Sara Cooper, MBA, PMP

Experience

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  St. Stephen the Martyr Catholic Church

  Sept 2006 - Oct 2013

  Administrative Assistant, Special Projects

  ● Assisted annual budgeting initiatives● Supported 20+ key events annually

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  Boeing

  Jul 2014 - Apr 2016

  Office Administrator

  ● Sourced updates from 10 departments and distilled into a weekly presentation for executives

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  Electric Mirror™

  Apr 2016 - May 2022

  ● Created a global product strategy across 3 company portfolios and 10 product lines● Championed formal product management and overhauled product road mapping ● Established a product development process with industry best practices● Used product life cycle to analyze and predict product demand and offerings ● Educated sales team on product knowledge● Launched new venture into UVC sterilization technology and developed 4 products in less than a year, including air purifiers and sterilization towers● Maintained document control process and defined interdepartmental process for publishing ● Completed 8 product line introductions across 5 suppliers over 4 years● Authored and reviewed technical documents for publication on company websites● Trained new project managers and created training materials and onboarding process● Spearheaded product standardization ● Oversaw 5 product lines across 2 factories comprising 27% of company’s annual revenue ● Headed development of outsourced product line worth $14M annually● Managed relationships between international teams, spanning 17 time zones and 4 countries ● Created a vetting process for suppliers and production implementation ● Directed exploration of new ERP selection and implementation ● Supervised 25 projects at a time including marketing research and internal business process improvements● Engineered a process for product recall in response to a real-time incident● Introduced project management best practices including process to Plan, Execute and Monitor active projects ● Executed customer sales orders of $1M+● Coordinated production improvement initiatives across multi-disciplinary teams

  • Sr. Product Manager

    Jun 2021 - May 2022

  • Sr. Program Manager, Program/Product/Estimating Manager

    Oct 2019 - Jun 2021

  • Sr. Program Manager, Project Management Office Manager

    May 2018 - Oct 2019

  • Sr. Project Manager, Project Management Office Manager

    Sept 2017 - May 2018

  • Sr. Project Manager

    Apr 2017 - Sept 2017

  • Project Manager

    Apr 2016 - Apr 2017
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  Korry Electronics Co.

  May 2022 - Sept 2023

  ● Implemented structure to a $20 million program● Delivered product on-time, gaining $220K in incentive payments● Engaged leadership in assessing risks and implementing mitigation plans● Identify potential risks and implement mitigation plans● Built time-phased budgets to allow weekly, monthly, annual, and program life cost projections, resulting in a more accurate Estimate at (program) Completion, including identifying 12 milestones previously overlooked and accounting for long-lead time parts.● Enhancing program efficiency by expanding the company’s Product Development Process● Create 2 standard program planning documents and redesigned or overhauled 2 more● Instituting 1 milestone checklist and initiated 9 others● Collaborating on 25 process documents● Expand and broaden the scope of the development process beyond engineering to include manufacturing, sales, shipping, etc ● Optimized program activities and consolidated deliverables, saving over $250K Show less

  • Program Manager III

    Jan 2023 - Sept 2023

  • Program Manager II

    May 2022 - Dec 2022
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  Boeing

  Dec 2023 - now

  Business Operations Specialist