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Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

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Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Led Target's U.S. SAP Center of Excellence via a global delivery model to support the implementation and ongoing operations of SAP for General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Treasury, Fixed Assets, Project Systems, Expense Planning, Business Data Warehouse, Supplier Relationship Management, Sourcing, Real Estate, HR Org, Access Controls, and Process Controls. Managed a $12.5M departmental budget. Directed a team of five managers and a department of 70+ employees and consultants to mature the run state for SAP. Instilled SAP best practices and drove continuous improvement using more established SAP customers as benchmarks.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Directed SAP and other package software delivery (including Peoplesoft, Taleo, Workbrain, HumanConcepts Org Plus, Maximo, Lawson, and Ariba) at Target's offshore development center in Bangalore. Developed and managed talent (90+ team members). Drove maturity in delivery practices. Championed innovation.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Led activities at Target's Bangalore, India, offshore development center to stand up a new team of employees and contractors to deliver strategic programs including customization and BW reporting for the initial SAP FICO implementation, the beginning of a $200M enterprise-wide investment in SAP. Directed teams developing custom software for strategic financial initiatives to optimize vendor income and to increase effectiveness as a globally taxed organization.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Participated on a cross-functional team that developed a road map that integrated technology, processes and organizational structure to support the HR organization's five year strategic goals. Contributed to the development of Target's enterprise talent management strategy. Integrated systems to successfully outsource benefit enrollment and administration for all healthcare plans for over 100,000 benefit eligible employee participants. Involved in the initial Peoplesoft implementation for 300,000 team members, managed Target's first Peoplesoft ERP Upgrade, led the Peoplesoft Benefits Enrollment implementation, and launched the project to roll out Peoplesoft internationally. Directed the team supporting the Team Member Data Warehouse. Established highly successful global delivery model for Peoplesoft projects. Engaged in software selection and vendor negotiations for ancillary HRIS tools and Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings such as HumanConcepts Org Plus and Taleo.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Coordinated divestiture transition of Marshall Fields Finance, HR, Payroll, and Credit technology processing. Participated in renegotiation of a significant Application Maintenance Outsourcing contract. Owned IBM MVS support with a scope that fell in the Top 10 largest MVS footprints in the U.S. Instilled ITIL framework and processes. Managed relationships with strategic vendor partners, TCS and IBM.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Led a Process and Quality Assurance team to ensure continuous improvement of application delivery. Supervised team of business analysts providing support to all areas of the organization. Instilled common processes and brought efficiency to this newly centralized team. Responsible for all applications running on Tandem and AS400 platforms. Managed team supporting Merchant Planning and Decision Support Systems.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Led team responsible for developing supply chain software interfaces between distribution center systems and merchant applications. Managed project to update the Letter of Credit system. Provided application support for all Merchandising systems.

Master'S Certificate In Information Technology Project Management

Master Of Administrative Sciences, Management Information Systems

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Science