Angela Charleston, ERP, CSM, PMP
Chicago
Summary
Sr. Project Procurement Management - Sourcing Manager - Scheduler and Planner - Continuous Improvement
Results oriented procurement professional with over 20 years of procurement, material planning, and project management experience. Expertise in managing, motivating, and training colleagues on negotiating cost savings, sourcing both domestically and internationally, finalizing contracts, identifying process improvement opportunities, and communication skills.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. IT Project Procurement Manager
MEI
2021.11 - Current
- Responsible for the creation, communication, and management of Procurement Execution Strategy for the IT Product Development Department working with a teams in of Engineering, Finance, Procurement, and Product Managers, Stakeholders, Sales Managers, Developers towards successful sourcing, negotiating terms, purchasing items, receiving and inspecting goods as necessary and keeping records of all the steps in the process.
- Manage procurement execution of project including but not limited to: proposals, terms and conditions, purchasing contracts, drawing review cycles, delivery dates, subcontracting activities, inspection strategy, expediting strategy, logistics strategy, risk assessment, budget control, and creating reporting tools.
- Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements with 100% accuracy.
- Gains approval from Top Leadership for budget of of Projects with business investment of 400K or more keeping projects running within scope, on schedule and under budget with 100% stakeholder satisfaction.
- Execute buying feasibility analysis based on negotiated brackets during onboarding and offboarding business with 100% efficiency.
- Develop clear milestones to measure against, prioritizing time and work with100% efficiency.
- Presents Project Plan, deliverables, timelines and potential concerns to entire cross-functional project team with 100% team collaboration.
- Manage delivery with a sense of urgency while holding teams accountable for delivering work against project plan and communicates project status to Team and Top Management through-out project life cycle.
- Minimizes exposure and risk on project and ensures appropriate action is taken i.e contingency plan in place
- Collaborate with cross-functional leaders accountable for work against estimates- both in time and duration with 100% accuracy.
- Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope and sends change orders when necessary with 100% communication.
- Effectively applies project methodologies i.e Agile-Scrum, and Waterfall and enforces project standards while streamlining process for speed of delivery with 100% effectiveness.
- Manages, resolves and escalates to leaders, as appropriate, issues to ensure high quality deliverables with 100% proactive methodologies.
- Provide project recommendations to Procurement leadership with 100% buy-in.
- Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately with 100% accuracy.
Sr. IT Procurement Project Manager
Creative Circle (McGraw Hill (CPS/BMW)
2019.01 - 2021.10
- Purchased all Materials for project, executed special testing requirements and material data requirements for products prior to launch to development and customer approval.
- Executed the creation, communication, and management of Procurement Execution Strategy for the IT Product Development Department working with a teams in of Engineering, Finance, Procurement, and Product Managers, Stakeholders, Sales Managers, Developers towards successful sourcing, negotiating terms, purchasing items, receiving and inspecting goods as necessary and keeping records of all the steps in the process.
- Managed procurement execution of project including but not limited to: proposals, terms and conditions, purchasing contracts, drawing review cycles, delivery dates, subcontracting activities, inspection strategy, expediting strategy, logistics strategy, risk assessment, budget control, and creating reporting tools.
- Createed and executed project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements with 100% accuracy.
- Gained approval from Top Leadership for budget of of Projects with business investment of 400K or more keeping projects running within scope, on schedule and under budget with 100% stakeholder satisfaction.
- Executed buying feasibility analysis based on negotiated brackets during onboarding and offboarding business with 100% efficiency.
- Developed clear milestones to measure against, prioritizing time and work with100% efficiency.
- Presented Project Plan, deliverables, timelines and potential concerns to entire cross-functional project team with 100% team collaboration.
- Managed delivery with a sense of urgency while holding teams accountable for delivering work against project plan and communicates project status to Team and Top Management through-out project life cycle.
- Minimized exposure and risk on project and ensures appropriate action is taken i.e contingency plan in place
- Collaborated with cross-functional leaders accountable for work against estimates- both in time and duration with 100% accuracy.
- Managed day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope and sends change orders when necessary with 100% communication.
- Effectively applied project methodologies i.e Agile-Scrum, and Waterfall and enforces project standards while streamlining process for speed of delivery with 100% effectiveness.
- Managed, resolves and escalates to leaders, as appropriate, issues to ensure high quality deliverables with 100% proactive methodologies.
- Provided project recommendations to Procurement leadership with 100% buy-in.
- Ensured project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately with 100% accuracy.
Sr. IT Procurement Project Manager
Gameloot
2016.01 - 2019.01
- Managed and maintained the production schedule to match the order book with the required monthly and quarterly shipment dollars to ensure a 2016 to 2019 goal of $380 million dollar.
- Communicated on a daily or hourly basis with Vice President, CFO, Sales, and Production Managers on shipping schedules, shortages, expedited goods, quality issues, and recovery processes.
