SUMMARY:

• I am a solution delivery & project/program manager with 22 years of experience in the conceptualization, sell in and implementation of ERP systems.
• Project / Program Management & Coordination of medium to large external/internal teams and ERP projects ( Waterfall and Agile Methodologies) for large multinationals with multimillion dollar projects and billions in revenue.
• Full Automation experience for Production/ Manufacturing and warehousing ( Distribution and Sourcing)
• Solution Designs and Implementations both Greenfield and Bluefield approach.
• Business Process Analysis and Design in ARIS or VISIO
• Customising and Configuration and Cutover Activities in the Finance, Controlling, Human Resources, Material Management, Plant Maintenance, Warehousing and SCM areas including Module and Application architectural design, Prototyping and Global Template Modelling
• Security and user profile management
• System Audits and Controls
• Business Re - engineering and Process redesign related to procurement and sales cycles and Supply chain Management
• Application development and Fine-Tuning
• Systems-Upgrading
• Document Management, Archiving & Retention
• Coordination of System User Technical& Functional Programs
• Data Migration & Conversion
• Master Data Management Governance and Retention Models
• System Carve Out and System Absorption Projects as well as Global Roll Outs
• Module and application Testing ( HP QC, HP ALM, SOLMAN Test workbench)
• Key User Support and post-implementation support
• HR Administration, HR Workflow and Authorizations
• Solution Manager - Documentation and Solution Management, Project Delivery RoadMap, testing workbench, configuration management. Ticket Management (CRM Monitor)

CAREER OBJECTIVE:

My objective is to obtain a highly challenging career opportunity with the potential for personal and professional growth through dedication, continuous and networking.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Global Solution Architect and Project/Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Pitching the concept and currently engaged with stakeholders on all levels ( IT, Business, Sales and Sourcing) on the Confidential Project for Pharma Warehouses in Confidential replacing the LVS/MES systems and guaranteeing a seamless integration in terms of business process, master data, technology and generating an overall integrated M2D solution into IT as Laura will be a Global template solution for Warehousing for Distribution and Manufacturing for all Confidential companies worldwide.
• The project is a 20M USD initiative to replace a 20 year old custom developed solutions for MES, WH and Logistics execution including Track and Trace( ATTP) bringing about a technology and business process redesign, master data Confidential improvement and overall innovation and automatization by using the SAP EWM solution and its integration to MFS, QM, serialization.
• Acting as a project lead and systems architect with strong knowledge of SALES; MES, EWM and Material Management including manufacturing integration, quality management, packaging, material valuations and inventory controls, Data & Transactional migration, data enhancement, stock uploads and reconciliation accounting.
• Integration, coordination and pitching of a SAP MES and Connected manufacturing in Packaging area in order to improve CRM and reorient sales toward customer driven.
• Data Governance for WM, ATT, Serialization, MFS and MES defined and established. RSSG and global security checks and compliance via Solution Manager.
• Direct reporting at director upwards, including CIO.
• Leading a group of 12 experts including managers, regional solution architects, System owners and Integrators plus 10-14 external consultants including IGZ and SAP.
• Concept sales, Resource and program planning, risk management and communication strategy are part of my daily tasks. Steering committee and Board of Directors reporting.
• Flow of Funds/ Marketing optimization for Intercompany to Americas and South Cone. 11 Million dollar project to ensure tax optimization and profit increase in Swiss to Americas Supply Operations which is an extremely complex sales cycle.

Confidential

Integration Solution Delivery Manager

Responsibilities:

• Working in a S/4 Hanna SAP environment, with ECC physical logistics running in ECC as a main focus, this includes design and build together with SAP in the WM/EWM 9.2 >9.5, Transportation and Supply Chain Management area, in the quest for new solution or improvements to the current design.
• Easing off the transition of Warehouses worldwide from WM to EWM and of in-house transportation solutions into TM (Lighthouse Projects).
• Confidential includes robotization and full automation as well as bin controls using drones.
• Coordinating off shore resources in order to successfully configure, test and deploy new functionality in core ECC handled via BRs hand in hand with Confidential ’s architecture and process structure (BPML) in Solman 7.2 and CHARM
• GLS AMS SAP Hanna Migration coordinator for Physical Logistics including data management.
• Solman Based Testing and migration for SAP HANA.
• Leading a group of 18 experts on and off shore.

