SUMMARY

17 Years SAP Project Manager and Coordinator, SAP HR Business Analyst, SAP HR Data Analyst, SAP HR Functional Configuration, SAP HR Technical Development ABAP/4 , SAP HR Quality Assurance Test Lead, with 10 full go-live implementations including 5 Global implementations and 10 intensive phased-maintenance implementations. SAP Manager and Coordinator responsible for managing up to 80 resources for SAP HR project implementation phases having excellent organizational and polished political skills. Academy Certified in SAP HR modules having configuration experience as a team member, technical SAP HR ABAP experience, extensive Quality Assurance QA experience with highly customized large-scale SAP HR systems, excellent written and verbal communication skills for SAP HR process design documentation PDD , integration documentation, functional and technical documentation, QA documentation, fit-gap analysis documentation, requirements gathering, and training documentation. SAP HR functional areas of experience include Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, CATS, Benefits Administration, Payroll NA and EMEA , Time Administration, Learning Management System, Training and Event Management, Travel Management, Recruiting, and technical experience in ABAP/4. Strong End-USER portal experience with ESS and MSS for Work-Flow Navigation and Authorizations used for documentation of BBP and QA test scripts. Over 20 years of Information Technology experience in Aerospace and Defense, Oil, Electric Utility, Transportation, Public and Government Sector, Science and Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing, Retail, Pharmaceutical, Automotive, Healthcare, and Travel. Understanding of SAP Database back-end having solid experience in Relational Database Modeling exposed to Oracle, DB2, and Sybase Database.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SAP Project Manager

• SAP Version ECC 6.0
• SAP Project Manager managing 40 Resources for Large Scale HR CATS, Project and Assets, and Order-to-Cash Financial Transformation: Managed 40 Resources for the following: 1 Developed detailed MS Project Plans utilizing dependencies and milestones to track all resources workload and completion statuses for Functional, Technical and Portal Development for 100,000 USERS for Desktop and Mobile Devices and all down-stream processes including Testing and Training, 2 Chaired, ran and coordinated all daily status call meetings with resources to attain percent completion for all tasks, to keep tasks on-schedule, and to continuously build-out, enhance, and update the MS Project Plan, 3 Managed delivery of WRICEF Objects managing both developers and functional resources in the end-to-end structured SDLC of these objects, 4 Managed Issues and Risks log and Action-Item Log tracking all open Risks, Issues and Action-Items from each meeting and generated and distributed all Meeting Agendas and Meeting Notes, 5 Managed Client expectations by re-prioritizing work-load and tasks on an as needed basis, 6 Developed metrics and score cards to communicate progress against milestones, 7 Escalated issues to upper management and executives on as needed basis for resolution and resource allocation and 8 Utilized MS Office suite as needed and utilized HP Quality Center for managing team through testing preparation and execution.
• SAP Project Manager working closely with PMO: Worked closely with PMO Project Management Office to follow Clients PMO standards and best practices utilizing corporate templates. Participated in PMO quality management reviews of the MS Project Plans and supporting documents to adhere to client standards.
• SAP Project Manager responsible for managing life-cycle completion of Functional and Technical Documents: 1 Managed and performed audit of functional and technical specifications for functional development, portal development, and WRICEF development by meeting on a regular basis with all parties responsible for drafting these documents. Reviewed project deliverables for completeness, quality, and compliance with established project standards. Ensured that the latest documents were posted to SharePoint so that all project team members employees, executives, vendors, stake-holders had access to these documents for reference. Worked with solution leads and technical architect leads to meet objectives and task and sub-task completion.
• SAP Project Manager presenting Project Status: Provided weekly presentations of project status to executives and managers. Managed project from planning to implementation of SDLC lifecycle.
• SAP Project Manager managing multiple projects simultaneously: Managed MS Project Plans and resources for CATS and HR Implementation and Project and Assets Financial Transformation effort.

