Sara Smith

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Product Manager-Workflow Transformation @ Frost
San Antonio, TX, US
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San Antonio, Texas, United States, United States
About Sara Smith

Leading project management and process improvement initiatives at multiple companies, paired with my proficiency in Six Sigma and Prosci methodologies have been integral in successful execution of projects to completion. My passion of understanding voice of the customer regarding stakeholder needs and matching them against business requirements alongside industry best practices have allowed me to guide and influence adoption of technology, policy or process changes implemented with precision.My approach is rooted in a strong analytical mindset and a relentless pursuit of excellence. Collaboratively with teams, we've achieved higher efficiencies, employee engagement, and accuracy within various operational workstreams. The onboarding programs I've designed resonate with stakeholders, consistently generating high promoter scores, reflecting the impact of our collective efforts on the wider organization.

Sara Smith's Current Company Details
Frost

Frost

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Product Manager-Workflow Transformation
San Antonio, TX, US
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heb.com
Employees:
19761
Sara Smith Work Experience Details
  • Frost
    Product Manager-Workflow Transformation
    Frost
    San Antonio, Tx, Us
  • H-E-B
    Change Management Lead
    H-E-B Jun 2021 - Present
    • Spearheaded the HCM Platform change management initiative during the business processoptimization phase, enhancing future adoption among 150,000 employees through strategic earlydiscovery engagements, including leadership discussions and focus groups, thereby aligningstakeholder expectations with business transformation goals.•Championed the alignment of diverse business processes through meticulous documentation andfacilitation of discussions, setting the foundation for the successful implementation phase of the HCMrollout by refining the program's change vision and framework.•Led the change preparation for the D365 rollout across multiple manufacturing plants, identifyingand addressing process gaps in collaboration with business units, to foster a seamless transition andprepared H-E-B Partners for upcoming technological changes, ensuring a high level of readiness andengagement.
  • Usaa
    Lead Process Engineer
    Usaa Feb 2020 - Jun 2021
    • Led the development and implementation of the BCC PMO change management process, enhancing compliance with Audit services and Bank Affiliate Agreement, thereby elevating stakeholder satisfaction. This initiative successfully navigated multiple procedural changes, impacting a broad range of stakeholders from project managers to the Board of Directors. • Established the BCC PMO onboarding program, integrating confidential supervisory information training and standardized procedures, which consistently achieved high stakeholder engagement with promoter scores of 9 and 10. • Designed the Regulatory Commitment Quality Assurance and Quality Control Process, ensuring seamless progress integration and consistency across PMOs. This strategic approach leveraged industry best practices, significantly improving quality, efficiency, and accountability.
  • Usaa
    Business Process Consultant Lead
    Usaa Jun 2019 - Feb 2020
    · Worked to increase accuracy percentages specific to paying what we owe within property claims. Identified impactful drivers correlated to inaccuracies and provide insightful data to experience owners to further improve accuracy within their varying workstreams. In addition, worked to streamline quality functions such as the CCFR (closed file review) audits within Quality Assurance, OFR (open file review), FNOL (First Notice of Loss) call quality and status call quality within operations. Results have shown higher consistency in measurement system analysis, more satisfied and engaged employees along with stable and higher accuracy. · Led a quality circle for loss scoping to decrease error in MSR reassignment, MOI reassignment and delayed cycle times from FNOL to first assignment. Results showed improvements in MOI reassignments and cycle times but also highlighted the issues of severity code and system algorithm in auto assigning MSR assignments· Guided multiple business process consultants in vertical experiences in identifying KPIs and helped advise other experiences with their new process designs utilizing six sigma methodologies.
  • Usaa
    Black Belt
    Usaa Mar 2018 - Jun 2019
    San Antonio, Texas
    · Facilitated various experiences and business deliverables in documentation of processes, risk assessments and more. Led initiatives to identify and begin implementation of KPIs and KRIs for 138 experiences and business deliverables. In addition, managed Bank map standards for all DE sprints while continually driving an increase of first pass yield (FPY) for quality assurance. The year started with a FPY of approximately 20% and ended up at 100% at the end of the year. Designed and managed the project specific to EO/ PO satisfaction on execution of the DE framework while continuously improving the DE framework itself utilizing FMEA (failure mode and effects analysis) activities.· Led multiple working sessions driving leadership decisions in the architecture of the value chain to which the Bank E2E structure is based off of. During my role at the Bank, I was awarded the hard hat award from Bank leadership for being in the forefront of leading some of the E2E efforts.