Confidential

Integration Solution Delivery Manager / Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Integration Project manager and directly responsible of the GIRD Project (Global Integration Roadmap and Design Project- which included the definition of design principles in the M2D, OTC, P2P and R2R areas and seeking the definition and maintenance of common objects and master data in ERP in a harmonious and optimized way for all E2Es as part of S/4 Hana implementation requirement, later deploying these design and governance principles in a Global template within SOLMAN for all future s to all E2Es.
• Responsible for and steering a group of 13 key internal external resources, 24 Subject matter experts, all geographically spread and performing different activities in different sites and systems, given the size of Confidential and its complex architecture.
• Acting as Integrated Solution Manager in the SCM / M2D Area responsible for defining and configuring the EWM Global template’s ( including Conceptual Design, Master Data Governance, Build, Integrated Product Testing, UAT strategy, process Documentation,, cut over activities and Post Go live support) and laying the foundations for a Global EWM Solution as well as its Governance Confidential including QM/PP-PI and TM integration aligned with Confidential ’s 2020 vision.
• The Template definition included the process flow diagramming and publication in ARIS for Global use from the point of Demand Planning until Order Fulfillment in SD, Plant Maintenance, Transportation, Warehousing, Manufacturing and Order Fulfillment, Cash Planning, as well as master data governance in all of those areas.
• Global EWM SOLMAN 7.2 based solution build including Waterfall and as of 2015, AGILE Global Project Delivery Roadmap and methodology. CHARM activation.
• Testing Workbench, full solution deployment in SOLMAN including project deployment via RMMAIN
• Coordination and tracking of all cutover activities in the M2D and ERP areas, including data migration, system migration/ decommissioning and Transactional migration.
• Release Management
• Data maintenance strategy, data enhancement roadmap, Process Confidential Management, interface controls, access rights, mobile/interconnected equipment readiness, MFS, digitalization, user readiness, customer /vendor communications, E2E functionality testing and documenting in HP QC, system stress tests and final deployment, as well as all a posteriori quality controls and project delivery and deliverable audits, were part of the deployment and post deployment tasks

Confidential

Integration Manager, Governance Architect

Responsibilities:

• Reporting directly to the Head of Corporate Controlling in terms of innovation and introducing new ideas in the area of Material Supply Chain and Inventory Management including Valuations. Assessment of S/4HANA Finance Accelerators for Material Ledger, Finance, Product Costing and Profitability analysis in terms of capability enablement & expected benefits versus effort ( Impact of New GL activation on current reporting Confidential ).
• Redesign of BW MPR - Management Performance Reporting Info Cubes and user queries extracting information from Material ledger, COPA and CO-PC.
• Redesign and improvement of COPA reporting and value flow consistency, swap from Costing based to Accounting Based COPA in an effort to streamline with SAP Hana requirement.
• Integration and Cutover Manager for the SAP rollouts in Brazil, USA and France including FI and CO master data migration, compliance and governance and performing risk assessments, escalations and progress reporting for all stakeholders and quite directly to Corporate Controlling in terms of compliance to Global Confidential standards and Guidelines and leading a group of 9 FICO Subject Matter experts geographically spread.
• Developed new methods for efficient material master data, prices and stock transfers in order to accelerate data relevant cutover activities and ensure overall master data consistency in the areas of FI, CO, CO-PC, MM, WM, MM-IM, ML and SD
• Special currency set ups and Bloomberg’s/ Banco do Brasil updates for exchange rate handling and statutory reporting in Brazil.
• Global coordination of Year to Date (YTD) figure migration for all new Confidential companies being on boarded to SAP.

