Manager Project

Nicole Gregory

Akron, OH *****

**********@*****.*** 330-***-****

Project Management

Devoted to successful leadership of high impact projects and programs

Results-driven project management professional with comprehensive experience in project planning, budgeting and implementation. Deep understanding of how to utilize technology and resources, both on and offshore, to deliver enterprise solutions that meet the requirements of business. Strong hands-on technical skills within SAP and the conversion from legacy systems which include object-oriented analysis and design, data modeling, testing and deployment management. Highly adept at managing large scale international and domestic projects, along with consistently delivering engagements within time and budget constraints. Demonstrated track record leading and motivating technical professionals to achieve high levels of performance.

Expertise includes:

Project Planning

Change Management

Budget Planning

Risk and Contingency Management

Project Management

Project Implementation

SAP Implementations

Talent Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TIMKENSTEEL, 2012 – 2015

SENIOR MANAGER, Pricing and Sales Administration

Led the pricing and contract management organization supporting USA, Mexico and China covering $1.5B in sales revenue reporting through the customer value management organization.

Project Management: Implemented pricing analytics tool, Insight to Profit along with leading a contract management and automatic pricing project utilizing Hyland Software, Onbase Unity Client. Resulting in financial analysis of mix versus pricing, analysis of pricing across contracts, schedules and list pricing along with the automation of pricing eliminating pricing errors and improving consistency.

Improved business processes associated with contract management, surcharge implementation, sales forecasting, and customer survey. Effort led to a 35% reduction in time associated with forecasting along with providing improved analytical tools for forecasting and survey results.

Converted IT systems, including SAP, Hyperion financials and planning along with several other Finance systems from Timken Bearing applications to TimkenSteel as part of the company split. The SAP implementation completed 2 months prior to split eliminating risk associated with other IT conversions.

THE TIMKEN COMPANY, 2006 – 2012

ERP RELEASE PROGRAM MANAGER 2011 – 2012

Led $5M implementation of Brazil, South Africa, Argentina and some US locations into SAP reporting through IT organization. Conversion covered waves 6 and 7. Accountable for company’s ERP extension efforts which included managing project resources, planning, release management strategy and execution, along with budget.

Implemented Material Ledger allowing actual costing analysis along with customized solution to satisfy Brazilian government requirements.

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THE TIMKEN COMPANY – Continued

MANAGER, Execution and SRM 2009 – 2011

Controller for both Project financials and Support financials, $40M. Conversion covered wave 5, the official final conversion from a Timken financial reporting perspective.

Accountable for 800 data conversions, 8K product test scripts and deployment for over 16 international locations along with managing toolsets necessary to run project and business.

Converted 11 legacy sites to the SRM module which included external and internal catalogs (US, Europe, India, Australia, Singapore and China).

Implemented MDM module which included usage for Customers, Vendors and Materials across 16 sites (US, Europe, India, Australia, Singapore and China).

PROJECT ONE PTP FUNCTIONAL LEAD AND CONTROLLER 2008 – 2009

Led implementation of new functional modules, Master Data Management and Supplier Relationship Management for; Romania, France, Mexico and China along with creation of global designs reporting through the SAP project team. Conversion covered wave 4. Controller responsibilities for the project which included forecasting, budgeting, gap analysis, staffing models, estimating models and auditing.

Led team to assist with global implementation of the SAP Procure to Pay area in Romania, Poland, France, India and the US for a $25M implementation.

Developed and implemented several new global processes which included Indirect Materials, Out for Conversion, Scrap Sales, PPAP and Samples, Vendor Returns and Approval processes resulting in ability to analyze data along with standardization and consistency in reporting globally.

SAP SPECIALIST 2006 – 2008

Assisted with GL module implementation of SAP ECC 5.0 in the US which included creation of global process designs, configuration, data conversions, product testing, training and deployment for a $50M implementation. Conversion covered wave 2.

OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE

EXCEL POLYMERS, LLC (SPINOFF OF POLYONE), 1999 – 2006

PRODUCT MANAGER 2006 – 2006

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT / BUSINESS ANALYST 1999 – 2006

WALTCO TRUCK EQUIPMENT COMPANY, 1996 – 1999

COST ACCOUNTANT

EDUCATION

MBA, Finance, University of Akron, Akron, OH

BS, Accounting (Minor Economics), West Virginia Institute of Technology, Montgomery, WV

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