Ray Alan Thompson

acesqw@r.postjobfree.com :: McDonough, GA :: 770-***-**** (cell)

SUMMARY

Strategically focused 30+ year IT professional. Effective leader

possessing the ability to facilitate positive change by implementing

department and project objectives that drive down costs and maximize

profits while remaining on time and under budget through utilization of

strong analytical and problem solving skills. Take pride in developing and

maintaining strong teams that add value to the organization.

. Managed and/or Participated in 6 complete ERP implementations (4 were

SAP)

. Managed over 50 SDLC projects in diverse environments

. Developed and managed full time staffs of up to 45 IT Analysts

. Responsible for annual departmental budgets >$5 million

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

YKK Architectural Products (AP) in Macon, GA 05/2013 - 05/2014

Senior Project Manager - (1/2014 - 5/2014) contractor at Macon, GA

residential facility

Managed the analysis and recommendation of a Fenestration Industry ERP

Application for the company's residential window manufacturing business.

Responsible for: the gathering of User Requirements Specifications,

development of Request for Proposal (RFP) documents, identification of

potential Vendors, facilitation of RFP responses, demonstration,

evaluations, and subsequent system recommendation based on best fit and

cost benefit analysis results.

Areas included: Quote to Cash, Plan To Produce w/ Shop Floor control & MES,

Requisition To Pay, and Financials

MIS Manager - (5/2013 - 12/2013) at Dublin, GA commercial facility

MIS Manager responsible for all daily application needs and technical

services for this major manufacture of commercial store fronts, wall

systems, doors, and windows. Responsible for hiring and developing

department's human resources. Managed several IT projects including

implementation of a MPLS Intranet across 10 corporate facilities. Developed

and maintained annual Expense budgets and Capital Investment plans >$2.5

million for all IT related needs to support the million plus square foot

production facility. Supported all business processes including purchasing

of aluminum ingots and subsequent molting, casting, extrusion into

profiles, fabrication, storage, shipping, and financials.

Coca-Cola Refreshments in Atlanta, GA 09/2011 - 05/2013

Senior Project Manager contracted through resource vendor Talent Logic,

Inc, Kingwood, TX

Project Manager responsible for merging Coca-Cola Enterprises' and Coca-

Cola North America's SAP APO planning processes into the single APO

instance of Coca-Cola Refreshments (a newly formed corporation) and the

utilization of the Supply Network Planning's Optimization processes.

Responsibilities included development and management of a 18+ month Project

Plan containing 14 business go-live events across North America and the

resources involved in change management, design, configuration,

development, testing, training, deployment, and on-going support of the

geographical regions as they went live.

Johnson & Johnson in Fort Washington, PA 02/2011 - 09/2011

PMO - Project Manager contracted through resource vendor GROM Associates,

Inc, Flemington, NJ

One of four PMO team members leading a SAP ECC 6.0 implementation in the

McNeil Consumer Healthcare division of J&J, the manufacturers of products

such as TYLENOL, BENADRYL, and SUDAFED. Responsibilities include status

tracking, management of the project's change management process utilizing

SAP Solution Manager/Charms, plan and coordinate the project's User

Acceptance Testing, Business Simulation, and Process Performance

Qualification utilizing HP Quality Center and RWD uPerform applications.

This project required a strong emphasis on plan details, heavy

documentation of system validation, and had to exceed all regulatory

compliance requirements. Scope included: Plan to Produce w/ Shop Floor

control & MES, Requisition to Pay, Plant Maintenance, & Quality Management

Stryker Orthopaedics in Mahwah, NJ 09/2010 - 12/2010

Project Manager contracted through resource vendor Maestrics Consulting,

LLC, Indianapolis, IN

Stryker is a medical device company, which manufactures Shoulder, Knee, and

Hip joint replacements. I was responsible for the gathering of User

Requirements Specifications, development of (RFP) documentation,

identification of potential Vendors, RFP response evaluations, and Vendor

selection for the implementation of an enterprise Manufacturing Execution

System. This MES application was needed to integrate with Stryker's Oracle

ERP system and 10 other manufacturing applications such as the Enterprise

Document Management System (EDMS), Environmental Control System, Quality

Log System, Computer Numerically Controlled system, and several MS Access

database applications.

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Private investing, Conyers, GA 08/2008 - 08/2010

With the challenges in the economy, I decided to supervise some private

investments while taking the opportunity to further my education.

