Patrick Reed

Experience

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  Subsidiary Railroads of Bethlehem Steel Corporation

  Jul 1985 - Aug 1990

  Sr. Costing Analyst
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  Essroc Materials Inc.

  Aug 1990 - Dec 1998

  Financial Systems Coordinator

  • Supported the Infinium accounting system; primary role was to manage the customized applications used for consolidation, actuals reporting and budgeting purposes• With the implementation of Hyperion Enterprise, I was the key project team resource responsible for identifying integration strategies to source the accounting information (initially Infinium and later SAP) into the consolidation tool to meet all management and statutory reporting needs

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  Essroc Italcementi Group

  Jan 1999 - now

  • Responsible for the Essroc Cement core business SAP applications including production, plant maintenance, sales distribution, financials, and the ancillary applications including loading shipping system; ultimately responsible for all production support for each of these areas. Manage the relationships between Group IT and local business process owners. • Manage 4 business analysts assigned to each SAP functional area. Provide leadership and direction to assist them with their project and support activities. • Support the Command Alkon (Command Series / QC) and JWS Aggregate ERP system applications used by the Essroc construction materials business (Ready Mix/Aggregates).• Maintain relationships with senior management team in identifying system and process improvement opportunities related to business applications and processes within their respective domain.• Sustain key vendor partner relationships, in particular for SAP – Business Objects, Command Alkon and our shipping solution, with regards to support maintenance agreements, upgrade considerations and license fees.• Primary contact with Italcementi Group IT; in this role I am responsible for managing the adaptation of business rules and processes developed by them and integrating them into the Essroc environment. Show less • Member of the implementation project team for SAP Financial / Controlling modules. Defined business requirements; developed strong configuration skills related to cost center and profit center accounting, profitability analysis and product costing. • Configuration experiences with in multiple SAP modules including FI-GL, Controlling, SD, MM and Project Systems• Key participant in the design of the SAP profitability analysis module; identified business requirements and was involved with design, setup and configuration of model.• Developed various profitability reporting solutions using SAP report writers and report painters.• Provided production support at realization for 9 cement production and 30 distribution locations during the implementation phases.• Developed training programs and related documentation for plant and corporate employees impacted with the transition to SAP.• Lead resource to integrate an $80 million acquisition into the company SAP landscape. Responsible for configuration of the plants and other related business processes. Developed and delivered, training documentation to the new end users. Show less

  • IT Manager of Business Demand

    Jan 2012 - now

  • Sr. SAP Business Analyst

    Jan 1999 - Dec 2011
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  Lehigh Hanson

  Feb 2017 - now

  IT Systems Integration Manager