Project Manager Management

Profile: A focused, strategic and results-driven certified Project

Management Professional (PMP) with expert knowledge of

business systems and business process best practices, coupled

with a proven achievement record.

A successful leader and team player with a record of

accomplishment in managing business improvement processes that

approaches the workplace in a positive and pro-active manner.

A valuable asset to any organization, combining strong

management, problem solving and analytical skills, process

simplification/design, and organization skills with logical

business sense. Successful record of designing and aligning

operational processes to enhance organizational objectives.

Managed projects and led corporate initiatives to reduce costs

and increase revenues.

Possesses effective communication skills in dealing with

Clients and Technical Support Staff. Industry experience is

well rounded with special emphasis in Project Management,

Business Process Re-Engineering, ERP Package Selection &

Training, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery,

Distribution & Warehouse Management, Inventory Control and

Systems Engineering. Consistently displays excellent human

relations skills evidenced by a reputation for building

consensus and dedication within project teams and user

communities.

Personally familiar with PMI PMBOK, Project Management

Methodologies, Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Outlook,

MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio and custom

report writing.

Professional Planning/Organization: Appointed Project Manager of

acquisition team to manage distribution center project

Accomplishme activities associated with the conversion of an inventory

nts: management system due to an acquisition of a 965,000 square

foot Hooks-SupeRx distribution center in Indianapolis,

servicing more than 750 stores weekly.

Management: Project Leader for multiple software

implementations involving distribution and manufacturing

modules. Overall responsibilities included project

management, issue resolution and escalation, process

simplification and design, quality assurance testing and

training of key users.

Leadership/Decision Making: Designed and developed user

application specifications for the automated scanning and

claim processing for a major Health and Beauty Aids (HBA)

retail distributor for Return Goods and Merchandise Recall

Systems.

Communication: Developed and published training materials

designed to familiarize end users with testing new

applications, enhancements to software and hardware

modifications within the various warehouse and manufacturing

processing systems.

Coordination/Control: Responsible for service delivery

process and account management for Business Process

Re-Engineering and Internet/ Intranet custom application

design and infrastructure implementation projects.

Participated in executive design/discovery workshops to define

client business process requirements and project scope. Manage

Change Configuration Control and Project Budget Reporting.

Professional Sr. Project Manager

Experience AdvizeX Technologies, LLC.

1996 - 6480 Rockside Woods Blvd S., Independence, Ohio (Formerly

Present Infoworld Enterprise Solutions)

A 100 million dollar value-added reseller of open-systems

information technology. AdvizeX is a "Master Best-in-Class"

Hewlett Packard hardware reseller and preferred Oracle/EMC

partner, specializing in computer system infrastructure design

and Oracle Application/EMC Storage professional services

offerings, headquartered in Independence, Ohio.

Responsible for project management and related Oracle, EMC and

HP service delivery activities for all business process

re-engineering, storage and professional service projects for

a full range of clients: small, medium and large companies

from $100,000 in revenue to billion dollar companies, with

projects ranging from $25,000 to $350,000 and higher.

Managed the overall relationship with customers from presales

through service delivery acceptance and evaluated customers'

requirements in order to prepare and present service

proposals.

Responsible for customers' acceptance of the statement of

work, project initiation, schedule, project change requests,

issue escalation, phase and project acceptance, budget and

profitability of the project.

Managed consultants' participation in multiple consulting

engagements and developed new business opportunities for

additional products and services in cooperation with the sales

organization. Specifically, business process re-engineering,

e-business applications, high availability, portal

applications, internal process-specific applications (e.g.

document control systems, process mapping, and third party

solution customizations).

Conducted executive workshops for a variety of clients to

assist in the development of strategic and technical

approaches for business process improvement and core business

initiatives. Recommended and implemented process improvements.

Analyzed business processes for companies in manufacturing,

MRO, distribution, state government and other industries.

Developed recommendations for improving operations and

business systems. Managed RFP process and participation in

evaluating and scoring business ERP system package selection.

Re-engineered and improved core business processes through the

use of best practices.

Troubleshooting and quality assurance problem solving on

existing applications and systems as needed by both internal

resources and external clients.

Instrumental in creation and development of project management

methodology used for all project activities. This included

initiation, planning, execution, communication, control and

project closure processes.

Serves as a focal point for resolution of consultant issues.

Monitor consultant performance.

1990 - 1996 Manager - Distribution Planning & Support Revco

Drug Stores, Inc.

