Managed and coordinating the Integration Testing efforts of a cross functional team of 120 resources deploying SAP S/4 HANA 1610. Also managed Production Cutover and Hypercare (Post-Implementation) support activities throughout this deployment. • As a member of the PMO, worked with the Project Manager, IT Leads, and project sponsor to drive the project to completion.• Developed overall strategy for Testing, Cutover, and Hypercare.• Designed and deployed a Test Execution Management and Defect Tracking solution leveraging Microsoft SharePoint. • Maintained daily test execution schedule, targets, and KPIs for solution quality and resource planning.• Conducted defect remediation meetings daily to eliminate roadblocks and ensure corrective actions have been fully executed.• Coordinated Mock Cutover exercise to validate the Production Cutover Plan and identify opportunities to improve data migration and system integration techniques• Developed Post-Implementation Support Coverage Strategy for 4 US sites and 1 international location.• Successfully managed Production Cutover activities within a 4 day cutover window. Currently managing Hypercare production support.

As an Director with Dickinson + Associates, my primary objective is to add value to the company by delivering quality customer solutions, fostering client relationships, promoting key successes, and establishing new business opportunities.

Took command of the project team at the end of the Blueprint Phase to complete the Deployment of SAP S/4 HANA On-Premise. In addition to the deployment of the core ERP solution, the team was tasked to deploy solutions for global ATP, GTS, EH&S, OpenText VIM. Also assumed the roles of Test Manager and Solution Architect to ensure end to end integration and the overall quality of solution.• Managed consulting staff consisting of 29 US team members tracking their time, cost, and quality of deliverables. • Provided oversight to the project schedule, risks, issues, and resource plans throughout all phases of the project.• Reported status to senior leadership on a monthly basis.• Coordinated efforts of the core team, client resources, and BASIS provider to ensure resourcing availability during the project.• Aligned business and system solutions to define the global template based on process, regulatory controls, and critical needs.• Managed relationship with external business partners to ensure cross business system integration (i.e. BASIS, Lockbox, EDI)• Coordinated the delivery of custom solutions to interface with a 3rd Party developed MES solution and Label Printing Application.• Delivered over 150 RICE-F objects for business use.• Developed overall Test Execution Strategy and Test Plan.• Implemented Test Execution and Defect Management Solution leveraging the JIRA application. Also leveraged the tool for Go-Live Issue Tracking.• Maintained daily test execution schedule, targets, KPIs and defect remediation reviews for solution quality and resource planning.• Developed Post-Implementation Support Coverage Strategy for 4 US sites and 1 international location in Belgium.• Identified the ongoing AMS support model and staffing needs required to sustain the deployed solution post go live.• Developed the 3 year SAP Roadmap for global rollouts, Business Intelligence, and S/4 HANA Upgrades.

Managed a project team to design a Business Intelligence reporting tool to track and measure on-time delivery and backorder for three main components within the client’s supply chain (Production to Plant dock, Plant dock to RDC / DC, RDC / DC to Customer performance). • Managed consulting staff consisting of 7 US team members tracking their time, cost, and quality of deliverables. • Worked with the team to architect the overall solution design, data ETL logic, and reporting delivers for executive level use.• Determined the functional and technical components needed for new development or modification.• Worked with Management Teams and Executives throughout the organization to ensure adoption of deliverables.• Worked with client PMO to augment the client's Internal Methodology with SAP ASAP principles. • Developed overall Test Execution Strategy and Test Plan.

Managed and coordinating the Integration Testing efforts of a cross functional team of 125 resources to performing Integration testing of SAP. Also managed the efforts of 12 training develops and 17 support resources throughout this deployment. • As a member of the PMO, worked with the internal Project Manager, IT Leads, and project sponsor to drive the project to completion.• Developed overall Test Execution Strategy.• Managed the staging of test scripts leveraging SAP Solution Manager Test Management functionality.• Implemented Defect Management and Go-Live Issue Tracking Solution leveraging the JIRA application. • Maintained daily test execution schedule, targets, and KPIs for solution quality and resource planning.• Conducted defect remediation meetings daily to eliminate roadblocks and ensure correction actions have been fully executed.• Coordinated the development of training materials for all modules within the solution scope.• Developed Post-Implementation Support Coverage Strategy for 16 US sites and 2 international locations.• Reported status to senior leadership on a weekly basis.

