Professional Summary

Consulting
is a strong project manager leading multiple Procure to Pay and Distribution implementations with more than fourteen years of Oracle functional experience. Regarded as a creative thinker, her work has been defined as benchmark. She has contributed in both Project Management and Consulting Lead/PM roles with expertise in Oracle releases 10.7 through release 12. Beth-ann has success in all areas of deployment, upgrades, training, and post production enhancements and support.

Oracle Application Experience
Purchasing iProcurement Order Management Inventory Advanced Pricing Shipping Telesales Payables Advanced Procurement Sales iReceivables iExpense
iSupplier Sourcing Receivables Contracts

Additional Tools and Skills
HP Quality Center Discoverer SQL Oracle Tutor
AIM eProjects Workflow Sharepoint

Awards

Detailed Procure to Pay Experience

Supply Chain Lead Confidential,Pittsburgh, PA 03/2011 – Present
Senior Principal Consultant, GVI Associates, LLC

Currently working as a solution design lead as part of a supply chain SWAT team creating a full proof of concept solution for Oracle advanced procurement, advanced pricing, order management, warehouse management, inventory, and distribution. Responsible for gathering business requirement, creating current and future business process documentation, gap analysis, solution design, configuration, testing, and presenting an on-going demonstration of the Oracle solution.

Procure to Pay Lead Confidential,Pittsburgh, PA 01/2011 – 03/2011
Senior Principal Consultant, GVI Associates, LLC

Primarily lead the P2P testing effort including test planning, resource management, script preparation, reporting, and issue reporting and resolution. Additional contributions included
Analysis of the business process requirements to drive out application requirements and metrics,
assisting in defining and reviewing requirements for the application, validating the design with the stakeholders to ensure that the design satisfies the requirement, proposing gap resolution options, working with configuration, design, and conversion team members with issue resolution and solution design and completing all appropriate documentation required by the programmers, testers, deployment team, and project management team.

Project Manager/Procure to Pay Confidential,Providence RI 06/2010 – Present
Senior Principal Consultant, GVI Associates, LLC

Delivered a P2P Project that encompasses the implementation of iSupplier, Sourcing, and enhancements to Purchasing and iProcurement. Responsible for all aspects of the project including SOA, project planning, stakeholder reporting, issue management, requirements gathering, gap analysis, solution design, configuration, test script creation, testing, training, and deployment. Process enhancements include supplier management, reverse auctions, online bidding, and complex sourcing scenarios.

Project Manager/Procure to Pay Confidential,Oakbrook, IL 05/2010 – 06/10
Senior Principal Consultant, GVI Associates, LLC

Partnered with the Hackett Group and served as the P2P Expert on a special project focusing on process enhancements for indirect procurement. Responsible for the mapping and analysis of current procurement practices and recommending process improvements with an emphasis on reengineering the current Oracle (R12) solution. Collaborated with Hackett resources to define project strategy, design deliverables, create and lead workshops, as well as make P2P process improvement recommendations, and architect solutions for the next phase of their R12 project.

Senior Business Analyst-Oracle Team Confidential, VA 01/2010– 05/2010

Served as the in house Oracle Functional Lead for a Government Contractor. Responsible for trouble shooting and correcting an existing 11.5.10.2+ instance, implementing new applications and planning for a re-implementation in R12 to start in January of next year. Scope of applications includes Procurement, Finance, Inventory, OM, Advanced Pricing, Supply Chain, and MRP. Current major initiatives include implementing the iSupplier Module (currently preparing for CRP), serving on the 170 Systems Team (Markview), developing and implementing a new item strategy, developing and implementing a procedure for outside processing, and various other projects.

Project Lead/Procure to Pay Confidential,AL 02/2009– 8/2009
Senior Principal Consultant, Solutions-People, LLC

Served as the P2P Functional Lead for the first phase of a business unit on-boarding into an existing 11.5.10.2+ instance. Scope of applications included Purchasing, iSupplier, Sourcing, and Procurement Contracts. Responsible for requirements gathering, gap analysis, solution design, configuration, test script creation, QA testing, training and Conference Room Pilot. Additional work on design and testing for new business requirements which also included Order Management, Advanced Pricing (configured for use with both Purchasing and Order Management), and Inventory.

Project Manager/Procure to Pay Confidential,FL 05/2008 – 02/2009
Senior Principal Consultant, GVI Associates, LLC

Responsible for the design, planning, and execution of a project to implement iSupplier, Sourcing, Procurement Contracts, and new functionality in Purchasing and Advanced Pricing. In addition, working with the client on BPR and best practices in the areas of vendor management, contract management, and general procurement. Managing all aspects from project schedule, resources, requirements gathering, gap analysis, solution design, configuration, test script creation, QA testing, training, Conference Room Pilot, User Acceptance Testing, and Go-Live. Client will go-live in an 11.5.10.2+ environment with development work being done in both 11.5.10.2+ and a release 12 environment as client is looking to start a re-implementation project in the next year.

Project Manager/Procure to Pay Confidential,FL 01/2007– 10/2007
Senior Principal Consultant, GVI Associates, LLC

Worked on a two part engagement with Pinellas County which includes an upgrade from 11.0.3 to 11.5.10 and a re-implementation of Oracle 11.5.10. Manage the consulting team on the documentation of current business processes and customizations and writing corresponding RUP Use Cases with recommendations for process improvements and more efficient use of Oracle Applications including Financials, Advanced Procurement, Projects, Grants, and Human Resources. Personally delivered the Procurement business area in addition to project management duties. Also provided the consulting support for the Procure to Pay area for the successful upgrade from 11.0.3 to 11.5.10 including configuration modifications, testing management, issue resolution and on-going post-production support.

Procure to Pay Special Project Lead Confidential,VA 0/2006 – 01/2007
Senior Principal Consultant, GVI Associates, LLC

Responsible for the design, application configuration, testing, documentation and project management of an initiative to move a segment of the business from the client’s legacy system to Oracle Applications. Scope included Inventory, Purchasing, and Payables.

Detailed Order to Cash Experience

Order to Cash, CFA Lead Confidential,MA 2/2006 – 5/2006
Senior Principal Consultant, STA Worldwide Inc., IL

Served in dual role as Customer Facing Application Lead and advising Order to Cash 10.7 to 11.5.10 migration. Developed Proof of Concept for the use of Oracle Quoting, Contracts, Advanced Pricing, and Order Management. Met with stakeholders to develop POC scope and gather requirements, designed solution, configured demo environment, delivered POC presentation and documented final position paper with recommendations. Delivery on the upgrade included all aspects from project management, configuration, issue resolution, testing, and 11i training support.

Order to Cash Functional Consulting Lead Confidential,VA 8/2005 – 1/2006
Senior Principal Consultant, Global ERP Solutions LLC, Denver, CO

Managed two project teams simultaneously while delivering specific solutions for critical issues. This was phase 3 of the implementation in the next two sections of my resume. Most significant contributions made in extending Advanced Pricing for complex requirements. The scope of both deployments includes full manufacturing, WMS, and integration to customized Oracle Financials. In addition to project responsibilities, providing on-going assistance to other businesses previously deployed.

Education:
B.S. Business Administration.