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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cleveland, Oh

ABM Industries Inc. a Fortune 500 company is one of the largest facility management providers of services in areas such as electrical and lighting, facility engineering, HVAC and mechanical, janitorial services, parking and transportation.Senior Systems Analyst managing Daily Operations, Application Support, SQL Integrations, Problem Assessment and Problem resolution to meet and align with business needsCollaborating, Planning, Testing and Implementing with cross functional teams on Projects and Process Flow Improvements in Procurement, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Payroll applicationsEngaging with Business Partners and cross functional teams to elicit, organize and create business requirements and business process modelsExcellent organizational and prioritization skills to manage multiple communications, tasks and on-time implementationsStrong Analytical skills to assess problems and recommend solutions for problem resolutionStandardizing and maintaining Change Management processes assuring compliance for SOX Audits

Broadview Heights, Oh

Client Advanced Graphite Materials LLC a world leader in graphite material science and serving the railroad, vehicular and construction markets with extruded, molded or iso-molded carbon and graphite materials, graphite powders and particles.Project Manager implementing M1 ERP application for Procurement, Financials, Supply Chain, Sales and CRM modulesCoordinated and Managed external business partner during the ERP selection, budget and contract processCollaborated with Subject Matter Experts and Cross Functional teams in design and eliciting business requirements for new business processes, data migrations and data conversionsMentored and assisted in creation and/or update of Standard Operation Procedures, Training and Training MaterialsEngaged with System Matter Experts and Cross Functional teams in creation of Testing Scripts and coordinating Testing Sessions Managed and tested integrations for Financials and Supply Chain Planning

Parma, Ohio

Graftech International Inc. is a global manufacturer of graphite electrodes and petroleum coke and delivers highly engineered services for customer-first solutions with approximately 1.3 billion in annual revenue.Project Leader on a global team implementing Corporate Financial, Production Scheduling, CRM and EDI applications and ERP IntegrationsLiaison for Business and Technical teams for the creation of Technical and Functional requirementsEngagement with IT Management, Business and Technical teams regarding Change Management Processes and documenting Business Process ModelsImplemented Integrations for the following systems: JD Edwards (ERP), Financial Consolidation, Payroll, Treasury and Production Planning resulting in business process automation Spearheaded data conversions and migrations, implemented and integrated systems such as Treasury, Financial Consolidation, Accounts Payable, Procurement, CRM, ERP, EDI and Production SchedulingParticipation in Kaizens utilizing Six Sigma tools introducing process improvement recommendations and streamlining in Procurement and Accounts Receivable applicationsCollaborated with Cross Functional Teams and IT Management in assessment and recommendation of solutions for business process improvement and problem resolutionIT Team Leader for Procurement and Accounts Payable on several implementation teams for MacPac and JD Edwards ERP packages providing integrated ERP packagesSupported Procurement and Accounts Payable for North America and Europe over multiple AS/400’s resulting in efficient business processes delivering value to the BusinessSupported Payroll involving data integrations to Kronos, ADP and internal JDE ERP General Ledger making certain payroll processing was accurate and completed on timeExecuted training of the business user community in new business processes ensuring they were proficiently utilizing new software and business workflows