Project Manager

JOHN SALVATORE, PMP

**** ****** ***** ******

Bradenton, Florida 34209

908-***-**** **********@***.***

Project Manager

Project Manager with a proven track record in process innovation within various industries including healthcare, finance, chemical, automotive, and consumer products. A creative, effective leader who thrives on challenges and securing positive outcomes; bright, versatile and resourceful team player, who possesses outstanding interpersonal, leadership, and communications skills; empowering leader and motivator, thorough planner, and effective risk manager and mitigator. Accustomed to a fast pace, managing multiple projects; fulfills priorities and meets deadlines while maintaining a strong business focus and providing value-added advice. Excellent with senior management communications and collaboration.

Core Competencies include:

PMO Project Management

Change Management

Collaborative Leadership

Business & Financial Analysis

Process Improvement

Vendor Management

Strategic Planning

Value Stream Mapping

Strong Communications

Risk Management

Budget Planning & Cost Control

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kaygen, Inc. Jul 2024 to Present

Business Management Consulting Company

Sr. Project Manager/Project Analyst

Client – Ernst & Young, NY, NY – subcontracted to EY client Consolidated Edison, NY, NY

Successfully implementing DERMS GridOS Project, to ensure ConEdison meetings two goals:

oReducing carbon footprint via energy efficiency.

oCreation of a enterprise-wide repository of DER assets via GridOS system and GE Model Manager.

Usage of MS Project & Jira for project tracking and daily scrums with development team. FAT, SAT and UAT development, implementation and testing. Action, Decision, Financials, and RAIDD logs maintained continuously.

Digital system integration & application implementation project. Working closely with client and GE Vernova technical teams to develop and implementation DERMS GridOS Model Manager program, which will enable ConEdison to be more energy efficient and proactive with energy demand utilizing predictive analysis applications. Requires networking and infrastructure build out, AD & SSO, ERP and QMS integration.

Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress.

TCS, Edison, NJ Aug 2017 to Sept 2023

A leading multinational IT outsourcing company

Sr. Project Manager

Client - Bayer AG, Whippany, NJ (July 2021 – Sept 2023):

Product Information Management (PIM) for Consumer Health Division (Life Sciences). Responsible for establishing PIM as the single source of truth for cross-functional product data in the U.S. Successful live syndication of CH products online with large e-retailers. Provided guidance on change management and related communications for stakeholder and user clarity. Vendor-driven development project.

Successfully transitioned to leading SAP ERP implementations and a proven ability to manage cross-functional teams to consistently meet project deadlines and budget requirements.

Usage of MS Project & Jira for project tracking and daily scrums with development team. Unit & functional testing and UAT. RAIDD log maintained continuously.

Digital system migration & application implementation project. Worked closely with Marketing on AstePro product launch and behavioral analytics for e-commerce and cross-functional project team.

Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress.

Successfully established SDLC implementation of new advanced technologies applications with predictive analytical capabilities (OMP/Exceedra/Viper applications integration with North America Data Lake/AWS cloud) for migration away from legacy system (Informer) for Canadian division of client. Use of MS Project for tracking and Power BI for insight of TPM data. Daily scrums with development team.

Client - Merck, Rahway, NJ (Aug 2017 – June 2021):

Business Process Management (BPM) improvements in GRACS (Global Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Safety) Division (Life Sciences). Responsible for process improvement implementation projects relating to regulatory affairs across multiple functional areas. Includes an SOP/documentation migration project Veeva Vault RIM and SQL database tables queries.

Digital applications implementations for regulatory harmonization utilizing SDLC methodology.

Experience in Steering committee of Program and Stakeholders meeting for Product and Sprint Backlogs.

Responsible for harmonization of regulatory requirements processes via internal integrated web application created for multi-functional area accessibility to ensure global regulatory compliance and alignment of processes and integration of country requirements, systems, and applications. Provided guidance on change management and related communications for stakeholder and user clarity. Prioritization of risk management. Developed web-based LMS for process training and to meet global agencies’ compliance requirements. Daily scrums.

