Project Manager Management

SHMUEL COHEN, B.S .

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I N F O R M AT I O N S E R V I C E S D I R E C T O R

with over 20 years of experience in IT management

Successful track record in:

Systems Development & Implementation Contract Negotiation

System Support Leadership & Development

Project Management Talent & Performance Management

Sourcing and Procurement Budget Management

Strong leader, who builds, develops and managed teams of IT professionals to meet

business

objectives in merchandise, logistics, HR, payroll, and financial systems.

Excellent interaction with all levels of Senior Management and suppliers.

Technical skills: Mainframe, UNIX, Web Servers

Business Experience

H U D S O N B AY C O M PA N Y 1996 - 2012

Systems Development Director, 2009 – Present

Responsible for directing a team of four information services managers and 25

information services professionals in the ongoing development, maintenance and

integration of the company’s financial, HR payroll, Intranet, and big ticket item systems.

• Responsible to develop and maintain both departmental and project based

budgets.

• Oversaw the successful implementation of common HR, payroll and Oracle

financial systems, subsequent to the acquisition of HBC by Lord and Taylor,

leading to a 25% reduction in ongoing maintenance costs.

• Directed and managed the development of a new Big Ticket item system, with a

capital budget of $3M. The system was implemented into 95 Hudson Bay retail

stores across Canada.

• Manage the integration of off shore resources into the ongoing support team,

decreasing the annual support cost by 40%.

• Led the development and integration of a web based application being used by

the Hudson Bay Company vendors. The implementation resulted in a 30% cost

reduction and quicker, more efficient accounting and approval processes.

Senior Manager, Oracle ERP, and Merchandise Systems, 2003 – 2009

• Led the development, testing, and implementation of the Oracle E-business

suite.

• Managed the stabilization and optimization of the Oracle E-business suite,

achieving all Service Level Agreements (99% system availability).

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• Led the development, support and implementation of the Hudson Bay Company,

Oracle RETEK System and the EDI system. Supporting 3000+ EDI partners.

• Played a key role in the due diligence process, reviewing outsourcing options for

the on-going support of Oracle ERP systems.

• Key participant in the outsourcing negotiation, transition and implementation of

the Oracle systems support.

Project Manager Merchandise and Logistic Systems, 2000 – 2003

• Led the development, testing and implementation of the Hudson Bay’s Oracle

Retek merchandise system, and the merchandise receiving system..

• Supervised the support and continued improvements of the Hudson Bay’s

Merchandise, Logistic and EDI systems.

• Improved the system’s availability, performance and efficiencies by collaborating

with information services technical teams and senior business management

teams on key priorities.

• Achieved 15% reduction of the logistical costs by implementing a number of

systems that improved the business efficiencies.

Project Manager Financial Systems, 1996 – 2000

• Led a team of information services professionals in the ongoing support of

Hudson Bay’s Oracle financial systems.

• Led and managed all the Financial Systems’ Y2K activities.

• Introduced new procedures and systems to achieve timely and accurate financial

results.

• Worked with internal, external and government auditors to review the company’s

financial results and reports.

Education and Professional Development

Bachelor of Science- Computer Sciences

Technion University, Haifa, Israel

Selected Courses: Project Management, Time management, leadership, a number of technical courses

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