SUMMARY:

• Over 20 years of manufacturing, operations and technology experience providing technical expertise specializing in business change and transformation to create and foster a culture of operational excellence, innovation and efficiency.
• Creates/delivers correspondence, presentations, and other materials for all phases of SDLC including Blueprint, Unit, Stress, Volume, Regression, User Acceptance and Integration Testing, Training, Documentation and Production support.
• Expertise in c onduct ing User Acceptance Test, End - User Training, Cutover activities from Development to Production System (Go-Live) and Post Go-Live support.
• Assisted in project management activities of maintaining KPIs, metrics, project plans, and tracking documents.
• Management of ALM tools, IT Service management tickets systems and change management dashboards.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Houston, TX

Business Process Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Leveraging best business practice solutions and improving overall Supply Chain Management, Discrete & Process Manufacturing processes, Dynamics AX 2012 functional consultant, business a nalyst for ERP i mplementations, educating and training end users in ERP technologies.
• Developed and maintained sourcing strategy and savings goals, managed the procure to pay (P2P) global process, managed supplier relationships, also being a driving influence to continuous improve programs that improve the company's cost position and commodity leverage.
• Drive process standardization and mange change management responsibilities including system configuration, process development, data cleansing, user acceptance testing, process gap analysis, and end user training or MS Dynamics AX 2013.
• Performed configuration duties for Purchase requisitions, Purchase orders, supplier contracts, Stock Transport orders, Goods receipts and Goods Issues, and 3-way Invoice matching.

Confidential, Houston, TX

SAP Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Primary duties include SCM & FICO project management and delivery of project documentation of the processes, standards, and tools to support deployments in P2P Corporate and Functions and Finance Segments.
• Responsible for providing knowledge and expertise to the BP P2P solution which form part of the enablement of Indirect Procurement spend throughout the North America BP Group.
• Involved in baseline configuration including creation and assignment of plants to company code, storage locations to plant and warehouse to location.
• Responsible for defining and implementing e-commerce front-end solutions; experience with Ariba and SAP ECC backend validation for the P2P process and delivery of change and transformation support and training documentation.
• Conducting quality assurance testing in the implementation of SAP solutions; conducting UAT testing using HP Quality Center (HPQC).

Confidential, Houston, TX

Supply Chain Manager

Responsibilities:

• SCM Functional Lead for Microsoft Dynamic AX 2012 regional implementation to drive process standardization and change management responsibilities; included system configuration, process development, data cleansing, user acceptance testing, process gap analysis, and end user training.
• Provided key input in the financial year planning cycle and responsible for providing business justification to acquire budget, staff resource, and internal support to achieve corporate goals.
• Evaluated sale order demand and supplier performance data to calculate min/max levels, safety stock, min/max order quantities, and inventory levels.
• Performing unit testing of changes in development and staging environments, including regression testing of functionality that may be impacted by change.
• Effectively communicate data Integration Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) architecture and design details to team members, including EIM Delivery, MDM, Governance and Operations, Services, D&A Management and other Stake Holders.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Equipment Refurbishment Manager

Responsibilities:

• SCM SME for IFS ERP Solution site implementation; responsibilities included system configuration, process development, data cleansing, user acceptance testing, current state to future state process development, and end user training.
• Utilized 6 Sigma, 5S, Kaizen's, and other operational excellence methodology to improve departmental performance, reduce procurement costs, simplify project execution, and establish departmental metrics.
• Full P&L responsibility for including financial accounting, human resources, safety, sales, operational services and production activities to obtain optimum efficiency and to maximize profits.
• Provided operational and ERP functional support from initial concepts through design, development, deployment, and support; specific areas of responsibility included: Supply Chain, Master Data, Production Planning, MRP, Detail Scheduling, Shop Floor Control, Work Orders, Inventory and Quality Control.
• Monitored quarterly performance against budgetary targets and milestones in order to achieve 15% annual cost savings while increasing equipment quality and on time delivery to projects.
• Managed business unit budgetary and financial performance; identified recapitalization opportunities resulting in $2.5M departmental revenue.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Strategic Sourcing & Supply Development Manager

Responsibilities:

