Jim Bist Email & Phone Number

Rochester, MI, US

Founder/President - Software consulting and IT transformation consulting specializing in SAP, Salesforce and enterprise application integration. Extensive experience in complex ERP/CRM implementations with a senior team averaging over 20+ years of experience.

Austin, TX, US

• Stepped into a program that had been running for 6 months without tangible results; turned program around and delivered final solution within one year; in the quarter immediately following go-live direct-to-consumer.
• Program manager for a $15MM project to integrate two disparate e-Com/CRM/ERP/MES platforms into one
• Delivered a mission critical platform supporting 100% of all revenue generation and fulfillment activity of a newly public company. Scope included: revamp of an existing e-Commerce platform (Demandware), a new order.
• Architected overall functional solution including technical integration requirements and data architecture
• Identified project team resource requirements and responsible for staffing the entire team to deliver the project; staff of over 60+ full time client and consultant resources
• Defined project scope, build, delivery, and support plans

Phoenix, AZ, US

• Established / revamped and managed 4 departments with an ongoing annual budget of $14MM+ and a 50+ headcount.o Established a Center of Excellence (COE) to support ongoing SAP business operations including an.
• Negotiated vendor contracts and implemented overall framework for monitoring performance and compliance.
• Results of the ERP project and newly established departments transformed multiple facets of the organization: Organization experienced revenue growth of 20%+ and the highest levels of sales and operational productivity.

Phoenix, AZ, US

• Program Director for a transformational SAP centric enterprise resource planning system implementation. The scope of this project touched all facets and employees of the organization: SAP (on HANA) in a complex.
• Managed a project budget of $35MM, over 20+ service providers and partners, and over 100 full time and consulting resources in 4 countries.
• Delivered the project on time and under budget to 150+ locations across 3 business units on two continents in just over one year’s time from analysis through go-live.

US

• Responsible for the design / build of chemicals distribution scheduling applications in SAP; process design, configuration, and creation of functional specifications, prototyping ABAP code, debugging, and testing.
• Focus on forecasting and scheduling solutions for chemical products from planning through execution. Responsible for designing solution to fit within existing architecture and processes

Phoenix, AZ, US

• Team lead on the logistics and transportation team; responsible for various key cross functional areas such as: org structure, material master, order processing, F&A / proportional unit pricing, foreign trade, delivery.
• Solely responsible for all site rollouts for North American sites acquired during the Finnish business unit acquisition (3 sites).

San Antonio, TX, US

• SD/MM lead for the integration of a newly acquired company (one new refinery and several products terminals) into the Tesoro systems
• Responsible for all hydrocarbon products processes (order to cash and procure to pay process streams)

San Ramon, CA, US

• Rollout of SAP to Latin America including Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama; worked onsite as required
• Process and testing lead for pipeline and marine (TSW) order to cash and procure to pay process streams
• Design / testing lead for TAS (Terminal Automation System) interface (includes entire outbound process, contract, sales order or STO, delivery, shipment, shipment cost document, and billing doc/invoice)

Calgary, Alberta, CA

• Suncor merged with PetroCanada in 2009 and I assisted in the integration of the two businesses including process redesign and ‘best of breed’ solution selection/implementation
• Solution architect on 3 key design teams:o Distribution – This process team is responsible for process design, change management, and building an interface(TopTech)/processing system to handle over 2,500 full/LTL truck.
• Provided subject matter expertise on a wide range of business and technical topics, acted as an advisor in resolving a large number of cross team integration issues; Upon completion of design transitioned into the.
• Worked in SD, MM, LE shipments, TSW, TD shipments, shipment costing, exchanges, F&A pricing, etc.

Phoenix, AZ, US

• Global SAP implementation spanning five continents, worked onsite in the U.S., South Africa, Chile, Peru, Spain, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Working in the SAP Logistics modules (SD, LE, MM, and IS-MINE) as part of a global implementation at the world’s largest publicly traded copper mining company; implementation includes sites on 4 continents involving a.
• Responsible for leading the design and build of a complete end-to-end transportation planning and execution system responsible for scheduling and controlling over 500 truck and rail shipments per day within the.
• Responsible for the design and build of the Freeport marine scheduling solution based on TSW; Led efforts to design TSW (trader’s and schedulers workbench) to meet business requirements; configured TSW nominations and.

London, England, GB

• SD/MM/IS-Oil consultant to BP’s Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) business unit; new SAP implementation with scope including: FICO, COPA, MM, SD, IS-Oil and TSW functionality
• Responsible for design, configuration, and testing of various process across purchasing, sales, and exchanges; process lead on exchanges, pricing, intercompany, and inventory management processes; support all.

Calgary, Alberta, CA

• MM/SD/IS-Oil consultant to Suncor; new SAP implementation with scope including: FICO, MM, SD, IS-Oil and TSW functionality
• Responsible for design, analysis, and configuration in sales/purchase pricing, sales and excise tax, exchanges, shipment cost pricing, assisted in scheduling (TSW), hydrocarbon purchasing, contract management, and.

Tokyo, Tokyo, JP

One of three SAP consultants on this SD/MM/FI implementation

San Antonio, TX, US

Department responsible for implementation and support of all trading, transportation, and externally facing systems (sales and billing).

Worldwide, OO

Southfield, MI, US

GB

- SAP IS-Oil Downstream Implementation - Amerada Hess- SAP IS-Oil Downstream Implementation - Shell Oil Products

Worldwide, OO

- SAP Implementation, Lubrizol Corporation

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Accounting And Computer Science

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