JONDRA O’BRYANT
Summary
Forward-thinking Project Management Specialist confident in leading team members, managing schedules and coordinating resources. Keeps projects on-track with decisive supervision and quick problem-solving. Persuasive in communicating and negotiating with internal team members, vendors and other stakeholders.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Remote R&D Project Manager
Newsela
New York
2022.05 - Current
- Creates project plans with established timelines, assigned to appropriate stakeholders and managed workflow throughout product life cycle.
- Leads project meetings with internal team members, consultants and contractors.
- Develops solutions to project risks and issues, meeting quality and timeline goals and objectives.
- Furnishes project updates to various stakeholders, informing on strategy, adjustments and progress.
- Builds and established strong partnerships with teams, vendors and contractors.
- Assess project risks and devised mitigation strategies to avoid potential roadblocks.
- Implements change management processes when issues arose to keep project moving forward and adjust to shifted priorities.
Remote Project Coordinator
STRATIX CORP
Atlanta , Georgia
2021.06 - 2022.05
- Lead and managed the day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of multiple and or large-scale Supply Chain, LCM, and RL Mobility projects; record and document concisely and clearly all project tasks in a project schedule.
- Coordinated the staging and provisioning instructions on an assortment of Sim Only, Smartphones, Tablets, etc
- Executed approximately 850K mobile devices in the last 9 months. 60% (420K) are in the eastern region (US).
- Effectively managed all project tasks, reporting requirements, and communications for all assigned projects including project charters, project schedules, SOW, BOM, lessons learned and project status reports.
Installation Coordinator
Rite Hite
Atlanta , Georgia
2017.07 - 2019.07
- Scheduled and Dispatched Service Technicians and Sub-Contractors in the Southeast, for installation of loading dock equipment such as Dok Loks, Levelers, Dock Seals & Shelters, Industrial Doors, Curtain Walls, Industrial Fans etc…
- Reviewed completed/partially completed installation jobs and analyzed profitability with cost and sell at a 15% profitability margin with each installation throughout the entire job until installation was completed.
- Maintained and exceeded prior years as the #1 Profit and Installation Southeast District within the entire company
- Manage over 250 installation jobs at one time with different or same installation dates of loading dock equipment with more profit than loss
Project Coordinator
PIRCH
Atlanta , Georgia
2016.05 - 2017.06
- Proactively communicated with PIRCH clients throughout entire residential construction project timeline, from order placement through delivery and installation
- Ensure and verify all customer orders are “perfectly executed” by coordinating product deliveries and installations with Builders, Clients, Installers, Sales Reps, Vendors and Warehouse personnel
- Coordinated the procurement of all products; establishing solid timelines for client projects
- Facilitated product pickups, process returns, and request purchase orders via CRM.
Project Administrator
Sears Holding Corporation
Augusta , Georgia
2014.06 - 2016.05
- Served as single point of contact for project scheduling and changes to maintain oversight while keeping progress on track.
- Prepared contract briefs and revised a minimum of 25 contracts with a $10 million total dollar value that involve the purchase of sale of goods and services
- Promoted revenue growth by using SAP to meet customer expectations
- Scheduled large shipments of appliances to job sites for installation with deadlines
- Researched billing discrepancies and submitted adjustments, refunds, or corrections directly to clients.
Education
High School Diploma -
Lakeside High School
Evans, GASkills
- Deep understanding of Project Management methodologies and best practices.
- Experienced problem-solver, comfortable with decision making in a complex environment, managing trade-offs, ambiguity and competing priorities.
- Able to gather and synthesize key project information for different audiences, allowing stakeholders at all levels to understand progress, blockers, and ways forward.
- Scope Development, Team Management, Multitasking, Communication Planning, SCRUM Methodology, Strategic Planning, Stakeholder Relations, Requirements Gathering.
- Fluent in Teams, Slack, Jira, Google Suite, Confluence, Sharepoint, Oracle, SAP, CRM, Microsoft Office.
Certification
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Scrum Alliance Inc. Issue Date : 3/3/2023 Expiration Date: 3/3/2025
Timeline
Remote R&D Project Manager
Newsela
2022.05 - Current
Remote Project Coordinator
STRATIX CORP
2021.06 - 2022.05
Installation Coordinator
Rite Hite
2017.07 - 2019.07
Project Coordinator
PIRCH
2016.05 - 2017.06
Project Administrator
Sears Holding Corporation
2014.06 - 2016.05
High School Diploma -
Lakeside High School
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Scrum Alliance Inc. Issue Date : 3/3/2023 Expiration Date: 3/3/2025