Confidential

SAP Project Manager

• SAP Version ECC 6.0
• SAP Project Manager managing 25-30 Resources for Large Scale Merger Acquisition: Worked with 25-30 Resources for the following: 1 Developed detailed MS Project Plan for multiple parallel Day-1go-live activities including SAP Benefits implementation and planning for SAP Payroll for the following go-live for Merger-Acquisition where NRG Energy 6,000 Employee Organization acquired GenOn Energy 4,000 Employee Organization, 2 Chaired, ran and coordinated all daily status call meetings with up to 25 participants to attain percent completion for all tasks on MS Project Plan to keep tasks on-schedule for all Day-1 go-live activities, 3 Managed co-sourced environment including Managing Deloitte Managers and staff, Outside Vendors, GenOn and NRG Employees, and Contractors by meeting regularly with all parties, and 4 Assumed and took over all project management responsibilities from two Deloitte PMP certified managers while working closely with GenOn and NRG Client-Side IT Managers and HR Senior Director/Leads to continuously build-out, enhance, and update the MS Project Plan.
• Project Manager reporting statues and making presentations to Executive Level Management: 1 Reported project status to executive level management including CIO, Senior Director of HR, VP of IT, Senior Director of IT, Deloitte PMP Certified Management, and Outside Vendors, 2 Reported status to all stake-holders and worked closely with all Team Leads to compile information to present project status in a practical and useful manor.
• SAP Manager acting as Liaison demonstrating Polished Political Skills, Excellent Organizational and Communication Skills between Business Owners, IT Resources, Executive Management and Vendors: 1 Demonstrated and exercised polished political skills along with excellent organizational and communication skills working with Senior HR Director, Business Owners, IT Resources, Deloitte Management and Employees, Vendors, GenOn and NRG Executive Level Management, Middle Management and Employees, and Outside Contractors to maintain an excellent relationship with all parties acting as a liaison to keep tasks and project deliverables on schedule, 2 Demonstrated polished political skills while acting in liaison capacity working with a wide range of challenging and difficult personality types to keep tasks and project deliverables on schedule while maintaining accurate information flow across the entire project to avoid project level communication gaps.
• Project Manager responsible for managing and auditing completion and sign-off of Functional and Technical Documents: 1 Managed and performed audit of functional and technical specifications for SAP Benefits, SAP Payroll, portal development, SAP Time, SAP OM and PA, and custom ABAP development by meeting informally on a regular basis with all parties responsible for drafting these documents. Audit was done in an effort to ensure the latest documents were posted on SharePoint so that all project team members employees, executives, vendors, contractors had access to these documents while maintaining accurate information flow across the entire project to avoid project level communication gaps.

Confidential

SAP Manager

• SAP Version ECC 6.0, EMEA Upgrade SAP 4.7 to ECC 6.0

• SAP Manager and HR Data Business Analyst: SAP Data Business Analyst responsible for Data Migration, Data Cleansing, and Data Conversion for Global Implementation for SAP roll-out for United States and Europe involving 3,000 Employees. Responsibilities included: 1 Comprehensive data analysis on SAP and legacy system and detailed documentation of this data analysis, 2 Managing Development team's work-load and testing effort for Data Migration and Data Conversion Programs, and Data Cleansing effort, 3 Integrating with SAP development team and OM and PA functional leads to accomplish all data analysis tasks, and 4 Reporting status to Project Management and Steering Committee.
• SAP Manager and HR Data Migration Business Analyst: Responsible for analyzing the SAP AS-IS and the SAP TO-BE configuration including heavy data analysis with in-depth documentation of detailed requirements surrounding data migration effort so that the LSMW Programs and translational data files were created correctly by the development team. Data Migration Analysis included creation of data mapping and definition of data file structures so that the production-state data would be correctly loaded at the time of Cut-Over and Go-Live. Managed development team's Unit Testing of all LSMW programs, and managed multiple Mock Run full data loads of all LSMW Programs simulating Go-Live activities prior to Cut-Over. Worked closely with OM and PA leads to develop and validate data migration analysis and results of Unit Testing and Mock Run full data loads.
• SAP Manager and HR Data Conversion Business Analyst: Responsible for analyzing the legacy system AS-IS and the SAP TO-BE configuration including data analysis with documentation of detailed requirements surrounding data conversion effort so that the LSMW Programs and data files were created correctly by the development team. Data Conversion Analysis included definition of data file structures so that the production-state data would be correctly loaded at the time of Cut-Over and Go-Live. Managed development team's Unit Testing of all LSMW programs, and managed multiple Mock Run full data loads of all LSMW Programs simulating Go-Live activities prior to Cut-Over. Worked closely with OM and PA leads to develop and validate data conversion analysis and results of Unit Testing and Mock Run full data loads.
• SAP Manager and HR Data Cleansing Business Analyst: Responsible for analyzing the SAP production database issues working closely with the HR Manager and OM and PA Leads and documented detailed requirements for data cleansing effort to be performed in the SAP system. Managed tasks and work-load of SAP resources performing data cleansing activities to ensure data cleansing was occurring accurately and according to planned milestones. Coordinated with HR resources, Client-Site Managers, and SAP resources to address additional data issues as they arose and followed up with all relevant parties until all data issues were resolved. Chaired weekly status call to coordinate data cleansing activities and report status to the client and SAP resources.

