Gerardo Garcia

Experience

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  Newell Brands

  Jul 2005 - now

  *Create update project plans, schedules for one or more projects using MS project. *Develop project plans specifying goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans and allocation of available resources.*Plan, direct & coordinate activities of project team to make sure project progresses on schedule within budget.*Lead a wide variety of projects from technical/infrastructure upgrades to pure business process improvement initiatives.*Provide leadership motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle.*Manage oversee vendor relationships including 3rd party implementation and/or development teams.*Provide weekly status reports to the senior management key project stakeholders.*Prepare a variety of periodic and ad hoc reports for technical management and business groups and distribute project related data & documentation as appropriate including; project status reports, vendor information, sows, requirements documents, policies procedures documents.*Perform business analysis process engineering activities on smaller projects.*Ensure that all relevant project documentation is kept up to date.*Manage business expectations, project issues, decisions risks, including escalation to sponsors, oversee all project activities on a day-to-day basis to make sure on-time completion of planned tasks.*Communicate with both technical and non-technical users produce project documentation.*Coordinate and facilitate meetings.*Lead a cross-functional, multi-sourced project team that could have an off-shore development component.*Work closely with PMO operations in building out project management best practices, standards, guidelines templates documentation. Show less

  • Sr. Productivity Manager VAVE

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Productivity Manager VAVE

    Apr 2021 - Jul 2024

  • VAVE Program Manager

    Jun 2017 - Apr 2021

  • VAVE PMO

    Jul 2015 - Jun 2017

  • OPEX

    Jul 2009 - Jul 2015

  • Industrial Engineering / NPD

    Jul 2007 - Jul 2009

  • Metrologist / Quality

    Jul 2005 - Jul 2007