Jay Brummett, PMP, CSM

Tel: (619) 937-5110             

Email:  jay.brummett@me.com

LinkedIn:  http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jay-brummett-pmp-csm/3/b10/a2a

Summary

Over 20 years experience as professional Program/Project Manager with demonstrated track record of successful project outcomes including schedule, budget and scope across a broad range of industries, technologies. Leader in managing cross company team efforts through effective and motivating mentoring strategies, process and infrastructure creation for small and mid-sized companies as well as large PMOs.

 

Professional Background

 

Freelance Consultant, OMS Consulting Partners, LLC September 1994 – Present*

www.omsconsultingpartners.comhttp://omsconsultingpartners.blogspot.com

IT consulting firm providing services in ERP, Retail, Telecom, Healthcare and POS to over 50 clients in the US, Australia and Canada.  Highlights include:              

 

Senior Project Manager, Scrum Master & Agile Coach, Rush Enterprises      July 2015 - Present

For the owner and operator of the largest network of commercial vehicle dealerships in the United States:

BW/BI-BOBJ Team:  Rescued failing SAP BW/BI-BOBJ development team by implementing Agile Scrum methodology and philosophy, fostering collaboration for highly fragmented team, assisting in migration from Bex and Xcelsius to new architecture including Design Studio.  Provided direction and oversight to complete BW data OLAP optimized redesign.

PMO Portfolio Build Out:  Transformed company wide PMO from Excel based reporting to implementation and integration of JIRA to Microsoft TFS/Team Foundation Server, MS Project and MS Project Server PWA 2013 for enterprise wide single point of entry integrated executive dashboard reporting with unlimited drill down capability.

 

Technical Project Manager, Cantoni Furniture                                     May 2015 - Present

Responsible for planning and driving to completion “Positive Pay” banking validation through Bank of America fraud prevention for check issuance, vendor maintenance, etc.  (Reference available)

 

SAP Project Manager, Medtronic/Covidien                                       December 2014 – May 2015 

EHP7:  Project Manager in charge of global upgrade from EHP 5 to EHP 7 for SAP ECC 6.0 for all key SAP Modules including GTS, APO, MDM, SRM, etc. using testing analysis tools such as Panaya and LiveCompare to include budget, schedule, scope and end to end project management – Budget $2,500,000

Fieldglass:  Project Manager in charge of SAP’s Fieldglass contingent labor and SOW/TRO tool, replacing legacy IQ Navigator tool globally for approximately 20,000 hourly workers and full time employees with project costing tracking -- Budget $700,000 (Reference available)

 

SAP (Fieldglass) Project Manager, Coca-Cola                              August 2014 – January 2015 

Project Manager responsible for successfully rescuing failing SAP related initiative involving SAP Fieldglass roll out including RFx, SOW, TRO, Chart of Authority automation and time entry interfaces with Planview, Project Web Application (MS Project Server) and SAP/CATS. 

·                     Project sponsor provided recognition that project was successfully turned around in under one month. 

·                     Assignment also includes initiatives involving Ariba, Salesforce, SAP MDM and Blueprint Software Systems.  (Reference available)

 

Vendor Management Project Manager, Jo-Ann Fabrics         July 2014 – September 2014 

Driving process improvement with vendor relations, process and documentation for vendor acceptance, compliance, quality management and delivering new, revised policy documents and vendor portal for large US fabric and craft retailer. (Reference available)

 

Program Management Advisor, Nike     March 2014 – August 2014 

Program Management Advisor for $17BB Supply Chain Drop Ship Flexibility Initiative.  Attended workshops and provided recommendations on industry best practices, requirements gathering and refining approach, methodology, resource and project planning for Supply Chain and QM/Quality Management areas as part of a cross-functional team.  (Reference available)

 

Technical Project Manager, Cantoni Furniture                           February 2014 – April 2014

Payroll GL upload complete SDLC end-to-end design through testing and automation creating API for payroll data from Paylocity, formatting, uploading and automating general ledger and banking tables upload, validation, etc.  (Reference available)

 

PMO Consultant, Westcon GroupJanuary 2013 – February 2014

Project Management Office Consultant engaged to rescue troubled SAP implementation for a $4 billion, 58 country distributor of Cisco, Avaya and Polycom products, including:

·                     Create Process, Procedures, and support group to form new Project Support Organization

·                     Implement Release Management discipline, SAP Solution Manager, central document repository, Release based rollout, incident management, single point of failure analysis/mitigation, mission control approach, etc.

