Experience

Homewerks Worldwide

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Implementation

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  Leading the organization in the implementation of a new ERP, WMS, & TMS cloud platforms. Leading the organization in the implementation of a new ERP, WMS, & TMS cloud platforms.



PLZ Corp

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• IT Director - SAP

  • Oct 2021 - Apr 2022

  Managing a team of functional and technical experts to support and enhance SAP business processes.• Responsible for all inbound and outbound EDI transmissions to both customers and external systems. Leading a team of analysts for customer onboarding and day-to-day support issues.• Managing internal, external, and offshore resources, both functional and technical.• Accountable for all system upgrades, patches, enhancements and production system support.

• IT Manager - Supply Chain

  • Jun 2019 - Oct 2021

  Responsible for all supply chain SAP support and enhancements and lead for new plant integrations.• Primary configurator for MM/PP/QM modules in SAP. Synchronized configuration and processes from 21 separate SAP Plants.• Simplified routing creation and maintenance business process for a discrete manufacturing environment. Responsible for design and rollout of custom tools in SAP. Provided better visibility to capacity constraints as well as improved user experience.• 3 full life cycle pant implementations, from discovery to hyper care.• Configured and implemented Long Term Planning and Flexible Planning to aid the SIOP process.



Vistex

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager, Solution Delivery

  • Oct 2018 - Jun 2019

  Delivering Vistex solutions and providing project management to ensure that deliverables are met on time, within scope and budget.• Activities including: documenting the business process, objectives, requirements and the project planning activities necessary for a successful Vistex solution implementation• Manage the day-to-day project activities for both on-site and off-shore Vistex resources• Work closely with Vistex business partners to ensure there are no gaps between project scope, requirements and deliverables. • Provide open and honest communication through regular status reporting to both Vistex and business partner & senior management. • Work closely with the Vistex business partners to identify resource requirements from the business side and incorporate those activities into the overall project plan.



CONTAX Inc.

• Canada
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Manager

  • Apr 2015 - Oct 2018

  Providing functional, technical and project management consulting services to clients throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe while coaching and mentoring junior resources.• Responsible for maintaining and building new client relationships.• 12 full life cycle plant implementations. Roles varied from lead resource to project manager.• Managing projects and resources at multiple clients, in multiple areas: procure to pay, production planning, capacity planning, material management, sales and operations planning, warehouse management, data migration, variant configuration.• Utilizing SAP’s implementation methodology to track milestones, identify risks, and monitor budget.• Developed a custom forecasting solution in SAP to aid in the sales and operations planning cycle.• Utilized SAP’s enhancement framework to develop client specific solutions. Solutions include data validation, shelf life management, and email notifications.• Skilled in creating multiple types of outputs from SAP: smart forms, sap script, pdf, zebra labels, and stylesheets.• Experienced in the following industries: food and beverage, technology, weapons, pharmaceuticals, chemical, steel and fitness.



Army National Guard

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• SGT, Motor Transport Operator

  • Oct 2012 - Oct 2018

  Providing leadership for soldiers while accomplishing the mission. Awarded the Army Achievement Medal for being recognized as the Distinguished Honor Graduate during Advanced Individual Training. Providing leadership for soldiers while accomplishing the mission. Awarded the Army Achievement Medal for being recognized as the Distinguished Honor Graduate during Advanced Individual Training.



World's Finest Chocolate

• United States
• Sporting Goods Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Supervisor, Supply Chain

  • May 2011 - Apr 2015

  Supporting both Supply Chain Planning and Logistics team by acting as a change agent, leading projects, and providing a statistical forecast that drives demand in SAP. Supervision of the load planner and the load planning process. Responsible for creating queries within SAP, managing batch jobs, and mass maintenance of material masters files. Specific accomplishments include:• Obtained Six Sigma Green Belt, first project resulting in $14,407 in cost savings.• Lead Supply Chain Planning and Logistics in the implementation efforts of SAP ERP 6.0.• Activated ECM in SAP and created a new process to better manage changes to bill of materials.• Developed new SAP’s rules for lead times on personalized labels to allow the vendor to print in larger batches, resulted $80k in cost savings.• Wrote Excel VBA code to monitor demonstrated throughput on the production lines, allowing for more accurate schedules and increased attainment.• Created an Access database to process historical sales information and to forecast ideal shipping locations for future orders, allowing logistics to better predict sales.• Created an Access database to track on time delivery service to the customer and to identify trouble areas.• Implemented new forecasting technique for bulk commodities, 98% overall accuracy in 2013.



Cardinal Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Analyst, Inventory Management

  • Mar 2010 - Apr 2011

  Responsible for demand planning and customer forecasting; supply planning, product deployment and expediting processes; to minimize costs and inventory while delivering on service requirements. Specific accomplishments include:• Mass Maintenance lead for over 45,000 material master records in SAP.• Manage inventory levels valued at up to $36 million.• Responsible for seven just-in-time inventory accounts, maintaining a service level of 99%.• Coordinated inventory for two customer implementation projects, adding $2 million in annual sales.• Supporting two expeditors, working as a team to coordinate stock movement.• Obtained Kaizen Leader certification.• Participated in two Kaizen events, resulting in over $404,832 in cost savings.



US DOE Industrial Assessment Center

• Project Lead

  • Mar 2008 - Dec 2009

  Provide energy audits to industrial facilities, identifying and designing solutions in order todecrease costs and increase profits. Managing multiple projects in parallel to meet deadlines.• Completed 20 industrial energy assessments.• Wrote 43 technical recommendations; identified and quantified $631,081 in cost savings.• Implementation rate of 63%.• Recommended measures will reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by 4,235 tons, equivalent to removing 776 cars from the road.



University of Illinois at Chicago

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Office Aid

  • Jun 2007 - Mar 2008

  Developed student transportation and fleet management reports while maintaining fleet fueling records. • Created an excel based Passenger Report to track utilization of inter-campus bus system.• Reconfigured fueling system for 254 university vehicles.• Inputting over 200 users into Phoenix (fueling software) providing a direct correlation between the fuel and the person fueling allowing management to trace fuel consumption.• Responsible for daily uploading of up to 100 fueling records into financial software.• Billing the city of Chicago for natural gas consumption at UIC pumps, up to $1,500 monthly.• Assisted in the reorganization of parts room to reduce inventory and vehicle downtime.