David Aird Email & Phone Number

Canada

Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

• Member of the management team Reporting to the President.Joined the organization to lead the transition for SAP to Oracle. $50M+ investment over 24 months. Successfully executed the transformation Service Agreement.
• Delivered management profit savings in excess of $10M through digital innovation, efficiencies and vendor management.
• Developed annual Operating/Project budgets of $40M+ with a lean staff of 34 -70 (Consistently under budget).
• Lead BI transformation to provide standardized accurate business critical reporting for Supply Chain and back office functions (Margin Minder, Salsify, Big Data, Oracle Redshift, Clik).
• Drove key decision points with the use of data, scorecards, reporting technologies & Agile methodologies.
• Aggressively managed 50+ projects yearly with a 95% completion rate and meet ROI 80%.

Mississauga

• Moved into a newly created role as the IS Lead for the largest transformation project in the history of Maple Leaf Foods with a 2 year implementation plan.
• Drove the overall design/architecture for plant operations using new and existing technology (SAP-RD,MMI,PPDS, APO, PM and Non SAP- LCF, ASRS) with a budget of $4.5M and a team of 10.
• Drove strategy to identify the key manufacturing needs and determine the SAP functionality to satisfy the business requirements.
• Lead the identification of the key integration points within SAP & Legacy that needed to be developed and worked with vendors to establish priority and timelines.

Mississauga

• Reported to CIO with dotted line to CHRO. Responsibilities expanded to include IS Business Partner for Home Office. Continued as a member of the IS and HR management teams.
• Drove process and data standardization throughout the business, reducing the number of standard reports by 80%.
• Managed a department of 18 with 3 direct reports and various consultant firms.
• Generated $1.5M in savings with collaborative approach with Home office.
• Created the annual IS Home Office budget ($10M) and prioritized initiatives through cost benefit analysis and strategic priorities.

Mississauga

• Reported to the VP of IS with dotted line to CHRO. Selected by Senior Management to lead the SAP HCM migration(PA, OM, ESS, TE).
• Developed and executed 3 year plan to successfully transfer 24,000 active employee records into SAP. Project was 3 months ahead of schedule and 5.5% under budget.
• Chaired the HR Master Data council to ensure clean data went into SAP. Established clear and concise field definitions with direct senior ownership.
• Lead a team of 18 to manage entire suit of Human Capital Systems with $2.5M budget. Includes HCM, KRONOS, ADP interfaces, Performance Management, Recruitment.
• Drove the implementation of the SAP Travel & Expense (TE) project for 7000 employees. Completed within 6 months with 20% reduction of operating costs.

Mississauga

• In preparation for SAP HCM I led a Global initiative to consolidate 24,000 employees from 5 legacy systems into 1 standard HR Environment. The 14 month project was completed on time and budget. This project reduced HCM.
• Established procedures for HR transactions and identified steps to clean and data mine employee data.
• Developed an in house bonus payout system for salaried employees. Project was recognized by the President of Canada Bread for outstanding delivery. Processed approximately $10M in payouts across 7 business units.

Second Level Green Belt

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba)

Scrum And Sprint Methodology For Executives

Numerous Hr And Manufacturing Modules

Senior Leadership Courses

Team Tune Up, Direct Personal Leadership, Innovation in the Workplace, Senior Leadership Skills Workshop

Passed Chrp Designation Exam

Post Graduate Program In Human Resources

Business Administration (3 Year Program)

Global Leadership Traning