Carol Roman
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Focused Project Manager adept at planning, directing and maintaining continuous operations in various departments. Experienced in directing manufacturing employees and keeping efficient production in accordance with quality standards. Applying creative and analytical approach to operations for continuous process improvement. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions. Excels through mentoring, training and empowering team to excel in performance.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager
Jones Lang LaSalle
04.2021 - Current
- Manage large projects plans and development, project financials, and scope to ensure projects stay aligned for a successful completion
- Perform quality control measures on projects throughout completion to maintain standards and ensure expected energy savings are achieved
- Identify areas of cost cutting and improvement to ensure the desired bottom-line performance
- Monitor project progress, identified and mitigate risks and take corrective action as needed.
- Collect and approve proposals and invoices from General Contractors and sub-contractors
- Execute fiscal management and reporting for operational stakeholders; including gross labor and capital spend, and non-labor forecasting for tracking, reporting and variance analysis.
- Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments. Apply lessons learned to inform future initiatives
- Meet project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
- Draft project reports to identify successful outcomes, insights and future recommendations.
- Schedule and facilitate meetings between project stakeholders to determine and align project dependencies and to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
- Source, vette and manage vendors needed to accomplish project goals.
Assistant Project Manager
Jones Lang LaSalle
05.2014 - 04.2021
- Validate and process over $100MM yearly capital and expense funding requests and purchase orders from creation to closure; including reporting of actuals, commitments, and forecasts
- Process receipts and invoices by verifying accuracy of documentation and balances, fulfilling purchase order adjustments, journal entries, and expenditures
- Coordination of monthly best view submissions with capital stakeholders, including milestone development, month over month change explanations, accruals and transfers derived from system and spreadsheet data sources
- Internal and vendor liaison with respect to project and retainage reconciliation, vendor AR resolution, and AP investigation
- Delivered high level of service to clients to both maintain and extend relationship for future business opportunities.
- Supported senior managers and department leaders by completing projects and problem resolution under tight budgets and schedule demands.
- Maintained tactical control of project budgets and timelines to keep teams on task and achieve schedule targets.
- Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
Merchandising Compliance Manager
The Home Depot
Atlanta, GA
07.2007 - 06.2012
- Monitored and evaluated merchandising projects to ensure established time, cost, company standards, and technical objectives were met
- Managed risk by implementing changes to improved overall store safety, performed accident investigations of all claims, and controlled cost through development of action plans that mitigate reoccurrences
- Developed high-level insights and recommendations based on multiple analyses of industry, competitive landscape, and consumer data
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
Procurement Agent
The Home Depot
Atlanta, GA
10.2001 - 06.2007
- Maintained open communication on equipment status, verification processes, and follow-through RMA processes for POS deployment
- Interfaced with sales team and branches regarding product needs in support of the P2P processes
- Sourced prospective vendors, analyzed data extracts, total cost modeling, spend reporting, savings calculations and made appropriate recommendations
- Maintained continuity of supply on stock items that matched rate of sale, minimized interruption of service to the customer, and permitted effective and efficient operations at the branch
- Initiated returns and inter-company transfers to balance inventory as needed.
- Verified receipt of items by comparing items received to items ordered and resolved shipment order errors with suppliers.
- Established and managed supplier and vendor relationships.
Accounts Payable Specialist
The Home Depot
Atlanta, GA
04.1998 - 10.2001
- Researched and adjusted valid chargebacks, ensuring they were properly coded
- Worked with other departments to correct errors discovered through analysis of documentation
- Negotiated resolution of account deductions
- Communicated internally with A/R, Customer Service, Sales and DC personnel to resolve handling charges, purchase order violations, and other accounting issues.
- Processed invoices and journal entries with efficiency and accuracy, resulting in decreased discrepancies.
Education
Master of Business - Marketing
Capella University
Minneapolis, MNBachelor of Science - Business
Capella University, Georgia State University
Minneapolis, MNAssociate of Science - General Education Clases
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA05.1988
Skills
- Project Estimation and Bidding
- Expense Reports
- Safety Protocols
- Project Management
- Business Process Re-Engineering
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- SAP
- Agile Methodology
- Data Review
- Purchasing and Procurement
- Quality Assurance and Control
- Budgeting and Forecasting
Accomplishments
- Achieved lower project labor cost by enabling internal employees to be used to complete project tasks through the introduction of an internal payroll billing method.
Work Availability
monday
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morning
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evening
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Quote
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Steve Jobs
Timeline
Project Manager
Jones Lang LaSalle
04.2021 - Current
Assistant Project Manager
Jones Lang LaSalle
05.2014 - 04.2021
Merchandising Compliance Manager
The Home Depot
07.2007 - 06.2012
Procurement Agent
The Home Depot
10.2001 - 06.2007
Accounts Payable Specialist
The Home Depot
04.1998 - 10.2001
Master of Business - Marketing
Capella University
Bachelor of Science - Business
Capella University, Georgia State University
Associate of Science - General Education Clases
Georgia State University
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