• Oracle R12 SCM functional lead of P2P process development and implementation in order to drive sourcing strategy by conducting process gap analysis to align with ERP configuration to develop business requirements.
• Led SRM ERP team to improve regulatory compliance to customer base raw material, conflict material, API, ISO, SOX, and FCPA, resulting in improved management of material demand, material quality, and greater control costs.
• Drive continuous cost reductions through streamlining vendor fabrication and manufacturing value streams, strategic sourcing and best practice sourcing by u tilizing 6 Sigma, 5S, Kaizen's, and other operational excellence methodology to improve supply base performance, reduce procurement costs, simplify project execution, and establish KPI metrics.
• Developed and managed specific supplier improvement initiatives, especially related to first articles, non-conforming parts, reverse logistics, cost reductions, engineering specification changes, and delivery reliability improvement initiatives.
• Led global supply chain council to develop worldwide standards of P2P process resulting in consistent execution to guideline adherence and quality at all production sites; Invoice exception reduction related to RFQ/PO rework reduced by: 13%.
• Conducted business analytics of company financial spend data related to P2P process for data migration and data cleansing.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Analyze historic inventory and purchasing data including inventory stocking levels, min/max levels, purchase history, supplier lead times, etc. for optimization opportunities.
• Develop strategy and lead Lean Six Sigma implementation ensuring Six Sigma initiative aligns with business vision and strategy.
• Utilize SAP transactional reports to fully understand agreed commitments between companies also provide analysis and backup to schedulers for domestic production supply issues; i mplement ed 6Sigma methodology to improve supply base OTD performance.
• Responsible for design, submission and negotiation of key contracts with suppliers across multiple industries in order to reduce overall spend; recipient of FMC Recognition Award 2007 by achieving 10% cost reductions of $20M with external supply base also improved on-time delivery by 35%.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. Project Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Established and maintained a documented quality system as a means of ensuring that all elements of the project conformed within contract and specific regulatory guidelines.
• Facilitated engineering design reviews, purchasing reviews, scheduling reviews, manufacturing meetings, and factory acceptance testing.
• Developed standards for preferred suppliers for design hierarchy models, including raw material, process change management to meet operational standards focused on product consistency.
• Reduced rejection rates by 15% overtime and proportioned costs, and optimized each supplier workload reducing set-ups and cycle times.
• Managed supply base for budget tracking, project estimates, billing, and timelines; outsourced $10 million in program spend; approved third party suppliers to establish manufacturing and set-up standards for clients.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. Quality Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Manager of Continuous Improvement Action System designed to address manufacturing quality issues and product defects in order to reduce overall cost in accordance with defined objectives and manage reverse logistics of Nonconformance material back to supply base.
• Modified production strategies as necessary using root cause failure analysis, value stream mapping and failure mode effect analysis results to evaluate quality metrics also developed capability for Lean Six Sigma through effective selection, training, and coaching.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. Product Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implemented six sigma and lean methodologies in order to improve product lines efficiency and productivity to increase rolled throughput yield (RTY) by 15% for assigned manufactured commodities lines managed.
• Achieved 20% cost savings and production capacity to increased customer satisfaction; managed production team to achieve a 98% on time delivery rate.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided value-added solutions for client’s operations implementing processes for cost control and increased productivity.
• Primary responsibility was to analyze logistic routes in order to consolidate and reduce truck fleet capital assets.
• Analyzed regional routing to maximize efficiencies and reduce the total number of asset within the domestic fleet for 30% cost savings.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Technology Instructor

Responsibilities:

• Career and Technical Education Department instructor of computer based training in the areas of technology, engineering, weather, and science; instructed 6-8 grades on science and engineering applications using computer based training in order to align individual talents and interests for exposure to scientific and engineering applications in real time working environment.

Confidential, Houston, TX

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed $6 million IT service level agreement for global and domestic sourcing initiatives primarily for the installation of Cisco networking hardware for data center; manage project costs, timeline, and staffing requirements.
• Responsible for the coordination and completion of assigned projects for the information technology department. Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of project.
• Builds and maintains working relationships with team members, vendors, and other departments involved in the projects. Prepared reports for upper management regarding status of project.