Chris Mcguire Email & Phone Number

Osseo, MN, US

New York, NY, US

Delivery Executive and Practice Director responsible for portfolio of projects for Infor’s Services (Fashion & Retail), Distribution and Food & Beverage practices. Responsible for multiple Infor Products; including M3 (Process Manufacturing ERP), Cloudsuite Financials, Global Human Resources, S3 Financials (Payroll), Workforce Management and d/EPM.

New York, NY, US

Led project to suite of Infor applications to national retail brand. Project included Global Human Resources, S3 Financials & Payroll, Work Force Management and d/EPM (Performance Management).

London, England, GB

Led project team for Oracle Retail integrator to implement Retail Merchandising, Retail Pricing, Allocations and Store Inventory Management at a large retailer. Transitioned into a Program Management role for multiple clients in November 2012.

Eden Prairie, MN, US

• Built Product Management team to provide internal focus on functional analysis, product expertise and engineering. Reported to Vice President of Architecture & Strategy. Managed teams of up to 30 internal and contract.
• Led the initiative to customize and implement Oracle Retail applications required to successfully go live with Foundation Data capabilities
• Developed team of internal staff into functional Product Specialist roles reducing dependence on consulting resources by 6 FTE’s by the end of the 1st year resulting in $800k of annual savings
• Developed and implemented process to analyze, define and recommend enhancements to Oracle Merchandising and custom applications based on Capabilities Model
• Led effort to analyze upgrade to Oracle Retail Merchandising (Retek) version 13 resulting in recommendations to simplify or eliminate approximately 15% of application modifications
• Engineered and implemented process to manage program work assignments and deliverables within highly matrixed organization providing clear project oriented plans, resource demands and defined deliverables

Eden Prairie, MN, US

• Built team of 30 staff and contract professionals, with application responsibility for implementing major ERP system (Oracle Retail Merchandising). Team responsibilities included Program Management, Project Management.
• Served as IT leader for Oracle Merchandising Financial Planning implementation, responsible for delivering complex, highly integrated solution within original 10 month commitment
• Led program planning effort for Oracle Merchandising to define program vision, budget and schedule resulting in initial project approval
• Supervised Program Manager, four Project Managers and applications team responsible for completing major application based deliverables
• Managed weekly process to manage schedule, mitigate key risks and resolved issues for Oracle Retail implementation projects
• Provided program leadership to complete requirements definition and functional analysis for business capabilities supported by Oracle Retail Merchandising for Release 1

Eden Prairie, MN, US

• Defined and managed annual Marketing and Merchandising project portfolios. Facilitated project initiation, including Product research, business case, project cost estimation and schedule.
• Created and managed $42M IT project portfolio for Marketing and Merchandising, facilitated consensus with business leadership and IT delivery teams
• Provided expertise to define selection criteria for new enterprise Merchandising solution resulting in the selection of Oracle Retail Merchandising

Eden Prairie, MN, US

• Managed functional, implementation and support teams responsible for the implementation of Lawson Merchandising.
• Managed Business Analysis and Support teams for Lawson Merchandising implementation
• Created and managed IT portfolio for Merchandising applications
• Led Business Analysis effort for implementation to Retail Companies
• Successfully managed projects to implement Lawson Merchandising and supporting applications to first two Retail Companies
• Led effort to triage, prioritize and resolve issues required to successfully implement application suite at pilot store and roll out to CUB Foods

Eden Prairie, MN, US

• Managed Staff of three IT Auditors
• Supervised execution of planned IT audits

Worldwide, OO

• Managed portfolio of engagements supporting financial audits
• Managed and staffed several SAS 70 Reports on Internal Control
• Completed risk analysis for large Risk Management effort at Fortune 25 Company
• Staff / Senior responsibility for multiple financial audits annually