James P. McElwee

✅ PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

Role
Program Manager at Ascent Global Logistics
Location
Chicago, IL, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About James P. McElwee

Contact me at: j••••••••@gmail.com *Career Summary* • An accomplished…

Experience

  1. Program Manager

    Ascent Global Logistics

    Jan 2021 — Present · IL, US

    Revised Contracts / Procurement Processes for IT saving more than in the first year.• Implemented SAP Concur - Invoice for an SLA supported company; expected to allow headcount reduction for the AP department by 3 or more people taking them from a largely manual, paper-based system to one with fully automated workflows supporting receipt / scanning of invoices using OCR, easy selection, and assignment of correct GL codes to invoices, and processing of approvals following configurable delegation of authority.• Consolidated financial systems for 3 legal entities in Great Plains 18 including the development of integrations to three Transportation Management Systems (CargoWise, Capital Works, Herman); SAP Concur - Expense; and Workday resulting in more than in labor savings annually related to processing Month End Closes, Payables, and Receivables.

Education

  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    BS in Business Administration - Marketing

    1987 — 1991

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