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Jennifer Darling PMP, CLSS

Noblesville,IN
Jennifer Darling PMP, CLSS

Summary

Ambitious & driven project manager with extensive experience strategic planning, RFP planning, and working with cross functional teams. Effective interpersonal skills and engaging communication enable seamless interaction with stakeholders.

Overview

6
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

CBRE at Eli Lilly
Indianapolis, IN

Project Manager
05.2023 - Current

Job overview

  • Assumed responsibility for projects including; requirement gathering, approval, timeline and project plan creation
  • Manage up to 12 or more projects at a time.
  • Coordinate responses to submittals and RFI’s
  • Drive accountability/ownership among functional team members, escalating risks/delays to management
  • Define project milestones and lead project team through new product development process, ensuring project is on-cost, on-time, on-budget, and on-scope
  • Deliver all projects to meet or exceed financial, timing, and quality KPIs
  • Execute projects utilizing required PMO standard tools and templates, including project schedules, resource allocation matrix, and project action items
  • Communicate project status, timing, action items, issues, and risks weekly with the project core team members, stakeholders, and PMO leadership.

Gaylor Electric
Noblesville, IN

Project Engineer
09.2021 - 05.2023

Job overview

  • Assumed responsibility for projects including; requirement gathering, approval, timeline and project plan creation resulting in exceeding project revenue metrics by %30-40%
  • Manage up to 5-7 projects at a time
  • Coordinate responses to submittals and RFI’s
  • Drive accountability/ownership among functional team members, escalating risks/delays to management
  • Define project milestones and lead project team through new product development process, ensuring project is on-cost, on-time, on-budget, and on-scope
  • Deliver all projects to meet or exceed financial, timing, and quality KPIs
  • Execute projects utilizing required PMO standard tools and templates, including project schedules, resource allocation matrix, and project action items
  • Define project core team members and stakeholders and hold regular project status meetings to ensure cross functional team alignment
  • Communicate project status, timing, action items, issues, and risks weekly with the project core team members, stakeholders, and PMO leadership.

Noble

Projects Manager
02.2018 - 09.2021

Job overview

  • Assumed responsibility for projects including; requirement gathering, approval, timeline and project plan creation resulting in exceeding project revenue metrics by 25% and increasing new business by 15%
  • Ensured full compliance with quality and all state and federal government regulations for audits
  • Reduced project contractor overhead by 10%, by requiring contractors to plan for expenses and submit to budget committee
  • Monitored staffing & scheduling for thorough assessment of processes & operational changes; leveraged outstanding vendor & contractor relations to increase the resource pool of subcontractors & suppliers by 10%
  • Reviewed and analyze RFP documents to ensure adequate information for budget and proposal document
  • Established and refined internal QA processes and associated criteria
  • Trained team members on new procedures and tools and supported career development efforts.

Education

Missouri State University-Springfield
Springfield

Bachelor of Science in Psychology
12.1997

Skills

  • Project scope and resource management
  • Six Sigma
  • Agile
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Quality Assurance
  • Leadership
  • Root cause analysis

Certification

  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Timeline

Project Manager

CBRE at Eli Lilly
05.2023 - Current

Project Engineer

Gaylor Electric
09.2021 - 05.2023

Projects Manager

Noble
02.2018 - 09.2021

Missouri State University-Springfield

Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Jennifer Darling PMP, CLSS