Manager Project

BARBARA LAGRUTTA

******@*******.*** 805-***-****

SUMMARY:

Experienced and well-rounded Business Manager, successful implementing effective business and management strategies, consistently provided useful feedback, suggestions and solutions with leadership in meetings. Effectively drive decision making, facilitate active communication and working as an effective liaison between functional teams and different management levels. Natural leader that quickly takes on the “go-to” role and thrives in a fast-paced environment. Consistently earned praise for implementing successful business practices.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

AMGEN

Project Manager / Project Manager 06/2019 to 07/2020

Responsibilities:

Manage high-level, large scale, complex, cross-functional, strategic projects, charter, scope, schedule, resource planning and budget allocation.

Support the integration of a cross-functional platform to enable a customer-centric agile supply chain, including people, process and systems in partnership with operations, commercial and finance. Integrated Business Planning.

Support and collaborate with high management to develop project lifecycle and key business deliverables like playbooks, roadmaps, kickoff decks, metrics, health checks, assessments for Integrated Business Planning and Optimized Inventory initiatives, as part of Amgen’s transformation process.

Track, document and report project progress and deliverables as well as gather and consolidate relevant information in dashboards and tracking systems.

Support with development of a problem-solving methodology.

Plan, coordinate, facilitate, lead and direct meetings and activities of cross-functional teams.

Skills Used: Program Management, Project Management, Change Management, Communication Plans and Management, Risk Management, Business Development, Business Process Improvement, Business Intelligence, Decision-Making Framework DAI, RACI matrix, Root Cause Analysis, Problem Solving, Decision Tree, Gap Assessment, Voice of the Customer, Sales and Operation Planning (S&OP), Agile Principles, Meeting Management, Support and Documentation, Sharing and Collaboration Systems, Smartsheet, Tableau, Box, SharePoint, MS Team, MS Visio, MS Project, Anaplan, Lessons Learned, Best Practices.

Agropecuaria La Revancha

Business Manager / Project Manager 02/1999 to 09/2018

Responsibilities:

Managed and promoted business growth by 25% (production and revenue). Expanded operations by importing and exporting goods and services.

Improved overall business performance by means of continuous improvement and scrum/agile principles.

Enhanced business performance by developing and implementing roadmaps, key performance indicators and metrics resulting in an increased return on investment in up to 30%.

Managed, designed and redesigned processes and activities. Identify key results and key deliverables. Redefined cost structure based on the minimization of loss and the increase of profits.

Designed, developed and implemented key strategies, resulting in alignment of performance with plans, teams, improved business outcomes and value added for the organization, clients and stakeholders.

Implemented sales & operation planning (S&OP) processes.

Redefined operation activities by gathering data to provide critical information to anticipate, manage and mitigate risk.

Mentored, trained and coached staff and cross-functional teams.

Optimized production cycle time and increased productivity and performance.

Supported and supervised dashboard design and creation for information consolidation and analysis.

Skills Used: Business Solutions, Business Planning, Change Management, Strategy Management, Process Development, Process Integration, Business Intelligence, Business Improvement, Continuous Improvement, KPIs, Supply Chain Management, S&OP, Data Management, MS Office, G Suite, Tableau, Jira, Dynamics 365, Blitz, Kaizen Events, Roadblock Removal Voice of the Customer (VOC), Lean Management, Value Stream Mapping, Leadership, Genba Walks, Waste Reduction, Visual Controls, Statistical Analysis, Coaching, Mentoring and Best Practices.

Cvision Servicios Medicos

Business Manager / Project Manager 03/2008 to 10/2015

Responsibilities:

Supported and collaborated with high management to design and develop strategies for business development.

Implemented successful initiatives to improve operations and add value to clients.

Optimized supply chain processes boosting inventory management by shortening storage times and increasing inventory turnover, reducing costs and waste and delivering high quality service.

Redesigned and restructured business processes and procedures.

Implemented risk management and risk mitigation strategies, as well as assessing opportunities.

Supported the improvement of processes by way of developing and documenting metrics and KPIs.

Improved purchases and sales performance in up to 25%, through purchasing performance management and sales performance management systems maintaining alignment and synchronization with plans and forecasts.

Skills Used: Business Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, WBS, Change Management, Gap Analysis, Cost Analysis, Situational Analysis, Demand Planning, Business Solutions, Project Management, Design Thinking, Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis, ROI Analysis, Ad-hoc Analysis and Customer Relationship Management, Lessons learned, Best Practices.

EDUCATION:

Universidad Nacional Abierta, Caracas, Venezuela. Bachelor of Business Administration – B.S

February 2009 – September 2014. Magna Cum Laude Honors

Universidad Nacional Abierta, Caracas, Venezuela. Master of Business Administration in Business Management – M.B.A

February 2015 - October 2017. Cum Laude Honors

Management and Strategy Institute, Pennsylvania, USA. 2019. Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt (LSSMBB)

Project Management Institute Inc., Pennsylvania, USA. In-progress. Project Manager Professional (PMP)

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