RAMIRO VALDIVIESO
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Professional Summary Talented IT professional specializing in leading high-performing and multi-disciplinary teams from product development through successful product launches. Accustomed to managing multiple projects and priorities in fast-paced environments.
Senior Manager at Pepsico with more than 20 years of experience planning, developing and implementing SAP software including major divisional releases and softward version upgrades.
Dynamic Technical manager skilled at developing complex solutions possessing strong creative thinking skills, high energy and integrity. Skills
Business process improvement Change management Risk mitigation and management Results-oriented Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Team player Effective multi-tasker MS Project Code reviews Advanced SAP knowledge Work History
HTML and XML MS Access Program testing software
Sr. Manager, PepsiCo Transformation, 08/2006 to Current PepsiCo Inc. – 555 W Monroe St. Chicago, Il 60616 Deliver Growth by supporting the following Business Process Transformation projects by completing all agreed upon deliverables within established timeline, quality and budget Priorities :
Providing Technical Cutover support as for PepsiCo International projects including THAI Foods, POWER (Europe), SACCAF, CIDRA, MyBuy, EVOLVE1, EVOLVE2 spanning multiple countries including Europe, South America, Asia.
Drive Future SuccessLead Innovation & Continuous Improvement for the SAP ecosystem by evaluating tools, delivering and implementing improvement ideas for solution, process, and operations. Leverage/synergize tools/services between PepsiCo International and North America in terms of Environment Support and ensured documentation was developed and maintained in a common document knowledge repository (eRoom, PepNet)
Technical advisor/leader for I/T and PepsiCo Leadership
Managed large, complex long-term technology projects involving multiple technologies and vendors with broad implications for the IT architecture
Effectively communicated complex technical info to various audience levels across Management, user community and junior staff members.
Build others skill sets by coaching (i.e teaching, mentoring, lunch and learn sessions
Project Manager - SAP, Molex, Inc – Lisle I
Led the development team that created the web and mobile user interfaces for [SAP Global Quotation system]. Tested and implemented new technology-based global projects such as [ SAP R/3].
Wrote maintainable and extensible code in a team environment. Modified existing software to correct errors, upgrade interfaces and improve performance. Consulted regularly with customers on project status, proposals and technical issues. Prepared detailed reports concerning project specifications and activities. Rapidly prototyped new capabilities to confirm feasibility. Directed software design and development while remaining focused on client needs. Worked closely with other team members to plan, design and develop robust solutions in a timely manner. Interfaced with business analysts, developers and technical support to determine the best requirement specifications. Education Accomplishments Worked on 7 major releases for PepsiCo, Tropicana, Frito Lay and Gatorade. Developed many critical objects for these releases . Managed multiple teams both onsite and offshore. Member of quality assurance team to ensure all documents and code are up to PepsiCo and SAP standards. Completed many SPAU/SPDD upgrades for each release. Worked with SAP OSS to implement many oss notes via snote and troubleshoot system issues. Lead many COE initiatives and teams and was responsible for resource allocations.
SOLMAN, CHARM. ECC 5.0/ECC 6.0, SD, MM, FI, CO, PP, TM, HCM, SCM, CRM, SRM. ABAP,SPAU/SPDD /SPAU_ENH Support pack application support, ALV, IDOC, RFC, BADI, BAPI, SMOD/CMOD, User exits, Smartforms/Sapscript,Web Dynpro, LSMW, VOFM, Enhancement Framework (Implicit, Explicit and Composite), OSS/SNOTE, BDC, Tuning and performance, Screen Painter/Menu painter, OOP/classes, Technical Designs, SNOTE, Service Market Place (oss notes, messages).