Project Manager Supply Chain
Resume:
Barbara Powels Bowen MBAPM-PMP
San Diego, CA 92126
************@*****.***
Summary
MBA-Project Management (PM), twenty seven years PM experience in HR, manufacturing and supply chain. Six plus years supply chain (SC) demand planner and global PM. Five years indirect SC experience. Responsible for driving risk assessments, process improvement, quality assessment, inventory management, new product introduction (NPI), obsolesces products and processes. Negotiated supplier lead-time, loss of supplies, expedite shipments, and team lead. Executed planning, scheduling, budget, international logistic shipping lane modeling, schedule and coordinate project tasks to meet and establish milestones and deliverables. Hands on experience in working with suppliers and maintaining a cohesive business relationships.
Projects and Activities
Project manager of End of Life (EOL) products on a global scale, tracked and managed project budget.
Provided supplier management and leadership direction, demand planning to forecast.
Developed processes and procedures to promote and support change management and business improvement.
Executed global excess inventory projects, identified and resolved monthly financial losses.
Created and executed depot balance process to prevent loss of revenue.
Developed and implemented supply chain global training manual.
Developed and implemented a logistic process flow for expediting products globally.
Project lead SAP and BI upgrades and testing.
Monitored & managed stockouts & excess inventory.
Strong problem solving, written and verbal communication skills.
Auditor of manufacturing processes and procedures for compliance and consistency.
Auditor of manufacturing supply chain contracts for compliance.
Assess and evaluated stakeholder’s processes to better understand requirements and goals.
Managed and documented product quality complaints, worked with QA to resolve customer concerns.
Tracked and monitored aging PO receipts and worked with AP for timely vendor payments.
Assessed and identified SC issues and root causes, documented, tracked and initiated process improvements.
Experience
Material Planner September 2015 to April 2016
General Atomics (Modis) San Diego, CA
Material Planner, lead planner for US Navy Project.
BOM’s, Purchases Requisitions, Material Masters, Project trackers, Supplier sourcing, & Production planning.
Work closely with procurement and engineering department for defining products and bid proposals.
Review engineering drawings and specifications to required products, business metrics, scheduling.
Monitoring and tracking financial cost of product cost.
Create business metrics to provide information for Key performances reporting within the supply chain.
Trained new employee, metrics, PR’s, creating material masters, and tracking receipts/deliverables.
Business Analyst-Project Manager October 2012 to June 2014
EDF Renewable Energy San Diego, CA
PM SAP BI system for SC application development providing technical direction and support.
Developed training process for Purchase Order Tracker, and KPI reports.
Developed supplier status and potential issues/risks reports to management with possible solutions.
Developed root cause procedures to report and monitor the causes of inventory receipt and payment issues.
PM of system improvement-scheduled application testing and hands on training for end users prior to implementation.
Monitored, tracked and reported status of critical supply chain cost and delivery status.
Project Manager – Business Planner November 1980 to March 2010
Hewlett Packard San Diego, CA
Coordinated global cross functional team assigning and prioritizing tasks focused on delivering replacement and existing products.
Managed major suppliers of components used in new product introduction (NPI) coordination with the company’s purchasing departments and Marketing’s Program Managers.
Interface with manufacturing staff, production control, R&D, purchasing, engineering, finance, suppliers, and quality to support on time delivery performance & safety stock.
Coordinated engineering and field support staff to address supplier technical and obsolescence issues.
Coordinated with customer for reporting status and issue resolution across the spectrum of logistics issues.
Supported proposal preparation, statements of work reviews, and cost/schedule estimation.
Assisted and managed resources to ensure project schedule, goals, quality and monitored the budget.
Monitored and reported status on critical supply chain for cost and delivery status.
Supported the development of project program plans, scheduled and monitored finances to include Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and integrated related suppliers master schedules in planning.
Managed the project schedule, timelines, milestones from project initiation to completion in meeting deliverables.
Developed tracked and reported projects financial and schedule status.
Monitor resource requirements and utilization applying financial technique methodology and tools.
Auditor of supply chain contracts, processes and procedures for compliance and legality.
Create risk analysis to mitigate or remove project risks, administered and executed processes & procedures.
Skills
Microsoft Office i.e., Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Visio, Microsoft Word, SharePoint, Microsoft Outlook, Time Management, Pivot Tables, Vlookup, SAP, and Risk Management.
Project Manager, Risk assessment, WBS, Scheduling, Team selection, Budget management, Presentations, Launch project meetings, Team building meetings, Conflict management, Documenting project events, Strong communication skills, Time management, etc.
Applied PMP methodology to all projects and knowledge sharing.
Strong working relationships with global virtual and domestic teams.
Strong interpersonal skills and relationship management.
Develop business process for continuous improvement.
Education
MBA, Project Management
Northcentral University
Graduation honors: Summa Cum Laude (Golden Key International Honor Society) Prescott AZ
B.S., Business Administration & Information Systems
San Diego State University San Diego, CA
PMP Certification
SDSU Extended Studies San Diego, CA
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