Jennifer Morrison

Experience

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  Black & Decker

  Jun 1996 - Jan 1998

  Senior Financial Analyst and Six Sigma Black Belt

  In this position, I was signified as 1 of 3 hired for a 2-year rotational program in Marketing, Manufacturing, Headquarters, and Credit. ★ Saved $150,000+ annually, with 172,700% cycle time improvement, by leading project focused on reducing blocked invoices (presented project to financial analysts covering B&D on Wall Street).

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  Ceridian / Work Family Directions

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2006

  Six Sigma Black Belt / Program Manager / Other Positions

  Six Sigma Black Belt / Program Manager (2003-2006/2000-2002)PRISM Systems Program Manager (2002-2003)Manager, Service Analysis & Business Process Improvement (2000)Financial Analyst, Work Family Directions (1998-2000)Industry-leading provider of human resources software and services; Ceridian acquired Work Family Directions in 2000.- I progressed through increasingly responsible positions, including a transition to Ceridian following its acquisition of Work Family Directions. - As a Program Manager, I led cross-functional teams through the Six Sigma process improvement methodology, mentoring 5 Black and 40 Green Belts. - As a Manager, I created processes for proper metrics reporting and determined best projects for Six Sigma Black and Green Belts; I was then promoted to manage full project cycles. As a Financial Analyst, I built cost per case financial models to achieve profit goals and provide overall financial support.HIGHLIGHTS:★ Led over 50 projects throughout tenure that led to $8 million in savings as well as substantial employee and customer satisfaction improvements. Developed training materials and delivered training for over 300 team members in the Six Sigma methodology.★ Gained approval from upper management for $3.5 million spend, with IRR of 34%, on a new case management software system. Directed team of 10 on vendor management of software design, training, testing, hardware, interfaces, reporting, network services, and data migration among others.“This is the best run project in all of Ceridian.” – SVP of Internal Audit, to Ceridian’s CEO. Show less

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  Manifest Home

  Sept 1999 - now

  Home Designer and Real Estate Investor

  Manifest Home brings the discipline of the corporate world to home building. With a back ground as a financial analyst and Six Sigma black belt – Jen specializes in the efficient use of resources and funds. We are passionate for sustainable home designs and creating value. Jen and her husband bought their first home, a “fixer-upper” in Cambridge, MA, in 1999 before the DIY/HGTV movement became trendy. After 3 years of mostly sweat equity, they sold their house for 10 times the initial investment. From there, they’ve designed and built 2 other homes, completing each project on time (build time was 5 to 6 months), on budget and with considerable equity increases. They also designed and renovated parts of 4 other homes. Now Manifest Home is bringing that experience and passion to your home building project.VALUES • Client relationships – enjoying the process of helping you Manifest Your Dream • Having fun while having a high work ethic – do what it takes to get it done right the first time• Sustainable design• Value creation• Unlocking hidden potential Show less

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  Manifest Consulting

  Jan 2007 - Feb 2021

  Consultant

  Manifest Consulting helps small and medium sized organizations improve operations through pragmatic, creative, rapid problem solving. We work with for-profit and nonprofit organizations. We bring the proven techniques from larger organizations “right sized” to fit the financial and operating constraints of smaller organizations. We bring a unique skillset and approach by combining the discipline of Six Sigma, the rigor of data driven analysis, and the “get it done” passion of social entrepreneurship. We are benefits minded: We typically find 10% expense savings in approximately 3 months of work.Even slight changes to profitable, well-run organizations can produce competitive advantages. Larger-sized companies can afford to have staff on hand to constantly analyze processes and perform these functions or engage high-end consulting firms – Manifest Consulting provides cost effective solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses and nonprofits. Whether the goal is to reduce expenses, increase revenue, or improve the efficiency of your team, we use a methodical four-step process to achieve results: • Assess the current situation using surveys, financial data, and business process mapping• Determine key opportunities for improvement based on your goals• Implement improvements• Measure and track results 2 HIGHLIGHTS: (more on website at ManifestConsulting.net)★ Pool Supply Company – Generated $50,000 in annual savings from uncovered efficiencies, established metrics for all aspects of the business, improved employee and owner satisfaction, and ensured seamless delivery of services to improve the overall customer experience.★ Habitat for Humanity Organization – Completed 3 projects for the organization, with deliverables including characterizations for 6 key processes, identification of critical metrics, and development of an action plan to resolve prioritized issues. Facilitated and held strategy sessions. Show less

