SUMMARY:

• Over 15 years of successfully developing and executing global strategies managing complex enterprise initiatives and integrating solutions to meet business challenges.
• Over 10 years of SAP/ERP experience
• Extensive experience managing global teams
• Proven success managing change as leader and agent
• Certified PMP (Project Management Professional)
• Six Sigma certified Green Belt
• Experience working with all levels of the enterprise
• Significant experience in vendor management
• Success managing projects from concept to Go Live and beyond

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

SAP - Custom Development, Sales and Distribution, Materials Management, Legacy Systems Migration Workbench, ABAP SAP Business Objects - Data Integrator, Xcelsius, SAP Solution Manager, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, HP Quality Center Microsoft SQL Server, Master Data Management, System Testing, and Roll Out/Deployment, Tableau

CAREER PROGRESSION:

IT Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managing multiple projects in Confidential ’s Technical Operations Business Unit.
• Prepared Business Case and Financial Requests; develop project schedule, resource and financial estimates.
• Plan; develop and maintain detailed integrated project plans which identify milestones and dependencies, develop, maintain and monitor resource, communication and change management plans.
• Manage the implementation and delivery of projects to agree upon timelines, budgets and quality
• Work with clients, developers and vendors to determine requirements.
• Create and manage work breakdown structure (WBS) and scheduled project plan
• Manage and supervise project team resources
• Responsible for business change management (incl. business process redesign, training, SOPs).
• Manage project scope and timeline through formal change management processes.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and drive all aspects of software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Create, manage and maintain project plans, testing plan, implementation plan, communications plan, training plan, and support plan.
• Manage project scope, quality and timeline in conjunction with software deliverables
• Coordinate and manage project meetings and communications.
• Identify and manage risks and issues.
• Work with onshore, remote, and offshore developers to deliver key objectives of the program/project(s).

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provides overall direction, guidance and Project Management of assigned Confidential & Confidential Information Data Systems Projects.
• Research, analyze, design and deliver solutions that are appropriate to the business.
• Interface across several business units within the Confidential Excellence Center.
• Develop the Confidential Data team's Resource Management Process.
• Develops, maintains, and manages detailed project plans, action item registers, and major milestone timelines for all assigned projects.
• Plans and directs schedule and budget.
• Monitor project performance and risk status, identify variances to plans, escalate to management as appropriate and take or suggest corrective action as required.
• Ensured all client sign-offs and acceptances are completed successfully.
• Managed the delivery of the Confidential Business Intelligence solution utilizing SAP BI Dashboards (Xcelsius) and Tableau Business analytics software.
• Participate in identifying project costs, resource allocation, project schedule changes and issue escalation
• Managed the design, development and implementation of team’s Tableau and Xcelsius solutions
• Developed work plan and metrics to track results of cutover
• Developed the migration strategy from the data source to target location
• Developed metrics used to deliver status to key stakeholders
• Served as liaison between technology team and project leadership
• Managed the redesign of the groups intranet site
• Managed the Migration of Confidential Team Room Content to SharePoint
• Developed work plan and Metrics to track results of cutover
• Managed internal team members, third party developers and production support through multiple test cycles and implementation to a successful go-live.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed both internal and external projects and ensure adherence to SAP Custom Development methodology for large-scale and high-complexity.
• This included projects that are global in nature, and involves managing on-shore and off-shore resources.
• Responsible for preparing realistic cost budgets and timing estimates for development projects.
• This included creating detailed, client-ready project plans as well as identifying milestones, resources and timelines.
• Ensured all client sign-offs and acceptances are completed successfully.
• Monitor project performance and risk status, identify variances to plans, escalate to management as appropriate and take or suggest corrective action as required
• Managed the delivery of SAP REX 3.0 to enable synchronization, selection, and display of data via Mobile devices.
• Served as liaison between the client and development team on day to day activities
• Developed and managed the project work plan from blue print to completion
• Maintained budget and communicated monthly reports to SAP leadership
• Managed the delivery of Custom development program to assist the client in their SAP PS approval process.
• Managed development of Web Portal
• Met with client and SAP leadership on project status
• Developed and managed the project work plan
• Managed the Change Request process and worked with client on contract negotiation.

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Insuring the project team follows proper life cycle development techniques, Project Management Office (PMO) processes and procedures, and company and internal policies and practices. Identify and escalate project issues, conflicts, and problems.
• Identify and track project risks, and mitigate risks that jeopardize project deliverables.
• Served as a member of the SAP project cutover team.
• Conducted project status meetings, project reporting, and is responsible for project tracking and analysis, including project interdependencies.
• Work with key Confidential stakeholders at all levels of the enterprise on multiple projects supporting the IT department’s mission.
• Managed the successful cutover of multiple Interfaces linking SAP to Third Party Systems
• Developed Work plan and Metrics to track results of cutover
• Served as Liaison between Interface Owners, Developers and Third Party Resources
• Led error handling efforts with IT team and Third Party
• Developed initial data conversion programs across several modules (SAP MM, SD, FI, and HCM) to convert Confidential data from their legacy system to SAP ECC 6.0.
• Supported the Business Intelligence implementation including SAP BW 7.3, Sap HANA and Business Objects (BOBJ 4.0).
• Coordinated Data Migration and Business Intelligence testing and cutover activities, Worked with functional leads to build out cutover work plan.

Managing Consultant

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Managing consultant to a leading supplier of Enterprise Information Management (Data Migration, Data Governance and Master Data Management) solutions for the SAP market.
• Responsible for leading and managing programs used to migrate data from legacy to SAP using SAP Business Objects.
• As a project manager, provided client relations and team leadership, as well as interfacing with key client stakeholders.
• Business Case/Statement of Work for the SAP Upgrade
• Internal funding approval documents
• Initial Project Plan
• Internal Project Resource Plan
• Onboarding of SAP System Integrator
• Developed the Project Work plan for the migration of the Supply Chain Work Stream
• Developed the Supply Chain Data Migration Strategy for the Supply Chain Work stream
• Responsible for the custom development and execution of the SAP Business Objects Programs, utilizing SAP Best Practices for Data Migration. .
• Managed client process team members, developers and production support through multiple test cycles and implementation to a successful go-live.