SUMMARY:

• Resourceful IT and technology leader with 27 years of demonstrated achievements in delivering exceptional supply chain solutions using J2EE technologies, .NET technologies,Data warehousing, Confidential and SAP ERP. Driven professional known for building, mentoring and growing high performance teams while enhancing global client services. Innovative, execution - focused problem solver with a proven ability to deliver cutting-edge strategies and solutions.
• 15 years management experience in Senior IT Management, R&D and Software Product Management
• In-depth experience managing complex IT Portfolio and Supply Chain Architecture in large companies
• Data warehousing, ETL, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Business Objects
• SAP MM SAP BW Ariba Order to Cash Procure to Pay Inventory and WMS
• 12 years of indepth Functional Expertise in Confidential ERP 10.7, 11.0, 11i and R12
• J2EE and .Net Technology stack, Confidential Technology Stack - Database, PL/SQL
• Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Warehouse Management Expert

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Sr. Manager

Responsibilites:

• Responsible for supply chain strategy, architecture and Multiple SAP systems
• Interact with and influence the business partners. Lead project portfolio selection, PMO, estimation, strategy, planning and execution
• Manage IT relationship with Microsoft, Manage IT systems for Microsoft product keys and integration with Microsoft Systems
• Manage Strategic Procurement, Cost Accounting, Product Costing and Supplier Collaboration IT Applications portfolio in Confidential ’s global supply chain operations
• Provide leadership, retain and grow talent for the global strategic procurement IT Team.
• Recruited, built and grew a team focused on Ariba, SAP BW, .Net and J2EE skills worldwide
• Managed team of 50 direct and indirect reports including managers in US, Shanghai China, Erskine Scotland and Bangalore India
• Implemented centralized procurement tool with Ariba for Contracts, RFQs, Auctions and Supplier Management
• Implemented current month accounting capability, Rebates management, Purchase Price Variance for procurement accounting using SAP BW
• Implemented standardized costing tools for all Pan Confidential business units.
• Implemented complex Spend Analysis data warehouse using Ariba to manage all of Confidential ’s $65B direct material procurement spend
• Delivered Confidential project for Microsoft Windows 8 Launch
• 100% On time/On Budget delivery record complex projects

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Senior Director

Responsibilites:

• Enable sales team by providing cutting edge supply chain, procurement, logistics and manufacturing solutions
• Program management of large scale supply chain collaboration projects with GE Energy, GE Aviation, Applied Materials and other Confidential customers
• Ensure on budget, on time delivery and quality of all projects
• Provide thought leadership, develop white papers and present at industry conferences on Supply Chain, Procurement, Logistics and Manufacturing
• Manage a 60 person global team with 5 managers as direct reports and a $4M annual budget
• Mentor team members, perform evaluations of staff skills and job performance to enhance productivity
• Generated millions of dollars in company revenue by enabling sales team close deals with large customers like General Electric, Applied Materials, Welch’s, Alcoa, Darigold and Paramount Farms.
• Lead the design and development of a new SaaS product line using .Net Technology Stack
• Designed, Developed and Delivered J2EE technology based Confidential ERP and SAP ERP Supply Chain Collaboration Product line with real-time integration to Procurement, Order Management and Inventory
• Provided functional and technical leadership in developing Reverse Logistics product line for Confidential ERP
• Expanded product line from two to six different products. Expanded product footprint from 40 modules to 190 modules by developing fresh, customer-focused features for flagship product.
• Recognized with 3 promotions and 3 “Presidential Awards of Excellence” due to superior performance.
• Lowered costs and improved productivity by leading the creation of a 20-person offshore team in Chennai, India while developing processes, tools and training procedures.

Confidential, Bellevue, Washington

IT Group Manager

Responsibilities:

• Joined Confidential when it was a startup and needed retail systems to handle procurement, replenishment, EDI, order fulfillment and warehousing.
• Evaluated products from various vendors and made build vs buy decisions for each of the systems.
• Worked with multiple software vendors, researched their products in depth, negotiated pricing and features that Confidential needed as part of the core product, evaluated quotes on customizations and selected software vendors based on feature/function, ease of use and training, software costs and implementation time.
• Evaluated, designed and implemented retail systems from the ground up in the following areas:
• This system sent sales data feeds from the Confidential system to a SaaS based forecasting and replenishment system.
• It also send on hand inventory data feeds from the warehouse management system to the replenishment system.
• The replenishment system generated purchase order suggestions based on demand forecast, on order and on hand inventory for the buyers to approve manually or automatically. It also managed consigned and vendor managed inventory
• Implemented Allpoints Warehouse Management System with specialized features to handle Confidential and Confidential sites.
• It interfaced with Peoplesoft procurement system to download purchase orders and interfaced with EDI system to download ASNs.
• It interfaced with the order fulfillment system to download customer orders. It interfaced with material handling and conveyor systems to handle wave picking.
• It interfaced with a Pick to Light system and automated prescription drug refilling system.
• It used mobile data collection devices to handle all warehouse activity like receiving, putaway, cross docking, picking, cycle counting vendor returns, customer returns, forward pick area replenishments, packing and used bar code labels throughout the warehouse. It interfaced with Kewill Manifesting system to handle shipments.
• This system was built in house to handle customer orders from the Confidential website. Its features included secure credit card authorization, fraud prevention and order routing.
• It also handled gift certificates and marketing promotions.
• It interfaced with warehouse management system to send the customer orders to the warehouse and get shipping updates
• Evaluated and made off the shelf software buy decisions for most of the workforce management systems at Confidential . Implemented Ceridien Payroll software, Kronos Time and Attendance software and Peoplesoft HR system.
• Implemented Peoplesoft Financial System with Cognos business intelligence system. This system handled GL, AR, AP and Procurement.

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Principal Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Skillfully directed comprehensive Confidential ERP implementations at multiple customer locations.
• Performed gap analysis between Confidential ERP Suite and client requirements.
• Designed and developed custom extensions and interfaces between external systems and Confidential ERP Suite using Confidential PL/SQL, Confidential Forms and Reports
• Lead implementation of financial modules AR and AP. Led development of Interfaces, Reports and conversions
• Responsible for leading a team to successfully upgrade the client server version of Confidential ERP to Network Computing Architecture version of Confidential ERP with significant accounting changes.

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed and implemented online Pharmacy Claims Management System for Confidential Benefits Management.

Confidential, Bentonville, AR

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed and implemented various projects in distribution systems group and store systems group. Gained extensive Supply Chain and Retail systems expertise in the following projects.
• Designed and developed distribution center system to track material from receiving, warehousing, cross docking to shipping using mobile RF devices and bar code labels.
• This system interfaced with Confidential ’s Mainframe based purchase order system to download the purchase orders and to upload on hand inventory data.
• It interfaced with replenishment systems to ship goods to various sam’s club stores. It interfaced with transportation system to optimize truck loads, transportation routing and shipping manifests and bill of lading.
• Designed and developed time and attendance and employee scheduling system that run in all Confidential locations.
• It interfaced with Confidential ’s Mainframe based forecasting system to download sales forecasts by store, by day and time, customer count forecast by store, by day and time and created required shifts by job function and department. It then matched employee availability to required shifts and created employee schedules.
• It gave store managers visibility to labor shortages and overages by day and department and match it with sales forecasts.
• It enabled store managers to control payroll costs and gave them flexibility to manage employee schedules to ensure that staffing is at appropriate levels at check outs and other departments to maintain customer satisfaction levels.
• The time attendance system managed the employee clock-in and clock outs based on the schedules from the associate scheduling system.
• It sent employee time information to the host payroll system