Brian Davis

About Brian Davis

I am a certified Change Management Professional (CCMP) and strategist with 15 years of experience, focused relentlessly on solving one critical challenge: user adoption during massive enterprise system implementations, particularly SAP S/4HANA and other technology transformations. For organizations undergoing complex digital change, strong, specialized change leadership can be the missing link for a successful release. I provide executive-level expertise to ensure your change strategy is robust, scalable, and fully integrated with your PMO.Key Areas of Impact:• S/4HANA Transformation Leadership: Leading change management for global, multi-year ERP implementations (including major projects at Kenvue and J&J ). My experience includes managing changes that impact Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, and Master Data for organizations, replacing numerous legacy ERPs with a single, unified S/4HANA platform.• Strategic Change & Adoption: My expertise in strategic planning is coupled with my knowledge of practical methodologies, including Prosci\'s ADKAR model, to mitigate resistance and drive successful system utilization at go-live.• Integrated PMO & Change: As a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a former Change Lead/Project Manager at firms like Booz Allen Hamilton, I ensure change activities are fully aligned with deployment timelines and project budgets.I believe in the transformative power of Change Management. It\'s not just a process, it\'s the element that improves the working lives of those who experience it, guaranteeing the technical investment pays off.

Experience

1. Senior Manager, Change Management Lead Ones4 Program, s 4 Hana ERP Implementation

   Kenvue

   May 2023 — Present · Summit, NJ, US

   Leads the end-to-end change management strategy and execution for a complex, global S/4HANA implementation program, successfully deploying multiple concurrent releases across the organization. This transformation is a strategic initiative to replace 15 legacy platforms, including both SAP ECC and disparate non-SAP systems, onto a single, unified digital core.This role is focused on de-risking the program and ensuring rapid adoption to accelerate the return on a significant technology investment.Key Executive Contributions and Program Scope:• Strategic Change Leadership: Developed and governed the overarching change management strategy for concurrent, interdependent releases, ensuring seamless integration of change activities with the Project Management Office (PMO) and global deployment schedule.• Scale and Complexity: Manages the change portfolio for a program impacting approximately employees globally, spanning all levels of the organization and diverse user groups, from manufacturing floor operators and warehouse staff to corporate finance and supply chain office personnel.• System Consolidation: Successfully manages the human transition from numerous legacy environments to the new platform, which included S/4HANA alongside accompanying integrated systems (e.g, Ariba, MDG, Anaplan, and OMP), mitigating business disruption across critical functional areas.• Adoption and Readiness: Established rigorous change readiness criteria, executed detailed change impact assessments across all impacted roles, and spearheaded the global communications and training strategies that directly resulted in strong post-go-live user adoption and hypercare stability.• Value Delivery: Ensured leadership buy-in and stakeholder alignment across regions and functions, positioning the organization to realize the intended benefits of a standardized global platform.

Education

• University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Corporate Strategy

  2008 — 2010

• Indiana University Bloomington

  Bachelor of Science, Informatics

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Business Intelligence
• Leadership
• Management Consulting
• Performance Management
• Crm
• Management
• Team Building
• Business Analysis
• Organizational Development
• Business Strategy
• Program Management
• Strategy
• New Business Development
• IT Strategy
• Business Process Improvement
• Strategic Planning
• Project Management
• Competitive Analysis
• Business Development
• Analysis
• Change Management
• Consulting