Geoff Oliver Email & Phone Number

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Director of Sourcing Systems and Corporate Integration – 2015 – 2017Senior Manager of Sourcing Systems and Corporate Integration – 2013 – 2015Manager of Corporate Integration – 2006 – 2013► Migrated from VPN to VDI: led the IT transition team during the closing of Far East offices—assigned sourcing talent to projects, and setup security protocols for applications and network.► Successfully created a “Proof of Concept” and later rolled out the application for technical spec package. The team earned “The Partner of The Year” award from Executive Vice President of Supply Chain.► Developed a collaborative and cohesive working environment among the internal and outsourced vendors and improved client’s satisfaction index.► Significantly improved application performances for the New York and the Far East partners—identified performance deficiencies, wrote documentation, and improved processes and workflow.► Played an instrumental role in the implementation of Manhattan’s Warehouse Management System (WMS). Led integration efforts of the platform and the network teams. Developed the “Cutover” plan, which helped allow operations to perform at peak levels the week of go-live ► Nominated as the “Technology Lead” for the implementation of SAP retail, 2009.► Collaborated with Technology and Business Vice President to lead the efforts of Data Conversation, Basis, Enhancement and interface teams.► Led a team of 12+ internal developers and 24+ offshore developers—project scope involved 220 interfaces, enhancements, forms, and reports for ECC Retail 6.3, BW, and POSDM.► Participated in the blueprint and final rollout of the SAP ECC 6.0 implementation for HCM and FICO modules.► ERP Implementation—led a large team of IT professionals to design and implement “Enterprise Integration View.” Provided in-depth overview and reporting capabilities. The project was praised by the CIO.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Led and directed several projects involving managing teams of IT professionals both internal and offshore.► Developed and implemented business standards and best practices for new Extract Transform Load (ETL) tool DataStage and RTI.► Designed an efficient solution to connect sourcing and planning systems—interfaced Web Services using DataStage and RTI.► Successfully transitioned internal team with offshore resources—communicated project guidelines and expectations to achieve desired business objectives.► Designed a new reporting dashboard by improving data integrity and provided real-time data share-point between the Distribution and Logistics department. Utilized Oracle forms, reports, triggers, functions and stored procedures.► As a Senior Programmer Analyst implemented several new software programs—converted from Informix to Oracle.► Designed and developed a new PowerBuilder application which allowed reporting and tracking of inbound merchandise from factories to the distribution center.