Microsoft Dynamics AX (D365) Principal Consultant #232178

This candidate is a focused professional with a commitment to creative problem-solving. She relishes building strong relationships and creating inspired solutions to business issues. She is a hands-on professional with almost 35 years of big-picture and detail-oriented positions in supply chain management, ERP, and finance systems implementations. She boasts a diverse track record in manufacturing and financial software, as a nimble problem solver who develops effective solutions for a variety of problems. This candidate is skilled at developing projects and strategies that meet customer-specific requirements in material requirements processing, enterprise requirements processes, JIT, Lean manufacturing, and financial operations. She is also skilled at analyzing and crafting solutions for business-specific situations or negating software deficiencies. Additionally, this candidate is an expert at demonstrating software and presenting solutions to internal and external management teams in a real business-aware model. 

In her recent role as a Principal Functional Consultant, this candidate was responsible for offering and sharing business process expertise to prospects and customers rolling out ERP, CRM, and other business solutions in a variety of major firms and companies. In this position, she was the engagement manager to the largest implementation as well as the functional architect and designer of that solution and its rollout. She was also the system delivery manager, responsible for overseeing teams of functional consultants delivering solutions at customer sits. Her responsibilities further included conducting requirement gathering sessions using Microsoft Dynamics Finance and Operations for pre-and post-sales project development and deployment, both in person and remotely using processes that this candidate designed. Additionally, this candidate was a readiness mentor and content designer for education and training to the customers and in-house personnel.

This candidate’s additional certifications and courses of study include:

• Business software courses include D365, QuickBooks, Finite Capacity Scheduling, SAGE, SAP B1 and Fourth Shift.  Business courses include Project Management, Agile Development processes, LAMP Large Account management, and Solution Selling.
• Business information courses include those on Lean Manufacturing, MRP II, Supply Chain Analysis, WorkFlow, JIT and Activity Based Costing.  
• Studies include business classes, a Diploma in Business Process Reengineering, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in International Business at a top tier university where this candidate graduated with a 4.0/4.0 and Summa Cum Laude distinction.  
• Project Management through a top tier university
• Certified Scrum Master

For a recent project, this candidates role included:

• Engagement manager to the largest implementation as well as the functional architect and designer of that solution and its rollout
• Conduct requirement gathering sessions using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations for pre-and post-sales project development and deployment in person and remotely using processes that she designed and with a very high success rate of winning and keeping business.
• Production and Supply ChainD365 product subject matter expert
• In charge of all materials, supply, demand, and planning functions of the implementation project
• Readiness mentor and content designer for education and training to the customer and in-house personnel
• Coordinate activities with third-party ISVs for integrations
• Internal Process Improvement champion for the establishment and rollout of new implementation methodologies, standardized processes, process improvement, and feedback coordination, and change agent using my experience with implementations over 200 times in 39 countries and on 6 continents
• And much more…

One recent client recommended this client, saying that,

“This candidate is a powerhouse when it comes to implementing an ERP system. She will continually drive other team members to strive for excellence. She is a pleasure to work with and will provide superior service for everyone involved”