SIMON SCHNEIDERParamus, NJ, 07652 • (201) 803-6423 • simonnjulia794@hotmail.com • www.linkedin.com/in/simonschneider

PROFILEA highly motivated and experienced Project Manager, apt at managing multiple priorities through creative and analytical problem solving. A strategic planner, able to lead global cross-functional teams, primarily from a business perspective. Diverse background in product, project, program, process, and vendor management. Utilize formal SDLC to coordinate system development activities; provide project status reports; identify and define user needs; analyze project proposals; develop conceptual systems requirements; develop systems integration requirements; develop systems phasing plan; provide business application consultation; provide problem tracking/management. An influential leader and strong communicator, delivering business insights and high impact analyses, able to prioritize, delegate, and execute; bring cohesion and cooperation among teams of customer and vendor toward fulfillment of common goals.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE Project Management Project Coordination Waterfall Project Management Methodology Agile Project Management

Methodology SDLC Scheduling and Budgeting Allocated Resource Management Strategy and Planning MS Project Power User MS Office – Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Power User Sourcing Management and Procurement

Vendor Management Process Improvement

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEProfessional Consulting, Client Locations November 2008 - Present

SOCIETE GENERALE – Jersey City, NJ May 2016 – PresentProject Coordinator – Consultant (MDMS Recruiting) Proactive point of contact on a Federal compliance project, focused on Application security/certification project. Worked across all aspects of technology UNIX, Oracle, Windows, and MSSQL to gain understanding of each

environment’s impact on the scope. Worked directly with individual Application and Technology Managers to ensure that critical applications met

federal compliance. Developed MS Excel Pivot tables and Vlookups to analyze and compare large amounts of data pulled from various

sources from across enterprise wide systems. Created, updated, and maintained the MS Project plan to ensure timely delivery of project deliverables and

ultimately project scope. Utilized MS PowerPoint to create status reports and updates for senior level management. Applied relationship building skills rather than strong arm tactics to achieve cooperation with the project. Through effective follow-up, with downstream stakeholders, ensured that all aspects of the project met deadlines.

KPMG – Montvale, NJ September 2015 – May 2016Project Coordinator – Consultant (Mitchell Martin) Acted as the point of contact for the project team, business partners and management to provide updates, resolve

issues and establish the project delivery vision of the Cyber Security Awareness team. Actively participated in the implementation of projects for the Cyber Security Awareness Program. Coordinated the creation, testing, and deployment of firmwide Security Awareness Program material. Collaborated with various internal teams such as IT, Corporate Communications, UAT, and Corporate Creative to

maintain focus and streamline the process to ensure timely and accurate deployment. Used MS Excel to prepare and analyze results of training and assessments to aide in development of dashboard

reporting and matrix. Utilized MS Sharepoint to maintain document repository and distribution point. Performed various cross-functional activities to assist with integration of third party training modules. Created and maintained documentation, procedures, and distribution of standard reports. Using MS Project to monitor and track program progress and maintain budget and resource allocation. Used MS PowerPoint to report overall program roadmap and to update status to senior management. Coordinated project team meetings with cross functional internal and external project teams, vendor teams, and

other stakeholders.

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QBE – New York, NY February 2015 – August 2015Project Coordinator – Consultant (1911 Resources) Acted as the point of contact for the project team, business partners and management by providing updates,

resolving issues and establishing the project delivery vision of the Specialty Operating Platform Project team. Utilized Waterfall Project Management methodology to support and guide the project to its logical conclusion Followed strict SDLC guidelines to create the MS Project Plan. Specialties: MS Project and SharePoint Directly responsible for updating and maintaining all aspects of the MS Project Professional Server plan including

budget, schedule, and resource allocations. Work closely with Project team to collect and organize business side project requirements and to build a product

hierarchy matrix. Working along with the team to perform Gap Analysis and create a Future State Diagram as required by the PMO. Collected project documentation to support PMO Phase Gates requirements.

Maintained Project SharePoint space with latest version documents and project information. Updated MS Project Plan with latest task status and assigned shared resources to appropriate tasks. Coordinated project team meetings with cross functional internal and external project teams, vendor teams, and

other stakeholders.

Sandvik Coromant – Fair Lawn, NJ April 2014 – December 2014Lead Project Manager – Consultant (Uniforce) Acted as the point of contact for gathering and documenting requirements, participated in review sessions, enable

organization readiness, testing, and go-live support. Utilized Agile Project Management methodology to support a small team of Business Analysts on a low impact

project. Continually sought to identify, suggest, and implement process improvements, control measures, and solutions. Utilized MS Project to organize, maintain and drive project plan tasks and deliverables. Utilized MS Excel to create,

track, and adjust budget on an ongoing basis. Documented a process based on operator description, process mapping and workflow/gap analysis. Monitored

measurements, commitments, project attributes and progress against the project plan. Specialty: MS Excel Coordinated across teams, along with management, to ensure aligned resource engagement. Organized and lead

weekly meetings and conference calls with global cross-functional teams to capture and streamline processes while noting and accounting for required foreign local standards.

