SUMMARY:

• Agile IT Operations and Client Services Leader focused on satisfying customers within cost and timeline requirements.
• Skilled at building teams and organizations, gaining trust and buy - in from senior executive teams and leading IS functions.
• Reliable problem-solving abilities honed through years of coding and solutions development experience.
• Hands-on technology director consistently assigned to turn around and manage the company’s highest impact, mission-critical projects based on a proven ability to deliver. Exceptional communicator who earns stakeholder trust by always delivering on the customer’s needs and never missing the “go-live” date.
• Business systems expertise with extensive experience leading enterprise transformations and global Confidential /payroll implementations. Deep technical background (programming, software development) with a talent for understanding client needs and translating business requirements into IT solutions that impact enterprise performance.
• Build high-performance groups and champion collaborative, team-oriented work environments. Ensure every member feels included and a valuable contributor in the solutions development process. Hands-on leader who has everyone’s back and instills an “anything is possible” culture throughout the organization.
• Currently leading Workday Cloud implementation for Fortune 100 pharmaceutical from an SAP functional and technical perspective, transforming current SAP HCM System of record to Workday HCM Cloud.
• Led SAP ERP implementation that standardized global Confidential processes and created a single system of record, helping to revolutionize Confidential ’s Confidential organization with an engaging, consistent and modern experience platform for all employees.
• Drove technology integration following Schering-Plough M&A, helping to build a fully integrated Compensation and Career Framework ( Confidential ) with a single, market-aligned pay and job structure for all legacy Schering-Plough and Confidential employees.

EXPERTISE:

Business: Operations, Client Services, Resource Management, Team Building, Relationship Management, Partnership Building, Vendor Management, Project Management, Project Implementation, Customer Support

Technology: Workday, SAP ERP, Solution Architecture, Legacy System Integration, User Experience, UX Improvement, Design Specifications, Microsoft Project, ABAP Development

Programming: SAP ABAP, Confidential (PA, OM, PY, TM), FI, SD, MM, Configuration, Master Data, Code Optimization, Problem Solving

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Whitehouse Station, NJ

Associate Director

Responsibilities:

• Serve as functional Confidential leader within the Application Managed Services organization, overseeing global operations for all Confidential applications and project implementations, directing data and integration efforts, leading M&A integrations, driving large-scale upgrade initiatives, architecting technical solutions, defining release strategies, aligning IT with global business objectives and ensuring operational excellence. Manage two direct reports and 20 external resources, and help forecast and develop OPEX budget.
• Spearheaded and delivered on enterprise transformation projects including:
• Complex global post-acquisition integration of Schering-Plough, integrating and converting 65,000 Schering employees into Confidential and aligning Global Confidential Processes.
• Manage Self-Service User Experience enhancement, resulting in the first-ever integration of SharePoint front end, Microsoft Duet and SAP back end using Process and Forms generic services.
• SAP Human Capital Management on-premise to Workday cloud transformation, Currently working on a 16-month project to create an engaging, consistent and modern Confidential platform and user experience.
• Optimized Confidential global operations and sustained SAP HCM excellence based on customer satisfaction and user experience metrics.
• Supported 2020 roadmap by architecting ADP payroll interfaces supporting operations in the US, Latin America and Europe.
• Consolidated and standardized Confidential data system to support Confidential transformation, reduce Confidential costs, enhance operational efficiency and improve Confidential data security and compliance.

Confidential, East Hanover, NJ

Associate Technical Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Advanced into lead development roles, providing design specifications, ABAP development, resource management and technical leadership to North American teams.
• Drove efforts to upgrade and support manufacturing environment, standardize global enterprise systems and develop common user interfaces and reports.
• Created technical designs and solutions and led global project teams through initiatives to mitigate legacy system risk, consolidate systems (eliminating redundancies) and optimize system performance through testing and innovation.
• Led enterprise transformation initiatives to:
• Develop Labor Information Systems aligning 120 Manufacturing plans on SAP Confidential and optimizing the manufacturing process. Delivered ~50 objects that made production more efficient and less costly.
• Establish first global Confidential system of record, leveraging SAP Confidential to standardize global processes and reduce cost.
• Promoted through numerous roles including ABAP Programmer and Enterprise Project Lead.