Janet Varner Email & Phone Number

Union, Mo, Us

Working as a Project Manager/Owner on an agile team supporting Salesforce enhancements. Coordinating all agile team activities, maintaining the Jira board and communicating results to senior management and stakeholders.

St. Louis County, Missouri, United States

St. Louis City County, Missouri, United States

Senior Project Manager for Field Operations Billing

Greater St. Louis Area

- Communications Lead for technology implementations- Program manager for brand refresh efforts

Creve Coeur, Mo

Business Project Manager for NA Sales Effectiveness, leading changes in Sales Force and development of mobile sales application.

St. Louis

Maritz Motivation Solutions is a premier leader of Loyalty, Channel and Employee Engagement Solutions.Created client solutions based on corporate capabilities, resources, points-of-view and The Maritz Institute 21 Design Principles. Outlined design, rationale, scope, costs and timing. Managed technology project for Fortune 100 client oversaw ‘run-the-engine’ issues, as well as defined scope and quotes for new requests.• Created RFP response resulting in new client with program generating over $5 million profit in first 3 years• Wrote Statement of Work for new program, coordinating legal, compliance, financial and departmental reviews• Used SDLC methodology to evaluate the current platform, then designed and planned for conversion to enhanced technology platform. Led technology team, created client rationale pitch (defining features and benefits) for migrating to a new platform.

St. Charles, Mo

Aspect is a global software and IT services firm specializing in applying Microsoft unified communications and collaboration to help customers achieve optimal results through enhanced business processes across the enterprise and in the contact center. Aspect provides IT consulting, integration services and business applications.Created marketing for technology solutions, developed messaging and positioning statements, wrote content, defined website wireframes and created print collateral.• Developed business strategies and tactical plans for assigned products, defined go-to-market plans and managed projects to support tactical execution of these strategies within project time frames

St. Louis, Mo

Joined team in new position to support multi-channel marketing, providing project and creative direction for development of client-facing marketing materials. Advocated for department resources and brand standards. Created client acquisition campaigns packaging direct mail, statement inserts, branch communications and outbound calling. Wrote and edited content.• Created integrated marketing campaign to acquire new IRA customers and accounts, resulting in new business from 5.5% of the direct mail, well exceeding the forecast of 1-2% lift in accounts and triple the anticipated balance projections• Created and implemented new brand image for one non-traditional line of business. Quickly assessed needs and navigated the larger enterprise to advocate for client, overcoming obstacles to implementation• Managed Marketing Consultants, provided training and leadership plus mentored less experienced Relationship Managers• Implemented integrated/ packaged marketing plans included internal communications, online/print ads, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and new recruiting website. Coordinated sign-offs from client, legal and compliance.• Led technology changes across the enterprise (brokerage and bank) and discovered $1.3+ million in annual cost savings by initiating cross-functional process improvement changes across the enterprise

Responsible for the profitability of all consumer deposit products, defining product functionality, features and benefits, managing marketing strategy and ensuring product technology issues were resolved.• Launched new consumer deposit products and promotional offerings - DDA, Money Market and CD - Conducted financial analysis and assessed profitability of current and proposed products - Led cross-functional project team (operations and retail) for the implementation of new products - Results: Lowered cost of deposits, increased sales, improved profitability 5 - 11% year-over-year• Successfully managed outside vendor relationships - Implemented new value added benefits program resulting in $380,000 in annualized cost savings - Managed check vendor relationship and identified opportunities to increase revenue - Negotiated vendor contracts for pricing, services and bonuses• Reviewed, recommended and led procedural/operational changes resulting in $100,000 annualized savings• Led marketing in developing communication and promotional materials, providing direction and approvals• Evaluated loan documentation and led team in upgrading loan system documentation

Shared the Wave story – providing unique technical training based on how students learn. Developed marketing collateral including advertising, catalog, website and brochures. Attended trade shows and trained sales force on marketing campaigns, new product features and current offers.• Developed technical training offering for new technology product, identifying key technical elements, messaging and value statements, enhancing and deepening the product line for greater profitability

St. Louis

Held various positions during 10 years of service, with progressively more leadership responsibilities.• Successfully developed internal and customer communications strategies and executed plans for various business units relating to brand and system conversions for a 3-state area as well as for personnel during a pay system conversion for 100,000+ employees in a newly evolving culture - Developed key relationships with partners, peers and management, providing valuable insight of audience involvement and engagement as well as potential risks and rewards - Probed to understand technical systems, identifying best practices to insure objectives/audience satisfaction• Conducted internal focus groups, managed qualitative and quantitative research projects and vendors across 9 states for: - Brand recognition, customer satisfaction, competitive analysis and new organizational tagline research• Developed mystery shop program with quantifiable results, followed by individual customer service improvement reporting

B.S., Marketing

Janet (Ruegge) Varner

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