My education and employment experiences have provided me the opportunity to be a Project Manager with a diverse background. Proven experience in strategic planning, resource allocation, manpower modeling (which includes subcontracts) and documentation management with the ability to guide work from client needs and ideas to goals and closeout. The ability to influence team leaders and staff to research and define new products within a budget. Efficient in communicating progress to account executives. I personally take pride in being a result-oriented and hardworking Project Manager professional with an extensive knowledge of the project management scope, strong communication, interpersonal skills, excellent leadership qualities, strong presentation, organization skills, and excellent problem solving skills. Championed process improvement initiatives, resulting in increased efficiency throughout manufacturing close process, controls, report generation and cost and inventory management. Responsibilities include tracking and reporting for sales growth, cost savings, project effectiveness, risk management, and comparing actual to plan. Planned/budgeted overhead rates and expense rates for manufacturing.