Lead a cross-functional team of consulting resources task with establishing a three (3) year enterprise wide SAP Roadmap for the Global Organization. The SAP Roadmap focused on aligning the ERP Landscape with the corporate objects and provide the foundation for the project portfolio over the next three years. The Project Portfolio consisted of projects targeted to keep the landscape current with the latest solutions available from SAP, align processes globally with SAP best practice solutions, and optimize daily operations in order to gain immediate tangible benefits.• Coordinated requirements gathering sessions with the business in order to better understand the current environment and identify opportunities for future improvements and functional alignment.• Reviewed the current IT capital project portfolio to identify project dependencies, redundancies, and cost savings opportunities.• Researched SAP’s product portfolio, enhancement availability, and release schedule to provide basis and justification for roadmap scheduling decisions • Coordinated and developed a three year SAP Project roadmap complete with estimated project durations dependencies, high level deliverables, and business benefits.• Communicated Roadmap deliverables to Executive Leadership.

Performed as part of a joint SAP and Dickinson + Associates team tasked with completing the Blueprint phase of Firestone Building Products’ Global SAP Deployment. The effort provided the organization all business process designs, process flows, RICEW Catalogs, and solution scope necessary to select partners for the delivery phase.• Developed validation workshop content leveraging the SAP Best Practices Baseline Package as a starting point and augmented them to include relevant functionality required for daily operations.• Conducted validation workshops and live SAP demonstrations of solution functionality in each of the workshops so participants could better understand the SAP processes flow and make accurate business decisions.• Documented Requirements, WRICEF items and GAPs where business requirements did not fit within standard SAP functionality. • Provided Client documentation which will be used in an implementation RFP which includes Business Process Validation Documents, Business Process Design Documents, Workshop Meeting Minutes, RICEFW catalog, and Workshop Presentations.

Managing a multi-vendor team consisting of 9 functional consultants and an offshore development team to enhance the client’s operating processes based on a prioritized list of over 100 know issues and needed enhancements to the existing SAP system. This effort provided the organization new and enhanced functionality, as well as optimized business processes based on best practices. • Provided oversight to the project schedule, risks, issues, and resource plans throughout all phases of the project.• Categorized project deliverables into 5 work streams with 16 solution sets scheduled for individual rollout• Optimized Available To Promise logic to improve delivery responsiveness• Realigned shipping point and route determination logic to reduce missed and inaccurate shipments• Improved financial reporting to properly align to corporate reporting standards• Redesigned Sales & Operations Planning hierarchy to reduce simplify the planning process while improving forecast accuracy• Realigned warehouse structure and picking strategies to improve material flow and reduce picking delays• Re-Architected the SAP Barcode Print Architecture to provide a flexible print design that supports printing of customer specific labels directly from SAP. • Deployed Pick Pack RF Functionality for SAP Console to improve Material Flow and reduce errors

Managing a global team to migrate the operations in Wolsztyn, Poland from R/3 Enterprise 4.70 into the Corporate SAP instance. Deployed solutions to support core business processes and legal localizations within a multi-company code environment that aligns with the corporate template. This Rapid Implementation was delivered in 4 months. • Managed consulting staff consisting of 8 US team members tracking their time, cost, and quality of deliverables. • Provided oversight to the project schedule, risks, issues, and resource plans throughout all phases of the project.• Presented proof of concept during Blueprint Workshops to International Stakeholders for template concurrence, process validation, legal localizations, and identify functional gaps.• Aligned business and system solutions to the global template based on process gaps, regulatory controls, and critical needs.• Delivered all core solutions including inter-company stock-transfer and direct shipment processes to support cross company sales.• Delivered multi-lingual RICE-F objects for use in multiple countries• Delivered legal localization and regulatory solutions needed to sustain daily operations (Faktura Invoicing, Financial reporting, etc.)• Identified the ongoing support model and staffing needs required to sustain the deployed solution post go live.• Packaged Template Build in BC Sets for future rapid deployments

Managed a global team to migrate the operations in Beijing, China from SAP Business One into the Corporate SAP instance. Deployed solutions to support core business processes and legal localizations within a multi-company code environment that aligned with the corporate template. This Rapid Implementation was delivered in 3 months. • Managed global consulting staff consisting of 8 US and 5 China team members tracking their time, cost, and quality of deliverables. • Provided oversight to the project schedule, risks, issues, and resource plans throughout all phases of the project.• Presented proof of concept during Blueprint Workshops to International Stakeholders for template concurrence, process validation, legal localizations, and identify functional gaps.• Aligned business and system solutions to the global template based on process gaps, regulatory controls, and critical needs.• Delivered all core solutions including inter-company stock-transfer and direct shipment processes to support cross company sales.• Delivered multi-lingual RICE-F objects for use in multiple countries• Delivered legal localization and regulatory solutions needed to sustain daily operations (GOLDEN TAX, Financial Reporting, etc.)• Identified the ongoing support model and staffing needs required to sustain the deployed solution post go live.• Packaged Template Build in BC Sets for future rapid deployments

