SUMMARY:

To obtain an SAP Functional Project Manager position, as either a consultant or employee, particularly in the areas of Supply Chain, Materials Management, Warehouse Management, Quality Systems and Change Management. I am a respected and customer focused leader with over 15 years of successful SAP experience in Pharmaceutical and Biological Manufacturing, Warehouse and Distribution, Supply Chain, Change Management, and Project Management. I specialize in Inventory Management (IM), Warehouse Management (WM Expert) and Compliance. I am experienced in SAP Project Management with one full, successful, end - to-end lifecycle implementation, a successful end-to-end divestment implementation, and five successful Business Cutovers. In addition, I thrive in a dynamic environment by empowering teams to achieve a common goal, while focusing on processes and right first time metrics. I am also adept in technical and adaptive leadership, leading global teams, and corporate-wide implementations, all with proven results.

CORE STRENGTHS:

Building High Performance TeamsContinuous Improvement LeaderSAP Project Manager

Leadership & Team Management SAP Materials Management (MM)SAP Procurement

Project ManagementSAP WM ExpertInventory Optimization

Customer Relations Change Management DEA Compliance

Data ManagementCompliance Leader Process & People Development

JIT Methods Supply Planning Demand Planning

SerializationLean Manufacturing ERP Applications

WarehousingRoles and AuthorizationsCoaching& Mentoring

LogisticsReverse Logistics

Information TechnologyBusiness Intelligence & Analytics

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, DEA Compliance, Standard Work Process Documentation and Audit, MS Office, Visio, Excel, MS Project, MS Access, SharePoint, Live Meeting, One Note, Adobe Captivate,, Outlook, SAP, Product Safety and Security, MES, Kaizen, Cause and Effect Diagrams, Facilitative Training, TrackWise, HP Quality Center, Mercoline SAP Shipping System

WORK HISTORY:

Confidential

SAP SCM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Directs the integrity of inventory accuracy for multiple departments & facilities handled throughout the supply chain in order to support planning, financial and business strategies and objectives.
• Responsible to manage the integrity of the finished goods, raw materials, intermediate and components inventory, valued at ~$350M, and supporting systems for all sites within the USAH BIVI network. Responsibilities include: Inventory Cycle Counting Administration, Project Management, and Technical Support for Site Warehousing Operations, Management of Order Fulfillment Planning, and Physical Distribution Analytics and Reporting.
• Administers and directs the implementation of departmental policies & procedures in accordance with Government (cGMP, GDP, FDA, USDA, EU, Board of Pharmacy, PWC, and DOT) and Company Policies, Procedures, Goals and Objectives. Utilize the company’s LOS System to ensure compliance to the on time training of all assigned departmental SOP's.
• Directs the training & processes of a Union staff (20 FTE) necessary for Distribution to support customs compliance for CTPAT or other import/export compliance initiatives.
• Directs and administers the selection, qualification, and performance of freight carriers to maximize the service & security to our domestic and international customers.
• Responsible for technical architecture of local SAP system as it pertains to inventory and material flow.
• Responsible for supporting GBS upgrades, testing scripts and the execution of testing scripts for BIVI GBS local run organization.
• Responsible for project planning - feasibility studies, return on investment analysis requirements definition, scope control, change management, resource estimation, budget preparation as it pertains to Inventory Control Processes and Physical Distribution.
• Lead Physical Distribution Operations and Site Warehousing Operations in the day to day technical support of Warehousing and Distribution systems and long range identification of potential technologies to support the changing business in order to increase our competitive advantage.
• Supports large departmental or cross functional projects as pertaining to material flow and supporting SAP system support.
• Support daily order fulfillment process - lead communication with operations and other internal customer communications and requirements by aligning SAP transactional activity with supply chain material and informational flows.
• Leads periodic and Ad hoc business analyses to support business and department projects, or standard reporting.
• Responsible to ensure local business processes are synchronized with Global SAP template processes across three sites.
• Local expert for inbound/outbound logistics and supply chain material flow touch points on a local/international project team of four full time and nine part time project resources. Project deliverables include:
• SAP data load from legacy system
• Design of new business processes
• Master Data set points for system driven processes
• Synchronization of global template versus local requirements
• Training
• Integrated and localized testing and validation
• System customizing/configuration
• Change management

