In this role, I readily performed project management and project control tasks successfully and independently with limited general day-to-day oversight and worked closely with other senior project managers to plan, design, and implement project management plans and construction management plans to complete major capital projects. I utilized my knowledge, skills, and abilities to work on multiple complex projects simultaneously and produced high-quality deliverables promptly. I collaborated with a wide range of professional disciplines in dynamic team settings by utilizing my strong interpersonal communication skills, analyzed technical specifications to develop scopes, schedules, and budgets, and appropriately integrated stakeholder needs.Key Achievements• Oversaw cross-functional teams on 4 projects with a collective budget of $56.4 million USD, twice the number overseen by any other project manager in 2020, directly leading, and influencing 7 internal project team members and 7 external consultant teams, showcasing strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities• Negotiated pricing, labor rates, timelines, scope, terms, and amendments with consultants on 6 different architecture, engineering, and professional services contracts• Collaborated as part of the Division’s Labor Management Committee to bring about meaningful, long-term structural change, define new and improved ways of working, and to produce results where the respective goals and objectives of both labor and management were achieved

In this role, I readily performed project management and project control tasks successfully with minimal supervision by utilizing my knowledge, skills, and abilities to communicate assertively, lead others, address conflict, design and implement project management plans, identify and engage with project stakeholders, monitor and report on project performance, develop, negotiate, and administer contracts, develop and analyze project schedules, implement cost estimating and analysis techniques, and to assess, evaluate, and mitigate project risks.Key Achievements• Simultaneously provide lead direction for multi-disciplinary project teams and individuals with diverse backgrounds, on three major capital projects• Led the Request for Proposal (RFP) development, publication, evaluation, negotiation, and execution of 3 architecture, engineering, and professional services contracts, and the Invitation to Bid (ITB) development of 2 construction contracts• Willingly and passionately shared my business acumen and my knowledge of advanced project management techniques and principles to increase the project management maturity of the Solid Waste Division and the King County Capital Project Management Working Group.• Demonstrate my deep commitment to King County’s Equity and Social Justice Strategic Plan by integrating pro-equity principles, practices, and processes into my project work and by influencing both County and Consultant staff to emulate the same passion and commitment to equity and social justice• Collaboratively led a group of 4 to develop a framework for a county-wide initiative to drive continuous improvement of capital project management standards and tools via the integration of sustainability and pro-equity principles, practices, and processes

In this role, I readily performed project management and project control tasks successfully with minimal supervision by organizing and managing project work and resources, identifying and engaging with project stakeholders, preparing project performance reports, and by applying Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques and intelligence from SWD’s Project Information System Management database to track project performance.Key Achievements• Generated project management plans for PMO projects, producing the scope management plan, project scope statement, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), scope baseline, schedule management plan and the cost management plan• Coached and mentored intern, sharing best practices, project management acumen and organizational skills• Developed a new iteration of a multilevel project management training based on the PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition and planned and executed multiple events to deliver training to more than 100 County attendees• Provided strategic input and participated in process design as part of the executive committee tasked with integrating the vision and goals of the County’s Equity and Social Justice Strategic Plan into the Division’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP)

At Concur, I forged the development of sales opportunities and partner relationships with Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) by prospecting, following up, and networking to generate sales leads, providing sound product and service information.Key Achievements• Utilized strong financial acumen and tech-savvy to enable business transformation of 200 small and medium-sized businesses (SMB)• Drove sales revenue, by utilizing critical problem-solving skills to diagnose business requirements, including documentation of current-state processes, identify new and improved ways of working, conduct product demonstrations, negotiate cost-effective contracts, and sell Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions directly to C-level executives• Achieved consistently high levels of customer satisfaction, building trust by meeting commitments and sharing data-driven insights and innovative ideas on how additional SAP Concur solution services aligned with client’s business process optimization goals• Partnered with Customer Success Manager to ensure SAP Concur solution services grew and scaled with client’s business needs, further optimizing business efficiencies

In this role, I created and drove a comprehensive strategic fundraising plan, implementing effective cultivation and solicitation initiatives to secure funding, with the goal of closing eight major gifts and two planned gifts per year. I focused on securing support for presidential and campus-wide priorities.Key Achievements• Provided strategic direction for major gift donor portfolio of up to 225 prospects, conducting site visits across 7 cities in WA, CA, AZ, and TX, inspiring donor activations through communication and engagement• Completed 128 face-to-face visits in FY2014 and 136 face-to-face visits in FY2015, documenting each visit with a contact report in prospect management database• Ensured purposeful team communication and coordination with key stakeholders including colleagues within Office of Advancement, deans, and faculty development officers• Ensured donors were informed, inspired, and connected, raising a total of $1.4 million in FY2015 by soliciting combination of annual, major, and planned gifts• Created an ongoing company culture initiative that promoted collegiality, wellness, and relationship building

At VWR, I spearheaded consultative sales, providing solutions to the education and medical research market segments, prospecting and establishing new customers by managing a sales pipeline and illustrating value proposition. Key Achievements• Developed strategic business plans to achieve sales growth and attain quotas• Accountable for the planning and implementation of VWR trade shows and events• Utilized entrepreneurial spirit, honesty, and influence to support over 500 laboratories per year by helping drive process optimization, averaging more than $3 million in annual sales• Utilized data and analytics to conduct marketing analysis, and developing pricing schedules and rates, to consistently grow sales, growing sales by 126% and gross margin by 131% in economically challenging year, 2009• Executed up to year-long sales cycles, utilizing project management processes, by working with customers to explicitly define their end goals and objectives, target dates, and success metrics before delivering VWR products and solutions• Interfaced with vendors, VWR subject matter experts, and all levels of decision makers to solve customer bottlenecks and constraints• Coached and mentored interns, junior sales representatives, and new team members, sharing best practices, organization, and communication skills• Earned multiple sales awards, including: 2009 VWR National Sales Award – President’s Club Inductee• Praised by Darlene Kruger, Regional Manager, VWR International: “Stephanie is an absolute pleasure to have on the team. She is very resourceful and has excellent business acumen. Her relationships with customers are key to her success. She approaches all challenges in a non-threatening way and gets positive results. Stephanie is very organized and results oriented, focusing her attention on bottom-line outcomes. She builds customer confidence by assuming full responsibility and promptly meeting their needs.”