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Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Leverage expertise in business transformation to drive product enhancement, system integrations, anduser and customer experience solutions for the makers of Sam Adams, Truly, Angry Orchard, DogfishHead IPA, and Twisted.
• Play an essential role in fostering change management within the enterprise by spearheading theadoption of new standards, practices, and technical tools. Regularly monitor project milestones andprogram deliverables.
• Oversee 13 direct reports within technology, operations planning, supply chain, customer service, and transportation groups. This includes scrum masters, product owners, and application developers.
• Own proprietary platforms for online beer distribution including mapping, requirementsplanning, design, testing, and troubleshooting. Additionally, applied MuleSoft, SAP, Power BI,and Data Lake to streamline an.
• Successfully led a large-scale system integration to Kinaxis RapidResponse solutions. Accountablefor service agreements, administering a budget, vendor relations, and user training.
• Proactively created an IT Center of Excellence (CoE) to support business and technical users indeveloping procedural enhancements to meet user requirements.

Vevey, CH

• Oversaw transformative projects for optimizing information systems collaborating with globaltechnology teams to determine project scope, resources, and workflow planning. Created timelines andforecasted budgets to.
• Led project teams of up to 10 specialists including six direct reports that developed six cutoverstrategies (valued at approximately $30 million). Designed and managed business initiatives forsales and finance teams to.
• Proactively initiated a submittal processing cycle (from systems to banks) that met a criticaldeadline on a $6 million broker payment. This initiative saved the company over $400,000 inpotential penalties.
• Directed and implemented a large-scale third-party management solution (XTEL) for the technical team. Created an IT integration scorecard to monitor interface initiation and progress.
• Integrated a cloud-based promotion and management tool that connected XTEL to SAP and SAS.
• Piloted the first global business team integration of the Service Now advanced business case platform; implementing faster issue resolution and approval process, automated analytics and reporting. Enabled our Digital.

Vevey, CH

• Managed three diverse regions and approximately 40 team members supporting supply chain technology integrations. Collaborated with a global team for reconciliations, cutovers, and testing. Acted as a trusted liaison.
• Successfully managed the complex migration of three systems to centralize one of the world’slargest ERP systems, valued at over $50 million. Completed the deliverables on time and withinthe forecasted budget navigating.
• Served as an influential Agile supply chain consultant analyzing and configuring a new scale-outsystem consisting of two 24-terabyte boxes used for the Americas zone. This inaugural processwas completed successfully.
• Acted as an agent of change by driving continuous improvement in logistics that includedintegrating SAP solutions (ERP with Hybris, TM, and EWM), reducing migration errors from 23 tozero throughout 20 cycles.
• Implemented fiscal statutory documentation and tax simplification processes that alleviatedseveral issues with formalized transactions of equipment and merchandise from Brazil.

Vevey, CH

• Supervised four direct reports delivering process improvements in demand and supply planning.Conducted weekly and monthly operational reviews with leadership teams utilizing KPI reportingmetrics.
• Collaboratively re-evaluated the four areas of supply chain management (location, production,inventory, and transportation) to simplify an SAP change implementation. This improvedcommunications among operational teams.

Paris, FR

• Managed the SAP Master Data implementation group for two plants in North America. Controlled monthly processes for the transportation of new products using SAP (r/3, APO, & BW), and providing reports for all.
• Migrated the Canadian market from a Push Flow to a Pull Flow supply chain strategy that increased last-second deliveries while minimizing inventory.
• Instrumental in removing all non-relevant data, resulting in the deletion of over 4,000 obsolete products (over 20% of the domestic catalog).
• Renegotiated a contract with a large MRO (maintenance, repair, and operations) supplier, that saved 22% on services while creating a developmental opportunity for indirect purchasing.

Dublin 2, IE

• Controlled project work plans for large-scale manufacturing and inventory management enterprises, including a large SAP ERP implementation for North American facilities.
• Delivered a cross-divisional, transformation program for a Fortune 500 company, leveraging numerous technology platforms (SAP, AspenTech, and i2) to support long-term growth prospects. Presented with a Client.

Dearborn, Michigan, US

• Efficiently supervised a staff of 10 hourly employees at the Livonia Transmission plant. Responsible for the scheduling of co-packing deliveries, production forecasts, material substitutions, storage & handling.
• Successfully reduced inventory levels in general stores by approximately $2 million by reducing lead times from suppliers and establishing guidelines for retaining parts (critical & non-critical).

Dearborn, Michigan, US

Coordinated the assembly and production of parts with manufacturing supervisors in order to meet the demands of the Ford Customer Service Division and arranged timely and accurate delivery of all parts to specific distribution centers throughout North America. Planned and orchestrated delivery of parts to specific consignments needed by the plant for hot.

Dearborn, Michigan, US

Administered a study that determined recruitment needs and marketing strategies for car-haul carriers in the United States and Mexico in order to increase potential employment.Developed a time table and guidelines for storing pre-production vehicles on site at vehicle assembly plants.Built profitable, mutually beneficial relationships with many different.

Mba, Business

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Industrial Engineering