Rachel Losser (Lapidus), Pmp, Mba Email & Phone Number

St Charles, Illinois, United States

Working with business leaders to deliver project and portfolio management (PPM) software solutions. Imagine a tool that allows you to make an update one time and all the different views, dashboards, & reports reflect your change.

Palatine, Illinois, United States

• Lead R&D Hardware Project Management for a newly established Smart Grilling business unit, focused on the delivery of connected devices to support grills and stand-alone products
• Implement integrated timelines to support the ambitious Smart Grilling project roadmap by working with a cross-functional, global team to identify and creatively solve design and resource challenges
• Run New Product Development Governance in a newly decentralized landscape to ensure consistency and continuous improvement across all business units
• Co-lead the development, implementation, and training to deliver a unified reporting structure within SmartSheets, a project management tool

Palatine, Illinois, United States

• Tasked by IT Senior Leadership to provide late-stage support to turn around the project, with over 100+ overall team members, by managing 2 project managers and overseeing 6 additional project managers, resulting in a.
• Converted over 12 workstreams from red to green status by quickly assessing current state, working with stakeholders to determine best and most feasible solutions, creating recovery plans, and managing execution.
• Presented status updates and recommendations to C-Suite executives on a weekly basis and led stakeholder management for the overall project steering committee
• Developed and led the strategic implementation roadmap for the EWM (Extended Warehouse Management) module including key functionality decisions, a complex wave testing strategy, and physical warehouse simulations with.

Palatine, IL

• Identify and implement improvement initiatives that deliver high value and return on investment within two years
• Strategize with the operations and information technology teams to develop business requirements and ensure delivery of effective technology solutions
• Deliver projects that create systemic and operational logistics optimization with reoccurring annual cost savings of over $2.5M
• Manage portfolio of 5-15 projects to ensure timely execution and proper resource utilization
• Provide regular status and timeline updates to the executive leadership team
• Develop business cases and project justifications to secure leadership sponsorship and project funding

Saint Charles, IL

• Develop and manage program plans for several commodities of switches for a portfolio with annual revenue of over $25million.
• Lead cross-functional, international teams, including various engineering, procurement, new product launch, operations, andcost planning personnel to ensure timely completion of open items
• Track project progress in order to meet various customer deliverables
• Interface with customers as required to account for status of current programs
• Quote timing for new business requests
• Assist with leadership of value engineering and continuous process improvement efforts

St. Charles, IL

• Lead cross-functional teams by maintaining action lists and project timelines
• Maintained documentation of project activities, including program status documents, build requests, and related validation documents
• Acted as backup Omron interface for the Program Manager for customer contacts
• Managed activities that are not program specific, such as development of replacement tools and continuous improvement

Elk Grove Village, IL

• Work on a three-person team that is responsible for quoting, pricing, sourcing material, scheduling production, inventory management, scheduling of outbound shipments, and assessing various production quality concerns
• Manage Syteline ERP system data related to Mars, Wrigley, and Nestle clients to facilitate the flow of project materials
• Develop new reporting and functional tools using Microsoft Excel and SQL coding language
• Engage with Client Services team to provide excellent customer service, maximize asset utilization, and maintain client relationships
• React swiftly to meet changing needs of clients with an understanding of key project requirements
• Lead process improvement initiatives by identifying areas of key challenges and acting as informal liaison with the Information Technology team to implement creative solutions

• Engaged in several paid research programs, including the Research Rookies Program, The McKearn Fellows Program, and the Student Engagement Fund
• Developed and executed three faculty-mentored research projects, one of which was in progress over the course of several years
• Published an article in the peer-reviewed Business Education Innovation Journal titled “Evaluating Co-Curricular Success in a College of Business” with the assistance of Dr. Elizabeth Towell and Mrs. Jill Hayes
• Presented findings at several undergraduate research conferences and university events

Altgeld Hall 100

• Managed special projects, including gathering requirements, defining scope, setting milestones, and ensuring deliverables meet university standards
• Implemented project management software to improve office efficiency and resource management
• Developed a new process for managing the registration information for an undergraduate research conference with over 300 participants with incredibly limited investment
• Facilitated office collaboration for both undergraduate and graduate students through a deadline and task-oriented approach
• Communicated effectively between full-time and student staff to create office synergy

• Facilitated success of various research and community engagement programs
• Promoted programming through several marketing strategies, including university news bulletins and social media campaigns
• Coordinated and scheduled staffing of all office commitments pertaining to summer orientation days for 15 people
• Pioneered new office training materials to prepare staff for various summer orientation events
• Represented the office and university at open houses and admitted student days

St. Charles, IL

• Managed a team of 25-50 employees to ensure store operational goals were met
• Analyzed effectiveness of business operations through Target’s comprehensive system of store reporting tools to identify process improvement projects
• Monitored key performance metrics, including sales in various departments, food waste, labor hours, sales from discounted items, etc. and leveraged the team to improve these metrics
• Implemented managerial decisions on a store-wide level to improve operational metrics related to overall store performance
• Led daily meetings to communicate store goals and develop employee relationships
• Participated in frequent store leadership meetings to ensure success of operational pilot programs

• Provided outstanding customer service, as evidenced by multiple scores of 100% on Secret Shoppers
• Communicated effectively with team members to achieve daily goals
• Demonstrated exemplary multi-tasking ability to ensure both customer satisfaction and task completion
• Gained extensive knowledge of specialty grocery items to better direct customer inquiries

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

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