Liz Pendleton Email & Phone Number

Sioux Center, Iowa, Us

Leading quality assurance initiatives and collaborating with an incredible team to drive innovation and excellence in project delivery.

Lexington, Ky, Us

• Work in coordination with business development to produce proposals for bidding on new opportunities.• Develop and define scope, objectives, and deliverables for both Brownfield and Greenfield projects.• Create comprehensive project plans, including detailed schedules in software such as Primavera P6.• Establish and manage project budgets through methods such as earned value, ensuring alignment with financial goals.• Monitor and control project costs, identifying and mitigating any budgetary risks.• Prepare cost estimates, project updates, status reports, and financial summaries for internal and external stakeholders.• Identify potential project risks and develop mitigation strategies.• Lead cross-functional project teams, including engineers, contractors, and consultants.• Manage project changes and modifications, ensuring minimal impact on project goals.

Lexington, Ky, Us

• Developed a team of project managers, fostering a high-performing team environment through coaching and collaboration.• Ensured all projects aligned with company objectives and strategic goals, monitoring progress, budgets, and timelines for on-time and within-budget delivery.• Allocated resources and managed project staffing needs across multiple projects, optimizing efficiency and workload distribution.• Coordinated with other departments to secure necessary resources and evaluated and implemented project management tools and software, using project data to inform decision-making and improve future outcomes.• Implemented and maintained project management standards and methodologies, standardizing processes and documentation.

Lexington, Ky, Us

• Led team of 10 project managers on a Greenfield Pet Food program through execution, providing support and coordinating all project management activities.• Oversaw execution of detailed contracts and proposals, from project estimation through execution. This included invoicing, purchase orders and change management.• Managed both lump sum and time and material contracts, managing cash flow and forecasting revenue.• Developed project scope of works, estimates for cost execution, and wrote proposals for customer contracts.• Created and managed detailed schedules in both Microsoft Project and Primavera P6.• Interfaced with technical resources, partners, suppliers, and sub vendors, managing their scope, schedule, and budgets to ensure contracts were fulfilled.• Analyzed project performance data to publish reports to internal and external stakeholders.• Directed both technical and project management resources on processes to ensure adherence to project requirements.• Prepared content for and led both internal and external meetings.

Lexington, Ky, Us

• Led a Cost Controls Team for a Greenfield Pet Food program.• Ensured adherence to all customer and Gray processes by auditing project change notification, documents, financial management tools, records, contracts, and invoices. • Prepared executive reports on financial performance, both internal and customer facing.• Developed mitigation strategies to address project issues and risks.• Worked with the project schedule team to evaluate project performance.• Held the project management team accountable to execution requirements.• Worked closely with customer cost controllers to ensure coordination on financial reporting and quality of records.

Lexington, Ky, Us

• Managed operations of 9 field install offices across the country. This included responsibility for P&L and forecast. Led group to be 13% more profitable than 3rd party install partners.• Developed and executed the pivot in business strategy to a variable cost model to scale growth for 2020.• Managed outside sales team to success in revenue impacting goals. Implemented processes and SaaS tools to support new efficiencies which achieved a 43% increase in workforce efficiency.

Lexington, Ky, Us

• Maximized the business’s opportunity for revenue and profits by managing product pricing projects within various channels. • Led numerous continuous improvement projects within the company to support sales efficiencies and effectiveness. This included redesigning the user interface of the Salesforce CRM platform, and associated processes for the sales team.• Provided business analytical support to sales leadership teams.• Redesigned lead-to-order sales process with project team, analyzed business impact, and implemented changes within all affected teams.

Lexington, Ky, Us

• Managed inside and outside sales teams, optimizing processes, roles, and responsibilities to eliminate the need for a separate sales support department.• Created and maintained CEU courses and other tools for targeted prospects within the A&E industry, identifying areas of opportunity to increase market share through initiatives like SpecAgent.• Played a key role in the launch of a new B2C sales division, booking $38.4 million in the first year and overseeing the establishment of the first pilot showroom, including developing the P&L budget.• Developed staffing needs and pipeline, as well as onboarding and training programs, scaling the organization for future growth through mentorship and coaching.• Responsible for hiring, development, and performance management of a 30-person inside sales team, ensuring sales objectives were met through effective pipeline management and motivation.• Optimized Salesforce CRM to analyze past performance and set goals, and collaborated with marketing to provide industry and customer insights.

Lexington, Ky, Us

• Trusted subject matter expert with focus on customer experience, resulting in growth in accounts and revenue.• Converted both high volume of new leads as well as developed strategic accounts.• Effectively hit sales goals; in 2014, outpaced peer average by $1.3 million with twice as many orders booked.

Gallatin, Tn, Us