Gerald Ross Email & Phone Number

Hershey, Pennsylvania

S4 Hanna transformation

Chicago, Illinois

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

SAP Order-to-Cash Integration/Deployment Lead for a large CPG CO Nov 2008 - Dec 2009Development of detailed Global template and deployment project plansWorked with the client to understand and make improvements to existing project methodologies Provided oversight during plan execution managing project deliverables across the order to cash work.

Project management responsibilities for a team of approx. 35-40 SAP consultants and approx. 150 client team members covering the US and Puerto Rico markets. This was a Global implementation with multiple teams located at various sites across the US & Puerto Rico markets. Team structure was made up of a core team and several local market teams (Deployment.

Finance team lead for a large Manufacturing and Electronic Installation Services organization with responsibilities including, blueprinting, scoping & planning, process modeling, design, configuration, testing, end user training as well as post go-live support. The project was developed in a separate SAP environment and then migrated to an existing "live".

AR team member on a large Telecom engagement with activities including the enhancement and consolidation of an existing AR collection processes from various legacy billing platforms utilizing SAP's CA(Contract Accounting) module (SAP 4.7 with IS for Telecom add-on).

Conducted business blueprint workshops to facilitate the mapping of role profiles and activities in the FI/AR area. Additional support was given as needed across other sub-teams as the blueprinting activities concluded. Also assisted in the high level planning and execution of the realization phase. Tasks included functional specification, configuration.

Primary resource planning and placement responsibilities for the east region of the US.Integral member of the HR department, working closely with project managers and recruiting to staff qualified consultants on small to large ERP implementations.Conduct/Deliver Orientation for new hires discussing resource planning guidelines, utilization expectations and.

Conducted requirements gathering sessions to understand gaps around HR reporting functionality in SAP. Designed and developed an automated system for approx 30 users across the US to facilitate the compensation and bonus allocation processes using MS Access and Excel. The system provided an upload file to SAP HR for all compensation and bonus allocations.

Played a lead role in the implementation and roll-out of a scheduling tool for a large professional services firm. This system was developed in Microsoft Access and Visual Basic. Responsibilities included documentation and data conversion of the SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle and Baan ERP package skill data into a Microsoft Access custom application by conducting.

HR Data migration project Conducted process workshops to understand and define existing HR employee attribute data collection system processes for a large Pharmaceutical Company. Developed project plan and proposed best approach for data migration. Execution of the data transfer plan of internal employee data from existing legacy systems into Lotus Notes.

Worked as an intern for three months maintaining 13 assembly lines for ESTEE-LAUDER. Supervised 250 employees conducting daily team meetings with employee team leaders as well as executives to discuss employee performance issues and how to maximize production output.Investigated issues around stock replenishment and shipping procedures. System.

Bs, Business/Minor Mgmt Information Systems

A, Business/Information Systems