SUMMARY:

• Confidential specializes in the design and implementation of Oracle Applications, with a focus in the areas of Supply Chain, Discrete Manufacturing and Procurement.
• He has over 25 years of experience in Industry, Business Process and Information Technology/System Implementations.
• He has spent the past 17 years implementing Oracle Applications, with various organizations primarily in the Northeast region.
• Confidential has played a lead role in several implementations and upgrades of Oracle Applications.
• He is proficient in understanding and analyzing business processes/requirements, and the subsequent translation to a viable system solution and design.
• His experience of the Oracle Applications spans over eighteen modules and several industries including medical products, aerospace & defense, semiconductor, consumer products, network services, dental laboratory operations, health care and higher education.
• He has also developed and delivered user training in classroom environments and provided clients with production support.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Oracle Applications Functional Project Lead Experience : Discrete Manufacturing, Warehouse Management (WMS) INV, WIP, BOM, CST, ENG, PO, iProcurement, iSupplier, Sourcing, OSFM, MRP, DRP, ASCP, Demand Planning, QA, MSCA, Project Manufacturing, Order Management, Shipping Execution, Advanced Pricing, SQL, Workflow Mailer, Alerts. Experience in E - Business Suite (EBS) releases 11.0.3, 11i (11.5.5 through 11.5.10.2), R12 and Cloud ERP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Manager

Responsibilities:

• Design and oversee development of Oracle extension to support Shop Floor Scheduling integration with Work in Process
• Design solution using APEX framework integrated with Oracle EBS to provide business with a user-friendly interface to perform analysis of shop floor resource requirements and support scheduling changes to be interfaced to EBS
• Facilitated Discovery process to gather business requirements
• Performed map/gap analysis to confirm scope
• Worked closely with onshore/offshore development resources
• Worked with business team to identify test scenarios and create test scripts
• Facilitated CRP/UAT, tracked/resolved issues

Confidential

Medical Device Manufacturer

Responsibilities:

• Functional lead on a Warehouse Management (WMS) roll out to 2 distributions centers in Salt Lake City and Nashville.
• Footprint included License Plate Numbers (LPN’s), Pick Wave Templates, Pick Rules, Put Away Rules and custom bar code labels
• Functional Manufacturing/Supply Chain lead for an Oracle R12 Upgrade for a global medical products manufacturer. Provided lead functional support in INV, BOM, WIP, Purchasing, Advanced Supply Chain Planning and Quality. Facilitated Conference Room Pilots (CRP) and a User Acceptance Test (UAT) with business owners to support the process.
• Functional Manufacturing/Supply Chain project lead overseeing a team of approximately 6 functional and 2 technical resources, supporting merger and acquisition for a global medical products manufacturer. In addition to leading the project, also providing detailed support in Inventory, Purchasing, Advanced Supply Chain Planning, BOM, WIP, Engineering and Quality. Acquisition requires 4 manufacturing sites (Italy, Puerto Rico, Tijuana, MX and California) to be migrated from SAP to Oracle Applications. Traveled to all sites on multiple occasions to support requirements gathering, solution design, conference room pilots, etc. related to the migration.

Defense Manufacturer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided “post go live” assessment and Production support for an international defense manufacturer in an R12 environment. Scope of responsibility included Discrete Manufacturing (Inventory, Quality, WIP, BOM, Engineering), Project Manufacturing, Average Costing, Purchasing and Advanced Supply Chain Planning

Cyber Security Service Provider

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Functional project lead for a 11.5.10 rollout of a Switzerland Operating Unit for a client in the Cyber Security Solutions industry. Scope of the engagement included Inventory, Purchasing and iProcurement. Worked closely with key business users to define requirements and provide a viable solution for the Swiss entity, while maintaining a standardized footprint within the Supply Chain applications.

