Lizanne Cooper MBA PMP
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Lizanne Cooper MBA PMP is from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Lizanne works in the following industries: "Logistics and Supply Chain". Lizanne is currently Procurement Analyst at 3M, located in Twin Cities Area. In Lizanne's previous role as a Business Analyst | Business Data and Deployment Consultant at Exploring Opportunities as a Business Analyst, Lizanne worked in Twin Cities Area until Dec 2015. Prior to joining Exploring Opportunities as a Business Analyst, Lizanne was a Business Process Consultant at Target and held the position of Business Process Consultant at Minneapolis, MN. Prior to that, Lizanne was a Accounts Payable Manager at Target, based in Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area from Nov 2007 to Aug 2012. Lizanne started working as Internal Audit Manager at Target in Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area in Jul 1999. From Apr 1993 to Jul 1999, Lizanne was Previous Leadership positions: Inventory Operations Manager, Shortage Analysis Manager at Target, based in Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area.
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Lizanne Cooper MBA PMP's current jobs
Source to Pay Project Manager for SAP Implementation focused on Data Transformation for Source To Pay, including Project Planning, Data Cleansing, Enrichment and Transformation. Lead a team in cleansing large data sets, mapping and transforming legacy to SAP Source to Pay data Developed plan, goals, and goal-tracking and metrics to ensure results Execute WINSQL queries, utilize Microsoft Project
Lizanne Cooper MBA PMP's past jobs
A results-driven Business Analyst and Consultant with proven leadership in large SAP project implementations which span an organization and diverse teams. With a deep understanding of Sourcing, Finance, Accounting, and Internal Audit controls, I can quickly connect and prioritize business needs to system capabilities, drive successful date cleansing and business readiness, plan deployment and cutover execution, and ensure business transition and change. I am actively pursuing new opportunities where I can provide significant business value.
Planned and coordinated large business teams to deploy new SAP systems and SAP upgrades; managed testing, organized and executed cutover, and planned business transition and process change. •Planned and coordinated multiple business teams, IT teams and vendors to implement SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM) module for Marketing Operations and Finance processes. Planned for data conversion, complex system integrations, system and business process change resulting in successful deployment with minimum business interruption. •Led Contingency Planning for new SAP implementation by collaborating with over 25 business teams in evaluating business risks and impact. Prepared robust and actionable risk management plans for Sourcing, Purchasing, Project Accounting and Fixed Assets, impacting 43,000 end users. •Organized post-implementation support transition plans for all levels of business and system needs, ensuring system and process support for over 43,000 end users. •Planned and executed implementation and managed risk for new SAP project for Real Estate and Property Management Accounting. •Managed testing for SAP system upgrades impacting multiple business teams including coordinating testing, managing defects, ensuring on-time testing cycles. •Established cooperation with all levels of impacted teams by planning, organizing and executing meetings with superiors, peers, and subordinates.
Led Accounts Payable Non-Merchandise team in payables processes including invoice payment, preparing monthly accruals and journal entries, and managing purchasing card program. Coached staff on work prioritization and employee development. •Collaborated with SAP project team as subject matter expert for new SAP Accounts Payable system. Provided business requirements and priorities for processing and accounting for expense payables, coordinated business transition and worked with Organization Change Management to identify business process changes, include new roles and activities for end users. •Established foreign payment invoice process through leadership of cross-functional initiative with multiple departments including Treasury and Purchasing. •Partnered with Treasury team in negotiating Purchasing Card Contract for large program resulting in improved card rebates. •Received VP award for program development and roll-out of Purchasing Cards to over 1500 Target Stores, resulting in improved financial control of store purchases.
Managed Corporate and Financial Services Internal Audit teams in developing annual audit plans, staffing and managing control audits for multiple departments including Financial Operations, Project Development, Marketing, Human Resources, and Credit Card Services. • Developed the risk assessment process for Target based on quantitative and qualitative measurements including the methods for gathering, recording and reviewing data and preparing Assurance plans. Process adopted by all Internal Audit teams. • Received VP award for sourcing 3rd Party auditors and over-seeing compliance audits for all Housekeeping vendors for Target Stores and Distribution Centers, resulting in operation and compliance improvements for Housekeeping Vendors. • Reported audit results to management and recommended changes in operations; ensured execution of audit findings and resolutions.
A leader in process improvement including driving efficient annual Inventory processes, negotiating Inventory Vendor for 1500 stores, leading analysis team resulting in over $1M savings in shortage at Stores and Distribution Centers. Additional Related Experience: •FMC CORPORATION, Chicago, IL - Financial Analyst •TOUCHE ROSS and CO, Chicago, IL - Sr. Auditor (CPA)