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Professional
Experience
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1998
- Present – MAG Industrial Automation Systems - Giddings
& Lewis Machine Tools,
Fond du Lac
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WI
Leader SAP Development - Sales & Distribution, Customer Service
Responsible for leading all phases of functional development and support
for the Sales and Distribution (SD) and Customer Service (CS) modules of
SAP for five (5) successful go-lives with multiple locations in 3
countries. This included the Prep, Blueprint, Realization, Go-Live and
Support phases.
- Partnered
with fellow team members and peers from our European facilities to
ensure a consistent baseline configuration.
- Worked
with key users at businesses to understand and develop SAP business
processes that met the needs of the organization.
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Organized and led requirements gathering workshops.
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Organized and led process validation workshops.
- Interfaced
with ABAP and other technical development personnel to specify and
develop all necessary interfaces to existing legacy systems.
- Developed
all Business Process Procedures, user training, and on-line help
documentation.
- Performed
analysis, design, and testing of new reports and programs requested
by the businesses.
- Constructed
and executed test scripts used with automated testing tools.
- Configured
all sections of SD and CS including - Enterprise Structure, Pricing,
Availability Checks, Output Control, Partner Determination, Text
Control, Credit Management, Sales Order Types, Item Category Types,
Schedule Lines, Copy Control, Sales Support, Shipping, Billing,
Customer Service Organization; Customer Service Order Types.
- Led
Master and Transactional Data Cut-over activities.
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Facilitated meetings to define data to be brought
over to SAP.
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Developed CATT programs and Test Scripts necessary
for data loads.
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Supported users during data validation tasks.
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Executed programs and scripts to load the necessary
data.
- Managed
and executed various process improvement and organizational change
projects - including; Service Order project creation re-design,
Regional Marketing Organization restructure for our England
business, Customer Hierarchy Pricing, Re-organization of Assembly
System businesses, Data Extracts for various systems, 4-4-5 Fiscal
Year change, Profit Center Business Split.
- Contributed
to the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) implementation.
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Performed configuration related to WON reasons,
Status and Industry codes.
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Implemented changes to Segment Builder to allow for
reporting based on Industry codes.
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Developed all work instructions and training
presentations.
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Trained users and coached them on the proper use of
the system.
1996 -1998 Giddings & Lewis Motion Control,
Fond du Lac
,
WI
Leader - Aftermarket Part Sales
Led a department of Order Entry and Purchasing Analysts responsible for
fulfilling customer orders for Electrical Control parts.
- Responsible
for all department management functions.
- Resolved
customer issues, and when required, negotiated equitable solutions
with our customers.
- Developed
and met Sales Plan for Aftermarket Part Sales.
- Led
department members through process improvement steps necessary to
eliminate non-value added activities.
- Encouraged
and provided a learning team environment where everyone was given
the opportunity to succeed.
- Developed
and adhered to department budgets and ISO9001 procedures and Work
Instructions.
1996 - 1997 Giddings & Lewis Motion Control, Fond du Lac, WI
Leader - Computer Systems Support
Responsible for leading a department of individuals accountable for
supporting all computing systems and networks at ThyssenKrupp's Controls
Automation business unit.
- Planned,
implemented and achieved long range department goals and short range
projects.
- Developed
and adhered to department and company budgets.
- Responsible
for all department management functions.
1985 -1996 Giddings & Lewis Motion Control, Fond du Lac, WI
Leader / Project Manager / Developer - Software Development
- Responsible
for technically leading Software Engineers through all phases of
software development for the Flexible Manufacturing Product.
- Reviewed
Customer Contracts and provided cost and availability estimates for
all new features.
- Interfaced
with all necessary departments to define total system requirements.
- Performed
Project Management for major software developments and provided
technical direction for engineers involved in large scale projects.
- Developed
software for various Control products using C, FORTRAN, Pascal,
Assembly, PLM, Snobal, Basic and Machine code.
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