Sales Project Manager

Brenda Vodicka

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I am an energetic self-motivated individual who facilitates the connection

of people and ideas, making solutions happen. I am a tenacious problem

solver, utilizing innovative and effective solutions for 'resolving

problems for the last time'. When determining the tools required to meet

the business needs, I

effectively communicate on a 'common ground', ensuring concepts and goals

are understood and ownership taken. Through the use of exceptional

interpersonal and communication skills, I actively engage Business

Partners, Technical Architects, and Specialists to solve business problems

and provide technical solutions

in the successful implementation of large scale and complex applications.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

.. Facilitated the business requirements definition and managed the

interfaces required to effectively consolidate multiple business units into

one corporate entity.

.. Developed IBI Business Intelligence solutions and ETL support providing

web based reporting solutions for application scalability and availability.

.. Lead and motivated the efforts of subordinates and peers, instilling

pride in getting the job done right the first time, while providing

estimates and plans that were timely and cost effective.

.. Designed and developed ERP solutions reducing supply/demand analysis

runtimes by 90 %.

.. Developed and maintained complex and critical systems and programs

utilizing SDLC (Full Life Cycle) methodologies, identifying targets and

means for modifications required, and interfaces necessary to achieve

system requirements.

.. Leveraged technical proficiency in the application of skills in COBOL,

DB2, CICS, and MQ.

.. Directed the training of both end users and peers in the application of

technical solutions to achieve system goals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

KOMATSU', Rolling Meadows, Illinois 2009 - 2010

15,000 M global corporation specializing in industrial-use products and

services in the field of

construction and mining equipment, industrial machinery and vehicles.

Business Analyst/Developer

Coordinated business requirements with IT direction to provide contracted

services in business analysis,

system design, and program development, integrating Komatsu's legacy

service parts order entry

application for the accommodation of an additional business unit.

. Modified Komatsu's service parts IMS inventory control applications

utilizing SQL to facilitate

the timely analysis of supply and demand.

. Interfaced order entry through invoices ultimately generated via SAP.

LAWSON PRODUCTS INC., Des Plaines, Illinois 2001 - 2009

$500M global corporation specializing in the sale, distribution and service

of specialty maintenance

products and chemicals through inside sales and independent field

representatives.

Project Manager/Business Analyst

. Integrally responsible for the consolidation of Lawson subsidiaries to a

single operating unit.

Recognized for the task definitions, and cross-platform solutions in the

redefinition of Lawson's

financial, customer administration, order entry and sales history

applications.

. Strengthened the Marketing knowledge base with the implementation of BI

reporting solutions.

Developed launch page requests for reporting, using HTML and Java script.

Developed reports

using WEBFOCUS in conjunction with SQL for DB2 access.

. Utilizing WEBFOCUS / SQL, converted COBOL VSE reporting applications,

supporting

customer administration and sales history to a Sales Data Warehouse

platform.

. Participated in the design of sales, agent and marketing related data

warehouses.

. Managed the centralization of customer master applications from IDMS and

VSAM structures on

VSE to MVS DB2. Modeled and designed the DB2 tables in support of customer

administration

requirements. Re-engineered sales history applications to map to user

requirements. Utilized SQL

to provide the most expeditious access to the DB2 sales data warehouse.

. Resolved discrepancies pertaining to data sources of information and

areas of responsibility,

significantly reducing multiple versions of the same data and redundant

maintenance efforts.

COOPER LIGHTING, Peachtree City, Georgia 1995 - 2001

Manufacturer of high quality lighting fixtures and related products

supplying worldwide commercial,

industrial, residential and utility markets.

Senior Analyst

. Designed and programmed web-based interfaces to Trilogy's E-Commerce

Selling Chain,

utilizing JAVA ASP, and HTML-Dreamweaver. Using IBM's MQ-Series software,

programmed

and implemented the interfaces required for mainframe support. Supported

agent sales support

system written in Visual Basic on a FOXPRO database. Directed the design

and programming of

the Agent Performance Analysis system weighing margins and profitability

based on sales

analysis.

Systems Analyst

. As project leader, directed the efforts of the physical inventory team

from both a technical and

management perspective. Championed and implemented multiple enhancements,

which

significantly reduced the efforts required to coordinate and execute a

multiple plant physical

inventory. Directed efforts to support MACPAC (ERP control system authored

by Arthur

Anderson). Developed, programmed and supported Inventory Management and

Accounting

systems on IMS/DB. Facilitated training classes in the areas of production

and standard costs.

TECHNOLOGIES

.. IBI Business Intelligence - Webfocus

.. Languages - COBOL, CICS, IMS/DB, SQL, MQ-

Series, EZTRIEVE, TELON, HTML, JAVA SCRIPT

.. IBI I-Way Data Migrator - ETL

.. Databases - DB2, IMS, VSAM, IDMS, Access

.. Mainframe - FILEAID, XPEDITOR, TSO, ISPF,

Advanced Query Tool

.. ERP software - Arthur Anderson - MACPAC,

Xantel - AMAPS, IBM - COPICS

.. Application packages - INFO - Walker,

Trilogy - Selling chain

.. PC Software - Visio, Word, Excel

APPLICATIONS

Corporate consolidations, Marketing, Inventory Control and Management,

Customer Administration, Sales

History, Agent Management Systems, Order Processing, Product Cost

Management, MRP.

EDUCATION

Harper Community College, Palatine, Illinois

Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois

Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio - A.S., Computer Science

CERTIFICATION

APICS Inventory Management and MRP

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