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Mount Olive Township, Nj, Us

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Transformation leader who partners with cross-functional teams and leaders to identify synergies, align on best practices and implement robust customer-centric solutions.- Assess customer system / process maturity, business readiness and data assets; develop Strategic Customer Roadmaps to deliver value, support business growth and ensure benefit achievement (cost, time, quality).- Partner with cross-functional Stakeholders to drive Organizational Change; ensure adoption and alignment.- Strategic visioning, planning and collaboration for transformation initiatives and deliverables.- Provide Product communications with Senior Management and Stakeholders.Line manage, develop and promote engagement for 3 direct report Associates. - Align, motivate and challenge the team to deliver capabilities with a modular / agile approach. - Ensure skills and capabilities align with current and future Business solutions and processes. - Partner with Corporate Finance Director to align on Strategic Roadmap, priorities and funding.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Invoice to Pay (I2P) Global Program - IT Lead for the $4M Service and Finance transformational program for global I2P processes, services, and systems.- Led the program for the global I2P solutions to transform the organizations processes and systems. - Transitioned from the existing vendor base (systems, processes), to the new Business Processing Organization (BPO) of 3rd party I2P service providers and systems in a 14-month timeline.- Program comprised of 2 projects across 4 geographies: North America, Australia / New Zealand; Europe, Middle East / Africa.- Aligned with BPO on fit-for-purpose solution and prioroties based on geography.- Delivered cost reduction, outsourced invoice processing, and utilized modern technology to drive efficiencies.- Europe, Middle East / Africa Project (2020 – 2021, 7 months)- Managed the global Program team of 4 cross-functional Business Associates and 2 contractors. - Added enhanced capabilities with ERP; finance of tomorrow, with automation and bolstered security. - North America, Australia / New Zealand Project (2019 – 2020, 9 months)- Managed the global Program team of 15 cross-functional Business Associates and 2 contractors.- Managed the aggressive timeline to ensure both projects were completed prior to current service contract end.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Transformation Leader with expertise in system deployments, system integrations, acquisitions, and divestitures- Partnered with IT Teams and Business Units to implement robust solutions aligned to the Strategic roadmaps- Led high performing global cross-functional teams to deliver best in class end-to-end business processes- Provided project communications with Sr Mgmt and Stakeholders; scorecard reviews, risk, and issue escalations- Strategic visioning and planning, 3rd party Resource Management and Budget Management- Line managed, developed and promoted engagement for direct report associateDrinks Divestiture (2019)IT lead who managed the Transition Services Agreement (TSA) and the successful migration of the Drinks Business to the acquisition Company- Partnered with acquisition Company to develop and align on a Transition Services Agreement (TSA) timeline- Led a global cross-functional team to deliver this project within the aggressive TSA timeline of 12 months- Managed IT project delivery; included project plan, resource allocations, budget / cost management, cutover, migration, and hyper care plans. Successfully exited the TSA on-timeTasty Bite Integration Project (2018 - 2019)Managed $700k integration of the Tasty Bite acquisition into the Mars ERP portfolio of systems and solutions- Delivered project within a critical and aggressive timeline of 6 months- Leveraged Azure Data Lake to deliver robust report and analytics capabilities; required to maintain and bolster significant business growthMars Wrigley (MW) Global Integration Program (2017 – 2019)Led the $5M complex integration and merger of Mars with Wrigley to form MW Canada- Managed the global program team of 8 PM's, 5 Associates and 15 contractors across numerous cross-functional areas to enable integration between the Wrigley and Mars markets- MW U.S. Single Order – Enabled ‘one entity’ (single vendor) to the MW customer for orders (single order, single truck, single invoice)

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Led the $5M development and multiple simultaneous deployments of a JDA Enterprise Planning solution for Wrigley across 3 regions (Americas, Europe, Asia) with a program technical team of 9. - Partnered with IT Teams and Business Leads to implement a robust solution aligned to the Strategic Roadmap; delivered efficiencies, supported business growth, ensured benefit achievement (cost, time, quality).- Managed program: developed plan, managed scope, budget, and monitored resources and risk.- Provided timely project communications with Senior Management and Stakeholders; project vision, scorecard reviews, risk, and issue escalations.- Created the template for rapid program start-up for all future deployments within Asia, Europe, Americas. - Line managed, developed and promoted engagement for 3 global direct report Associates. Ensured skills and capabilities aligned with current and future Business solutions and processes; functionally managed 6 contractors. - Program delivered reduced inventory through accelerated development and delivery of a Global Demand and Supply Chain Planning JDA Template; improved forecasting, factory scheduling, distribution, and customer service.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Governed the integrity of IT solutions for a mature Global SAP Roadmap (approximately 10,000 end-users)- Guardian for all Finance Global SAP Roadmaps; ensured investment prioritization, benefit realization, scalability support.- Line managed, developed and promoted engagement for 3 global direct report Associates.- Managing over a $1M annual budget

Responsible for integration of third-party data with the SAP FI Module. Includes IDoc implementation, EDI specifications, custom SAP function module specifications, coordination of testing and implementation/post implementation support.