JEREMY A. BLOMS

http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremybloms

 

4195 Forest Lake Drive                                                                                                              (612) 386-6160

SUMMARY

Resourceful, dynamic professional with a diverse background focused on achieving results and exceeding expectations. Skilled at managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines; organized and analytical.

Ø      Excellent at organizing information and synthesizing data required to support business functions.

Ø      Effective communication skills; able to build successful relationships to achieve mutual goals.

Ø      High level of initiative and accountability.

Ø      Able to perform effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth, rapidly-changing environment.

 

SKILLS INVENTORY

Ø      Project Financials (including Forecasting and Analysis) for Senior Management

Ø      Project Tracking and Reporting

Ø      Creative Problem Solving

Ø      Communications and Status Reporting

Ø      Workshop Facilitation 

Ø      Issue and Risk Management

Ø      Quality Control

Ø      Relationship Building

Ø      Mentoring

Ø      Business and Technical Writing

Ø      Adhoc reporting

 

TOOLS/METHODS

Ø      Microsoft Office: Excel, Word,  PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, OneNote

Ø      MS Access

Ø      MS Project and Workbench

Ø      Process Improvement
Document Management Tools

Ø      Clarity

Ø      Project Central

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Project Manager/Portfolio Coordinator - Contract Position Temp

ê     Communicated with PM’s to provide timely updates in CRM. 

ê     Coordinated with Dev and Implementation Project Managers to update dashboards in CRM and on SharePoint site.

ê     Assigned Task to project resource to provide timely updates on projects and update PDP Phase.

ê     Tracked and monitored project actuals to include accurate reporting.

ê     Managed program forecasting for Cargill FMS Portfolio in Replicon.

ê     Managed stakeholder expectation and provide awareness of project issues with team members.

ê     Managed and updated Development resources on custom projects.

ê     Entered FMS and maintained cases in to CRM for FMS Service calls. 

ê     Trained FMS call center to answer service CRM Phone on FMS support line.

ê     Created all new proposal process for new projects within FMS. 

 

 

Program Coordinator - Contract Position Temp

ê     Communicated with PM’s to provide timely updates for Financial Workbooks for creating monthly IRB’s in Project Central.

ê     Coordinated with Release Manager for Cross Commit Projects to insure timely monthly releases.

ê     Tracked and monitored IRB’s to insure accurate and timely actuals to include accurate forecast reporting.

ê     Presented Dashboard updates to Senior Management on a weekly basis.

ê     Managed program forecasting for Interactive Marketing Projects.

ê     Revised forecasts with Project Managers and Directors to manage Interactive Marketing Resources in Program.

ê     Managed all Program documentation for new Trissential Consultants.

ê     Implemented new Program SharePoint Site to monitor program documents and deliverables.

ê     Managed stakeholder expectation and provide awareness of project issues with team members.

ê     Managed and updated all training materials for onboarding resources to program. 

ê     Implemented new enhancements to the Dashboard and Resource procedure to insure accurate reporting. 

 

 

Project Coordinator - Contract Position Temp

ê     Managed project forecasting in Microsoft Project and Stamp to have overall project Variance of less than 7.5 percent and $500,000 below budget.

ê     Communicated with Application Managers on a month to month base to provide updated forecasting on a monthly basis.

ê     Communicated between Business Analyst and Project Team to make sure test requirements are documented.

ê     Revised Documentation for Project in PMUWS to insure TOG methodology is followed

ê     Managed Project CRI log to insure Risk and Issue are up to date.

ê     Documented all Project Variances to provide to Program Manager and Project Sponsor.

ê     Ensure tested program followed TOG methodology, process and procedures.

ê     Tracked and monitored control processes and work flows including action items, issues, risks, and change requests.

ê     Coordinated with key project team members to develop tests, budgets, contingency, and implementation plans. Plans were used by management to report to project sponsor.

ê     Entered and Track Projects in Microsoft Project and in Planview.

 

Project Manager HEDIS- Contract Position Temp

ê     Managed HEDIS Rates for project status calls, and drove open issues to           resolution.

ê     Managed UHC HEDIS season which results in our measure rate submissions to NCQA from implementation to submission.

ê     Liaison between UHC Venders teams; requirement gathering, solution proposal, and implementation

ê     Led quality assurance testing cycle and also trained temporary team members on software.

ê     Worked with UHC Venders to analyze and submit Health Plan’s data and improve quality using software solution with in UHC.

ê     Collaborated with team members to manage issues, resolve or mitigate risks; documented and monitored change control items for future development of programs and enhancements for future project needs.              

ê     Also managed fax mail program for collecting data for the review of rates also managing complaints that were received from customers about our collections process with our Venders.                             

 

Project Manager

ê     Managed customer HEDIS season which results in our clients' measure rate submissions to NCQA from implementation to submission.

