SUMMARY:

• Transformed business processes with S/4 HANA and SAP ECC, resulting in improved productivity, competitive position, profits and cash flow.
• SAP Program/Project Manager and Solution Architect with over 20 years of successful experience in complex, global business transformation programs involving Finance, Supply Chain and Business Analytics, both migration and greenfield, including 7+ years of S/4 HANA deployments
• Long standing track record of delivering on - time and within budget despite staffing and organizational challenges; managing cross functional and technical teams, onshore, offshore and third party vendors, including turning around troubled projects
• Communicate effectively with C level stakeholders, Big 4 and Fortune 500 experience as well as mid-market clients
• Delivered 12 full lifecycle SAP Business transformation programs involving global SAP roll-outs ranging from $1 million to over $20 million spanning North America, Europe, South America, Asia and Australia, managing up to 80 consultants
• Oil & Gas, Oil Field Services, Chemicals, Manufacturing, Semiconductors, Computer Software and Hardware, Banking, Utilities, Automotive, Retail and Wholesale Distribution, Healthcare and Professional Services

LEADERSHIP AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES:

• C Level Interface
• RFP Responses
• Technical Development
• Client Relationship Mgmt
• Business Case & SOW
• Configuration
• Program & Project Mgmt
• S/4 HANA Assessments
• Testing & Deployment
• Process Improvement
• Roadmaps
• OC and Change Management
• Divestitures, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Business Requirements
• Activate, Agile and ASAP Methodologies
• Governance
• Solution Design
• Global Template Design
• Application Integration
• Resource Planning
• S/4 HANA: 1809, 1709 & 1609
• Stakeholder Management
• Issue & Risk Management
• FICO, SD, Procurement, SAP Analytics, Plant Maintenance, Asset Accounting
• Project Plans & Budgets
• Scope Management
• Cash Management, Central Finance, Fiori, Cloud
• MS Project, Sharepoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

S/4 HANA Program/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the successful implementation of S/4 HANA 1809 with integration to SAP Cloud Analytics. Scope included SD, MM, Finance, Asset Accounting, Revenue Recognition and Reporting (RAR), and Contract/Lease Management (CLM) and FIORI; managed a staff of 15 on and offshore consultants
• Designed dashboards for the CFO, defined and developed KPIs for RAR and CLM based on real-time integration with S/4 HANA and SAP Analytics
• Conducted an assessment and developed roadmap for migrating from ECC 6.0 to S/4 HANA 1809 for an international manufacturer
• Advisor, S/4 HANA Finance and Central Finance to a major vendor’s clients

Confidential

SAP S/4 HANA Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Migrated ECC 6.0 EHP7 to S/4 HANA Finance 1609 for a technology company.
• Used SAP Activate Methodology
• Developed, for a large consumer products manufacturing company, outlining training requirements for resources to support migrating from SAP ECC to S/4 HANA
• Designed and developed a cloud based S/4 HANA solution for financial KPIs for a major healthcare company
• Assessed and developed business case for ECC to S/4 HANA migration for electronics component manufacturer
• Led workshops to validate financial business processes for migration from ECC to S/4 HANA Finance for a large, highly complex program for a large computer manufacturing company

Confidential

Senior Manager, S/4 HANA

Responsibilities:

• Led the S/4 HANA Business Blueprint Validation, defining requirements, designing the solution and estimates for an SAP Business Transformation Program for a major software company, utilizing SAP S/4 HANA
• Developed an SAP S/4 HANA test platform for Proof of Concept and client demo testing
• Responded to RFPs for major oilfield services and energy companies with solution designs and estimates

Confidential

Practice Director, SAP HANA

Responsibilities:

• Built SAP HANA Practice and developed SAP HANA intellectual property
• Implemented SAP HANA Profitability Analysis (COPA) and HANA LIVE Reporting solution for a major manufacturer
• Recruited, mentored and established a team of SAP HANA consultants to deliver HANA solutions

Confidential

Delivery Executive, Senior Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Program and Project Management of large, complex, multi-national programs
• Managed SAP Data Transformation Program. Developed SOW, Program Charter, BI Strategy and roadmap. Led Business Blueprint activities including high level solution design.
• Developed integrated project plan to migrate 12 Data Marts at a large utility to SAP HANA.
• Managed staff of 30, including offshore and 3rd party resources
• Migrated the SAP Development Environment from Solaris to AIX for a leading manufacturer and provider of oil field services.
• Managed a team of 20 SAP data migration and SAP Basis consultants including 2 project managers
• Brought in and turned around a troubled project. Identified the root cause and resolved go-live production issues at the north Arkansas plant of one of the largest manufacturers of industrial equipment in the world

Confidential

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Delivered SAP Business Transformation Program for the largest technology company in the world with rollout involving over 4,000 users in China.
• Leveraged global SAP template and addressed China-specific business requirements, in a common, SAP 6.0 global instance for SD, PS, MM and FICO. Liaison with global team
• Delivered a $16MM SAP Business Transformation Program for a large industrial services company. Scope included SAP HR, Payroll, FICO, SD, SM, MM and BW
• Delivered SAP implementation involving SD, MM and FICO for a global manufacturer of PC peripherals, accessories and networking products.