Emmanuel Abiona
Program Planning Manager
Västerås
Summary
Resourceful Planning Manager successful at directing multinational, cross-functional portfolios requiring fast-paced execution. Several years experience in project planning and schedule management with proven success in delivering world-class planning support for electric vehicle battery facilities.
Experienced in entire project lifecycle from project planning and initiating, project execution, commissioning, warranty and claims handling.
Offers strong analytical, planning and organizational skills to manage competing demands and ensure stakeholders satisfaction.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Program Planning Manager
Northvolt
Västerås
04.2022 - Current
- Leading the full planning overview and setting the strategic planning direction for all CAPEX projects and programs.
- Develop, manage and maintain overall integrated time plan for new factory to support production of A-Sample and B-sample EV battery cells.
- Create standard operating procedures, templates and guidelines for all planning functions including schedule management, project controls, risk analysis and resource optimization.
- Develop necessary tools for schedule quality analysis, progress monitoring, control and reporting of multiple EPCM contractors.
- Produce necessary monthly, bi weekly and weekly reporting standards and templates to monitor and control progress of work according to baseline.
- Run and manage scheduling coordination, both internally as well as externally with vendors leading the full planning overview and setting the strategic planning direction for all projects and programs within Labs and R&D scope.
- Skills: Master Schedule · Project Control · Project Planning · Program Management · Program Planning · Oracle Primavera · Microsoft Project
Program Planner
Northvolt
Västerås
05.2021 - 03.2022
- Program planning, schedule analysis and schedule development including scope breakdown using work breakdown structure WBS, activity estimation, creating well-linked, integrated master schedules.
- Schedule analysis using critical path method, monitoring near critical activities, key milestones and project phase transitions.
- Identify project overlaps, from risks and opportunities perspective, find synergies in resource utilization and ensure benefit realization.
- Monitor, analyze, report and resolve program performance issues and develop mitigation plans.
- Performing project schedule risk analysis using Monte Carlo simulations and What-if scenarios. Risk categorization and mitigation planning
- Skills: Integrated Master Schedule · Project Control · Quantified risk assessment · Oracle Primavera P6 · Microsoft MS Project
Project Manager
ABB Industrial Automation, Process Industries. Metallurgy
Västerås
04.2017 - 04.2021
- Responsibility for project delivery spanning project planning, project execution, commissioning, warranty and claims handling.
- Coordinated project execution from multiple sources – engineering, purchasing, customer relations, production and logistics to ensure on time, on budget, project delivery with satisfied stake-holders.
- Involved in several strategic supplier qualification and negotiations leading to savings in revenues and improved quality.
- Developed, initiated and executed projects, together with R&D team to bring new product to the market while ensuring product satisfies technical specification including managing costs, schedule and performance.
- Collaborated with general management team to ensure alignment of business strategy with project deliverables.
Development Engineer
ABB Industrial Automation, Process Industries. Metallurgy
Västerås
03.2013 - 03.2017
- Research and development of various Magneto-hydrodynamic processes to optimize electro-magnetic stirrers in steel and aluminum production.
- Computational multiphysics code development for fluid dynamics and electromagnetic analysis, using commercial software suites Ansys and Simulia.
- Design optimizations, parallelization on clusters and distribution of load for improved overall simulation efficiency.
R&D Scientist
ABB Corporate Research
Västerås
03.2012 - 03.2013
- Computational fluid dynamics simulation of subsea electrical equipment like oil cooled transformers and frequency converters, subjected to overpressure.
- Design optimization by simulation of heat transfer and fluid flow of cooling oil under natural convection.
- Development of prototype electrical equipment optimized for subsea applications.
Asst. Research and Development Engineer
ABB Corporate Research
Västerås
03.2011 - 03.2012
- CFD Investigation of gas dynamics during a high-current, high-temperature arc plasma formation between two fixed electrodes
- Modelling and Simulation of instant energy discharge in an arc-plasma induced fault breaking device using computational fluid dynamics
- Modified technical documentation including mechanical drawings, schematics and bills of materials through engineering change notification system.
Master's Thesis Student
ABB Corporate Research
Västerås
03.2010 - 09.2010
- Analysis and evaluation of the downstream effects of plasma arc such as wave propagation, density variations and temperature development.
- CFD numerical calculations using Ansys Fluent and Gambit.
- Experimental high voltage, plasma switch experimental testing for comparative studies.
- Publication: Master's thesis - 2 Dimensional, Axis-symmetric, CFD modelling of thermal plasma.
Education
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Blekinge Tekniska Hogskola BTH
Blekinge, Sweden 09.2019 - 06.2021
Master of Science - Energy Systems
Malardalen's Hogskola
Västerås Sweden 09.2009 - 06.2011
B-Tech - Chemical Engineering
Ladoke Akintola University Of Technology
Ogbomosho, Nigeria 03.2000 - 06.2006
Skills
Project planning and development
Advanced problem solving
Contract Management
Advanced understanding of [Python, Scheme and C programming]
Project estimation and bidding
Logistics Management
Project Management
Fluent in [English]
Fluent in [Swedish]
Strategic Planning
Technical project planning
Basketball, Football and Music
- Played svenska herrlaget div 5 södra - väpno IF
- Captained ABB Basket laget 2014 to 2016
Timeline
Program Planning Manager
Northvolt
04.2022 - Current
Program Planner
Northvolt
05.2021 - 03.2022
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Blekinge Tekniska Hogskola BTH
09.2019 - 06.2021
Project Manager
ABB Industrial Automation, Process Industries. Metallurgy
04.2017 - 04.2021
Development Engineer
ABB Industrial Automation, Process Industries. Metallurgy
03.2013 - 03.2017
R&D Scientist
ABB Corporate Research
03.2012 - 03.2013
Asst. Research and Development Engineer
ABB Corporate Research
03.2011 - 03.2012
Master's Thesis Student
ABB Corporate Research
03.2010 - 09.2010
Master of Science - Energy Systems
Malardalen's Hogskola
09.2009 - 06.2011
B-Tech - Chemical Engineering
Ladoke Akintola University Of Technology
03.2000 - 06.2006