SUMMARY:

• Seasoned, SAP Logistics Advisor & Solution Architect with 18+ years of experience with SAP Logistics modules in the Beverage, Consumer, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Pharma and Global Trade Industries. Experience with Order to Cash (OTC), Transportation Management (TM), Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) and Outbound & Inbound Supply Chain processes design
• Experienced with analysis and design of business processes focusing in SAP OTC, TM & EWM modules. Deep knowledge in customization of SAP Order - to-Cash and Transportation Management processes and Integration with Manufacturing, Finance and Customer Experience applications. Participated in multiple full cycle implementations, rollouts, support projects and upgrades. Mr. Velasco has participated in projects integrating different TMS (Transportation Management Systems) and WMS (Warehouse Management Systems) solutions with SAP. Extensive knowledge on 3PL integration processes with SAP backend with multiple vendors and world class 3PL leaders.
• Project Management Professional (PMP certified - ID: 469410) and SAP Order Fulfillment certified consultant (ID: S 0004852221 ). Project Management experience in multiple rollouts and full cycle implementations following SAP Best Practices and PMI Project Management standards.
• Actively participated in pre-sales initiatives, wrote technical documents to support project proposals and participated in several presentations to clients. Special emphasis in scope and quality aspects in project proposals regarding SAP Order-to-Cash processes. Significant contributions in proposals for SAP logistics applications: TM (Transportation Management) and EWM (Extended Warehouse Management).

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Manager

Responsibilities:

• Functional Lead SAP TM for a Consumer Goods and Commodity Trading SAP program.
• Integration with EWM, GTS, Parcel Services Software.
• SAP TM solution design for Consumer Goods industry (Build-Print phase).
• Outbound and Inbound logistics process design (OTC, EWM, TM).
• Designed interfaces with external TMS (Manhattan) for planning, optimization and tendering.
• Worked closely with Business Experts to define future-state Business Processes.
• Agile project methodology practitioner.

Confidential

Solution Architect / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project manager for Mexico/Latin American ERP (SAP) projects.
• Partnered with IT Executive Team to meet company strategic growth path as it relates to new SAP applications and products.
• Responsible for design and rollout for new distribution centers.
• Responsible for design multiple B2C (Business-to-Consumer) programs.
• Responsible for meeting project timelines in multiple projects and rollouts.
• Ensure SLA compliance within the OTC Team.
• Managed group of external SD resources based in Mexico focused on testing, interfaces, and go live support.
• Engaged with different project stakeholders during project life cycles to meet objectives stated in SOW documents.
• Partnered with various business teams to deliver project according to global template expectations.
• Managed outside and inside consultants in regards to time dedication to projects and ticket assignments.
• Responsible for OTC business process and design for project rollout in Mexico.
• ProcessWeaver configuration for parcel shipping solutions, FedEx, UPS, USPS.
• Configured OTC processes for Mexican localization; worked closely with business users to ensure a seamless transition from various legacy systems to SAP.
• Worked very closely with key business executives in Latin America to educate and proliferate the understanding of the BEHR template for future rollouts in Latin America.
• Responsible for business process optimization for export transactions to Chile- the project included requirements in MM, SD and FI modules.
• Promoted SAP best practices for internal resources as well as outside consultants.
• Responsible for SAP LE-TRA functional analysis focused in outbound transportation, inbound transportation and replenishment between manufacturing plants and distribution centers.
• Responsible for SAP TM integration with ECC for freight costing, accounts payable and billing freight to customers.
• Responsible for designing TM interfaces for web tendering to carriers, integration with external WMS systems and carrier invoicing portal.
• Responsible for all ongoing support to BEHR Latin America entities including SAP applications and key interfaces with carriers, custom brokers and freight forwarders.
• Support to existing business process in BEHR US and re-design of sub-optimal SAP functionality outside of standard SAP practices.
• Responsible for a project to manage pallet inventory across all distribution centers and manufacturing facilities at BEHR; project will allow business users to negotiate better rental fees with the pallet manufacturer and give them visibility of the pallets across all supply chain.
• Day to day support to all Latin America regions for SAP execution in Spanish language.
• Data migration for multiple projects using eCATT’s, LSMW, Custom Programs.
• Participates in evaluation of TMS vendors and their different approaches to integrate their tools to SAP in different models, order management or deliveries. Build demos with vendors to demonstrate functionality before choosing TMS application.
• Warehouse Management implementation for Mexico Distribution Center for an initiative called FastPick, built around SAP WM and ITS mobile technology with Android devices. Voice pick and automatic handling unit creation as the foundation for the project.
• HU management in Manufacturing environments for production supply scenarios and return to vendor stock.
• RICEFW functional document writing for logistics.
• Wrote and delivered business blueprint for SD.
• Responsible for SD and LE business process modeling order to cash scenarios for commodity trading. Export sales and drop shipment scenarios across multiple locations around the world.
• Integration with CO-PA for planned expenses, condition types and accruals based on complex pricing procedures.
• Assisted Global Trade Management (GTM) module for all SD related configuration supporting core business processes- implemented complex pricing configuration.
• ABAP specifications and program debugging.
• ProcessWeaver configuration for international shipping and export forms. Booking integration with Handling Unit Management.
• Designed logistics modules in GTS, GTM, LE, SD and MM capable of track and trace containers, analysis of freight costs and accurate and timely integration with 3PL (Third Party Logistics) business partners.
• LSMW recordings for pricing, sales orders, customer info records and open quotations.

