Project Manager Management

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Leslye L. Jacobs

PM Certified, Prince* Foundation

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White Lake, MI 48386

Phone: 310-***-**** E-mail: *************@*****.*** Objective: I am seeking a senior level leadership position that would utilize my extensive years of management experience across industries in both project management and account management. I am particularly interested in Detroit based long-term positions at this time that value my specific years of PM experience in Automotive in a permanent capacity based here in Southeast Michigan. Experience:

• Years of HR generalist and Change-Management capabilities, helping clients internally and externally with organizational improvements including job assessment and the restructuring, design and recruitment and selection process for roles and responsibilities within their organization.

• Strong relationship building as an executive with extensive consultative management relationship training coursework and “hands on” relationship building - both on the job and through years of executive training while employed with Accenture, Fortune 500 Companies and California Manufacturing Technology consulting.

• Full understanding of quality assurance needs for Automotive OEMS and the supplier manufacturing community.

• Strong knowledge and understanding of Automotive international safety and compliance needs working many years on ISO and Quality Assurance Engineering standards projects facilitating these processes to enhance automotive safety.

• Ability to grasp and effectively communicate improvement diagnostics mixed with OEM requirements to improve manufacturers work flow to operate more efficiently and profitably.

• Effectively mitigating risks and communicating small risks/constrictions within supplier operations and effectively managing corrective action needed to deliver on time, on budget and within OEM quality standards.

• Over a decade of full-time Project Management experience specifically in Automotive, managing the supplier base - overseeing a wide range of projects.

• Specific expertise in TS16949, Green Belt and Six Sigma along with other business process improvement diagnostics and improvement training, knowledge and understanding

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• Many years of experience managing automotive projects and database solutions for multiple international locations within OEMs and their supply chain to improve process work flow. Departments include: IT (IS&S), Engineering, Product Development, Training, Manufacturing, Logistics, Powertrain, Truck and Bus, and Research Design & Development.

• Good IT Project Management expertise ranging from scoping and delivering initial statement of work through planning and executing project plans, managing workforce and ensuring projects are delivered within budget, scope and timeframe.

• International experience working with diverse range of project teams - easily adapting and working well with a variety of people, places and cultures.

• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills within the Automotive structure and culture - both large and medium sized Automotive organizations.

• Exceptional consultative relationship skills in the automotive supply chain internationally - from OEMS to Tier 1, 2 3 suppliers, after-market, racing, port authority and trade associations.

• Strong diagnostic/organizational design and development skills to problem solve and develop workable solutions that improve clients ROI, exceed their expectations and comply to OEM standards.

• Expertise as an I/0 Psychologist to properly identify and diagnose areas of improvement within organization’s people, processes and technology to provide improved process flow and delivery along with cost savings. Career Highlights

Year-Long Masters Thesis on “Stress in the Workplace” measuring gender and cultural influences utilizing GM blue and white collar automotive employees.

Appointed Supervisor of Project Management for 5 Project Managers in automotive and cross-industry while at the Collective LLC, a Detroit boutique sized website development start-up.

Launched automotive website start-up CustomE in the late 90s to serve the e- commerce and website development needs of mid-size Detroit automotive industry. Developed innovative four phase web methodology to easily provide structure, delivery success along with buy-in/support for clients new to e-commerce. Awarded the 1999 Future 50 of Greater Detroit Award from the Detroit Chamber of Commerce for our work and featured in February 2000 edition of US AutoScene.

Managed General Motors Engineering Standards Worldwide for IHS Engineering along with six other projects while working at GM onsite for IHS, Inc. as part of a 5 million dollar GMIO agreement. Was re-hired after 9/11 and agreement ended between IHS & GM to work in the same exact GM department within Product 3

Development/IS&S Engineering to scope manage and execute GM’s centralized Voice Database Management system.

Generated new automotive business with webinar launch to the west coast automotive supplier community introducing expertise in TS16949 compliance, Green Belt, Six Sigma and other solutions needed.

Delivered automotive knowledge and strategic working alliances from Detroit including Quality Assurance Director Joe Bransky, and the Automotive Industry Action Group’s Program Director, Morris Brown who recommended me as his replacement when he left his Program Director position at AIAG.

Successfully launched and expanded the Pals Around the World project and books with endorsements from educators, the IVCLA.org, the Consulate, French Embassy and Children International.

Work History

Senior Project Manager / Creator

Pals Around the World – Los Angeles, Miami and New York, 2009 - Present

• Created, developed, published and copyrighted PALS AROUND THE WORLD educational project and books. Secured Pals Ambassadors to help launch project and educate disadvantaged youth in all public schools and All-Stars After-School programs. Goal to expand to Europe with next book on Germany in 2017. Will provide digital access to all schools internationally in 2017. Perform full range of executive project management skills for the past seven years ranging from managing international publishing/creative team to securing strategic partnerships /contracts with our sponsor (Children International), managing interns and their school visits and serving on both LA and Miami public school boards giving presentations and meeting annually to ensure Pals “free-based” curriculum meets the educational needs of children.