ê     Managed customer HEDIS status calls, and drove open issues to resolution.

ê     Liaison between data teams; requirement gathering, solution proposal, implementation, and validation Adhoc SQL claims level data analysis.

ê     In-person/webinar customer trainer. Led quality assurance testing cycle.

ê     Sales SME and best practice consultant.

ê     Worked with health plans to analyze and submit Health Plan’s data and improve quality using Verisk Health's software solution.

ê     Also provided input into Disease Management programs, NCQA Accreditation lead as well as input into Disease Management Programs.

 

 

 

Sr. Business Process Analyst 3 - Contract Position Temp

ê     Consulted on large-scale Mortgage Audit Project for foreclosures throughout the country.

ê     Revised and monitored project plan by working with team leads responsible for day to day activities and managing foreclosure process throughout the country.

ê     Ensured test program followed General Counsel’s methodology, process and procedures.

ê     Created and monitored project financials including reporting, resource billing, and project accruals.

ê     Revised and monitored project plan by working with team leads responsible for day to day activities.

ê     Co-developed and implemented an Access Database for monitoring foreclosure which resulted in reducing the foreclosure process by 30%. On-going member of the governance and project approval team.

ê     Helped develop and implement reporting to senior management through-out the country

 

 

Business Analyst

ê     Led the desktop testing team that ensured trader desktop application performance (network connectivity, user access, program integration, and response time) upon rollout.

ê     Ensured test program followed General Counsel’s methodology, process and procedures.

ê     Created and monitored project financials including variance reporting, resource billing, and project accruals in Microsoft Project.

ê     Revised and monitored project plan by working with team leads responsible for day to day activities in Microsoft Project.

ê     Determined growth sectors and increased growth sections by implementing new products to our customers.

ê     Developed a reporting project to implement business intelligence (BI) reporting for the field.                                           

Project Coordinator

ê     Managed project in moving print shop from Kansas City MI to Minneapolis Minnesota. 

ê     Developed new process of with Toshiba to develop away to transfer artwork from Flyer Creator Program to Printers Electronically.  Resulted in an increase of 50% in flyer production. 

ê     Created MS Access database to automate flyers shipment to distribute work so flyers will calculate out to ground shipments.  Print shop when from the worse shipper into the company to the best with overall 5 million dollar saving in express shipments.

ê     Lowered flyer errors over 99.9% by implementing job error reporting process to help eliminate errors.

ê     Implemented new rate shopping software to price shop between UPS and FedEx to calculate the lowest rate for shipping.  Resulted in 2 million dollars in savings.

ê     Created and maintained project plan, tracked deliverables, reported status, and provided work direction.

ê     Managed issues and resolved or mitigated risks.

 

Senior Cash Associate

ê     Provided analysis and modeling for the Sales Administration annual budgeting process, including operating expenses and initiatives. Constructed automated Excel budget templates for fiscal year planning process. Utilized SAP data to develop and confirm assumptions.

ê     Designed and built MS Access database for Incentive Reporting for 1500+ field sales force. Provided monthly detailed reports.  Wrote user manual for database.

ê     Managed the productivity database daily, creating accurate weekly reports for the Department Manager.

ê     Created Access database to monitor counterfeit currency to isolate store locations with counterfeit activity.

ê     Coordinated with banks to resolved outstanding Deposits on Target’s Depository accounts.

ê     Communicated with Sales Audit to resolved outstanding items between stores and banks.             

Project Manager

ê     Undertook extensive initiative to document historical project costs which achieved cost control over projects and built confidence in fiscal projections.

ê     Accountable to senior management for accurate and timely reporting of the 150 million information on ongoing project.  Initiated, designed and developed a reporting program which provided project cost from inception through project retirement.

ê     Identified, documented and enforced an “internal charge back” process for projects that were consuming limited resources targeted for strategic projects. Designed a monthly report which became tool for Project Managers to review and re-prioritize resources as needed.

ê     Ensured compliance with accounting standards; specifically SOP 98.1 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

ê     Co-developed and implemented a database for project approval process which resulted in reducing approval times by 25%.

ê     Conducted ongoing project audits to ensure project cost reporting integrity; determined financial impact on ongoing projects.

ê     Identified and implemented an automated solution for conversion of project expenses to for the Oracle implementation.

 

Account Manager

ê     Coordinated appointments and arranged work schedule for glass installers daily.

ê     Pursued reference via cold calls that increased sales by 38%.

ê     Hired glass installers and conducted ongoing training for development of employees for next generation auto glass

ê     Proactively managed insurance claims in order to resolved them in a timely manner.

ê     Negotiated contract settlements with insurance companies to ensure accurate, timely payment.

 

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management Minor is MIS. Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN

Mini Master’s Degree in Project Management.  University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) through PMI