Cesar Perez-Salmeron
Toronto
Summary
Accomplished SAP Director with 25+ years of success in multiple enterprise solutions delivery Strategic in business program delivery, supporting organizations with business best practices Excel at sharing my vision on critical requirements and building relationships with stakeholders Focused on steering continuous improvement, and ensuring successful innovation delivery Management Consulting experience driving organizational change and implementing tech solutions Success in Financial Oversight managing large-scale budgets, risk mitigation and optimization
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SAP Portfolio Enterprise Delivery Manager – Orchestrating the technical delivery of a 100+M program
The City of Toronto
03.2023 - Current
- Recruited and mentored a high-performance motivated and innovative team, empowering them to deliver solutions on-time with outstanding results and to aim for continuous improvement
- Delivered support and IT service to Capital Projects ensuring best practices are being implemented
- Overseeing the technical resources of Transformation Programs including budget definition
- Showcasing SAP Ecosystem Technology Roadmap ensuring budget is maintained within limits
Interim SAP Solution Planning & Delivery – Empowered the team to get improvements and quick hits
The City of Toronto
04.2024 - 03.2025
- Mentoring a high-performance motivated and innovative team, focus on meeting best practices
- Enabled the team to successfully deliver SAP Solutions (ECC, Ariba, SuccessFactors) technical service
- Planned and merged both units (SSPD and SPED) achieving synergy enhancing collective efficiency on technical service delivery. Managing 35+ developers, functional, technical, and testing resources
- Forging a partnership with stakeholders demonstrating customer-focused approach collaboration
- Leading team to ensure IT support and technical services align the specific needs of Capital Projects
Corporate SAP Finance Manager - 1M USD savings on investment by internally implementing SAP
Sunwing Travel Group, Hotel and Resorts Division
08.2015 - 09.2022
- Implemented multiple concurrently E2E SAP and other applications projects including integration
- Successfully lead the end-to-end Budget Tool project (selection, negotiations, and implementation)
- Recruited and mentored an 8+ SAP team (developers, functional, and technical/basis resources) implementing and sustaining SAP ECC, SAP Business Objects , SAP BW and Tagetik (Budget tool)
- Partnered with cross-functional stakeholders demonstrating financial and accounting acumen
- Targeted problem solving of complex issues and crisis management through decision-making skills
- Achieved optimal ROI by developing and managing the annual 3M USD budget and forecast
Director, Software - 1M USD reduced in TCO by engineering and leading SAP cloud migration to AWS
Palace Resorts
07.2013 - 08.2015
- Oversaw successful programs delivery through complex technology roadmaps boosting innovation
- Forged strategic technology capital investments plans thorough business improvement and thrived the technology department organization structure, focusing on the stabilization of all applications
- Fostered a 40+ collaborative team including managers, supervisors, developers, and analysts
- Consolidated proper ROI through developing and administering the annual budget and forecast
SAP Project Director - 5M USD decreased in investment by internally implementing SAP
Palace Resorts
03.2011 - 07.2013
- Orchestrated successfully life cycle of large-scale end-to-end SAP ECC project, SAP CRM, SAP BPC
- Facilitated a 25+ project team of experienced functional consultants, SMEs, internal analysts and business partners. Levering mutually beneficial relationships with internal/external stakeholders
- Negotiated via oral and written communication with executives getting authorization for changes
- Remodeled business processes through effective change management achieving major innovations
Project Managers Coordinator
Royal Resorts
08.2005 - 03.2011
- Coordinated various in-house development projects as project managers' team head, while spearheading foreign, optimizing efficiency and reducing processing time with knowledge of SDLC
- 544M USD process valued controlled by overseeing the development a PMS and the SAP interface
Education
BS - Industrial Engineering
Univ Panamericana
01.1996
Skills
- Reporting tools
- Scrum master
- Issue resolution
- Business analysis
- Cost estimation
- Software development lifecycle
- Delivery management
- Stakeholder management
- Product roadmap
- Resource management
- Budget planning
- Decision-making
- Resource planning
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication
- Critical thinking
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master Scrum Alliance Canada 2022
- Project Management Abilities American Mgt Assoc Mexico 2010
- Business Performance Improvement KPMG Mexico 1997
- SAP Certified Associated Financial Accounting SAP Canada In progress
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Hobbies and Interests
ZhiNeng QiGong, Emerging Technologies, Coaching, Team Building, Friendly, Tolerance, Tact, Courteous, DEI, Mentoring, Role Model, Football, Running, Spiritual Growth, Going to the Cinema, Enjoying Family
Accomplishments
- 80% reduction on operations processing time by diagnosing and incorporating out-of-the-box, and in-house developed new functionality and also, by stabilizing the currently implemented tools
- 50% saving on SAP licenses by reconciling users and renegotiating the original SAAS contract
- Achieved real benefits on several organizations, increasing revenue for up to 200% and decreasing expenses up to 70% through several BPI, IT Strategy Planning and IT Tools implementation projects
Timeline
Interim SAP Solution Planning & Delivery – Empowered the team to get improvements and quick hits
The City of Toronto
04.2024 - 03.2025
SAP Portfolio Enterprise Delivery Manager – Orchestrating the technical delivery of a 100+M program
The City of Toronto
03.2023 - Current
Corporate SAP Finance Manager - 1M USD savings on investment by internally implementing SAP
Sunwing Travel Group, Hotel and Resorts Division
08.2015 - 09.2022
Director, Software - 1M USD reduced in TCO by engineering and leading SAP cloud migration to AWS
Palace Resorts
07.2013 - 08.2015
SAP Project Director - 5M USD decreased in investment by internally implementing SAP
Palace Resorts
03.2011 - 07.2013
Project Managers Coordinator
Royal Resorts
08.2005 - 03.2011
BS - Industrial Engineering
Univ Panamericana
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