SUMMARY:

• Senior Consultant with over 28 years of industry and 17 years of business process transformation and systems implementation of manufacturing operations experience.
• Global experience includes lead roles in multiple end - to-end process improvement and SAP systems implementations.
• Innovative thinking, positive attitude, excellent business understanding and collaborative management style enables me to successfully lead and work in multiple diverse team structures, while achieving project goals, customer satisfaction and delivering on schedule and on budget.
• Over 9 years of SAP R/3 and ECC 6.0 experience; focused on PP-PI, PP, QM, and Batch Management
• 12 years in Pharmaceutical manufacturing and 16 years in Automotive Manufacturing environments
• Global ERP implementation projects; SAP and Oracle Manufacturing Applications
• Leadership skills to facilitate the collaboration between System Developers and Business process owners
• Strong and diverse business background; multiple positions in Production Management, Materials Management, Improvement and Manufacturing Engineering
• Extensive exposure to computer system validation in regulated Pharmaceutical industry
• Highly customized and complex PI Sheet solutions: including integration with OPC weigh scale interfaces, style sheet enhancements, to improve operator efficiency and reduces user errors. Integration into both SU & HUM warehouse processes for staging and receipt processes
• Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, specializing in Computer Integrated Manufacturing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior SAP Consultant

• Rollout of global template to six manufacturing sites in Ireland, North America, Italy and Germany s Site processes covered solid dose mfg, chemical mfg, and finished packaging processes
• Global role supporting project activities for manufacturing sites: localization workshops, gap analysis, business process transformation, data migration and cGMP validation
• Authored functional design specifications for Interfaces to three serialization systems and interface to barcode labeling system
• Data Migration lead for manufacturing data objects
• Change Release Management lead for Manufacturing team, utilizing SAP Solution Manager and HPQC * Functionalities supported:

Confidential

Sr. SAP System Analyst

• Led SAP and Business Process re-engineering improvement projects: s HUM ‘profile samples’ management through dispensing. Dynamic material quantity calculation in weigh & dispense.
• Led problem-solving, issue resolution and implementation of corrective or preventative measures
• Analysed business requirements concerning full EBR processes. Provided SAP overview and recommendations to senior managers.
• Provide business data analysis using SAP Quick-viewer; Local trainer for Quick-viewer
• Developed User authorization management procedure to support new employee authorizations
• Support 2 Manufacturing sites: Seymour IN and Rochester NY for PP-PI and QM
• Liaison with Corporate SAP leaders in Europe concerning priority projects and upcoming SAP enhancements. Retrofit testing and compliance management with local US sites.

Confidential

Local IT Project Manager

• Rollout of global template to North America; 5 commercial sites and 2 manufacturing sites
• Supported project activities for 2 Manufacturing sites: Seymour IN and Rochester NY / Site processes covered solid dose Mfg, liquid Mfg, and fill finish processes
• Managed Project Team; resource selection, monitored progress and coverage, project plan slippage corrections, issue resolution, status updates to Global team
• Managed SAP and business teams to achieve timely completion of team deliverables for all phases of the project life cycle including:
• Configuration documents, User Requirement specifications within corporate documentation framework
• Custom development function specifications
• Unit testing of custom development objects
• Traceability matrix
• Conducted planning and scheduling sessions concerning testing strategies and procedures for validation testing, OQ/PQ test execution, and User Acceptance Training
• Training documentation and training delivery for End users.
• Facilitated Business change management to update Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
• Within PP-PI and QM, led business requirements gathering, gap analysis, business process re­engineering and harmonization;
• Functionalities supported included:

Confidential

Manufacturing Lead for SAP

• US SAP rollout of global template for 1 commercial site and 1 manufacturing facility
• Facilitated manufacturing users education on new SAP functionality to understand how SAP would support business processes; prepared and presented demonstrations
• Supported SAP technical team members in PP-PI and QM modules

Confidential

Enterprise Application Specialist

• Manufacturing and Materials Management functional and technical support for new implementation of Oracle Manufacturing Application ERP system

Confidential, Indianapolis. IN

Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering Technology

• Taught Manufacturing Engineering courses: Industrial Management, Introduction to Computer Integrated Manufacturing Engineering, Basic Manufacturing Processes and Industrial Robotics