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Irving, Tx, Us

Frisco, Texas, Us

Establish the strategic direction of the company's information systems; execute this strategy in collaboration with company leadership.Build, hire, develop and manage a strong information technology team Manage the IT Infrastructure, IT Helpdesk, and Business Systems teamsCreate IT policies and operational procedures that affect the systems’ security, data, operations, and reliability of the infrastructure together with financeIdentifies and recommends new technologies and services that will improve efficiency, processes, and operations; reviews requests for additional services and upgrades, assessing the costs and benefits to the organization.Deliver business results in the areas of IT Operations, IT Security and compliance, Enterprise business systems, business process, and system integrationLead IT strategic and operational planning to achieve business goals including managing a roadmap that will support rapid growth.Prioritize and coordinate project teams for IT initiatives companywide collaborating with a diverse set of stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, People Ops, Finance and Legal.Develop the roadmap to optimize the business processes of Quote to Cash, Record to Report, Hire to Retire and Procure to Pay with the goal of driving more revenue or increasing operational efficiency.Drive the evaluation, deployment, and management of the corporate system architecture and make decisions on current and future IT systems.Evaluate and make recommendations on staffing, outsourcing, purchasing, and in-house development of systems and processes.Manage the information systems budget including making business cases for additional budget and staffing.Build and lead an IT Project and Portfolio Management functionDevelop and execute the infrastructure for scale

Galena, Kansas, Us

Senior Leader and Director of Application Development, Business Relationship Management, CustomerIntegrations, and Information Technology Process Improvement.- Identify digital transformation opportunities across all business processes and applications- Apply multiple process improvement methodologies to help reengineer business processes tomodernize for the digital age- Develop, train, and lead managers in execution of projects, support, and consulting with businesspartners- Responsible for success of all applications such as ERP (SAP), Salesforce, Warehouse andTransportation management, Plant Maintenance, in house develop applications, EHS, and financial.- Responsible for planning, and budgeting of IT projects, and steady state- Program management of the IT Business Projects portfolio- Leader of Robotic Process Automation- Develop IT strategy to synergize with business goals- Vendor Management & Off shore management

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

• Part of the Executive Leadership team with direct leadership of 15 Senior Advisor – Manager level employees, with a total team of 75 in the BPO/IT team.• Lead Business Process across all functions (Commercial, Trade & Risk Management, Plant Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance)• Manage IT and Business Process teams in a global and matrixed organization.• Identify internal and external technology initiatives/trends that could affect the business and its ability to manage within its risk appetite. Facilitates an acceptable balance of risk and rewards by communicating tradeoffs to global/regional leadership.• Utilize knowledge of industry trends to identify business problems that could benefit from a technology solution and opportunities to improve technology productivity and efficiency.• Strategy Leader, leveraging industry trends for business partnering activities, while communicating the vision and strategic direction for delivery and investment of IT services and solutions.• Create Process Governance Framework and performance metrics establish controls and measure execution of business processes• Lead team of 17 Direct reports in a team of 43

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

• Lead all aspects of IT including, budget, projects, emerging technology, ERP system (SAP), Data & Reporting, Infrastructure, and Strategy• Manage IT team including analysts, project managers, database administrators, infrastructure, and application development. (20 people)• Liaison between Business Unit and Corporate Global IT• Partner with Executive Leadership in the deployment of large scale projects.• Provide program leadership for projects between 1-12 million dollars. • Analyze platform and create strategies for process, data and technology to improve business capabilities• Gather, review, analyze and validate Material Master, and Supply Chain Data from legacy systems, to be input into new ERP system. In addition, ensure that data adheres to rules consistent to support process design.• Promote collaboration across the IT service delivery teams and other BRMs to provide first class IT services to the business as one Global IT organization.• Integrate qualitative and quantitative metrics to create reports and scorecards for use in decision support.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Service owner for Defect Management, Code and Config Transports, and Environment Synchronization. Develop processes, strategies, and ensure proper execution of the defined processes. In addition, develop and implement process improvements to continuously improve the process and make delivery of the services more efficient.• Manage a team of 26 Testing and Break/Fix Resources• Lead complex system integrations• Identify and implement process improvement for both core process areas and connected functions• Maintain fiduciary duties of budget for the Testing and Quality Management area• Develop employees including training, promotion, and engagement• Bring on new employees including recruiting, developing job descriptions, and interviewing

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Lead a Software Development team that consists of Application Integration (PI, DI, and EDI), Portal (external and internal, and Data Management / Data Quality.• Lead the Software Development Integration, Data, and Portal teams• Lead portions of ABAP team (data)• Coach and develop employees • Create a high performing team• Develop and maintain portions of the Software Development budget• Define and implement Data, Portal and Application Integration team structure• Collaborate with technology, and program leadership to ensure timely delivery of building, testing and cutover activities.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Data Process Lead:• Take part in design decisions for Material Master, Supply Chain Planning, Material Requirement Planning, Manage Goods Movement and Storage, and Plan to Produce.• Provide status updates on progress of assigned tasks and deadlines.• Work cross functionally with multiple business process areas, as well as functions to ensure full integration of Supply Chain processes and supporting data.• Learn and apply skills in SAP, and supporting systems. • Coach and mentor partners in business as well as project teams to ensure full understanding of supply chain and material master requirements and limitations.Domain Leader:• Develop global data process for Materials, Transportation, Storage, and Supply Chain• Implement data requirements and standards for SAP implementation• Lead governance committee on changes to defined processes• Perform Leadership and Business Unit project Gate reviews• Maintain and follow up on project plans• Responsible for the overall direction and utilization of material data and the implementation of new I/T processes for data.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

Process Design Lead: Supply Chain• Design processes for SAP implementation for Supply Chain Management• Develop ARIS models for process design and implementation• Develop design methods for sub-team planning and execution• Lead sub-teams in design of Planned Production & Detailed Scheduling, Supply Network Planning, Demand Planning, and Sales and Operations Planning processes.• Modeling ChampionSenior Process Improvement Analyst:• Form and establish Process Improvement Team• Implement and lead process development and strategies• Apply Six Sigma methodologies to improving IT as an organization• Develop and lead change leadership strategies• Develop Project Portfolio roles and responsibilities• Perform Project Management for Process Improvement Projects• Mentor and Coach new Cargill employees• Interview and hire employees• Map old processes to new ERP related processes

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Develope SOP's to ensure accurate (to the second) time of production. These also helped ensure uniform production across hundreds of locations. These processes were developed for both existing products in order to improve employee performance and for new items to set initial standards.

Mba, Management And Leadership

Bachelor'S Degree, Mis