Anell Pratt

Experience

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  Covidien (Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group)

  Jan 2006 - Aug 2022

  I Effectively lead cross-functional and global teams using project management tools; tracking timelines using MS Project, tracking financials, and managing capital and expenses budgets. I help develop solutions to a variety of complex problems using computer- and logic-based methods; providing support to all Medtronic (Surgical Devices) manufacturing facilities for project engineering, project management of product transfers, and other large-scale operations projects; including cost, capacity and manpower analyses as needed. I Developed strategic operations project plans with thorough financial impact analysis. Merits: Managed & implemented specialty product transfer from a US Site to a Latin America Site with cost savings of U$5.6M; Line duplication in Latin America in support of business continuity with a 12% timeline reduction as a response to Hurricane Maria with a cost saving of $9.2M. Show less Local leader and representative from the plant to the division for the creation, configuration, verification, validation and support on new suture additions and specials products process and products development. Creation and assistance in Design Process of Bill of Materials in Special Codes, Suture Products Addition and Change (SPAC) and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Codes. Leader Engineer and analyst of Corrective and Preventive actions; performing detailed analysis of the processes, products, operations and statistical data to identify root causes and develop opportunities to enhance and simplify the manufacturing operations and processes seeking continuous improvement. Show less To technical assists the manufacturing process of medical devices, encouraging the maintenance of the daily operations within the standard of the product and operational. Perform root cause analysis for incidents, Advances in the process and continuous improvement of the operations, to improve the assembly processes, tooling and equipment needed, assuring the performing and conformity with the requirements internal, regulatory and corporate. Provide support to the Advanced Quality Planning system to focus in preventive actions for quality. Make teamwork with the project engineers to develop product and process changes and incorporated them to the normal production. Show less

  • Principal Project Manager

    Jul 2019 - Aug 2022

  • Sr. Project Engineer - Strategic Project Management

    Jan 2016 - Jul 2019

  • Project Engineer

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2016

  • CAPA / Specials Engineer

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  • Process Engineer

    Jan 2006 - Jan 2007
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  Medtronic

  Jul 2019 - now

  Program manager leading cross-functional teams in Global Enterprise function and multi-site initiatives to plan, execute, build, and implement opportunities. Controlling and meeting budget & time requirements while mitigating risks and dealing with constraints, identifying plans and resources required to meet project goals and business objectives. Merits: Project manager for Backorder recovery & Supply stabilization with $78M in backorder burnout /service improvement. Legacy product transfer from the US to Latin America, $1.2M in savings. Show less

  • Senior Program Manager

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Program Manager

    Jul 2022 - Jul 2023

  • Principal Project Manager

    Jul 2019 - Jun 2022