Clarkston Consulting, Atlanta, GA 01/2007 - 07/2008

Project Manager - Principal (1/2008 - 7/2008)

Responsible for the management of full Software Development Life Cycles

(SDLC). This included interfacing with customers to define Supply Chain

Management (SCM) requirements, specifications, costing, and timing

necessary for the successful implementation of project objectives.

. Participated in several SCM Center of Expertise projects analyzing and

refining Clarkston's strategy for marketing opportunities with Program

Management Office and ePedigree.

. Assisted an existing pharmaceutical client in selecting a MES application

package by developing evaluation criteria for fit analysis.

Considerations included interfaces with production schedules, labor

applications, and electronic connections to production lines for

monitoring times and volumes.

. Participated in Requests for Proposals (RFP) responses by developing

Client Proposals containing MS Project workplans with resource and

spending schedules. This included the development of Statements of Work

(SOW) & Service Level Agreements (SLA) documents.

Project Manager (1/2007 - 1/2008) for client Stiefel Laboratories in

Duluth, GA

A privately owned pharmaceutical company, I managed the efforts of the 9-

member Plan To Produce team participating in a full SAP ECC 6.0

implementation. This project was Phase One of a Global implementation. We

targeted business operations across all the Americas, which included 15

countries and 4 languages. The Plan To Produce team was responsible for the

reengineering and standardizing of the project's SCM processes including

Forecast, Demand Planning, Long Term Planning, Production Scheduling,

Capacity Planning, Finite Production Planning, Material Requirements

Planning, Procure to Pay, Purchase order Processing, Manufacturing, Batch

Management, Quality Management, and Electronic Signature Management.

. While managing the Plan To Produce (PTP) team resources and activities, I

maintained the Microsoft Project Plan along with all entries and related

uses of SAP's Solution Manager tool. Responsible for applying GxP

principles and standards to all PTP design aspects. Responsible for

project documentation necessary to meet FDA validation requirements.

Facilitated User Requirements gathering sessions, design meetings, test

plan execution, and development of training documentation.

. Liaison between all functional teams and 3rd party Security Vendor,

collaboration with other teams for the definition of Job Roles, Security

Roles, and Training Roles used with RWD uPerform application. Assisted

with Warehouse Management implementation by interviewing WM resource

candidates.

Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Atlanta, GA 06/1989 - 03/2006

Senior IT Manager / Project Manager (1/2004 - 3/2006)

Collaborated with business Vice Presidents and executives to determine IT

strategy, direction, and prioritization for all supply chain manufacturing

applications within North America's $13 billion Consumer Products

businesses. Managed a matrix organization of 30-45 IT application analysts,

overseeing day-to-day administration of ERP functionality. Facilitated

Change Management at several levels including IT department, business

management, and user communities.

. Management responsibilities for the following IT processes: Materials

Management, Inventory Control, Stock Transport Orders, Quality

Management, Batch Management, Advance Planning and Optimization, Sales

Forecasting, Collaboration, Inventory Strategy, Master Production

Scheduling, Distribution Requirements Planning, Capacity Planning, Finite

Production Planning, Material Requirements Planning, Procure to Pay,

Manufacturing Execution Systems, and Warehouse Management including all

RF hardware & software being used with SAP WM.

. As Senior IT manager of both Manugistics and SAP SCM applications, I was

accountable for moving Collaboration, Demand Planning, Capacity Planning,

and Master Production Scheduling functionality from Manugistics to SAP's

APO module. I participated heavily in requirements gathering and design,

then as time permitted in the testing, training, and go-live support

efforts.

. Generated annual cost savings of over $250K at two manufacturing

facilities and over $1 million at four other facilities by leading a team

in the implementation of a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) along

with strategic placement of PLCs, RF devices and use of RFID tags. Worked

side-by-side with production teams on the shop floor to redesign

processes to improve labor performance, machine run-rates & utilization,

and reduce waste; meeting the goal to achieve leaner manufacturing and

inventory control environments.

. Collaborated with my IT Vice-President & Directors in managing my

department's annually budget of over $5,000,000 plus all capital budgets

for Supply Chain Management (SCM) projects.

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Georgia-Pacific Corporation (Continued)

IT Manager / Project Manager (1/2000 - 12/2003)

Managed project teams of up to 60 members responsible for completing

numerous IT initiatives. Managed IT support staff, which included members

of Materials Management, Security Administration, Help Desk, Production

Planning, and Warehouse Management within the SAP application.

. Saved the company over $2 million per year and was recognized with the

Chief Information Officer's Eagle Award for successfully implementing SAP

Warehouse Management at all 15 Dixie facilities across the US & Canada

and SAP Materials Requirements Planning at the 15 Dixie facilities along

with 7 Tissue/Towel locations; reengineering business processes to be

more efficient and reducing capital. Investigated and help initiate use

of RFID tags.

. Formed IT security team that redesigned and implemented a role-based

security structure, using newly upgraded SAP functionality that became

the cornerstone for satisfying the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

. After being declared a Pulp and Paper Monopoly by the U.S. Government, I

was selected by senior executives to manage the SAP IT portion of a

divestiture project worth $3.6 billion that was completed under a tight

timeframe in order to prevent the shutdown of assets and costly fines.

Received the Chairman of the Board's Circle of Excellence Award for this

accomplishment.

. Chosen to oversee the SAP Help Desk Team, successfully increasing initial

call resolutions from 25% to 75% & improving customer service ratings by

expanding the team's knowledge.

Lead Analyst / Project Manager (1/1995 - 12/1999)

Provided an advanced level of analysis, design, and problem resolution

while leading and mentoring other team members during projects and daily

support requirements to fill gaps in application flow.

. As a replacement Project Manager, turned around a failing $300 million

acquisition project, completing it on time, under budget, with no

disruption in service.

. Led a six member IT team, which designed and developed a self-updating

data repository using SAP's Business Information Warehouse (BW) module.

Implemented online analysis tools and dashboards to more thoroughly

evaluate business performance. Awarded second place in the annual U.S.

Smithsonian Institute's Advancement in Technology competition for the

innovated design of this self-updating data repository automatically

driven by changes to SAP's core master data tables.

. Established a broad knowledge of SAP and related business areas by

configuring or leading multiple functional teams: Sales and Distribution

(SD), EDI, and Cost & Profitability Analysis (COPA)

Senior Systems Analyst (11/1989 - 12/1994)

. Application Support Team Lead managing team members' day-to-day

activities.

OTHER RELEVANT IT EXPERIENCE

Nedlloyd Shipping Lines, Atlanta, Georgia Computer Task Group,

Atlanta, Georgia

(1987-1989) Senior Analyst & Programmer

(1986-1987) Contract Programmer/Analyst

Stanley Tools, Covington, Georgia Atlanta Motor

Lines, Conley, Georgia

(1984-1986) Analyst & COBOL Programmer (1982-

1984) COBOL Programmer/Analyst

EDUCATION

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN (2009-2011)

B.S. Information Technology - Project Management

Control Data Institute DeKalb Community

College

Atlanta, GA (1981-1982)

Clarkston, GA (1979-1981)

Certification in Computer Programming

AA Degree focus in Business Administration

KEY WORDS & PHRASES

ERP implementations, SAP, Supply Chain Management, SCM, Lean Manufacturing,

Process Reengineering, Process Redesign, Business Process Improvements,

BPIs, Software Development Life Cycle, SDLC, Sales and Distribution, SD,

Service Level Agreements, SLA, Statements of Work, SOW, MS Project, Word,

Excel, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Electronic Data Interchange, EDI, Cost

and Profitability Analysis, COPA, Business Information Warehouse, BW, BI,

Helpdesk, System Security, Warehouse Management, WM, Production Planning,

PP, Production Planning Process Industries, PP-PI, PPPI, Materials

Management, MM, Manufacturing Execution Systems, MES, Demand Capacity

Planning, Manugistics, Advanced Planning and Optimization, (APO), Quality

Management, QM, Solution Manager, SOLMAN, ECC 6.0, 4.6C, COBOL, PM,

ePedigree, RFID, Program Management Office, Project Management Office, PMO,

SOX, GxP, GMP, Inventory Control, Stock Transport Orders, STO, Batch

Management, BM, Advance Planning and Optimization, APO, Supply network

Planning, SNP, Network Optimizer, Deployment Optimizer, Heuristics, MPS,

DRP, FPP, Material Requirements Planning, MRP, Procure to Pay, P2P,

Procurement, & Purchase order Processing, HP Quality Center (HPQC) and RWD

uPerform, 21 CFR Part 11, 21CFR11

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