Michael Burch Email & Phone Number

Florida, United States

Tampa, Florida, US

• Managed the performance of and mentored team members, conducted performance appraisals, and coordinated priority of assignments to consistently meet customers’ needs.
• Led department budgeting activities for SAP S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, and other applications.
• Led numerous software and support contract negotiations including contract reviews.
• Managed numerous IT projects using a hybrid of methodologies.
• Managed several external consulting vendor relationships.
• Provided professional level evaluations of a wide variety of Accounting, Legal, and Human Resources applications.

Tampa, Florida, US

• Led software and support contract negotiations including contract reviews.
• Managed numerous IT projects using a hybrid of methodologies.
• Managed several external consulting vendor relationships.
• Provided professional level evaluations of a wide variety of Accounting applications.
• Implemented numerous automation solutions supporting the Accounting business team.
• Designed and managed SQL databases for Accounting.

Dublin, Ireland, IE

• Managed the performance of and mentored team members, conducted performance appraisals, and coordinated priority of assignments to consistently meet customers’ needs.
• Led conferences with global supply chain and plant materials management leaders to showcase recommended new functionality and process improvements.
• Implemented global, single tenant SAP ECC on cloud as a brownfield solution.

Fort Lauderdale, FL, US

• Managed the performance of and mentored team members, conducted performance appraisals, and coordinated priority of assignments to consistently meet customers’ needs.
• Planned and Managed the SAP ECC implementation for a plant in Russia. Including scope definition, goal and milestone setting, detailed task tracking, and conflict resolution.
• Solution architecture oversight and coordination of technology direction and strategy for purchasing, inventory, and security.
• Led implementation efforts for a dozen global sites onto SAP ECC 607 on-prem. Countries included US, MX, BR, MY, RU, and IN.
• Implemented SAP Personas and Concur.
• Implemented global Purchase Order approval solution including a SQL dB, form, and approval workflow.

St Petersburg, Florida, US

• Led business systems analyst functions for the Materials Management area on many SAP ECC projects and implementations.
• Worked with project teams using Agile scrum, Waterfall, and SAP ASAP methodologies.
• Updated stakeholders on the progress of each project with professional presentations and detailed reports.
• Worked with other engineers and developers to coordinate effective design solutions.
• Implemented Quotewin Request For Quotation and Quote tracking system.
• Implemented SAP PLM and SAP SRM modules.

St Petersburg, Florida, US

• Managed supply chain for assigned customers and commodities in support of manufacturing schedules.
• Acted as a liaison between the sales organization and the commodity buyers to escalate and resolve supply chain and issues.
• Trained department team members in procurement theories, policies, procedures, and Microsoft Excel. Coached team members on resolving supply chain shortages and price negotiations.
• Designed, created, and maintained the intranet sites for the procurement and human resources departments.
• Provided intensive troubleshooting support to the purchasing team and related functions in all of the supply chain systems.

Germantown, MD, US

• SAP ERP 4.6 super user for Materials Management and Production Planning modules.Strategic commodity team chairperson duties for a wide range of commodities including: semiconductors, passives, sheet metal, plastics.
• Liaised with engineering teams on multiple high profile set top box and satellite internet programs. This included product costing, ensuring adherence to key supplier programs, and communication to Operations executive.
• Global manufacturing support & material sourcing.
• Special recognition: saved over $47 million in materials savings between 1999 and 2004; selected by the VP of Materials to lead a team responsible for improving purchasing processes, appointed to lead EDI trading.

Spartanburg, SC, US

• Managed the supply chain for all electronic component commodities, contract negotiations, and order management.
• Trained procurement team members in the operation of QAD Manufacturing Pro software and ISO-9001 procedures.

US

• Contract negotiations and Order Management for assigned commodities in accordance with Government FARs and DFARs. Commodity assignments ranged from passive electronic components and hardware, to cables and office.

• Helped manage purchasing activities with medical suppliers. Received and delivered orders to the labs & scientists.

• Received and delivered orders to the labs & scientists. Shipped lab kits and supplies to labs & field personnel.

Bachelors Of Science, Business Administration

Associates Of Arts, General Studies