Shelley McConnell

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Smyrna, GA 30080

770-***-**** (H)

770-***-**** (C)

acfchv@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Profile

Consistently positive, flexible professional who demonstrates strong analytical qualities, project administration experience

and training execution. An enthusiastic communicator who provides process evaluation and process improvement while

motivating others to excel and exceed expectations.

Core Strengths

Training Process & Analytics Leadership

Training Strategy, Content Change/Release Management Supervisory/Management

Management & Delivery

Curriculum Development Project Management Organization & Change

Management

Presentation Skills Budgeting and Tracking Communications

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Ernst & Young June 2013 July 2014

Project Coordinator June 2013 July 2014

Contract Assignment

Key Responsibilities:

Assist program and project managers to aggregate information for weekly program reporting such as RAID logs,

Status Reports, Project Schedules

Assist program and project managers in maintaining budget and recording of actual against baseline

Assist program and project managers to create power point presentations as required

Create travel cost estimates for program travel throughout program

Schedule program meetings either for program team members or program leadership. Coordinate with senior

leadership administrators for scheduling

Utilize the program RAID log (Risks, Actions, Issues, Dependencies and Decisions) during meetings – recording

events as required

Assist program and project managers to create and communicate meeting agenda’s / minutes

On board and roll off all team resources as needed

Manage the Quality Assurance Audit and ensure all items found are closed out

Lead efforts in the Stage Gate process

McConnell Auto Sales, Jonesboro GA October 2012 – March 2013

Project Coordinator October 2012 – March 2013

Contract Assignment

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for analyzing sales and operational performance

Tracking monthly Sales and Expense budget

Processing and payment of Accounts Payables

Closing out Sales contracts with customers; including reviewing all documentation and obtaining all required

signatures from customer ensuring customer understood all aspects of the buying agreement

Trained associates on reporting tools and operational performance

Successfully managed IT upgrade including all new hardware and software

Identified process improvements which led to a decrease in headcount and a payroll savings of $28k per year

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MDI, Atlanta GA August 2011 July 2012

Project Coordinator for Coca Cola: Coke One BIG Project August 2011 July 2012

Contract Assignment

Key Responsibilities:

Coordination of team events and organizational activities

Assisting program and project managers in maintaining budget and recording of actuals against baseline.

Meeting preparation to include setting up conference calls, coordinating calendars, preparing agendas and

sending out meeting minutes with action items and posting to SharePoint for future reference.

Running ad hoc status reports for management team

Responsible for maintaining the integrity of assigned floor included ordering office supplies and the general up

keep of the office space

Prepared agendas for weekly Change Advisory Board Meetings and Architectural Review Board Meetings

Assisting program and project managers to aggregate information for weekly program reporting such as RAID

logs, Status Reports and Project Schedules

Utilizing the program RAID log (Risks, Actions, Issues, Dependencies and Decisions) during meetings – recording

events as required

Created metric reporting for Support Incident tracking

Implemented process for Change/Release Management

Developed SharePoint Site for documentation storage and information sharing

Successfully managed budget of 1m+ for Security team

Improved process of onboarding and roll off of new associates/contractors to shorten downtime and manage the

turn in of all equipment and shut down of id’s and passwords

HD Supply, Atlanta GA September 2006–November 2010

Project Specialist (SAP Support & Projects) IT Feb 2008–Nov 2010

Project Specialist (SAP ERP Deploy) Operations Training Sept 2006–Feb 2008

Key Responsibilities:

Oversaw all SAP defects/enhancement releases to ensure proper documentation was in place and coordinated

the timing of the release to ensure no impact to end users

Processing and payment of Accounts Payables for all IT Support and Project activities

Special projects to include the rollout of Content Management Solution across the organization

Monthly SAP security audits to ensure SOX compliance

Contractual reviews of request for proposals, and statements of work for training and vendor services.

Team coordination to include but not limited to onboarding and roll off of new associates and contractors, team

events and organizational activities

Meeting preparation to include setting up conference calls, coordinating calendars, preparing agendas and

sending out meeting minutes with action items

Preparing all presentations for team using MS Office including Power Point, Word and Excel

Responsible for gathering information for weekly program reporting such as RAID logs, Status Reports and

Project Schedules for monthly PMO meetings

Creating travel cost estimates for program travel throughout program

Implemented Change Release procedures to ensure SOX compliance.

Successfully tracked project budget to include management of SG&A budget in excess of 6m+ and CapEx budget

in excess of 1.5m+. Management of SAP training budget of 1m+

Managed Training activities to include development of training schedule for 1000+ users, conducting basic SAP

training courses, development of SAP training manuals and vendor management for all training activities. Follow

on coordination of training surveys, communications, and questions

Home Depot, Atlanta, GA August 1992–September 2006

Learning Delivery Specialist June 2006 Sept 2006

Key responsibilities:

Responsible for executing the delivery of SAP based training courses, job aides and reference materials.

Responsible for preparing all end users to utilize new systems and processes developed for the Core Retail

project utilizing change management methodologies

Created training rollout plans, assessments, evaluations, and post implementation reporting and coordinated

training delivery to include enrollment, scheduling, logistics and follow up

Strategic training planning to include but not limited to vendor selection, trainer selection, definition of team roles

and responsibilities, creation of end user needs assessment, development of tools, trainer guides and

implementation playbook

Participated in the planning and rollout of pilots to assess training effectiveness and delivery plans and in the

creation of train the trainer plans for rollout; negotiate to acquire resources needed for rollout; track execution of

learning programs

Supervisor – Revenue Accounting July 2002–June 2006

Key responsibilities:

Managing staff of 15 20 associates

Responsibilities included but not limited to coaching, development and training, month end close responsibilities,

interviewing and selecting new associates

Developed and delivered 2400+ hours of revenue accounting based training to include policy and procedures

based communications, and championing the SAP project rollout to include 3 major departmental transitions.

Transitioned department through process of automation which led to a decrease in headcount of 32% and an

increase in productivity of 59%.This lead to a departmental budget reduction of $400K+

Supervisor – Data Management Sept 2001 July 2002

Merchandising Assistant Sept 1999 Sept 2001

Area Manager May 1999–Sept 1999

Computer Room/ Bookkeeping Supervisor Aug 1992–May 1999

Computer Competency

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SAP

Quality Center

Kronos

Support Central

Oracle Beehive

Microsoft – Word, PowerPoint, Excel, MS Project, Visio

Outlook

SharePoint

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