Project Manager Iii
CurrentProject Manager for development of commercial fitness products (Treadmills, Stairmills, Cross-Trainers, Indoor-Bikes, etc). Projects vary in scope and are at various phases of the development cycle.Completed Projects ||Stairmills (10G, 8Gx, 4G), Treadmills (10TRx, 8TR, 8TRx, 4TR), Cross-Trainers (8RDE, 4CT, VersaStrider), HIIT (HIITMill, HIITConsole, HIITBike & HIITUBE), Cycling (Schwinn X&Z, Schwinn SC&AC Power, 4RB, 4UB).Project Management (PM) Processes ||o Developing & Improving Gate & New Product Development (NPD) methodologies.o Creation & Hosting of PM & NPD Templates via SharePoint (S/P) (standardizes processes & introduces employees to PM tools and language of Project Initiation, Planning, Execution/Controlling & Close-Out). || Creation of slide deck for PM training program. || Designed over 15 S/P Project Sites introducing improved global project transparency & collaboration tools before evolving active projects into a single “One-Site” NPD site to facilitate collaboration. ||o Project Tracking Dashboard (Excel) for greater companywide transparency. || Introduced weighted-decision-matrix planning tool for a more logical and systematic Project Pipeline decision making. ||o Launched Office365 based NPD tools & methods (2021): Easily searchable S/P Project Files Vault (with templatized/standardized folder structures to ensure project-to-project consistency). || Replaced wasteful recreation of new teams & individual S/P sites for each project with introduction of “One-Team” (includes US & China factory team), sliced into specific Project Channels. || Replaced collection of weekly individual project meetings with Teams driven “One-Meeting” that bundles all those meetings into a brisk brand-sequenced meeting allowing for broader team member involvement (members can multitask when not relevant), freeing up time for smaller targeted meetings. ||o Bugzilla || Self-Initiated introduction of cloud-based globally accessible software bug tracker tool. ||