Confidential

ERP Applications Expert and Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Design, support and advice in integration areas and special topics such as Finance, with stress on Product Costing, Asset Management, Project systems, Plant Maintenance, in an attempt to optimize costs, and cash flows and implementing the enablement of operational cost traceability, sourcing/ production optimization, personnel administration, reporting and optimum usage at system level.
• Confidential has a stable and state of the art Standard SAP system and a complex investment management solution which involves the use of Projects, and WBS elements tied to investment support measures throughout procurement, payables, controlling and finance in order to correctly execute, control and report Capital expenditures throughout a project life cycle.
• Currently responsible on the Definition of a new Product costing process and methodology involving the use of activity based costing for process orders and product cost collectors for semifinished and finished goods and replacing the alternative valuation in Material Ledger and for defining the new method and functionality of BOS (Billing of Services in SD)

Confidential

Head of SAP

Responsibilities:

• Lead for a SAP acquisition and transition project with a 7 million USD budget on ERP alone, for an Oil Retail company directly reporting to the CFO.
• Responsible for the coordination of system acquisition and absorption and all cutover activities including user rights and workflows resulting from a Carve Out of Swiss Fuel Retail Operations from the Exxon Mobil Stripes Global SAP systems to form Socar Switzerland.
• Directly liaising with IBM as Implementation and carve out team, responsible as Business Expert and IT SME in all internal HCM organizational and system set up matters including system workflows.
• Directly responsible for all carve out activities including account balances, customer, vendor master records and open items, as well as bank account migration and CO line items as go live took place mid year.
• Directly responsible for FI, TR, and SD system maintenance for Oil Downstream and Retail. Visio definition and diagramming of all adapted carved out processes and Process definitions.

Confidential

Project Manager and Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Working under the guidance of the Pharma Head of Architecture and Responsible for the design of the SAP AIO (All In One) solution for Representation offices in emerging markets.
• Confidential was ECC 6.0 based including HR, New GL, AA, Banking, TR-CM, CO-CCA, PCA, MM, WM and ICT Sales ( SD) and stock transfers process definition and configuration including country specifics for Dubai, Algeria, Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel using BC sets SAP best practice configuration as well as Confidential core settings for corporate reporting.
• This included a full set of business process flow diagrams and Descriptions BPDS for all FICO applications including Project Systems. Definition of global cutover plans and activities as well as tracking matrixes, and issue and risk logs.
• Project was a pilot project summing up 1.2 million in budget for all Rep offices world wide which are currently outside the main SAP System stream. Liaising with SAP, and Infosys as implementation partners.
• Responsible for Product Costing, Project Systems, Material Ledger, Material Master and Profit Center Accounting Blueprint Analyse and Blueprint Design as well as business process design for the i-Supply Project for the Technical Operations (Tech Ops) and Research and Development (R&D) entities for Confidential Clinical Trials. Research and development orders being treated as WBS elements (acting as cost collectors) in the Project systems module with eventual calculation of actual activity prices and posterior settlement to cost centers.
• Confidential architecture requires management of a state of the art SOLMAN solution management using template projects> Implementation projects>Maintenance projects roll outs and roll ups and CHARM. SOLMAN expertise is therefore a must for all SMES and project Managers for project delivery andCHARM

Confidential

External Consultant & Head of Innovations (FI CO PC PA)

Responsibilities:

• Financial and Controlling lead Consultant working directly for the Vice President of IT, acting as a project manager and Decision Support team lead for the full integration of Gallaher tobacco producing factories/distribution centers into the JTI SA business Confidential and global ERP system including all cutover activities in the areas of MM, FI, CO, ML and COPC.
• This includes but is not limited to the implementation of toll manufacturing solutions, material data conversion and migration, dummy PCO set ups for costing and subcontracting (Info records), Production version analysis (BOM & routings), special integration points with AP; PP and MM, Inventory management and Material ledger.
• Governance of MM module for the creation of materials, units of measure, PIRs ( Purchase Info records), valuation classes, inventory controls and material stock counts and loads per storage location, warehouse and Plant.
• AP/SP (ANNUAL AND STRATEGIC PLANNING) coordination and integration of figures into the system.
• Responsible of PEC (period end closing activities) for new facilities.

