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Category: ERP

HCM Selection

April 27, 2021
Client:Manufacturer of Nutritional Products  
Employees:1,200  

Managed the evaluation and selection of a HCM system for a leading Canadian manufacturer of nutrional supplements with operations in Canada, the US and Australia. The applications included: Core HR, Benefits, Recruitment, Onboarding, Learning Management, Performance Management, Compensation, Payroll and Workforce Management.

HRIS/Payroll, Manufacturing Ceridian, HRIS, Payroll, Selection/RFP, SuccessFactors, Time & Labour, Ultimate, Workday

Program: Financial Reporting

April 18, 2018

Client:

Developer and publisher of video games

Employees:

8,000

Program objective:

  • Implement the systems and processes to support more efficient financial forecasting and reporting.
  • Projects
    • Forecasting System (Clarity, Hyperion Essbase)
    • Financial Data Warehouse and ODS (Oracle)
    • Financial Reporting (Cognos)

The program goals were achieved through:

  • Securing commitment from senior executives to standardize the chart of accounts.
  • Setting common definitions for key terms critical for project accounting.
  • Successful management of internationally dispersed team including external developers.
  • Close involvement of Finance stakeholders.

Key accomplishments:

  • Provided the systems and means to produce the company’s first automated consolidated financial reports, aggregating data from 13 independent financial systems (and charts of accounts). Quarterly close was reduced by 4 days.
  • Initiated the replacement of 13 different charts of accounts with a single corporate standard.
  • Established the basis for effective project accounting across all studios
Business Intelligence, Development, ERP, Financials, Interactive Entertainment Agile, Cognos, Data Warehouse, Financials, Oracle EBS

Program: Game Development Productivity

March 19, 2018

Client:

Developer and publisher of video games

Employees:

8,000

Program objective:

  • Implement systems and processes that improve development efficiency and game quality.
  • Projects
    • Project Management (MS Project & Project Server)
    • Digital Source Code (Alienbrain)
    • Digital Asset Management (TEAMS)
    • Defect Management (DevTrack)

The program goals were achieved through:

  • Constant communication and interaction with internationally dispersed stakeholders. (Frequent travel.)
  • Creation of Worldwide Project Management Council and Worldwide QA Council to promote the identification and adoption of best practises across the company.
  • Development of project management courses in conjunction with EA University.
  • Securing agreement from senior executives across the company to standardize on testing systems and processes.

Key accomplishments:

  • Helped raise project management standards throughout the company.
  • Through the implementation of the global defect management system led the company to establish common practices and systems, which enabled game testing to be distributed across the company, significantly reducing costs and enhancing flexibility.
  • Helped drive production efficiencies by implementing configuration management systems for digital assets.
  • Improved productivity and reduced costs by enabling reuse of existing assets through deployment of digital asset management (DAM) solution.
ERP, Interactive Entertainment, IT Management, Other, Process Improvement Digital Asset Management, Project Server, Selection/RFP, SharePoint

Program: Scaling to $1 Billion

March 18, 2018

Client:

Developer and publisher of video games

Employees:

8,000

  • Put in place the systems and processes to support the studio’s growth to 1,000 employees and revenue of $1Billion.
  • Projects
    • Accounting (Oracle Financials)
    • Budgeting (Oracle Financial Analyzer)
    • Human Resources (PeopleSoft)
    • Payroll (ADP)
    • Asset Management (Wisetrack)

The program goals were achieved through:

  • Close working relationship with stakeholders including senior executives.
  • Establishing common language for terms across departments.
  • Integrating all systems to eliminate redundancy and ensure data integrity.
  • Re-engineering processes to optimize efficiencies across departments.
  • Successful management of cross-functional team and external consultants.

Key accomplishments:

  • Efficiency gains from streamlined processes and an integrated application architecture succeeded in reducing the monthly close cycle by 2 days.
  • Re-engineered on-boarding process for new hires resulting in greatly improved data integrity through elimination of redundant data entry across several departments.
  • Managers had on-demand, up-to-date, reliable view of key performance measures, including headcount and budget performance, for the first time.
  • Studio consolidation and relocation of three offices to a new building resulted in no reported losses of key assets.
ERP, Financials, HRIS/Payroll, Interactive Entertainment, Other, Process Improvement ADP, Financials, HRIS, Oracle EBS, Payroll, PeopleSoft

Financial and Maintenance Systems Selection

March 18, 2018

Client:

Operator of vacation packages and tours

Employees:

700

Managed and mentored Project Managers through the evaluation and selection of a replacement financial system and a new maintenance system.  Developed the implementation plans and budgets.

ERP, Financials, IT Management, Other, Travel & Tourism Financials, Selection/RFP

Permitting, Licensing & Inspections

March 18, 2018

Client:

Provincial authority overseeing installation and operation of technical systems

Employees:

400

Stabilized a troubled implementation of the organization’s permitting and licensing system by bringing project management in-house, establishing a change control and prioritization process and developing a strong relationship with the vendor.

