SUMMARY:

Business system implementation project manager and b usiness process expert with over 25 years experience in managing and scheduling implementation of global transactional systems, business intelligence solutions and process reengineering projects from inception to completion . Over 20 years consulting experience, working on clients’ sites with minimal supervision. Proven leader and team builder with strong problem solving, consensus building, organizational planning, communication and interpersonal skills.

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERTISE:

• Implementation Methodologies (PMBOK, Waterfall, RUP SDLC, SAP ASAP, CSC Catalyst, Agile/SCRUM )
• Risk and Issue Management
• SDLC
• Scope Management
• Project Scheduling, Control and Status Reporting to Steering Committees
• Resource Management
• Project
• Matrix
• Portfolio Management
• Product Management
• Organizational Change Management
• Development of RFI/RFP’s
• Budget Definition and Control
• Data Migration
• Project procurement and contract management
• Project Charters and SOWs
• RUP
• MS Project, MS Project Server, Excel, Word and PowerPoint, SharePoint
• Cognos
• Crystal Reports
• SharePoint
• , UAT and Organizational Change
• Process Decomposition, Documentation and Analysis
• Six Sigma
• GAP Analysis
• Initiative Prioritization and Roadmapping
• KPI Development
• Workshop/JAD Facilitation
• Executive Presentation
• Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
• Supply Chain Management Expertise:
• Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Relationship Management (P2P)
• E - commerce (C2B, B2B)
• Order Management
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
• CRM
• Demand Planning
• Capacity Planning
• Order Fulfillment
• Forecasting and Planning (APS, MRP, MPS)
• MES
• Inventory and WMS
• Logistics and Distribution
• MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Visio
• 3rd Party Logistics
• Public Sector / Military
• Automotive
• Chemical Manufacturing
• Consumer Packaged Goods
• Federal / Defense
• Heavy Manufacturing
• High Tech Manufacturing
• Retail
• Software Development
• Wholesale Distribution

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

ERP Project Manager, Springfield, IL

Responsibilities:

• Managing the implementation of SAP ERP for a large, complex social services agency as part of a state-wide deployment.
• Responsible for a project team of 50+ functional and technical individuals and acting as the point of contact for the state PMO, consisting of state and 3 rd party representatives.
• Developed and implemented risk and issues management logs, managed team meetings, reported status and progress to agency “C” levels, the agency secretary, the state CIO and deputy governor.
• Project activities include data transformation, process requirement definition and solution development, development of agency-specific and work aids, user acceptance test scenarios and organization change management for the agency’s 400 new users.

Confidential

ERP Project Manager, Cedar Rapids, IA

Responsibilities:

• Set-up and managed a multi-million dollar implementation of Infor M3 ERP system for a food and beverage company.
• Responsible for all project management activities including project planning, budget management, project team management (both in-house and third-party), organizational change management and planning.
• Managed gathering, documentation and solutioning of business process requirements in preparation for configuration of the ERP system or development of new processes.

Confidential

ERP Project Manager, Golden, Colorado

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading the enterprise wide replacement of SAP with Confidential ERP SaaS project in Tokyo, Japan using waterfall methodology with MS Project.
• Responsible for project management duties (charter, project planning, budgeting, project task execution, risk and issues management, scope management, etc.) as well as ensuring that the global core model was met with regard to business process changes within the Japanese organization.
• These changes included all aspects of business transformation and documentation.
• Developed KPI’s for future operational measurement.
• Wrote RFP, SOW’s and managed 3 rd party service provider team from Confidential .
• Prepared user group for organizational change management, including organizing and programs, User Acceptance Testing and project marketing.

Sr ERP Implementation Consultant

Confidential, Elizabethtown, KY

Responsibilities:

• Multi-site implementation of full-suite Confidential ERP SaaS system.
• Responsible for the enterprise wide implementing the manufacturing, manufacturing execution and distribution solutions for Confidential ’s ERP/ MES / Supply Chain system.
• Responsible for business process analysis and documentation using six sigma, product configuration and data load.
• Developed KPI’s for system effectiveness measurement.
• Also responsible for assisting with working with user to develop UAT test cases, train-the-trainer programs and end user .

Confidential

Project Manager, Providence, RI

Responsibilities:

• Managed and documented the feasibility study and project blueprinting of a new system/process for a wholesale foods distributor.

Confidential

Business Readiness Change Project Manager, San Antonio, TX

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing organizational change for a cloud hosting company using waterfall methodology using MS Project.
• Documentation and maintenance of communications, and user acceptance test schedules using SharePoint user portal.
• Worked with users to develop test cases for UAT. Worked with business leads to develop programs.

Confidential

ERP Program Director, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing and documenting all new and on-going relationships with customers for a cloud-based, e-commerce portal Supply Chain solution provider including business process analysis and documentation of new client requirements and management of modifications and deployment of software.
• Managed enterprise wide portfolio of implementations of Confidential ’s SaaS cloud-based applications.

Confidential

Contract User Acceptance Test Project Manager, Greensboro, NC

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing and documenting results for the User Acceptance Test phase of an enterprise-wide SAP ERP implementation using waterfall methodology with MS Project.
• Worked with users to develop and execute use cases using a SharePoint user portal.
• Reported finings and collected, resolved and retested issues using HP Quality Center. Worked with user/testers to achieve sign-off of processes and system functionality.