·                     Create centralized workplan using MS Project, individual team trackers, Project Server, etc.

·                     Played major role in recommending, directing and managing implementation of infrastructure and processes including: JIRA, ServiceNow/SNOW, ALM, ChaRM, ITSM, BPA, QTP, TAO, GTS, Solution Manager, SharePoint Repository, MS Project integrated plans, Deployment/Go Live standard processes and change control.

·                     Re-implemented MS Project Server 2003 then upgrade to 2010 including OLAP, Analysis Services, status reporting, enterprise tools, etc.  (Reference available)

 

Program Manager, NikeSeptember 2012 – January 2013

Program manager for all social network facing (Facebook, Twitter, Path, QQ, etc.) applications including program direction, forecasting and budgeting including a 15 resource development, QA, documentation and management team

·                     Manage $3,000,000 + annual budget

·                     Provide product and development direction for all features based on 2 week SCRUM sprints

·                     Interface with all other Nike departments, coordinate cutover and deployments

·                     (Reference available)

PMO Project Manager, Accenture/Sempra/SDG&EMarch 2012 - October 2012             

“One man PMO” for $100,000,000 SAP CRM implementation at San Diego Gas and Electric/Sempra Energy, including developing and automating time and attendance, dash boarding, MS Project workplan and SME, generating as needed analysis and reporting, managing implementation work streams, etc.

·                     Created fully automated time & attendance and project actual work update tool eliminating 5 points of failure and cutting time gathering from 16 step to 4 step process

·                     Created customized formulas in MS Project work plan to allow instant weekly status for planned percent complete, actual, variance, etc.

·                     Maintain, update, receive status from team leads, build dashboards, weekly status and percent completes on a 2,500+ task group of over 10 MS Project work plans, including custom application development for cross project status synch

·                     Created automated Vacation/PTO/Work Remote request tool integrating Sharepoint and SQL Server for streamlined leave tracking and approval workflow

·                     Expanded role/promotion to build, maintain and run integrated workplan for entire program, including automated and validated status updates, dashboarding and reporting to all levels of management

·                     Testing including planning, scripting, string, assembly, white box, black box, end to end and performance test

·                     (Reference available)

 

Project Manager, Chesapeake Energy/MidConNovember 2011 - October 2012             

Consultant Project Manager, technical resource and Subject Matter Expert for the second largest producer of natural gas in the world.  Purpose of project to develop a parts tracking, ordering, and consumption database for company-wide use

·                     Full SDLC life-cycle including with discovery, requirements gathering, fit/gap analysis, through development, testing, training, go live, hyper-care and transition to support

·                     Blend of SCRUM/Agile and waterfall methodologies to provide balance of structure and flexibility

·                     Under budget and ahead of schedule project completion

·                     (Reference available)

Project Manager, Kaiser-PermanenteJanuary 2012 – April 2012

              Implementation Project Manager for Peoplesoft install including A/P, G/L, Materials Management, eProcurement, Supply Chain, etc. for all Kaiser Medical Centers, Pharmacies/Rx, etc.

·                     Responsible for deployment strategy, project plan, resource forecast and management, and full life cycle project monitoring and control

·                     Implemented automated systems for MS Project templates, reporting and analysis

·                     Created centralized data repository synchronized with Kaiser’s SharePoint portal

Project Manager, CSX Transportation June 2011 – November 2011

              Consultant Project Manager for Positive Train Control Communications ($1,400,000,000 overall, communications $75,000,000 annual budget) including:

·                     Coordinating project manager for connectivity collaborating all three distinct silos of railroad operations (wayside, locomotive and back office)

·                     Responsible for monitoring, driving and reporting on laboratory and field testing

·                     SCRUM/Agile scrum master for all three tech teams (over 100 members total) including scrum of scrums, sprint planning, sprint retrospective, scrum board ownership, etc.

·                     Responsible for delivering status to director and VP level for all aspects of communications for PTC project

Project Manager, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts October 2009 – May 2011

              Project Manager for Supply Chain Solutions department responsible for full life cycle implementation of supply chain related initiatives including:

·   Project Manager for PLM/Product Lifecycle Management initiative including process mapping, process improvement and software vendor selection and implementation using Agile/SCRUM methodology.

o   Reduced 2 year, $5-7,000,000 project down to 6 months, $500,000 through identification, fit/gap, gap fill and leveraging of existing projects and tools

o   Developed methodology to reduce workload 10-20x for project process mapping both within the PLM project and for Disney overall

·   Program Manager for Total Cost of Ownership Initiative consisting of three projects worth over $25,000,000.

