GARY GARVIN
Cincinnati,US
Summary
Experienced Project Manager skilled in leadership communication and business process analysis. I drive successful deployments and enhance operational efficiency, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and stakeholder expectations.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
SAP PRODUCT OWNER - OTC, RTR, MR
Toyota Motor North America
03.2022 - 03.2025
- Led SAP team of 10 in daily operations responsible for owning and managing the development, enhancement, and maintenance of SAP ERP systems and solutions.
- Collaborated with the business stakeholders to improve the end-to-end OTC cycle (sales orders, delivery, billing, receivables).
- Managed the relationship between OTC and RTR ensuring business stakeholder requirements were met.
- Used Agile methodology best practices including Scrum calls and sprints
- Maintained a backlog of feature requests prioritized based on business objectives.
- Created user stories and acceptance criteria with stakeholders to ensure clarity of requirements.
- Managed stakeholder relationships by providing regular updates on project progress and addressing any issues promptly.
PROJECT MANAGER
Toyota Motor North America
05.2017 - 03.2022
- Deployment business lead for 4 full life cycle SAP S/4 Hana implementations including cutover over activity and Hypercare
- Managed across functional teams, system integrator and business owners to ensure a successful implementation
- Record to Report lead for 3 full life cycle SAP S/4 Hana implementations
- Managed a team of 4 documenting business requirements, preparing functional specs and creating test scripts for SIT and UAT
- Created training material for SAP S/4 Hana record to report processes
- Setup Master Data structure (cost center, profit center) for Central Finance
SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America
06.2014 - 04.2017
- Consolidated the Income Statement and Balance Sheet for 16 North American Manufacturing Companies including elimination entries
- Analyzed Income Statement variances with a focus on Sales Less Direct Material and Fixed Costs
- Developed financial analysis reports and presentations by applying acquired financial principles
- Created monthly PowerPoint presentations illustrating business performance and goals
- Coordinated monthly and quarterly reporting to Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan for 16 North American Manufacturing Companies
SENIOR ANALYST HUMAN RESOURCES ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America
04.2013 - 05.2014
- Facilitated North American indirect position management
- Established indirect headcount targets for North American Manufacturing
- Coordinated Mid Term Business Planning process for North America indirect headcount
SENIOR ANALYST PAYMENT DISBURSEMENT AND ANALYSIS
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America
04.2011 - 04.2013
- Facilitated month-end close processes for accounts payable including journal entries and account reconciliations
- Supported monthly financial reporting of all accounts payable trade accounts
- Daily processing of vendor payments and reject resolution, inter-company wire data entry and record verification
- Identified operational process inefficiencies and recommended necessary improvements
SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America
06.2006 - 04.2011
- Consolidated the Income Statement and Balance Sheet for 16 North American Manufacturing Companies including elimination entries
- Analyzed Income Statement variances with a focus on Sales Less Direct Material and Fixed Costs
- Developed financial analysis reports and presentations by applying acquired financial principles
- Created monthly PowerPoint presentations illustrating business performance and goals
- Coordinated monthly and quarterly reporting to Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan for 16 North American Manufacturing Companies
Education
MBA - Business Aadinistration
Xavier University
Cincinnati, OHBBA - Finance
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KYSkills
- Project Management
- Data-driven decision making
- Business process analysis
- Agile methodology
- Jira / Confluence
- Toyota Business Process
- Leadership Communication
Timeline
SAP PRODUCT OWNER - OTC, RTR, MR
Toyota Motor North America
03.2022 - 03.2025
PROJECT MANAGER
Toyota Motor North America
05.2017 - 03.2022
SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America
06.2014 - 04.2017
SENIOR ANALYST HUMAN RESOURCES ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America
04.2013 - 05.2014
SENIOR ANALYST PAYMENT DISBURSEMENT AND ANALYSIS
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America
04.2011 - 04.2013
SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America
06.2006 - 04.2011
MBA - Business Aadinistration
Xavier University
BBA - Finance
University of Kentucky
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