- Led the daily production meeting to keep focused on financial goals, customer promise dates, testing results, outside process deliveries, shortages, and expected deliveries.
- Purchased all Materials for project, executed special testing requirements and material data requirements for products prior to launch to development and customer approval.
- Executed the creation, communication, and management of Procurement Execution Strategy for the IT Product Development Department working with a teams in of Engineering, Finance, Procurement, and Product Managers, Stakeholders, Sales Managers, Developers towards successful sourcing, negotiating terms, purchasing items, receiving and inspecting goods as necessary and keeping records of all the steps in the process.
- Managed procurement execution of project including but not limited to: proposals, terms and conditions, purchasing contracts, drawing review cycles, delivery dates, subcontracting activities, inspection strategy, expediting strategy, logistics strategy, risk assessment, budget control, and creating reporting tools.
- Created and executed project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements with 100% accuracy.
- Gained approval from Top Leadership for budget of of Projects with business investment of 400K or more keeping projects running within scope, on schedule and under budget with 100% stakeholder satisfaction.
- Executed buying feasibility analysis based on negotiated brackets during onboarding and offboarding business with 100% efficiency.
- Developed clear milestones to measure against, prioritizing time and work with100% efficiency.
- Presented Project Plan, deliverables, timelines and potential concerns to entire cross-functional project team with 100% team collaboration.
- Managed delivery with a sense of urgency while holding teams accountable for delivering work against project plan and communicates project status to Team and Top Management through-out project life cycle.
- Minimized exposure and risk on project and ensures appropriate action is taken i.e contingency plan in place
- Collaborated with cross-functional leaders accountable for work against estimates- both in time and duration with 100% accuracy.
- Managed day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope and sends change orders when necessary with 100% communication.
- Effectively applied project methodologies i.e Agile-Scrum, and Waterfall and enforces project standards while streamlining process for speed of delivery with 100% effectiveness.
- Managed, resolves and escalates to leaders, as appropriate, issues to ensure high quality deliverables with 100% proactive methodologies.
- Provided project recommendations to Procurement leadership with 100% buy-in.
- Ensured project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately with 100% accuracy.
Sr. IT Procurement Project Manager
K-Force (J.P Morgan Chase)
2016.01 - 2016.06
- Managed multiple RFQs for proto-type projects while working closely with engineering to create correct BOM(Bill of Materials) lead times and work within budget and projected launch date.
- Worked in a fast paced environment, upgraded software systems and created SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for a team that exceeded expectations, by creating innovative ways and new processes required to meet customer expectations and company expansion and growth.
- Created a shipment schedule for sales team and production that would identify machines on order by classification and allow for scheduling of future orders. This schedule was used as a basis for the new capacity planning software implementation and is currently utilized to date.
- Led the daily production meeting to keep focused on financial goals, customer promise dates, testing results, outside process deliveries, shortages, and expected deliveries.
- Purchased all Materials for project, executed special testing requirements and material data requirements for products prior to launch to development and customer approval.
- Executed the creation, communication, and management of Procurement Execution Strategy for the IT Product Development Department working with a teams in of Engineering, Finance, Procurement, and Product Managers, Stakeholders, Sales Managers, Developers towards successful sourcing, negotiating terms, purchasing items, receiving and inspecting goods as necessary and keeping records of all the steps in the process.
- Managed procurement execution of project including but not limited to: proposals, terms and conditions, purchasing contracts, drawing review cycles, delivery dates, subcontracting activities, inspection strategy, expediting strategy, logistics strategy, risk assessment, budget control, and creating reporting tools.
- Created and executed project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements with 100% accuracy.
- Gained approval from Top Leadership for budget of of Projects with business investment of 400K or more keeping projects running within scope, on schedule and under budget with 100% stakeholder satisfaction.
- Executed buying feasibility analysis based on negotiated brackets during onboarding and offboarding business with 100% efficiency.
- Developed clear milestones to measure against, prioritizing time and work with100% efficiency.
- Presented Project Plan, deliverables, timelines and potential concerns to entire cross-functional project team with 100% team collaboration.
- Managed delivery with a sense of urgency while holding teams accountable for delivering work against project plan and communicates project status to Team and Top Management through-out project life cycle.
- Minimized exposure and risk on project and ensures appropriate action is taken i.e contingency plan in place
- Collaborated with cross-functional leaders accountable for work against estimates- both in time and duration with 100% accuracy.
- Managed day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope and sends change orders when necessary with 100% communication.
- Effectively applied project methodologies i.e Agile-Scrum, and Waterfall and enforces project standards while streamlining process for speed of delivery with 100% effectiveness.
- Managed, resolves and escalates to leaders, as appropriate, issues to ensure high quality deliverables with 100% proactive methodologies.
- Provided project recommendations to Procurement leadership with 100% buy-in.
