Management Manager

James Keefer, MBA

**** ********* ***** ? Lafayette, Indiana 47905

Telephone: 765-***-**** ? Email: abl6he@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Objective

Desire a leadership position to utilize my 20+ years of experience and

background in IT management, Supply Chain Management, People Development

and cross functional business knowledge in the achievement of company

objectives.

Professional Summary

Innovative, customer focused, and results-oriented senior-level Information

Technology professional working in all facets of IT and across multiple

business areas. Strong business knowledge translated into successful track

record leading cross functional teams in development and implementation of

solutions in areas such as Supply Chain Management, ERP systems (SAP,

SyteLine, Promix, AMAPS), and financial management. Expertise in all

areas of application life cycle management, architecture, data resource

management and IT infrastructure. Skilled in developing, analyzing, and

delivering complex solutions in a highly regulated environment across multi-

unit organizations to achieve business objectives. Superior qualifications

in team facilitation, group collaboration, and relationship management.

Highly developed interpersonal, analytical, critical-thinking, and

troubleshooting skills.

Core Competencies

Project Management Customer Service Team Building

IT Strategy/Tactical Business Process Staff Development

Planning Reengineering

IT Infrastructure & Supply Chain Budget / Cost

Architecture Management Management

IT Applications ERP Systems (SAP & Vendor Management

Management others)

Software Lifecycle Business Area Disaster Recovery

Management Operations & Management

Integration

Education & Professional Development

> Master of Business Administration, Indiana Wesleyan University,

Marion, Indiana

> Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Indiana University,

Bloomington, Indiana

> APICS, Business Process Management, Critical Chain Project Management,

Lean Six Sigma

Professional Experience

Eli Lilly & Company Lafayette/Indianapolis, Indiana Oct.

1995 - Present

Multiple roles at one of the world's largest pharmaceutical company.

Departmental Management and project delivery within the Manufacturing value

cycle and R&D value cycles. Transformed business objectives into working

architecture and translated business initiatives into technical solutions

in a highly regulated (FDA, SEC, OSHA) environment.

Associate Consultant - IT

Performed IT account management, project leadership within the R&D focused

on the BioPharma operations. Defined business IT needs and developed

business case justification. Lead cross functional teams to install a

multi-module MES systems.

Clinical Trial Materials Management Manager

Business Role within R&D responsible for the management of Clinical Trials

Materials. Management responsibility for three operational teams: Supply

Chain Solutions Team worked with the IT department to develop supply chain

management solutions and strategy to improve business operations, Label

Design Team was responsible for clinical trial material label design and

language translation, and the PMX Order

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Professional Experience (continued)

Team was responsible for the translation of clinical trial requirements

into product orders and that all materials were ready for production.

Key Accomplishments

. Installation of specialized software and new business process within

Label Design team resulted in 60% reduction in quality review process

within team and Quality Assurance.

. Performed operational analysis to determine the root cause of late

orders was not within the PMX Order Team. As a result additional

resources were not needed.

. Improved IT cost management process to ensure accurate and up to date

tracking.

. Development of long term IT strategy for area.

. Improved team performance across areas.

IT Manager Tippecanoe Labs Bulk Manufacturing

Directed/managed all IT operations at the largest bulk API/Scale up

manufacturing site within Eli Lilly. Site operated 24/7/365 days with a

staff of approximately 1100. Responsible for IT application life cycle

management, infrastructure, telecom, and data center operations to meet

corporate and local initiatives. As IT manager:

> Served as site SAP Service Manager and SAP Release Manager.

> Authored business cases for information/infrastructure solutions to

key internal/external stakeholders.

> Managed vendor relationships/strategic partner initiatives.

> Performed project management and issue resolution to ensure that

business objectives were meet.

> Defined, set, and implemented IT architecture, IT policies &

procedures, and quality standards for appropriate risk management.

> Aligned business needs with appropriate Corporate and industry

standards.

> Departmental budgeting and capital management.

> Establishment of site IT roadmaps, metrics, strategic goals and

vision.

> Employee development, performance reviews, and team building for a

staff of 20+ direct reports.

Key Accomplishments

. SAP Implementation Leadership:

o Member of the Site Lead Team for the installation of SAP;

established direction, designed project plans, resource allocation,

and resolved project issues.

o Led cutover processes, stabilization efforts, all IT site

functions, and "Go-Live" activates for SAP conversion.

o Led a cross functional team to manage the conversion of site

inventory to SAP. Designed process and sourced/selected resources

to re-label 17K drums of material.

o Served as part of Site Readiness Team to assist other plants/sites

in the on-time installation of SAP. Audited project plans, cutover

plans, inventory conversion plans and site training/education

readiness. Proposed changes and incorporated changes to ensure site

readiness to convert to SAP.

o Lead Cross functional team to be the first site to replace Catalyst

warehouse management system with SAP's IM/MM module after go-live

of initial SAP. Conversion process became the model for other

corporate plant sites to follow

. Led site to be first in the manufacturing value cycle to:

o Establish a Quality resource directly responsible for IT Systems.

o Take responsibility for Process Automation data historian (DH)

systems.

o Wireless network for business computers at a manufacturing site.

o Install multiple global IT Systems (Provided site IT resources,

project management, and process design).

. Improved IT system quality operations by combining separate IT and

Business quality systems into one site quality system.

. Multiple activities to reduce departmental spend and allocate IT costs

appropriately.

. Developed an Audit/Action tracking system. System helped site stay in

a FDA inspection ready mode. Defined multi-site roll out and support

model to share system with others. Widespread usage across Eli Lilly.

. Establishment of a new corporate software standard for Process

Automation Data Historian systems.

. Invented a Manufacturing Data Integration System (Data Warehouse)

concept adopted as the company-wide standard for all manufacturing

sites.

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Professional Experience (continued)

. Reduced cost, effort, and improved compliance in following Computer

System Validation standards.

. Reduced Telecom and Infrastructure IT costs and decreased system

outage risks

. Multiple systems and process identified and shared as company best

practices.

TRW Commercial Steering Division Lafayette, Indiana

Feb 1985 - Oct 1995

Senior System Analyst/System Analyst

Performed IT application development and support for manufacturing systems

in a multi-plant division. Key Accomplishments

. Multi-site implementation of MRP system

. Custom development of an inventory management system that interfaced

with MRP and Financial Costing system

. Custom development of Manufacturing Execution System (MES). System

used bar code and laser technology to create product component

genealogy and provide key operational data.

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