PROFILE:

• Dedicated Platinum SD Consultant, Solution Architect, Team & Integration Lead and Project Manager; senior - level SAP professional with diverse skills; effective as both leader and team player with the ability to work with business, functional and technical resources.
• Over 25 years of extensive consulting experience, 23 years working with SAP products participating in well over a dozen wall-to-wall and acquisition implementations in both the domestic and international arenas.
• Progressive roles at Project Manager, team and functional lead levels. Additional project life cycle experience in training development and delivery, data conversion, upgrades, post implementation and continuous improvement support and SAP process re-engineering.
• Worked with SAP in the development, proof of concept and roll-out of the ASAP methodology.
• Creative innovator with exceptional analytical abilities and communication skills to define vision, strategy and implementation approach, analyze requirements and deliver solution for SAP and non-SAP applications, including custom development, performance testing, dry runs and cut-over planning.
• Industries served include: Life Sciences, CPG, Beverages, AFS, Wholesale Distribution\Retail, Manufacturing and Hi-tech.
• Extensive hands-on SAP configuration experience through all SAP ECC releases in Sales and Distribution (SD), Logistics Execution (LE), Materials Management (MM), Finance and Controlling (FI/CO) and ABAP.
• Expert in SD configuration and lead roles for entire project lifecycle of SAP implementation including extensive sales information reporting (SIS).
• Very strong experience in Logistics Execution (LE) including shipping, transportation planning, shipment costing, handling unit management, with integration into both SAP and third-party warehouse management systems.
• Strong programming and debugging skills in ABAP and familiarity ABAP Objects.
• Extensive experience designing processes in Materials Management (MM) for stock replenishment, batch management, serialization, inter company delivery and stock transfer operations, third party subcontract manufacturing with direct delivery.
• Experience and integration knowledge of Finance and Controlling (FI/CO) processes for AR, credit management and aging analysis, domestic and foreign sales taxes, revenue recognition, profitability analysis, credit card management for several clients, and heavy intercompany sales.
• Working knowledge of CRM pricing, including a pilot project using Marketing and Opportunity management via SAP portals.
• Competent in the use of LSMW, Sapscript, Smart Forms, ABAP query, extensive work in EDI/IDOC. A thorough understanding of the underlying SAP table architecture.
• Proficient with integration of third-party applications in the shipping, parcel tracking services, tax and credit card, third-party project management tools, help desks and change control software.
• Integrated Vertex, Sabrix and Taxware at various clients.
• Participated in the development of SAP’s credit card solution and implemented and supported paymetric solutions at several clients.
• Extensive Trade Promotion experience and familiarity with Confidential .

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Logistics BA and Solution Architect

Confidential, South Plainfield, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Rapid Roll out of subcontract production facility with full logistics utilizing Confidential global template.
• Responsible for OTC and intra company STO processing fit and function, FedEx interface, forms.
• UAT testing, full dress rehearsal and hypercare.
• Logistics responsibility for all route scenarios from US and Canada domestically and internationally in highly customized two route solution.
• Direct interface to FedEx utilizing middleware with localized printing through SAP.
• Integration of radiopharmaceutical licensed product portal into SAP.
• Support in the integration of specialized radio-active seeds processes into the logistics chain.
• Hands-on design, documentation, configuration support, technical debugging, testing and cutover in a formal life sciences environment.
• Provided Internal resource training and mentorship.
• Use of SAP, internal SAP documentation tools and full cycle ALM (HPQC) project development and test cycles.

Confidential

Solution Architect & config. lead

Responsibilities:

• Solution architect and configure the merge of 4 business units, from a previous SAP instance, into one onto a new global instance of an already multiple company SAP ECC environment.
• Master data cleanse and conversion to new instance. Convert all open associated SD transactions and pricing.
• Redefined global template to a single order type including a build out of missing and required business processes for the Surveillance business, then decommission business units in the old instance.
• Prepare and transition entire company to Intercompany Sales and procurement (STO).
• Re-introduce an improved custom extended warranty sales and management solution, updating the equipment masters with the relevant warranty info.

Confidential

PM, Team and configuration lead

Responsibilities:

• Team and configuration lead for the merge of Confidential with the Confidential division into a single set of business processes, including conversions (LSMW) and business transition training, decommissioning of one SAP sub entity within the same system.
• Redeploy Process Weaver shipping solution and EDI integration with 3PL’s.

Confidential

C2C Team and Configuration Lead

Responsibilities:

• Team and configuration lead for Order to Cash in a wholesale distribution environment.
• Managed Team and integration to service management.
• Performed complete configuration for Order to Cash design, Credit Cards (Paymetric SAAS using standard SD process and Open A/R) and external tax.
• Integrated third party small parcel packing solution using Process Weaver Technology to allow pick, pack with UPS/FedEx/DHL web services integration, including AES web services for customs filings.

