• Developed detailed technical specifications and designs for major system mergers, merging the inventories of two large companies by decommissioning an antiquated inventory system that managed 8 billion dollars’ worth of inventory.• Provided leadership and direction for other members of the Programmer/Analyst staff, with an emphasis on detailed analysis, problem solving, and configuration troubleshooting. • Analyzed and documented business processes that led to process changes, such as assisting in developing system and application architecture. • Strategized with senior management to identify the needs and requirements for programs, by acting as a liaison with Chain Management and Information Systems, which increased IS technology efficiency to ease the business line’s concerns with the release of new functionality.• Maintained code documentation and configuration throughout the system lifecycle by training end-users on established programs, provided on-call support and troubleshooting for multiple software applications.

• SAP Materials Management (MM) testing lead for Q4, responsible for coordinating testing efforts by SAP Manufacturing and Costing, IS Customer Orders Management, Transportation Management, and IS EDI to meet release deadlines.• Tested SAP MM transactions for major and minor releases.• Analyzed new processes and implemented code to handle new Tyson acquisitions (Hillshire, IBP).• Lead the effort to gather the requirements for new Tyson acquisition models and oversaw the implementation of acquisition plants. • Collaborated with the SAP corporate office in the replacement of an aging proprietary application that handled Tyson transportation and sales.

• Travelled to over 20 Tyson production facilities across the U.S to implement the SAP Enterprise Inventory Management (EIM) system where direction and leadership was provided to management to improve the EIM implementation process. • Monitored inventory and ensured essential controls (reports, audits, control cycles) were in place to deliver predictability of business processes by providing testing and feedback to the IS Department for new transactions to ensure SAP releases would function correctly in live production.

• Supervised over 20 team members by developing them in their roles and empowering them to take on more challenges in their career. • Became Lean Champion at plant to help implement 5S practices with maintenance and plant floor, which increased product quality, throughput, and yield, while simultaneously reducing costs and improving safety.• Regularly took initiative to complete various tasks outside of normal responsibilities whilst maintaining an expected level of production.