Project Manager

CORE STRENGTHS

Proven Track record: projects on-time, within budget and meeting objectives

Experienced in running Project Meetings (Kickoff, Status Meetings (Internal/Client)

Highly effective in leading teams and driven for performance. Leader and Team player

Train and mentor internal/external personnel at all levels

Project managing with onsite / remote / offshore resources

Strong written and verbal communication skills to all Stakeholders on a timely basis

Detail oriented and analytical, experienced in requirements gathering

Highly motivated and success driven on independent and team assignments

Experienced in Leading teams during UAT

HIGHLIGHTS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT

Managed moves and expansion projects of MS SQL Server 2007 and 2010

Managed projects that involved Database, Software and Infrastructure implementations and upgrades

Recognized with the “Outstanding Performance Award” 2007 and 2008 for project delivery

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

A.H UNITED CARRIERS Inc., Houston, Texas January 2014 to March 2016

A.H United Carriers Inc. provides freight transportation, supply chain and logistics; outsource solutions and information services to its clients. A.H United Carriers Inc. specializes in trans-border shipping and freight between 48 states in USA and Canada.

Project Manager (Contract Position)

Managed project initiation activities that included identifying contractual obligations, client needs and goals, existing situation, necessary contacts, and access to existing information as needed.

Reported and conducted project status meeting.

Developed reports and created presentations using Visio, Powerpoint and Excel

Planned and coordinated all aspects of the project from initiation through delivery.

Developed, defined and executed project plans, project scope, activities, schedules, budgets and deliverables.

Uploaded project artifacts into project sharepoint site.

MS Project reports / Health Checks / Gate Reviews

Developed stakeholder communication plan.

Coordinated activities and tasks among project team members, other internal departments and client or vendor/subcontractor organizations as needed to meet project goals and ensure project completion is on schedule, within budget constraints, and of the appropriate quality standards for the project scope.

Managed project risks, issues/problems, and activity progress to ensure project goals (e.g., deadline, scope and quality) are achieved.

Created and delivered informational and decision-seeking presentations to team members and C-Level

Conducted project closure activities to formalize project acceptance, handover documentation and ongoing activities to accountable teams

ZOMAY GROUP, Port Harcourt, Nigeria July 2011 – November 2013

Zomay Group provides quality engineering, procurement, installation, construction, dredging, maintenance, marine and logistics, offshore services to the oil and gas exploration and production companies, and various organizations in Nigeria.

PMO Project Manager

Planned, executed and managed the deployment of 400 telecom tower in readiness for Site Integrated Maintenance (SIMS) activities on a $4.3 million contract across 6 states in South-East Nigeria

Led a global team of 52

Directed and managed the project development from beginning to end as listed on each Phase of the Project Management Life Cycle.

Responsible for gathering business requirements and managing all projects initiated

Developed project plans including scope, schedule, and resource plans and then monitor and track project status and results to that plan.

Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans

Coached, mentored, motivated and supervised project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.

Assisted the PMO to develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations

Managed projects to successful completion with limited direction – on time, on schedule and within budget.

Led cross functional work groups to identify and document detailed requirements, work flow, information sources and distribution paths and system specifications.

Proactively identified, documented, and resolved project risks and issues.

Provided reliable and informative project updates in project, team and/or steering committee meetings.

Managed vendors to deliver efficiently

Managed warehouse activities--ensured monthly inventories conducted and enforced compliance with all department procedures and processes

AFRINVEST, Port Harcourt, Nigeria Feb 2006 to July 2011

Afrinvest is a leading independent investment banking firm with a focus on West Africa and active in four principal areas: investment banking, securities trading, asset management, and investment research. It is both a leading provider of research content on the Nigerian market and a leading adviser to blue chip companies across West Africa and international capital market transactions. Afrinvest provides financial advisory services as well as innovative capital raising solutions to High Net-worth Individuals, corporations, and governments.

Branch Manager, Port Harcourt Office (Oct 2009 to July 2011)

Accomplished human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counselling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.

Achieved operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; prepared and completed action plans; implemented production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolved problems; completed audits; identified trends; determined system improvements; implemented change.

Met financial objectives by forecasting requirements; prepared an annual budget; scheduled expenditures; analyzed variances; initiated corrective actions.

Enhanced department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; explored opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

By ensuring prompt response to clients’ requests I increased clients sign up and retention by over 50% resulting in increased sales and profit.

Re-established old clients’ relationships after the stock market crash in 2008 and successfully reactivated over 200 dormant clients’ accounts. As a result, the branch’s daily transactions increased by over 50%.

Liaising with head office to streamline operational workflow

Negotiated and vetted contracts with vendors. Managed key vendor relationships and proposed changes in order to improve the company’s profitability.

Planned and monitored the implementation of branch budget. Slashed expenditure by 30% by negotiating prices and fees

Organized seminars to market company products.

Reported monthly on office progress and identified areas of concern and/or improvement

Project Coordinator (Feb 2006 – Oct 2009)

Web Applications and Client Server environments, Software upgrades; Wireless, Telecommunication and Network Projects

Managed third party and software/hardware vendors contracts

MS Project reports / Health Checks / Gate Reviews

Provided project management coordination, support, and assistance to project managers and functional managers in all aspects of several projects.

Interfaced with Project Manager for updates to scope, issues, risks, progress, changes and budget impacts.

Requirements gathering and prioritization; and defining schedule scope

Used project scheduling and control tools to monitor projects plans, work hours, progress, issues and risk.

Managed implementation of new/upgraded systems for several business cycles, until steady state is reached – including software testing and user training.

Supported Equipment ordering and implementation for Project Managers.

Reported on project health status progress to C-level on a monthly basis and Weekly status updates to project team.

Identified and analyzed potential risk and planned adequate risk response

EDUCATION

Bachelors in Political Science - University of Calabar, Nigeria

SKILLS & TOOLS

Methodologies: PMI, SDLC, Agile- Scrum

Project Management Skills: Client Relationship Management, Team Leadership, Schedule Management, Communications Management, Change Management, Time Management, Stakeholder Management, Negotiations

PM Plans: Charter, Scope, Cost/Budget, Schedule/Time, Resources/Staffing, Change/Integration, Procurement, Risk/Issues/Forecasting, Implementations, Documentation/Communications, Control

PM Tools: MS Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Project 2007/2010, MS Project Server 2010, MS SharePoint, Visio, Requirements Gathering, Project Plans, Budgets, Issue Logs and Meeting Facilitation Tools (GoTo Meeting, WebEx, MS Lync, Skype).

Department Collaborations: Technology/Engineering, Operations, Business Units/Sales/Marketing, Accounting, Project Management Office, HR, Admin

Hardware: IBM, Toshiba, Dell, HP, Cisco, Canon, Fujitsu, Kodak

Operating Systems: Windows XP, LINUX

Software: SAP, SQL, .NET, JAVA, Oracle 9i, Fund Fusion, Symbols, MS Project/Server, MS SharePoint, MS Office Suite (Outlook, Visio, Word, Excel, Pivot, PowerPoint)

Able to run reports using excel to create pivot tables and pie charts

Able to create flowcharts using Visio

CERTIFICATION

ITIL v3 Foundation

Scrum Master

PMP certification in progress

PROFEESIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Project Management Institute

Project Management Institute (Houston Chapter)

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