Joe Szymanski Email & Phone Number

Santa Rosa Beach, FL, US

Greater Philadelphia Area

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Reporting to the VP of IT. Technical and functional architect and lead manager for SAP implementation of Order Fulfillment, Warehousing, MRP (Demand & Supply Planning), Manufacturing, Master Data, & Reporting/BI, with.
• Manage 17 full time resources, 10+ system implementers, and anywhere from 3 to 10 consultants and off-shore resources around 4 teams: Functional Business Analysis, Application Development, EDI, & Data.
• Sole accountability for all data, analysis, and development support to business, customers, and suppliers around the 4 areas of responsibility under my control.
• System Architect for integrated system solution, with final responsibility for functional specifications, technical specifications, and test script sign-off, as well as all interfaces to legacy, bolt-on, and SAAS.
• Responsible for legacy data conversion and ongoing master data management for material, customer, vendor, and employee master data.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Reporting to the CFO. Acted as technical lead, master data lead, and SME for first phase of SAP implementation, including Record-to-Report and Procure-to-Pay.
• Responsible for master data design and conversion: chart of accounts, cost centers, profit centers, & hierarchies.
• Responsible for legacy data conversion, including General Ledger and sub ledgers, open A/P & A/R.
• Led design and implementation of Consolidation and Management reporting models within SAP BPC.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Reporting to the CIO. Led all application development and support services.
• Manage 14 technical resources (both personnel & project management) and various consulting and contractor resources, divided into 4 teams: Application Development, Applications Support, EDI, and Data Services.
• Responsible for demand management, prioritization, change management, and other aspects as pertaining to project portfolio health as shared responsibility with PMO Director. Use both Waterfall and Agile (Scrum).
• Responsible for process and system needs for 6 Distribution Centers in 3 countries and various states, and manufacturing & supply chain needs for 12 plants, including 3 in Mexico.
• Responsible for prioritizing projects, managing resources, customer interactions, specifications, project planning and implementation, post-project evaluation, and employee performance reviews.
• Responsible for annual IT/Financial external audits.

• Manage a team of seven senior programmer/analysts, including both personnel and project management. Responsible for prioritizing projects, managing resources, customer interactions, specifications, project planning and.
• Technical lead for a data warehouse & business intelligence project, transportation management system implementation, and demand planning implementation.
• Developed department system design standards with other senior manager. Design included all business logic residing on AS400 in RPGLE, with legacy front-ends for maintenance programs, and ASP.NET front ends for.
• Responsible for annual IT/Financial audits with external auditors

• Transfer business requirements into new project or system enhancement by working with customers/end users to develop solution. Analyze existing system and customer requirements to produce functional specifications..
• Designed, coded, and implemented a brand new managerial/financial accounting and control system, including a financial allocation system based on 50 different cost drivers. Fully designed the database and architected.
• Implemented project to rewrite inventory planning, forecasting, scheduling, and shop floor control system as the project lead and chief architect. Project includes lean manufacturing principals based on JIT and Kanban.
• Led project to automate order control and shipping processes, including small parcel shipping interface and pallet manifest interface. Project designed in RPGLE with RF interface for scanning. System included.
• Led project to expand the size of our product line from 80 to no limit. Managed four programmers. Similar in size and scope to Y2K.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance, 3.9

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies, 3.77