  • Rackspace, The #1 Managed Cloud Company
    Program Manager / Black Belt
    Rackspace, The #1 Managed Cloud Company Sep 2015 - Mar 2018
    • Led the VM Provisioning Process Improvement, achieving an 88% reduction in provisioning time from 96 hours to 12 hours by leading cross-functional teams and optimizing current processes within the ADC business function. • Engineered a mistake-proof process for the Procure to Pay system, significantly reducing error rates in purchase orders by collaborating with stakeholders across supply chain operations, sourcing, and finance. • Directed the Datapipe company integration for technology and security work streams, leading to a seamless transition to full systems integration. Additionally, championed the GET Operations PCI compliance program, establishing standard processes and procedures to ensure PCI compliance across 58 critical systems.
  • Trueability
    Business Operations Manager
    Trueability Dec 2013 - Jun 2015
    San Antonio, Texas Area
    · Managed Run-The-Business type responsibilities including updating financial plans, building KPI reports, accounting, HR functions (onboarding new hires, benefits, terminations, etc).· Designed and Implemented operational excellence for several projects such as lead generation strategies, user-experience designs, Feature request processes and more. Process improvements led to shorter lead times, increase in users signups, increase in cohesion between teams.· Project managed marketing campaigns for Linux Showdown Events
  • Rackspace Hosting
    Program Manager
    Rackspace Hosting Jul 2012 - Dec 2013
    San Antonio, Texas Area
    • Program managed multiple security deployments simultaneously across all 11 Rackspace locations. Deployments included rollout of network access control (NAC), originally viewed as a culture killer, big brother, or too corporate for Rackspace. Successful implementation included converting detractors in becoming advocates to help communicate the project's importance and necessity. Managed deployment of Anti-virus (AV) and encryption from stages of rigorous RFP processes through successful rollout on employee personal devices which included customized setups and varying operating systems.
  • Rackspace Hosting
    Cloud Operational Excellence Specialist Iii
    Rackspace Hosting Apr 2011 - Jul 2012
    San Antonio, Texas Area
    • Focused on increasing efficiencies to ease overload of workload. In doing so, identified and eliminated root causes to false alerts resulting in increased work capacity for support teams. Reduced 43% of monitoring alert tickets leading to a reduction in total support workload by 8%. • Helped to uncover gaps in the cloud verification process and high cycle time in activating legitimate customers. Reduced verification time from an hour to 9 minutes while reducing fraudulent signups from 10% to 4%.
  • Rackspace
    Account Manager
    Rackspace Aug 2009 - Apr 2011
    San Antonio, Texas Area
    Focused on building fanatical relationships with install base customers• Created a strategy to raise customer NPS rating for team. Our team won the NPS competition several consecutive months.• Built relationships with customers as partners rather than short term engagements. Grew customer loyalty resulting in more spend for the company.
  • Bubblehead Tea Llc
    Business Owner/Accountant/Purchasing/Marketing
    Bubblehead Tea Llc Dec 2007 - Dec 2011
    San Antonio, Texas Area
    Started and managed a bubble tea/hookah business• Created a solid brand for our bubble tea shop. Our shop was rated best bubble tea in San Antonio for 2 consecutive years. While Bubblehead was under our management, we were rated 4.5-5 stars on yelp and a 96% like rating from Urbanspoon. • Created a market for exotic tea that at that time was not well known in our San Antonio community.• Built a customer loyalty program which led to promoters and ultimately an increase in revenue.
  • Teksystems
    Project Coordinator
    Teksystems Nov 2008 - Aug 2009
    San Antonio, Texas Area
    Coordinated the decommission IT project in preparation for Wells Fargo's acquisition of Wachovia• Successfully decommissioned IT equipment containing sensitive end user information within budget and timeline
  • Ap Financial
    Financial Advisor
    Ap Financial Mar 2006 - Dec 2007
    San Antonio, Texas Area
    • Provided clients with information to investment vehicles and assisted in financial planning
  • Sony Music Entertainment
    Solo Artist
    Sony Music Entertainment Jun 1996 - Dec 2005
    Thailand
    * Solo Artist for Sony Music Thailand* TV host for E For Teens (edutainment channel for teenagers in Thailand)* TV host for "Do a Show", "Family Delight", and "One Fine Day"* Received awards for best female artist of the year from MV Awards in year 2000 and year 2003* Received award for best tv host in year 2000

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Sara Smith works for Frost

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Sara Smith's current role is Product Manager-Workflow Transformation.

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Sara Smith attended Sasin Graduate School, Northwestern University - Kellogg School Of Management, Assumption University.

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Sara Smith's colleagues are Jill Martin, Amani Webb, Sydney Perry, Sarah Price, Debra Mauricio, Chris Miranda, Dionne Vaughns.

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