Quality Assurance Project Manager

Gabriela Bejan, PMP

Parma, Ohio ***** 216-***-**** *****.*@*****.***

http://linkedin.com/pub/gabriela-bejan-hcmba/42/694/170

Project Manager

Results-oriented Certified Project Manager and Quality Assurance specialist with more than 15 years dedicated to enhancing performance quality through strategic project development and implementation. Seeking to leverage education in business administration, along with extensive experience coordinating and overseeing quality assurance programs, in a position requiring a seasoned leader and dynamic contributor.

Team Leadership & Interpersonal Communication: Strong training and supervisory talents with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional team members to achieve goals. Fluent in Spanish, German and Romanian languages.

Information Management: Well-developed ability to utilize business technologies to contribute to strategic planning and coordinate workflow. Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project 2013.

Project Oversight: Highly organized and analytical to guide project planning and implementation, with demonstrated success meeting and exceeding organizational objectives. Hold Six Sigma Green Belt and Lean Manufacturing certifications.

Key Strengths: Creative problem-solver committed to achieving maximum impact with minimal cost through the continuous streamlining and improvement of work processes. Skilled in the application of expertise in quality control systems and quality assurance.

Professional Experience

Hugo Boss Fashions, Inc./Keystone Tailored Manufacturing Jan 2011 - May 2016

Quality Assurance Manager/ Project Manager

Charged with positioning organization for success, contributing to strategic planning through the thorough review of quality levels and production team performance. Identified quality level metrics and collect, statistical and process control and summarized data and trends to prepare reports. Created, managed and implemented action plans through Continuous Improvement including process layout and flow, and poka yokes. Experience with ISO 9001.

Contributed to the increase of $2.4M in revenue by implementing new Made-to-Order program to execute operational re-structuring.

Streamlined operations and processes to cut annual labor costs by $120K through Engineering Change Process

Boosted sales significantly by enhancing quality levels through quality, production, productivity and customer standard review, analysis and corrective planning using of Statistical Process Control and Design of Experiment techniques.

Developed production performance review, reducing error rate by 50% to save manufacturer $300K annually using standard quality tools such as FMEA and Root Cause Analysis.

Demonstrated outstanding leadership and collaborative skills by working with all organizational levels to communicate information and train team members.

Project Manager

Supported business goals in collaboration with senior management and key stakeholders, identifying and presenting project scope, targets and deliverables. Developed project success criteria to communicate to all involved parties throughout project life cycle. Tasked with managing project scope alterations, performing assessments to avoid potential issues and devising contingency plans.

Planned, managed and tracked all project timelines and milestones; ensured the delivery of each project within budget and time constraints.

Defined and communicated quality assurance and operational performance requirements before creating, developing and presenting proposals and status updates. Developed key performance indicators (KPI’s) to measure progress.

Determined guidelines for progress, as well as the necessary content and frequency of reports from team leaders to assist in the execution of projects that met time and budget constraints. Performed status review and analysis.

Hugo Boss Fashions Inc. May 2000 – Jan 2011 Quality Assurance Specialist

Responsible for design, developing and implementing standards and methods for inspection, testing and evaluating quality management procedures and systems. Provide leadership in Six Sigma projects.

Defined quality policies and interacted with production managers.

Gathered, analyzed, and controled quality statistics data.

Determined and documented any areas that may need improvement.

Inspected and sampled the entire manufacturing process.

Reviewed the current policies and designed plans to improve upon the existing quality standards.

Education & Affiliations

Master of Business Administration (GPA 3.82)

University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Science, Engineering

University Gh. Asachi Iasi, Romania

Project Management Professional (PMP), Valid June 2012 – May 2018

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, Valid May 2011 – May 2017

Lean Manufacturing – 5S Certified

Member, Project Management Institute

Member, American Society for Quality

Member, Ohio Association for Healthcare Quality

Member, Delta Mu Delta International Honor Society of Business, Lamba Sigma Chapter

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