·   Project manager and technical developer for global integrated product sourcing model for multiple parks allowing for total ‘apples to apples’ cost comparison of multiple domestic and international vendors

·   Implementing Project Management Institute^®/PMBOK^® standard best practices into department and integrating with Disney’s enterprise PMO organization

·   “Fish Award” Quarterly winner for first three months at Disney

·   “GFS/Great Service Fanatic” award winner

(Reference available)

 

Freelance Consultant, OMS Consulting Partners, LLC September 1994 – October 2009*

www.omsconsultingpartners.comhttp://omsconsultingpartners.blogspot.com

Small Microsoft^® Certified Partner IT consulting firm providing services in ERP, Retail, Telecom, Healthcare and POS to over 50 clients in the US, Australia and Canada.  Highlights include:              

 

January 2009 – October 2009Project Manager/IT Consultant

Furniture Fair, iMS, La-Z-Boy, Rotman’s, UCF, LS RetailMultiple Locations

·         QuickBooks Interface: Oracle ERP/POS interface (Furniture Fair)

·         Daily Sales Recap Reporting Tool:  SQL*Plus & PL/SQL Oracle ERP/POS to Excel through MS Access & ODBC providing daily sales to goal year over year, close rates, average ticket, etc. (iMS)

·         Ecommerce Interface:  Oracle ERP/POS interface to SQL Server Ecommerce (Rotman’s)

·         Price Tag System:  Oracle ERP/POS to MS Access custom price tagging system for sales floor (Rotman’s)

·         Training:  In-classroom software training. (UCF)

·         Proof of Concept & Fit/Gap:  Strategize and develop business model and marketing plan for implementing LS Retail’s Microsoft Dynamics/NAV package into the furniture retail industry through partnership with LS Retail’s North American operations.  Includes discovery, fit/gap analysis, product demonstrations, adding needed industry functionality, development, testing, etc.

 

January 2008* - December 2008Project Manager/IT Consultant

iMS/Sleep Outfitters/Mattress Warehouse Winfield, WV

·         IT Consulting:  Provide analysis and best practice recommendations for company-wide organization, process improvement, etc.

·         FAIRS Supply Chain:  Implemented automated, customized Forecasting and Inventory Replenishment Tool using Oracle ERP/POS to custom database through use of ODBC, PL/SQL to allow automated replenishment purchasing, like skus, linked skus, lead times, safety stock, recommended order, automated PO placement, tracking, etc. For more info on FAIRS, please visit:  http://www.omsconsultingpartners.com/archives/FAIRS.php

·         Business Intelligence/Data Warehousing:  Selection process of BI/Data Warehousing tool including discovery through vendor selection.

 

April 2007 - July 2008* Project Manager/Developer

Mercer Healthcare Boston, MA

·         MS Project Template Builder/Wizard:  Multi-step ‘wizard’ tool created to build large MS Project files for each client implementation based on a sophisticated template using Microsoft “VBA” (Visual Basic for Applications).  Included project management discovery to create the lists, activity duration estimates, sequencing, etc. for all template based tasks.

 

August 2007 - November 2007*Project Manager/Implementation Specialist

La-Z-BoyPhoenix, AZ

·         System Conversion:  Migrate recently purchased La-Z-Boy franchise from legacy system to GERS/Escalate including master data, current open sales, etc.

 

February 2007 - August 2007 Project Manager/IT Consultant

Mattress Firm Houston, TX

·         Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse:  Project Manager & technical resource for discovery and requirements for end-to-end business intelligence implementation, resulting in customized dashboards and display on large monitors throughout the corporate office combining real-time data and OLAP data

o   Consult and advise on system selection including RFP with leading BI providers like Cognos, Business Objects, Microsoft Analysis Services, etc.

o   Consult and advise on determination of key data requirements, recommend best practices for cube build and update

o   Consult, advise and develop data model for cubed data in areas like sales, stock/inventory, etc.

o   Consult and develop de-normalization of data into OLAP cubes, KPI’s, dimensions, data scrubbing, star schema creation, etc.

o   Troubleshoot and stabilize data collection system, develop company buy-in on ‘one version of the truth’ from a collection of several home-grown legacy data sources into a single system of record

·         IT Consulting:  Consult on expansion into new markets, integrating newly acquired companies, etc.

