Project Management
Resume:
Kimberly G. Jones
*** *. ********* ****** **** Hwy #4208 Richardson, Texas 75080 469-***-**** ac0byt@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Experienced Senior Project Coordinator/Junior PM with excellent skills. Managed small to medium and complex projects while maintaining high team morale and energy. Action-oriented with strong ability to communicate effectively with technology, executive, and business audiences, and successful at building strong professional relationships.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Project/Program Management Change Management
Project Planning/Scheduling Risk Management
Project Management Life Cycle Cross-Function Team Leadership
People Management Budget Management
Vendor Management Strategic Planning
Contract Management Client Relationship
Change Management Agile
Risk Management
EDUCATION
Project Management Institute Member Present
Leadership Management Program BCBS 2015
Lamar University MBA/ERP 2013
Doulos Training-Richardson, Texas PMP Prep 2014
Texas Woman's University-Plano, Texas MBA completed 24 hours 2007 Coldwell Banker’s- Beaumont, Texas Texas Real License 2005
Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas eCommerce Certification 2000
Texas Woman’s University- Denton, Texas B.S. Health/Biology 1995
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Blue Cross Blue Shields Richardson, Texas
Senior Project Coordinator 2015-Present
Created dashboards and reporting portfolio view, project status, resource allocation/forecasting and prioritization ‘what if’ analysis.
Produced weekly executive PMO updates via SharePoint and email utilizing Portfolio Management tools, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio documents.
Ensured completion of all specific deliverables, artifacts and initiatives required to support goals.
Managed customer change requests and expectation through a disciplined change management process.
Demonstrated strong business acumen by drawing accurate conclusions from financial and other quantitative information.
Facilitated cross-functional team meetings to develop and implement a project portfolio management process/project tracking discipline.
Monitored project issues and escalated concerns to management/project team.
Lauren Engineers and Construction, Inc. La Porte, Texas
Project Scheduler Analyst (Lydonell Basell Project) 2012-2014
Ensured the implementation of the Planning and Progress Control System required by the contract complexity, riskiness and duration, in compliance with the Project Breakdown Structure, Company Standards and Contract specifications.
Interfaced and coordinated with other Company Functions or Discipline Leaders/Supervisors and Managers to build up activities, assign milestones and constraints by issuing the logic network.
Prepared all the reference baseline documents, and ensure that the project planning and scheduling requirements are properly and clearly communicated to those functionally responsible for executing the work.
Issued all the relevant reporting.
Issued the Planning & Scheduling Procedure, Progress Measurement Procedure and Risk Management Plan for the Project Control Manager verification.
Created and maintained the 90 days look ahead schedule, weekly, monthly. Isolate any adverse trend and warn the PM on time to take corrective actions, issue weekly and monthly project reports (internal and for the Client).
Assisted the Project Control Manager in the Project Status Report preparation.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
INVISTA Orange, Texas
Laboratory Technician 2011-2012
Chemical analysts, including, but not limited to titrations, distillations, wet chemistry, GC, LC, IC, FTIR and ICP.
Analyze samples and provide accurate results.
Document and communicate issues regarding quality, instrument, production or supply.
Maintain strict adherence to applicable RCRA reviews.
Maintain knowledge of plant processes, general chemistry and theory of lab technician.
Serve as a member of the emergency response team as an emergency responder.
Use LIMS and ATLAS to communicate results and manage data.
Memorial High School Port Arthur, Texas
Integrated Chemistry and Physics 9th Grade Teacher 2009-2011
Taught Integrated Physics and Chemistry to 165 9th grade school students.
Developed lesson plans geared to the comprehension level of high school students.
Prepared, administered and graded special trial exams for students.
Established clear goals and objectives, and a plan to meet the educational goals.
Taught students to identify laboratory equipment, best safety practices and procedures during laboratory experiments.
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Plano, Texas
Project Analyst 2005-2008
Served as a liaison between the VP of Finance, VP of Procurement and VP of Brand Management and project team to gather and document requirements.
Worked as a liaison among stakeholders to elicit, analyze, communicate and validate requirements for changes to business processes, policies for one or many information systems.
Analyzed business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements and recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.
Defined and documented business, user, and functional requirements using appropriate documentation techniques to describe statements of the goals, objectives, or needs of a particular stakeholder.
Work with business partners within multiple business functions to align technology solutions with business strategies.
Praxair Arlington, Texas Assistant Manager 2003-2004
Responsibilities encompass HIPPA, JACHO guidelines, Billing/Claims, Medicaid, Medicare, Managed care and indemnity health insurance lines of the business, project selection and prioritization, planning, cost, performance reporting, project auditing and evaluation.
Trained staff members and management in various areas: customer service, drivers/deliveries, billing/claims processing, provider contracts/reimbursements, medical management, vendor/inventory and branch forecasting.
Met with VP of Finance, VP of Marketing and VP of Operations weekly to discuss branch forecast, held revenue and overall branch location offices.
Bank of America Dallas, Texas
Business Analyst 1998-2003
Acted as a central focus point between the client, technical staff, Project Managers and Consultants to gather business and functional requirements.
Evaluated and distributed work plan outlining product implementation timeline and client deliverables requested by client.
Supported process and procedures team meetings and their involvement in the Six Sigma process.
Understand the design and mythology of project management.
Supported Business Partners with project planning, scheduling, scope, cost, and gathered business requirements.
Collaborated with project managers, business partners, and technical staff to document all business requirements.
Knowledge in the full SDLC with understanding of a variety of technologies, platforms such as Web, Client Server, UNIX and mainframe entity relationship diagrams.
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