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Downers Grove, Il

Project manager for major private label food company leading commercialization of new products from bench to on-shelf.

Downers Grove, Il

Project manager for major food company leading commercialization of new products from bench to on-shelf.

Leader of Procure to Pay team of successful SAP conversion of Sanford Office Products Group, resulting in better management of procurement spending and increased profit. Duties included managing IBM consultants and independent contractors on the team, coordinating Procure to Pay business blueprinting process, and supervising configuration of R/3 5.0 MM and SRM 4.0 systems.•Led 15 business blueprinting sessions with business representatives, matching system functionality to business… Show more Leader of Procure to Pay team of successful SAP conversion of Sanford Office Products Group, resulting in better management of procurement spending and increased profit. Duties included managing IBM consultants and independent contractors on the team, coordinating Procure to Pay business blueprinting process, and supervising configuration of R/3 5.0 MM and SRM 4.0 systems.•Led 15 business blueprinting sessions with business representatives, matching system functionality to business requirements and gathering requirements for reports, interfaces, workflows and enhancements. •Supervised creation of 30 functional and technical specifications to convert legacy applications to SAP and create system enhancements, resulting in a system that met business requirements.•Directed scripting and execution of eight rounds of functional unit, scenario and integration tests of conversions, enhancements, and interfaces resulting in 99+% data integrity. Show less

Managed conversion of ERP systems in newly acquired organizations. Duties included leading business blueprinting, data migration and testing, training course development and deployment, and on site support at go-live and help desk coverage after go-live. Also created and tested system enhancements and new reports•Led three successful ERP conversion projects to on-time, on budget implementation of manufacturing systems in Sanford, Amerock and Rubbermaid/Irwin divisions•Developed and… Show more Managed conversion of ERP systems in newly acquired organizations. Duties included leading business blueprinting, data migration and testing, training course development and deployment, and on site support at go-live and help desk coverage after go-live. Also created and tested system enhancements and new reports•Led three successful ERP conversion projects to on-time, on budget implementation of manufacturing systems in Sanford, Amerock and Rubbermaid/Irwin divisions•Developed and managed enhancements of ERP manufacturing system resulting in timely planning decisions.•Developed and managed creation of new reports for ERP manufacturing systems that resulted in more accurate inventory reporting. Show less

Managed blueprinting and training for ERP conversion projects in newly acquired organizations. Executed six ERP conversion projects for Graco, Little Tykes, and Rubbermaid/Irwin divisions.•Trained 700 new users of ERP manufacturing system in groups up to 40 users.

Managed 200 employee union manufacturing operation for consumer food products that produced over $30 million in annual revenue.•Successfully implemented cost savings projects that contributed $2.1 million to revenue through process improvements, crew reductions, high speed equipment installation and introduction of team crewing.•Implemented production of 20 new products in the manufacturing environment.•Served as manufacturing representative on a combined operations/sales/marketing… Show more Managed 200 employee union manufacturing operation for consumer food products that produced over $30 million in annual revenue.•Successfully implemented cost savings projects that contributed $2.1 million to revenue through process improvements, crew reductions, high speed equipment installation and introduction of team crewing.•Implemented production of 20 new products in the manufacturing environment.•Served as manufacturing representative on a combined operations/sales/marketing council for dry consumer mix items.•Awarded division achievement award for outstanding contribution to profitability and innovation. Show less

Certificate, Ccp Computer Programming

Mba, Operations Management

Bs. Engr., Operations Research And Systems Analysis