SUMMARY

• Innovative Project Manager with over 10+ years of Project Management experience in managing all facets of large scale, cross functional technical projects.
• Managed and delivered multiple projects simultaneously across various workstreams.
• Proven understanding of project management with hands - on experience and proficiency using project management tools.
• Knowledge of various Software Development Life Cycles (SDLCs), project life cycles (PLC) including Waterfall, Agile, ASAP, Hybrid, and Scrum methodologies. Extensive experience in the phases of Requirement Gathering, Blueprinting, Testing, Gap Analysis, Conducting JAD sessions, Process flows, Support and Training. Experience in Budgeting, Forecasting, Project and Variance Analysis in diverse industries. Detail-oriented with strong management, communication, and problem-solving skills, exemplified by accomplishments in process improvement, team building, and relationship management.
• Dynamic and results-oriented with proven business and organizational abilities, processing the confidence to perform well under pressure in a fast-paced environment. Proven ability to function effectively as a team player as well as functioning independently to achieve defined objectives. Excellent in managing test execution, defect resolution, risk mitigation and stakeholder relationships.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, ASAP, Hybrid, and Scrum

Testing tools: HP ALM (HPQC) and HP Sprinter

Microsoft Office Suite: Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio

ERP: SAP S/4HANA - SAP ECC 6.0 - SAP Ariba

Cloud Computing: Microsoft Azure, SharePoint, Oracle Cloud and IBM Cloud - IaaS, PaaS and SaaS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, NJ

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Created daily project status reports to ensure action items are completed on time and Leadership is aware of the project status.
• Managed Test Execution and Defect Resolution of multiple fast paced project releases at the same time.
• Engaged SMEs, Stakeholders on system process requirements and data/reporting needs
• Managed testing schedule, scope, and expected business outcomes on multiple complex projects simultaneously across diverse teams
• Conducted meetings with management, stakeholders, and team members on projects related tasks
• Currently managing test execution for multiple SAP project releases for the Tax Team across various test cycles that include Regression Testing, Integration and User Acceptance Testing.
• Responsible for interacting with business, multiple technology teams and partner systems in understanding business functionality and requirements.
• Supported creation of test scripts for ITCs/UAT after understanding processes step by step
• Communicated functional requirements effectively to technical team for development
• Communicated weekly project status to project team and VPs of Information System and Technology
• Managed issues and risks associated with packaged application customization and implementation
• Oversee the activities of teams to deliver timely solutions that are aligned with the organization’s strategy

Confidential, DE

Project Manager/Scrum Master

Responsibilities

• Create/Maintain/Communicate project status reports and burndown charts with project team on daily/weekly bases so action items are completed on time and the team is aware of the project status.
• Conduct daily standup, release planning, sprint retrospective, sprint demo, sprint planning meetings.
• Responsible for reviewing the project plan and ensuring that the appropriate tasks are included in the plan and the appropriate resources are assigned to those tasks.
• Responsible for planning and directing the work of project team members, monitoring their work, and taking corrective action when necessary.
• Responsible for assisting with developing a communication plan as well as preparing communications about the program through multiple channels.
• Accountable for aspects of project management: reporting to senior leadership, technical and customer interactions, scheduling and resource management.
• Controlled project scope, risk & resources while utilizing performance tools and techniques to provide oversight of contracts and vendors
• Developed proposals to include work breakdown structures and technical requirements
• Heavily utilized Excel sheets to properly layout and document the data parameters to be used as input for manual testing to test many functional aspects of the application
• Estimated and forecasted project costs, billing and reconcilable efforts of a project through various budgets
• Gathering and understanding the system requirements by interacting with clients
• Maintained administrative utilities like permissions/security/code management and storage and managing of system-wide lists
• Analyzing large amount of Data and performing various operations like Data Cleansing, Data Warehousing, Data Mining and Migration
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams, managed risks, issues and dependencies for/with external components
• Assisted client in developing end-user oriented campaigns
• Ensured common features/deliverables across multiple projects are planned and delivered within committed timeframes
• Acted as liaison between engineers, product managers & other cross-functional teams to verify content and ensure project delivery
• Established processes that supported a strategic initiative around the continuous delivery model
• Created and maintained MS Project plans, raising risks and mitigating escalations as needed

Confidential, New York

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Official point of contact between business and the IT development team for overall project work.
• Managed the new project intake process with the senior management to funnel the project pipeline to appropriate implementation teams.
• Provided value added business requirements to the business analysts for the enhancement of the applications.
• Developed project plans, obtained the stakeholder approvals and utilized them to monitor and control project performance.
• Generated tailored reports based on detailed analysis on the project budget, schedule, and resource schedule, with associated risk impacts.
• Followed internal compliance/risk management, policy and procedure for effective implementation of projects.
• Communicated accurate and timely project statuses to all the stakeholders.
• Worked with the legal department to manage the approvals of Master Services Agreements, Statements of Work, Vendor Contracts, Non-Disclosure Agreements, etc. for all projects.
• Managed the budgets and forecasts throughout the year for all the existing and forthcoming project initiatives.
• Mentored the project development team; including business analysts, technical architects, software developers and testing teams through the entire software development life cycle.
• Worked with Procurement team and cross functional participants, evaluate supplier capabilities, financial status, and cost drivers and their business strategies to determine alignment with the companies’ requirements and partnership prospects for the longer term.
• Responsible for working on assigned projects with third party service providers such as SAP America, Magic Lamp Software, GSI Technologies, and IBM.
• Responsible for Procure to Pay (P2P) US Rollout process cycle for proper purchasing results for vendors and internal customers.
• Managing the accurate and on time efficient approval of all Purchase Orders within SAP and coordination of the receipt of goods and services whilst ensuring that the surrounding internal control procedures are strictly adhered to
• Reviewed, analyzed, and facilitated client purchase orders to ensure on time delivery, maintained customer fulfillment rate and avoid backorder.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Drove technology infrastructure from “current state to future state” with a focus on data migration from Oracle 11i to SAP ECC 6.0
• Oversee weekly reviews with all IT initiative managers to ensure proper project and financial management, issue acnoledgement and mediation, risk definition and mitigation, and cross-team communication.
• Work closely with the Integration Management Office to ensure IT initiative interdependencies are properly aligned and communicated to all integration functional areas across the enterprise.
• Establish and maintain the IT integration resource capacity model by using SharePoint to ensure proper staff levels throughout the life of the program.
• Provide dashboard reporting to key stakeholders and senior management, including Resource Capacity, Phase Gate Review, and Graphical Financial Health.
• Develop Integration Project billing report for Billable FTE’s and Non-billable resources
• Provide support to Integration teams to generate new project codes, set up funding allocations, activate for time entry, approval of financial attributes and the proper maintenance of the codes during Integration.
• Prepare and analyze various reports to monitor expenses to ensure compliance with budget by performing monthly variance analysis which was distributed within the organization