Confidential

SAP Project Manager

• SAP Version ECC 6.0
• SAP Project Manager managing Integration Data: 1 Developed large-scale Master Data spreadsheets for 8 Cycle 16 week Integration Testing for 51 countries utilized by 30 on-site QA Testers for data entry to test Integration between OM, PA, Benefits, Compensation, Time, Payroll, ESS/MSS, and BI Reports as well as several hundred-plus Interfaces and Reports RICEFW objects .
• SAP Project Manager managing Global Payroll: 1 Managed and developed business process procedures, requirements gathering, and 100-plus Test Scripts for all 51 countries which used outbound SAP Interface Files for generating payroll, and 2 Reported metrics score cards to top management.
• SAP Project Manager managing 30 Off-Shore Resources: Worked with 25-30 Off-Shore Resources for the following: 1 Development of Business Process Procedures, requirements gathering, and several hundred Integration test scripts in HPQC for RICEFW Objects Report, Interfaces, Conversion, Enhancements, Forms, Work-Flow , 2 1,000-plus Test Scripts Planned and Executed for OM/PA, Payroll, Benefits, Time, Compensation, and ESS/MSS for 51 Countries, 3 Managed the Off-Shore team work-load and tasks, 4 Defect Management and resolution, 5 Project Plan execution and adjustments, and 6 Reported metrics score cards to top management on a daily basis.
• SAP Project Manager managing 15 On-Site Client Resources: Worked with 10-15 Client Resources for the following: 1 Review and Sign-off of Business Process Procedures, requirements gathering, and Several hundred Integration test scripts in HPQC for RICEFW Objects, 2 Review and Sign-off of 1,000-plus Test Scripts for SAP HR Modules for 51 Countries, 3 Managed the Client Resources work-load and tasks, 4 Defect Management and resolution, 5 Project Plan execution and adjustments, and 6 Reported metrics score cards to top management on a daily basis.
• SAP Project Manager managing Performance Team: Worked with 5 Client Resources and Off-Shore Resources for the following: 1 Review and Sign-off of Business Process Procedures and Performance test scripts to be developed by Performance Team by meeting with all the functional analysts and business analysts, 2 Developed large-scale data spreadsheets for 5 Cycle Performance Testing that was utilized for automated script high-volume testing for OM, PA, Compensation, Time, Payroll, ESS/MSS, and BI Reports, 3 Managed the Client and Off-Shore Resources work-load and tasks, 4 Defect Management and resolution, and 5 Reported metrics score cards to top management per test cycle.
• SAP Project Manager managing Automated Testing using TAO: Worked with 5 Client Resources for the following: 1 Developed large-scale spreadsheets for 4 Testing Cycles that utilized TAO Automated Script execution to regression test SAP releases in the development environment before moving volume of transports into QA and PROD environments.
• SAP Project Manager managing Quality Assurance Testing with responsibilities including creating HPQC Test Cases in Test Plan for SAP HR Modules working closely with Subject Matter Experts and Business Analysts to develop the most through and relevant End-to-End Test cases in preparation for 36,000 employee populations for 53 Country Go-Live. Developed test cases for QA Testing and UAT Testing efforts. Executed test cases in HPQC Test Lab recording Pass-Fail Rate, utilized HPQC Defect work-flow process to log defects, followed-up on defects resolution, and re-tested fixed defects for the purpose of closing defects.