Confidential

C2C Team and configuration lead

Responsibilities:

• Team lead for Order to Cash and responsible for direct sales configuration for a new business unit. Managed additional resources brought in to handle Government Sales with a view to get CAS compliant.
• Performed complete configuration for Order to Cash design including SIS, Credit Cards (Paymetric using standard SD process, Auto A/R and Open A/R) and external tax (Vertex).
• SD integration of TEM (Training and Event Management) with Credit Cards and Tax to facilitate SD Billing.
• Designed\developed SIS and custom required enhancements and reports including bookings, backordered and billed.
• Custom developed a warranty management solution at serial number level.

Confidential

Production Support

Responsibilities:

• Weekly onsite and remote production support as required by the business.
• Team and configuration lead for worldwide data warehouse field harmonization including master data, pricing subtotals, product hierarchy (redefinition including cleanup and redetermination).

Confidential

Project QA and SD lead

Responsibilities:

• Re track a derailed SAP AIO implementation.
• Build out complete SD\MM processes for intercompany procurement and sales including returns, with batch management roll-up.
• Redo ATP, credit management and misused master data fields.
• Complete Master Data and Sales order conversions.
• Guide to a finish line by curtailing scope and focusing on an achievable event.
• Re-engineer current market fund solution. Ultimate decision was to use Confidential over a SAP rebate management\SIS approach to increase overall MDF flexibility. Worked as team lead and solution architect with Confidential .
• Re-align current Quote and Pricing tools (HVAC industry specific) moving from ISA to a Sharepoint solution integrating with CRM and WCEM.
• Re-engineer project to provide single unified quoting tool for a combined residential and commercial front end. As Team lead, responsible for the design & development, incorporating region based parameters, reducing the overall impact it would have on current operations.
• Integrate Listing and exclusion and examine how to reduce complex pricing calculations in CRM.
• Support QTC functions for new plant roll-out.
• QTC lead for product hierarchy re-organization from 2 to 9 levels, with entire database re-alignment.
• Introduce intercompany Sales (US-CA and US-MX) and redo intercompany procurement to facilitate auto invoice receipt.
• Realign business processes to allow direct sales from Mexico.
• Design source plant determination for MTS, MTO and ETO materials in multi DC environment based on 3 digit zip.
• Project Lead for multi-level VC product integration into current SAP solution.

Confidential

SD Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Re-implementation upgrade 4.6 to ECC 6.0.
• Integrated FedEx Xsi - SAP Parcel tracking functionality for domestic shipments.
• Master Data conversion for customer and outputs.
• Remediate reports and background programs, set up all SD Batch Jobs.

Confidential

SD Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Work with SAP AGS group for production stabilization and support in a high volume AFS B2C environment.
• Automated return process using standard SAP transactions.
• Issue resolution around pricing interfaces. In particular BOGO and credit card processes with multiple tender.
• System configuration, data conversion for new division rollout.
• Worked for SAP AGS group to provide de-escalation support on ATP issues around two plant ATP and ATP confirmed stock requiring reallocation.
• Team lead for design, hands on configuration and ABAP development.
• Design a process to identify and control stock allocation of items considered critical (in short supply) within Osram’s NAFTA operations.
• Develop a sustainable SAP solution together with interactive ALV reports to identify, mark items as critical, control the ATP process, rescheduling and deliveries, finally allowing for a reset once the item no longer considered critical.

Confidential

Project Manager \ SD Pricing lead

Responsibilities:

• Configuration of new minimum freight charge policy implementation, based on minimum order value.
• Policy implemented in R/3 pricing and extended into CRM and Web Interface with custom enhancements.
• Automation of default Tax Jurisdiction determination through Badi development.
• Additional production and project support in SD, SAPScript and ABAP report development.

Confidential

Continuous Improvement Lead

Responsibilities:

• Production and project support in SD, Transportation, SIS, IM/MM, SAPscript and ABAP development and support.
• Supported transportation planning initiative.
• Continuous improvement projects, including vendor consignment stock processes, extension of RF scanning processes for packing, introduction of VICs BOL and the development of several custom reports.
• Provided ABAP mentorship to foreign Interns.
• Lead blueprint, design, initial configuration and integration for AFS Order entry, B2C web Orders, B2B web orders, Sales rep E-Workbook orders (Integrate with Centerstone) and EDI order processing.

Confidential

C2C Team - Design & configuration lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead master data conversion for final division integration into Confidential Store Delivery (DSD) and Full Service Vending (FSV) process.
• Facilitate the integration and design of current presale and delivery route process from a paper based solution to a fully fledged handheld solution using Apacheta software. Integrated routes owned by independent operators with company owned routes.
• In corporate distributor allowances and surcharges into the custom dual invoicing process including pricing procedure design to accommodate requirements for the independently owned and operated sales and delivery routes in the states of NY and NJ. Performed all configuration required for this.

Confidential

Project manager \ Team lead

Responsibilities:

• Integration of Indirect Sales to pay broker commissions using EDI and rebate management.
• Review email process for Invoicing, manipulate A/R due dates to fall on the next working day and provide analysis and resolution for various incorrect reports.
• Integrate the new process with Cognos reporting to facilitate overall corporate dashboard.