Confidential

Senior SAP SD - LES Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Business model definition including sales, shipping, and shipping costing processes. OTC design process included domestic, export and cross company business transactions.
• Business merger business process definition integrating two manufacturing companies.
• Translate the user business requirements into ABAP specifications.
• Customization of SD and LE processes.
• Integration with 3PL to external WMS and TMS.
• Interfaces modeling between carriers, freight forwarders and external warehouses.
• Responsible for inventory data loads.
• Trained the trainers.
• Post go live support and month-end close support.

Confidential

Senior SAP SD - LES Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Business model definition including sales, shipping, and shipping costing processes. OTC design process for Mexico and Latin America business including export sales, domestic sales and replenishment from plants to distribution centers.
• Translated user business requirements into ABAP specifications.
• Customization of LES processes including yard management functionality.
• Responsible for inventory data loads.
• Trained the trainers.
• Post go live support and month-end close support.
• LSMW design for shipments and freight condition records.
• Integrated SAP and Manhattan TMS software for freight optimization and shipment consolidation.
• Build an integration model based on outbound deliveries, transmission to TMS via Idoc processing and inbound interface to record optimized shipments in SAP.
• Production supply scenarios using HU management and delivery based shipments across multiple plants,
• Business model definition including shipping and shipping costing processes.
• Translated user business requirements into ABAP specifications.
• Designed transportation processes to handle up to 8000 shipments per month including stock transfers, inbound transportation, and exports.
• Design of interfaces with shipment costing system.
• LSMW and eCATT design for freight condition records for a complex environment.
• Customization of LES processes integrated testing coordination.
• Trained the trainers.
• Post go live support and month-end close support.

Confidential

Senior SAP SD - LES Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Business model definition including sales, pricing, intercompany billing and shipping.
• Project preparation.
• Elaboration of business blueprint focusing SD and LES processes.
• Translated the user business requirements into ABAP functional specifications.
• Customization of SD - LES processes, coordinated integration testing.
• Trained the trainers.

Functional Experience:SAP ECC 6.0 full cycle implementation.

Confidential

Senior SAP SD Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Business model definition including sales, pricing, intercompany billing and shipping processes across seven plants and companies. Configured all OTC processes including order processing, outbound transportation, shipping and custom solutions for billing and cash collections. Used risk management standard solution to enhance cash collection model.
• Integration of MM, FI, CO-PA and PP modules.
• Coordination of project team and follow up of activities.
• Project preparation.
• Elaboration of business blueprint focusing SD and LES processes.
• Translate the user business requirements into ABAP specifications.
• Customization of all SD processes- sales, pricing, shipping, billing and intercompany billing.
• Managed and coordinated integration testing.
• Trained the trainers.
• Participated in the Salesforce.com project to design interfaces for quotations, sales orders, and customer master data, pricing condition records for discounts, surcharges and freight, all based on XML messages and NetWeaver technology.
• Data migration: customer master, business partners, pricing condition records, inventory, bins.
• ABAP design of the business model to adapt variable costs framework to business operations on imported goods, development complex pricing processes and billing related operations.
• Developed the project plan.
• Worked with the other parties (customs, carriers, and government) to extract and make information available in SAP.
• Use of BAPI and IDOC technologies.
• Developed and coordinated the unit and integration testing.
• Trained the users.
• Go live and post implementation support.

Functional Experience:Project leader for the implementation of variable costs project and enhancement to the shipping and transportation business model.

Confidential

Project manager

Responsibilities:

• Defined project plan for business operation merger in Latin America.
• Responsible for shipping, transportation and cross border business processes for SD, MM and FI modules with focus on intercompany transactions, billing and integration with local pricing schemas.
• Developed interfaces with 3PL (third party logistics service providers) on i2 and Oracle Transportation Management software.
• Responsible for start-up of 20 distribution centers in Mexico and Latin America.
• Participated as business expert for cross border processes.
• Participated in integrated and business acceptance testing.
• Go live and post implementation support.
• Developed interfaces with 3PL (i2 and GC3 software) and carriers, business model for adopting cross docking operations.
• Business expert role focusing transportation processes.
• Participated in integration and business acceptance testing.
• Go live and post implementation support.

Functional Experience:Interface design for Web tendering between P&G, Cross Docking in P&G Distribution Centers, Exel (DHL Logistics) and Carriers, SAP 4.5b.

Confidential

SD Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for SD implementation and subsequent rollouts
• Business blueprint definition and writing.
• Business requirements gathering sessions with key users.
• ABAP design for non-standard processes including complex pricing techniques, intercompany billing and local taxes.
• Complete configuration of SD: sales, pricing, shipping, billing, sales information system (SIS), DSD, and transportation processes.
• CRM and ERP master data replications including customer master, material master, pricing conditions, pricing procedures and item category groups.
• Marketing master data in CRM, attributes, and value assignment to business partners.
• Stress and volume testing across all distribution centers and sales offices.
• Coordinated unit and integration testing in central Mexico region.
• Trained users.
• Post implementation support.