Project Management

MARVIN L. JONES

Worked in the past at Caterpillar. Contractor (12/2014 – 11/2015), Title: Project Management Analyst/Supply chain; Location: Mossville, IL; Supervisor : Carla Wilson; Reason of Separation: Lay off under work force reduction.

SUMMARY:

●15 years of hands on experience in production support with proficiency in project management identifying and assessing potential impacts of change on engineering changes and new product introduction (NPI).

●7 years of hands on experience in new product introduction (NPI), managing complex project planning identifying critical issues, and driving the project team to resolve gaps and problems.

●5 years of hands on experience in logistics and purchasing, developing and maintaining project schedules, schedule status and schedule analysis using MS Project and Primavera (P6).

●Project Coordinator experience leading from charter and scope, scheduling changes thru investigation and development to final presentation.

●Strong understanding of Caterpillar purchasing ERP systems - Lognet (3 years), SAP Mach 1, MFG Pro.

●2+ years’ experience at assigning WAS Servers/platforms to Cloud Environment and monitoring daily performance.

●3+ years of hands on experience using Waterfall methodology during software development cycle with the testing cycle of new software. Helped in development and gathering data during migration process of UNIX to Linux.

●Proficient experience working with project planning, Microsoft project and Microsoft Office with Excel, Word, and Power Point.

●Sound knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation and production methods managing and co-facilitated New Product Introduction (NPI) programs.

●Expertise to resource scheduling and time / cost process for management of projects prioritizing opportunities for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of resource utilization.

●Well-versed in gathering objectives from stakeholders and establishing work estimates for project resources to creating a detailed project plan and schedule utilizing primavera(P6).

●Proficient experience working with project management concepts, including but not limited to project charter development, scope management, integration management, project time management, resource management, budget development & cost management.

●Strong verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, negotiation skills and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

●Software/Languages/Packages: MS Word, MS Excel, Lotus Notes, MS Outlook, Visio, Vantage Software, Epix, MRP II, MS Project, Primavera, SAP

●Performance Tools: HP Diagnostics Best 1, BMC Performance Assurance Console, Perceiver, VMWare/VC, HP Openview for Service Manager.

EDUCATION, TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS:

●B.S. Secondary Education, Illinois State University

●2yr. Machine Shop Graduate, Caterpillar, 1980

●Certified 8-D Methodology 2003, Certified Trainer 2003, Six-Sigma Greenbelt 2003, Certified QS 9000 2000, Certified QS 9001 Auditor 2001

●Training: Primavera T102 Project Management Module completed 2006

EXPERIENCE:

Caterpillar, Mossville, IL Dec 2014 – Oct 2015

Project Management Analyst/ Supply Chain

●Responsible for leading Project Management teams for ECCP/RCCP Cross Reference Project and RTR/RCCP

alerts project.

●Analyze inputs on Response Time Realization (RTR) Team for all Suppliers on Assurance Supply Chain.

●Input Disagreements between Site Buyers and Category Buyers /Suppliers on RTR Packages.

●Facilitated discussion between Buyers and Suppliers to negotiate Supplier Response Times Worldwide

●Reduced incomplete Site Packages by 50% in 60 days.

●Developed training presentation for RTR Process for Category/Site Buyers and presented in Webinars to 200-300

buyers quarterly.

Case New Holland (CNH), Good field, IL Oct 2013 – Dec 2014

Capacity Planner Mid-States Technical (MST) at CNH

●Responsible for sub- contract assembly, welding and paint for 1000 parts with 5 million in receipts.

●Use MRP and SAP to place forecasts, RFQ and Purchase Orders for subcontract work using SAP.

●Facilitated Sub-Contract Weekly meeting with Upper Management on Sourcing Decisions.

●Negotiated 2.5 million dollars cost savings.

●Led resourcing from Outsource to Insource of assemblies. Developed detailed check sheet to bringing parts back in.

●Negotiated rework pricing and liaison with suppliers and Quality department.

State Farm, Bloomington, IL Oct 2006- Jun 2013

Project Management/Technical Performance Analyst and Capacity Planner:

●Interpret and plan projects and workload forecasts for various applications.

●Analyze LDAP and Message Broker performance trends to size servers for LINUX migrations from UNIX using Best1 and Perceiver.

●3+ years of hands on experience using Waterfall methodology during software development cycle with the testing cycle of new software. Helped in development and gathering data during migration process of UNIX to Linux.

●Captured test data and communicated reports for Projects for JRA and WAS Teams updated Primavera reports

●Deep Dive Analyst support for troubleshooting problems for LDAP, MB, and WTX applications and daily issues for complete end to end process.

●Updated VMWare/VC performing daily reports.

