Brian Bauman Email & Phone Number

Red Wing, Mn, Us

Red Wing, Mn

Liaison between end users and the data warehousing project team, responsible for is gathering and documenting business requirements for data, reports, analyses, metadata, training, service levels, data quality, and performance for Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing project.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

•Data & Business Intelligence Continuous Improvement managing relationships with several Cargill Business Units who utilized SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and business intelligence reports.•Provide thought leadership on utilization of Cargill’s Business Intelligence (BI) reporting solution.•Responsible for Work Intake and Demand Management efforts for Business Units and Functions to provide report and process enhancements. •Coordinate activities between Architecture, Build, and Process groups to deliver on common business objectives.•Support Plan To Produce, Supply Chain Planning, Manage Goods Movements and Storage , and Master Data reporting activities by training, consulting and assisting with issue resolution and root cause analysis. •Assist BI Lead Users and Super Users with creation of ad hoc reports to meet business requirements. •Led BI Reporting Community of Practice meetings with SAP user base to facilitate collaboration amongst users, provide training, best practices, and execute governance processes.•Utilize Global IT's defined strategy to develop a Continuous Improvement Playbook to drive team activities to assist Business Units with their reporting strategy to achieve successful results.•Responsible for providing BI reporting expertise for SAP Business Unit's new business acquisition, leading analysis and testing activities to ensure a smooth transition, and develop a training strategy for new users.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

•Acted as Lead Supply Chain Solutions Business Analyst.•Mentored and coached team of Business Analysts regarding support for supply chain planning applications and project activities.•Partnered with FIS IT Business Relationship Managers to provide consulting and supply chain planning expertise to business units in order to proactively address issues and provide value-added solutions.•Established a common forecasting process with the consensus of FIS Demand Planners, which was adopted for future implementation.•Partnered successfully with Enterprise Architects to evaluate, assess and recommend SalesForce.com as a CRM tool of choice for FIS, which was presented to FIS leadership and approved.•As a member of the Evaluation team for a new FIS business unit, reviewed the technology framework and business processes in order to incorporate them into the FIS application portfolio.•Served as Project Manager for small to intermediate projects that included: documenting requirements, creating estimates, and providing recommendations to upper management. •Facilitated meetings with project stakeholders, provided oversight to contractors and FIS IT resources to ensure projects were completed on time and within budget. Projects included advanced scheduling implementations and enhancements, pilot of SalesForce.com, supply chain application database upgrade, and incorporating a new business acquisition to a Business Unit's Demand Planning instance.•Application Owner and Budget Manager for multiple supply chain planning applications, responsible for budget, service level agreements, vendor relationship oversight, and application life cycle maintenance.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

•Provided application support and expertise to FIS North America Business Units in the supply chain solutions practice area. Ensured application health, managed projects, oversaw application budgets, and provided consulting on team’s application portfolio to interested business units and corporate functions.•Lead implementation of Infor’s Advanced Scheduling application in 12 facilities, providing oversight to consultants and other Cargill resources. Worked with ERP implementation team to integrate scheduling application and ERP system to enhance Material Requirements Planning capabilities and reporting.•Project manager for small to intermediate projects, documented requirements, created estimates, provided recommendations to upper management, facilitated meetings with project stakeholders, oversaw contractors and FIS IT resources to ensure projects were completed on time and within budget.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

•Managed the implementation of SCT’s Fygir Advanced Scheduling software package in nine flour mills across the United States as part of a $30 million supply chain initiative within a 2 year time frame. •Led the conceptual design, vendor and software selection, architecture, build, and implementation phases of the $3 million Finite Scheduling project.•Created a template methodology to implement a plant model in three months with a single resource.•Designed new business processes resulting in increased customer serviceability and plant yields and decreased scheduling time.•Integrated software package with other supply chain management applications.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

•Business subject Matter Expert for a $34 million supply chain management initiative for Cargill’s Oilseed Division.•Managed the multi-site implementation and resources for the Finite Scheduling project.•Designed and tested scheduling models, trained users, and integrated the J.D. Edwards Advanced Planning Production Scheduling application in an Oilseed refinery and two packaging plants.•Developed a new forecasting tool and methodology for users of the Finite Scheduling application to more closely-align with user requirements.•Applied expertise to Cargill’s Corn Milling division to analyze Finite Scheduling for the Corn Sweetener Unit. Worked with the business to build prototype models and test business cases with plant personnel for feasibility studies.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

•Supervised 8-member union crew at a $2 million per year vegetable oil refinery. •Scheduled maintenance, oversaw product change-over, managed inventory position, ensured compliance with food safety and environmental standards, monitored process critical control points, managed on-site contractors, and delivered products based on overall customer needs.•Planned and coordinated the annual two-week shutdown to perform maintenance and project installation.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

•Learned all departments of the soybean crushing operation, interacted with facility administrative staff to meet customer requirements.•Managed the installation of a $100,000 dust aspiration system.