Ade Ogundimu

Experience

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  SITA CORP

  Jun 2006 - Apr 2009

  Provided business development support for SAP solution implementation to Midwest and Canadian clients. • Implemented SAP solutions for PetroCanada, M&M/Mars, and Cornell Medical School, a combined revenue of approximately $7MM. • Specified project scope inclusive of project plan design (resources, costs, timelines, milestones, delivery phases) and process transformation blueprint. Acted as the client relationship manager and provided oversight to the project team. Met all project milestones and achieved high customer satisfaction. Show less Led complex SAP projects, from concept to post-implementation support. • Led a $10MM global initiative to implement a single instance retail Apparel and Footwear solution for Burton Snowboards and to develop an enterprise process roadmap based on best practices.o Created streamlined, dynamic, and flexible financial, supply chain, and business logistic processes across the retail environment, which is still in use today. o Installed SAP ECC 5.0 with AFS 5.0 and connected to SAP BI 7.0 on-time and on-budget delivery to support the streamlined enterprise processes. o Managed up to 30 team members located across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas.o Developed a strategy to integrate the financials of a newly acquired entity financials into the new instance of SAP midstream. Show less

  • Senior Regional Account Manager

    Jun 2007 - Apr 2009

  • Senior Program Manager

    Jun 2006 - Jun 2007
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  SITA CORP

  Aug 2011 - Nov 2012

  Engagement Services Manager

  Built the Apparel & Footwear Solution (AFS) practice, providing subject matter expertise based on customer and industry best practices to create a pre-configured implementation solution. Achieved SAP product certification and preferred partner standing. • Led regional (mid-west) SAP Manufacturing Integration Intelligence (MII) implementation projects. • Sold a multi-year, fixed bid capital for a retail SAP AFS business process solution.

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  IDR

  Aug 2014 - Apr 2016

  Senior SAP Project Manager, Bridgestone America

  Led a fixed bid engagement for Bridgestone Commercial Off-The-Road (OTR) Tires global initiative to migrate and retrofit a strategic dot net Virtual Warehouse application into a single instance SAP ECC 6.0 platform. • Delivered the project on time and budget with no disruption to the business. Served as project manager, business analyst, and organizational change management (OCM) consultant. o Achieved estimated annual savings from lost billing and savings from production scrap. The enabled solution included SAP business process for Contract Allocation & Maintenance, including scheduling agreement and sales order processing capabilities. Show less

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  Manufacturing | Retail | CPG | Pharmaceutical | Public Sector | Oil & Gas | Security | Regulatory

  Nov 2016 - Feb 2024

  Senior SAP Program Manager | Enterprise Architect

  Seeking new opportunities as an Engagement Manager, Global Program Manager, SAP Solution Delivery Manager, Enterprise Architect and can be contacted via LinkedIn.

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  The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

  Nov 2016 - Jan 2024

  Recommended best practices for the use of business process applications (reuse or implementation), data analytics, and operating models to drive global domain architecture and allocate future investment spending.• Utilized the ServiceNow Configuration Management Database (CMDB) to store and maintain information about Goodyear’s technical services, assets, and vendors. Responsible for oversight and ownership of the BA domain and aligning with TOGAF framework. Supporting application licensures prior to new vendor agreements as well as decommissioning outdated or redundant applications. • Built business service incident reporting in CMDB and constructed the data structure to support the workflow process to triage incidents.• Formulated a strategic roadmap to migrate from Goodyear’s SAP R/3 Landscape to S/4, in compliance with SAP’s deadline to upgrade to S/4. • Oversaw the pilot of 11 end-to-end business processes and 34 test cases using Signavio. Reviewed pilot results to determine the viability of using Signavio to document enterprise processes upon transition to the S/4 upgrade. Show less Led three major enterprise projects for Cooper Tire as a program leader and senior technical advisor, managing global teams with diverse functional and technical backgrounds through fast-paced implementations. Cooper Acquisition ProjectContributed to developing the strategic approach and roadmap for the integration of manufacturing, supply chain, finance, and logistics processes associated with the acquisition of Cooper Tire by Goodyear Tire. • Realized $25MM in cost reduction resulting from the streamlined process integration.• Led the Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) effort to migrate business application data from Cooper Global ERP environment to a Goodyear regionally distributed SAP application landscape. • Validated the data structure and created a dual maintenance process to support manufacturing, logistics, and production scheduling functions for all Cooper plants across the Americas and EMEA. Global SAP Integration Project Drove a $10MM strategic implementation approach and successfully obtained adoption from Cooper IT and C-Level leadership to retrofit Cooper China affiliate into a single instance SAP platform. Managed up to 33 project team members and vendor partners. • Constructed and outlined the solution scope needed to build a business case and to secure funding and approval for all project phases. • Engaged implementation vendor partner in extensive solution design for business process blueprinting to refine solution scope, team resources, and align budget for the construction phase.Cooper Tire & Rubber Data Privacy Initiative Spearheaded a $2.5MM global regulatory initiative to deliver Cooper’s cyber incident response process in compliance with the Personal Data Protection and Incident Response for the EU & North America. • Delivered SAP encryption for structured ERP Data, Unstructured Data, MS365 for Classification of PII & Records, Incident Response, Data Subject Access Rights (DSAR), and Data Breach Notification & Resolution. Show less Recruited to deliver an SAP ERP template to enable Cooper to manage its Global Supply Chain Operations and Manufacturing strategy. Managed a project team of up to 35 members located across the globe. • Created a global supply chain business process roadmap or “template” by leveraging the North American supply chain business model and tailoring it to local requirements for EMEA, Asia PAC, and South America. o Built a full global capability model, defining core system requirements for regulatory, manufacturing, supply chain, and financial needs. Partnered with Gartner to perform a full-scale solution and vendor assessment of ERP solutions. o Created a recommendation for SAP 4.0 and designed a multi-million dollar project to integrate financial and manufacturing data globally, achieve a consistent cycle count and daily production units, achieve savings by removing redundant operations, and introduce streamlined manufacturing processes. Show less

  • Senior Technical Advisor, Enterprise Architecture Team

    Jan 2022 - Jan 2024

  • Senior Professional

    Jan 2018 - Dec 2021

  • Senior SAP Project Manager, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

    Nov 2016 - Jan 2018