SUMMARY

• Experienced Oracle Applications expert with hands on and managerial expertise in both ERP Project and Program management..
• Extensive development, improvement, and support of business processes in supply chain, planning, ASCP, MRP, inventory management, costing, master d Confidential management, purchasing, shop floor management, warehouse management, order management, human resources and financial systems.
• Tier 1 consulting experience supporting a range of clients from startups to Fortune 500. Experienced with listening to needs and communicating results to customers. Led global teams in developing proposals, getting and giving information, and in managing deliverables through a project lifecycle.
• Over 15 years Oracle EBS Application Expertise ranging from EBS release 10.5 through current release 12, including hands on experience in the full suite of business applications, including inventory, Bill of Materials, Cost, ASCP, Inventory, Work in Process, Order Management, OSFM, MRP, Purchasing, Accounts Payable. This gives me the background to know what information needs to be in the system to drive a products success from concept through delivery to a customer
• .Experienced working with global teams across multiple time zones.
• Design and delivery of a range of solutions including third party logistic (3PL) partner integrations, Manufacturing execution System (MES) integrations, product lifecycle management (PLM/example:Agile) integrations, Customer Relationship Management (CRM, example:Salesforce.com) integrations and D Confidential warehouse integrations supporting BI analytics solutions and HCM integrations with PeopleSoft

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Sr. IT Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• The main focus of this role was to develop a program management office for IT, including, the design and on new project delivery methodology. Created the design and build of a SharePoint based portfolio management site and introduced project prioritization and resource allocation methodology. Setup and lead as chair IT Steering committee made up of Director up to C level resources. In this role I also train and mentor project managers and assist with development of programs and their delivery. Also provide subject matter expertise to IT on process management as well as business application planning and integration. I have established an enterprise architecture review process to evaluate impact of new projects on existing landscape. Within the first 6 months I received an from the Office of the CFO for significant contributions to Business Process Optimization. Currently working on strategy and planning for evaluation of consolidation of global ERP vs regional including middleware, PLM and CRM solutions. All work started with development of an SOW to help focus of delivery.
• Independent Consultant

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Demand Planning Automation Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• The focus of this contract role was to manage global program to develop improve the Global Sales Forecast Process and Integration to current in house tool set. The main complexities were in the relative short re - order window in the industry. Much like the fashion planning had to predict demand for new products 6+ months in advance with little carry over product with only 1 or 2 re-order windows to fine tune demand model. Working with the global team we developed a set of metrics or KPI to manage the quality of the master d Confidential driving the systems so products could be delivered on time. In addition a detailed analysis of the current Oracle 11i EBS master d Confidential and categorization was performed to better prepare master d Confidential for multi- year analysis and to provide better grouping for forecasting and planning.

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Director

Responsibilities:

• The focus of this contract role was to manage the program to prepare the IT organization for the pre-merger preparation and post-merger planning for integrating all business systems.
• Acting as program director for this effort I managed teams working on IT systems, telecom, integration planning; PLM needs assessment, SAP/Oracle EBS platform evaluation and go forward strategy, business intelligence and financial reporting planning.
• Day one cutover was successful as was month one financial close for the combined company. This included coordinating the integration of key supply chain and financial d Confidential to allow for combined reporting in an SAP business intelligence tool.
• In order to achieve this d Confidential mapping from the Oracle EBS was mapped into the existing SAP business intelligence solution.

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Post implementation Support Oracle

Responsibilities:

• The focus of this contract role was to assist in stabilizing business systems post implementation of a new Oracle EBS release 12 installation. There were many issues that had arisen from the lack of quality in the original install as well as poor and system design.
• The role required the identification of problems and developing action strategies to remedy. These covered the range of Financials in AP/AR purchasing, inventory control, order management, quotations. Also a separate evaluation was done on the Oracle EBS release 12 supply chain planning process which needed a complete re-design.
• Systems were successfully stabilized and internal resources trained to maintain. In addition a new design for a quote to cash process was completed which included development of new order types and advanced pricing models.

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Project Manager Oracle

Responsibilities:

• The focus of this role was to manage the complete engagement for a full suite implementation of Oracle EBS release 12. This required the establishment of budget, schedules, and resource requirements.
• Agile delivery with daily scrum meetings. I managed the process of resource selection for the team. This included managing offshore resources in developing deliverables for the team. The team consisted of a development group, change management group, applications group and client representative group, as well as the Oracle Support group.
• One complexity of this project was it being an Oracle On Demand install which required close communication and development with Confidential .
• A second complexity was in the integration to tax rate engine requiring close communication with a third party software supplier. A third complexity was bank integration for bank reconciliation process which required requirements and design work with the banking institution.
• This project included Oracle components to manage install base as well as projects to support the consulting project business. In addition the project required the management of integration to Salesforce.com.

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Director of Materials

Responsibilities:

• The focus of this role was to provide leadership for development of the purchasing department in this startup environment. I also managed warehouse operations and materials management and mentored IT personal in management new Oracle EBS release 11i system.
• Key Solutions Delivered
• Led team on Oracle EBS implementation. Partnering with a consulting firm we brought up Financials, Inventory, and procurement.
• Led internal team on Enterprise Application Selection.
• Managed offsite fabless Semiconductor scheduling and relationship.
• Managed the process for Vendor selection and qualification
• Performed Vendor contract and pricing negotiation (US, Germany, Japan based suppliers)
• Managed process for procurement of several capital equipment investments ranging from $500k to $22 million
• Managed materials and procurement personnel
• Managed the warehouse and inventory management personnel
• Participated on cross functional programs with IT, Accounting, Sales, Product Management, Product - Development, R & D, and Manufacturing to develop on time project completion strategies
• Regular participation in forecasting, NPI and engineering change control meetings
• Led team on new phone system selection.