11/25/2024 updated

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Senior Project & Programe Manager with extensive SAP and Agile experience

Leiria, Portugal
Only remote
Msc - Software Engineering / MBA- Project Manager / MBA - Leadership/People Management-Conquer/ESIC (2022-2024)
Leiria, Portugal
Only remote
Msc - Software Engineering / MBA- Project Manager / MBA - Leadership/People Management-Conquer/ESIC (2022-2024)

Profile attachments

Senior PM - Valerio Dec24.pdf

Agile MethodologyBusiness ProcessesBusiness Process ModelingBusiness Relationship ManagementBusiness RequirementsChange ManagementFinancesGovernanceHuman ResourcesInteroperabilityProject ManagementSAP ERPScrum MethodologySAP ApplicationsSAP HANASystems IntegrationBudgetingLogistics OperationsTechnical Acumen
Project Management
Extensive experience in Programme & Project Management (Waterfall & Agile), PMO Management, and M&A experience.

SAP Expertise
Proficient in SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, and various SAP modules including Finance, HR, and Logistics.

Agile Methodologies
Certified Scrum Master and experienced Agile Coach, with expertise in implementing and customizing Agile frameworks.

Business Process Design
Skilled in designing and optimizing business processes across various industries.

Change Management
Experienced in leading organizational change and transformation initiatives.

IT Systems Integration
Proficient in integrating complex IT systems and ensuring interoperability.

Methodology and Technical Skills
Highly proficient in projects scorecard and governance directives achieving goals according enterprises´  business needs.

Budget Control
Strong ability to manage project budgets, costs, and vendor relationships.
 

Experience

Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2010

Languages

EnglishNative speakerPortugueseNative speakerSpanishGood

Project history

Senior SAP/non SAP Project Manager-Multiple Projects

Independent Contractor

Pharmaceuticals & Medical Technology

>10.000 team member

Managing multiple projects using waterfall and Agile frameworks in SAP S/4 HANA and non-SAP digital solutions, focusing on program life-cycle for various clients in different industries.

·    Overseeing the projects based on the defined governance model reporting to C-level;
·    Pragmatic project visibility in a weekly basis via status report meeting with a focus on timeline and RAIDD log;
·    Perform a GAP analysis as part of triple-constraint balancing avoiding Scope-Creep and ensure budget control;
·    Release Management, analyzing constraints and coordinating cutover/blackout/GoLive/hypercare activities;
·    Collaborate to project t team on the PTP/OTC/RTR/TAX SAP modules to deploy its functionalities and integrations;
·    FCI solution deployment in the perspectives of finance, TAX and product engineering;
·    Coordinate the squads on UX/UI journeys, for a customized SAP IB and OB invoice cockpit via Scrum ceremonies;
·    USA BPO payroll operation migration from Jamaica to Colombia.

SAP Project and Programme Manager

Corteva Agriscience
Managed multiple SAP S/4 HANA migration projects for LATAM in the eDocuments space via SAP Cloud DRC and Brazil's SAP TDF.
Activities Summary
·    Project Initiations leadership and Project Charters completion and sign off for the program;
·    Master plan creation for the program LifeCyle, RICEFW and  RAID management  in AzureDevOps;
·    Master Plan Creation across program teams. M&C over the  phases Design, Build, FUT, SIT, UAT, RUN, hyper care;
·    Readiness on cost and scope management via integrated change control close to Change Control Board;
·    Program governance for operational, tactical and strategical levels close to C-level using Service Now;
·    SAP OSS Notes resolution FUP  close to SAP Max Attention leads and Product Managers.
Achievements
·    SOW review and sign off for SAP partners: OrigenTech Argentina for DRC  and Synchro Brazil for SAP TDF;
·    Onboarding coordination of OrigenTech and Synchro: stakeholders engagement and resources allocation;
·    Led the NFe and DANFE´s RICEFW deployment for Brazil DRC; Integrations with VIM-Vendor Invoice Management;
·    Engaging Corteva´s key stakeholders in the process of sign off SAP license for Cloud DRC solution;
·    Standards of management and governance processes definition aligned with SAP Activate Methodology;
·    Successfully planned and accomplished of Discover, Design and Build (Config/Customs, FUT, SIT, RUN).
Technology Stack
·    SAP S/4HANA, SAP eDocuments, SAP DRC, HANA database, SAP ABAP, SAP BADIs, Waterfall, Agile, SAP Activate.



SAP Project/Program Manager and Scrum Master (Benelux and Canada)

Mignow

Internet & IT

250-500 team member

I worked for EOC and ULG(Europe), Alouette (Canada) - SAP S/4 HANA migration from SAP ECC.

