Project Manager (Work remotely)

Christopher L. Kurtz

**** *.**** ** ******** Park, KS 66204 913-***-**** ***********@*****.***

An organized, motivated and results driven Project Manager with six years experience in Project Management. Now working in sales as a Product Line Manager. Experience scheduling and managing teams, and working across multiple groups and vendors to complete projects. Enjoy working with a global company and have experience working with a wide variety of clients with different needs from Europe, Asia and the United States. Managed packaging projects with over a million in revenue annually, not including fee for service revenue. Managed 15 to 20 clients at a time with an average of around 250 clinical shipments per month. Worked to meet client needs and company’s

commitment to delivery on time and in full. Look to utilize my education and

experience to deliver a good return on investment to the employer and results to the

client.

Education

University of Kansas Lawrence, KS August 2004

B.G.S in Political Science

Course work emphasis on: Research methods, statistics, essay writing, foreign countries,

foreign policy and economics

Minor in Mechanical Engineering with classes in: Calculus, Physics, Thermodynamics

Statics And Chemistry

Shawnee Mission West Overland Park, KS May 2000

Basic high school studies

Four years of Architecture classes and AutoCAD

Experience

VC999 Kansas City, MO 04/2012 to Present

Position: Product Line Manager

Develop sales and customer satisfaction with clients in the United States

Organize and participate in trade shows

Monitor inventory levels

Assist with all marketing and media

Handle customer complaints or issues

Search for new markets and applications

Make yearly budgets

Aptuit Kansas City, MO 09/2005 to 01/2012

Position: Project Manager Clinical Packaging & Logistics

Activities include client contact for the purpose of ongoing project activities as well as working with the client to define packaging and distribution requirements, setting up project timelines and tracking progress against those timelines, preparing related technical documents and assuring the successful packaging and distribution within Clinical Packaging and Logistics.

Create and manage storage of client documents and files using SharePoint. Post documents to client accessible SharePoint sites for review and approval.

Manage projects that may cross multiple sites or business lines.

Work with clients and vendors from different cultures including: Spain, Denmark, UK, Taiwan and Japan, India, Russia and South America.

Run teleconferences in the evening as required for different time zones and with the help of a translator as needed.

Evaluate and adds details to project plan initiated during the proposal in conjunction with all participating departments for confirmation at initiation of the project.

Lead client kick off meetings, facilitates project meetings throughout the execution phase of projects and project closeout meetings.

Present at client meetings and investigator meetings as requested.

Control and monitor project progress to ensure that milestones are accomplished on time and escalated as needed

Monitors the project budget and maintains all milestones so that appropriate invoicing and revenue recognition can be accomplished in a timely manner.

Work with the Sales to support the winning of new businesses.

Continuous liaison with Sales in terms of additional scope of work and future contracts.

RGIS Inventory Specialist Overland Park, KS 9/03 to 9/05

Position: Team Leader/ Auditor

Running and managing inventories ranging from 3,000 to 30,000 pieces and supervision

Of 5 to 15 employees

Using computer system, downloads, and printouts to verify accuracy of inventory

Instructing RGIS employees of policy and procedures prior to start of inventory

Scheduling a team of 5 to 10 auditors for work weekly

10 key entry of SKU’s

Skills and Courses

Experienced in using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project

Experienced with Microsoft Outlook, Peoplesoft, Salesforce and Vtiger.

Use of SharePoint for storage of client documents and sharing files with clients

Some experience with Lean Six Sigma and Kaizen events

Drafting and AutoCAD release 14 and 2000 versions

Excelling as a First-Time Supervisor CareerTrack March 2008

Microsoft Project Workshop New Horizons February 2010

Awards

2004 National Dean’s List References provided upon request

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