PAUL COKER (BEng.

Port Moody, BC 604-401-4924 pcokerinbc@gmail.com

Operations Manager | Project Manager

Experienced Operations Manager, Project Manager, and Senior ERP Business Consultant with crossindustry experience throughout North America leading and managing teams to design and implement
best business practices and organizational change through process and procedure re-engineering and the
implementation of systems and tools to improve operations and project management.
Operations and Project Management
Project Planning, Budgeting, Scheduling, Capacity and
Resource Planning, Forecasting, Reporting, & Closure
Operational Planning, Budgeting, and Management
Business Process Re-Design & Optimization

Team, Client, and Stakeholder Relationship

Management
Consulting, Communication, & Facilitation Expertise
Business, Systems, and ERP Consulting Expertise
Fostering environments of continuous improvement
and learning

Professional Experience

Founder, Managing Partner, Operations Manager, Project Manager Jan. 2005 Present
Innova Kitchens and Baths, Vancouver, BC
Co-own and operate Innova Kitchens and Baths Ltd., a design and residential renovation project
management construction company. My key areas of focus include:
Developing and managing operational operations business strategies, operational budgets, procedures,
processes, systems and tools
Developing, managing, and analyzing company operational budgets, forecasts, cash flow, and
profitability and managing monthly, quarterly, and year end accounting procedures
Implementing and managing of system for Financial Accounting, Project Accounting, Procurement,
A/R, A/P, GST / PST / WCB Submissions, Asset Acquisition, and Payroll
Developing, implementing, and managing company marketing plans and initiatives
Managing projects and client relationships through all project stages initial consultation,
requirements gathering, solution design and presentation, planning and budgeting, scheduling and
capacity planning, contract development and sign-off, supply chain management for materials and
labour during construction, construction change orders, sub-trade construction management, project
analysis and reporting, project completion and lessons learned
Consulting, liaising, and communicating with clients throughout all stages of design and construction
to relay progress, issue resolution, and next steps
Implementing of Visio to allow for computer aided drafting and design

Senior Business Analyst, Senior SAP Project Systems Consultant

Renaissance Consulting Corporation, Corporate Clients throughout North America

1998 -2004

Lead and managed teams of clients and junior consultants throughout North America in the
design, and implementation or organizational change through new processes, procedures, tools,
and systems for Operations Management and Project Management. Subsequently, lead teams to
configure and implement SAPs Project Systems, Asset Management, and Investment
Management and integrating these modules across business units with the Financial Accounting,
Cost Accounting, Materials Management and Logistics, Sales and Distribution.

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Senior Business Analyst, Senior SAP Project Systems Consultant (Contd)

Clients included K. Hovnanian Home Builders (Red Bank, N.J.), Pratt and Whitney (Montreal),
Hatch Engineering (Toronto), Lockheed Martin (Greenville, South Carolina), Tomen Agro (San
Francisco, California), Nortel (Raleigh, N.C, & Toronto), Cooper Cameron (Houston, Texas), and
Kongsberg Offshore (Kongsberg, Norway) among others.

Developing and managing team plans and schedules, and delegating deliverables
Leading and facilitating business design workshops to gather, map, and analyze as-is business processes
for financial and logistical project management and portfolio management
Designing and implementing new businesses processes and procedures for Operations and Project
Management including Project Initiation, Planning and Budgeting, Project Scheduling and Labour
Capacity Planning, Materials Planning, Project Reporting and Analysis, and Project Closure
Consulting, communicating, and liaising with stakeholders across diverse business units including
Accounting, Sales, Materials Management and Logistics, Project and Service Management in order to
drive integrated business design solutions for project and portfolio management
Establishing and maintaining stakeholder rapport in order to drive organizational change with respect
to the project management discipline
Managing team progress, assessing risk and developing risk strategies, and reporting team progress to
senior management
Training and developing client staff and junior consultants to develop business consulting, business
analysis, and change management with respect to Project Management practices
Working with software application implementation methodologies and tools
Developing specifications for custom software development as part of application implementation
initiative
Developing and managing project management summary tools, forecasting tools, long term capital
planning summaries, and operational dashboards

Business Analyst, SAP PS Consultant Pricewaterhouse /OmniLogic

Vancouver

1996 -1997

Developing and maintaining effective client relationships in the design and delivery of SAP system
training client in implementation methodology (Protocycle Methodology)
facilitating client workshops for requirements gathering, and mapping and analysis of As-Is business
processes and the design of To-Be Processes
Configuring SAP Project Systems and Asset Management modules and integrating with Financial
Accounting, Cost Accounting, Materials Management, and Sales and Distribution modules
Developing and delivering SAP Project Systems Bootcamp training to client
Development and delivery of design, configuration ,end user transaction, and testing
documentation

Major client was B.C.Tel and I also provided initial Project Systems Bootcamp training at Telus.
Prior to 1996, I have 5 years engineering experience as a Process and Project Engineer for Bayer
(AG) and Molson Breweries.

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Education, Professional Development, Tools & Skills

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Queens University, 1990

Completed MBA level courses in Accounting, Finance, and Organizational Behaviour at

University of Windsor

Professional Development

Completed SAPs Project Systems and Asset Management module training course in 1996

Completed Pricewaterhouse/OmniLogics SAP Bootcamp training in Financial Accounting,

Cost Accounting, Materials Management, and Sales Distribution Modules in 1996

Completed the Canadian Securities Course in 1993

Completed my P. Eng. Designation in Ontario in 1992 and previously maintained my P.Eng.

in Ontario and B.C.

IT Experience

SAP
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Senior consultant experience in Project Systems, Investment Management (Portfolio

Management)and Asset Management modules
Bootcamp level training in Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Materials Management, and
Sales and Distribution modules.
Protocycle Methodology (Similar to Agile), ASAP Methodology, and Software Development

SAGE Project Module integrated with Financial Accounting

Quickbooks Premier
E-Requester Purchase Requisition Approval System

Computer Expertise

Excel Extensive experience including senior functionality such as Pivot Tables, V Lookups,
and programming using Visual Basic

Microsoft Project Experienced user

Visio Experienced user

PowerPoint Experienced user

Word Experienced user