SUMMARY:

• SAP certified professional with over 18 years of experience with large international Financial, Pharmaceutical, Distributing, Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Oil and Gas, Consumer Products, and IT Consulting industries.
• Successfully helped clients to develop and apply leading edge techniques and tools to assist with SAP ERP Business Process re - engineering projects, data conversions, upgrades and production support.
• Area of expertise lies in the Tools and Technology, Project Management, and all aspects of SAP custom development across multiple functional domains, SAP ALE/EDI, portal content, interfaces, performance and tuning, security, Business Intelligence, complex application solutions, monitoring, enhancements and application configuration.

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE:

• Solid SAP development experience utilizing SAP Development Workbench, ABAP Objects, Business Object Repository (BOR), BAPI, LSMW, Workflow, Smartforms, SAPScript, Adobe forms, Screen and Menu painters, ALV control, Web Dynpro, Business Server Page (BSP), OSS NotesSAP Translator, ITS, Web Services, Soap/Proxy adapters;
• Explicit and Implicit enhancements including
• BADI, Enhancement points, Customer-Exits, and User-Exits;
• IMG configuration and ABAP development for SAP ALE/EDI/IDOCsSAP Global Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP
• SAP BI Data Warehouse Workbench, BEx Query DesignerX12 EDI ASC and XML StandardsJava Script, HTML/DHTML, UNIX Script;
• SAP ECC 6.0 SD, MM, FI/CO, HCM and Learning Solution (LSO)SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)SAP Financial Supply Chain Management (FSCM)SAP Global Trade System (GTS), SAP Supply Chain Management (APO);
• SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (BI)
• OpenText Optura, Vistex, Group 1 Code-1 Plus, PBS archive add-ons
• MS Outlook, Novell GroupWise, Lotus Notes;
• HP Project and Portfolio Management Center; HP OpenView Service DeskUnicenter Service Desk/CA CMDB, Mercury Interactive TestDirectorUSPS Address Information System Products (AIS);
• MS Project, MS Office Professional edition; MS Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Naperville, IL

Lead SAP Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 FI, SD and MM modules, ABAP Objects, SAP ALE/EDI, MapForce, SFTP, and AS2

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a single point of contact for all SAP EDI related questions between FI and Logistics teams, SAP Hosting, ABAP development and EDI teams, and EDI partners including domestic and foreign banks, customers and vendors.
• Perform EDI business and system analysis activities and identify areas of potential process improvements.
• Responsible for configuring ALE/EDI settings, output types and SAP EDI partner profiles to support EDI Sales Orders, Pricing Records, Advanced Ship Notices, Invoices, Shipments, ACH, Positive Pay and Wire Transfer Bank Payments.
• Used existing SAP and designed new custom function modules to fill custom and standard IDOC segments.
• Responsible for onboarding new EDI partners in SAP and providing day-to-day support including resolving trouble tickets, providing technical solutions, analyzing and completing EDI requests.

Confidential, Rosemont, IL

SAP Development Manager

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 FI and MM modules, ABAP Objects, LSMW

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the delivery of all technical aspects during ECC 6.0 implementation project.
• Defined development strategy, introduced Interface Architecture to the project and a concept of shared subroutines for the common functionality. This custom technology reduced development time by 15% for all inbound and outbound interfaces, data conversions, reports and Smartforms.
• Designed and coded the most complex interfaces involving integration with 3rd party vendors
• Managed onside and offshore teams with team members spread across 4 continents
• Ensured that teams followed required Project Management, SDLC and SOX compliance processes
• Maintained accuracy and visibility into the team’s workload and resource allocation across projects, support efforts and operational tasks
• Developed integration test plans to meet functional and technical requirements

Confidential, Deerfield, IL

Lead SAP ABAP Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 SD, MM, FI, SAP HCM and LSO modules, SAP SRM, Vistex, SAP ABAP Objects, LSMW, SAP NetWeaver BI 7.0, Confidential Interface Architecture, HP Project and Portfolio Management Center (PPM), Unicenter Service Desk/CA CMDB, Lotus Notes, UNIX