Johnson & Johnson, Raritan, NJ Sept 2016 to Jan 2017

A leading provider of full range staffing and services

Project Manager II - Johnson & Johnson Procurement (Multinational pharmaceutical company)

Lead NA EFM (Enterprise Facilities Management) Transformation initiative to establish proven, successful project management methodologies for subsequent Global EFM Transformation rollout.

Advised Product Owners on Agile methodologies, improving backlog management and enhancing sprint

performance.

Lead the entire RFP process via collaboration with IT/engineering staff to develop online RFP bid platform for vendor bid submission. Track project progress, activities, and critical path via MS Project and MS Excel (PMO), providing weekly status reports. Chair weekly Core Team meetings and working sessions to review and resolve RAIDD Log items. Interact with and articulate current state of progress with sponsors, key stakeholders and other work stream leads to influence project toward achieving objectives, timelines, and budget. Responsible for all vendor management process: selection, contract negotiation, on-boarding, performance KPIs, and risk management.

Sanofi Corporation, Bridgewater, NJ April 2015 to Aug 2016

Multinational pharmaceutical company

Project Manager / Analyst (Contractor, Pharmaceuticals – multiple product launches)

Portfolio Management of resource planning and management process for the Go-to-Market team (Cold Chain Hand Sampling) results in a 400% increase in program performance success ratio.

Project lead in analyzing current project operations and recommending process improvements.

Coordinate decision making process by facilitating communications flow to all stakeholders to provide clear expectations of project requirements and objectives.

managed the project scope for end to end SAP implementations, achieving a 30% improvement in project delivery time.

Handle issues of diverse scope throughout the project life cycle where analysis of situation or data requires review of identifiable factors as they relate to business and regulatory requirements.

Track and review status of multiple projects and budgets via MS Project, manage schedules and prepare status reports.

Effectively manage project progress and milestones to life cycle and established standards.

Developed online Learning Management System (LMS) for certification process training and to meet FDA / compliance requirements.

Provided guidance on change management methodology and related communications for stakeholder and user clarity.

Ricoh Americas Corporation, West Caldwell, NJ May 2014 to April 2015

Multinational imaging & electronics company specializing in document management solutions.

Project Manager / Pricing Analyst (Contracts, Major Accounts Programs)

Lead strategic, cross-functional teams to design programs and process improvements to respond to current and future customer requirements for this international document management industry leader. End-use-pricing development for hardware, service, and software for new and existing Global Accounts.

Applied Agile and Scrum methodologies to optimize project delivery, significantly improving team

performance, reducing churn rate, and maintaining sprint velocity.

Strategically position price support funds to incent desired customer behavior while maximizing ROI.

Prepare and present analysis of profitability for management on all opportunities and contracts.

Engage in sales strategy planning and execution with internal sales teams and external customers to secure new business.

Maintain portfolio pricing data related to activity trends that impact current win rates, pipeline, and future opportunities and threats.

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS

PMP Certification Course – Avtech Institute, South Plainfield, NJ, May 2015.

PMP Certification (PMI Standard) November 14, 2016

BS Business Administration - Finance, LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, Lynchburg, VA, June 2011

Graduated Summa Cum Laude honors, 3.92 GPA

Associates Degree in Applied Science - Computer Information Systems, DeVry College of Technology

Phi Theta Kappa Honors. Received Dean’s Outstanding Achievement award in Systems Analysis 2003

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project Management (SDLC, Waterfall, Lean Six Sigma, Agile / Scrum methodologies)

Advanced skills in MS Office including MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Power BI and Visio

Proficiency with Jira, Smartsheets, ServiceNow, Pivot Tables/V-Lookups/Graphing and SharePoint.

Experience with network & infrastructure, AD, SSO, ERP, and QMS.

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