OYEBANJI, LANRE –Project COORDINATOR/SCHEDULER

15155 Richmond Avenue apt.322. Houston, TX 77082

              Cell: 347-465-4785. E-Mail: lanreoyebanji@yahoo.co.uk

Seeking a career where I can apply my acquired skills, education and experience in Project Management, to add value to the organization. My strong work ethics, integrity and ability to communicate effectively and work with culturally diverse teams and clients will be beneficial to any organization.

Advanced Project Management Training Completed – April 2011

Peak Project Training Institute. Houston, TX.

Bachelor of Law – August  2006

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.

Certifications:

Certified Scrum Master

·  Methodologies: (SME) Subject Matter Expert –Waterfall Methodology (PMI); Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC); SAP Methodology (ASAP); AGILE Methodology using SCRUM Process.

·  Software Skills:: Microsoft Office suite, Microsoft Project 2003, 2007, 2010 & 2013, Project Server, SharePoint,  Access, Visio, Excel, Clarity Portfolio Management, Mind genius, Windows Live Meeting, Primavera P6, Project 2013, Training workshop on TFS, HPPM, Microsoft PPM and other in-house customized tools .

·  Affiliations:

SPACEX                                                                                                          McGregor TX.

Project Coordinator

Dec  2015 – Till Present

·  Interfaced with team members and stakeholders to anticipate and manage changes to projects such as but not limited to, technical requirements, business requirements and schedule.

·  Worked with project stakeholders to determine resources requirement and availabilities for project execution and advise the project managers accordingly.

·  Develop and maintain Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) for Development programs using

Microsoft Project

·  Performed Schedule baseline change control, data collection and tracking performance

·  Updated and maintained plans and schedules for Test Engineering and Development and provide updates on critical path analysis and variance

·  Provided daily visibility, weekly status, and monthly reviews on schedule performance

·  Created and maintained reporting metrics to provide updates across the organization

·  Coordinated and reviewed schedule input from engineering, production, suppliers, and business development to develop an integrated master site schedule

·  Prepared weekly work schedules, track work progress, update project critical path schedules, and advise the site management of needed adjustments to site priorities based on schedule risk

·  Provided scheduling expertise to department, company, and other personnel as required

·  Performed schedule analysis on critical path and variances, while maintaining change control

·  Updated and maintain plans and schedules for Test Engineering and Operations in accordance with launch and rate needs and engage with all aspects of the organization.

·  Liaise with Business stakeholder on project requirements clarifications and validations.

·  Worked as the primary point of contact for the responsible engineers of the company and the contracted project executing vendors.

CHEVRON                                                                                                     Houston TX.

Project Controller/Scheduler

June 2013 – Dec 2015

·  Developed and managed Integrated Project Schedule with 8000 line items in Microsoft Project 2010.

·  Managed project resource allocation for the Upstream Capability Technology Delivery Projects in an integrated master schedule using a centralized resource pool.

·  Gathered various reports from SME’s in various formats i.e. Excel, word and imported them to Ms Project.

·  Generate project status reports, resource utilization reports to support DE/DRB Check-ins and Monthly ETC reports to Chevron centralized PMO

·  Coordinated and collaborate with project stakeholders.

·  Established methodologies and created project governance Standards for the Upstream Capability Technology Delivery group.

·  Implemented and trained project teams on in-depth knowledge of recognized project methodologies.  

·  Established robust project governance through setting up quality uniform processes and procedures for the entire UC Tech Delivery group

·  Established processes, Best Practices to ensure good project governance.

·  Collaborated with cross functional teams to align dependencies, resolve issues, managed meetings and promoted team communication

·  Conducted Training workshops for both Business Analyst and Project Engineers and relationship management skills.

·  Trained Project Managers and Coordinators on extensive use of Ms Project.

·  Uploaded Projects Schedule from Ms Project to Share Point.

·  Evaluated resource allocation with Assignment reports in Ms Project.

·  Managed administrative and technical resource aspects of all the UC Tech. Delivery projects including planning, resource loading, scheduling, coordinating, communications, monitoring, evaluating, and providing mitigation plans to identify issues.

·  Acted in concert with project leads to continually assess project status, made decisions and took necessary actions to achieve project objectives and quality standards.

·  Tracked and reported project progress, issues and improvement strategies to Project and Program Managers.

·  Assisted the various project managers within the UC HES group in schedule development, tasks relationship and identification of dependencies.

·  Generated the program monthly status reports and tracked critical part on the Integrated Master Plan for the UC HES Technology Delivery comprising of 8 projects.

·  Developed and maintained issues and risks logs and escalated issues through the UC HES escalation process.

·  Facilitated stakeholders meeting and ensure adequate buy-in obtained for likely changes before being presented for change control board.

