PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Seasoned professional with over 20 years of strategic and operational experience in the implementation of SAP HANA, ECC 6.0 & BW projects in the process, engineering & hi - tech industries.
• Progressive senior leadership experience on various large scale and high-complexity projects, that range from software evaluation and due diligence, project proposal development & start-up to implementation & go-live for several Fortune 500 clients.
• Thorough understanding of program and project management that includes managing project risk, project finances including planning and budgeting, scope & performance definition, vendor & service provider management and ensuring a collaborative approach to gain buy-in of projected solutions from all levels of management.
• Project management and Big-4 global business transformation and implementation experience in validated GMP environments through the complete cycle of business process re-engineering, design, development,, go-live and post go-live support. Solid understanding of the software & development lifecycle methodologies (SDLC), extensive familiarity with the latest releases of SAP HANA, SAP Cloud & ECC 6.0 solutions.
• Personable and capable of working across strategic as well as operational levels of management
• Demonstrated ability in managing multiple projects within different businesses or functional areas
• Solid experience with SAP global program management and complex lifecycle management processes
• Solution Architect, certified in Sales & Distribution with deep supply chain cross-functional process & technical integration expertise in SAP Sales & Distribution including (LES), Finance & Controlling, Procurement & Payables, Manufacturing Planning & Execution modules (APO) and SAP BI and SAP MDM
• Understanding of financial concepts such as Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), Return on Investment (ROI), Net Present Value, (NPV), Value Realization Metrics etc.
• Trained in Project Management Professional (PMP) specialized in Business Technology projects
• Trained and Certified in Lean Six Sigma Green Belt processes
• Experienced working with SOX compliance and pharmaceutical GMP/ GxP manufacturing & validated environments as well as with CFR part 11 predicate rules. Complete understanding of the EPCIS, GS1 standards for Serialization and the DSCSA mandate requirements for pharmaceutical manufacturers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Collegeville, PA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities for projects include providing program and project management leadership and strategy for various projects that ranged from mergers, acquisitions as well business transformation projects.
• Established Project & portfolio management (PMO) activities around project cost, scope, schedule and quality and provided directions on governance, risk management and mitigation plans to ensure successful project delivery.
• Managed cross-functional resource planning and budgeting for the above projects and ensured successful project delivery by utilizing onsite + offshore team of resources that includes Functional, Technical and Basis related resources during project implementation.
• Organized and facilitated steering committee and senior stakeholder & management meetings and provided recommendations on project alignment, project risk & mitigation, change management, knowledge transfer and roll-out and deployment strategy.
• Ensured the development and creation of project cut over and post go-live support plan that allowed for a smooth transition to the hyper-care & support phase.
• Enabled on-time project delivery by successfully resolving all issues and maintaining extensive relationships with all levels of senior management and project team.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities as project manager and team leader included participation and contribution to software evaluation and due diligence, project proposal development & start-up to implementation & go-live for the above clients.
• Ensured the delivery of project deliverables based on project implementation plan specifically in the functional and business process areas of supply chain planning & execution leveraging the SAP Sales & Distribution, Materials management, Sales & Operational planning modules and the Business Data warehousing application.
• Provided leadership & contributed to managing project risk, project finances, defining deliverable content and ensuring buy-in of projected solutions from top management levels.
• Managed SAP offshore & onsite team of resources and monitored project completion of activities based on project plan.
• Defined the rollout strategy for the implementation and developed recommendations to ensure project alignment and to end-users.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities as project manager and team leader included participation and contribution to software evaluation and due diligence, project proposal development & start-up to implementation & go-live for the above clients.
• Ensured the delivery of project deliverables as consultant and team leader based on project implementation plan specifically in the functional and business process areas of supply chain planning & execution leveraging the SAP Sales & Distribution, Material management and Sales & Operational planning functionality.
• Provided project support & contributed to managing project risk, project finances, defining deliverable content and ensuring buy-in of projected solutions from top management levels.
• Contributed to the development of the rollout strategy for the implementation and developed recommendations to ensure project alignment and to end-users.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Monitored and managed sales and distribution of bulk pharmaceutical products to manufacturers and wholesalers.