PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Senior SAP Project Manager, managing SAP manufacturing projects for Pharmaceutical & Gas & Oil clients; 13 years SAP Project Management, 5 years SAP FI/CO technical configuration; 15 years IT/QA Business Analyst (financial). Have managed / upgraded 6 SAP manufacturing installations, through Global PMO offices, using ASAP Methodology; clients have been large scale, global international, multi - divisional firms
• Current with SAP ECC 6.0 (including Data Migration) 6 global SAP ASAP installations as PM; strong on global delivery model
• Strong integration experience for core modules: FI, CO, SD, MM
• SAP Supply Chain expert
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook), Project, Visio
• Strong knowledge of System Development Life Cycle methodology
• 9 years corporate Financial Management background prior to SAP
• Have worked well with business managers in developing solutions workshops
• Solid background in core modules: FI (new GL, esp. Chart of Accounts structure ), CO (Cost and Profit Center Accounting, COPA)
• Ability to work with and support multiple levels of corporate chain of command with high level communication skills, esp. in dealing with Project Stakeholders
• SAP releases 4.6C, 5.0 and substantial ECC 6.0 project experience
• Created “best practices” documents, establishing full range of Systems Development Life Cycle for management presentations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New Brunswick, NJ

Senior SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Active, multi-time zone discussions with local staff
• Presented Business Process impact of the project on BMS to senior executives.
• Organized SAP PMO guidelines for client
• Conducted pre-project kickoff meetings with all Stakeholders:
• System interconnectivity, up and downstream of project
• Presentation of SAP WBS Structure, and other toolsets / repositories as needed for project
• SAP Supply Chain discussion with Stakeholders
• Creation and management of executive dashboards as part of project
• Active regular interface with project stakeholders and users on issues
• Direct intervention on several FI and CO issues, when they threatened project timeline; worked with these Team Leads to keep project on track

Confidential, Wayne, NJ

Sr. SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Utilized ASAP Methodology to set up the SAP conversion project, from Peoplesoft to SAP ECC 6.0, under PMO direction
• Met with Stakeholders to define project scope and user requirements prior to Project Kickoff; impact of new GL on financial users discussed
• Provided SAP Financials as needed, esp.
• Initiated plan for extensive BW reporting needs, as aided by SAP business analysts
• Participated in QC review of Upgrade Project Plan, to ensure compliance with corporate policy / procedure / and HR requirements
• Developed & Presented Live Cutover Plan
• Used SAP ChaRM as change control tool
• Reviewed entire internal SDLC documentation & recommended upgrades to manufacturing SOPs.
• Set up in-house user SAP sessions & assisted in writing new SOPs & updates. Fed Financials structural input into overall Project Plan (Microsoft Project), as part of consolidated systems documentation. Wrote a risk analysis / impact assessment report to identify the highest risk systems as to cost of upgrade vs. elimination

Confidential, West Paterson, NJ

Sr. SAP Global Project Manager / Financial Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Gathered input structural data from user departments to build financial layout; built Customer & Vendor Master Files for AR and AP
• Assisted in resolving supply chain problems prior to SAP installation
• Worked with users on B2B and BI reporting
• Followed up architectural acceptance with cooperation on corporate Test Plan, and assisted in carrying out Test Plan through final acceptance testing
• Architectural financial methodology was adopted for the new Pharma manufacturing facility in North Carolina.
• Discussion with HR users to analyze value of converting to SAP HR

Confidential, Tyson’s Corner, VA

SAP Global CO Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• CO Architect / Configurator to initiate discussion and review of upcoming SAP upgrade to Cost Accounting functionality, as it impacted the Refining Division, esp. the Beaumont, Texas refinery
• Downloaded FDA discussions and objectives of CO architectural issues, then met with and discussed this material with management
• Constant interface with key project staff, to provide direction and status updates
• Created primary and alternate indexes for Cost and Profit Center Accounting, to provide management with alternate P & L scenarios
• Much improved Cost Center reporting resulted from this SAP initiative

Confidential, Nutley, NJ

SAP FI /CO Global Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Working with CO consultant, created secondary cost indexing for cost / profit center accounting, giving management an alternate set of cost planning tools
• Enhanced interrelationship among Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Treasury functions, resulting in more efficient handling of cash.
• Stakeholders’ view of SAP performance was most positive when this project was completed.

Confidential, Mobile, AL

SAP Project Manager / MSA consultant

Responsibilities:

• Sent with staff for SAP, anticipating MSA / SAP conversion for entire Accounting Dept. across 4 countries (3 divisions - chemical, pharma, & agricultural) and SAP HR.
• Rose to lead SAP Financials effort, establishing close rapport with accountants and financial analysts
• Lead all aspects of testing effort, esp. system, stress and user acceptance testing (Mercury)
• SAP financials conversion successfully delivered on time, reducing the timeframe for the monthly accounting closing of books, from 8 days to 3 days, providing earlier financial results across the board.