Program Management Project Planning

Kimberley Higgins ***********@*****.***

*** ******** *** ** **** Bay, FL 32907 321-***-****

OVERVIEW: Dynamic and highly skilled professional with extensive experience in project scheduling, resource management, and performance analysis across multiple industries. Extensive experience in program management, budgeting, and cost analysis, ensuring projects are delivered efficiently and within financial constraints. Adept at coordinating proposals, preparing cost estimates, analyzing supplier contracts, and managing procurement processes to support business growth. Known for strong leadership in mentoring and training teams, as well as contributing to high-level management decision-making through data-driven insights and reports. Relied upon for delivering customized solutions to meet customer needs while coordinating internal resources to support operations within a progressive organization SUMMARY:•Adept at analyzing RFPs, preparing competitive bids, and collaborating with internal teams to develop winning proposals.

•Highly effective in analyzing and optimizing project data, managing cross-functional teams, and providing strategic insights to support business goals. KNOWLEDGE • Project Planning • Customer Relations • KPI Tracking & Reporting

& EXPERTISE:• Program Management • Client Acquisition • Earned Value Management

• Proposal Development • Procurement Planning • Cost & Schedule Integration

• Cost Analysis & Forecasting• Customer Engagement • Request for Proposal (RFP) Analysis PROFESSIONAL KB SIGNALING 2024 to Present

EXPERIENCE:Project Planning Manager Melbourne, FL

•Develop and analyze detailed project and program schedules for internal stakeholders, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

• Regularly update and status schedules on a weekly basis, providing project status reports to the Project Manager (PM).

Highlights Facilitate continuous training and onboarding for new company processes, ensuring smooth adoption and integration across teams.

ALSTOM 2018 to 2024

Project Planning Manager Melbourne, FL

• Prepared and updated reports and presentations for monthly management reviews.

• Led the creation and analysis of program schedules, working closely with internal teams to ensure effective project delivery.

•Maintained up-to-date project schedules on a weekly basis and deliver clear, concise status reports to PMs, highlighting key project milestones and challenges. Highlights Served as an Ody.C Key User, supporting system implementation and optimization.

Drove monthly KPI updates and provide detailed reports to senior management. THALES 2016 to 2018

Project Engineering Planner Melbourne, FL

• Planned and analyzed new project schedules for aviation customers to ensure seamless execution.

•Actively participated in customer meetings, providing insights and project updates. Highlights Guided and support new planners, ensuring a smooth onboarding and process.

Mentored principal engineers in project planning and critical path analysis to enhance efficiency.

HARRIS CORPORATION 2014 to 2016

Program Scheduler

Palm Bay, FL

• Collaborated with IPT leads to develop top level schedules, to depict a meaningful critical path and performance for Integrated Master Schedules, Studies, IR&Ds, and special projects.

•Maintained an 18,000-line item network logic schedule for WIN-T ($210M program)

• Integrated Project Schedules for the F-35 Antenna Project into production.

• Ensured IMS compliance with the Statement of Work (SOW), Integrated Master Plan (IMP), and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

Highlights Facilitated weekly IMS meetings with control account managers, project engineers, and program managers.

Managed cost and schedule integration, milestone tracking, and resource allocation. EARLIER CAREER:•GE Aviation Lead Planner Analyst 2012 to 2014

• Sala & Associates Project Control Engineer 2010 to 2012

•Harris Corporation Program Scheduler 1988 to 2010 EDUCATION:BREVARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE Melbourne, FL

AA Degree - General Studies Conferred

TECHNOLOGY:•Microsoft Project (MSP 2010-2017, MSP Professional. Project Server 2010)

• Primavera 6, Oracle Global, Deltek Open Plan/ Cobra

• Earned Value Management System (EVMS)

• Steel-ray Project Analyzer, DCMA 14 pt. Analysis, Granada Dynamic

• Planisware – Ody.C (Schedule tool Created for Alstom)

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