Ashley Gilbert
Montgomery,MA
Summary
Results-driven deployment professional prepared to bring significant experience and high standards to role. Known for exceptional project oversight and ability to drive improvements in deployment processes. Strong focus on team collaboration and flexibility, ensuring adaptability to changing needs. Expertise in project management and stakeholder engagement, valued for reliability, results-oriented approach and strong collaboration skills.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Deployment Manager, Program Methodology & Tools
MilliporeSigma
01.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: MilliporeSigma the life science business of Merck KGaA, has an annual revenue of over $8.9 billion. It operates 59 manufacturing sites worldwide and employs more than 26,000 people in 66 countries
- Developed deployment methodologies tailored to GxP-compliant ERP rollouts
- Conducted regular reviews of deployment processes and tools to identify areas for optimization or enhancement, driving continuous improvement initiatives across the team.
- Served as a subject matter expert on deployment best practices, providing guidance and support to colleagues across the organization as needed.
- Coordinated communication efforts between all affected parties during complex deployments, ensuring clear expectations were set and met at every stage of the process.
- Mentored junior team members in best practices for effective deployment management, fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the department.
- Developed training materials for end-users following major system updates, facilitating smooth adoption of new features and minimizing user frustration during transition periods.
Senior Business Readiness Deployment Manager
MilliporeSigma
01.2018 - 12.2023
- Led business readiness for large-scale SAP deployments, ensuring process alignment, end-user preparedness, and operational continuity through change impact assessments, training coordination, stakeholder engagement, and hypercare support
- Identified and resolved readiness gaps, driving pre-deployment assessments and readiness quality gates to validate business team preparedness
Associate IT Manager / Sr. Project Manager
Sigma-Aldrich
01.2013 - 12.2017
- Managed full project lifecycle including budgeting, risk/change management, and stakeholder communication
- Delivered consistent status reporting to executive stakeholders
- Developed custom IT solutions to address specific business needs, driving operational improvements and cost savings.
Supervisor, US Local Systems
MilliporeSigma
01.2007 - 12.2013
- Managed 4 direct reports; led system consolidation projects to reduce global IT complexity
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
Education
M.A. - Mental Health Counseling
Westfield State University
Westfield, MA06.2026
B.S. - Information Technology
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Lowell, MA06.2023
Certificate of Technical Studies - Client/Server Database Design and Administration
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Lowell, MA01-2002
Skills
- SAP ECC & S/4HANA
- Signavio BPMN
- Power BI
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
- Atlassian Jira
- Microsoft Project
- Excel and Pivot Tables
- Powerpoint
- Word
- Visio
- Master Data Management
- Continuous improvement
- Project management
- Project lifecycle management
- Strategic planning
- Agile methodology
- Computerized System Validation
- Problem-solving
- Excellent communication
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Relationship building
- Self motivation
Key Projects And Achievements
- Global SAP Deployments: Led $30M+ SAP rollouts across key business functions (OTC, P2P, L2Q), ensuring day-one operational readiness across all sites.
- Process Standardization: Created program methodologies aligned with a long-range 11-year roadmap, spanning release, fit to standard, design and build, testing, validation, training, hyper care while driving continuous improvement.
- Cross-Sector Enablement: Directed strategic Signavio deployment; established best practices, training, and a cross-functional team, enabling adoption and setting the foundation for multi-sector expansion at Merck KGaA.
- Legacy System Elimination: Delivered $800K in annual savings by retiring mainframes; led SAP implementation, data extraction, reporting, and end-user enablement.
- Strategic Supply Chain Integration: Managed $600K+ project to unify five distribution sites under corporate SAP ERP; completed under budget and on time.
- Global Data & Reporting: Consolidated sales revenue from six global ERP systems using SAP PI/BI, improving analytics and strategic decision-making.
Timeline
Senior Deployment Manager, Program Methodology & Tools
MilliporeSigma
01.2024 - Current
Senior Business Readiness Deployment Manager
MilliporeSigma
01.2018 - 12.2023
Associate IT Manager / Sr. Project Manager
Sigma-Aldrich
01.2013 - 12.2017
Supervisor, US Local Systems
MilliporeSigma
01.2007 - 12.2013
M.A. - Mental Health Counseling
Westfield State University
B.S. - Information Technology
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Certificate of Technical Studies - Client/Server Database Design and Administration
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
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