SUMMARY:

• Innovative and intuitive Information Systems professional with a proven track record in business processes and technical requirements analysis, utilizing my solution delivery, strategic planning and superior tactical implementation skills.
• Outstanding leadership abilities - leading global departments that support ERP applications with staff of 20+ employees and department project budgets over $10M.
• Extensive experience (20+ Years) in large scale, global SAP ERP System Implementation projects and 6+ years in SAP ME/MII
• Strong Project Management skills with both waterfall and agile methodologies
• Successful completing projects below budgets and on time, saving over $1.9M in project costs.
• Highly motivated individual with proven leadership skills.
• Analytical and conceptual thinker with multitasking and innovative capabilities, strong organizational and interpersonal skills, and excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Expert knowledge of the content and methodologies of SAP best practices
• Strong focus on hiring, coaching, mentoring and developing global IT development and support staff, understanding and leveraging cultural diversity.
• Experienced in leading global technical teams to plan, design, develop, test and implement custom code solutions that suit business requirements.
• Successful supporting, collaborating and engaging with customers of Information Services including Operations, Sales, Engineering, Finance, Continuous Improvement and Quality.
• Successful Vendor relationship management, including outsourcing contracts and services - contract negotiation and licensing agreements.

SKILLS AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE:

Industries: High-Tech (Discrete Manufacturing), Automotive, Aerospace, Mill Products (Repetitive Manufacturing), Chemicals, Pharmaceutical, and Oil & Gas.

ERP/MRP Systems: SAP ECC 6.0, Oracle, Growth Power, Fourth Shift and JD-Edwards.

SAP Modules and systems: Production Planning (PP), Materials Management (MM), Sales and Distribution (SD), Quality Management (QM), Finance and Costing (FI/CO), Business Warehouse (BW), Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Warehouse Management (WM), Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) and SAP MII 12.0 to 15.1, SAP ME 15.0 to 15.1

Hardware: Servers (HP, Compaq, IBM, VAX), Windows Server and Personal Computers.

Data Bases: Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Informix and Microsoft Access.

Database Tools: Oracle SQL Developer and Microsoft SQL Server

Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX, and XENIX.

Software/Applications: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Visual Studio and Crystal Reports

Languages: ASP .NET, VB.NET, Java, and ABAP.

Other Skills: Speak, read and write SPANISH fluently and speak PORTUGUESE at a business level.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

SAP PTD Consultant - Shop Floor Integration Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Manage the overall responsibility of the Shop Floor integration for a global SAP HANA S/4 implementation.
• Responsibilities included the design, development and implementation of SAP ME/MII 15.1 and their integration to Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
• Functional proficiency with SAP ME/MII and their integration with SAP MEINT to SAP ECC (PP, MM, QM and PM modules).
• Identify core business processes and define, design, develop, and implement an MES strategy for the Shop Floor integration to the following systems: PANACIM, Valor and DataLogger (Custom MES system).
• Develop a road-map for the decommission of DataLogger

Confidential, Henderson, Nevada

Global IS Business Relationship Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage large scale projects for Operations, including the global implementation of SAP MII (Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence) and SAP ME (Manufacturing Execution), which included factory automation utilizing handheld devices, OEE and SPC with a budget of $15M.
• Lead an SAP Standardization project to remove customization in preparation for the next SAP upgrade, with a budget of $2.5M.
• Manage Business Analysts to execute the analysis, design and implementation of business requirements utilizing SAP ECC 6.0, BI/BW, Business Objects and MII 15.0 in a multi-national environment.
• Work with business leaders to prioritize their needs and ensure they are met and aligned with the business strategy, make recommendations for process improvements to reduce cost and waste, and expand business capabilities for growth, diversification and flexibility.
• Maintain a functional roadmap and business architecture strategy, making and managing IS commitments, pre-project solution framing, current state analysis and translation of local requirements into a global strategy.
• Prepare status reports for stakeholders, project sponsors and project teams.

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Strategic Applications IT Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage the Strategic Applications organization which supports Operations, Materials, Quality, Sales and Finance departments
• Span of control includes SAP System Maintenance and Administration, Project Management and custom code Applications Development.
• Oversee a project to decommission the legacy system and move all remaining functionality to SAP. Scope of the project included Sales BOMs, Pricing Engine (strategic pricing, contracts and commissions) and interfaces to several systems and custom applications, including: Order Management (Customer Master and Handheld Interface), Address Standardization (Trillium) and Tax System (Sabrix).
• Manage Business Analysts to execute the analysis, design and implementation of business requirements utilizing the MM, PP, SD and FI/CO modules of SAP in a multi-national environment (United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico).
• Manage outsourcing contracts and services for the implementation and integration of SAP solutions to support business requirements. Managed the transition of these outsourcing services while changing support companies.
• Implemented solutions to document Business Requirements and Trouble Ticket resolutions using Service-Now and SharePoint to manage Requests For Change (RFC’s), incident resolution and all related documentation, including Project documentation.

Confidential, Fremont, California

IT Applications Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided leadership and direction for a global IT Solutions organization which supported Operations, Engineering, Quality, Finance and Sales departments.
• Responsibilities included Project Management, Business Analysis, Application Development functions and IT Infrastructure.
• Directed 12 full lifecycle, global site implementations of SAP with project budgets over $1.3M each, 3 Major Version Upgrades, 1 merger and 1 Company Spin-off, and 2 company acquisitions which reengineered business processes to support global Operations.
• Prepared and performed presentations for Executive Staff on major IT projects (using MS PowerPoint and MS Project) and made recommendations for future projects.
• Managed global Business Systems Analysts to formulate and implement solutions to meet business requirements utilizing the following SAP modules: PP, MM, SD, QM, FI/CO,BW/BI, WM/EWM, and Basis.
• Directed development, implementation and support of SAP Manufacturing Execution System (ME/MII) for 6 global sites, including development and integration with and many custom code applications, providing solutions for customer requirements and increasing revenue generating opportunities.
• Provided project status reports, escalated project issues and managed risks.
• Ensured budgets and schedules met corporate requirements for all IT projects.
• Provided oversight to SOX IT controls and corporate compliance, including Sarbanes-Oxley and Data Privacy.
• Participated in value analysis programs with Engineering to define and implement cost savings efforts and efficiencies amounting to $1.2M.
• Developed accurate documentation, including Business Process Procedures and materials and administered programs to ensure successful solution implementations.