- Ensured project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately with 100% accuracy.
Project Procurement Manager
Par-T-Trayz Catering
2014.01 - 2015.12
- Purchased, Designed, and Sourced Inventory in the Food, Beverage and Hospitality Industry throughout one of North America's Largest catering companies wholesaler, with annual revenue of $90 million.
- Traveled both Domestic and Internationally visiting Factories and attending Trade Shows while managing a staff of four associates to put out Brand Awareness of Food and Beverage Products and services resulting in increased sales.
- Managed procurement execution of project including but not limited to: proposals, terms and conditions, purchasing contracts, drawing review cycles, delivery dates, subcontracting activities, inspection strategy, expediting strategy, logistics strategy, risk assessment, budget control, and creating reporting tools.
- Created and executed project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements with 100% accuracy.
- Gained approval from Top Leadership for budget of of Projects with business investment of 400K or more keeping projects running within scope, on schedule and under budget with 100% stakeholder satisfaction.
- Executed buying feasibility analysis based on negotiated brackets during onboarding and offboarding business with 100% efficiency.
- Developed clear milestones to measure against, prioritizing time and work with100% efficiency.
- Presented Project Plan, deliverables, timelines and potential concerns to entire cross-functional project team with 100% team collaboration.
- Managed delivery with a sense of urgency while holding teams accountable for delivering work against project plan and communicates project status to Team and Top Management through-out project life cycle.
- Minimized exposure and risk on project and ensures appropriate action is taken i.e contingency plan in place
- Collaborated with cross-functional leaders accountable for work against estimates- both in time and duration with 100% accuracy.
- Managed day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope and sends change orders when necessary with 100% communication.
- Effectively applied project methodologies i.e Agile-Scrum, and Waterfall and enforces project standards while streamlining process for speed of delivery with 100% effectiveness.
- Managed, resolves and escalates to leaders, as appropriate, issues to ensure high quality deliverables with 100% proactive methodologies.
- Provided project recommendations to Procurement leadership with 100% buy-in.
- Ensured project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately with 100% accuracy.
Education
Master of Science - Project Management
Purdue University Global
Chicago IL06.2014
Master of Science - Technology Management
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN08.2003
Bachelor of Science - Technology Management
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN05.2001
Skills
- SAP Power User for S&OP
- Sales Forecasting
- Lean Processes, JIT, Kanban
- ERP, MRP, MRO expert
- Cost reductions and analysis
- Contract Negotiations
- On-time Performance
- Expert working knowledge of SAP, AS400, Cirtuo, InforXA, JD Edwards, Oracle, Arthur, STS, MIPS, and Salesforce
- Management of staff from 3 to 150 employees
- Strategic planning and sourcing,
- Complex problem resolution
- Project Management of budgets 2MM to 500MM
- Project Management and Procurement teams 1B to 5B inventory across 70 distributions centers
- Business and Product Development
- Presentations and Communications
- International factory experience with a focus on Asia and emerging countries
- Importing 2000+ containers per year
Accomplishments
- Negotiated new product contracts for bulk material resulting in over $7M in savings in one year.
- Reduced purchase order processing by 50% by creating, managing, and implementing a blanket order system for replenishment material resulting in a savings over $250,000 in one year.
- Surpassed all previous monthly goals by $14 million by successfully managing a supply chain staff of 5 to 50 people with an executable shipping schedule. Exceeded the quarterly goal by $5 million.
- Reduced out-of-stock issues by 100% in four months by creating and implementing a streamlined purchasing system that utilizes SAP moving away from a paper Bill of Material, utilizing requisitions and creating the ability to report status updates.
- Managed, hired, and trained staff of 150 at the largest product launches utilized world wide with annual sales exceeding $120 million a year.
Affiliations
- Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt Certification
- Agile, CSM (Certified Scrum Manager)
- Project Management Certificate (PMP)
- Breast Cancer (Walk-A-Thon) Volunteer
- March of Dimes Volunteer
- Family and Children's Shelter Volunteer
- Alzheimer’s Foundation & Lupus & Dementia Volunteer
- American Heart (Walk-A-Thon Fundraiser) Volunteer
- Kaboom (Building Playgrounds) Volunteer
Timeline
Sr. IT Project Procurement Manager
MEI
2021.11 - Current
Sr. IT Procurement Project Manager
Creative Circle (McGraw Hill (CPS/BMW)
2019.01 - 2021.10
Sr. IT Procurement Project Manager
Gameloot
2016.01 - 2019.01
Sr. IT Procurement Project Manager
K-Force (J.P Morgan Chase)
2016.01 - 2016.06
Project Procurement Manager
Par-T-Trayz Catering
2014.01 - 2015.12
Master of Science - Project Management
Purdue University Global
Master of Science - Technology Management
Purdue University
Bachelor of Science - Technology Management
Purdue University
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