Pooja Sheth
Bartlett,IL
Summary
A results-driven professional with coordinating project activities and supporting project managers to ensure seamless project execution. Utilizes organizational and multitasking skills to manage project timelines and deliverables effectively. Knowledge of project management tools and techniques to facilitate successful project outcomes. Known to contribute expertise in project management to drive success in dynamic environments.
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Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Management Assistant
ComEd (Exelon Energy)
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
01.2022 - 02.2024
- Created the Contract Requisition, Scope of Work document, Service Request, Work Order and Task.
- Strong verbal and written communication abilities to effectively convey project goals, updates, and expectations to stakeholders and team members.
- Accountable to analyze transmission, substation, and distribution vendor proposals.
- Created comprehensive project plans, define project scope, milestones, and timelines.
- Processed vendor Contract Changes correctly routing in Asset Suite 8 based on management signature requirement.
- Experienced in estimating project costs, tracking expenses, and ensuring projects are completed within budget.
- Reviewed the Power BI reports to identify the unassigned CPAs.
- Skilled in leading and motivating cross-functional teams, assigning tasks, and ensuring team members adhere to project deadlines
- Reviewed contractor invoices before generating the contract payment authorization for management approval.
- Managed company's financial obligations to suppliers, and vendors.
- Processed the invoices, record keeping etc.
- Accountable to lead multiple FEJA residential projects.
- Led the project close out communicating with internal & external task owners to ensure project closure within timely manner.
Project Planner/ Coordinator
Cummins Allison (CPI)
MT Prospect, Illinois
05.2021 - 04.2022
- It is currency validation in the unattended retail space, serving the vending, banking, gaming, retail, transportation.
- Created and managed Purchase Requisitions and Change request, approval Purchase Requisitions.
- Gathered and developed business requirements for the SimpliFiTM platform, our latest enterprise software offering that provides IOT solutions to customers using our connected hardware.
- Contracts Renewal Management review expiring contracts for opportunities to renew, submitting contract requests to contracts team, and providing updates once fully executed.
- Worked with all phases of the procurement process from sourcing activities, negotiation, and strategic selection of goods and services.
- Ensured invoices are accurate, authorized, and match purchase orders.
- Supported in case management tool to offer solutions and assistance in the procurement process.
- Audited purchases for compliance with company purchasing policy.
- Reconciled, setting up suppliers, bookkeeping and monitoring expenses.
- Provided meaningful analysis on the business implications of delivering on business requirements and meeting customer needs.
- Prioritized work in the product backlog and perform data-driven analysis to optimize trade-offs (i.e., Iron Triangle- scope, cost, time).
- Worked with business analysts to convert documented requirements into feature-rich backlogs that our scrum teams rely on during the SDLC.
- Conveyed functional vision for the product to UIUX designers who will bring that vision to life via wireframes and mock-ups.
- Assisted with product showcases, documentation development, and marketing support, as needed, to ensure new product and feature launches are successful.
Junior Project Manager/Assistant Coordinator Internship
Pragma Edge
Chicago, Illinois
05.2020 - 06.2020
- Assisted the Project manager in supervising the work of team members and tracking overall work progress.
- Coordinated activities with Human Resource (HR) Department for staffing/ talent acquisition, compensation and on boarding process.
- Designed meeting agendas and take minutes at technical core team meetings and publish meeting results.
- Managed Jira board for all the projects, monitoring SLA breaches tickets, external customer query, bucket monitoring.
- Facilitated relationships; communicate verbally and in written correspondence for presentations to the project team, vendors, and consultants.
- Interacted in a professional manner and collaborates in a cross-functional team environment to retrieve information needed to maintain reports and drive projects.
- Advanced problem solving, organizational and analytical skills.
Sales Associate
Dress Barn
Chicago, Illinois
03.2019 - 11.2019
- Communication with different customer, understanding their needs and helping them.
- Organizing the inventory within the store
- Learned and used POS System to help customer in efficient manner
Education
Master of Business Administration - Project Management
Keller Graduate School of Management, DeVry University
Addison, IL, USABachelor of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering
Gujarat Technological University
IndiaSkills
Efficient multitasking in resource allocation and vendor acquisition
Knowledge of project management software such as Agile and tools, Jira, Kanban and various other computer applications such as MS Office specifically Word, MS Excel, SharePoint, Power Point, Outlook, Team, and Microsoft Project
Exceptional in critical thinking with good decision-making, and problem-solving skills
Capable of understanding project requirement, identifying scope and preparing appropriate schedules to complete it before deadline
Well versed in SLA bridges on JIRA, creating and managing a dashboard, manage internal and external query (tickets), knowledge of both Kanban and Scrum board (Agile)
Proficient in asset management tools
Certified CAPM professional
Certification
- Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) - Project Management Institute, Active
- Credential ID:- 2981842
- Expires Feb 2028
Timeline
Project Management Assistant
ComEd (Exelon Energy)
01.2022 - 02.2024
Project Planner/ Coordinator
Cummins Allison (CPI)
05.2021 - 04.2022
Junior Project Manager/Assistant Coordinator Internship
Pragma Edge
05.2020 - 06.2020
Sales Associate
Dress Barn
03.2019 - 11.2019
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering
Gujarat Technological University
Master of Business Administration - Project Management
Keller Graduate School of Management, DeVry University