess, document, and align clients' as is business processes with SAP, design process improvements, create design/technical specifications, draft statements of work, control budgets, and manage, test and train functionality. Manage approximately $90M in project budgets and over 12 teams with 2 to 250 members each year. Facilitate client training via OJT and classroom instruction.
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
* Led team of 12 consultants and 35 clients to execute $40M SAP implementation that improved manufacturing, costing, and compliance with government contracts including MMAS and FAR regulations for Fortune 100 high tech company. Managed SAP design, delivery, and integration to 20+ legacy systems and utilized CMMI level five standards and Six Sigma processes.
* Enabled Fortune 100 retailer to manage technology platform selection and retirement by developing IT portfolio management strategy with proof of concept via prototype design and delivery.
* Migrated financial systems from 24+ companies in more than 10 countries to one common SAP platform for international Fortune 100 retailer by leading team of 200+ consultants and clients to implement and deploy $200M SAP project.
* Established effective manufacturing, costing, and government compliance management for high tech start-up company by leading design and software selection process and working with client senior management to design migration strategy from joint venture partners' 50+ legacy systems.
* Improved manufacturing and costing for Fortune 100 high tech company by leading $120M SAP implementation. Managed design, delivery, and training of complex government regulated costing requirements and used CMMI level five standards and Six Sigma processes to run project.
* Played key role in improving maintenance of high tech, government classified defense systems for U.S. Navy by leading $60M SAP implementation for Fortune 100 high tech company. Designed system to meet strict government requirements and managed multi-site design, delivery, and training.
* Created government regulated, customer facing documents in 10 countries and 17 different languages by leading 40-member global team to develop, test, and deliver custom platform solution for high tech spin-off of a Fortune 500 company.


NETSALES, OVERLAND PARK, KS - 12/99 -- 06/01
Start-up organization specializing in helping clients sell simple and complex products to Tier 1 manufacturers via procurement software. Company went out of business during dot com bust.
PROJECT MANAGER
Managed full project lifecycle from pre-sales through training and delivery, including scoping project, communicating services to client, creating work plans, proofs of concept, timelines, and financial projections, and delivering custom retail and catalog solutions for web-based reverse auction and procurement platform sales. Interfaced with client directors. Led team of 20 professionals.
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
* Designed and instituted company's project management processes and templates, as well as sales support templates.
* Played key role in creating company's first business-to-business revenue stream generating approximately $5K in revenue each day for 2 months by designing processes for and successfully selling company's first large project.
* Enabled Samsung to improve channel sales satisfaction, while driving revenue to company by developing unique reimbursement- and fee-based procurement model via complex backend processes and billing.


WOODMASTER TOOLS, KANSAS CITY, MO - 11/94 -- 12/99
Manufacturer of woodworking tools with 20 employees and $5M in annual revenue.
VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES & MARKETING
Directed all facets of marketing and sales including marketing spend and return/response rate analysis, advertising and direct mail campaign management, and approximately $1M annual marketing budget management. Negotiated ad rates with media outlets, primarily magazines.
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
* Generated 10% increase in sales by managing advertising and direct marketing.
* Drove sales margin improvements through sales, warranties, and returns analysis and vendor negotiations providing incentives in exchange for OEM warranties.
* Reduced custom tooling returns by 90% through technology improvements and implementations with suppliers.


EDUCATION
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MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND FINANCE
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ENGLISH AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

Certifications
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