Sharna Cochrane
Perth,WA
Summary
Seasoned Project Delivery & Mobilisation Manager and talented leader with over 30 years of experience applying exceptional planning and problem-solving abilities toward enhancing business plans and day-to-day activities. Results-driven and resilient in developing teams while improving processes and increasing productivity. Bringing solid understanding of industry trends, excellent communication skills, talent for spotting areas in need of improvement, keeping efficient production in accordance with quality standards and implementing changes with strategic approach.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
4
4
Project Management, Logistics Management, Planning & MBA
1
1
WHS Statutory Supervisor
1
1
2 Years into a Bachelor of Criminology and Psychology
Work History
Project Manager
RIO Tinto
02.2023 - Current
- Ensured compliance with relevant regulations throughout the life cycle of each project.
- Established strong relationships with vendors and negotiated favorable contracts
- Developed creative strategies to enhance the overall customer experience
- Remained current on product knowledge, services, promotions
- Built relationships with customers, providing personalized service to each individual.Devised plans and schedules for concurrent projects to meet established deadlines
- Resolved conflicts and negotiated successful solutions with internal and external stakeholders.
- Provided clear direction to internal teams, setting expectations and due dates for deliverables.
Project Manager
Ventia/Kairos Strategies/SA Government DEW/Santos
01.2021 - 01.2023
- Monitored contracts and service level agreements to identify potential risks and implement mitigation actions to protect development process from unforeseen delays and costs.
- Directed changes to project scope and cost and implemented appropriate change management processes to keep project on track.
- Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Monitored contracts and service level agreements to identify potential risks and implement mitigation actions to protect development process from unforeseen delays and costs.
- Communicated project plans and progress to key stakeholders and project contributors.
- Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress, and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
- Led cross-functional teams to deliver projects on time and within budget.
Logistics Management Supervisor
BHP Billiton
03.2013 - 01.2021
- Mobilised successfully approximately 4300 personnel over a 3 week period and provided all logistical requirements for numerous roles throughout the largest shutdown BHP conducts for Australia every 5 years for a period of 11 months at a cost of approximately 90 Million.
- Trained, scheduled and evaluated over 3000 contractors from different locations by different means by optimising rosters to ensure people and product teams were mobilised effectively.
- Built a team of to ensure all daily logistical challenges were met for each of the Projects and Contractors.
- Planned and supervised shipments from production to end-user and scheduled daily and weekly routes.
- Kept corporate departments and customers updated on critical shipments.
- Developed and implemented web-based tracking systems for improved monitoring.
- Reviewed and negotiated contracts with carriers to optimize shipping costs.
- Led improvement initiatives to advance operational efficiencies and increase revenue.
- Supervised daily activities of logistics team, ensuring adherence to safety and compliance standards.
Flight Centre Manager
Flight Centre
06.2001 - 02.2013
- Organizational alignment across various stores & teams.
- Ensured compliance with company policies, procedures, and external regulations.
- Designed, implemented and managed a program called G2G which focused on safety for a successful mobilisation to for all our people.
- Continuous improvement culture that attracted and retained high-performing employees while reducing costs
- Implemented process improvement to shape organizational culture, optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help company evolve and grow resulting in new methods, practices and systems to reduce turnaround including launching staff engagement, gender diversity and cultural programs.
- Collaborated with vendors to procure products necessary for onboarding activities or other HR functions.
- Assisted with the development of job descriptions that accurately reflect roles within the organization.
- Advised leadership on strategic decisions related to human resources operations.
- Prepared presentations for senior management highlighting project progress, challenges, successes, and recommendations
- Identified potential areas of improvement in existing procedures related to recruitment or retention efforts.
- Building relationships with local business and fostering client needs we built a client base of over 6500 clients/customers and family across all of my stores of varied backgrounds, age and ethnic groups
- Developed marketing strategies backed by promotional activities
- Along with a proven track record of profit growth, business and financial management and preparation of yearly and monthly budgets
- I developed 4 high performance teams consecutively and traveled extensively over my time at Flight Centre gaining invaluable experience and knowledge.
Education
MBA -
NT University
Darwin, NTGraduate Certificate - Project Management
BHP College
PerthFacilities Planning And Management
BHP College
Adelaide, SAPeople Management
BHP College
AdelaideSkills
- Planning And Scheduling
- Business Development
- Contract Management
- Market Analysis
- Conflict Resolution
- Critical Thinking
- Workforce Training
- Continuous Improvement
- Multi-Unit Operations
- Performance Improvement
- Organizational Standards
- Training Initiatives
- Vendor Management
- Operational Efficiency
- Strategic Recommendations
- Lean manufacturing and design
- Business process re-engineering
Quote
There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them.
Seth Godin
Timeline
Project Manager
RIO Tinto
02.2023 - Current
Project Manager
Ventia/Kairos Strategies/SA Government DEW/Santos
01.2021 - 01.2023
Logistics Management Supervisor
BHP Billiton
03.2013 - 01.2021
Flight Centre Manager
Flight Centre
06.2001 - 02.2013
MBA -
NT University
Graduate Certificate - Project Management
BHP College
Facilities Planning And Management
BHP College
People Management
BHP College
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Additional Information
AWARDS
- ATS-Trainee of the Year 1993-Office Management
- Flight Centre-Top Novice-2001
- Flight Centre-Number 1 Australia Wide 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010
- Three Million Dollar Consultant-2011
- Top Flight Centre Manager-2006 & 2007(NT)
- Outstanding Achievement Award Flight Centre 2008
- Logistics Champion-Area C, BHP 2015
- High Achievement Award-Smelter Campaign BHP 2016 & 2017
References
Direct Managers - BHP
Wayne Greasley - Delivery Manager
Mark Harris - Delivery Manager
Direct Reports - Flight Centre
BJ Direen - Travel Manager
Direct Reports - BHP
Gerry Picarello - Executive Assistant
Peers
Sivam Nivam - BHP
Amy Richards - BHP Contractor
All numbers provided on request.