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Northfield, IllinoiS

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SUMMARY:

  • Dynamic project management and delivery professional with over 20 years of experience driving large - scale, multi-million dollar business transformation and systems innovation initiatives.
  • Advanced expertise in enterprise architecture, with hands-on experience leading complex SAP ERP implementations worth more than $30 million to create value for HR and finance functions.
  • History of success serving as primary leadership force for multiple global projects, building consensus for change at all organizational levels.
  • Demonstrated skill assembling,, leading, and mentoring elite cross-functional teams.
  • Enterprise Architecture Business Transformation SAP Project Management Strategic Planning
  • Project & Program Management Budget Management Client Relationship Vendor Selection
  • Acceptance Testing / UAT Strategic Roadmaps Service Desk / Issues Management Integration
  • SOX Compliance Resource Planning & Allocation Change Management Communication Business Analysis Business Process Design Information Technology Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technology and Tools: SAP ECC: FI / CO / CO-PC, CO-PA, HCM, MM, PM SAP GRC Taleo Concur SuccessFactors SharePoint MS Access B-Comm ABAP HTML-5 COBOL MS Windows MacOS VoIP Agile and Waterfall Methodologies VoIP MS Excel MS Visio MS Project MS Powerpoint MacOS Omnigraffle PMBoK

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Northfield, Illinois

Lead Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

  • Championed technology initiatives to ensure organization-wide alignment with IT strategy.
  • Established corporate mobile solutions including installation of SAP Mobile Platform and Afaria.
  • Reduced legacy applications from, reducing costs.
  • Led test integration from SAP ERP as part of $1 billion transfer initiative.
  • Managed complex portfolio of more than 100 applications including HR and finance functions spanning hosted, hybrid, and SaaS systems across 3 distinct SAP modules.
  • Redesigned HR portal using upgraded ESS / MSS template.
  • Led cross-functional team delivering top-tier 2nd level support and development of comprehensive support scripts for over 400 customers. Served as key point of communication regarding profile application data flows and growth projections. Developed user requirements and product costing solutions; implemented material ledgers.
  • Coordinated design and test integration from Kraft SAP Material Ledger to Hyperion Planning.
  • Assisted transition of all HR functions to IBM provider; implemented SAP HR employee portal using ESS / MSS with links to SuccessFactors for performance management and Taleo for ATS.
  • Directed initiative to separate Kraft Product Costing into 2 identical solutions for separate operations with no major technical issues and 0 business interruptions.

Confidential

Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborated with clients to create roadmaps to guide transition to integrated SAP business suite within 5 years.
  • Coordinated over 300 resources and $1 billion budget to lead implementation of SAP across North America. Built consensus among HR, finance and corporate executive client teams.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

  • Developed business case and built corporate consensus for $30 million technology investment.
  • Led implementation of Time and Attendance software across 60 manufacturing facilities, managing attendance and payroll data for over 60,000 employees.
  • Coordinated $30 million Time Management implementation project, leading cross-functional team of HR and Systems professionals in configuring and functional and UAT acceptance testing.
  • Developed and implemented SAP Security across multiple manufacturing facilities, impacting over 2,500 factory supervisors and 60,000 hourly staff.
  • Introduced change management and knowledge management protocols supporting large-scale implementation of new Time Management system impacting 60,000 team members.
  • Reduced overtime and inefficient operations by over $9 million per year through implementation of new system reporting software.
  • Consolidated over 60 separate KRONOS and custom time systems to single common system based on SAP and KABA BENZING.
  • Developed and implemented IT support team and system governing service requests, ticketing system, and support scripts for over 2,500 users.

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