Semiconductor Industry Manufacturer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Functional lead for a semiconductor industry manufacturer.
• Supported rollout of distribution footprint migrating from legacy SAP system with a focus in Inventory, Purchasing, WIP, BOM and DRP for locations in Massachusetts and Berlin, Germany. Worked closely with business owners to define business requirements and design a solution around a standardized global footprint. Traveled to Germany on multiple occasions to support the global rollout. Served as functional lead/liaison for several data conversion objects including Suppliers, Approved Supplier List and Quantity On Hand. Worked with onshore/offshore development team to coordinate all related conversion activity
• Supported rollout of distribution footprint including Inventory, Purchasing, Order Management and DRP in Korea and Japan locations.
• Performed initial assessment of iSupplier to confirm project scope. Served as functional lead to implement iSupplier based on scope defined during assessment.
• Delivered a proof of concept/prototype for Assemble to Order (ATO) functionality based on client business requirements.
• Provided production support of all manufacturing and supply chain applications including Inventory, Purchasing, WIP, Engineering, Quality, BOM, Cost Management and DRP.

Biopharmaceutical Manufacturer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Functional project lead for a 11.5.10 Procure to Pay implementation working for a client in the Biopharmaceutical manufacturing industry. Scope of implementation included iProcurement, Purchasing and Accounts Payable and was integrated with Project Accounting. Played a lead role in defining requirements, map/gap analysis, solution design and system validation. Worked with client to identify key business scenarios and develop test scripts to support CRP and UAT test cycles. Worked closely with client and technical resources to understand and document requisition approval requirements to support solution using AME. Worked closely with client and suppliers to configure Punchout Catalogs and PO transmission using the XML Gateway.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided functional support of an 11.5.10 iProcurement implementation in the Confidential .
• Worked closely with both client business owners and key suppliers of client in defining requirements and enabling a solution that leveraged local catalog functionality, as well as supplier hosted ‘Punchout’ catalog using Oracle’s e-Commerce Gateway.
• Also played a key role in designing solution using electronic transmission of Purchase Orders using Oracle’s XML Gateway

Confidential

Functional project lead

Responsibilities:

• Applications in scope as part of the project include iProcurement, Purchasing and Accounts Payable.
• Worked with client to gather business requirements and translate accordingly to an application design.
• Performed requirements analysis, solution design, application configuration and supported CRP and UAT testing cycles.
• Configured XML Gateway to support outbound Purchase Order transmission to suppliers.
• Used advanced iProcurement functionality such as supplier hosted Punchout catalogs to streamline the Procure to Pay process.
• Worked with developer to support solution of Requisition approvals using AME (Approval Management Engine) to route approvals based on business requirements.

Confidential

Functional project lead

Responsibilities:

• Performed requirements/gap analysis, solution design, configuration and unit testing.
• Provided test scripts for integrated end user acceptance testing.
• Worked closely with development resources to support technical design and testing of functional requirements needing extensions, customizations, etc.

Confidential

Functional project lead

Responsibilities:

• Led a Project Manufacturing implementation that included Inventory, WIP, BOM, Purchasing, Costing, Order Management, Advanced Pricing, and Shipping Execution.
• Provided functional support for multiple locations in all manufacturing applications as well as AP, AR and GL.
• Led development and implementation of a custom time and labor front end solution interfacing with Oracle Work in Process.
• Created several custom Alerts to support proactive management of critical operational data.
• Performed configuration and testing of workflow mailer to support e-mail functionality of daily alerts as well as Purchase Order and Requisition approval notifications.

Consulting Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Served as the project lead for an 11.5.10 implementation for a leading service oriented company in the document and data storage industry.
• The engagement included Oracle iProcurement and Purchasing applications.
• The solution included advanced iProcurement functionality such as punchouts to supplier websites, maintenance of supplier content locally through catalog management, as well as auto-sourcing through purchase contract agreements.
• Facilitated the integration of these applications with several other applications the client was already in Production with including Accounts Payable and Fixed Assets. Also provided extensive personalization of the Oracle self service framework in order to meet client requirements.
• Worked with the development team to design custom requisition approval processes using Oracle AME (Approval Management Engine).

Senior Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided Production support in an 11.5.9 Discrete Manufacturing environment for a company manufacturing transducers, supplying to the semiconductor industry.
• During this assignment, provided support of all manufacturing applications including BOM, WIP, Purchasing, Costing, Inventory, MRP, and Quality.
• Provided solutions for client requirements, in most cases mapping to standard Oracle functionality. Where needed, also provided functional specifications for various custom programs and reports. To support the development cycle, worked closely with technical resources to ensure complete testing and ultimate migration to the Production instance.
• Provided lead functional support during an 11.5.9 implementation of Advanced Supply Chain Planning, Inventory Optimization, Demand Planning, and Mobile Supply Chain for a leading manufacturer of insulated wire and cable.
• Supported the integration with other manufacturing applications such as WIP, BOM, Costing, Purchasing, and Inventory.
• The client was already live with these applications. Supported a smooth transition, implementing the new applications which integrated with the existing applications.
• He also provided functional support for various customizations including functional specifications, testing, etc.

