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• Project coordinator and lead to implement, in collaboration with a consulting team, ERP implementation of Microsoft Dynamics GP in conjunction with Salespad.• Functional lead in the Trade and Logistics area of inventory, sales orders and purchase orders.• System documenting and testing to ensure current business processes can be recognized and accomplished.• Project planning to ensure multiple warehouses and multiple companies can be accommodated in the system setup while looking to the future for additional company growth.• Coordinate the preparation of the system and data for the transition from the legacy system to GP.• Prepare and supply training documents to educate the appropriate internal customers in their modules via the web or in a classroom environment including definition of associate roles and security settings

Montreal

Until its sale to Compugen Inc., I was a self-motivated Operations and Business Analyst for Metafore Technologies, a company having close to 800 employees and revenues of more than $250M across Canada.Reporting to the VP of Operations, I worked closely with various teams across the organization including IT, Sales, Operations and Accounts Payable to provide further support to the ERP implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX. Reporting capabilities were enhanced to support internal and external clients. The role also required continued system testing and documentation for internal users to realize further system improvements and efficiencies.

Montreal, Canada

Selected by the Senior Management of Hartco to co-lead the the company wide implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX.The role represented the supply chain aspect of the organization resulting in the consolidation of six internal systems into one ERP system. Functions included the documentation of the company's as-is state, identification of potential modifications, testing, user documentation and user training.

Montreal, Canada

Reporting to the President and COO, I worked closely with various teams across the organization including IT, Warehousing and Distribution, Purchasing, Finance and Accounts Payable to provide support to the Hartco reseller networks which included Metafore, MicroAge, Nortwest Digital, CompuSmart and Microserv. Special bid pricing, generation of timely internal and external reports, improvement of operational efficiencies and business processes via system enhancements were some of the supported activities.

Montreal, Canada

Reporting to the President, I worked closely with various teams across the organization including IT, Warehousing and Distribution, Purchasing, Finance and Accounts Payable to provide support to the Hartco reseller networks which included Metafore, MicroAge, Nortwest Digital and Microserv. Automation of processes including the special bid pricing, pricing claims and product returns were some of the supported activities.Management and performance evaluations of six teams of associates was performed while saving the company money and improving the bottom line.

Montreal, Canada

Reporting to the President, I worked closely with various teams across the organization including IT, Warehousing and Distribution, Purchasing, Finance and Accounts Payable to provide support to the Hartco reseller networks which included Metafore, MicroAge, Nortwest Digital, Compucentre CompuSmart and Microserv. Focus was on the business processes for product returns were examined, documented enhanced and further automated resulting in a $250K annual savings upon implementation.

Montreal, Canada

Selected by the Senior Management of Hartco to co-lead the the company wide implementation of Oracle. The role represented the supply chain aspect of the organization. While the project was terminated prematurely, the business insight became valuable to the organization's processes.Functions included the documentation of the company's as-is state, identification of potential modifications, testing, user documentation and user training.

Montreal, Canada

Reporting to the President, I worked closely with various teams across the organization including IT, Warehousing and Distribution, Purchasing, Finance and Accounts Payable to provide support to the Hartco reseller networks which included MicroAge and Compucentre.Purchasing and inventory control were originally the areas of focus. While the company was growing rapidly, the challenge was to improve processes while automating them. Adding additional team members to the distribution team as well as coaching the existing team also played a major role. Having the right products at the right time was continually being enhanced in support of the growing franchise network of resellers.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Major / Minor In Applied Mathematics And Computer Science

Started Concordia University to get a Specialization Degree in Applied Mathematics and changed to a Major / Minor in the second year.

D.E.C., Pure And Applied Sciences