PMO Project/Program Manager and Agile Coach

Philips Informatics

Other

>10.000 team member

Managed program for Health Suite release for Medical and non-Medical Devices, coaching Agile teams and coordinating R&D squads.

·    Coaching multiple Agile teams via Safe’s ART to ensure continues deployment focused on product roadmap;
·    As a Q&R quality multiplier, I engaged 40+ PMO PPMs managers to improve  the governance model / portfolio quality;  
·    Coordinated of  seven R&D’s squads to deploy algorithms and features of CDS-Clinical Decision Support;
·    Ensuring product quality from UI/UX, TECH to R&D and V&V/UAT via the defined SDLC processes;
·    Responsible for the releases strategy: Freeze-windows calendar aligned with  program milestones;
·    Coordinating, together product managers, clinical and Q&R the e2e solution deployment aligned to the QMS;
·    In the cyber security perspective, I led a squad which performed a comprehensive security tests;
·    Quality enhancements in a software engineering and project management perspective focused on SAFe;
·    As a member of problem solving group, I have been proposing and managing the action plans for R&D.

Chief Scrum Master & Agile Coach

Integritas / Tailwind

Internet & IT

500-1000 team member

My main responsibilities were to ensure Agile Best Practices with a focus on customers project outcomes.
·    Managing and engaging squads team members globally distributed: Brazil, USA, India and Sri Lanka;
·    Building the Agile enhancement plan focused on Lean/Agile concepts and principles;
·    Ensuring the software product quality via strong governance model for cloud digital banking platform;
·    6 releases deployment with key functionalities for both desktop and mobile digital banking solution.

Agile SAP Project Manager/Agile Coach

HEINEKEN Brazil

Goods & Retail

>10.000 team member

As a SAP HR Project Manager I was responsible  for  rolling out the HR digital program called “MyHR” in +25 business units with +13.000 employees of  Heineken Brazilian operation. The solution was composed by  SAP cloud SfSf, SAP Payroll and T&M  and OHS integration. Reporting to the global leadership, I was in charge of:
·    Overall Brazil Project Plan and governance model definition based on SAP Activate Methodology;
·    Leading the daily meetings and Weekly Status Report to maintain on track the program progress activities;
·    Managed FUT/SIT/UAT and Cutover activities in order to ensure quality to the whole SDLC;
·    Close followed up  to the project workstream leads perform the program activities as planned including data migration;
·    Ensure the program compliance for both global and local executive PMO´s directives with a focus on Agile;
·    Risk and issues management aiming project outcomes close to the change management workstream;
 As an Agile Project Manager for the SAP P&VA - Profitability and Variance Analysis project, my mission was:
·    Led Agile ceremonies for development Sprints and test cycles: UAT 1-4 Regression/ Performance Test;
·    Enable +180 key users to perform the tests using Jira; Dashboards configuration(3500+ steps / 250+ scripts; Daily meetings and Weekly Status Report coordination; Test evidences via Jira for approval in formal Gates with CAB. Close FUP over the Cutover plan execution and hypercare SLA.
As Scrum Master I collaborated to the 5 Scrum Squads  for the “Local Workflows” project which had as the main objective to deliver a customized SAP Cockpit to manage HEINEKEN´s  SAP Master Data workflow.

Agile SAP Project Manager/Chief Scrum Master/Agile Coach

BASF Brazil

Other

>10.000 team member

Hired by the German leadership, I was responsible for Agile culture transformation, diminish the taxation risk exposure and financial savings for BASF Brazil via complex technical projects implementation balancing the  constraints of scope, quality, time and cost to deliver the defined requirements. My main duties were:
·    SAP  NFe (electronic invoices) back to standard and SAP TDF-Tax Declaration Framework 4HANA deployment;
·    Agile transformation coaching within the organization through workshops, training and mentoring;
·    Designed and implemented  the project governance model based on SAP Activate (EXPLORE/REALIZE/DEPLOY/RUN);
·    Planned the Cutover and rehearsal milestones and activities in order to ensure quality to GoLive;
·    Working remotely in New Zealand from Jan/18 to Nov/18, I coordinated: the distributed team (EU  / BRL) of developers, architects, IT business analysts, SAP consultants and key-users and data cleansing and migration;
·    Together with the BASF Organizational Change Management team, coordinated the CM e2e efforts.


Certificates

KMP – Kanban Management Professional

Kanban University

2022

IC Agile - ACC (Agile Coach)

Adaptworks

2021

IC Agile - ATF (Team Facilitation)

Adaptworks

2021

HCMBOK 3G Expert Professional / Practitioner

HUCMI

2021

SAP Activate Project Manager-Certified Associate

SAP

2019

PRINCE2 Agile

Axelos

2018

PMO CP - PMO Value Ring - PMO Global Alliance

PMO Global Aliance

2018

PMP

PMI USA

2010


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