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Corporate Information Systems. Largest US-based packaged foods company 120 Well-known Brands in the U.S. 5 brands each have sales of over $1 billion Kraft , Post , Maxwell House , Nabisco , Oscar Mayer 32 account for $100 million or more in sales Recent Acquisitions
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Corporate Information Systems
Largest US-based packaged foods company 120 Well-known Brands in the U.S. 5 brands each have sales of over $1 billionKraft, Post, Maxwell House, Nabisco,Oscar Mayer 32 account for $100 million or more in sales Recent Acquisitions Fruit2O, Veryfine and Back to Nature Who is Kraft?
Education Undergraduate: Indiana University (12/1994) CIS, Accounting Graduate: Pursuing MBA at Keller Grad School w/IS Concentration Technical Experience: Languages: COBOL, OO/Java, DB2/SQL, Access, ASP Platforms: Mainframe, Websphere/AIX, Oracle, IIS Work Experience Kraft Foods Business Consultant 1995-2000 Sales Systems - Business Planner, Sales Reporting, Intranet Reporting BroadVision Operations Manager 2000-2002 E-Commerce – Financial, Resource Planning Kraft Foods Project Leader 2003-Present Customer Service Systems - Central Order Database Sales Systems - ezServ – B2B Web Site Jeff Deutch
Discuss Career paths of Corporate IT Professionals Provide the business and technology mix within a marketing/manufacturing organization Provide guidance for career planning Objective
Application Development Path Technical Path Senior Business Systems Manager Senior Technical Specialist Business Systems Manager Technical Specialist Associate Business Systems Manager Associate Technical Specialist Senior Systems Project Leader System Project Leader Senior System Analyst System Analyst Career Paths
Technology Landscape Legacy Systems
Systems Group supports each of the Business Functions. Systems Alignment IT Infrastructure (PEX, ISS, ITSC, Techworks) Sales / Cust Serv. R&D OTP Marketing KF Canada Divisions Corporate
Growing Focus (Global / Flexible): Functional (Specialist)-> Cross-Functional (Generalist) Project Mgmt (OO Methodology/shorter dev. cycles, PMUG/PM Cert.), Financial/Cost Mgmt (LRP/Portfolio process, “Do more w/same”) Resource Mgmt (Resource constraints & outsourcing) Drivers: Business Environment, Health Trends, Public Company, Mergers & Acquisitions Evolution of IS Professionalat Kraft
Career paths within Corporate IS are diverse, spanning different technology and business functions Trends Stronger Emphasis on Mgmt & Project Controls More Focus on Business & Soft skills Doing more w/the same – Efficiencies & Creative Development Sourcing Keep track of technology changes and be prepared to incorporate them into your career path… In Summary...