Responsibilities:

• Provided timely and efficient new development and production support for the ERP ECC 6.0 SD, FI/CO, and MM modules, SAP SRM, SAP HCM (HR Payroll, Benefits, Time Management, Benefits and Org. Management), and LSO systems.
• Performed detail design and development of the new enhancements, interfaces, reports, RFCs, BAPIs, ALE/EDI, Workflow, BSP, WebDynpro, WebMethod, Smartforms and SAPScript, and customized SAP system via BADIs, Enhancement-points, Customer-Exits and User-Exits.
• Conducted design and code reviews and assured programs were developed in accordance with best practice development standards.
• Ensured changes to applications were aligned with company strategy, supporting cost estimates, government pricing model, functional designs, solution architecture, technical designs, and a successful transition to production environments.
• Built and enhanced BI objects such as InfoObjects, InfoCubes, InfoSources/Data Sources, Master Data, Transformations and Update Rules, ODS, Extractors, Infosets, Aggregates, and Process Chains.
• Supported BI production system: daily activities included troubleshooting, reloading and restoring data, identifying and resolving schedule conflicts. Using BEx Query Designer, developed a new report to provide confirmation data including purchase order information.
• Served as a SME to conduct knowledge transfer sessions for SAP ABAP development
• Prepared comprehensive system documentation according to company methodology and industry standards.

Confidential, Lake Forest, IL

SAP Business Analyst

Environment: SAP R3 4.7/4.0 SD, MM, FI and HCM modules, SAP FSCM, SAP APO, SAP SRM, SAP GTS, ABAP Objects, LSMW, ALE/EDI, OpenText Optura for SAP, Vistex, UNIX Sun Solaris, Group 1 Code-1 Plus, Oracle, HP OpenView Service Desk, TestDirector

Responsibilities:

• Led technical direction on complex assignments system wide. Provided timely and efficient design, development and production support for the portfolio of production ERP SAP R/3, FSCM, APO, GTS, SRM and BW systems.
• Worked closely with customers and third party providers in delivering new application solutions and enhancements towards existing applications. Served as a primary technical contact for software vendors within area of specialization.
• Led custom development, solving technical problems and setting development standards and procedures.
• Responsibilities included creating functional and technical designs, custom development, program complexity assessments, project time budgeting, program performance assessments, and quality assurance reviews.
• Led technical direction in analyzing multimillion records initial data load. Proposed and successfully executed an optimum technical implementation plan for 32 custom FTP and LES processes during 4.7 go-alive. Coded pricing procedures for retail, wholesale and government customers
• Served as a primary technical contact to coordinate ABAP development with Vistex consultants. Implemented BADIs, developed various custom reports, Smartforms and interfaces to support Vistex functionality in handling Freight Claims, Agreements, Rebates and Chargebacks.
• Served as a development lead and a primary contact for supporting OpenText Optura Workflow processes. Coordinated work effort between OpenText development lab, FI AP functional team, Basis and Security teams. Supported production and performed on-going development for EDI and file based interfaces, customization, and reporting.
• Served as a development lead for the FSCM system and coordinated development between ABAPers, Basis and Security teams. Customized and supported mass maintenance and synchronization processes between R/3 and FSCM systems.
• Designed and coded a set of function modules to utilize Manager Self-Service (MSS) and the Enterprise Compensation Management (ECM) processes of SAP. Introduced a naming standard for the HR ad hoc HR Reporting Project. Actively supported SAP HR functional team in researching missing authorizations and data correction.