·  Worked with the Project Managers to track and review action items, risks/issues and all change control approvals against baselined scope

The TJX Companies Inc.                                                                          Framingham MA.

PMO Analyst

Aug 2012 - May 2013

·  Established methodologies and created project governance Standards for the GMI PMO.

·  Implemented and Trained Project Coordinators on in-depth knowledge of recognized project methodologies.  

·  Established robust project governance through setting up quality uniform processes and procedures for the entire GMI PMO. 

·  Established processes, Best Practices to ensure good project governance.

·  Provided advice on PMO best practice, project management methodologies, tools and techniques.

·  Offered and implemented high quality stakeholder management.

·  Established a centralized PMO, and built a coherent team within that PMO.

·  Facilitated training workshops for Business Analyst, technical teams and relationship management skills.

·  Created and managed Integrated Project Schedule with 9500 line items in Ms Project 2010.

·  Managed project resource allocation for entire GMI RMS Allocation Projects.

·  Gathered various reports from SME’s in various formats i.e. Excel, word and imported them to Ms Project.

·  Coordinated and collaborate with project stakeholders.

·  Trained Project Managers and Coordinators on extensive use of Ms Project.

·  Uploaded Projects Schedule from Ms Project to Share Point.

·  Evaluated resource allocation with Assignment reports in Ms Project.

·  Managed administrative, technical, and resource aspects of all the PMO  projects including planning, resourcing loading, and scheduling, coordinating, communications, monitoring, evaluating, and problem-solving

·  Acted in concert with project leads to continually assess project status, made decisions and took necessary actions to achieve project objectives and quality standards.

·  Tracked and reported project progress, issues and improvement strategies to Program Manager.

·  Assisted the various project managers within the GMI PMO in schedule development, tasks relationship and identification of dependencies.

·  Generated the program weekly status reports and tracked critical part on the Integrated Master Plan for the GMI PMO comprising of 13 projects.

DCP MIDSTREAM (Project Coordinator)                                                              Houston TX   

IT System Integration and Enhancement

Program

Aug. 2011 – June 2012

·  Worked on the largest IT Integration and Enhancement Project in replacing the current state of multiple outdated and disconnected systems with 3 new IT Applications fully integrated advance platform.

·  Acted in concert with project lead to continually assess project status, made decisions and took necessary actions to achieve project objectives and quality standards.

·  Coordinated multiple project activities involving vendors meetings, Trilogy project team meetings, validation sessions, and Exercises.

·  Acted as the sole Coordinator on the Trilogy IT projects interfacing with 3 project managers and reporting to 2 program managers representing the IT and Business sectors of the enterprise.

·  Continually reviewed and maintained plans and procedures to ensure that documented information is current and support the corporate strategy.

·  Updated /Maintained documentation (Documented project artifacts and saved in SharePoint).

·  Interfaced with IT application and infrastructure component “owners” to ensure applications and systems are appropriately assessed for business risk and that current and adequate plans exist for those determined to be critical to our business

·  Tracked and reported project progress, issues and improvement strategies to Program Manager.

·  Managed project resource allocation for entire Trilogy Projects.

·  Gathered various reports from SME’s in various formats i.e. Excel, word and imported them to Ms Project.

·  Coordinated and collaborated with IT System integrators in understanding the implementation road map of the new IT application Software(Allegro, Sungard Align and Synthesis software) using both waterfall and agile methodologies in executing the projects.

·  Trained Project Managers and Coordinators on extensive use of Ms Project.

·  Uploaded Projects Schedule from Ms Project to SharePoint and PWA. (Project Web Access).

·  Evaluated resource allocation with Assignment reports in Ms Project.

·  Managed administrative, technical, and resource management aspects of a project including planning, resourcing loading, and scheduling, coordinating, communications, monitoring, evaluating, and problem-solving

·  Scheduled, managed and provided meeting summaries for all project meetings and communicated outcomes and proactively managed open items through resolution

·  Collaborated with cross functional teams to align dependencies, resolve issues, managed meetings and promoted team communication

·  Directed teams and ensure resources have clear direction and assignments as well as ongoing follow up

·  Participated in requirement gathering and validation sessions with business teams.

·  Developed a detailed project plan to guide projects. 

·  Utilized the project plan to provide ongoing status on progress and inter-project dependencies.

·  Produced project artifacts to include status reports, project metrics, dashboards, statistics etc.

·  Analyzed the project schedule, monitored progress and highlighted potential cost/schedule variances. 

·  Recommended Corrective Action Plans for Project Management approval.

·  Maintained change order inquiry, request and approval log to ensure that all changes are captured.

·  Assisted in managing and maximizing project margins.

·  Analyzed critical path and restraints to determine the effect of changes to the schedule. Recommends work alternative solutions.

·  Advised management of risks that may affect project costs, schedules and client relations.

·  Supported the Project Management team in maintaining timely and effective change management.