Confidential

Inventory Control, Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to manage the integrity of inventory within all production areas
• Integrity of inventory within production, floor stock, bulk inventory and Process (shop) Order accuracy for Flow Operations. This includes multi-departmental operations and support of financial and business strategies and objectives.
• SAP super user and site trainer for Logistics and Production SAP roles.
• Lead training to close gaps in inventory transactions within Flow and liaise with Warehouse, IT, Planning, Finance and QC to solve issues and create system and procedure improvements.
• Supports the FLOW Operations by trouble-shooting inventory transactions related to SAP, SEER, and PMX; by providing first line problem solving support and system training for end users within the FLOW Operations functions.
• Volunteered 18 months of rotational on call support for EBR users. Provided real time assistance with related interfaces, server restarts, and process guidance.
• Participates/lead with both internal and external cGMP audits of the FLOW operation. These audits can involve the DEA, FDA, Financial or other government regulatory groups, and internal audits
• Supports Cost Accounting with inventory control cycle counting and with miscellaneous inventory adjustments to correct internal inventory problems. In addition, support third party inventory management by balancing BI owned inventory at third party suppliers.
• Management of the long term strategic capacity analysis process and the facilitation of calibration within the Flow areas.
• Facilitating the maintenance and updating of various capacity models in use by the site, facilitation of departmental and inter-departmental teams to improve capacity modeling and utilization, and leading discussions to improve LTF process.
• Led a cross functional team which built Supply Chain and Inventory Management processes on GMP supply products to ensure only approved items are ordered through certified suppliers and used in GMP processing in Operations.
• Led a cross functional team to develop an SAP driven process to restrict “at risk” product in a production environment utilizing real time transactions with defined process ownership.
• Led a cross functional SAP/MES/SEER team which designed inventory system interfaces for tolerance restrictions on Confidential adjustments, WM transfers via interface, a new weigh for return process, new rules on automated retrieval of goods in alignment with GMP regulations, and new user restrictions via role definition.

Confidential

Distribution Warehouse Coach

Responsibilities:

• Supervise 20+ direct reports in a 24 x 7, fast paced, multi-facility materials management environment.
• Responsible for timely, right the first time supply of components and raw materials to operations.
• Responsible for goods receipt of inbound raw materials and components.
• Responsible for maintaining inventory control of multiple storage types, locations, flow of materials, as well as 8,000+ pallet positions between two facilities.
• Responsible for inventory management and compliance of the printed material and control operations.
• SAP and project solution resource for production, quality, purchasing, finance, and the warehouse
• Lead internal/external regulatory walkthroughs and audits.
• Facilitated final launch steps for multiple major launches as a strategic advantage for BI Roxane.

Inventory Control Coordinator/Team Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supervise inventory/materials management team
• Solve discrepancies, resolve issues, and issue materials for manufacturing/production
• Process shipping memos and product requests
• Supervise/Process all on site disposal methods for materials and product to be sent for incineration
• Perform/analyze cycle counts and empty bin reports
• Analyze dynamic bins
• Create customized excel reports to track waste disposal and inventory findings

