A task orientated individual that is a self-starter and uses time management, extensive follow-up, and exceptional organization abilities to get the project done.  Being able to effectively balance workloads through practical problem solving and multi-tasking.

 

Professional Experience, Responsibilities and Key Accomplishments

 

AX Project Coordinator                                                                          August 2014- November 2014

(Vector Technical Resources Contractor at Alliant Techsystems Inc., Anoka Minnesota)

·                  AX Project Coordinator for Project Manager on an Alliant Techsystems Inc. Sporting Good division single plate form ERP implementation project.

·                  Tracked deliverables for 31 workstreams, consisting of 5-25 tasks and milestones in each.

·                  Follow-up with Workstream owners one-on-one across several functional areas to meet weekly deadline updates.

·                  Updated and maintain the weekly Executive Steering Committee Power Point presentation containing embedded graphs built from data within the Project Tracker. 

·                  Conduct communication team working sessions to consulate deliverables for various audiences within the company into a workable tracker that would merge into the project Cutover and Hypercare plans.

·                  Maintained project SharePoint folders and documents.

·                  Worked in conjunction with Core Team Leaders across functional area to set-up user load test times.

·                  Compiled user load testing results for Core Team Lead meeting to analyze.

·                  Send out defect ready-to-test reminders to testers within the cross functional core team users.

·                  Reported survey results for connecting to new system, training and user readiness perception for Executive Steering Committee to review.

·                  Gathered and tracked data freeze change requests and responses across functional areas.

 

Project Coordinator for Conversion System Project                                                               March 2013- November 2013

(Login Consulting Services Contractor at Cetera Financial, St. Cloud Minnesota)

·                  Project Coordinator for Program Manager and Business Sponsor on a $10.3 Million core system conversion project.

·                  Pulled together status reports for all major work streams that comprise the scope of the program.

·                  Managed the tracking of all program changes requests using SharePoint.

·                  Performed defect tracking and produced weekly reports using Smart Bear’s QA Complete for executive meetings.

·                  Tracked all program labor expenses for more than 130 personnel using Tenrox and Excel.

·                  Worked with Finance Department to reconcile invoices for all contract personnel resources.

·                  Assisted with mapping of old and new system rep and branch office information.

·                  Regulated, organized and updated project SharePoint sites.

·                  Completed task updates in MS Project.

·                  Used Microsoft Excel to track progress on Vendor and Access database work streams.

·                  Worked with department managers across multiple business units to integrate their high-level business process to their corresponding QA Complete test cases.

·                  Extract defect status from QA Complete tool using queries and produced dashboards for daily defect review meetings.

·                  Interviewed business team members on their future-state process flows and used MS Visio to document the business process flows.

 

Office Manager/Marketing                                                                                                          June 1999- Present

DNS Remodeling, St. Cloud, Minnesota

·   Primary focus is writing proposals for future clients, organizing project calendar, payroll, and billing.              

·                  Established a Cost Analysis Sheet for each project that has a breakdown of labor, material and sub-contractors cost that insures a more accurate cost of the project and per hour cost of labor.

·                  Produced a Company Tax Sheet that breaks down the revenues from the costs of running the company.  It is used to evaluate budget alignment throughout the year.

·                  Developed the logo and tag lines used in advertising campaigns to help build consumer recognition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business Project Manager, Operational Excellence                                                               April 2010-December 2011

WKFS Trained Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Wolters Kluwer Financial and Compliance Services, St. Cloud Minnesota                         

·                  Data Analysis: Developed and delivered required project status reporting.  Assessed variances from the project plan, gathered metrics, and developed and implemented changes as necessary to ensure that the project remained within specified scope and timelines.

·                  Coordinated and Prepared monthly WKFS divisional project Lean Six Sigma Dashboard report.

·                  Green Belt Practitioner: Using Operational Excellence principles and Lean Six Sigma disciplines, led mid-sized projects or phases of a larger project within functional areas of the business. Responsible and accountable for the use of the Lean Six Sigma tools, the pace of the project, the management of the team’s time, and the progression of and successful completion of the process improvement project.

·                  Spearheaded a team, delegating and coordinating activities of a cross-functional project team within the business, including performing tasks associated with executing the project and implementation of the final solution.

·                  Defined and gathered customer and business critical-to-quality requirements in aligning the scope and direction for scope of the project.

·                  Directed the development of the high level and detailed project plan based on objectives and scope. Able to create a project charter, a project plan and a schedule for the project.

·                  Coordinated efforts to gather, measure and analyze project data to determine solution statements associated with the root cause of the problem.

·                  Led cross-functional teams in developing artifacts illustrating current state of the process which were used for further analysis, and deliverables, directional leadership and decision making.

