SUMMARY

• Performance - driven, accomplished Senior SAP Project Manager with a proven ability to implement solutions and attain maximum business satisfaction
• Over 10+ years of IT experience including 7+ years of SAP experience with deep Technical Knowledge; specializing in SAP’s Implementation Projects.
• Experienced with delivering 6 Full Life Cycle Implementations encompassing expertise from SAP 4.6C to ECC 6.0 environments including Enterprise Portal (EP) and BI/BW
• Multiple Hands-on design and configuration experience with SAP modules - HR, FI-CO, SD, MM-PP, Supply Chain, Workflow and New Dimension Products.
• SAP expertise in gathering requirements, defining business objectives, configuring, implementing, testing, enhancing, training and delivering;
• ASAP Expert with deep Integration knowledge of SAP Modules, Design, Solutions, Interfaces, 3rd Party Solutions
• Demonstrated Leadership; Highly skilled in taking teams to success and delivering quality results meeting and exceeding business objectives Extremely Customer Focused; ability to utilize interpersonal skills to influence management, clients and business partner, to attain maximum efficiency
• Possess Strong Business Acumen; ability to evaluate complex objectives and deliver complete practical useable solutions Self starting, highly dependable, results oriented SAP with hands on R3 implementation, system enhancements and production support.
• Excellent Oral/Written Communication skills demonstrated in giving presentations to mass business users and involved in training them as well.
• Speaker at SAP Sapphire/ASUG Events with Client Counterparts

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Educational IT Knowledge: Microsoft Project 2007, SAP - Netweaver 2004s w/EP 7.0 and BW 7.0, Vista w/ 07 Office including Portfolio Project Server (UMT), Share-point, Adobe Products, Remedy, Documentum, Lotus Notes, ODBC Databases, Citrix, AS/400, Apple Products and many more.
• Professional Training: Courses provided by SAP AMERICA in SAP HCM; Workflow; Cross-Application Time-sheet (CATs); Project Systems (PS); Resource Portfolio Management (RPM-cProject; cFolders; xRPM); PORTAL.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, ST. LOUIS, MO

