Gary Hess Email & Phone Number

Vandalia, OH, US

Enon, OH, US

• Led all Speedway IT project managers, as well as, contract resources, involving budgets, prioritization, managing work assignments, tracking portfolio target dates, ROI analysis, escalations, reporting, and other.
• Responsible for hiring, training, coaching, performance appraisals, and corrective actions for all corporate Project Managers.
• Created resource management utilization and availability projections to allow for more efficient portfolio management and resource usage.
• Worked with all levels of leadership to report on portfolio progress, resolve issues, mitigate risks, and take action in advance of projected roadblocks.
• Worked with 7-11 Strategic Sourcing, IT, Accounting/Finance, Store Maintenance, Information Security, and Legal to evaluate all options for exiting the 7-11 ERP transition service agreement with MPC.
• Responsible for leading the effort of moving the SAP system to the Azure cloud platform.

Miamisburg, Ohio, US

• Consult closely with business leaders and executives on corporate strategy related to the Sales and HR systems.
• Lead project managers on the execution of Sales, HR, and Marketing initiatives.
• Leading the commercial tasks for the sale and separation of the specialty mills to Pixelle, including the configuration of the SAP system to support both companies during the transition period.
• Directed the AI initiative from conception to implementation, automating the SAP order entry functions for the Customer Service organization.
• Project managed the migration to a new HRIS and Payroll system, and HR data warehouse.
• Expanded the use of Salesforce beyond CRM functions, eliminating multiple legacy systems, and saving $500K annual spend.

• Provided leadership and direction for all corporate project managers and contract resources.
• Developed, consulted, and communicated project and portfolio initiatives, priorities, and status to Executive Leadership, and facilitated escalation and timely resolution of issues.
• Transitioned a primarily IT focused PMO, to a team managing a balanced mix of business and IT projects.
• Coordinated with IT and functional areas to create standard processes, templates, and key performance indicators to better evaluate and manage portfolios, programs, and projects.
• Project Manager of a team of Executive and Senior leaders, working on the Verso/NewPage merger and integration preparation.
• Worked with all levels of the company to create Transition Services Agreements for the sale and separation of the mills sold to Catalyst as part of the Verso/NewPage merger.

• Program manager for a $10 million Manufacturing Excellence program for both operations and maintenance efforts across 8 paper mills, resulting in a 3 year $100M savings.
• Manufacturing Execution Systems Project Manager for the Stora-Enso acquisition, transitioning them from their legacy system and integrating them with SAP.
• Planned and executed upgrades of SAP and manufacturing systems.

Dayton, OH, US

• Project Manager of the corporate SAP CRM initiative using Salesforce.
• Planned the design and implementation of the SAP Lead Management function.
• Orchestrated the redesign and enhancement of Reynolds on-line procurement application, and the integration with back end fulfillment systems.
• Built and managed the team that implemented the Enterprise Application Integration system.
• Project manager for the Virtual Office project which moved the sales reps into home offices, encompassing 109 US facilities, 10 Canadian facilities and over 900 associates.
• IT Project Manager on the divestiture of the non-automotive forms business to Relizon.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management Information Systems, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Finance