·                  Maintained familiarity with scope and project objectives, as well as the roles and functions of each team member, to effectively coordinate and lead the activities of the team.

·                  Created, developed and delegated implementation plan tasks to achieve a final outcome.

·                  Facilitated and designed documents for to ensure process controls were in place and the process was capable of sustaining process success and meeting customer requirements.

 

Product Specialist Associate-Product Management (July 2009-September 2009)        January 2007-September 2009

Print Program Analysis (May 2008-June 2009)      

Merrill Corporation, St. Cloud Minnesota                                                                             

·                  Collaborated with wide range of internal operation/production sources, outside sources (vendor), and various functional areas such as sales/marketing, creative services, ad agencies, customer service, warehousing and fulfillment in order to develop an provide product definitions, request actual production of products & services.

·                  Created and analyzed reporting equations.

·   Calibrated on reporting formatting from current reporting to a corporate universal report.

·   Identified partnering opportunities for in-house or outsource providers.

·                  Analyzed print and promotional products to ensure the best ongoing 3 month inventory levels and identify products that fell below performance volume standards.

·   Monitored turnaround time on external vendors and internal production to ensure products availability

·   Reordered new and repeat promotional and print products for a limited time period.

·                  Maintained key relationships with outsource partners and operations for continued product quality assurance, process improvements and cost reductions.

·                  Scoped, defined and presented estimate request for new and changed product request.

·   Lead organization for transition. 

·                  Pulled data and running queries from the AS400 series to create special reports for internal and exterior Merrill clients

 

Account Services Associate with in the Brand Marketing Division (January 2007-May2008)

(Express Personal Temporary Employee at Merrill Corporation January –April 2007)         

·                  Wrote estimate request for current inventory items.

·                  Entered purchase and work orders, made billing adjustments per account requirements.

·                  Gathered product file requirements, samples, estimates and financial breakdowns

·                  Coordinated fulfillment of client’s products.

·                  Edited and approved of print items.

·                  Improved margins with efficient inventory management.

·                  Assisted on implementation of new and current client web set-up projects.

·                  Tested production flow of new items.

·                  Troubleshooting of print and promotional products through web development, item system set up using AS400 series, and production issues.

·                  Set up new item or current product information.

·                  Analyzed internal reports and created manual reports per client specifications using Excel.

·                  Evaluated inventory levels and turnaround times on production items.

·                  Followed-up with external vendors to ensure products were delivered in a timely matter and within budget.

·                  Reviewed invoices and billing to ensure accuracy.

 

Project Coordinator for Senior Director of Continues Process Improvement                          January 2006- June 2006

Wolters Kluwer, St. Cloud Minnesota (Kelly Temporary Employee)

·                  Worked closely with Lean Six Sigma Black Belt to organize and implement a DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control) process for a $345 Billion dollar, S&P, Fortune and Forbes 500 Global Wide Company.

·                  Defined the critical to quality requirements to the voice of customer by current process and measuring and analyzing defects.

·                  Assisted in the measuring of key inputs, process, and outputs and defined the operational definitions to collect the appropriate data.

·                  Gathered and analyzed sample data sets to prioritize critical to quality cause inputs. Identified areas to focus on Quick Wins and Solution Set Phases.

·                  Brainstormed possible solution sets, evaluating select Quick Wins Improvements Steps to implement the improvement process by evaluating cost and benefits of the voice of customer and company goals. Assisted in the launching of necessary countermeasures to allow time for deeper root cause analysis.

·                  Laid out a Control Plan to monitor and stabilize the new process improvements steps.  Developed a communication plan and tracking measures to hand off to the production and process owners.              

Previous Experiences                                                                 

·   Operations Manager, CompuCredit, St. Cloud, Minnesota, October 2001- July 2003    

·   Assistant General Manager, General Growth Properties, Crossroads Center, St. Cloud, Minnesota , 2000-2001

·   Account Executive, St. Cloud Times, St. Cloud, Minnesota, 1998-2000                          

Education / Technical Experience

·   Bachelor of Science, Marketing, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

·   Associate Degree, Marketing/Management, Northern Wyoming Community College District, Gillette, Wyoming

                                           Branch of Sheridan College in Sheridan, Wyoming 

·   Associate Degree, Interior Design, Alexandria Vocational Technical Institute, Alexandria, Minnesota

·   Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training , Wolters Kluwer, St. Cloud, Minnesota

·   MS Word, Excel, Visio, Introduction to Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, AS400, Access, SharePoint, Microsoft  

    Outlook, FTP file transfers, Quark-Xpress, Electronic Imaging, Adobe Photoshop