Robert C. Rodriguez, Mba, Csm Email & Phone Number

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Supporting the deployment of SAP S4 HANA across the Finance landscape on a multi-year, enterprise wide program having been involved with several successful releases including a software upgrade which included support of business partners across: requirements, changes, risk management, testing, etc.. Responsible for leading team and providing thought leadership across the department for other large-scale initiatives and support for digital transformations. Previously also led team of project managers supporting transformation activities in Record To Report and Acquire to Retire process areas. Involved in end to end process analysis, redesign, requirements gathering as well as portfolio management activities to reduce manual work and create business capacity. Continuing to be a change agent and PMO best practices advocate. Manage department operating rhythm including stakeholder engagement, business partner communications, as well as leadership updates & presentations.

Lead a large team of over 75 employees focused on driving value to the largest US based global customers by delivering operational excellence and exceeding customer expectations. Lead a team of managers, analysts, and support staff in executing the daily mission of performing value added services to ensure customers have a favorable experience. Ensure operational metrics and controls are pursued in order to protect from financial impacts. Lead a lean organization which is nimble and consistently seeks to improve performance metrics.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Agile project lead deploying Office 365 applications to the enterprise. Certified Scrum Master (CSM) leading project team through Agile transformation skilled in Scrum and Kanban. Project involves the development of both on-premises hardware implementation as well as digital transformation to cloud based suite of Microsoft collaboration and productivity suite of software. Leading Scrum ceremonies of backlog refinement, daily stand-up, and retrospectives.

Mooresville, Nc, Us

Business program manager collaborating with business and IT resources to deploy enterprise-wide initiatives in support of Finance, Risk and Retail Store Operations. Leverage PMI standards, Waterfall methodology and Software Development Life-cycle (SDLC) to successfully deliver on cross-functional technology projects of a large-scale and transformational nature. Experienced working in a fast-paced setting and on programs ranging in size from $25MM to $50MM.Engage with business and technical teams to document requirements and create robust project artifacts (charter, BRD, BSD, RACI, Stakeholder Analysis, etc.). Stakeholder and sponsor engagement by creating and delivering presentations to multiple audiences. Preparation of project status reports including financial project performance leveraging PeopleSoft Financials and Clarity. Creation of project governance and gating materials and successfully taking programs through stage-gate. Communications planning and execution in support of full project realization. Team leadership, mentoring, and team recognition. Process mapping of current and future state leveraging Lean Six-Sigma tools and BPMN process flow methodology. Risk and issues management in a portfolio and program setting as well as completing change requests. Lead UAT planning and execution during test phase working with business and Quality Services to ensure performance and low defect counts with projects achieving pass rates of 98% - 99%. Results: Chip Card deployment program delivered on time and on budget meeting compliance requirements and securing cost avoidance. Cyber Security program phase 1 (largest phase) completed on time and on budget resulting in enhanced enterprise security. Process improvement effort resulted in roadmap to reduce cycle time by 50%.

Memphis, Tn, Us

Led the Program Management Office (PMO) for the Latin America & Caribbean Division in charge of creating a long-term aircraft and market strategic roadmap. Close cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders at world headquarters and in field offices overseas. Facilitated meetings with officers, directors and peers to discuss business cases supporting program. Oversaw all tasks and milestones by project engineers supporting initiative. Assisted in creation of all network plans. Managed the requests for information (RFI) from other departments regarding program. Leveraged expertise from subject matter experts both technical and business. Created and fostered open dialogue and positive relationships between headquarters and divisional office often arbitrating and assisting with prioritization efforts. Results: created first ever five-year strategic business case road map to guide transformation of express network.Selected by Regional President to lead FedEx disaster relief missions to Haiti. Point person and project lead for this large scale, high impact visibility effort. Developed and executed project plan. Set up command center operations. Monitored and reported on project performance. Leveraged supply chain to obtain goods, stage, package, organize transportation, and secure delivery to local agencies. Communicated to upper management regarding project vision, goals and achievements of milestones. Obtained buy-in from key stakeholders on approach. Close engagement with project sponsor, regional president. Highest honor award received, Bravo Zulu, from CFO and Regional President. Results: hundreds of tons of medical and relief supplies delivered through coordination of over a dozen FedEx and partner carrier aircraft.

Bonn, De

Manager, Finance Office for Americas Region in charge of consolidating results and reporting in SAP Business Warehouse environment. Deep dive into variances in actual vs. plan results. Preparation of quarterly forecast. Report writing and distribution of accounting reports using SAP.Controller, Financial Projects. Promoted from Sr. Financial Analyst to team which led SAP deployment to implement this ERP throughout the Latin American and Caribbean region with a yearly budget of $20M. Created Key Performance Indicators and project effectiveness measures. Implemented measures to report, review and control project spend. Reviewed all consultant contract agreements and reviewed and approved all PO's reporting directly to VP. Played a key project role during a cross-functional corporate restructuring of the Finance and Accounting departments resulting in yearly savings of $5M. Devised and executed a service level agreement methodology to pass thru all back-office support costs among business units. Led a CFO initiative to develop reporting methodologies to shows costs at the geographic sub-unit as well as the product sub-unit.Senior Financial Analyst led the forecast and budgeting for operational stations in the US market. Created and proposed business cases for facility improvements and equipment acquisitions. Reported findings to management along with root cause and corrective action plans.

Miami, Florida, Us

Led project to upgrade JD Edwards ERP system to the upgraded web-version. Led project to develop standards and procedures for new business unit, Royal Celebrity Tours.Collaborated with and supported all external audit activities with PWC auditors. Oversaw accounting and reporting responsibilities for $30M - $50M in annual ship expenses.

Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, Us

Led start up IT Planning department to deploy all infrastructure necessary to prepare the Division for hardware, software and bandwidth needs in preparation for implementation of ERP system (SAP).Led annual budget process to develop ground up annual operating budgets for international operations in multiple countries working closely with International Finance, Operations and Corporate Headquarters. Budgets totaling $10-$50M. Led the development and implementation of staffing database which used operational algorithms to determine appropriate staffing levels improving efficiencies by 25%. Prepared, presented and obtained funding approval on business cases involving corporate fixed asset purchases as well as facilities expansions totaling from $100K - $15M.Prepared asset purchase business case analysis to purchase high value equipment for the operation.

Mba, International Business

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Accounting