Heather Mcfarland Email & Phone Number

Sherwood, Or, Us

Oregon, United States

Successfully developed a management consultancy with a focus on business transformation, continuous improvement, product management and go-to-market strategy delivering value to customers. Provided support to clients on training & coaching, agile transformation, business development, program management, change management & customer experience.

Portland, Oregon, United States

Experienced campaign manager skilled in strategic planning and community mobilization, dedicated to driving change in Oregon's 3rd district through effective leadership and advocacy.

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Principal enterprise agile coach at Mayo Clinic driving organizational growth, effectiveness, and adaptability by implementing strategic changes that enhance performance and competitiveness, delivering value to patients.

Portland, Oregon Area

Firm leadership, strategic planning & delivery, product management/service development, portfolio management, new business development & geo growth, CRM, performance management, recruiting, account ownership, thought leadership, LEAN/Agile expertise, marketing, change management, organizational design, innovation, experience design, reporting & data management.

Portland, Oregon Area

Every business in existence today is just a few mouse clicks away from irrelevance. A company’s greatest threat isn’t its next-largest or next-smallest competitor. Its greatest threat is the yet-to-be-invented business model or web app that represents a simpler, more efficient way to solve its customers’ challenges. At Propeller, we help our clients be that simpler, more efficient solution. We are always on the lookout for great thinkers, writers, and speakers who also happen to be amazing management consultants. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Propeller makes business consulting simple, understandable, and human to help big companies move fast and act small.

Beaverton, Oregon

▪ Acted as program manager initiating and owning standard project deliverables such as overall road map, project plan, risk register, communication and change management plans▪ Built team and managed technical and business resources including stakeholder identification, governance framework, RACI, and communication structure▪ Led solution design sessions to review business processes against technical solutions, assess impact, and arrive at the best strategy▪ Supervised the RFP process to determine 3PL Hub partner for inventory and supply chain management in Singapore▪ Managed technical SDLC cycle, meeting PM dates and gates and owning key artifacts, coordinating between digital Agile and Waterfall methodologies and deliverables

Beaverton, Oregon, United States

Innovative leader managing the execution of complex projects leveraging lean and agile project methodologies focusing on healthy teams, creative solutions and measurable results• Led the technical execution of multiple entity conversion projects (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Lat Am Distributors and Singapore/SEA) resulting in millions of dollars in saving annually, successfully implementing a high quality solution on time and on budget• Unified and led large teams including external consultants (SAP), Trading Company team, local country resources, leadership and technical teams in complex solution design, development and execution• Successfully managed large projects outside of the standard technical release cycles requiring creative, tightly managed execution plans through development, testing, training and realization. Our very successful delivery of these projects fundamentally changed Nike standards introducing new technical solutions to the Nike landscape as well as resulting in overall changes to the release strategy to better meet business needs.• Led the design of new business process development and technical implementation for Raw Material purchasing for Nike global business footprint• Owned Portfolio project budget (5+ programs, approx. $10M) and developed Financial Management process for FY Portfolio budgeting and tracking throughout project realization • Championed new organizational design concepts and practices in transitioning the Trading Company program operations to the new Singapore team leveraging Agile and Lean methodologies• Acted as business process expert understanding, communicating and documenting the technical Trading Company purchasing and supply chain platform• Partnered with the Treasury Process and Excellence COE on strategic and technical planning for Trading Company• Managed NTC capability team resources FTEs and ETWs; focusing on operational excellence, team building and individual development

Beaverton, Or

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Beaverton, Or

Facilitated delivery of IT business solutions, at the right time, for the right processes in the right way (globally, consistently, efficiently, reliably and responsibly) to enable optimal performance for Nike Retail.• Facilitated Costing workshops between Global Finance teams and Retail• Lead Retail ERP BI/Reporting track for Merchandise Operations project including team, project and transition management activities• Worked with data architects and engineers to ensure best practices were used and appropriate solutions delivered• Created and maintain collaborative partnership with Retail IT engineering teams, Retail Business Units and 3rd party vendors in order to resolve issues and define requirements for enhanced processes and systems• Delivered data design with diverse accountabilities in a retail-specific environment• Performed system and data analysis, provided data models and data mapping, created context and process diagrams• Documented business requirements, functional specifications as well as business and system use cases and worked with business users to document business rules, business metadata, and stewardship needs• Influenced and communicated with business partners on the vision of our Retail systems at a strategic and tactical level

Beaverton, Or

Data expert within the Integrated Planning Information Management team. • Responsible for representing the data and information needs of various Planning business groups across region and division to the technical team, specifically as related to the Plan2PO project. • Assisted in developing strategic vision for the information team as well as hiring and mentoring new team members

Beaverton, Or

Key member of the Global Product Integration team ensuring the efficient and accurate distribution of Product data from the Commodities Database (CDB) to 200+ downstream NSC customers. • Acted as liaison between product creation and supply chain business and IT groups to define business requirements for complex enhancements and modifications to the CDB and supporting systems. • Analyzed data and data relationships in order to identify problems and solutions. • Worked with the business to develop functional specifications, established test plans and procedures and conducted testing and QA to ensure delivery of quality system solutions.• Prepared documentation and acted as team trainer and subject expert for Production Support in PWB, CDB and SAP AFS Material Master. Participated in data maintenance and configuration.

Greater Seattle Area

• Facilitated and supported implementation and ongoing maintenance of ERP systems and core business applications, effecting 12 manufacturing plants and 400+ application users. • Interfaced with users, internal IT department and outside vendors to ensure timely and cost effective application installation. • Supported problem identification, clarification and resolution. • Managed software development through project lifecycle, determining software requirements and design through testing and implementation.

Seattle, Washington

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Education record

Education record

Masters In Process: Center For Creative Change, Management