Project Manager Vendor

Alexander Mann

Cell: 503-***-****, e-mail: ****.*********@*****.***, https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-mann-74b36a9/

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Large scale fortune 500 companies experience identifying, developing and executing large enterprise programs

Strong business judgment with a track record of successful negotiations and overall relationship management

Excellent interpersonal, problem solving, decision making, prioritizing short timelines, and conflicting priorities skills

Key strength includes:

10+ years in Agile/Waterfall/ ITIL environment, operation/communication management, contract, project, procurement and vendor/supplier management in healthcare, banking, utility, automotive, outsourcing, high tech domains

Utilized MS Project, Salesforce, Smartsheet’s, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Excel, CRM, OneNote, ServiceNow, Jira, Chime, MS Teams, Zoom, WebEx, and other tools

CAREER EXPERIENCES

Program/Project Manager IV, Amazon, Portland, OR, 05/22-Present, (Managed: $10M) Contract

Responsible for $10+M budget operations, funding guidelines, regulations, policies vision and technology strategy

Develop vendor strategy, design/administer negotiations, contracting, and other sourcing management functions

Work with vendors, accounting, senior management, and legal departments on financing/contracts/agreements

Coordinate/schedule between international/domestic suppliers/multiple vendors, and delivery service partners

Oversee key deliverables, communications, stakeholder management, change readiness and change leadership

Own procurement/finance administration with budget tracking, invoices, PO management, and supplier set-up

Manage, track, report progress of projects, ensuring the scope, mission, and end point objectives are achieved

Conduct vendor’s project management productive meetings, manage client expectations and communications

Oversee/develop/administer technology related budgets, negotiate/monitor purchasing and service contracts

Build relationships and engagement, understanding customer business strategy, ensuring services are aligned

Use MS Project, SharePoint, One Note, Excel for analysis, feasibility studies, budget/schedule outside vendors

Run deliverables, timelines, budget, metrics, and creative mitigation of risks throughout the project lifecycle

Responsible for management/tracking/coordination to install a technical product into thousands of vehicles

Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution and change control order

Program/Project Manager III, Autodesk, Portland, OR, 08/21-04/22, Contract

Drive technical requirements, design, and delivery planning, work across engineering teams and stakeholders

Develop/maintain program/project plan/schedule, deliver a variety of presentations on program objectives

Lead organizational initiatives/provide executive level status reporting at portfolio/program/project levels

Partner with program/quality/support/release teams to align on scope/release cadence/delivery/support

Develop/manage organizational change plans in support of business/technology/cultural/system changes

Perform critical path analysis/develop action plans to mitigate risk/create valuable dashboards/metrics

Build/maintain relationships with various internal functional groups/project teams/other stakeholders

Maintain/track status of initiatives, effectively resolve issues and remove barriers to program success

Oversight ongoing evaluation to ensure the quality of program and carry out improvement initiatives

Project/Vendor Manager III, Morgan Stanley, Hillsboro, OR, 11/20-07/21 (Managed: $100k) Contract

Engage with service owners and vendor teams to identify integration opportunities and drive cross-team initiatives

Manage technical guidance with ServiceNow to projects that span multiple organizations teams/outside suppliers

Plan/organize/execute/evaluate projects from concept through closure to meet/exceed stakeholder expectations

Communicate with different audiences, encourage a sense of teamwork/create a supportive work environment

Develop concept/technique/standard analysis/KPI/report/metric which represent the business performance

Key point of contact and subject matter expert for client forecasts, trends, KPIs, and to internal stakeholders

Serve as liaison between internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects

Work with all departments/vendors to develop procedures/test disaster recovery/business continuity plans

Program/Project Manager III, Infosys at Intel, Hillsboro, OR, 08/17-9/20, (Managed: $1M)

Responsible for $1M budget operations, funding guidelines, regulations, policies vision and technology strategy

Responsible for scope/schedule/cost/quality/client satisfaction throughout entire lifecycle, from initiation to close

