SUMMARY:

• A “Hands on” global Program & Relationship manager with experience spanning CPG, Ecommerce, Retail, Wholesale and Manufacturing.
• A full life cycle program manager from concept through selection, implementation and operational support.
• Continuously ensuring technology alignment with business strategies, while staying in tune with systems advancements and leading business practices in order to deliver technology solutions that keep in step with business advancement.

SKILLS OVERVIEW:

• Relationship Management
• Program / Project Management
• Business Alignment / Roadmap
• SDLC - Waterfall & Agile Methodologies
• Process Improvement / Cost Savings
• Data Warehousing / Business Intelligence
• Global & Cross Functional Projects Teams
• Technology Management
• Enterprise Applications (ERP/OMS/WMS, etc.)
• Vendor & Budget Management

TECHNOLOGY HIGHLIGHTS:

SAP - ECC 6.0 - Netweaver (FI, CO, BPC, HCM, WFD, TR, SD, MM, PP, POSDM, ABAP, BW, EDI, XI, OM, PA), BlueCherry, Blue Martini, Manhattan Associates WMS, MI9, Micro-strategyTriversity POS, CRS, JDA Arthur, Just Enough, COGNOS, SQL, Hyperion Enterprise & Essbase, JBA ERP, Knighted WMS, Confidential, Taxware, Vertex, Jetform, Humanics (HR), Taleo, ADP, Salary.com, GEAC MPC, Access, MS Project, Oracle DB, UNIX, Sun / Solaris, AS/400, DBS, RedIron Meridian e-Commerce, Web Methods, Service Bench, & others

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Director of Information Technology

Responsibilities:

• ERP covering all enterprise level processes from production through distribution and financial integration (SAP)
• Creative Systems for the America, (Infor’s Optiva, One T and Kaizen)
• Shop Floor Production Solution, MES/HMI/SCADA (Batch Metric / Cimplicity)
• Reporting & Business Intelligence, (Oracle, COGNOS, Business Objects, SQL.SSIS, Qlickview,+)

Confidential

Wholesale & Supply Chains Systems Leader

Responsibilities:

• Core ERP covering all enterprise level processes from production through distribution and financial integration
• Warehouse Management & Supply Chain technology solutions
• Corporate Applications, Financial & Reporting applications across all accounting process areas
• Enterprise Applications & Process integration; WMS, PLM/PDM, Retail, E-Commerce, etc.

Confidential

Senior Technology Leader

Responsibilities:

• Finance, Human Resources, Legal & Facilities
• Confidential e-Commerce; B2B, B2C, Brand Marketing & CRM
• Business Operations Group & Supply Chain
• Call Center & Customer Services Group

Confidential

Vice President

Responsibilities:

• Integrated demand planning and sales forecasting with backend ERP, migrating from an excel based process
• Improved stores Inventory management with a new allocation & replenishment tool - Just Enough
• Delivered pricing, promotion, and markdown management process improvements
• Managed JDA Merchandise Planning application, including channel expansion & upgrades
• Improved Open to Buy and Ladder plan reporting through process adjustments & systems improvements
• Road Map Process review of JDA EP, focused on Merchandise/Assortment planning, Price/Size Optimization
• Hands on leadership in stabilizing a $17M SAP ERP, POS & BW Implementation
• Supporting double digit e-Commerce growth via innovative ERP Integration with partner GSI Commerce
• Key IT Business Liaison for frontline management and Executive Leadership
• ERP system management for Retail Channel (FI/CO/SD/MM/POS)
• Led chain wide POS Application upgrade to meet AMEX CAPN Compliance
• Introduced opportunities to reduce POS Support Costs by 20% for 120 + stores
• Instrumental in establishing a new IT Governance Structure and change management processes ultimately aiding Sarbanes Oxley compliance and improving year over year audit test results
• Drafted a 5 year IT Road Map in partnership with key executives, syncing business & technology strategies
• Introduced IT financial disciplines, contributing to a year over year expense reduction greater than 20%
• IT Operating budget expense management, $5M
• CRM / Customer Data Capture roll out, projected to grow marketing DB & sales (DBS)
• Developing ERP Migration strategy for wholesale legacy application

Confidential

Director, Applications

Responsibilities:

• Spearheaded a 6 MM Global ERP Implementation for a Japanese subsidiary, delivering key financial & supply chain capabilities, for this $3.6 billion + industry leading retailer adding more than 90 doors to our globally consolidated operations
• Information Systems Leader of a strategic initiative establishing a corporate presence in Asia, requiring “ground up” formation of a legal entity, new staffing, office build out and global process changes. Introduced a unique cascading supply chain systems design that provided over $1M per year in tax advantages
• Led the introduction of Sarbanes Oxley compliance measure for IT
• IT Budget monitoring & reporting oversight for 25 MM in expenses
• Supported cost savings realization through server consolidation & virtualization
• Oversight for integration of retail/wholesale business processes through to financial systems & reporting for all financial activity for this retail industry leader, growing to from 270 to over 350 stores domestically

Confidential

Sr. Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed migration strategy for JDE to SAP, surfacing organizational impacts in both systems & the business
• As part of an acquisition that increased sales by 40 %, migrated an Oracle application to Confidential (AS/400, DB2).
• Simultaneously developed & executed organizational transitions plans for systems consolidation
• AS/400 data center consolidation efforts to reduce cost of operations across three locations.
• Data Warehouse migration of management reporting to COGNOS and SAP

Confidential

Project leader

Responsibilities:

• Key liaison between division general managers, subsidiary senior management, and executive sponsors for systems development & process re-engineering.
• Ensuring the greatest ROI from enhanced system functionality and the new data warehouse, aligning IS strategic direction with top business objectives & initiatives
• As part of a corporate organizational re-engineering effort, lead the Information Systems team, re-establishing roles & responsibilities, policies and procedures, and organizational structure

ERP Applications Director

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Established the organization to support and maintain a newly implemented ERP (SAP) system.
• Leading a team of six direct reports, responsible for Systems Development & Design, Data Management, Training and Support. With matrix management responsibilities into the information services team of 40 plus
• Direct responsibility for on-going business requirements from 140 business units supporting, North American operations for this $14 billion trading company/conglomerate.
• Successfully extended the SAP ERP implementation to 4 subsidiaries
• On International team defining a global ERP template & Roll out strategy
• Directed Industry specific system enhancements adopted by SAP as part of the “Global Trade” industry solution

Divisional Controller

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Financial Organization management, from mentoring, development through transformation
• RFP Preparation, ERP Selection & $10M Implementation
• Financial Budgeting & Analysis, for the 2.5B Textiles Division & 4B Metals & Minerals Division
• Subsidiary financial statement preparation & Tax Preparations