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Project Manager Customer Service

Location:
Chicago, IL
Posted:
March 18, 2016

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Dorianne Browne

***** * ******* ***, *********, IL 60030

847-***-****

**************@*******.***

www.linkedin.com/in/dorianne-browne-7855267

SUMMARY

Experienced manager seeking a position in Human Resources.

Expertise in handling confidential/sensitive information. Ability to effectively communicate within all levels of an organization, presenting to senior management for multiple Fortune 500 companies. Problem solving skills, project management, planning and organizing, and teamwork abilities.

KEY EXPERTISE

Office administration

Interviewing

Supervision & training

Accounts receivable

Payroll & invoicing

Customer service

Customer database management

Scheduling & planning

Report development

Project management

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Project)

Client & vendor management

Survey development

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Visual Intelligence, LLC, Newtown Square, PA February-November 2015

Project Manager & Client Liaison

Managed both design and client teams to ensure the delivery of best in class, intuitive data dashboards to market research clients and their end users

Significantly increased project margins by reducing project timing by 15%

Received client commendation for client management on 2 highly visible projects

Maintained schedules in MS Outlook and Excel; facilitated daily meetings via Skype, WebEx, and GoToMeeting; established project milestones

Ensured defect-free releases through planning, testing, and QA efforts

Impact Consumer Research, Erlanger, KY April 2008-February 2015

Senior Project Manager

Executed custom quantitative research from start to finish on time and on budget for retail, consumer package goods, and pharmaceutical industries with a revenue of $1 million per year

Standardized concepts tests and survey screeners improving deliverable timing by 60%

Managed all aspects of study execution ranging from survey development, sample management, tabulation planning, data analysis, PowerPoint report development, and overall quality control

Conducted and delivered high impact research solutions for grocery, health and beauty, electronics, home décor, furniture, greeting card, and CPG categories

Directed external research vendors on a daily basis to ensure accurate client data

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WRC Research Systems, Inc., Downers Grove, IL June 2007-April 2011, 2003-2004

Office Manager

Pursued late payment of invoices saving the company $15,000 annually

Created invoicing schedule for annual software renewals; automated invoice production reducing time expenditures by 10% monthly

Managed payroll administration and customer database

Developed marketing materials; provided software support to domestic and global customers

Produced and recorded online tutorials for software training

C+R Research, Chicago, IL August 2004-May 2007

Senior Research Analyst

Planned and managed national customer satisfaction and transaction-based tracking programs

Serviced clients in the cable television and programming industry; worked with internal senior level business teams to recommend the appropriate methodology to meet research objectives

Instituted and grew national account exceeding over $2 million in revenue

Developed and delivered presentations in MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word for various levels of client organizations

Trained, managed, and mentored 1 direct report and 2 indirect reports

Edited proposals and monitored project costs

Synovate, Inc., Arlington Heights, IL December 1998-September 2003

Study Director

Analyzed, reported, and presented data to multiple clients as primary client contact for multiple Fortune 500 companies

Interpreted media schedules and analyzed the impact of media and marketing measures on consumer tracking data

Designed and managed continuous brand and advertising market research studies with limited support from senior management

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Illinois Wesleyan University

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

Human Resource Internship, City of Bloomington, Spring 1998

Leadership and Supervisory Initiative, Spring 1998

Management Training, Spring 2003

Business Writing, 2005

SPSS Statistics Essential Training, November 2015

Access 2016 Essential Training, December 2015

SHRM Member

HRMAC Member



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