Melanie Jacobson Email & Phone Number

Mpls, Mn

Managed small/medium projects for E-commerce vendor software to support new products, and new broker dealers. Included software configuration, forms requirements, and testing.Participated in transitioning outsourced development work and testing in house to E-commerce team saving $100,000 in two years.Senior analyst on project to get clients checks to the bank sooner, when buying a policy. Process mapping completed and use case facilitation. Cost savings were $2 million in 3 years.Initiated a study group of Allianz BA's to prepare for the CBAP exam. Facilitated weekly meetings and assignments. All 10 analysts passed the exam.

Managed the Haagen Daz IT support group for application development , and support of 24 sales offices, 15 distribution centers, and 2 plants and headquarters.Managed the legacy systems integration to SAP finance. This eliminated redundant data and improved processing efficiency.Consultant on the SAP PLM project. Migrated both Pillsbury and General Mills packaging products from legacy systems to the new PLM. Support costs reduced by 25% in one year.

Project manager for consolidating Mervyn's, Department Stores and Target to transportation common systems, overseeing a 7 million dollar budget.Developed RFP(request for proposal) for truckload consolidation software, made selection, and implemented from a manual process to an expert system. Target's first year return was $2 million.Facilitated JAD sessions for Distribution to determine warehouse needs. Led project through all phases to completion.