SUMMARY

• He is a SAP Principal SAP MDG solution architect consultant with over 12 years SAP experience.
• His career started in SAP as an IT Process Manager for a JSE listed company.
• Since then he has grown as a SAP functional consultant in modules MDG, SD, MM, PP and WM. As a consultant he worked in different business sectors; banking, mining, retail, media, manufacturing and logistics.
• Extensive and diverse systems experience in SAP Modules MDG, SD, MM, PP, WM and more recently focussing on SAP data governance solutions and architecture thereof.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and SAP (Including SAP Solution Manager). Areas of expertise include SAP MDG solution architecture, configuration, business process modelling, Integration, data migration and support.
• Understanding business requirements and translating these into specifications (technical and functional)
• Business process modelling, documentation, & definitions
• Solving business and technical problems.
• Process integration and assessment and design of re - engineering requirements
• Test strategies and test planning
• Applying project management skills
• Information & data modelling (ER)
• Implementing SAP at newly acquired divisions - locally and internationally
• Configuring/customizing the SAP MDG,SD, MM, PM, CS, PS, WM, IS-Media modules
• ALE setup for SAP standard data object
• Troubleshooting failed IDOCS and the correction thereof
• Developing bespoke systems with SAP as back-office.
• Working closely with ABAP developers to implement initiatives Problem elicitation and analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

MDG Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Lead MDG Consultant and MDG project manager - Implementing MDG 9 on S4/Hana for Materials and Suppliers(BP)
• Managing team of 3 MDG consultants
• Facilitating business requirement workshops - Delivery of blueprint document
• Feedback to larger project meetings, compiling project plan and tracking deliverables
• Configuration of main objects
• Development of all FDS documents
• Built of solution
• Unit testing, User acceptance training, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Training and Support

Confidential

MDG F Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Lead MDG Consultant upgrade from MDG7.2 to 7.8 - Testing and new functionality
• Lead MDG Consultant on project where current MDG co deployed solution is being redeployed as a Hub solution
• Setting up of MDG POC instance (including integration) and proving increased performance to business
• Handing over of system to business - currently only the master data team access MDG
• Steering business away from co deployment and driving hub deployment solution - Architecture Consulting
• Catering for BPC specific data requirements - Data replication model
• Data model extension and development
• UIBB customizing
• Facilitating UATs
• Data synchronization using DRF and other functionality
• Facilitating workshops to gather complex workflow requirements
• Developing/implementing ruled based workflow
• Revisiting BRF validations and derivations - Optimizing and development/implementation of new requirements. Translating business rules into BRF rules
• Optimizing and streamlining of change requests
• Optimizing MDG roles
• Training documentation
• Currently in project kick off phase - MDG on Hana cloud implementation Hybrid solution (SAP MDG 9 - HUB Deployment)

Confidential

MDG BP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of SAP MDG 7 - MDG BP(Customers & Contact Persons)
• Alignment of configuration between 6 ERP systems and SAP MDG
• BFR + Validations and Derivations implementation
• Go-Live and training for MDG BP(Customers & Contact Persons)
• Post Go Live Support for SAP MDG BP(Suppliers)
• Writing and analysing of technical specifications for ABAP development

Confidential

Principal Data Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Optimizing SAP ERP landscape by analysing current landscape and proposing landscape based on findings
• Analysing data and customizing misalignment across SAP clients and systems
• Troubleshooting failed IDOCS, identifying missing data objects, correction of data objects and re-processing of IDOCS ensuring successful distribution
• ALE IDOC analyses of data distributed to 10 SAP clients/systems
• Implementing new ALE distribution model for SAP standard data objects

Confidential

Data Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Assisted with Data Architecture design
• Commence implementation of SAP BRF+ (Business Rules Framework) Validations and Derivations
• Writing of FDS (functional design spec) - Dataflow and Architecture detail
• Data analysis - Analysing current data model (SAP Material) and comparing with others (Regions: GT vs MEA) and systems (SAP MDM/SalesForce/Direct)

Confidential

MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Mass uploading of materials
• Adjusting all related master data according to new codes - BOMS, Routings, Inspection Plans, Reservations, Production Orders, Planned Orders and Vendor Consignment Stock
• Adjusting stock value and quantities, from old to new material codes
• Management of purchase orders/purchase requisitions - closing of old codes, opening under new codes