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  South Shore Habitat for Humanity

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2013

  Board Member

  Major responsibilities:• Organizational leadership and advisement• Formulation and oversight of policies and procedures • Financial management, including adoption and oversight of the annual budget• Oversight of program planning and evaluation• Personnel evaluation and staff development• Review of organizational and programmatic reports• Promotion of the organization• Fundraising and outreach

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  Town of Scituate

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2013

  Economic Development Commission Member

  The mission of the 7 member Economic Development Commission selected by the Board of Selectmen is to enhance the existing business community, attract new business, attract new customers, and encourage redevelopment and new development as may be advisable in order to increase the Town's property tax revenues, income, job base and overall economic health.

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  Friends of Scituate's Future

  Nov 2011 - Jan 2015

  Founder and President

  Non-profit organization with a focus on improving education for students of Scituate, Massachusetts. OVERVIEW: Conceptualized and launched nonprofit organization designed to improve education available to Scituate’s students. Engaged in extensive research and fact-checking activities to resolve significant issues at Scituate Middle School (the 100 year-old school posed a significant health danger to students). Led the efforts to secure enough “yes” votes for 3 separate votes. - Played key leadership role in the passing of the town meeting article in 2012 that enabled Scituate to work with the MSBA. Researched MSBA (Massachusetts School Building Authority) extensively on best strategies for interactions with them; located individuals within the MSBA to help advocate for Scituate and collaborated with all key stakeholders like the School Superintendent, School Committee, Board of Selectman, and Town Administrator.- Recognized for efforts in successful vote for new school in 2015, a $75 million initiative (with the MSBA paying $20.9 million and Scituate paying $54.1 million), representing the largest override in Scituate’s history. - Personally attended 20+ town committee meetings to sell the value of the initiative and recruited all individuals to create the new organization that pushed for the new school.- Leveraged in-depth use of social media to promote initiative; produced 4 videos that illustrated poor conditions within existing school, selling numerous individuals on the vote as a result. Show less

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  Scituate Education Foundation

  Jan 2015 - May 2019

  Founder and President of the Board of Directors

  Nonprofit organization with a vision that Scituate will be recognized as a thriving, vibrant community that encourages innovation, collaborative thinking, problem solving, and skill development through diverse learning opportunities for all ages.Founder and President of the Board of Directors (2015 – 2017)Member of the Board of Directors (2015 – 2018)OVERVIEW: Conceptualized and launched nonprofit organization designed to fund innovative educational programs for “all ages”. All ages is a unique approach to an Education Foundation with the majority of other EF’s only focus on helping students in grades K-12. - Led team to create vision, mission, goals, fundraising strategy and grant application and selection processes. Recruited numerous volunteers and led monthly Board of Directors meetings and information sessions. Brought together all community groups with a vested interest in education to collaborate for community benefit. - Designed the organizational framework for a nonprofit to stay effective, efficient and around for many years to come.➢ Raised $65k in 1st year of fundraising with expenses of only 12%. That allowed us to give out $51k in grants. In the 2nd year of fundraising increased SEF’s revenue to $73k, while lowering expenses to only $5k and gave out $61k in grants. Show less

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  START SCHOOL LATER SCITUATE CHAPTER

  Oct 2017 - Jun 2019

  Co-Founder/Co-President of the local chapter and Member of the Start Times Task Force

  - Responsible for launching local chapter and organizing community support to have healthy school start times that are supported by every medical organization (AAP, AMA, CDC, etc). Interviews appeared in newspaper and radio, organized and hosted informational sessions with expert speaker twice and managed social media accounts. Networked with other towns in MA which resulted in a new chapter created in Cohasset, MA. - Our efforts resulted in a start times task force being created in Oct. 2018 with Superintendent, Teachers, School Committee members, Students and Start School Later representatives.- Improved start times for 2019/2020 school year for the Middle and High Schools. Bus pick up times moved back in all cases with a max of 60 more minutes allowing growing adolescents to get the crucial early morning sleep they need for their short and long term health. Show less