ERP, IT Management, Public Sector

HCM Transformation

March 18, 2018

Client:

Integrated forest products company

Employees:

6,000

Canfor started a major HR transformation program that included the building of a shared services group and Communities of Expertise.   The foundation of the program was the harmonization of processes across the company and the implementation of a cloud-based Human Capital Management (HCM) solution to support them.  The company had 6,000 employees in operations across North America.

Led the evaluation and selection of the HCM system – SuccessFactors – and a system integration partner.   Developed a 3 year roadmap for the program as well as the project charter and detailed implementation and resource plans.  Led the requirements definition, design and initial iteration phases including testing.

The core modules included:

HCM: SuccessFactors – Employee Central, Recruitment Management, Performance & Goal Setting, Compensation & Variable Pay, Succession Planning, Learning Management.

ERP, Forestry & Wood Products, HRIS/Payroll HRIS, SaaS, Selection/RFP, SuccessFactors

Time & Labour Management

March 6, 2018

Client:

International athletic wear manufacturer & retailer

Employees:

12,000

Managed the deployment of Dayforce time & labour management to the company’s retail operations enabling significant cost savings through more efficient staff planning.

Apparel, ERP, Retail, Time & Labour/Resource Planning Ceridian, Dayforce, SaaS, Time & Labour

HRIS, Payroll & Time Labour Management

February 18, 2018

Client:

Operator of vacation and ski resorts

Employees:

11,000

Brought in to manage a project that was late, over-budget and at risk of failing.  Rescheduled the project into achievable phases. Implemented new change control processes.  Put in place a communication plan for team members, internal stakeholders and vendors.

In the first phase employee & manager self-service, position management and payroll was implemented in the US for 7,000 employees.  The second phase included the same functionality as well as time tracking and was rolled out to three distinct operating companies with 4,000 employees in Canada.

ERP, HRIS/Payroll, Time & Labour/Resource Planning, Travel & Tourism ADP, HRIS, Kronos, Payroll, SaaS, Time & Labour

ERP

October 7, 2017

I have extensive experience implementing ERP projects.

ERP

Workday Onboarding

October 7, 2017

Client:

International athletic wear manufacturer & retailer

Employees:

12,000

 

Managed the migration from Taleo’s onboarding application to Workday.   Project included harmonizing onboarding processes across the organization, managing development of Taleo (Recruitment) to Workday interface and implementation of Workday Onboarding.

Apparel, ERP, HRIS/Payroll, Retail HRIS, SaaS

Oracle iExpense

October 7, 2017

Client:

International athletic wear manufacturer & retailer

Employees:

12,000

Led the rollout of Oracle EBS iExpenses to the company’s international operations including Australia, New Zealand and the UK.  The purpose of the project was to make the processing of expenses in international locations more efficient by moving from manual and Excel based processes to iExpense.

Apparel, ERP, Financials, Retail Financials, Oracle EBS

Real Estate Management

October 5, 2017

Client:

International athletic wear manufacturer & retailer

Employees:

12,000

Led two projects to manage the company’s real estate planning and lease management processes.

1 – Migration of over 500 leases, representing over $500M in annual expenditures, from Excel and paper to Lucernex

2 – Implementation of budgeting and project management tools to manage the store development team’s activities.

Apparel, ERP, Other, Retail Real Estate, SaaS

Turnkey ERP Systems for Automobile Dealerships (Multiple)

April 29, 2016

Implemented over 40  turnkey & custom systems at French and English automobile dealers across Canada representing all the major automobile manufacturers.

  • Service Merchandising
  • Parts & Inventory
  • New & Used Sales:
    • Leasing
    • Sales Management
    • Finance & Insurance
    • Vehicle Inventory
    • Showroom Control
  • Back Office:
    • Accounting  – GL, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Financial Reporting
    • Payroll
  • Custom:
    • Auction
Automotive, Financials, HRIS/Payroll, Other, Retail ADP, Financials, Payroll

Scheduling System Implementation

March 18, 2016

Client:

Operator of vacation packages and tours

Employees:

700

Managed and mentored a Project Manager through a project to implement a scheduling application for the company’s on-board attendants.

ERP, Time & Labour/Resource Planning, Travel & Tourism Time & Labour

Tags

ADP (3) Agile (6) Ceridian (2) Cognos (3) Data Warehouse (5) Dayforce (1) Digital Asset Management (1) Financials (5) GDPR (1) HRIS (6) Kronos (1) Marketo (1) MicroStrategy (2) Modatech (1) Oracle EBS (3) Payroll (4) PeopleSoft (1) PMO (4) Privacy (1) Project Server (1) Real Estate (1) SaaS (6) Salesforce (1) Selection/RFP (8) SharePoint (3) SuccessFactors (2) Time & Labour (4) Ultimate (1) Workday (1)

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