Sheldon Arakaki

About Sheldon Arakaki

Experienced in effective management of multiple competing and frequently changing assignments and priorities. 20+ year track record integrating customers, suppliers, projects, and strategies. Accomplished in client management, operations, and vendor-managed services. Deep understanding and empathy with customer and supplier partner challenges in order to drive toward effective solutions.Held various roles including program Analyst, Programmer, Business Analyst, ERP Data Consultant and Computer Science Instructor at professional services leaders including Anderson Consulting, Safeco Insurance, and Univar. Long history introducing and integrating innovative technologies as they become available: basic internet, credit cards payments, 1-800 numbers, EDI, ERP and ecommerce to enable greater efficiency, productivity, and effectiveness across the business. Core Competencies:EDI standards (ANSI X.12 and EDIFACT)| Communication standards and protocols: SFTP, VAN, AS2 | EDI software platform (Gentran, webMethods, BizTalk)| XML file structure mapping | Analytical skills | Database structures, data files and data relationships | Vendor Service Provider Management

Experience

1. Team Lead, Ecommerce Development Services

   Univar Solutions

   Jan 2014 — Present

   Led the technical build and run phase of an email customer order integration project and migrated the workflow from the mainframe and Gentran to Salesforce/Mulesoft contributing $7M per year in revenue. In-house expert on B2B, EDI, and ecommerce integration issues.• EDI Analyst IV, B2B SAP Subject Matter Expert (2010-14)Business-to-Business Integration subject matter expert for the SAP migration Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay workflow process teams, identifying business requirements, requirements management, functional design, prototyping, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), testing, training, defining support procedures and supporting implementations.• EDI Analyst B2B integration role in the trading partner migration of two significant acquisitions. Owned the master data and business process workflow reviews to identify gaps and to define and implement solutions. • EDI Analyst II,(20••••06)Migrated acquired company’s EDI trading partners for Univar’s first major acquisition in 15 years nearly doubling the size of the company.

Education

• Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School

  MBA, Production Operations & Marketing

• University of Denver

  Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Finance, General

Skills

• Leadership
• Sap
• Account Management
• Human Resources
• Erp
• Market Development
• Key Account Management
• Budgets
• Additives
• Business Analysis
• Business Process Improvement
• Management
• E-Commerce
• Coatings
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Management
• Raw Materials