·         Training:  In-classroom software training for newly acquired companies.

 

December 2006 - March 2007* Project Manager/Developer

Bernie & Phyl’sNorton, MA

·         Ecommerce Interface:   Oracle ERP/POS interface to SQL Server Ecommerce two way integration including item and sku data to Ecommerce, sales, account, payment data, etc. to Oracle ERP/POS

 

January 2005 - November 2006 Project Manager/Developer

La-Z-Boy & Domain-Home FurnishingsPortland, OR & Norwood, MA

·         FAIRS:  For two separate companies, back-to-back implementations of FAIRS/Forecasting and Inventory Replenishment System:

o   Custom fully integrated Forecasting and inventory replenishment supply chain system fully into existing Oracle ERP/POS

o   Features include:  Seasonality and Growth forecasting, like & linked sku modeling, substitute skus, like store modeling, forecast override, up/down exception reporting, automated purchase order generation, etc.

o   For more info on FAIRS, please visit:  http://www.omsconsultingpartners.com/archives/FAIRS.php

 

June 2003 - January 2005 Project Manager/Department Manager

Nextel/Sprint Grand Prairie, TX

·         PMO Tool Implementation:  Initiate PMO tool/MS Project Central Server implementation for retail group

·         Consulting:  Implement PMI approved methodologies and industry best practices to vastly improve department organization, productivity, morale, etc.

·         Department Manager:  Supervise development staff through all phases from requirements, development, testing, launch and support

·         Time & Attendance:  Technical project manager for Time & Attendance initiative to capture T&A data with API to PeopleSoft and ADP

 

September 2002 - May 2003 Technical Project Manager

Western Wireless Seattle, WA

·         Technical Project Manager:  Supervise development staff through all phases from requirements, development, testing, launch and support & technical project manager in charge of implementing enterprise software solutions.

 

 

April 2002 - August 2002 Project Manager/Implementation Consultant

Pier1Kids/Cargo Furniture Fort Worth, TX

·         IT Consultant & Project Manager: Responsible for creating project plan, fit-gap analysis, procedural definition, test plans, program change requests, contingency planning, help desk setup, support handoff, etc.

 

January 2002 - April 2002 (and November 2005 to Present*)Software Trainer

University of Central Florida Orlando, FL

·         Classroom Training:  Trained students on various Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Access, and Project) as well as ‘soft skills’ (Business Writing, Project Management, etc.)

 

November 1999 – January 2002Technical Project Manager

Cablevision/The Wiz Edison, NJ

·         Project Manager:  Full life cycle ERP system implementation surrounding Y2K compliance constrained ERP implementation from client side.

·         Technical Project Manager & Developer:  Project Manager and Developer for:

o   Created custom ‘bolt on’ Planning and Allocation tool for Vice President of Planning and Allocation

o   Created custom ‘bolt on’ Sales Commission tool for sales force

 

 

June 1996 - July 1997Project Manager

GERS/Escalate Retail Retail Systems for VOX/Chandler’s/Billy GuyattsMelbourne, Victoria, Austraila

·         Assistant Project Manager: Charged with providing project management, train-the-trainer, technical guidance in installation of proprietary retail POS/point-of-sale database application for client located in Australia total project budget over $25,000,000

·         Technical:  Created custom ‘bolt on’ solutions for inventory control, accounting and merchandising functions.

 

October 1994 - May 1996 Supply Chain & Inventory Control Consultant

AirTouch/Verizon Irvine, CA

·         Supply Chain & Inventory Consultant: Responsible for finding source of large inventory variances (‘sticky note’ system, etc.) and recommending systematic remedies/policing of variances through use of new Oracle/UNIX point-of-sale system (GERS/Escalate Retail)

 

Additional Projects:

September 1994 – Present and ongoing*Multiple Roles

Multiple ClientsMultiple Locations

·         FAIRS:  Two additional “FAIRS” (Forecasting and Inventory Replenishment) projects in 2006 (company names confidential due to non-disclosure agreements)

·         Ecommerce Interface:  One additional Ecommerce Interface project for Domain-Home Fashions

·         GTS:  “GTS” Global Tracking System project responsible for tracking physical movement of overseas purchases and landing costs (company names confidential due to non-disclosure agreements)

·         Project Manager:  Involved in over 20 implementations as project manager responsible for overseeing all aspects of installation, training, customization, staffing, and testing of new systems.