●Used general knowledge of how MQSeries based broker flows function and how messages are processed within Broker to troubleshoot daily activities.

●2yrs experience in trouble shooting heap, CPU, and various technologies utilizing performance tools ranging from WAS, IHS, F5, DB2.

●Captured test data and communicated reports for Projects for JRA and WAS Teams.

●WAS Planning Support Analyst assigning and approving applications for WSDG server requests for future projects. Ordered future servers and worked release of servers to balance workloads in the Cloud environment.

●Experience with analyzing performance bottlenecks in application code and infrastructure tiers.

●Created Performance Reports for each server used within Websphere.

●Communicated Business Forecasts for WAS future Server builds by leading weekly meeting with business partners.

●Ability to understand and analyze application stack traces.

●Communicated and documented business needs and requirements to generate business solutions that satisfy the customers.

●Completed incident management tickets in HP Openview for my business areas.

●Work with Business areas to minimize risks in everyday and future application changes.

●Single Point contact for Performance Reporting and Business Partners to Automate Reporting process.

●Lead platform Teams in determining Capacity Plans for Agents Environment, LDAP, Message Broker, Active Directory, ERP, and EAI for past 6 years.

●Write Final Deliverable Capacity Plan to Business Partners.

●Followed up on requests for new and activated projects and service work thru development and strategy to meet needs of the customer.

●Communicated and wrote Training Plan for the Enterprise Capacity Planning Team.

●Chaired writing Service Level Agreement between Business Partners and Service.

●Proven Team player completing assigned work on SOW 5 and writing procedure documents for FileNet.

●Lead member in Setting up FileNet for SBCP, mentored SBCP Team in FileNet changeover from Lotus Notes.

●Mentored new SBCP Coordinator on training plan, FileNet, Phase, and SBCP Process.

Caterpillar, Peoria, IL Jul 2006 – Sep 2006

Project Planning/Capacity Planning Coordinator,

●Troubleshooting installation of Primavera 5.0 for Caterpillar

●Provided labor Team Reports for areas

●Coordinated Team Meetings and writing Final Deliverables to Business Partners

Durre Bros, Minonk, IL Mar 2005 – Feb 2006

Planning Coordinator/Scheduler

●Subject Matter Expert (SME) developed written work instructions on shipping procedures and Inventory Count Accuracies.

●Supervised 7 Hourly employees on Painting and Shipping Lines.

●Accumulated and analyzed analytical data to develop metrics for work orders failing target completions.

●Planned and Processed shipments for $700,000 monthly production to Caterpillar.

RR Donnelly, Pontiac, IL Oct 2002 – Dec 2004

Planning/ Continuous Improvement Coordinator

●Developed work instructions and standard operating procedures for Safety Hazards and job procedures for all bindery operations.

●Analyzed all job ticket completions to create monthly breakdown metrics for each department within Bindery.

●Prepared and analyzed project and expense budgets monthly and maintained 15% below forecast for 2004.

●Analyzed updated schedules emphasizing items such as critical paths, and slipped tasks comparing planned hours to actual hours.

●Developed project status procedures and component progress utilizing daily line reports.

●Prepared Project reports and Facilitated Quarterly Meetings with Managers and VP of RR Donnelly.

Borg-Warner, Frankfort, IL Jun 2000 – Aug2001

Manufacturing Engineer/Project Planner

●Capacity Planning and processing supply and demand for external customers: Dodge, Ford, and General Motors.

●Planned and analyzed monthly QS9001 audits and yearly certifications.

●Performed technical analysis using 8D Root cause analysis.

●Created SOP’s using applied basic knowledge of organization to support and troubleshoot undocumented issues.

●Facilitated with IT Department on installation of new MRP software packages and reporting.

Caterpillar Inc. – Pontiac and Mossville, IL until – Feb 2000

Project Planner/Project management/ Buyer Analyst

●Organized managed and co-facilitated New Product Introduction for Fuel System from project charter thru production activation.

●Identified and assessed potential impacts of change on engineering changes and new product introduction.

●Conducted and reported audience, risk, and impact analyses on change management recommendations.

●Defines and documented business needs and requirements to generate solutions for business partners.

●Set up assembly room by ordering machines, testing, and process procedures for new injector line.

●Responsible for organizing and planning the implementation schedule, monitoring timelines, and coordinating communications ensuring transition plans are completed during final testing.

●Laison between Production, Purchasing, and Engineering to complete New Product Introduction phases for 7 years.

●Manufacturing Supervisor over 15 workers on HEUI Injector line for 2 years.

●Buyer Analyst over closing and source change for first operation of Davenport closing, fabrications and stampings for 2 years. Started RFQ, Reviewed quotes, and did Purchase Orders.

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