Senior Consultant/Project Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supported the 11.5.10 implementation of the Inventory, BOM, Purchasing, Costing, and Oracle Shop Floor Management (OSFM) applications at a leading semiconductor manufacturer. In addition to the US manufacturing location, several offshore contract manufacturers were also included in the design and modeled as inventory organizations, creating an in-depth supply chain, while extensively utilizing Oracle Outside Processing.
• The implementation also involved Advanced Supply Chain Planning and Order Management.
• Assisted the offshore development team in the design and testing of data conversions.
• Supported the development team designing several customizations and complex interfaces between Oracle Shop Floor Management the legacy MES (Workstream) in order to support key shop floor transactions.
• Coordinated activities associated with business requirements gathering, map and gap analysis, solution design and training of the Inventory, BOM, Costing, Purchasing and OSFM applications.

Functional Project Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Functional lead on a manufacturing implementation (11.5.7) for a Discrete Manufacturing consumer products manufacturer.
• Successfully drove the requirements gathering, gap analysis, solution design, and user training for BOM, Engineering, Cost, Inventory, WIP, and Purchasing.
• Also included in the manufacturing scope were MRP and Mobile Applications. Provided functional support to data conversion activities, as well as various custom objects.
• As part of this engagement, also developed a workflow extension for ECO approval notifications, supporting multiple notifications simultaneously to streamline the approval process.
• To facilitate the ‘Go Live’ transition, developed and delivered ‘instructor led’ training consistent with the client’s application and business requirements.
• Provided the client extended Production support, during which time led the implementation of iProcurement.
• Provided the same level of functional support, facilitating an application upgrade to 11.5.9.
• Led the implementation (11.5.7) of Discrete Manufacturing applications at an aerospace/defense manufacturer.
• Responsible for all implementation activities related to Inventory, BOM, Engineering, Costing, and WIP. Played a key role in supporting the data conversions from a functional perspective providing support to the technical team mapping data elements from the legacy system to Oracle Applications.
• Developed a custom Workflow extension to support a sequential notification process for ECO approvals.
• Served as a functional lead supporting the implementation (11.5.8) of Purchasing, Cost, and Inventory applications for a national operator of over 40 dental laboratories.
• During this engagement, led activities such as requirements gathering, gap analysis, and solution design.
• As part of the solution design, each laboratory was modeled as an inventory organization. Also created and delivered a 2-day instructor led training course to over 20 users to support rollout of the applications to the client’s 40 US locations.
• Functional lead supporting an upgrade (11.0.3 to 11.5.9) for a client providing distributed network solutions and services.
• Responsible for supporting the HRMS, Purchasing, and iProcurement applications as part of this upgrade. Worked closely with the client to support/test the data migration process, understand the changes and new functionality available in the upgraded release.
• Also supported the testing cycle required for the transition, making the upgrade a success.
• Provided functional support during implementation (11.5.8) for a client offering CPA certification courses.
• Supported BOM, Inventory, and Order Management applications in a Pick to Order (PTO) environment.
• Also provided support in troubleshooting application functionality and also delivered end user training and Production support.
• Assisted an LED lighting Discrete Manufacturer, allowing the client to understand how the functionality provided by Oracle Forecasting and MRP could augment their 11.5.5 Production environment.
• Worked closely with the client to understand the requirements, then subsequently performed configuration and also delivered user training/documentation to support these planning applications
• Developed and delivered instructor led, end user training for a client manufacturing sensing controls and devices.
• Delivered training for BOM, WIP, Purchasing and ASCP, also providing Production support in these areas as well.

Senior Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Served as a functional lead on an implementation (11.5.5) for a Japanese client, manufacturing lenses for the projection television industry.
• Responsible for requirements gathering, gap analysis, solution design, and user training for BOM, WIP, Cost, and Inventory applications.