Manager Project

Della Laira, M.A

***** ****** ***, *** *. Hawthorne CA 90250 310-***-**** **********@*******.***

Operations Manager

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE PROJECT MANAGEMENT STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION LEADERSHIP

Experienced project manager associate and operations manager I offering 5 years of successfully assisting in leading all phases of diverse construction, IT and food industry projects; M.A ; degrees in International business, graduate study of Organizational Management with concentration in Project Management. Next career goal is PMP certification.

Business strategist; plan and manage multimillion-dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains.

Excellent communicator; business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams.

Expert in project management methodologies and company operations. Able to manage project teams and known for high-quality deliverables that meet exceed timeline, proactive project planning and team motivation and budgetary targets.

Skills Summary

Project Management:

Apply RAD methodology

Develop work polices, departmental procedures & industry standard compliances

System Migrations/Integrations

Enterprise Project Management Implementation

Talent Acquisition: Sourcing, assessment, workforce planning, organizational talent forecast, talent development and align skills and capabilities with project requirements.

Requirements Analysis: Perform efficient task allocation

ROI Analysis

Costing & Budgeting

Project Scheduling

Testing/QA/Rollout/Support

Risk Management/Contingency Strategies

Value-Added Leadership:

SharePoint Administration: pull external information and display on front page of company site. Upload, edit and extract company files for users. Manage company calendar on SharePoint. Perform cosmetics, add company logo COTAR filing system, document synchronization,

Cross-Functional Supervision

Team Building & Mentoring

Client Relations & Presentations

Vendor Management

Quick Problem-Solving Skills

HR strategy: Align organizational needs with labor requirements. OSHA & IIP compliances. Work with ADP for timesheets,

Order Management: customer service

Career Progression

Los Angeles Unified School District, Accounting Tech (Los Angeles, CA) Part-time Jan 2015-Present

Otsuka America Pharmaceutical /Wild Veggie Operations Manager and Project Manager Associate, (Culver City, CA) Jan 2014 to Nov. 2014

AAA Solar Electric Inc, (Anaheim, CA) Project control Scheduler, Sept. 2013 to Dec. 2013

Navico Inc., (Torrance, CA) Office Manager and Project Manager Assistant, Feb 2010 to Aug. 2013

A start-up chance with Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Group to work from scratch on food products distribution nationwide. Developing feasibility study for the vegetarian and vegan market. Collaborative work with R&D team for recipes, co-packer and manufacturing opportunities. Extensive work on product type, packaging, club accounts like Costco, Sprouts and Sam’s Club. Accounting setup with EDI capabilities, Office operations: office space, recruitment of sales team and HR duties. Able to assist in cutting operational expenses by 35% in 3 months. Staff training: food industry compliances and guidelines. Implemented work procedures as part of organization structuring. Worked on 5 product launch and in the pipeline recipes for the next fiscal quarter. Managed a 1.5M product project, and full life cycle of product costings. Supervise logistics, negotiate rates for product inventory.

Drove the high-quality completion of systems software/database development along with Senior PM. With AAA Solar Electric Inc., headed the project schedules for LACCD client, ensure appropriate close out requirements and documentations, worked closely with construction departments and subcontractors. LACCD procurement and RFI applications. Intensive scheduling, tracking and task allocations for area superintendents on 100 school sites. In Microsoft project 2010, master link all school sites for quick overview of MOD-LAN 1082 schools. Collaborate with sub-contractors for scheduling and project incentives to mark milestones and meet deadlines. Clear communications with PMO on schedules, delays, tracking, over allocations and policy enforcements. Construction meetings overviews. Introduce project guidelines for site superintendents and designers. Assist CAD with blueprint corrections. Work with construction manager to review test results using Link ware. Revamp the CAD and design procedure for monitoring deadlines. Design the timelines and benchmarks for tasks for all 100 school sites to meet the LACCD new deadlines.

Recruited by Navico Inc., a multi-national companies to work on current and future projects. Working with top-priority and complex technology and construction initiatives. Managed budgets of up to $8M and cross-functional teams of up to 15 developers, programmers, analysts, network specialists. Successfully managed 3 projects simultaneously, recruit temporary staff for software development. Operate HR needs for acquiring new talents for company and project demand. Performed ISO audit twice a year, reduced ISO findings from 62% of corrective actions to 0%; preventive actions from 43% to 2%.

Achievement Highlights:

Led teams across broad financial and business disciplines. Focused teams on business objectives and tracked progress to ensure project milestones were completed on time, on budget and with the desired results.

Mitigated risk factors through careful analysis of financial and statistical data. Anticipated and managed change effectively in rapidly evolving global business environments.

Defined processes and tools best suited to each project. Moved between rapid application development and dynamic system development model for software development at Navico. Used DSDM at AAA Solar Electric and Otsuka America Pharmaceutical to be actively involved in the project cycle. All approaches depending on project specifics and client goals, creating detailed project road maps, plans, schedules and work breakdown structures.

Honored with employee of the month.

Representative Projects (2007 to 2014)

Software Development: At Navico assisted in design and multinational rollout of marine electronics units for market launch. Risk management on software bugs. Analyze the software progression (minding time zone between all R&D departments in Europe, Mexico and Australia. With Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals apply and analyze accounting needs for the company forecast sales; setting up electronic data interchange (EDI) capability, enterprise resource planning (ERP) and point-of-sale (POS) systems with brokers Acosta, UNFI and Sam’s Club

Results: With Navico completed projects one months ahead of schedule. With Otsuka America Pharmaceutical launched product on-time to market, win over major club accounts, lower cost of productions, ERP solutions for order and inventory management.

Database Developments: Guided teams in the development of relational database management systems (RDBMS) for clients including Coca-Cola, Caterpillar and Allied Waste Industries.

Results: Improved the consistency, recoverability and accessibility of data.

System Integrations/Migrations: For Otsuka America Pharmaceutical project-managed EDI implementation, cross-referencing of current and new products, SKU identifications.

Results: Achieved seamless migrations and integrations that were transparent to the distributors and staff for improved order management, accounting accuracy and customer service

Enterprise Implementations: Directed company-wide rollouts of new products with production team. Introducing SharePoint ability to the team and better communicate venues. Realistic analysis of market climate and product forecasting.

Results: Ensured defect-free releases through careful planning, testing and QA efforts.

Education & Credentials

M.A in Organizational Management, with Project Management concentration (GPA: 3.7), Ashford University (Clinton IA) 2014

BA in International Business (GPA: 3.5), Ashford University (Clinton, IA) 2012

BA in English Lit. UCLA (GPA: 3.2) (Los Angeles, CA) 2005

California Notary License 2013

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