Project Management from inception to close

Wendy L Brem

** ***** **** ***** *********, NY **625

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Director of Applications / Project Manager / IT Manager

Professional Summary

A highly driven and successful senior manager with over 20 years of experience in Project Management and Business Analysis. A strategic, disciplined, customer focused business partner committed to delivering superior results, on time and within budget.

Leadership Skills

Project management from ideation to project close.

Business analysis to identify and document business need.

Strong leadership skills including team building and mentoring.

Effective at timely identification of risks and risk mitigation.

Communication across all levels of an organization.

Direct management of internal resources, on-site contractors, and off-site third-party consulting firm.

Detail oriented, organized individual with strong multi-tasking skills.

Proficient in Microsoft Office.

Select Career Highpoints

Application development. Led a cross functional team to analyze and document the requirements from the finance department to implement a set of programs, including interfaces, to automate the processing of electronic invoice information from one of the company’s largest vendors to eliminate manual processes. The results: Delivered the project on time and resulted in payroll expense savings of over $200,000 annually.

Business integration. Project managed the acquisition of four wholesale locations. This included the selection of a new system, implementation of this system, integration with existing ERP system, and training. The results: Delivery of the new software application from inception to implementation in five months.

Project management. Led a 1.5M project to implement a Route Accounting Management System (RAMS) to replace an old DOS-based Direct Store Delivery (DSD) system at Pinnacle’s two leading regional snack businesses. Managed the selection, recommendation and implementation of a system that supported more than 300 route salesmen across 18 regions servicing 15,000 customers. The results: A project payback of the initial capital investment in 18 months.

Workforce Planning. Planned and executed a new structure to the programming team to allow for more flexibility in assignments. The results: Increased efficiency of programmers by 10%.

Professional History

Monro, Inc. (Aug. 2014 – Oct. 2018) Rochester, NY

Independently owned, publicly traded $1.2B auto service and tire provider with more than 1,170 stores and nine wholesale locations across 28 states, serving the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions and portions of the Great Lakes, Midwest and Southeast. The Monro brand portfolio includes ten quality brands, including Mr. Tire, Tire Choice, AutoTire, CarX and Tires Now.

Director of Applications (2016 – 2018)

Reporting to the Vice President of Information Technology, managed and mentored a team of 10+ internal RPG programmers along with a team of 4 open system support individuals. Responsible for applications utilized by the corporate headquarters, warehouses, and wholesale locations.

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Select critical contributions:

Business Integration. Led the analysis and integration of a 2018 acquisition of 4 additional wholesale locations with gross sales of $30M. The Results: Implementation completed on time.

Business Process Change. Facilitated the work to on board new EDI trading partners. The Results: reduced accounts payable payroll costs by two FTE’s.

Technology Deployment. Managed the deployment of the company’s propriety Royal 4 warehouse inventory management system across three warehouse locations over a six-month period. The results: Enhanced internal controls that included improved reporting and analysis of existing inventory conditions.

Applications Manager (2014 – 2016)

Managed the programming staff responsible for enhancements to the applications utilized at company headquarters and warehouses.

Select critical contributions:

Business Integration: Assisted in the integration of a 2016 acquisition which included two new lines of business for the company of commercial stores and a retread plant. Changes were needed in the ERP systems to correctly report on these transactions. The results: New business lines successfully integrated.

Contract negotiation. After completing an RFP for a new electronic data interchange (EDI) system to handle the companies growing EDI needs, negotiated and three-year contract with selected vendor. The results: reduced the companies EDI expenses by over $54K.

Pinnacle Foods Group, LLC…formerly Birds Eye Foods, Agrilink and Comstock Foods (1993 – 2014) 2.5B food company and owner of such leading brands as Birds Eye Frozen Vegetables, Duncan Hines cake mixes, Vlasic Pickles, and Lender’s Bagels.

Began my career with this organization in the sales and marketing department where I worked for 14 years earning several promotions during this time. Started as Sales Support then moved into the position of Senior Trade Administration Analyst, was then promoted to Sales Administration Manager, Sales Reporting Manager, ending my time with Sales and Marketing as a Business Planner. In 2007 transferred to the Information Technology department where I started as Senior Business Analyst within one year I was promoted to Manager of Electronic Commerce and one year after that I was promoted to Manager Applications and Electronic Commerce. In 2010 when the company was purchased by Pinnacle Foods Group, I was retained and promoted to Project Manager.

Project Manager/Business Analysis, IT Strategic Initiatives (2010 – 2014)

Led project teams through all phases of technical projects from selection to implementation. Tracked and reported on project expenses, risks, timeline and activities. Coordinated internal and external resources to achieve a successful conclusion of the project.

Select critical contributions:

Business Integration: During the integration of Birds Eye Foods into Pinnacle Foods group, led the work stream to create interfaces between each organizations ERP systems for order processing. The Results: Successful implementation of the order to invoice process with no disruption to order fulfillment.

Project Management: Managed the project to implement Pinnacle’s ERP system at legacy Birds Eye production locations. This included systems analysis to identify gaps, making recommendation on how to close those gaps, training of users, and go live support. The Results: Successfully transitioned all 4 locations within 1 year.

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Manager Applications and Electronic Commerce (2008 – 2010)

Managed several projects including analyzing technical and functional specifications for accuracy and completeness. Had direct management responsibility for programmers responsible for AS400 application programming and support. Created and maintained $600K expense budget for functional area.

Select critical contributions:

Business Analysis. Supported the implementation of a new trade fund system and ongoing support of this system. Initially was a participant from the business, then transitioned to IT to continue to support system. The results: Implementation of system on time and on budget.

Expense Control. Made changes to providers and processes in the area of electronic commerce. The results: Reduced annual expenses by 63%.

Project Management. Assumed project management responsibility to implement Manhattan Associates’ Warehouse Management System at the Dairen, WI, frozen food warehouse. The Results: Delivery of the project on time and on budget.

Manager Electronic Commerce (2005 – 2007)

Senior Business Analyst (2004 – 2005)

Business Planner (2003 – 2004)

Sales Reporting Manager (2001 – 2003)

Sales Administration Manager (1999 – 2001)

Senior Trade Administration Analyst (1995 – 1999)

Sales Support (1993 – 1995)

Education

University of Phoenix

Phoenix, AZ (on-line)

Master of Business Administration

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, NY (on-line)

Bachelor of Science in Applied Arts and Sciences

Community College of the Finger Lakes

Canandaigua, NY

Associates Degree in Applied Science

Professional Development

Communication Excellence Driving Project Success, PMI, January 2016

Handling Difficult Employee Behavior, PMI, 2015

Project Agile Management, PMI, December 2012

Virtual Teams 1-Effective Project Communications and Control, PMI, December 2011

Affiliations

Member of Project Management Institute since 2007

Certifications

Project Management Professional Certification as of 2010

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