Confidential, Des Plains, IL

Lead SAP EDI Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 4.6C SD, MM and FI modules, SAP ALE/EDI, AS/400

Responsibilities:

• Conducted design workshops with business and functional team members.
• Designed and developed a complete EDI business model for the Consignment process: Consignment Fill-Up, Consignment Issue and Return, Consignment Pick-Up, Reconciliation process and billing, and reporting.
• Created functional requirements and technical designs, coded custom development objects in ABAP and organized integration testing for the EDI transactions to support the Consignment Process.
• Prepared system documentation according to ISO standards for the automotive industry.
• Successfully resolved various performance issues by redesigning the business process and by using advanced ABAP features. Response time for some programs had significantly improved from 2 hours to less than 10 min.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Lead SAP Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 4.6C SD, MM and FI modules, SAP ALE/EDI, SAP IS Mill Products, LSMW, eAI MS BizTalk, TSI Mercator, UNIX Sun Solaris, and Oracle

Responsibilities:

• Developed custom application programming solutions which involved diverse development platforms, software, hardware, technologies and tools.
• Analyzed legacy EDI business process and Mercator maps and developed SAP EDI blueprint.
• Created functional and technical designs, coordinated coding and integration testing for inbound and outbound EDI transactions primarily in the SD and MM (Order to Cash) SAP functional area: 810o ‘Invoice’, 850i ‘Purchase Order’, 855o ‘Purchase Acknowledgement’, 846i ‘Inventory Inquiry/Advice’, 861i ‘Warehouse Stock Transfer Receipt Advice’, and 944i ‘Receiving Advice/Acceptance Certificate’.
• Configured EDI settings in IMG and created extensions for basic IDOCs.
• Used existing SAP and designed custom function modules to fill custom and standard IDOC segments.
• Configured Partner Profiles including a logical system for eAI BizTalk.
• Developed appropriate system documentation and assisted in developing end user documentation for the implemented solutions

Confidential, Waukegan, IL

SAP FI Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 4.6C/3.0D FI module, Business Object, UNIX, Oracle

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included analysis, data modeling, development and loading SAP FI universe "Account Receivable Factoring Requirement" to Data Warehouse.
• Validated existing Business Objects Universes over the Data Warehouse.
• Developed inbound interfaces to load Customer Credit Limit and AP Vendor Invoices.
• Redesigned multi-screens custom transaction “AR Lockbox: invoice entry”.

Confidential, Bannockburn, IL

Lead SAP Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 4.6C/3.1H SD, MM FI, and HCM HR modules, SAP ALE/EDI, TSI Mercator, MQ Series, UNIX, Oracle

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated custom development effort between SD, MM, PP, FI and HR teams.
• Established project coding and naming standards for ALE/EDI and ABAP/4 development.
• Organized integration testing (team of 6 people) and worked closely with other groups to assure the total solution delivered to the customer met expectations.
• Led development for SAP Business Warehouse Invoicing project:
• Analyzed legacy systems and data mapping;
• Translated the business requirement into dimensional data models;
• Performed relational data modeling, normalization and database design
• Created various CUSTOMER-EXIT enhancements, reports, SAP Script, data conversions and interfaces for FI, SD, MM and HR modules.
• Led ABAP development for inbound and outbound EDI transactions.
• Analyzed business process, developed functional and technical designs and using SAP ALE/IDOC technologies coded outbound interfaces that supported HR Compensation and Sales Force Automation processes
• Created Mercator type trees and maps to translate data between IDOC formats and flat files.
• Developed technical design and coded the on-line transaction to streamline a shipping process. The new custom program consolidated 9 standard SAP transactions from SD, MM and PP modules.
• Designed a custom program to load HR Organization Management infotypes.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

ABAP Development Team Lead

Environment: SAP R/3 3.1H/3.0/2.2 SD, MM FI, and HR modules, ETI Extract 2.4, Visual Basic 4.0, Oracle, DB2, MS Access 7.0, UNIX

Responsibilities:

• Led ABAP development for Finance and Logistic teams with up to 8 programmers
• Architected and designed solutions for enhancements by identifying the appropriate application tools and techniques and the required skill set needed for creating the enhancements.
• Led team members to deliver the solution with the correct approach
• Was responsible for program complexity assessments, project time budgeting, program performance assessments, and quality assurance reviews.
• Developed technical designs and using ABAP/4 programming language and 3rd party software packages coded enhancements, interfaces, reports and SAPScript programs for SD, FI, MM and HR modules.
• Actively involved in developing of the company coding standards and procedures and promoting the global template approach within the organization.
• Provided ABAP/4 training for new programmers and conducted knowledge sharing sessions.