Talent Acquisition Human Resources
Resume:
Lance S. Karren
Phoenix, Arizona 85014 *************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Extensive experience in directing business solution transformations, integrations and implementations, specializing in the retail sector (Albertsons, Safeway, Supervalu, and UNFI) supporting organizations with employee populations ranging from 39,000 to over 230,000. My experience stretches across Human Resources, Supply Chain, and Financial applications with an emphasis on HRIS. Throughout my career, I have held a variety of roles; Sr Director of HRIS, IT Manager, and Project Leader. These projects consist of meeting the business needs for the design or acquisition of replacement systems with a focus on continuous improvement.
My expertise over the years has led me to successfully direct and support HR Information Systems while providing direction on several acquisitions / mergers of various sizes. I have extensive experience in driving business initiatives, project planning, and coordination of implementation efforts. With a focus in the functional and technical components of Oracle’s HCM (HR, Payroll, Benefits, and Financials), UKG Time Keeping, and multiple Talent Acquisition applications (Taleo, Fleetworthy, and First Advantage).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI), Phoenix, AZ
Director – Sr. Director HRIS Shared Services, Jan 2018 – Current
Directing a HRIS organization, consisting of over 50 associates that supports an organization with 39,000 active employees.
Responsible for day-to-day administration and strategic direction for HRIS applications (ATS, HR, Payroll, Benefits, Time Attendance). Assisting the organization in defining the best business model, providing the highest degree of associate experience. Working closely with HR, IT, Finance, and Operations to determine best practices in handling both mergers and acquisitions when they arise.
Assisted in the transformation project to Oracle Cloud in preparation for new financial ERP in 2018.
Responsible for overseeing the quality and release management for all applications supporting HRIS organization. Including working with IT and other business areas to provide direction in implementation, testing and training of HCM applications.
Coordinate and assist with efforts in conducting RFPs with IT in obtaining best in class solutions for HCM (HR, Payroll, Benefits, Union Contracts), Financial, Time Keeping and Attendance, Talent Acquisition, Drug/Background Screenings.
Supervalu, Chicago, IL
Business Solutions Consultant, January 2013 – Jan 2018
Evaluation of new business technologies and solutions, designing the best methods for integration with core HCM solutions. Expert in the design and simplifying the integrations of business software solutions to deliver results for the business.
Independent Consultant assisting in the upgrade from PeopleSoft 8.9 to PeopleSoft 9.2 (HCM).
Technical/Functional Consultant assisting with the design and construction of Manager and Employee Self-Service portal using PeopleSoft Interaction HUB (PIH) using PeopleTools 8.5.3 and 8.5.4.
Responsible for assisting in the review of all Business solutions to include the review of all functional/technical designs and oversee the development for company specific customizations to the HR, Payroll, and Benefits Administration modules from PeopleSoft 8.9 to PeopleSoft 9.2
Independent Consultant assisting in the supporting a conversion of 80,000 employees due to the sale of company.
Technical/Functional Consultant assisting with the design and construction of conversion routines necessary in supporting the sale of specific company entities. Conversion routines developed using SQL scripts and MSAccess databases. Provided functional support of validation of conversion routines and verifying interfaces functioning properly.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Waterbury, VT
Application Development Manager - Consultant, April 2012 – January 2013
Independent Consultant, managing the application development for a reimplementation of PeopleSoft 9.1 (FSCM and GL) from PeopleSoft 8.8.
Responsible for creating new development standards and managing a team of 10 developers in the implementation of PeopleSoft FSCM and GL 8.8 into PeopleSoft 9.1.
Supervalu, Chicago, IL
Technical Consultant, January 2012 – April 2012
Independent Consultant assisting with the transformation to Kronos 6.2 Time and Attendance with PeopleSoft with a company supporting an employee population of over 120,000.
Technical/Functional Consultant assisting with the design, development and configuration of Kronos 6.2 Time and Attendance application with PeopleSoft 8.9 payroll. Responsible for the design of the integration points between applications and directing the configuration of all payroll setup within the Kronos application.
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Technical Lead Consultant, June 2011 – January 2012
Independent Consultant acting as technical lead in the support and development of an upgrade from PeopleSoft HCM version 8.8 to version 9.1.
Technical Lead Consultant responsible for the direction of off-shore development staff in supporting the upgrade of PeopleSoft version 8.8 to version 9.1.
Responsible for leading the design, development, and implementation of customizations to (HR, Benefits, Payroll, Self-Service, eBenefits, ePerformance, eDevelopment, and Time&Labor) PeopleSoft 9.1 using PeopleTools 8.51 (SQR, PeopleCode, Component Interfaces, Application Engines, and AWE).
QBE / Supervalu
Technical Consultant, July 2009 – June 2011
Independent Consultant supporting and developing customizations to PeopleSoft 9.0 modules at a global insurance company with an employee population of over 10,000.
Technical Consultant responsible for the design and development of customizations ( HR, Benefits, Payroll, Absence Mgt, and Time&Labor) in supporting the acquisition of newly acquired companies using using PeopleTools 8.49 (SQR, PeopleCode, Component Interfaces, Application Engines, and XML).
CIBER, Inc.
City & County Of San Francisco
Technical Lead Consultant, February 2009 – July 2009
Consultant responsible for overseeing the transformation of all common conversion processes and internal/external interfaces for the City & County from existing HR/Payroll/Benefit systems on multiple platforms into PeopleSoft 9.0.
Consultant responsible for leading a team of client technical developers in the design and development of conversion processes (translation routines, error trapping and logging, and capturing load statistics) using PeopleTools 8.49 (App Engine, Component Interface, and SQR development) from User Specifications.
Supervalu, Minneapolis, MN
Business Solutions Architect / Technical Manager Consultant, June 2003 – February 2009
Independent Consultant working in various roles for the implementation of PeopleSoft HR/Payroll/Benefits at a national retailer with an employee population of over 200,000.
Lead Consultant responsible for leading a team of consultants in the initial Gap Analysis and Design to support identified business solutions for the implementation of PeopleSoft 8.8/8.9 (HR/Payroll/Benefits) from several retail banners using four different application platforms into common solutions.
Technical Lead responsible for the design, development, and management of PeopleSoft 8.8/8.9 conversion routines from four various platforms using PeopleTools 8.49, App Engine, Workflow, and SQR. Responsible for managing the execution of all conversion activities to assist in testing phases (unit, system, and parallel); identifying issues and providing solutions.
Education
University Of Utah – Salt Lake City, UT.
Information Systems.
United States Marine Corps
Computer Science School
Special Training
PeopleSoft (PeopleTools) IBM Data Modeling Training
PeopleSoft (PeopleCode) Facilitator Training
Workday Educational Courses Kronos Configuration
Microsoft Office training and experience
Areas of Knowledge
Sun, Solaris, MVS, AIX, MS/Windows/NT Informix, Oracle, DB2, MSAcess
IBM RISC 6000, IBM Mainframe 30xx, PC TSO/ISPF, Panvalet, Xpediter,
PeopleCode, SQR, App Designer, PS Query COBOL/II, JCL, CICS, Basic, SAS
PeopleTools, DataMover Taleo, Talent Acquisitions
Workday Kronos, UKG
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