·         Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse: 

o   Design, create and maintain data warehouses to user specifications including ETL (Extraction, Transformation and Loading) phases

o   Work with developers and end users to specify and create data marts, OLAP cube data, internal and external data mart stores

·         Custom Database:  Built custom MS Access databases to client specifications.

·         Custom Reporting:  Extensive experience writing custom reports with Oracle using SQL*Plus, MS Access, etc.by linking to an Oracle database using SQLNet and ODBC.

·         Trainer:  Trained over 6,500 students with a 3.98 (out of 4) rating.

o   Chosen as consultant trainer for high profile new and prospective clients.

o   Subjects include: SQL, Oracle, Microsoft (MS) Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Power Point, MS Project, Windows, etc.

o   Trained over 1,500 students in various MS Project versions.

 

·         Clients Include:  NEXTEL/Sprint, La-Z-Boy, Pier1Imports/Cargo Furniture, Cablevision/The WIZ, Bell Telephones/AirTouch Cellular, VOX Retail Australia, Vanguard Cellular/Cellular One, Consumer’s Gas of Toronto, Domain-Home, General Electric Retail Systems (GERS/Escalate Retail), Western Wireless, Meridian Financial, Bernie & Phyl’s, Florida Hospital, University of Central Florida (UCF), Coach Handbags & Leatherwear, Learnsoft Corporate Training, Sharper Executive, SAKS 5^th Avenue, Paddock Pools, Roberd’s Furniture, Corner Furniture

 

Inventory and Logistics Manager June 1993 - September 1994

·   As an intern, in my spare time, created a mainframe based inventory status report which determined products and quantities need to be ordered, sold, etc. for the main supplier of fasteners to Home Depot. This report saved the company an estimated $6,000,000.00 in reduced inventory in the first six months. This report led to two articles being published in the “American Fastener Journal” regarding inventory control. (see “Publications” below)

·   As inventory and logistics manager, responsible for creating, running and reviewing reports for purchasing, distribution and production as well as managing vendor shipments from Taiwan, Korea and China to the US.

 

Publications          

“Developing the Right Inventory System” American Fastener Journal, September/October 1994

“How Much Money Are You Wasting?” American Fastener Journal, September/October 1995

(http://omsconsultingpartners.com/archives/Publications.php click on the links at the bottom of the page)

 

Industries

Healthcare	Supply Chain	Retail
Utilities/Energy	Transportation/Logistics	Telecom/Wireless
Home Furnishings	Wholesale/Distribution

 

 

Skills

Agile	Implementation	PMP	SDLC
Business Analyst	Integration	Prince2	SharePoint
Business Objects	IT Management	Program Management	Software Documentation
Business Process Design	ITIL	Project Delivery	Software Trainer
Change Management	MS Access	Project Management	Solution Architecture
Cognos	MS Office	Quality Assurance	SQL Server
CRM	MS Project	Release Management	SQL*Plus & PL/SQL
Cross-Functional Leadership	MS Project Server	Replenishment	Supply Chain/Logistics
Crystal Reports	MS Windows	Requirements Analysis	Testing
Custom Database Design	ODBC	Requirements Gathering	VBA
Custom Reports	Oracle	Resource Management	Vendor Management
Data Warehousing	PeopleSoft	SAP	Waterfall
ERP	PM Methodology**	SAP Retail (Triversity)	Web Development
Forecasting	PMO	Scrum

 

** For more on PM Methodologies:  http://omsconsultingpartners.com/archives/2007/01/PMMethogologyReference.php

 

Academics & Certifications

·   CSM/Certified Scrum Master – April 2011

·   PMP Certified Project Manager (PMP# 1254725 - “James” Brummett) – May 2009

·   PMI/Project Management Institute Agile Certification Pilot Participant

·   Master’s Certificate, Project Management  -- March 2009 – University of Central Florida

·   Bachelor of Arts, Economics -- June 1991 -- California State University, Fullerton

 

References

·   Selected customer testimonial references:  http://omsconsultingpartners.com/archives/2007/01/entry_38.php

·   Additional references provided as requested

 

* Note:   Some dates overlap as many projects, short-term assignments, long-term assignments, and part-time assignments coincide.  Also, gaps may exist where only small projects were performed.