·  Provided weekly facilitation, including scheduling, planning the agenda, capturing meeting notes and monitoring open action items.

·  Produced weekly status reporting to project business and IT stakeholders as well as progress reporting to management.

·  Wrote and maintained detailed project plans using MS Project.

·  Recorded and maintained project issue logs, action item and risk logs.

·  Liaison activities between IT and business teams as well as business partners

·  Contributed to process improvements, tools and templates, where possible.

·  Managed projects in support of the business operations.

·  Worked with project teams to decrease process variation, improve product quality, and increase customer satisfaction.

·  Worked with the Organization management team in training the project teams and end user on the impact of the project to the business enterprise.

 Agip Oil & Gas – Master Project Scheduler                                     

May 2010 – March 2011

IT System Enhancement & SAP Implementation

Projects

·  Was part of the team that worked on a huge IT Enhancement and SAP implementation projects.

·   Participated in team preparation for testing events through development, review and QA of test plans and documentation with infrastructure team.

·  Acted as liaison between the team and interfaced with 4 project managers and reported to 2 program mangers on project issues and constraints based on information from the team members

·  Created and implemented project definitions, schedules, budgets, and objectives for medium to large sized projects of moderate complexity.

·  Prepared statements of work for project engagements and monitored performance to ensure that project commitments meet contractual specifications.

·  Determined need for and impact of changes in scope of project and makes recommendation based on determinations.

·  Gained concurrence approval and consensus from stakeholders regarding the various project aspects, adjusts accordingly.

·  Identified appropriate resources and staffs projects.

·  Organized project team members to ensure communication and understanding of deadlines, assignments and objectives.

·  Worked together with the IT application team to adhere to the IT governance at various approval gates and comply with the necessary SOX requirements in moving the project forward.

·  Collaborated with cross functional teams to align dependencies, resolve issues, managed meetings and promoted team communication

·  Directed teams and ensure resources have clear direction and assignments as well as performing ongoing follow up with project team members.

·  Participated in requirement gathering and validation sessions with business teams.

·  Developed a detailed project plan to guide projects. 

·  Managed costs, schedules and quality by overseeing project deliverables.

·  Ensured schedule and budget are met.

·  Identified need for changes and revises within established guidelines/policies as appropriate.

·  Performed ongoing review of project status; identified project risks.

·  Developed, recommended and implemented risk mitigation solutions as approved and as appropriate.

·  Interfaced with team members and stakeholders to anticipate and manage changes to projects such as but not limited to, technical requirements, business requirements and schedule.

·  Determined when additional resources are needed and implements same.

NAOC Agip Petroleum– Project Scheduler                                                  Abuja, Nigeria

June 2008 - Dec 2009

·  Created Project Schedule with 3500 line items in Ms Project 2007.

·  Managed project resource allocation for entire Pilot Project.

·  Gathered various reports from SME’s in various formats i.e. Excel, word and imported them to Ms Project.

·  Coordinated and collaborate with project stakeholders.

·  Trained Project Managers and Coordinators on extensive use of Ms Project.

·  Uploaded Projects Schedule from Ms Project to SharePoint.

·  Evaluated resource allocation with Assignment reports in Ms Project.

·  Managed administrative, technical, and resource management aspects of a project including planning, resourcing loading, and scheduling, coordinating, communications, monitoring, evaluating, and problem-solving

·  Acted in concert with project lead to continually assess project status, made decisions and took necessary actions to achieve project objectives and quality standards.

·  Tracked and reported project progress, issues and improvement strategies to Program Manager.

·  Served as quality manager and oversees quality assurance on all deliverables.

·  Prepared and presented status on project schedule, project costs, project deliverables, project risks, and risk containment strategies.

·  Developed planning, resourcing loading, and scheduling, coordinating, communications, monitoring, evaluating, and problem-solving

·  Acted in concert with project lead to continually assess project status, made decisions and took necessary actions to achieve project objectives and quality standards.

·  Tracked and reported project progress, issues and improvement strategies to Program Manager.

·  Served as quality manager and oversees quality assurance on all deliverables.

·  Advanced reasoning and analytical skills developed from experience in advising clients and giving opinions on a number of contentious issues, including, but not limited to, issues related to contractual claims, insurance, intellectual property rights (trademarks and patents) and company and commercial transactions.

·  Research skills acquired as a result of a versatile legal practice experience which cuts across taxation, regulation, corporate finance, risk assessment and management, claims and loss adjustments, debt recovery and arbitration.

·  Strong negotiation and communication skills with the ability to manage diverse work load.

Ability to cope well in a competitive work environment, high level of motivation and initiative, strong work ethic, team player, excellent oral and written communication skills, well developed negotiation skills, analytical skills and pro-active approach to problem solving.

Reference Available Upon Request