AMY KORDUS

**** * ****** **, ********, WI ***** 414-***-****

adyus1@r.postjobfree.com

Motivated, passionate, strategic and creative thinker, seeking a position in a leading organization, contributing business value by developing and executing strategic, long-term visions, while leading the organization to achieve measurable business results and growth. A strong desire to transform “as-is” organizations into “to-be” market and industry leaders.

EXPERTISE

Large Scale ERP Implementation

Business Management Systems

Business Process Development

Program & Project Management

Operating & Organizational Models

Agile Transformation

Digital Marketing Experience

Negotiate Contracts with Suppliers

IT Business Management

Tools Consolidation

Methodology Development

PROSCI Change Management

Strategic Planning, Partnership and Execution

Cross-Functional Leadership

Employee Development & Mentoring

Operations Experience

Analytics and KPI metric reporting

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified

SAP 4Hana Integration

EXPERIENCE

2022-PRESENT

PROJECT MANAGER

MILWAUKEE METROPOLATION SEWER DISTRICT

Provide best practices and business recommendations to MMSD to align processes with organizational strategies

to manage the implementation of Oracle ERP.

Manage projects end to end to ensure requirements, gaps, migration, and training plans ensure successful deployment while ensuring business continuity.

Develop training documentations and facilitate training to the business users as well as customers and suppliers.

Facilitate PMO related meetings and advise on project management and ERP implementation best practices, where appropriate to mitigate risk to the District and project including project standups, Project Management Office (PMO) and sponsor meetings, executive steering committee meeting, etc.

Monitor contract compliance with system integrator to Statement of Work (SOW)

Manage project plan, status reports, and key project issues and risks, and provide recommendations on resolution where appropriate.

Educate and train the IT department on best practice implementation

Champion project and change management methodologies by providing the processes, structures, and tools for individual project management and program management across the transformation.

Manage project expectations and effectively communicate status to key stakeholders.

Develop best practice to consolidate and implement new Sharepoint repository.

2012 - 2021

DIRECTOR BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION SAP

Avnet technology solutions/tech data

Lead a multi-location team to manage business processes and attached tools and systems (approximately 20) for a $7B line of business to align processes with organizational strategy.

Champion project and change management methodologies by providing the processes, structures, and tools for individual project management and program management across the transformation.

Ensure business case, requirements, and future growth plans are aligned with budget and business needs.

Manage projects end to end to ensure requirements, gaps, migration, and training plans ensure successful deployment while ensuring business continuity.

Serve as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders to manage the governance, strategy, quality, and execution of business transformation.

Collaborate with various IT departments on behalf of the business, suppliers, and customers to ensure alignment with the technology roadmap.

Monitor and measure Customer Satisfaction for delivery of new application

Negotiate new contracts with suppliers for new tools and supplies required for projects

Mentor and develop a team of 30+ employees

Serve as a trusted advisor to provide process improvements to help reduce the cost to serve for finance and operations teams

Develop strategic plans and set all priorities for IT groups to ensure return on investments are met

2010-2012

SENIOR STRATEGIC CHANGE LEADER

Avnet Technology Solutions

Responsible for the cutover, conversion and business readiness to an $85 Million SAP ERP system. Managed project, contracts, and implementation strategy to ensure successful deployment.

Worked with executives to identify, create and implement effective change management strategies and plans that enhance the opportunities for business success when implementing change.

Provided expert facilitation, applied process knowledge and effective leadership to multi-level cross-functional teams that enables the successful execution of strategic projects.

Facilitated project planning, created and monitored project plans and managed the process to completion for the identified deliverables.

Identified and effectively utilized appropriate data analysis techniques to identify the root cause of process issues to determine the most appropriate method for improving the performance (i.e. lean, Six Sigma or process redesign, etc.).

Worked with customer and supplier partners to improve processes throughout the supply chain.

Facilitated customer advisory councils and customer/vendor strategy sessions and quarterly business reviews.

2008-2010

DIRECTOR, SUPPORT OPERATIONS

Avnet TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Directed North American financial operations policies and objectives through supplier collection efforts for ship and debit payments

Reduced or eliminated all aged liabilities through supplier negotiations and process improvements.

Ensured accuracy and collections for over $700M per year in ship and debit claims/collections based on the T&Cs outlined in the contracts.

Managed Avnet TS NA Supplier Rebates $200M in NGP Revenues.

Implemented process controls and improvements in alignment with global best practices.

Ensured SOX requirements were followed through acquisition integrations.

2004-2007

MANAGER, INVENTORY

Avnet TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Managed daily operations of P130 warehouse, including processing all integrated and non-integrated receipts.

Coordinated with carriers for daily shipments.

Established Sarbanes-Oxley and ISO procedures documentation for warehouse operations.

Established cycle count procedures reducing quarterly physical inventory variances to less than 0.18% absolute variance.

Established proximity warehouse to account for $4 million average monthly inventory levels.

2001-2004

MANAGER, OPERATIONS

DExm corporation

Managed 10 direct reports, 150+ in-direct reports within manufacturing, operations and quality departments.

Achieved budgeted and long-range goals and objectives including: Financial budget of 95% efficiency levels of employees and Labor budget of 95% direct labor of employees.

Implemented continuous improvement to increase on-time customer delivery to 98.5% Reduced or eliminated all aged liabilities through supplier negotiations and process improvements.

Managed 30+ Manufacturing employees

2000-2001

MANAGER, AEROSPACE INTEGRATION SALES

dexm corporation

Created and managed revenue generating sales initiatives with Tier I and II aerospace customers with 25% sales growth year over year.

Managed 10 sales personnel and directed activities to control quarterly and annual sales programs for new implementation programs.

Planned and developed project goals, work plans, implementation strategies, and budgets for implementation of new supply chain management opportunities resulting in on-budget, on-time meeting of sales objectives.

Planned, facilitated, and conducted business meetings with customers and internal personnel to obtain customer feedback on implementation and new customer/program on-boarding.

1997-2000

MANAGER, SUPPLY CHAIN AND MATERIALS

dexm corporation

Managed and monitored 16 shipping, receiving and purchasing personnel.

Analyzed business conditions and industry trends to determine purchasing requirements.

Purchased materials, supplies and service required to meet customer orders and delivery commitments.

Managed and established long-term agreements to reduce soft costs and materials cost with quality suppliers by 20%.

Controlled and monitored inventory levels.

Achieved record high annual inventory turns of 10.5 per year.

Controlled inventory levels to a 0.25% total annual variance.

EDUCATION

MAY 2005

BACHELOR OF ARTS, ALVERNO COLLEGE

MAJOR: MARKETING MANAGEMENT

MINOR: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

TRAINING

CBAP ROADMAP

CHANGE MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION

GREEN AND YELLOW BELT CERTIFICATIONS

CERTIFIED ISO AUDITOR

LEAN SIGMA CERTIFICATION

8D TEAM ORIENTED PROBLEM SOLVING

INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP IN SOUTH AMERICA (BRAZIL AND PARAGUAY)

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