Confidential

SAP HR-MM-SD Quality Assurance Lead

• SAP Version ECC 6.0
• SAP HR-MM-SD Quality Assurance Lead with responsibilities including creating HPQC Test Cases in Test Plan for HR-MM-SD Modules working closely with Subject Matter Experts and Business Analysts to develop the most through and relevant End-to-End Test cases possible. Developed test cases for QA Testing and UAT Testing efforts. Executed test cases in HPQC Test Lab recording Pass-Fail Rate, utilized HPQC Defect work-flow process to log defects, follow-up on defects resolution, re-test fixed defects for the purpose of closing defects. Worked with large team of over 60 employees in war-room scenario driving all day testing sessions for months at a time. Demonstrated exceptional coordination skills in dynamic testing environment to help client achieve its goal of a production grade SAP System.

Confidential

SAP Manager

• SAP Version ECC 6.0
• SAP Manager, HR Functional Technical Consultant, SAP Quality Assurance Lead responsible for the following:
• SAP Manager and Payroll and HR Functional Analyst where performed the following duties for 3,000 North America Go-Live: 1 Conducted numerous fit-gap analysis and requirements gathering work-shops with the SAP HR Developers, Ceridian Developers, and Ceridian Payroll Subject Matter Experts to design and complete the set of business rules needed for a production-grade SAP to Ceridian Interface, 2 Documented, developed and executed over 200 detailed test cases in SAP HR environment to test all possible configuration combinations through the SAP IDOC, Ceridian Source-Link, and Ceridian World Source systems to validate that Ceridian Payroll was being paid accurately, 3 Performed Unit Testing, Quality Assurance Testing, Regression Testing and USER Acceptance Testing, logged all defects and issues, worked closely with development and functional team members on resolution, and compared Current-State Ceridian Legacy Results with Future-State SAP to Ceridian Results to further identify and resolve issues.
• SAP Manager and SAP HR Quality Assurance Lead managing five 5 resources including ABAP developers, functional developers and Subject Matter Experts for the comprehensive testing, fit-gap analysis and development effort of SAP HR Interface to Ceridian Payroll System by managing their tasks, reporting progress to executive level management, and researching and resolving business, functional and data issues as they arose resulting in an on-schedule Go-Live.

Confidential

SAP Manager

• SAP Version ECC 6.0
• SAP Manager, HR Functional Technical Consultant, SAP Quality Assurance Lead responsible for the following:
• SAP Manager and Payroll and HR Functional Business Analyst where performed the following duties for 14,000 North America Go-Live: 1 Documented and developed PDD Process Design Documents , Integration Documents, Functional Documents, and Technical Documents for Payroll and HR sub-modules with detailed specifications utilized for realization process using a digital recorder to aid in capturing comprehensive details while keeping subject matter experts time to a minimum, 2 Designed and documented SAP HR requirements for critical Payroll FRICE items Reports, Interfaces by meeting with the client, outside 3rd party vendors, and the functional leads using a digital recorder to aid in capturing comprehensive details while keeping subject matter experts time to a minimum, 3 Managed Team of four ABAP developers for development effort of all Payroll FRICE items Reports, Interfaces researching business, functional and data issues as they arose, 4 Performed all Quality Assurance on custom developed items, logged defects, worked closely with ABAP team members on resolution, compared SAP Results to Legacy Results to further identify deltas outside of acceptable tolerance.
• SAP Manager managing 10 resources including ABAP developers, functional developers and Subject Matter Experts for development effort of all SAP HR, TALX and SAP Payroll FRICE items Reports, Interfaces by managing their tasks, reporting progress to executive level management, and researching and resolving business, functional and data issues as they arose to harmonize all legacy requirements into SAP resulting in an on-schedule Go-Live.

