IZUAKOLAM KANU
Project Manager
Lagos
Summary
Resourceful Project Manager with over 13 years of collective engineering and project management expertise. Passionate and result-driven professional adept at planning, directing, and maintaining continuous team commitment to project delivery. Strong abilities in managing organizational change, navigating complexities, and effective stakeholder management. Applying creative and critical thinking skills to problem-solving by identifying and anticipating problems in advance. Excels through mentoring, training, and empowering teams to excel in performance.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
KkROLANDs LIMITED
Lagos
01.2013 - Current
- Managed all aspects of project life cycle and maintained relationships with sellers at all times which helped project conflict by 40%.
- Led project Planning and work breakdown structure that ensures all work activities are captured and cost.
- Managed project change and configuration that ensured accurate versions of project documents are used at all times and accessible by all project teams and relevant stakeholders.
- Developed and detailed project scope, define deliverables, managed costs, and monitored performance. Detailed scope improved team commitment and effectiveness by 50% as every member understood both personal responsibility and overall project objective.
- Led project team to meet project deadlines without sacrificing quality or workplace safety and also develop team-building activities that enhance collaboration and collective productivity by 50%.
- Updated operational methods, ensures issues are logged, and changes and configuration are managed and tracked.
- Drove team success through shared vision and recognition of quality performance. Team communication openness and trust were improved by 55%.
- Developed appropriate communication plans and channels for effective stakeholder engagement and senior management reporting. Over 40% improvement in stakeholder buy-in was achieved.
- Maintained clear communication with precise technical writing to document and inform critical processes.
- Orchestrated projects within strict time frames and budget constraints by solving complex problems and working closely with senior leaders.
- Build understanding and network easily across peers as well as among senior management which increased management support and resource commitment.
Senior Civil/Project Engineer.
Project+Potentials Limited
Lagos
11.2009 - 12.2012
- Worked with 40 customers to understand needs and provide excellent engineering design and service.
- Actively listened to customers' requests, confirming full understanding of briefs and scope before addressing concerns which reduced rework and client satisfaction by 20%.
- Improved and coordinated operations and design through consistent hard work and dedication.
- Conducted research, and gathered information from multiple sources when addressing clients’ engineering needs.
- Was involved in designing over 30 residential and commercial buildings, many roads totaling over 27km.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Civil Engineering
Federal University of Technology
Minna, Nigeria 04.2000 - 12.2007
Skills
- Critical thinking
Certification
- PMP - Project Management Professional
Affiliations
- Project Management Institute PMI.
- Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria COREN.
Work Availability
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Quote
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Tony Robbins
Timeline
Project Manager
KkROLANDs LIMITED
01.2013 - Current
Senior Civil/Project Engineer.
Project+Potentials Limited
11.2009 - 12.2012
Bachelor of Engineering - Civil Engineering
Federal University of Technology
04.2000 - 12.2007
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