ANITA KACKLE
Project Manager
Somerville,NJ
Summary
Project Manager with thirteen years of experience in various industries, including pharmaceutical, IT and construction. Deliver high-quality results on time, within/under budget, using keen analytical, organizational, and communication skills. Personal mission is to contribute to process improvement to drive results across teams, for successful project outcomes.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager (Consultant Role)
Janssen Pharmaceuticals
04.2023 - 02.2024
- Partnered closely with team Commercial Directors on and regional partners to execute commercial strategies, tactics, and messaging
- Supported growth of portfolio goals, which included Phase 3 studies across four client products
- Assisted with medical expert engagement and building greater advocacy for brands
- Owned key aspects of best practice sharing and recognition, team meeting coordination
- Drove results by gathering information for Advisory Board submissions, drafting submissions, and conveying details to Health Care Compliance team to ensure timely flow of process
- Reviewed SOWs to confirm alignment with respective project scope, timeline, and budget
- Tracked invoicing and spend, in relation to SOWs and opened contracts and POs for each project
- Integral team member of collaborative, fast-paced project to identify and develop process improvement for complex submissions related to Advisory Boards
- Established and maintained processes to manage scope over project lifecycle, set project quality and performance standards, and assessed potential risks across multiple projects
- Developed and built project plans by working collaboratively with key stakeholders to gather inputs and set timelines to meet objectives
- Reported project outcomes and/or risks to appropriate management channels as needed and escalated issues based on project work plans
- Monitored progress against established goals, adjusting schedules and resources as needed to keep projects on track
- Delivered exceptional customer satisfaction by proactively addressing client concerns and meeting or exceeding expectations throughout engagement process
- Facilitated change management processes within organizations by effectively communicating benefits of new systems or processes being introduced during projects
- Collaborated closely with senior management to align project objectives with strategic company initiatives, ensuring that efforts contributed to overall business growth
- Implemented continuous improvement initiatives to optimize project outcomes while maintaining cost effectiveness.
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance
Project Manager (Consultant Role)
IQVIA
11.2022 - 04.2023
- Managed delivery of 15 virtual engagements simultaneously, including content assets and face to face meetings within PMO
- Directly responsible for budgeting, driving timelines and ensuring quality control
- Developed and built project plans by working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders
- In-depth knowledge of specific client compliance requirements and preferences
- Central point of contact for clients, provided updated project status, anticipated their requests
- Proactively managed solutions by independently researching potential directions, collaborating with others, and iterating to find solutions
- Responsible for multi-modal delivery and collaboration with global internal team and with clients and external healthcare professionals
- Collaborated with diverse global team, establishing relationships with team members, clients, and vendors
- Prioritized projects, identified efficiencies, and improved processes
Project Manager (Consultant Role)
Merck Global Oncology Market Access
05.2021 - 11.2022
- Managed complex operations and projects under accelerated timelines
- Demonstrated strong team collaboration, leadership, and communication
- Identified issues and provided resolutions to team members to proactively avoid timeline delays
- Analyzed industry reports and research studies for consideration by oncology subject matter experts for inclusion in marketing tools
- Collaborated with global department directors to drive project execution in Market Access & Pricing areas
- Coordinated planning and execution of multiple global and regional strategy meetings
- Managed comprehensive department budget and expenses incurred from projects and meetings, including invoicing and purchase order management, phasing yearly budget and expenses
- Managed agenda updates and contracting with production company, pre-recording of videos
- Liaison for agencies and non-company resources to drive optimum results through clear communication
- Maintained collaborative spaces, including organizational structure for Payer Value Tools and Market Research reports
- Partnered with directors to lead development of Payer Value Tools leveraged by global markets
- Acted as liaison between creative agencies and internal and external stakeholders
- Led financial and budget management for team of 15 directors
- Coordinated development of agency SOWs, and purchase orders
- Worked directly with each agency and internal management for timely invoice submission and approvals
- Reviewed, monitored, and coordinated rounds of revisions and updates to ensure alignment with deliverable milestones and established budget
Project Manager
Biocodex USA
03.2020 - 05.2021
- Supported project activities including planning, research, billing, managing to budgets, allocating resources, generation of deliverables, and reporting to clients and internal stakeholders
- Developed scope and timeline for cross-functional, New Product Development global team project : innovation/formulation/stability testing/labeling/packaging/marketing
- Communicated production schedule and sourcing urgency for packaging and labeling suppliers
- Conveyed strategy, project scope, feedback and deliverables to stakeholders
- Scheduled team meetings and worked with innovation team lead to prepare meeting agenda
- Maintained project timelines and followed up with team members on action items
- Analyzed and reported metrics of competitor product trends and advertising spend in industry
- Developed strong internal and external networks to find new opportunities for collaboration
- Enhanced overall project success by conducting thorough post-project evaluations and incorporating lessons learned into future efforts
Sr. Project Coordinator - Construction
DPK Consulting, Land Surveyors
07.2018 - 06.2019
- Developed initial project schedule and resolved scheduling conflicts with Construction Project Manager
- Reported project schedule in daily team meeting
- Coordinated staff and field crews to perform surveys to meet customer demands
- Prepared work confirmations and proposals
- Responded to client inquiries and provided quick feedback with optimal results
- Initiated daily check-point meeting for cohesive team communication
- Tracked project spending to ensure projects remained on target and within budget
- Created and implemented new project spending tracker system
- Maintained client status data for major clients
- Worked collaboratively with Accounting counterpart to report spending
- Provided deliverables in timely manner to meet aggressive deadlines
- Liaison between clients and staff
Project Manager
Kackle Home Services
06.2016 - 07.2018
- Provided full project lifecycle of small to mid-scale residential and commercial projects, including, but not limited to scope, planning, budgeting, coordination and timely completion of deliverables
- Worked collaboratively with various trade teams to ensure efficient scheduling to drive timeline results
- Ensured construction materials were scheduled and delivered in timely manner
- Tracked budget and spending to ensure optimum performance
- Identified and mitigated potential risks caused by factors such as inclement weather, material delivery issues
- Prepared bid packages for municipalities and submitted in timely manner
- Managed daily operations of small business through open communication and timely response to inquiries
- Built strong business relationships by providing high quality outcomes to clients
- Networked in Chamber of Commerce and Association of Realtors events to develop potential business contacts and referrals.
