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Junell Taylor

Summary

Seasoned Construction professional with exceptional leadership and project management skills. Competent in team, budget and schedule oversight. Develops scopes, checks field activities and updates clients. Diplomatic individual with strong leadership and decision making skills.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Claims Adjuster

Progressive Insurance
03.2021 - Current
  • Correspond or interview customers, agents, police, and witnesses to compile information for resolution
  • Collaborate with other departments to minimize risk and fraudulent activity
  • Conducted comprehensive interviews of witnesses and claimants to gather facts and information.
  • Reviewed police reports, medical treatment records and physical property damage to determine extent of liability.
  • Document all investigation activity and presented reports to management.
  • Evaluated insurance policies and analyzed damages to determine coverage.

Sr. Analyst

Union Pacific Railroad
04.2019 - 05.2020
  • Managed financial processes of 32 train stations and oversight of $30M+ in revenue reconciliations for one of the largest Commuter Operations divisions in the United States
  • Led qualitative and quantitative analyses for revenue cost-savings, process improvement, and best practices
  • Reduced waste by 9% by creating initiatives to increasing customer access to inventory
  • Investigated and addressed system issues to enhance usability and improve functionality.
  • Organized system infrastructure documentation and operating procedures, strengthening controls and enhancing overall performance.
  • Mapped processes to holistically examine business flow and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Strategized, evaluated, and adopted new technologies to address changing industry needs.

Analyst Operations Support, Mechanical

Union Pacific Railroad
06.2018 - 04.2019

Chief liaison to the Senior Mechanical Director with responsibilities in the following areas:

  • Partnered with Senior Managers in both Locomotive and Passenger Car Service protecting the fiscal and operational integrity of ongoing spend and initiatives
  • Developed budgets and maintained financial projections, ensuring that each facility within the region adhered to spending controls
  • Modified existing operations procedures to incorporate new requirements while complying with regulatory concerns and business process alterations.
  • Interviewed clients to gather design information, translating technical data into actionable metrics for engineering projects.
  • Performed risk management analyses of proposed installations to mitigate both internal and customer liabilities.
  • Conferred with facility engineers to implement operating procedures, resolve system problems and provide technical information.
  • Attended project planning meetings to coordinate mechanical system designs with structural and architecture teams, mitigate design conflicts, and coordinate delivery timelines.

Executive Assistant/Administrative Aide

Union Pacific Railroad
12.2016 - 06.2018
  • Lead support administrator to the Superintendent, assisting in the management of a $1.2B operating budget and the management of both 1500 contract and non-contractual employees
  • Created, managed, and produced all internal events, including the coordination of volunteer staff, vendor solicitation, and contract negotiations
  • Managed and monitored facility projects from infancy stage to completion.
  • Generated, analyzed and modified budgets to allocate resources and estimate financial requirements for future projects.
  • Developed and updated spreadsheets and databases to track, analyze and report on performance and data.

Customer Care Manager -Intermodal

Union Pacific Railroad Co
11.2014 - 12.2016
  • Intermodal Shipment Account Manager for six of the largest intermodal providers
  • Developed vendor relationships and partnered with them to to apply fixes to impacted containers
  • Created and distributed detailed reports to assist in management of domestic and international shipment processes at both train and individual shipment levels
  • Built client relationships by responding to inquiries, identifying and assessing clients' needs, resolving problems, and following up with potential and existing clients.
  • Handled complaints, provided appropriate solutions and alternatives within appropriate timeframes, and followed up to achieve resolution.

Operations Clerk - Manifest

Union Pacific Railroad
03.2012 - 11.2014
  • Provided service to both internal and external customers by interchanging railroad cars from foreign railroads
  • Assisted yard crews with transit work, such as, but not limited to workplan development for future setouts and inventory updates

Education

Master of Science - Project Management

Strayer University
Global
12.2018

Bachelor of Science - International Business

Strayer University
Washington, DC
03.2011

Skills

  • Relationship Management
  • Budget & Financial Management
  • Risk Management
  • Team Leadership
  • Project Management (end to end)
  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
  • SAP

Timeline

Claims Adjuster

Progressive Insurance
03.2021 - Current

Sr. Analyst

Union Pacific Railroad
04.2019 - 05.2020

Analyst Operations Support, Mechanical

Union Pacific Railroad
06.2018 - 04.2019

Executive Assistant/Administrative Aide

Union Pacific Railroad
12.2016 - 06.2018

Customer Care Manager -Intermodal

Union Pacific Railroad Co
11.2014 - 12.2016

Operations Clerk - Manifest

Union Pacific Railroad
03.2012 - 11.2014

Master of Science - Project Management

Strayer University

Bachelor of Science - International Business

Strayer University
Junell Taylor