Brooklyn, New York, United States
• Over 17 years of global business and information technology consulting experience in pharmaceutical, packaged consumer goods, retail, repetitive and discrete manufacturing, high-tech, chemical, automotive, and airline industries • SAP specialization in global rollouts both as leader Program/Project Manager or as Business Analyst with strong hands-on experience in customizing the SD module including Sales Docs, Billing, Pricing, Master Data, Cutover Planning and Data Migration • Certified business transformation professional with 10+ years of hands-on full-cycle SAP ERP project management and implementation experience where large-scale business change initiatives are at stake • Effective Project Manager and Team player who leads by example, experienced with managing and mentoring cross functional teams and work groups to deliver concrete results to stakeholders and companies • Proven success in strategy development with advanced presentation and delivery skills • Able to maximize resources and knowledge transfers through systematic user community involvement, competency centers and, web-based documentation hosting • Experienced negotiator, excellent organizational and planning skills, with ability to balance timelines, budgets, and resources that are critical to on-time, business-critical systems implementations • Able to work effectively in multi-cultural environments; fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese Specialties: SAP Project Management, Data Migration, SD Configuration, Business Transformation, Change Management
SAP Implementations, Business Transformation, Compliance, Supply Chain, Logistics
Build collaboration with Finance and Supply Chain Management functional stakeholders and leads using agile approach for early testing, defect resolution and sign-off. Use best practices combining Waterfall and Agile (Wagile) approach. Guide and oversee Scrum Masters leveraging key Agile events to drive requirement validation and sign-off (Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Demo Sessions for requirements sign-off, Retrospectives and Backlog Refinement). Manage vendors collaborating for the delivery of a greenfield Microsoft D365 Finance & Operations implementation striving towards minimal customizations. Review and write existing and new SOWs in collaboration with Purchasing and Legal department. Organize and mediate requirements gathering workshops. Set milestone dates and monitor progress for configuration and customizations. Re-plan sprints due to previous delays. Drive functionality demonstrations, business sign-off, train the trainer plan, onsite testing and end to end conference room pilots. Ensure timely Technical upgrades with ISVs (Independent Software Vendors) to latest D365 F&O releases including regression and smoke testing to validate system integrity. Update and maintain Project Plan, Resource Matrix, Cutover Plan, Issue & Risks log with weekly status reports to leadership team and stakeholders.
Lead SAP Development Team of 15 technical resources in fast-paced M&A environment driving the full integration of CMC assets and operations into existing Entegris North America and Asia plants (Oracle to SAP). Evaluate requirements, propose technical solution and manage offshore/on-site teams’ workload. Delivery of new FI/CO, SCM, OTC functionality including, new fields, custom transactions, integration to other systems, over 100 new outputs, complex custom programs and new reports to meet stakeholder requirements with sound technical solutions. Close collaboration with functional stakeholders and leads using agile approach for early testing, defect resolution and sign-off. Update and maintain Project Plan, Resource Matrix, Cutover Plan, Issue & Risks log with weekly status reports to leadership team and stakeholders.
Project Management for implementation of Transport Management Systems for Rail and Truck Logistics. Establish Program Charter, Project Plans, Deliverables Templates, and guidance on approach and methodology. Moderate design workshops with System Integrators and stakeholder teams. Prepare Training and Cutover Plan. Update and maintain budgets, Resource Requirements Matrix, Traceability Matrixes, Status Reports and Risks & Issues logs. System(s): SAP ECC, Princeton TMX, Bourque
As Delivery Manager held full Project Management responsibilities including recruiting, budget management, reporting. Key responsibilities were to evaluate, assess and prioritize requests for ERP Enhancements supporting key business in Report To Recording, Order To Cash, Production Planning, Advance Planning, Quality Management