Confidential

SAP Project Manager

• SAP Version ECC 6.0, EMEA Upgrade SAP 4.7 to ECC 6.0
• SAP Manager, HR Functional Technical Consultant, SAP Quality Assurance Lead responsible for the following:
• SAP Manager for Payroll Parallel NA where performed the following duties for 25,000 North America Go-Live: 1 Documented and developed extensive payroll parallel project plan with detailed steps for execution, 2 Designed Complex Payroll Parallel Database working with team of Access developers to compare SAP Payroll Results to Legacy Payroll Results to identify wage type deltas outside of acceptable tolerance resulting in HPQC defects assigned to Functional Analysts for fix, reconciliation and re-execution.
• SAP Manager for Payroll EMEA where performed the following duties for 3,000 10 Country EMEA Implementation: 1 Wrote detailed Payroll requirements for FDD Functional Design Documents for 10 country implementation working with Functional Analysts via extensive WebEx sessions, 2 Performed extensive Payroll Analysis on numerous payroll runs of all 10 EMEA Countries being configured to access where issues resided and recommendations for improved accuracy rate pertaining to configuration and conversion data.
• SAP Manager and Quality Assurance Payroll EMEA Lead where performed the following duties for 3,000 10 Country EMEA Implementation: 1 Designed, wrote and managed extensive library of 1100 EMEA Payroll Test Scripts to be executed by Off-Shore Team, 2 Managed Mid-Sized Offshore Team in EMEA Payroll Test Script execution performing detailed step-by-step SAP Payroll walk-through via WebEx on a nightly basis.
• SAP Manager and Quality Assurance Payroll North America Lead where performed the following duties for 25,000 North America Go-Live: 1 Designed, wrote and managed extensive library of 2500 North America Payroll and all HR Sub-Module Test Scripts to be executed by On-Shore and Off-Shore Team, 2 Managed Large-Sized 50 Onshore and 35 Offshore Teams in North America Payroll and all HR Sub-Module Test Script execution performing detailed step-by-step SAP Payroll walk-through via WebEx on a nightly basis, 3 Developed requirements for FDD Functional Design Documents and QA Test Scripts for extensive list of custom Payroll and all HR Sub-Module Interfaces, Reports, Configuration, and complex client-specific applications.
• SAP Project Manager managing 80 resources for large-scale QA effort including ABAP developers, functional developers, Subject Matter Experts and Off-Shore resources. Managed Large-Sized 50 On-Shore team including ABAP developers, functional developers, Subject Matter Experts and Managed Large-Sized 35 Off-Shore team of QA testers for North American Payroll and all HR Sub-Module Test Script development and execution for Benefits, Time Management, CATS, Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, ESS/MSS. Reported progress to executive level management making power point presentations weekly.
• SAP Project Manager managing UAT and Service Center resources for USER Acceptance Testing with the end-client for extensive testing rollout prior to production go-live and worked very closely with the Service Center to ensure they were trained on the latest software enhancements and had structured policies and procedures in place to address all scenarios that would occur during production roll-out with client end-USERs and managers.

Confidential

SAP Manager

• SAP Version ECC 6.0
• SAP Manager, HR Functional Technical Consultant, SAP Quality Assurance Lead responsible for the following:
• SAP Manager, Functional Business Analyst and Quality Assurance Lead for North America where performed the following duties for 10,000 North America Go-Live including: 1 Functional Configuration and Technical documentation, Business Process Procedures, and extensive test script development and execution for SAP HR Modules including Organizational Management, Personnel Administration, Time Management, CATS, Travel Management, Benefits, and Payroll, 2 Functional and Technical documentation, Business Process Procedures, and extensive test script development and execution for Custom Reports, Interface Programs, Conversion Programs, 3rd Party Applications, USER Exits, and Custom Infotypes for SAP HR Modules, 3 Extensive test script development and execution for both Portal and SAP Backend Processes, Work-Flow Processes, and ESS/MSS Portal Navigation for SAP HR Modules, 4 Worked under continuous intensive deadlines in a fluid, highly customized, and dynamic SAP environment completing a high volume of assignments in a timely fashion that were Quality Assurance tested to true Production Grade levels having an exceptionally low-percentage of UAT defects.

Confidential

SAP Manager

• SAP Version 4.7, Upgrade SAP 4.7 to ECC 6.0
• SAP Manager, HR Functional Technical Consultant, SAP Quality Assurance Lead responsible for the following:
• SAP Manager, Functional Business Analyst and Quality Assurance Lead for State-Wide Implementation where performed the following duties for 180,000 State-Wide Go-Live and intensive maintenance schedule on highly customized system: 1 Functional Configuration and Technical documentation, Business Process Procedures, and extensive test script development and execution for SAP HR Modules including Organizational Management, