Lana Lazarz

About Lana Lazarz

High energy, enthusiastic, versatile project management professional focused on goal…

Experience

1. Project Specialist Custom Solutions

   Zebra Technologies

   Jul 2017 — Present · Lincolnshire, IL, US

   Cross functional team member, responsible for project support to streamline written processes in support of the engineering customization process:• Work to develop best practices for providing timely and accurate quotes with improved margins to our customers (sales). Lead the charge for documentation & contract development. Overall our team achieved expected margin contribution, best practices to specifically address: engineering hours low, managing signoffs, pursuing testing and close-outs.• Develop targeted communications, aligning with Salesforce.com to ensure appropriate audiences are applied to case requests.• Guide and update the internal Zebra Application Process (ZAP) – narrow the scope to define upfront customer requirements to ensure accurate development time is commensurate with level of effort. Assist sales with access and direction to the ZAP submittal form.• Work to refine existing processes for a centralized repository of records and proposal information through the utilization of templates. Templates for business documents has the benefit of maintaining document consistency. Having a ready-made template for proposal documents and sign-off activities help streamline the entire process-saving time and reduces errors.• Continue to define and refine billing and scheduling requirements.

Education

• Illinois State University

  B.A

  1987 — 1989

• Kishwaukee Community College

  A.S

  1985 — 1987

Skills

• Outlook
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Forecasting
• Cold Calling
• Pricing
• Human Resources
• Program Management
• B2b
• Marketing Communications
• Competitive Analysis
• Contract Negotiation
• Team Leadership
• Negotiation
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Access
• Marketing
• Business Development
• Ms Project
• Product Management
• Project Management
• Crm
• Salesforce.com
• Product Marketing
• Inventory Management
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Strategic Partnerships
• Budgets
• Finance
• Leadership
• Training
• Customer Satisfaction
• Product Development
• Sales Operations
• Customer Retention
• Analysis
• Account Management
• Customer Service