Nicholas O Jackson

817-***-****

**** **** ***** *** *** 409,

Denver Co, 80224

acrelz@r.postjobfree.com

PMI member id: 3274493

Professional Profile

Proactive, performance-driven professional with 5+ year’s progressive expertise in leadership and problem solving for manufacturing, reporting services, and operations management. Combines understanding of business priorities and genuine team player committed to managing operations and projects while contributing to value added activities. Cross-functional communicator easily interfaces with high-profile staff, vendors, and customers. Able to mitigate and resolve issues, re-establish project momentum throughout all stakeholder tiers including end users, technicians, engineers, subject matter experts as well as management in both business and/or operations.

Core Competencies

Time schedule Management

Supply Chain management

Performance management

Microsoft Office Suite

Quality Control management

Cross-Functional Supervision Planning

Team Building & Mentoring

Global Team / Virtual Team Coordination

Subject Matter expert (SME)-Manufacturing

Interpersonal Conflict Resolution

Professional Accomplishments

Food Manufacturing-Kroger

Developed and facilitated highly effective standard operating procedures utilizing blackboard, wonderware and oracle to monitor and evaluate efficiency of production.

Utilized six sigma to improve process reliability and Efficiencies directly effecting waste elimination and risk management department.

Analyzed inputs and outputs required to complete C.I. projects and determine the participants who would be working for it each HPWT.

Decreased milk utilization costs 30% by negotiating pricing and fees with Dairy farmers of America along with senior procurement management, while ensuring the continuation and supply chain of services

Monitored and controlled Project task list with GEA Group during early start up phases of New Manufacturing plant specifically on the process controls and HTST areas.

Coordinated closely with management to approve and baseline project plans during each expansion of new product lines.

Organized and facilitated Kleanz database for sanitation and quality control resulting in a double superior audit sanitation for multiple years. Measured completion against scheduled work weekly.

Reviewed/Refined project documents and ensured they were in compliance with quality standards.

Headed operational aspects of the organization including knowledge management, coordination of resources and project planning and delivery.

Recognized opportunities to increase automation by Appling six sigma methodologies; planned and executed projects to deliver on savings and increased production efficiencies.

Implemented strategic changes to operational processes, procedures and policies to ensure optimal resources utilization within budget constraints.

Project Execution and Document Control – Prepared scope of work and job orders to necessary subcontractors to execute milk production.

Financial Management – Generated internal budgets at product start up. Compiled and tracked Cost to Complete on monthly basis to determine committed vs. budgeted costs.

Perform supervisory and controlling functions to make sure the projects are meeting triple constraints weekly.

Guided meetings with the vendors and financial leaders to determine the budget restrictions for the expansion projects.

Train team members in meeting their individual goals and performing the responsibilities at par with the standards meeting required performance indicators.

Provided support to the site leader in meeting crisis situations and finding solution to the technical and non-technical problems

Constructed cross training techniques to optimize team associates versatility, resulting in a reduction of overtime by 3% for process teams A-D.

CMMS- EMPAC schedule compliance planed and emergency work orders.

Cultivated and nurtured effective working relationships with executives and leadership management resulting of improved health and safety measures on site.

Participated in management consulting engagements and trainings, directly focused on corporate customer first strategy.

Assistant project manager- Army Corps of Engineers

Managed civil project forecast reports for South West Division (SWD) actual vs. budgeted, Tracked $700K government expenditures for stimulus package for ARRA for FY 09- FY 10 using Oracle financial analyzer and P2.

Monitored and controlled 4 different fund types (inventory, construction, operations and maintenance, regulatory).

Provided daily expenditure reports via Excel (Reprogramming Request, Net Allotments, Account Overviews, Contract Awards, Forecast Reports, Supplemental Tracking, Ready to Advertise)

Selected to analyze, identify, and create unique code for each 1029 contract award combining the wbs number and activity number for SWD recovery act executing Milestone reporting.

Research- Fermilab

Created data acquisition program which was able to measure real time anti-protons from the accumulator via Labview.

Analyzed data to determine the location of each stack tail beam as it raced through the receiver at over 70% of the speed of light.

Research- NASA

Earned notable accolades while working with NASA in 2008 and 2009, winning Superior Performance Awards, recognized as the highest award bestowed upon employees for exceeding performance goals.

Designed and created a very low frequency receiver to study and investigate the naturally-induced VLF radio waves, especially lightning-induced electromagnetic emissions.

Work History

May 6, 2011 - Present

Group Leader, The Kroger Company, Denver, CO

-Kroger Mountain View Foods, Jackson Ice Cream, Swan Island Dairy, Riverside Creamery, Vandervoorts dairy

January 13, 2010 - May 6, 2011

Project Manager, Partners consulting Group, Dallas, Tx

May 8, 2009 - September 2009

Scientist-Intern, Fermilab, Batavia, IL

August 3, 2008 -May 8, 2009

Research Grant, NASA, Fort Lauderdale, Fl

Education

MBA, Project Management

Florida Tech University

Melbourne, FL

December 13, 2014

BS, Physics / Communications

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, AR

May 15, 2009

New Mexico Military Institute

Roswell, NM

December 13 2006

Certifications Certified assistant Project Management (schedule testing September)

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