Victor James
Dallas,TX
Summary
Well-versed in building positive relationships with customers and other stakeholders. Strong requirements gathering, scope development and inventory coordination abilities. Skilled at overseeing complex, high-value technical projects with excellent planning competencies. Instrumental Scrum Master bringing years of experience achieving ambitious goals in challenging IT environment. Diligent, forward-thinking and adaptable to dynamic company, customer and project needs. Successful at motivating teams to meet demanding timelines.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Scrum Master
Rugby Architectural Building Product
Dallas, Texas
08.2022 - Current
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
- Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
- Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
- Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
- Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
- Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
- Worked to provide continuous improvement for product development lifecycle.
Finance and Logistics Manager
OneZ Enterprise
Allen, Texas
11.2019 - 07.2022
- Directed shipping and receiving of wide range of products daily.
- Conducted research to address shipping errors and packaging mistakes.
- Coordinated driver dispatch to accomplish daily delivery requirements.
- Handled day-to-day shipping and receiving overseeing more than 500 packages per day.
- Secured discounts from third-party logistics service providers to deliver substantial cost savings.
- Monitored and complied with strict budgets by negotiating freight in alignment with needs and specifications.
- Worked with vendors to schedule daily pickups and weekly deliveries.
- Prepared updated shipment reports for executives and clients.
- Kept corporate departments and customers updated on critical shipments.
- Trained new staff on job duties, company policies and safety procedures for rapid onboarding.
- Maintained established levels of goods based on sales forecasts and demand to fulfill orders on time.
- Developed criteria, application instructions, procedural manuals and contracts for federal and state public transportation programs.
Program Manager
Salone Pikin NGO
Freetown , Sierra Leon
10.2014 - 07.2019
- Managed multiple strategic projects with numerous sub-projects or workstreams.
- Managed and supervised administrative and daily program operations, complying with policies and regulations.
- Developed and maintained logistics workflows, procedures and reports.
- Identified program obstacles and communicated possible impacts to team.
- Orchestrated smooth and efficient program development by collaborating cross-functionally across departments.
- Established milestones and objectives based on input from functional areas and stakeholders.
- Collaborated with business leadership to set priorities based on business needs, resource capacity and risk exposure.
- Facilitated workshops and conducted one-on-one training to educate team members.
- Coached team members on productivity strategies to accomplish challenging goals.
- Engaged and worked alongside cross-functional stakeholders to manage strategic initiatives.
- Built teams to address project goals and objectives for multiple projects.
- Worked with subject matter experts to develop and implement mentoring programs to promote better learner experiences.
- Leveraged project management processes and tools to define and execute projects.
- Designed and developed programs and projects for dissemination to personnel.
- Demonstrated strong writing and presentation skills to develop briefs, memorandums and analytical reports for clients.
Education
MBA - Management And Business Administration
Texas Women's University
Denton, TX05.2009
BBA - Business Administration And Finance
Texas A&M University - Commerce
Commerce, TX08.2002
Skills
- External Communications
- Effective Customer Communication
- Release Planning
- Project Team Coordination
- Planning Meetings
- Scrum Methodology
- Team Engagement
- Standardized Methodologies
- Technology Implementation
- Business Intelligence Data Modeling
- Sprint Planning
- Technological Alignment
- Agility Improvements
- Status Meetings
- Training Junior Team Members
- Efficient Work Breakdown Structuring
- Deliverable Tracking
Affiliations
American Red Cross Volunteer
AmericCorp Volunteer
ONE Community Guest Services Volunteer
Timeline
Scrum Master
Rugby Architectural Building Product
08.2022 - Current
Finance and Logistics Manager
OneZ Enterprise
11.2019 - 07.2022
Program Manager
Salone Pikin NGO
10.2014 - 07.2019
MBA - Management And Business Administration
Texas Women's University
BBA - Business Administration And Finance
Texas A&M University - Commerce
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