1925 Enterprise Pkwy, Twinsburg, Ohio

A Fortune 500 HBA retail drug chain with 2,700 stores in 17

states, $5.2 billion in sales and 37,000 employees,

headquartered in Twinsburg, Ohio.

Reported to V.P. of Corporate Distribution and Director of

Systems Engineering. Responsibilities included providing

management and liaison between corporate distribution, systems

programming and the distribution center management with

respect to suggesting solutions and alternatives to

performance problems, determining user requirements,

application testing, implementation, training and support for

system software/hardware revisions and conversion projects

pertaining to the legacy based warehouse and inventory

management system (WMS) for 8 regional distribution centers

(Oracle / HP-UX).

Served as the IT representative for corporate distribution for

the creation of the company's legacy warehouse management

system. Presented design documents / work authorizations for

approval, worked with key users to create test data and user

acceptance testing, follow-up on requests for modifications,

user training, scheduled implementation and post

implementation support activities.

Designed and proposed feature and functionality modifications

to existing software, documented changes, coordinated

distribution related project implementations and administered

supervisory and end user training.

Provided administrative support to field distribution

management and industrial engineering to improve warehouse

operations efficiency, warehouse space utilization, throughput

capacity and business process re-engineering.

Coordinated distribution related project management activities

required to assimilate acquisition and startup of a one

million square foot distribution center serving 750 stores in

Indianapolis, Indiana.

Assisted in engineering activities associated with

distribution center layout, flow process design, business

process re-engineering, and selection slot categorization and

profiling.

Worked with IT application development team to design and

implement a tote utilization process to cube totes based on

item dimension and weight, accounting for all items by tote.

Also instrumental in development and implementation of

outbound case shipment tracking system utilizing RF technology

to improve store service and accuracy.

Coordinated the distribution center related activities of

converting the order processing, inventory management and

return goods scanning systems for eight distribution centers

from an IBM Mainframe System to a Hewlett Packard 9000

computer system.

Served as a liaison between distribution centers and corporate

distribution on promotional shipments, ensuring ample

inventory in distribution centers for prompt and efficient

delivery to retail stores.

Nominated for "Co-Worker of the Year" out of 1,100 employees.

1988 - 1990 Distribution Services Analyst Revco Drug

Stores, Inc.

1925 Enterprise Pkwy, Twinsburg, Ohio

Conducted studies on method evaluations and distribution

center productivity and process improvement, utilizing

industrial engineers.

Developed documentation and provided training to several

distribution departments and locations.

Assisted with annual distribution budget preparation.

1983 -1988 Inventory Control Supervisor Revco Cleveland

Distribution Center

3030 Quigley Rd., Cleveland, Ohio

The Revco Cleveland Distribution Center, a 280,000 square foot

facility serviced more than 250 stores weekly in a 4 state

area, and was located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.

Responsibilities included coordinating and controlling the

accurate flow of product movement through the distribution

center.

Responsible for maintaining efficient space utilization and

weekly promo release schedules for advertised and seasonal

merchandise through the use of an on-line inventory control

system.

Maintained a 99.93 % in-stock service level of more than 9,000

SKU's with a $15 million dollar inventory level.

Coordinated the return of defective and recalled merchandise

from 250 servicing stores and supervised the processing and

shipping of returned goods to their respective vendors for

credit.

Instrumental in designing use case scenario for implementing

bar code scanning program for processing return goods.

1979 - 1982 Warehouse Supervisor/Analyst Curtis Industries, A

Congoleum Co.

34999 Curtis Blvd., Eastlake, Ohio

A national wholesale supplier of industrial fasteners,

automotive after market parts and a manufacturer of key

blanks, headquartered in Eastlake, Ohio.

Responsible for developing Target Marketing programs by

collecting, analyzing and reporting data via government

research, questionnaires, sales analysis and field

observations in an effort to increase market penetration for

targeted customer groups.

Responsible for supervising a staff of 30 in the processing

and timely entry of direct mail and phone orders, scheduling,

statistical reporting and hiring.

Responsibilities included supervising picking, packing and

replenishment functions of the Eastlake Distribution Center.

Education /

Certification Project Management Professional (PMP) Re-Certification

: Project Management Institute, Upper Darby, PA

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Project Management Institute, Upper Darby, PA

Project Management Certificate Program (PMCP)

Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, OH

BSBA (Organizational Management), cum laude

Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH

Associates Degree in Applied Business (Industrial

Management) Lakeland Community College, Mentor, OH

Project Management Institute - Active Member

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