Manage the ongoing relationship with partners, assessment of business needs, change impacts, change readiness

Identify/outline the requirements of customer RFP/RFO’s, value advantages of different products/system design

Provide monthly business review reports, vendors KPIs in Visio and Power Point presentation for PMO office

Responsible for the oversight, coordination of vendor work and the internal business subject matter experts

Establish efficient processes, facilitate proficient resolution, sourcing, contracts, negotiate/manage vendors

Coordinate aspects of customer implementation process, initial meeting, training calls, and status check-ins

Monitor, evaluate workload, efficiency with data analysis for continuously improving customer satisfaction

Prepare feasibility reports, assessments, technical project reports, data supporting findings, and schedules

Lead change areas: stakeholder management, communications/engagement, change impact assessments

Oversee program evaluation and SOW, prioritize, distribute assignments, monitor budgets and contracts

Create /manage vendor management policies/procedures facilitate proficient resolution/sourcing

Program/Project Manager III, Atos at DTNA site, Portland, OR, 06/16-07/17 (Managed: $100k)

Analyze current state environment, prioritize projects, resources needed, budget and ongoing systems maintenance

Partner with product/program/quality/engineering/support/release teams to align scope/release/delivery/support

Define/develop projects scope, objectives, work plans, schedules, milestones, resource requirements/deliverables

Develop/manage change management activities/achieve business goals through business and technology changes

Create long/short plans that minimize resistance/maximize employee engagement resolve workplace challenges

Accountable for providing strategies and driving project management best-practice ITIL process standardization

Explore policy options, SOW, make recommendations, creates long-range plans and goals to improve processes

Develop request for proposals (RFP) documents for acquisition of software/hardware services to meet IS needs

Responsible for enterprise-wide IT portfolio of projects including application, security, and infrastructure areas

Manage/track/report progress of projects, ensuring the scope, mission, and end point objectives are achieved

Negotiate contract terms/review/execute the process for approval of IT contracts and renewals/terminations

Project/Procurement Manager IV, Avamere Health Services, Wilsonville, OR, 11/14-04/16 (Managed: $10M)

Report to the CTO on managing, securing, tuning, maintaining, decommissioning and the company’s IT infrastructure

Drive projects to completion/effectively communicate with stakeholders/3rd party vendors throughout the process

Responsible for $10M budget operations, funding guidelines, regulations, policies vision and technology strategy

Lead contract negotiations, analyze data, resolve any operational/logistical/business issues, onboard new vendor

Assess critical aspects and milestones, manage change orders, identify potential crises/devise contingency plans

Direct the development of enterprise IT enhancement projects, establish scope/general requirements, priorities

Oversee installation/configuration/maintenance of network and systems hardware, software, and infrastructure

ERP (SAP) business transformation initiatives, ServiceNow process improvements, leadership initiatives changes

Oversee department operations/schedules to ensure that goals/objectives are accomplished within time frame

Negotiating contract terms/review/execute the process for approval of IT contracts and renewals/terminations

Influence/align cross-functional teams, plan/order fulfillment/supply chain/logistics/finance/sales operations

Project Manager III, HP at Conway/XPO site, Portland, OR, 10/12 -9/14, (Managed: $100k)

Collaborate with stakeholders, identify potential risks, difficulties, and design strategies to mitigate or avoid them

Set/manage/effectively communicate project expectations and deliverables to team members and stakeholders

Provide weekly status reports and vendors key performance indicators (KPI) Visio and Power Point presentation

Lead a multidisciplinary team of individuals across departments, including information systems & data analytics

Implement IT strategy, manage 3rd party vendors, monitor SLA’s, equipment inventories and software licensing

Oversee timely/successful infrastructure conversion of milestones Chase Bank, Dell, HP, and Xerox

TECHNICAL SKILLS / EDUCATIONS

MS, Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Communications and Informatics, Moscow, Russia

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Project Management, Certificate, 2020

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