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Fremont, California

Managing Fremont Delivery Hub’s Inbound Receiving and Vehicle Logistics processes. Built an Inbound Receiving process to receive up to 150 plus vehicles a day. Created Bay locations to effectively manage inbound and vehicle logistics process. Manage 7 full lots of vehicles, upwards of 3000 vehicles. Improved Vehicle Receiving Inspection numbers from 3% to.

Pekin, Illinois

• Manually tested and tracked software updates through multiple environment changes based on business requirements. IBM Rational Tools was used to set the framework and structure for testing.
• Built test cases and test plans for system enhancements related to Guidewire implementation, mainframe and custom insurance applications. Validated modifications related to rate, commission and form changes.
• Lead the testing strategy to merge the Pekin Insurance Business to the Commercial Lines IT organization. Including the creation of standard work policy documentation.
• Validated testing for insurance policies related to business property, business auto, worker’s comp and commercial umbrella insurance. Quickly became proficient at creating different policy types on their custom.

Lakewood, CO

• Lead and administer automation training for various corporate customers including Pacific Life, Ecolab, Caterpillar, US Army, Mylan, Amgen. Turnkey Solutions is an automation tool that works with SAP, Oracle.
• Project Manager Turnkey’s Accelerators for SAP, Oracle, and Peoplesoft applications, which are pre-built automated tests provided to customers. Responsibilities included building full end to end automated tests related.
• Mentored End Users on questions and best practices related to test automation of SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft, and Web applications, etc.
• Created Test Automation Framework, Prioritization, HP ALM Structure, Defect Tracking process for First Energy, Amgen, Ecolab, Caterpillar, Mylan Pacific Life.
• Project Planning for Ecolab, Mylan to implementing manual tests into Automated testing.

East Peoria, IL

• Inventory Management/Warehouse Management testing lead. Manually conducted over 1000+ testing steps per week. Coordinated workload balance within the team and with our overseas counterparts.
• Test Manager for the Release testing cycle. Conducted daily startup meetings with entire enterprise testing team. Led daily defect review meetings to coordinate with all teams that documented issues were resolved.
• Turnkey automation software owner for the enterprise. Train others how to utilize the software to reduce system testing time. Lead project team that reduced manual testing hours from 596 hours to 41 hours, resulting in.
• Project Lead to create, document, and implement manual test standards and created HPALM and HPUFT framework for entire organization. Created detailed documents, workflows, and processes related to manual testing.
• Intellicorp Live Compare (SQL based) tool owner and support for the enterprise, 400 active users. Tool designed to compare and analyze data/coding/security, train users on utilizing risk-based testing, which improves.

East Peoria, IL

• Lead and managed six SAP projects custom transactions for 15 production manufacturing locations. Led collaborated effort with the facilities, educated the teams on functional standard work. Wrote the functional.
• Responsible for tracking multiple projects through the Software Development Lifecycle management process (Gathered requirements, work with development, testing, transporting changes, and migrating into production)..
• Developed test cases to manually validate new system requirements or existing system enhancements.
• Functional subject matter expert for SAP software. Educated the production team members on system efficiency and improved productivity at the working level.
• Initiated change management communication with stakeholders. Reviewed changes and ensured user acceptance testing was successful. Discussed plans with the compliance team to validate testing and documentation met SOX.

Mossville, IL

• Collaborated with external vendors for engine facility orders, scheduled the order for the production assembly line. Monitor engine flow through the facility to ensure leadtime provided to customer was met. Built.
• Scheduled overseas shipments for engine orders, as well as emergency air freight orders to insure engines arrived at OEM facilities when needed to not interrupt the assembly line.
• Negotiated rates and rush shipments to meet site requirements.
• Managed Mitsubishi Motors inbound material into the global hub for Caterpillar Third Party Logistics. Utilized a transportation management tool to schedule optimal load plan for inbound material shipments.
• Lead start up process for Mitsubishi Motors returnable container logistics to increase efficiency and reduce waste.

Mossville, IL

• Managed multiple sections within Caterpillar’s global logistics warehouse hub, supervising employees on the shipping dock, receiving dock, emergency order floor as well as specialized storage areas.
• Lead a 6 Sigma project in the bins area to improve storage optimization and inventory accuracy, saving the organization over 3 million dollars.
• Lead union production employees at Mossville Engine Center as a Manufacturing Supervisor in the paint area. Post Assembly Line that prepared and painted over 200 engines per night.
• Managed all assembly lineside logistics, manufacturing tools, manufacturing systems on the Non-Truck engine line which included the assembly of generator, marine, and tractor engines.
• Developed employees for growth opportunities and proactively worked to ensure a safe production environment.
• Led 3rd shift operations, as only management employee on site. Managed as many as 70 production employees at a time.

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