Developed Standard Operating Procedures for cross-functional and global stakeholders across the Americas to increase department efficiency and stakeholders’ satisfaction while establishing solid training material for future members of those teams.

Interacted with senior management and PMO to provide feedback on current status and to discuss strategy and prioritization of future steps.

Created required SharePoint structure to maintain affective archiving of project deliverables, published process map and process artifacts. Specialties: MS Project and SharePoint

AIG – Jersey City, NJ October 2013 – January 2014Project Manager – Consultant (Randstad) Supported Global Deployment and implementation of all projects within of the Global Sourcing and Procurement

Services program within the Procurement Shared Services space. Adhered to SDLC guidelines for application implementation. Used robust SDLC project management styles to support a diverse group project teams. Acted as a communication conduit between the stakeholders and the team. Created SharePoint structure required to support affective archiving of project artifacts. Appointed as a SharePoint

Power user with unrestricted access to create and maintain the PMO SharePoint site. Developed dashboard reports for project schedule and financials. Developed and tracked the master list of

program deliverables through completion as well as effectively coordinated with cross-functional team to manage project risks, dependencies and mitigation plans. Tracked critical success metrics for implementations to measure utilization, sourcing processes and system performance across all applications within program.

Developed and published project schedules using MS Project as well as configure MS Excel and SharePoint project work break down schedules.

Lead project schedule reviews during weekly PMO governance meetings and manage updates to the plan via project team progress reviews. Identify and alert management team of schedule exceptions reported and potential change control requests.

Manage change requests; generate reports on change requests and attend CRB meetings to review. Maintain and monitor Issue and Risk Logs for Buyer Portal and Ariba project deployment and implementation.

Support third-party SLA monitoring, issue resolution, business reviews and planning sessions. Create and maintain PowerPoint presentations with a focus of status and progress reporting to Executive Steering

Committees and Senior Management stakeholders.

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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield – Newark, NJ February 2013 – August 2013Project Administrator – Consultant (Axelon Services) In MS Project, monitored measurements, commitments, project attributes and progress against the project plan

through the Task Look Ahead (TLA) reporting. Maintain and monitor Issue and Risk logs for assigned projects. Provided proactive support to EPMO/DPMO staff and project teams. Schedule meetings, create and distribute

minutes and document the resolution of action items. Administered all project documents and coordinate documentation revisions and releases; ensure that project

documents are archived in Planview for later retrieval. Administer any project-related SharePoint sites. Developed and maintained procedures, tools, and practices that systematically control revisions to the scope,

schedule, and cost of organizational projects to ensure that- Changes are well defined and coordinated; approved at appropriate authority levels; and approved - Changes are fully documented, promptly communicated to stakeholders and stored.

Reviewed submitted requests for changes within the organization and ensures required signatures and documentation are completed; coordinate and conduct change control meetings; update and maintain change control database; maintain change control supportive documentation and issue various reports to show status of change control. Specialties: MS Project and MS Excel

Borough of Paramus – Paramus, NJ May 2012 - February 2013Business Analyst Identified areas requiring improvement in efficiency to qualify for sustainable points with data base analysis in

Excel. Proposed action plans utilizing PowerPoint, to reach required efficiency levels to qualify for grants. Manage strategic project initiatives, updates, and outcomes in a project plan with deliverables by the use of MS

Project. Monitor measurements, commitments, project attributes and progress against the project plan through the Task Look Ahead (TLA) reporting.

URL Studios – Ocean Township NJ February 2011 - March 2012 Project Consultant – Consultant The New York Botanical Garden– Bronx, NY April 2010 - November 2010

Production Analyst – Consultant URL Studios – Ocean Township NJ October 2009 - March 2010 Social Media Manager – Consultant

Scholastic Inc – NYC, NY January 2005 to October 2008 Senior Project Coordinator – Education Division Project Coordinator – Education DivisionMadison Business Systems – Fairfield, NJ April 2000 to January 2005Product Manager

EDUCATIONBachelors of Science in Business Management, Berkeley College, Paramus, NJ (2012)

Achievements: President’s List with a GPA 4.0; ASL Honor Society Member; Summa Cum Laude A.S. Marketing, Brookdale Community College, Lyncroft, NJ (1992)

Specialties : Environmental health and safety; Sustainability solutions; Prioritization; Statistical Analysis; Project and Excel

TECHNOLOGY and COMPUTER KNOWLEDGEProficient in MS Office 2010 (ie: Word, Excel, etc.), MS Project 2010, MS Share Point, MS Access,

COMMUNITY SERVICEAssistant Scout Master for BSA troop 205 from Paramus NJ 2008- Present