Niki Price, SCM
Conroe,TX
Summary
Highly-qualified Engineering Project Manager adept at collaborating with customers, team members and outside departments to complete work within deadlines and budget constraints. Expertise includes controlling costs, improving quality and building cohesive teams focused on performance.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Project Engineering Manager
Blue Triton Brands
Conroe, TX
03.2020 - 10.2022
- Oversaw activities of contractors working within building and on job sites.
- Coordinated contractors, architects and other project team members to deliver high-quality projects within specified timeframes.
- Researched and analyzed customer design proposals, specifications, manuals and other data.
- Managed engineering projects with consistent record of on-time and under-budget delivery.
- Mentored new engineering and production team members.
- Enhanced development and drove continuous improvement of project delivery process by providing strong program leadership.
- Orchestrated tooling changeovers, setups and repairs to minimize downtime and improve productivity.
- Managed capital improvement projects to keep expenses within operational budgets.
- Outlined work plans, assessed resources and determined timelines for projects.
- Identified and implemented most acceptable resolutions to complex engineering problems.
- Oversaw budgets for project, tracked expenses and timelines and communicated with key stakeholders on milestones.
- Developed engineering change documents.
- Managed multiple project teams engaged in [Type] development in cross-functional environment to reach project success.
- Generated concept designs, collaborated with customers to gain feedback and directed entire design process.
- Troubleshot conflicting design and development requirements and special material requirements.
Sr. Engineering Packaging Development Manager
Nestle Waters NA
Conroe, TX
01.2012 - 03.2020
- Modified and refined designs to conform with customer specifications, production limitations or changes in design trends.
- Presented designs and reports to customers or design committees for approval and discussed need for modification.
- Observed quality control procedures.
- Developed manufacturing procedures and monitored designs to improve operations and product quality.
- Researched production specifications, costs and manufacturing methods and provided itemized production requirements.
- Evaluated feasibility of design ideas based on appearance, safety and market characteristics.
- Conferred with engineering to establish and evaluate design concepts for manufactured products.
- Prepared sketches using drafting instruments, paints and brushes or computer-aided design equipment.
- Directed and coordinated fabrication of models or samples from sketches.
- Investigated product's safety and handling qualities and ways of distribution, usage and maintenance.
- Promoted high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable and friendly service.
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
- Demonstrated leadership by making improvements to work processes and helping to train others.
Regional Planning Manager
Nestle Waters NA
Allentown, PA
08.2006 - 01.2012
- Performed market analysis to gather industry insights and inform strategic plans.
- Managed new hire trainings and onboarding to keep planning department employees aware of company policies and procedures.
- Found solutions to issues and promoted diminish conflicts to improve group function and planning success.
- Remained calm and professional in stressful circumstances and effectively diffused tense situations.
- Resolved customer inquiries and complaints requiring management-level escalation.
- Delegated work to staff, setting priorities and goals.
- Provided leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs.
- Produced thorough, accurate and timely reports of project activities.
- Interviewed prospective employees and provided input to HR on hiring decisions.
- Assigned work and monitored performance of project personnel.
- Held regular one-on-one meetings with employees to review performance and priorities and provide feedback.
- Evaluated individual and team business performance and identified opportunities for improvement.
- Planned and led team meetings to review business results and communicate new and ongoing priorities.
- Analyzed business performance data and forecasted business results for upper management.
- Organized team activities to build camaraderie and foster pleasant workplace culture.
- Created and managed budgets for travel, training and teambuilding activities.
Education
Scrum Master Certification & Scrum Fundamental Certification - Project Management
SCRUMstudy
Online06.2023
Project Management Professional - Project Management
Project Management Academy
Onlin10.2021
Six Sigma Green Belt - Six Sigma
University of Villanova
Philadelphia, PA02.2017
Bachelor of Science - Business Managment
University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ01.2007
Skills
- Budget Administration
- Design Reviews
- Performance Improvements
- Design Evaluations
- Project Management
- Strategic Planning
- Product Development
- Design Development
- Lean Six Sigma
- Quality Assurance
- Equipment Knowledge
- Personnel Management
- Team Building
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Installation Management
- Compliance Understanding
- Data Collection
- Vendor Sourcing
- Design Review
- Project Coordination
- Quality Assurance Controls
- Technology Integration
- Training and Mentoring
- Planning and Coordination
- Field Operations
- Prioritization
- Budget Coordination
- Project Framework Engineering
- Project manager supervision
- Engineering/project management experience
- Project restructuring
- Data Transportation Engineering
- Project lifecycles
- Project budget allocation
- Green engineering techniques
- Material cost projection
- Revenue projections
- Project bids
- Planning projects
- Project presentations
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire
Timeline
Sr. Project Engineering Manager
Blue Triton Brands
03.2020 - 10.2022
Sr. Engineering Packaging Development Manager
Nestle Waters NA
01.2012 - 03.2020
Regional Planning Manager
Nestle Waters NA
08.2006 - 01.2012
Scrum Master Certification & Scrum Fundamental Certification - Project Management
SCRUMstudy
Project Management Professional - Project Management
Project Management Academy
Six Sigma Green Belt - Six Sigma
University of Villanova
Bachelor of Science - Business Managment
University of Phoenix
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