Jennifer Held Email & Phone Number

West Palm Beach, Florida Area

This position has provided me strong project management experience and the necessary coordination skills and experience working with distributed functional groups. It requires me to use my ability to recommend controls and the appropriate corrective actions to the current cost and schedule variances.

Riviera Beach, Fl

Prepared and executed the yearly program excellence plan. I facilitated structured improvement activities. The goal of these activities was to cut costs via process improvement.

Riviera Beach, Fl

Led program excellence planning efforts, facilitated lean/six sigma projects to identify waste and improve efficiency on two classified programs. Monitored and reviewed team deliverables. Engaged in daily interface with customers. Through process improvement initiatives increased program deliverable timeliness from 41% to 98%. Enable the program to consistently meet deadlines for key reports; timeliness of these reports was a key factor in achieving program incentive Award Fee. Developed metrics to better manage customer. Resulting in 100% incentive Award Fee for program. Coordinated earned value management system (EVMS) metrics for over 48 cost accounts allowing program management to efficiently allocate resources.

Riviera Beach, Fl

Point of contact for all site OLDP efforts. • Facilitated the recruitment of OLDP candidates at regional recruitment events.  Interviewed and hired all OLDP members for the site. Evaluated and implemented leadership training opportunities. Mentored incoming OLDP personnel.

Riviera Beach, Fl

Performed as MPM on two programs simultaneously. Managed scope, budget and schedule through the initial phase of the programs and first vehicle builds. Responded to management requests regarding vehicle assembly and schedule milestones per program contract specification. Acted as a liaison between the manufacturing/assembly personnel and senior management. Instituted training regiments and tracked training compliance. Scheduled manpower requirements. Established budgets and schedules to meet customer requirements.

Riviera Beach, Fl

Identified site-wide projects and facilitated lean/six sigma projects to identify waste and improve efficiency. Led all functional groups to identify key product indicators to consistently manage projects, this year-long accomplishment led to a promotion. Identified Lean/Six Sigma opportunities that resulted in the site yearly goal of $2.8 million being achieved before the third quarter.

Greater Omaha Area

Performed as the Technical Assistant to the Program Manager of the US Presidential Emergency Command Center Upgrade program. Provided a full, $45M, upgrade to the infrastructure. Interfaced with employees of diverse backgrounds, management and military customers. Developed new and improved existing processes utilizing Lean Six Sigma methods Performed as Cost Account Manager (CAM) for over 15 cost accounts. Managed staff meetings; prepared briefings for monthly program reviews. Led weekly Technical Information meetings with customer attendance. Developed metrics and technical bulletins for meetings with customers, teammates, employees and management. Regularly acted as PM in his absence. Acted as the program risk and opportunity (R/O) manager and trainer.o Identified and tracked risks and opportunities relative to cost, schedule and technical performance.o Led team that streamlined Lockheed Martin Corporate process program R/O development.

Nation-Wide

Evaluated the effectiveness of corporate-wide program management processes and tools and conducted compliance audits throughout multiple LM companies.  Led multiple audit teams and have been recognized for my interpersonal skills and ability to maintain positive communication with all levels of management. Personal endeavors resulted in improvements throughout multiple areas including sensitive information controls, production operations, risk management, hardware design and program planning. Member of Corporate Policy Review board comprised of 21 members representing the corporate interests of over 140,000 employees. Reviewed draft versions of all corporate policy statements, headquarter functional policies and procedures being proposed for implementation or under review for revision.

Nation-Wide

Evaluated the effectiveness of corporate-wide program management processes and tools and conducted compliance audits throughout multiple LM companies.  Led multiple audit teams and have been recognized for my interpersonal skills and ability to maintain positive communication with all levels of management. Personal endeavors resulted in improvements throughout multiple areas including sensitive information controls, production operations, risk management, hardware design and program planning. Member of Corporate Policy Review board comprised of 21 members representing the corporate interests of over 140,000 employees. Reviewed draft versions of all corporate policy statements, headquarter functional policies and procedures being proposed for implementation or under review for revision.

Nation-Wide

The Lockheed Martin OLDP program consists of 4, 6-month cross-functional rotation assignments designed to provide experience over a broad area of business. o Rotation 1 – Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer Moorestown, NJo Rotation 2 – Production Control Analyst Moorestown, NJo Rotation 3 – Group Purchase Agreement Commodity Manager Camden, NJo Rotation 4 – Operations Quality Special Projects Oldsmar, FL

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa), Political Science And Government

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa)