Project Manager Management
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Sameerah Perryman
Powder Springs, GA 30127
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OBJECTIVE A career with an innovative and leading edge group where I can continue providing procurement leadership to
business clients, improving business processes through operational excellence, collaborating with
diverse work groups and continuing my success delivering business value to clients.
PROFILE A highly qualified and dedicated professional offering versatile strengths and a record of successful job
performance. 14+ years of Procure-to-Pay, SAP R/3 Materials Management and SAP Supplier
Relationship Management (SRM) for indirect procurement, system support management, project
management, driving global procurement standards and implementing value-added business processes
and team-oriented ventures.
• Develops new insights into solutions that result in organizational improvements; promotes a work environment that
fosters creative thinking, innovation and rational risk-taking…
• Seeks to meet critical objectives while considering the impact of those decisions and activities on the ability to
achieve long-term goals…
• Focuses on the critical few objectives that add the most value and channels own and others' energy to consistently
deliver results that meet or exceed expectations…
• Relentlessly seeks, shares, and adopts ideas and best practices and embraces change introduced by others…
June 2010 – August 2013 The Coca- Cola Company / Global Information Technology
Atlanta, GA
GLOBAL PROCUREMENT SOLUTION QUALITY MANAGER
• Responsible for the overall sustainability of the production systems for Procure-to-Pay/Indirect Procurement
• Manage team of 15-20 global production support resources to respond to indirect procurement and accounts
payable incidents according to priorities aligned to system availability and business satisfaction
• Leads projects with clear communication plans (scope and objectives), status updates to leadership, risk
assessments and contingency plans for each project
• Lead effort to centralize procurement globally to streamline and reduce total spend
• Delivers SAP/ERP production solutions on time and on budget with the highest level of quality
• Provides leadership in gathering and prioritizing global business requirements
• Manage client relationship to ensure performance levels are adequately met/supported
• Provides escalation management and expertise to high risk incidents that impact wide spread user bases, risk to
customers or vendors
• Governs and organizes testing and defect resolution for SAP Releases that impact P2P/Procure to Pay (Indirect
Procurement/Accounts Payable)
• Approves and controls all SAP production change requests to ensure proper testing, risk/impact analysis, and
business alignment
• Partners with Procurement Business Unit and Global IT to transform business requirements for new functionality
or enhancements and deliver solutions with the least amount of impact to production systems and an emphasis on
reducing corporate risk
• Problem management expertise in analyzing high visibility incidents and partnering with key stakeholders to
determine solutions that reduce defects and business impact
• Collaborates with cross functional teams within Senior leadership, Global IT, Business units, Finance units, to
ensure all vendor relationships and system standards meet the aspects of company standards
• Provide timely and actionable information for corrective actions to be taken where necessary to both the vendor
and end users
• Provide direction and assistance to cross functional teams to achieve KPIs established and meet the targets and
goals of the company
• Consult with and influence senior management and other stakeholders across a wide variety of functions to meet
deadlines and business expectations
• Operational Excellence expertise defining business problems, measuring results, improving processes and
controlling the environment
November 2003 – June 2010 The Coca- Cola Company / Global Information Technology
Atlanta, GA
GLOBAL SOLUTIONS DELIVERY SPECIALIST
Managed global procurement support for all indirect purchasing (SAP R/3, SAP Supplier Relationship Management-SRM)
North America, Canada, Europe, Asia and Africa; Managed procurement support for all temporary services of
approximately 3,000 users (non-SAP tools and its interface with SAP) for North America and Canada. Systems trainer of
all indirect purchasing for SAP SRM, and non-SAP tools and their interface with SAP.
• Provided procurement support (e.g., break/fix, business consulting, minor enhancements, monitoring, testing) for
SAP, SRM, Temporary Services Applications, and Travel Management business applications to Global
Company/Bottler associates or third parties in order to maintain their productivity level (including international
break/fix support).
• Managed the rollout of global systems project deployments/implementations by developing and facilitating
ongoing end-user training (including the development of tutorials and job aids) throughout North America,
Canada, Europe and Asia
• Supervised offshore production support resources
• Lead effort to centralize procurement globally
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams and senior management on status of systems projects in order to allow
them to implement contingency plans if necessary.
• Monitored end-to-end for SAP, SRM, Temporary Services Applications and Travel Management in order to
proactively identify or resolve problems in accordance with operational standards and procedures and to ensure
global application availability based on service level objectives.
• Provides global end user procurement training: development of training plan, material and execution
• Managed client engagement with company’s preferred Temporary Services vendors
• Designed and developed test plans (e.g., test objectives, test cases, test data, test scripts) for executing unit,
integration, system or acceptance testing in order to ensure system solutions meets the business requirements.
• Performed system and integration testing including the functionality, performance and fit to ensure that it meets
the original requirements and works within the defined constraints.
• Lead procurement support resource for Accounts Payable Department, VIP Support, Manila support team and
Siemens Group
• Analyzed business requirements (e.g., functional and technical requirements, information need, business
processes) by conducting information-gathering sessions with clients, analyzing the information and prioritizing
the requirements to gain understanding of the business needs.
• Installed, tested and implemented upgrades to existing systems, software tools or infrastructure in order to
support information system infrastructure.
October 1999 – November 2003 The Coca-Cola Company / Business Procurement Center
Atlanta, GA
PROCUREMENT BUYER
• Participated in implementing the SAP solution
• Managed miscellaneous goods and services purchasing in SAP
• Managed temporary supplier relationships
• Provided end user support related to SAP and related non-SAP Tools
• Interfaced with clients and suppliers for issue resolution
• Resolve invoice exceptions
• Conducted training of SAP system and other related tools
• Sourced high-dollar purchases
• Proficient in all purchasing areas within procurement
• Facilitate and manage contracting of temporary vendor suppliers
September 1998 – October 1999 The Coca-Cola Company / Spherion Atlanta, GA
INVENTORY CONTROL SPECIALIST
• Produced month-end reports for Inventory Control Manager/Calculating inventory turn rate fill rate, and
cost per line shipped on a daily basis
• Track and monitor approximately 100 vendor purchases on a daily basis. Assist Purchasing Buyers with
inventory issues
• Monitors damages to inventory and work to correct the inventory Manages special projects
• Adjusts purchase orders to reflect over and under productions
• Audits the release process and inventory transactions
January 1996 – August 1998 Vanstar / Operations Atlanta, GA
AREA PROJECT MANAGER
• Recruited, hired and managed 100+ technical training instructors
• Supervised training teams nationwide
• Formed and maintained client and vendor relations
• Negotiated contracts quotes to maintain profit and loss analysis
• Formed controlled and managed all special projects
• Generated, and charted all costs related to projects
• Managed purchase order system
EDUCATION 1990 - 1993 DeVry University Atlanta, GA
Bachelor of Science in Business Operations and Management
LEADERSHIP IT Service Management (ITSM) – Certified 2007
SKILLS Member of Americas SAP User Group (ASUG)
Six Sigma Training
Project Management
Operational Excellence (OE) – Certified 2013
Leadership in Training Facilitation
Leadership in Training Development
Business Systems Consulting/Client Engagement
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