SUMMARY:

• Seasoned, Techno - Functional, IT and Digital Supply Chain Professional with 20+ years of process, and project management experience in implementation of strategic, transformational Cloud/SaaS Intelligent Spend Management best practices across industries and geographies.
• Expertise in analytics, reporting, process optimization, Ux, SLP, Category management, Support, Global Shared Services, Risk, Controls, Vendor RFx, Contracts (MSA/SOW) Compliance, OCM, Performance (KPI) Management, Cost/Resource efficiency initiatives across S2P value chain.
• Led multiple global SAP Confidential S2P projects including localization, regulatory and tax compliance, 3rd party/post M&A Integrations, with Waterfall, Agile and SAFe methodologies.
• Trusted advisor and leader has achieved organization goals by developing Strategy, Roadmap and Execution, while solving complex business problems across wide range of Industries such as Healthcare (GxP, 21 CFR part 11, CSV, SOP), Consumer, Semi-Conductors, Consulting etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, visualization, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Envisioned and designed social media search, data extraction, analytics, and intelligence tool to create heat map and identify patterns of Covid spread based on social media chatter.
• Managed functional design and technical team’s development, testing, and deployment activities

Confidential, NJ

Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led client engagements in SAP Confidential Spend Management SaaS transformation initiatives from Spend Analysis, Supplier Lifecycle and Performance Management, Sourcing, Contracts, Buying and Invoicing, Guided Buying, Supplier and Catalog Enablement
• Developed processes, tools, Ux, methodologies across the spend management value chain
• Planned, designed, delivered Integrations with ERP solutions and internal, external systems
• Built and directed internal, client teams through the entire transformation process lifecycle to deliver exceptional results in a collaborative environment.
• Managed Plans, Resources, Schedules, budgets for complex digital transformation projects
• Established efficient business processes, compliance, controls, KPI’s to track progress
• Trusted advisor to clients on buying channels, taxonomy, operating model, risks, tax integration, and other unique challenges across spend categories and Source to Pay value chain.
• Organized and led multiple workshops and sessions for decision makers and end users to demonstrate process and product capabilities

Confidential, GA

Project/Process Lead/SME

Responsibilities:

• Migrated from SAP SRM to SAP Confidential P2P Cloud and integrated with SAP MM via CIG
• Reviewed and recommended adoption of custom taxonomy and Buying channels
• Managed PTP project lifecycle from plan, design, realize, testing, deployment to hyper care
• Supported data cleansing, enrichment, analysis, SLPM, Sourcing, RFx, Contracts conversion
• Managed a team of onsite/offshore staff, project documents and team deliverables
• Conducted people, process, and technology assessment for Source to Pay
• Interviewed users, BU heads and key stake holders for data collection and analysis
• Developed process and technology roadmap, Taxonomy and Buying Channels
• Presented recommendations on all components of analysis to steerco
• Communicated final assessment with guidance to sponsors

Confidential, AZ

Process Lead

Responsibilities:

• Evaluated and validated future state Source to Pay process designs with client teams
• Recommended roadmap for SAP Confidential CIG deployment with SAP S4 HANA
• Created toolkit for SAP Confidential Guided Buying design
• Delivered and deployed SAP Confidential Guided Buying functionality across categories
• Advised on global SAP Confidential S2P deployment, localization, sales and use tax integration
• Provided recommendations on structuring, operationalizing contracts, and compliance
• Reviewed client’s Agile SDLC methodology and provided actionable guidance
• Conducted design review of Fieldglass Integration with SAP Confidential S2P
• Communicated plan, guidance and status to management and Steering Committee

Confidential, MA

Project/Process Lead

Responsibilities:

• Transformed Source to Pay landscape with SAP Confidential Source to Pay Cloud solutions
• Designed new processes for S2P, specific spend categories like legal, IT, Marketing, Logistics
• Recommended Spend taxonomy changes to track and report on spend data
• Advised on Sales and Use Tax solutions and Integration with SAP ECC and SAP Confidential B&I
• Migrated from Enterprise SAP SRM and integrated with SAP MM and other client applications
• Managed project plan, resources and entire PDLC for SAP Confidential S2P deployment including QA cycles through FUT, ITC, UAT
• Trained client resources and led change management activities through deployment
• Facilitated client in setup and operations of Global Shared Services center (S2P) in Portugal
• Led and managed both on-site, offshore delivery teams and deliverables through entire project.
• Conducted offshore workshops, Process design and review sessions for global Confidential S2P rollout
• Designed global processes, regulatory and Tax compliance with localization for EMEA, APAC

Confidential, Michigan

Project/Process Lead

Responsibilities:

• SAP Confidential P2P Cloud Transformation from SAP SRM and integrated with SAP MM, MDG
• Managed Functional/technical design, development, testing,, and deployment
• Developed efficient custom solutions for complex procurement problems

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Solutions Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed S2P projects including enhancements, maintenance, QA, support in a GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, CSV(RBA), SOP, GDPR, SOX, HCP Aggregate Spend/Sunshine Act compliant system
• Engaged with stakeholders on Business requirements and developed efficient business and technical solutions/RICEFW (documented FSD/TSD), including R&D and CRO categories.
• Facilitated project planning (baselines, estimating), coordinating onsite and offshore resources, working with vendors, moderating project meetings, authoring project minutes, tracking milestones/issues/risks, CSV (Risk Based Approach) and SOX audits.
• Assisted in forecasting, estimating, and schedulingproject tasks/activities.Identifiedcritical pathand escalated potential risks, issuesand recommended viable solutions
• Providedtimelystatus reports to Project Sponsors, Steering/Governance Committee, CCB, business users and executive management.
• Coordinated with stakeholders for project/change/event management activitiesfrom initiation to closure including event day management and SOX/Aggregate Spend/Compliance audit.

Confidential

Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Business Analysis / Process reengineering, Functional / Technical documentation, upgrades, and Support in a GDPR environment.
• Involved in complete SDLC including analysis, design, development, and testing of change requests (CR’s) for client’s Confidential eProcurement system and its interfaces with SAP and other applications using technologies such as AML, cXML, Java, JavaScript, Tibco, File Channel and AQL.
• Implemented eProcurement, Contracts and Invoicing including object model extension, UI, conditions, triggers, hooks, workflow, scheduled tasks, and Integration EventsProvided extensive support to client’s eProcurement user community, adhering to SLA’s

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Responsibilities:

• Led design, development, testing of enhancements and upgrade of Confidential Buyer 8.0 to Confidential Buyer 8.22 with GxP and 21 CFR Part 11, CSV, SOP Compliance/controls

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Responsibilities:

• Implemented a global Confidential Spend Management system and consolidated multiple Buyer 7.1 instances into one global Buyer 8.2 instance. Led design, development, testing and deployment of Confidential Category Procurement and various other features.

Confidential, NY

Applications Architect

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured Confidential Buyer 7.x/Tibco. customization, administration, Production support, Patches, Hot fixes, version upgrades, Instance refresh, performance tuning, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and providing solutions for various functional, technical, and operational issues. Managed RDBMS database for UPS Integration.
• Led projects through complete PDLC including design, development, documentation, testing, version management, global roll out, production support, operations, and transition within the outsourced / offshore model
• Managed the ghosted PCard order to payment process
• Integrated VisiFlow Barcode and DiCarta Contracts Management modules with GPS
• Developed workflow using JavaScript, eForms/UI customization using AML, AWZ, AFR, AWL files and custom Java code, PL/SQL packages for Oracle integration.