Chain Management Project

NORA BELL

+1-281-***-**** ****.******@*****.*** *303 Little John Ln, Katy, TX 77493

Program delivery professional seeking an opportunity to bring consulting and portfolio planning through application of excellent communication, planning, integration management, technical recommendations, and value chain management. Proven track record of staff management delivering committed leadership of teams. CORE SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

• PMP Certified

• Resource Management Skills

• A&D ($100m - $1750M USD)

• Value Chain Management

• Stakeholder Engagement and Management

• Mentor and Team Development

• Vendor Management and Negotiations

• Project Management Agile, Scrum and Waterfall

Methodology

• Domain Knowledge - Trading and

Supply, Upstream, & Manufacturing

• Project/Program Management Skills

• Leading Teams (4-75 individuals)

• Entrepreneurial Mindset – Critical

thinking, & storytelling

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Working with the Logistic Portfolio in Trading and supply to help plan for the core resourcing by working with the CC leads globally including cross-functional discussions to understand Logistic needs while remaining compliant in all internal reporting for ServiceNOW.

• Created and implemented ways of working in large multi-year Programs such as the iShale Program for UPU with a budget of $5m per annum. Value of $187m free cash flow with 2 vendor/contractor teams of 10 and 20 Shell global staff.

• Built the Connect Planning program with a budget of $5.5m per year and business value of $57m per year for a team of 55 Shell staff and contractor globally and 1 vendor of 10-15 contractors.

• Role model with passion about mentoring project managers on Shell ways of working and how to utilize the PDF in an entrepreneurial way. Mentor 8-10 employees with their staff development, talent and expertise as new Project Managers are onboarded.

• Coordinated the global teams to share learnings to help build a more structured way of recognition. Applied business knowledge to lead recognition team for the US PPM. Created a High Five site and recognition framework.

• Lead A&D activity for Upstream Argentina, $100m to $750m multi-business, multi-country deal, requiring resource end-to-end utilization across the value chain of various business. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Staff Senior Project/Program Manager March 2014 – Oct 2024 Shell Information Technology – Upstream (Deepwater and Unconventional) & Trading & Supply (Logistics)

• Developed and implemented Core Resourcing Model which improvs business performance by retention within the organizations. These models allow for line management to improve resource growth and business continuity.

• Drives the creation and implemented application development such as PDF standards within the program to allow for a 100% on time status reporting and a +/- 2.5% budget variance within the Project Managers within the teams.

• 25+ projects and 20+ Project Managers in Logistics – Terminal Operations turned around from 0% compliance to 100% compliance for the past 6 months.

• Mentor and developed over the past 8 years 30 project managers on the PDF and Shell ways of working leading to high energy performing teams that work independently to deliver within Scope, Budget, and Time.

• Works independently with at risk staff to turn around performance and become high performing team members.

• Lead 2 significant quality assurance continuous improvement efforts: o Recognition for the Global Project Management Teams by creation of the High Five and Recognition Model, contributing to the increase of +6 in the SPS scores

o Lead the Logistics Purchase Request and Purchase Order creation process improvements to identify escalation paths and ways of working decreasing the time to create PO from 4 months to 2 months.

• Lead A&D activity for Upstream Argentina, $100m to $750m multi-business, multi-country deal, requiring entrepreneurial skills across the value chain of various business.

• Lead internal and external stakeholders’ best practices at all levels of the organization in the creation and organization of digital technology business programs such as:

o UPU Shales ($80m of business value yearly, with 50 team members), o GoM DW Connected Planning ($37.4 m in business value yearly, with over 75 team members) Programs.

• Managed the US Implementation of Permit to Work for the GoM and UPU, allowing for safer technical services and improved sustainability.

NORA BELL +1-281-***-**** ****.******@*****.***

CGI March 2012 – March 2014

Shell Exploration & Production Company – Contract Project Manager – Houston, TX

• Completed the first DataMart within Spotfire, consisting of data for Cost, HSE, and Production for the Upstream Deepwater Organization contributing to 5+ FTE time saving a year and the ability for Leadership to make quicker more informed decisions.

• Worked with sponsors, stakeholders, and SME to understand business requirement for Business Case and realization of benefits for creation of the Project Charter, Project Management Plan, and Project Schedule.

• Responsible for the consultation and resource utilization for sub-team detailed plans as well as working with the architecture, IRM, and other support service team to ensure compliance with Shell Standards.

• Driven innovation of new approaches to ensure decisions are compliant with internal/external IT Policies/Rules (i.e. PDF and PMO Process) including IT transitions and change control (CRAM) process. Traid Resourcing – BP – Contract Program Manager June 2010 – March 2012 BP NAGP IT&S Business Unit – NG & BIIR Portfolio Manager - Houston, TX

• Worked with the sponsor and/or Business Project Manager to develop Business Case capability and realization of benefits for all projects.

• Ownership of master integrated plan and class mentor for sub-team detailed plans as well as working with the architecture team to ensure compliance and accurate strategic direction.

• Responsible for oversight of projects capability to ensure decisions are compliant with internal/external IT Policies/Rules (i.e. PDM & CVP Process).

• Manage work orders, distribution, and contracts with internal and external IT partners, along with working with IP (Internal procurement).

• Manage project dependencies, helping secure identification and implementation of innovative solutions to issues that threaten execution of the plan.

• Act as the project “conscience centre” on the full and formal completion of milestones, ensuring full stakeholder sign-off, CVP stage- gate compliance, and management to go-live criteria.

• Undertake and manage project financial forecast models, including resource level planning, monthly reconciliation with financial control and managing the project estimate to completion by release.

• Focus point for staffing management functional excellence – Procurement (IP6S), Click CSM and iBuy support. Severn Trent Services December 2000 – June 2010

Implementation Manager - Houston, TX

• Program Manager for the evaluation, engineering, budgeting, and implementation of a complete Tier 2 work management solution

(Hansen/Infor) that allows the business unit to create an electronic work order and after the work is complete invoice to the client.

• Responsible for implementation and verification of the PMBOK project management methodology within the IT team and evaluation of all IT projects for North America Operations, on average 33 projects a year.

• Possess Strong knowledge of MRP, supply chain, purchasing, customer service, time, material, fix cost, job costing, BOM’s (Bill of Material), inventory management, field service management, maintenance management modules, finance, general accounting and HSE Modules for ERP systems.

• Project manager for the South East Region in evaluating and correcting an implementation of a failed Tier 2 Accounting System failed. This project had a team of 10 internal users and 3 external users at various sites domestically.

• Completed the move of infrastructure from FL to PA., the relocation of our TX data center to a harden facility and converted our entire organization to Citrix.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Business Administration Maryville University— St. Louis, MO 1992 Major in Management; Double Minor in Marketing & Finance PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

PMP 2016

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