Project Delivery Manager, IT Services Division (Consultant Role)
Johnson & Johnson
08.2015 - 06.2016
- Performed strategic analysis of global system data to create comprehensive daily reports to management
- Created formal metric reports that focused on specific regions using IRIS/Service Now application
- Managed work flow for service tickets in IRIS/ServiceNow
- Managed SharePoint access for team by providing access with necessary credentials to project data
- Maintained integrity of highly confidential information for sensitive divestiture projects
- Worked collaboratively with several global project teams at once
- Presented metric analysis during team meetings
- Contacted service technicians in regard to problem service requests and report to management
- Updated asset inventory and reported discrepancies for outdated inventory to be collected
Project Delivery Manager
Janssen Pharmaceuticals
01.2015 - 06.2015
- Integral project team member that provided 2000 new laptops in North America sites
- Provided excellent customer service to users to ensure optimum scheduling of appointments based on business demand
- Coordinated action plan with each Site Delivery Lead to meet unique needs at different locations
- Managed and updated master file to maintain integrity of project data
- Scheduled all client appointments within timelines for each site location
- Updated and distributed technician schedule daily to balance workload with customer demand
- Reported daily summary to project team and management to communicate progress and challenges technicians reported
- Collaborated with project team to develop methods to fulfill users' needs while also achieving project goals and timeline
- Drafted and revised communications to users for each location based on site requirements
- Updated asset inventory and reported discrepancies for outdated inventory to be collected
Project Delivery Manager, Managed Print Services (Consultant Role)
Johnson & Johnson
06.2011 - 06.2014
- Created and managed standard processes for base business operations with continuous improvement
- 845,000 savings realized due to diligent tracking and effort
- Managed $5.1 Million purchase order report to ensure expenses remain within budget
- Tracked and analyzed data to present financial reports and comparisons
- Created Knowledge Management articles and Standard Operating Procedures within Company guidelines
- Analyzed usage data within fleet to maintain/establish optimization
- Coordinated contract amendment updates with Sourcing counterpart
- Analyzed current budget and usage trends to forecast future budget
- Created tracking system to reconcile billing between vendor billing and client system
- Participated in meetings to ensure effective communication and coordination of efforts
- Monitored equipment removal and replacement between two vendors to avoid gaps in service
- Escalation point for service requests/issues and escalation point for reporting issues to vendor
- Updated and maintained Help Desk scripts for service to ensure smooth direction for routing tickets
- Informed Service Owners of continuing out of scope issues that affected operations
- Processed on-boarding of new associates and provided access based on necessary credentials
- Advised Sourcing department of ending Standard of Work contracts, new/additional needs
Education
B.A. in English with minor in Secondary Education -
College of Saint Elizabeth
Morristown, NJSkills
- Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, MS Teams, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Outlook
- SAP
- Metric analysis and Reporting
- Budget Analysis and Reporting
- Agile Processes Improvement
Certification
Standard Certificate, Teacher of English, K-12/Highly Qualified in English Education
Timeline
Project Manager (Consultant Role)
Janssen Pharmaceuticals
04.2023 - 02.2024
Project Manager (Consultant Role)
IQVIA
11.2022 - 04.2023
Project Manager (Consultant Role)
Merck Global Oncology Market Access
05.2021 - 11.2022
Project Manager
Biocodex USA
03.2020 - 05.2021
Sr. Project Coordinator - Construction
DPK Consulting, Land Surveyors
07.2018 - 06.2019
Project Manager
Kackle Home Services
06.2016 - 07.2018
Project Delivery Manager, IT Services Division (Consultant Role)
Johnson & Johnson
08.2015 - 06.2016
Project Delivery Manager
Janssen Pharmaceuticals
01.2015 - 06.2015
Project Delivery Manager, Managed Print Services (Consultant Role)
Johnson & Johnson
06.2011 - 06.2014
B.A. in English with minor in Secondary Education -
College of Saint Elizabeth
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