Project Manager

Profile Summary

• *- years of Project Administration & Junior Project PM experience as well as 4-years of Office Administration experience

• Highly motivated, energetic with excellent communication skills, administrator high profile projects in areas such as JD Edwards, SAP, Human Resources, Banking and Marketing

• BCOM (Business Commerce Degree) in progress (2007-current)

Skills Summary

• Project Management (PMBOK/PMI) (7 years)

• Risk Management (7 years)

• Knowledgeable on Agile, Scrum, Waterfall SDLC • Project Management Software (MS Project, EPM Project Server, Visio) (7 years)

• Software (MS Office, Outlook) (11 years)

Professional Experience

• Perten (January 2011 – Current) (http://www.perten.com/)

Consultant – Management of Principle Software Engineer, in executing archicultural IT project. This includes creation and update of MSProject Plan (EPM Server) (on Agile, Scrum Methodology) as well as online meetings were status updates and reports are discussed. Assist developer in general administration as well as compiling Training and Specification documentation. All adhering to Perten standards.

• Nampak (January 2004 – October 2006) (http://www.nampak.com/)

Junior Project Manager – Implementation of JD Edwards into Nampak Divisions Divfood & BevCan. The project covered: Finance, Manufacturing, Procurement, Inventory, Sales, Distribution, Bar-coding and Training.

• Budget: $4M Team Size: 30+ members (Nationally) Duration: 2 years

• Developed and maintained schedules for all project deliverables, using MS Project Server. This included definition of project tasks, collection of task estimates, definition of milestones, identification of dependencies and managing resource allocation. (The Project included: Planning, Role Mapping, Change and Communication, Business Preparation, Business Intelligence (BI), Advanced Planning (APS), Solution and Data Migration, Training, UAT, Execution, Cut Over and Business Continuity Plan).

• Managed Project Risks and Issues resolution using appropriate tools

• Communicated and liaised between Project Manager, Customers, Program Management Office (PMO), Leads, and Team Members, to ensure proper lines of communication - critical in resolving risk and issue items.

• Monitored and reported project progress and status to all stakeholders.

• Composed Quality Assurance (QA) reports for Executive Management

• Interfaced with Program Management Office (PMO) to ensure project standardization and adherence to In-house Methodology was adhered to and on track with (The In-house PMO methodology followed Project Management Institute (PMI))Adhered to Nampak Specific Procedures and Policies)

• Assisted in actual Data Migration, Data Capturing, Training and User Acceptance Testing streams

• Nedcor Bank (June 2003 – Dec 2003 Contract/Temp Position) (http://www.nedbank.co.za)

Project Co-Ordinator – Pioneering People Practices. An HR project that systematically re-engineered and streamlined Retail Banking Divisions People Practices ensuring that they embody Retail Values and Leadership Philosophy within a competence-based environment. The Project consisted of 11-Sub-Projects.

• Budget: $1M Team Size: 13+members Duration: 6 months

• Identified, documented and escalated roadblock(s), risks or issues and communicated to proper resolution group(s)

• Supported Team Leads (11) by facilitating communication, project methodology and buy-in from group

• Co-ordinated, evaluated and tracked project milestones

• Chaired and facilitated meetings and workshops of induction (new hires) and exiting streams

• South-African Breweries Miller (June 2002 – 2003 Contract/Temp Position) (http://www.sabmiller.com/)

Project Administrator – Team Member of the Project Management Office Team (PMO). Co-ordinated multiple projects including Market Intelligence, SAP CRM and Project Server (EPM).

• Budget: Varied Team Size: 10+members Duration: Varied.

• Managed and maintained all project documentation, both electronic and hardcopy

• Assisted with new Project Methodology implementation (Barcoding and EPM)

• Managed RFS System (Request for service) and liaised with appropriate resolution groups

• Co-ordinated & Attended Project Methodology (Project Server (EPM & internal training courses

• Administered the Project Budget through Raising Orders (SAP), Reviewing Reports, Forecasting Expenditure and highlighting saving opportunities

• Assisted in the assessment, prioritization and scheduling of work

• Recruited data capture personnel for Market Intelligence Project

• ABSA (January 2001 – May 2002) (http://www.absa.co.za/)

Project Administrator to Program Manager – Absa Direct Project Management Office (PMO). Projects administered included Contact Centre Consolidation, the consolidation of contact centers within Absa Bank

• Budget: $2M Team Size: 10+members Duration: 12 months.

• Adhered to in-house Project Management Methodology

• Co-ordinated and facilitated project start-up meetings

• Produced Business Requirement and Project Charter Documents

• Analyzed all Contact Centre Departments on job specifications, job design, business function and size within Absa Direct, prepared and produced Business Design Document

Start-up and maintenance of Absa Direct Project Management Office (PMO) called Project Central which included the procedural and administration functions within Absa Direct as well as, document centralization and standardization.

• Researched various solutions for Project Management Office regarding improvements to the Project Management Methodology

Education

• BCOM Management, In progress, University of South-Africa (online) (http://www.unisa.co.za/)

• Project Management Advanced, 2005, Damelin College, South-Africa

• Fundamentals in Project Management, 2004, Damelin College, South-Africa

• PC Specialist, 1999, Boston City Campus, South-Africa

Training

• EPM Microsoft Project (MS Project Server), 2002, Fulcrum Institution, South-Africa

• MS Project Intermediate, 2001, CS Holding’s Institution, South-Africa

• Project Management Fundamentals, 2001, PM Ideas Institution, South-Africa

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