Confidential

Team lead

Responsibilities:

• Maintenance and review of Pharma Core compliance and Corporate reporting regulations in regards to Costing, Profitability, Sales and Gross to Net reporting.
• Overall FICO 3rd level Support resource for Confidential Chemical production for Basel, Mannheim, Penzberg, Ireland, Mexico, USA (Boulder, Colorado and South Carolina) for FI, TR, CO and BW including Product Costing (process order related-PI manufacturing including Material Ledger for Hiperinflationary sites) and Profitability analysis for Corporate Reporting.
• Responsible for designing and implementing ALE interfaces maintenance in the CO area for Basel and its interfaces to the European Pharma system.
• Responsible for documentation, material and test scripts as well as change request management for ChemSAP Finance.

Confidential

GLOBAL FICO SAP Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the PEF project, oriented to enhance standardizations, cost reporting, cost controls, product costing and consolidation tools and reporting directly to the company’s CFO and CTO. This included as a base for the upgrade to version 6.0 all process flow diagrams in Visio.
• Configuring of system baselines for core practices compliance and business templates to be eventually rolled out to all countries and operational companies, including the definition of master cutover plans and monitoring the corresponding cutover phases for all European and US rollouts.
• System Set up and maintenance as related to the SAP, FI, TR modules using 6.0
• Documentation, Project Roadmap and deliverable control in SOLMAN, CHARM and CRM ticket Processing.

Confidential

Senior Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the implementation and configuration of the FI/CO from a CORE team perspective and of the localization of Confidential Core FI /CO standards to local needs for the Confidential Subsidiary in Bern and the Netherlands, both distribution centers, and Brazil, manufacturing facility, including process definitions, process descriptions and data flows.
• Facilitation of data Extractions for BW infocubes and functional spec and UAT criteria definition, and monitoring all Business blueprint, Design, Configuration, Test and Cutover activities in the FI/CO areas.
• Implementation included the GL, AR, AP, AA, IM, CCA, OM, PA and PC including Material ledger set ups for Brazil.
• Tax Forms and statutory requirements for Italy, including Blacklists due to transactions with Italy
• Responsible for the definition, configuration and handover of a baseline for Confidential Brazil including the GL, CO-PC, COPA modules, including the evaluation of solutions for hyperinflationary reporting using Material Ledger versus currency set up in the system.
• Definition of a Period end Closing manual with IFRS compliancy.

Confidential, Boca Raton, FL

SAP Consultant and Project manager

Responsibilities:

• Correct functioning and configuration of the FI CO TR, MM-(Procurement and Purchasing) and HR modules for 27 company codes representing online banks and brokerage firms in Latin, North America and Europe.
• Implementation includes currency conversions, corporate reporting and special interface developments between banking software and SAP and strong Cash Management and Treasury set up. Full HR/HCM deployment with IBM as implementation Partner.
• Purchasing Organization maintenance.
• Procurement processes redefinitions in 5 countries based on Corporate policies for acquisition of services, supplies, leases, and fixed assets. Processes includes quotations, Expense requisition forms, Purchase order management, GR/IR, and payment processing.
• External resource planning and coordination for BASIS support and ABAP consulting
• System security and transports.
• System monitoring and fine tuning.

Confidential

Senior Consultant and FICO Technical Team Lead

Responsible for:

• Implementation and configuration planning of the FI-CO modules as part as a core team member
• Resource planning and management for the implementation of the AM module in Latin America
• Complete design and Configuration of the Asset Management Module, including data conversion and cutovers in 15 countries (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Mexico, USA, Panama, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Nicaragua). Design and implementation include links to Project System PS/Investment Management and Plant Maintenance modules in SAP, plus use of internal order for both costing and statistical information and budget control for MWO.
• Procurement cycle definitions for assets and equipment acquisitions related to Projects, WBS elements, Assets under construction and investments. Configuration and definition of the plant maintenance module with integration to asset Management.
• Coordination of Fixed Assets physical inventories and data Mapping.
• Global BPML definitions.