Larry Bean Email & Phone Number

Hershey, Pennsylvania, Us

Current: Director IS M&A, focusing on Strategic ProgramsMatrixed people management of mostly large teams on mostly larger projects and programsProject and Program Management and Director work (most recent first) includes:* ERP Transformation (SAP S/4 HANA) Deployment lead and PMO membert* Led IT integration of Krave Jerky* Initiated work on Integration of China acquisition and Allan Candy* Program managed / Directed IS reinvention to re-arrange and re-focus more than 250 IT employees and 250 contractors to support Hershey's H20 aggressive growth vision

Hershey, Pennsylvania, Us

Current: IS Program Manager in Global Delivery, focusing on M&APeople management: * For 5 years, led an IS Applications Testing, Quality, Training team of 10-15 persons located in the U.S.* For 2 years, led an an SAP ABAP Center of Excellence of 5-8 persons located in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.Diverse project management work (most recent first) includes:* Led IS team through Due Diligence and Integration of Brookside Foods into Hershey* Co-designed and led blueprint, realization, implementation of SAP for large West Hershey Plant expansion* Co-designed and program managed startup of Global Shared Services team of 200+ at The Hershey Company* Co-designed and led blueprint, realization, implementation of SAP and other IT applications for Monterrey plant startup* Led Manufacturing applications team during SAP implementation in Mexico locations* Co-Led Integration of acquired company in Mexico* Led refresh of PCs and Servers to all company locations* Led design and implementation of warehouse software in California distribution center* Led conversion of several thousand local phone lines in all Hershey area locations to new service provider * During SAP initial implementation led process/tool design and implementations (problem, change, asset management)

Started as programmer/analyst, working in the Store Systems group. Moved quickly to Systems Analyst then later Project Manager, working on and managing various aspects of the store system software (think mini-ERP) which ran 1200+ stores' back office (ordering, pricing, email, etc.).As McCrory continued in bankruptcy, briefly managed the Store Systems support group including the help desk and a team of support developers.