Rhett Smith, PMP

Experience

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  SMITH'S 66 & MARINE INC

  May 2008 - Nov 2010

  Manager- Shop, Sales, Service

  • Assisted owner in daily scheduling.• Responsible for overseeing fleet rental operations .• Managed and maintained product and parts inventory .• Responsible for building and maintaining relationships through excellent communication customer service.• Responsible for training new hires on daily functions and developing their customer service skills.

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  Zeus Industrial Products, Inc.

  Nov 2010 - Sept 2023

  • Coordinates with department representatives to define project needs and develop project scope and work plans for multiple concurrent projects.• Works with cross-functional teams and stakeholders throughout all levels of the organization as required for evaluating, defining, and/or designing work solutions and project specifications.• Coordinates and maintains multiple concurrent project activities with the project team such as project templates, schedule, timelines, and host gate review meetings as needed.• Confers with management and provides advice on the potential impacts of projects such as those related to staffing, budgets, organization and workflow, and contract or regulatory compliance.• Responsible for the Implementation, oversight and continued operation of the stage gate process and project management methodologies.• Ensures the project team members are completing deliverables in alignment with stage gate process and reports project status in real time through the use of information radiators.• Communicate and influence a collaborative resolution of cross-functional issues.• Establishes and maintains contact with internal and external stakeholders to provide information, support for projects, and ensure projects meet the scope of work. • Identifies the work required to meet the project scope and develops a schedule based on the teams estimated durations of each activity• Insures project control documents are completed, signed, and stored in the appropriate repository• Provides project status updates to executive management on a monthly basis• Responsible for hosting gate review meetings with executive management, department heads, and project team members Show less This role required the use of ad hoc research, market segmentation, and data analysis to identify opportunities aligned with corporate strategy. The data for each opportunity would then support the development of a business case, project proposal and/or recommendation for executive review and approval. The scope of research performed included:Uncovering additional opportunities within markets currently served. Identifying secondary, value add opportunities for existing customers.Discovering opportunities and barriers to entry for markets not currently served.Reviewing adjacent products, and technologies to grow or enhance the product portfolio.Investigating potential opportunities for acquisition and/or vertical integration. Show less • Managed day to day operations of a regional territory comprised of over 100 customer accounts.• Responsible for monthly and annual forecasting of accounts.• Developed strategies for territory growth.• Responsible for identifying low profit items, developing and implementing an improvement plan and tracking the results.• Responsible for the review and implementation of engineering specifications and customer contracts.• Planned and performed travel to customer sites quarterly or as needed.• Attended and managed a booth at medical trade shows.• Performed liaison role between Quality representatives during onsite customer audits. Show less

  • Project Manager, Specialty

    Mar 2017 - Sept 2023

  • Market Research Analyst

    Feb 2015 - Mar 2017

  • Technical Account Manager, Medical Sales

    Nov 2010 - Feb 2015
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  BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina

  Sept 2023 - now

  Senior Information Technology Project Manager