Assisted the client with assessing their SAP Implementation, indentify, and implement process optimization opportunities that will improve business operations throughout the organization. Also, assisting the client in the development of a long term strategy to deploy the SAP template to the remaining business units in the company. • Defined Business Continuity Plan complete with Manual Operating Procedures to provide the business with the processes and communication flow in the event scheduled or unscheduled downtime occurs.• Developed Training Plan for client resources in order to strengthen the knowledge of the internal organization• Performed Warehouse Process Assessment to identify and triage process and system issues that needed to be addressed.• Re-configured warehouse Picking and Putaway strategies to align system to process and improve the physical flow of material within the Distribution Center.• Redesigned Shipping output forms and documents in order to improve communication of shipping requirements between organizations while reducing overall paper usage• Reengineered the Sub-contracting process to leverage alternative component withdrawal from an alternative plant in order to improve traceability of material and eliminating non-value added processes executed by the organization• Performing Process Assessments in the Production, Procurement, and Shipping process areas in order to determine improvement opportunities and projects for the current year.

Coordinated the SAPConsole RF deployment that included system configuration, device aquisition and configuration, and infrastructure. Also tasked with evaluating the proposed system design and specifications for the SAP deployment within the WM and PP Modules and provide the business with improvement recommendations during this full implementation of SAP. The end goal was to enable the client with the proper knowledge required to hold their integrator accountable for a successful deployment.• Evaluated current project status, and developed a revised strategy to return the project back on track.• Defined and configured RF Server Architecture which provided provisions for high availability support.• Reviewed existing functional specifications for SAPconsole custom transactions and recommended several improvements to eliminate key strokes, provide consistency between functions, and enable process improvements to enhance usability.• Reviewed recommended WM structure and configuration and provided recommendations to mitigate technical and process issues that would threaten project go-live.• Defined Barcode print solution using SAPsprint to support barcode printing within SAP.• Conducted Equipment Needs Analysis for 4 facilities in order to accurately account for supporting equipment for the shop floor.

Provided leadership and project oversight to the distributed team of supply chain professionals tasked with aligning site specific processes to the global template and migrating their ERP enabled operations into the global central instance of SAP. Primary responsibilities included thought leadership, business process alignment, risk mitigation, and issue resolution.• Provided initial SAP familiarization training for the SCM project team• Conducted business blueprint workshops and process alignment sessions both on-site and remotely.• Identified business process gaps by deployment site where the global template did not provide necessary functionality to support daily business operations. • Recommended comprehensive design solutions to identified gaps in order to improve functionality provided in the global template.• Identified key project and design risks to success of the project and communicated remediation recommendations to the project stakeholders• Identified deployment roadmap for all Siemen’s Water Technologies• Provided consulting oversight and coaching to a core team of three supply chain consultants performing solution configuration

Performed as Site IT Manager for the Parts Distribution and Remanufacturing business units. Managing an IT support team tasked with sustaining IT infrastructure, SAP Support, and Systems Development. Performed also as project manager for several business improvement and stratigic initiatives.• Manage IT daily operations and staffing to achieve service level metrics and ensure business continuity.• Forecast and Manage Operations and Portfolio funding required for sustain and business improvement initiatives.• Lead transition initiatives required to ensure global service contract deliverables are deployed and/or met.• Consult internal customers in methods to improve business operations by using IT as an enabler. • Participated in SCAMPI A and B assessment of several projects to support organizational achievement of CMMI level 4 compliance• lead Serval SAP related projects and continuous improvement initiatives in the areas Supply Chain Management and Logistics Execution

Performed as internal consultant and application manager of the SAP Production Planning Module. Managed an ERP support team tasked with improving global business processes and developing tactical break-fix solutions. Chief responsibilities include system configuration, interface development, and upgrade management.

Served as the Financial Manager for the Transmissions and Structures Business Unit and SAP Systems Specialist for Product Cost Controlling, Inventory Cost Management, and Financial Reporting.

Worked with a cross-functional team responsible for the implementation PP Master Data components within the SAP R/3 system. Individual responsibilities included process compliance and integration management.

Completed various projects as an entry-level Industrial Engineer and CO-OP student in the areas of work measurement, capacity management, scheduling, process engineering, facilities design, and production control.