Confidential

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led large portions of the material carve out through reporting and liaising with PWC. Led final project reporting on stock divestments with both businesses and PWC.
• Successfully prepared the organization for a 2017, SAP ERP divestment/go-live, including full distribution order fulfillment on day 1.
• Provide continuous communications, quality gate updates, and change management execution to Senior and Executive Management.
• Organize and chair design workshops for SCM through Fit/Gap analysis between SAP Best Practice methodology and current business requirements. Recommend appropriate solutions and workarounds to eliminate gaps. Drive design decision closure and support post design consultation as needed.
• Led full negative role testing for IL/OL roles and authorizations.
• Executed role mapping to ensure Newco received ownership of only the appropriate roles needed for their business.
• Developed, in coordination with the cutover team, dark period recommendations, protocols, and a detailed ILOL cutover plan.
• Successfully developed and led a divestment sell-over data migration plan and fully mapped the process with both finance and quality. This was the first time ever a GBS deployment used plant to plant direct bookings across company codes.
• Successfully developed and led consignment stock data migration concept which was agreed to by finance and sourcing
• Led configuring SAP warehouse management organization structure elements, creation and maintenance of WM master data, customizing storage type and WM movement type attributes, all search, put away and removal strategies.
• Set up stock transfer champion to support the data cleanse and pre-staging material transfer portion of the project.
• Successfully developed and led pre-shipment processes to pre-ship 22 truckloads without a single error to the buyer.
• Coordinated cycle count resources for secondary counts to support the carve outs.
• Developed seed and cell transfer of goods with project management and finance.
• Overall ILOL received a “green” for project implementation. Locally, we developed a lot of “firsts” for data migration concepts and executed productively and accurately. We designed a lot of the elements of the new material flow process and after migration have had very few requests for changes. No critical findings were identified and the new company is working in the new system independently. Production and distribution were not impacted while implementing, thus creating no impact to the final customer.

Confidential

SAP Local Process Expert

Environment: ECC 6.0,WM, MM, SD, PM, PP, QM, MDM, Mobile, BW, AII Serialization

Responsibilities:

• Successfully prepared the organization for a 2015, SAP ERP go-live, including full distribution order fulfillment on day 1.
• Provide continuous communications, quality gate updates, and change management execution to Senior and Executive Management.
• Created and delivered all training documentation for IL/OL and Production Execution transactions. Administered training to over 400 end users.
• Supported local project team of four full time (including external consultants) and nine part time project resources through project deliverables including:
• SAP data load from legacy system
• Design of new business processes
• Master Data set points for system driven processes
• Synchronization of global template versus local requirements
• Training documentation and delivery
• Integrated and localized testing and validation
• Resource alignment with local business stakeholders
• Change management
• Validation documentation
• Cut over management
• Provided EXPERT knowledge to entire project how SAP MM/WM integrates, drives and enhances QM, FICO, O2C, MDM, PM, PP, DM,SD.
• Built best practice for IM/WM Cycle Counting module in SAP which became template standard for entire global organization.
• Led configuring SAP warehouse management organization structure elements, creation and maintenance of WM master data, customizing storage type and WM movement type attributes, all search, put away and removal strategies.
• WM Physical inventory & Inventory Management. Confirmation controls and difference handling, Storage location control, Storage unit management, replenishment strategy (FIX Bin), pick/pack/ship.
• Supported design of SAP Enterprise Structure (PLANT/SLOC/WH/Storage Type/Control Cycle/PSA) to enhance material flow and business processes.
• Full expert knowledge of quality (QM) and batch management in MM/WM
• Successfully prepared the distribution center for a 2016 AII serialization implementation.

Confidential

SAP Power User/Trainer

Environment: R/3, WM, MM, SD, PM, PP, QM, MDM, Mobile

Responsibilities:

• Built, audited, and managed all SAP roles and authorization (Security) permissions including new hire/termination execution
• Blueprint design and requirements gathering for SAP enhancements/interfaces
• SPOC for all SAP WM activity
• Ongoing SAP support for testing of new configuration and process design
• Lead process Design/Validation for mobile transactions in WM
• Inventory Cycle Counting Administration and audit facilitation
• Oversee management of Order Fulfillment Planning including route determinations, product launch expediting, transportation analysis, and customer service liaison.
• Distribution Analytics/Reporting including submission and discussion to Regulatory Authorities
• DEA Compliance and Reporting including audit facilitation, analytics, ARCOS reporting, and compliance and inventory management
• Customs Foreign Trade Zone Inventory Reporting and Analytics
• Provide leadership to ensure compliance with regulations. Develop and write Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) in alliance with new SAP processes.