Full-Time West Coast Journalist

American Media Inc – Boca Raton, Fl, 11/2006 - 12/2008

• Developed, investigated and produced stories in print for publications on a variety of topics and interests for American Media Inc. Hired for full-time permanent employment in 2007 after six month trial. * Returned briefly to this career for time needed to write/launch Pals Around the World.

Automotive Account /Project Manager and Manager of Industry Development California Manufacturing Technology Consulting –Torrance, CA, 5/2005 - 11/2006

• Developed strategic/marketing solutions to drive new front-end business in the automotive sector for new and existing clients in global logistics, supply chain manufacturing from OEMs to Tier, 1, 2 and 3 suppliers.

• Managed existing automotive manufacturing clients/projects, coordinated industry respected speaker engagements /webinars with OEM specifically in TS6949, Green 4

Belt, Six Sigma, ROHS compliance, ISO 9000 and helped with other business process improvements/environmental standards required.

2 General Motors On-Site Project Manager Assignments 6/2001 - 11/2004: Project Manager - GM North America IS&S - Pontiac, MI Vision Information Technologies - Detroit, Mi 2003- 10/2004

• Planned, defined and executed a centralized GM Voice Management database to manage all GM North America voice information and cost reduction processes and GM employment exit strategy.

Project Manager - GM North America IS&S and Product Development -Pontiac, MI IHS Inc - Englewood, CO 6/2001-11/2002

• Responsible for managing and maintaining all GM Engineering standards worldwide.

• Managed six global GM engineering standards projects related to updating, indexing and processing GM standards and records working with multiple steering committees and task forces within GM’s supplier community.

Project Manager Account Supervisor

The Collective LLC – Detroit, MI 7/2000 - 7/2001

• Hired and interviewed project management team for medium-sized website projects across multiple industries.

• Mentored and provided leadership, supervision and training of new project managers and their respective responsibilities with their clients.

• Conducted PM project plan reviews and reporting structure to ensure clients expectations were managed and projects were delivered on-time, on-budget and within scope.

• Introduced standards, tools and processes to effectively manage project risk, change management and to ensure quality assurance standards were met. Project Manager - Manager of Business Development

Custom Business Solutions - Farmington Hills, Mi 7/1999- 7/2000

• Founder of CustomE: an e-commerce, web design and interactive multimedia division of Custom Business Solutions.

• Designed, marketed and launched company delivering website solutions to medium- sized automotive clients.

2 years, 7 Projects - International Project Management/Consulting Project Work 1997-1999

Accenture (Andersen Consulting) - Change Management - Detroit, Mi 9/1997- 6/1999 7 Accenture International Work Projects:

• SAP 4.0 Training and Implementation Project - Chrysler Headquarters during Daimler-Chrysler merger. Auburn Hills, MI. Conference room pilots and train the trainer sessions to educate Daimler-Chrysler subject matter experts on how to design 5

and deliver SAP 4.01 training. Launched a reusable assets inventory matrix of SAP training materials to aid them in their design and development.

• Core Financial Management Project Investment Planning and Tracking System

(IPATS). Project SAP 4.0 Training and Implementation Project - Chrysler Headquarters during Daimler-Chrysler merger. Auburn Hills, MI. Developed and launched a training evaluation approach for IPATS employees; with built system to track, evaluate and coach product review.

• PeopleSoft Finance Services Project and PeopleSoft HRMS Project, Aon Insurance – Chicago, Illinois. Designed, developed and delivered a PeopleSoft Financials Upgrade project and PeopleSoft HRMS implementation project. 5.1/6.0 training courses, evaluations and on-line help, including overseeing/coordinating the delivery team.

• Internal Global Solutions Accounts Payable Project for Accenture, Minneapolis, MS and Dublin, Ireland – Developed a training strategy and organizational design for a PeopleSoft Financials 7.5 project. Gathered requirements and worked with an international team to conduct pilot tests to build, customize and deploy PeopleSoft across Europe and across currencies.

• Ford Ryder Alliance Project, Ford Motor Co and Ryder Logistics UK – Detroit, MI. Created budget and work plan for kick-off of the Ford/Ryder “Network Manager” service for logistics operations.

• Internal Global Partner Project, Accenture –Detroit, MI. Gathered suggestions/materials from key Change Management Partners and Associates worldwide who have been successful at selling/executing large-scale change. Education

University of Detroit-Mercy, Detroit, MI

Masters Degree – Industrial/Organizational Psychology, 1996. GPA 3.96. Year-long Masters thesis study on “Stress In the Workplace” utilizing GM autoworkers. University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

B.S. Degree – Communications, 1991. Minors: Theater Arts, Psychology Project Management Institute - Atlanta, Georgia - 2000 Re-Certified in Project Management for International PM work through Prince 2 Foundation November 2015, Innovative Learning Group - www.lms.innovativelearning.it

ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND SKILLS - Global Sales Training, Project Management Leadership Training (PMP certified 2000), ISO Certified Training, Straight-line Management Group Training for Senior level Management Executives and Directors. Proficient in Microsoft Office tools, MS Project and worked previously with PeopleSoft and SAP. Experienced in Apple Educational software tools, and all Social Media Platforms (Twitter, SKYPE, Facebook, LinkedIn, Constant Contact etc). Knowledge and experience using all social media/internet marketing tools. Advanced level Spanish and some French. References furnished upon request.

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