Jennifer Carr

About Jennifer Carr

I have direct responsibility and oversight of program and project management throughout Hoya Vision Care North Americas. I have the unique opportunity to manage a team of Program and Project Managers who are responsible for all programs and projects across all business channels - Commercial Sales, Global Key Accounts, Revenue Management, Growth & Strategy, Business Development, Marketing, IT, Finance & Accounting, Supply Chain, Operations & Engineering, Sourcing & Procurement, Customer Service, Global M&A, Facilities, etc - under one single PMO. I oversee the process and governance committee responsible for project intake, approval and prioritization - working directly with leaders throughout the organization to successfully implement programs and projects in accordance to business guidelines. I am a highly driven and passionate certified leader with 18+ years of Project Management, Business Analysis, Quality Assurance execution and management experience with a proven track record of adapting to a variety of infrastructures and across varied industry sectors including optical, healthcare, aviation, rental car, and manufacturing. A self-sufficient and hands-on seasoned professional with proven talent to spearhead, develop and implement value-added and cost-effective solutions across business and technology teams, internal and external clients with meeting and surpassing stringent quality standards and guidelines within a global environment. Specialties: Project Management, Process Management, Quality Assurance, Business Analysis, SDLC, ITIL, ERP Implementation expert Project Management Tools/Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile, Six Sigma, Portfolio Management - Planview, Power PPM, Knowledge of Acuity, Clarity and Rally; MS Project, JIRA, DevOps, MS Office Suite, VISIO, Share Point, Budgeting & Forecasting, Resource Allocation, HP Quality Center, HP Standard Data Manager ERP/Other Skills: Highly skilled in Commercial and Back Office Integrations, software implementations, M&A\'s, CRM, MS Dynamics 365 F&O implementation experience, Oracle ERP implementation expert, On-Premise ERP Oracle 9i/11i/R12.1.3, Oracle Financials AP/AR/GL/FA, Supply Chain Management, ASCP, DRP, Order Management, Inventory, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, PkMS (WMS), HRMS, Payroll, Benefits, Workday, BI, SQL Ad Hoc Reporting, DVI, SAP, Jaggaer P2P, Dayforce, Certify Expense Tool, IRIS

Experience

1. Director of Project Management, North Americas

   Hoya Vision Care

   Aug 2021 — Present · Lewisville, TX, US

   Lead a team of Program and Project Managers within the PMO, manage the portfolio of all programs and projects -Own the PMO intake and approval process; chair the governance committee of functional business leaders Collaborate on projects with leaders throughout the organization -Hold Business Unit Leaders accountable for deadlines; convey a message of efficiency and organization -Partner with leaders throughout the organization; develop, configure and optimize end-to-end organizational processes based on review and collaboration with functional teams -Provide critical review/approval of business cases to ensure proper thought and preparation prior to review by Executive Committee members -Educate and train the business on the project management discipline; hold learning sessions to promote the culture of project management -Proven work experience in program and project management focusing on executing key deliverables to drive business growth -Lead Strategic Planning, Due Diligence, and execution phases of Mergers and Acquisitions -Collaborate cross-functionally across the organization; anticipate risks and remove obstacles with a sense or urgency across all facets of the program or project

Education

• Oklahoma City University

  Bachelor’s of Science in Information Technology, Information Technology and Spanish

  2000 — 2004

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Texas Executive Education Program (mini-MBA), General Management Program

  2018 — 2018

• Oklahoma City University

  Minor, Spanish, Spanish Language and Literature

  2000 — 2004

• Oklahoma City University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Generalist

  2005 — 2007