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ProjectManager

Carolina Barvo

Project Manager
Riverview,FL

Summary

CAREER SUMMARY A highly stimulated and professional with over ten years of experience in project management, business analysis and processes optimization in translation projects in the pharmaceutical industry, including IRBs and CROs. Direct experience in coordinating project planning & KPIs in executive client facing roles, resourcing, staffing, subcontract management, reporting, quality assurance and control, and people management. Knowledge of protocol documents, ethics committee/IRB approval, ICF, investigator's brochure, recruitment material, and training material. Extensive experience with vendor management. Expertise in project risk management, process mitigation assessment and resolution planning techniques. Successful launching, directing, and managing scale assignments by performing management functions such as, planning, scheduling, executing, issues & risks, stakeholder and tracking processes, ensuring successfully project delivery under budget. Experienced [Job Title] with top-notch implementation and project management abilities. Highly organized, methodical and skilled at overseeing daily milestones across high-performance teams. Well-versed in [Area of expertise] planning and deployment.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Project Manager

DTS Language Services
03.2015 - Current
  • Manage multiple-concurrent projects focusing on scope, business objectives and final deliverables
  • Customers include: IRBs, CROs, pharmaceutical sponsors, clinical research institutions, roadmap owners and senior program sponsors
  • Key liaison with customer when it comes to planning, scoping and timeline management for the portfolio of projects
  • Build and track Gross-Profit-Margin models (GPM) for projects to ensure appropriate resources are consistently selected within the established budget and timelines
  • Lead PM Team with daily project standup meetings focusing on planning tasks, requests, quotes, and deliverables
  • Oversee equitable distribution of orders and tasks between Project Managers
  • Monitor and report to Senior Management on the progress and profitability tracking of each project
  • Lead with Machine Translation research and advancement projects (conf calls, meetings, shadowing, customer portals, etc.)
  • Owner of vendor selection processes including vendor selection, contract negotiation and escalations
  • Contribute with key capital knowledge for the creation of SOP and PM processes improvement
  • Lead the PM Team in Quality Assurance initiatives and oversee QA completion and compliance
  • Participate in interviewing, hiring, and onboarding of new personnel and training and mentoring of new hires
  • Manage and train highly performance PM s Teams
  • Assist in ISO process reviews (input/involvement/draft writing) thorough Documentation creation and & Recordkeeping
  • Build strong business relationships with Clients & Vendors/Resources
  • Perform Quality Control/Quality Assurance Tasks and Validation Skills
  • Conduct condition of satisfaction surveys with Clients related to projects performance, lead follow up sessions with project sponsors and document lessons learned
  • Maintain customers’ business relationships with customers’ senior executives
  • Conduct CMS Training Sessions for Clients and Resources, as requested.

Export Sales Administrator

Interline Brands
07.2014 - 01.2015
  • Responsible for Customer Service, and Soft Sales with customers in the Pacific, Caribbean, Central and South America region and Canada
  • Coordinated communication between US operations and other foreign offices or customers.

Coach Shipping Analyst

03.2014 - 07.2014
  • Supervised and assisted in daily warehouse and shipping areas including: filling and shipping customer orders, satisfying internal shipping requirements, ensuring accuracy of shipments, and supporting documentation
  • Assured all relevant documents are prepared and retained to Policy standards to pass internal & external audits.

Coach Account Representative II

09.2013 - 03.2014
  • Management system from receipt to shipment including drop shipments directly from vendors
  • Reviewed orders accuracy in product assortment, forecasting quantity schedule ship release dates and execute necessary changes.

Value Added Packages Coordinator

Bacardi Distribution Center
06.2013 - 09.2013
  • Reviewed Value-Added Packages (VAP) and submitted sheet to POS Program Management for review.

Traffic Coordinator

Samsonite
12.2012 - 05.2013
  • Arranged transportation for prepaid freight customer orders based on criteria such as best cost carrier, customer delivery date requirements and carrier delivery performance.

Logistics Coordinator

Outotec, USA Inc
07.2010 - 11.2012
  • Support the Global Supply Chain organization through analytics of the cost center, SAP data, and other available information.

Education

Bachelor - applied sciences in Logistics

Florida State College of Jacksonville
2016

Technical Certification in Transportation and Supply Chain Management - undefined

Florida State College of Jacksonville
2014

Associate - arts and science

Florida State College of Jacksonville
2013

Industrial Engineering

Universidad Del Norte
2005

Skills

  • Expertise in Project Management with a proven delivery record of 8 years
  • Outstanding ability to optimize processes and drive automation through system requirements
  • Capable of assessing risk and applying management principles to various products and business functions whilst supporting projects from initiation through completion
  • Strong persuasion & negotiation skills to drive and influence at all levels of an organization
  • Capable of leading high performing global and cross functional teams under tight deadlines, to meet expectations of multiple cross functional stakeholders
  • Strong understanding of tactical goals and effective participation in the development and implementation of business solutions
  • Experience with managing vendors, supplier sourcing, service providers and negotiation
  • Effectively communicate with functional groups leveraging business systems and align stakeholders
  • Strong analytical & critical thinking skills, and highly detailed oriented with root cause analysis and problem-solving mindset
  • Expertise and knowledge preparing technical artifacts
  • Lead project financial processes
  • SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE:
  • Expertise in
  • SAP (Procurement, Sales, Planning, Transportation, Distribution, and Inventory modules), Sage Platinum, Appwright applications, Warehouse Management System, and Unysis Systems
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office 2010 including Word, Power Point, One Note, Excel, and Outlook
  • Interface with AI tools to enhance Project Management Solutions
  • Schedule Coordination
  • Managing Multiple Projects
  • Microsoft Office
  • Vendor Selection
  • Background in Project Management
  • Timely Project Completion
  • Project Scheduling
  • Client Relations

Certification

Hazardous Vessel Shipper Certification (IMDG)

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Senior Project Manager

DTS Language Services
03.2015 - Current

Export Sales Administrator

Interline Brands
07.2014 - 01.2015

Coach Shipping Analyst

03.2014 - 07.2014

Coach Account Representative II

09.2013 - 03.2014

Value Added Packages Coordinator

Bacardi Distribution Center
06.2013 - 09.2013

Traffic Coordinator

Samsonite
12.2012 - 05.2013

Logistics Coordinator

Outotec, USA Inc
07.2010 - 11.2012

Bachelor - applied sciences in Logistics

Florida State College of Jacksonville

Technical Certification in Transportation and Supply Chain Management - undefined

Florida State College of Jacksonville

Associate - arts and science

Florida State College of Jacksonville

Industrial Engineering

Universidad Del Norte
Carolina BarvoProject Manager