Consulting Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the overall strategic as well as the tactical SAP implementation utilizing the ASAP implementation methodology.
• Work with project teams to define, design, and implement the functional and technical configuration of R/3 as well as all interfaces to legacy systems.
• Responsible for developing and managing the project scope including customer issues, timeline and facilitation of appropriate resources to ensure the success of the implementation.
• Manage the day-to-day life cycle of project activities, interfacing with multiple partners on implementations and participating in defining project scope, activities and resources.
• Management of consultants and partners for high profile project implementations.
• Defined SAP Business Blue-print Objectives; including functionality demonstration in Sandbox
• Accomplished Business Buy-In with defined scope and thoroughly completed Business Blue-Print Process.
• Worked with technical staff to implement System Landscape Strategy/Transport movement process.
• Defined baseline and final testing plan (Unit/Integration/Regression test) for all involved modules.
• Managed a multiple client testing strategy for changes (Prototype, Golden, Unit)
• Defined and executed data conversion project plan from Legacy Systems to SAP.
• Create new existing Business Process Procedure (BPPs) documents using the RESITE Recorder toolset to reference changes in configuration and business process requirements
• Create a Knowledge Transfer (KT) Plan for transferring configuration and best practices to State of NC employees.
• Organizes and lead the execution of Knowledge Transfer sessions related to specific configuration activities and customer specific business process requirements.
• Created and delivered training materials to support Knowledge Transfer sessions.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Combined integration, HR and IT management expertise with deep understanding of HR functional processes to tailor SAP HR (Version 6.0) Global Convergence Project to meet precise business needs of 13-country implementation.
• Provided leadership and expertise as subject matter expert for SAP module integration, master data mapping, extraction and loading, SOX compliance, and HR policies/procedures.
• Served as HR SOX global control owner/ auditor as the system change control owner.
• Key lead with FICO module integration and ALE support.
• Responsible for all infrastructure ALE, WAN and LAN connectivity with HR systems and 3rd party interfaces as well as disaster recovery/business continuity protocols.
• Supervised and directed up to 6 internal and consultant staff. Played pivotal role in completing 13-country implementation on time and on budget, recognized as go-to guy on project. Led and conducted engagement meetings with implementation partners to determine partner selection.
• Directed and managed blueprinting/design phase and completed global policy and data review in just 3 weeks during design phase of 13-country project
• Key lead in 2 project audits (Implementation and post go live audits) as part of SOX compliance requirements
• Managed integration, RICEFW functional specifications/review, testing and change control during entire project
• Led system evaluation process to determine infrastructure and server requirements
• Spearheaded SAP HR system upgrade from version 4.6 to 6.0 to provide new capabilities for improved business performance, delivering project on time and 20% under budget.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed SAP integration projects for credit card functionality and time and expense recording.
• Responsible for departmental assets tracking, vendor management and general supervision for project teams sizes to 30 people.
• Project Success: Implemented SAP 4.7 with finance and expense purchasing footprint for CSS North American Platform in separate US and Canada deliveries. Total project budget $1.5M.
• Stakeholders: CSS CIO, CTO, CFO: Stanley Corporate CIOs, IT Directors and BPOs
• Stats: 200 users, 50 plants, 500 PO conversions, Canada completed in 90 days, 20% under the $500K budget
• Impacts: Integrated CSS financials into StanleyWorks general ledger utilizing Hyperion Financials for reporting
• Full Sarbanes Oxley compliance on all project phases end to end. Replaced legacy purchasing and financial systems to match StanleyWorks Corporation SAP standard
• Project Success: Implemented Paymetric solution integrating SAP 4.7 for SMS business unit.
• Stakeholders: SMS CIO, CFO: Stanley Corporate CIOs, Information Security Officer, IT Directors and BPOs
• Stats: Budget $250K, Multiple user groups affected across the US - 50 total hands on users
• Impacts: PCI compliance achieved per Stanley corporate initiative and design
• Same solution extended to ESS business unit to harmonize company compliance approach. Project Success: Concur solution integrating SAP 4.7 for Stanley Canada Corporate, as global footprint.
• Stakeholders: Stanley Corporate CIO, CFO, IT Directors and BPOs
• Stats: Budget $500K, 360 users converted, 7 business units located across all Canada provinces
• Supervised SAP 4.7 Center of Excellence covering FICO, Fixed Assets, MM, SD, PS, HR.
• Stats: 400+ users supported, various business unit solutions including SMS, CSS, SAT, and Corporate Finance
• Impacts: Closed out 500 trouble tickets, clearing a 18 month back log in a single working quarter
• Identified trending issues to address for better business process efficiencies to BPOs
• Managed offshore development with vendor as needed to reduce overall production support costs
• Formal Presentation Delivery: 2008 America Super User Group at Orlando, Florida

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements and defined project objectives;
• Completed evaluation of multiple vendors including Microsoft, SAP, UMT etc., and selected SAP’s xRPM
• Worked extensively with SAP and negotiated standard customization to xRPM, meeting Lilly’s business objectives.
• Created Project Plans, milestones and timelines, developed scope and calculated capacity requirements.
• Worked extensively with procurement, external service providers and preferred vendors to negotiate costs and appointed specialized consultants to construct a team of 6 (4 on-shore, 2 off-shore) for implementation of this project.
• Assigned responsibilities and oversaw all deliverables.
• Defined business processes and trained Portfolio Managers on their roles and responsibilities.
• Developed offshore support model to provide on-going break-fix/enhancement activities.
• Resulting in successful delivery of Portfolio Management Process for entire IT infrastructure

Associate Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Utilized interpersonal skills to develop deep relationships with Business Partners.
• Quickly grasped deep technical knowledge to product, including it’s advantages, limitations and it’s strategic utilization.
• Delivered it’s utilization strategy and integrated Project Systems to capture time against project hours globally.
• Worked extensively with External Service Providers to implement 90% offshore-10% onshore model assigning responsibilities and overseeing all deliverables for 12 consultants. Integrated CATs with Sharepoint Point Portal, enabling single click access to timesheets.
• Communicated on-going progress to Business Partners and capacity planners.
• Resulting in successful implementation of Cross Application Timesheet and delivering of a user-friendly methods of entering HR and Project Hour Time, increasing accuracy and increasing compliance rate from 70% to 97% globally.