Carol Miller
Summary
Project management professional with 10 years of experience in the aerospace and diagnostics industries. Skilled in critical thinking, negotiation, and supplier management, with a proven track record of streamlining operations and enhancing compliance. Committed to fostering strong relationships and driving successful project outcomes through adaptability and strategic scheduling.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Subcontracts Liaison Tooling Department
Northrop Grumman
08.2022 - 03.2025
- Tracked Budget Request, EVCRS, New Tool Request, Released Tool IDs, integration of work packages into the WBS, participated in Board meetings, .
- Oversee supplier performance, meeting technical, cost, and schedule benchmarks.
- Coordinate subcontract modifications, resolving issues for seamless execution.
- Report supplier status to leadership, implementing corrective actions for success.
- Streamlined subcontract negotiation processes, enhancing compliance and reducing cycle time, leading to improved project execution.
- Evaluated supplier performance metrics to identify areas for improvement, fostering stronger partnerships and ensuring project timelines were consistently met.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams to address subcontract issues promptly, driving effective solutions and minimizing disruptions to operations.
- Cultivated strong relationships with suppliers, promoting open communication and teamwork to enhance overall project outcomes.
- Optimized solicitation package preparation, ensuring compliance and enhancing subcontract outcomes while driving project success.
Manufacturing Analyst
Northrop Grumman
01.2019 - 08.2022
- Interface with Designers on a daily basis to understand engineering requirements and tooling drawings to make appropriate corrections and start the fabrication phase.
- Manage projects and coordinate all procurement and fabrication to meet program cost and schedule requirements with vendor’s onsite or offsite.
- Work alongside the manufacturing team to ensure overall program quality, delivery, and cost objectives are achieved.
- Coordinate with internal machine shops to support need dates in Palmdale/EL Segundo, as well as other sectors within the Aerospace organization to support fabrication and stress analysis.
- Ensure products are ready for buy-off to include material certificates, photos, tool orders, MES orders, QTIS logs per NGC standards.
- Part of overseeing 250 tools and 80 shop aids with a year span.
- Participated in problem solving and identified issue with the trim coupon tools across the Strike Team line.
Dispatcher
CERF Diagnostics
08.2017 - 04.2018
- Assign service/work schedules for Phlebotomist working the Valley Area, Glendale, Pasadena, Covina, Riverside, and San Diego areas.
- Receive and log medical orders for patients and prioritize by category, ensuring all medical orders prescribed by a physician become a routine.
- Answer high volume of calls, assist vendors, and resolve customer complaints.
- Reported stats and critical lab results to proper medical facilities. Ensure registered nurses received data.
Military Personnel Supervisor
Brian All Good Community Hospital
05.2016 - 07.2017
- Managed personnel action, evaluations and awards for 500 personnel.
- Developed personnel tracking system to manage personnel actions, financial transactions, leave, medical preparedness and occupation training records.
- Monitored and advised commander of company slots; maintained 100% personnel positions throughout the organizations.
- Coordinated personnel integration and reception programs.
- Provided planned, scheduled, reviewed and approved work of subordinates and developed training opportunities for assigned personnel.
Military Distributions Supervisor
Brian All Good Community Warehouse & Distributions
04.2015 - 05.2016
- Coordinated distribution for 18 clinics on a daily basis.
- Trained 20 personnel on deployment activities and security operations to conduct missions.
- Maintained metrics, reports, processed documentation, and customer service logs.
- Served as a Safety Officer for Material Distribution Section. Completed monthly inspections and ensured safety policies and SOPs were complete.
- Examined monthly and quarterly inventory list to ensure current department needs were met and maintained.
Military Hazmat Coordinator
Eisenhower Medical Center
03.2014 - 03.2015
- Assisted in monitoring the Hazmat program, ensuring weekly disposal of chemicals, proper labeling, handling, equipment, resulting in zero spills and proper training of 20 personnel.
- Responsible for inventory control; including batch segregation during the put away process. Ensured proper transfer and storage of all raw materials, including proper temperature and hazmat considerations.
- Performed all duties in accordance with Government (CGMP, FDA, OSHA and Safety).
- Scheduled medical turn-in waste and prepared all 3161’s for class VIII materials.
- Reviewed and collected all medical recalls.
Military Logistics Support Specialist
Eisenhower Medical Center
03.2011 - 03.2015
- Held the position as a Vaccine Manager, coordinated the distribution of 20,000 vaccines per season with other medical treatment facilities in the southern region to include Puerto Rico and local Fort Gordon clinics, ensuring 100% arrival.
- Managed contingency medical sets such as first responder, Materiel Chemical Defense, Trauma, Pediatrics, Sick Call, and Controlled Pharmaceuticals with 100% accuracy. Ensuring the deployment readiness for sets valued at $2 million, over a two-year period.
- Implemented a CLASS VIII rotation program for contingency sets saving the SRMC over $60,000 in a year period.
Education
Master’s Degree of Art - Organizational Management
Ashford University
Phoenix, AZCertificate of Aerospace Project Management - undefined
Caltech Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CASkills
- Project Management,
- Strategic Scheduling
- Streamlining Operations
- Critical Thinking, Adaptability
- Supplier Management
- Procurement
- Problem Solving
- Logistics
- Time Management
- Exel
- SQL Basics
- Team Leadership
- Inventory Control
- Cost Reduction
- Budget tracking
- Cost analysis
- Schedule coordination
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Project execution oversight
- Procurement coordination
- Inventory management
- Goal setting
- Project planning
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- SECURITY CLEARANCE
- Secret Active
- Valid until 2029
Timeline
Subcontracts Liaison Tooling Department
Northrop Grumman
08.2022 - 03.2025
Manufacturing Analyst
Northrop Grumman
01.2019 - 08.2022
Dispatcher
CERF Diagnostics
08.2017 - 04.2018
Military Personnel Supervisor
Brian All Good Community Hospital
05.2016 - 07.2017
Military Distributions Supervisor
Brian All Good Community Warehouse & Distributions
04.2015 - 05.2016
Military Hazmat Coordinator
Eisenhower Medical Center
03.2014 - 03.2015
Military Logistics Support Specialist
Eisenhower Medical Center
03.2011 - 03.2015
Certificate of Aerospace Project Management - undefined
Caltech Institute of Technology
Master’s Degree of Art - Organizational Management
Ashford University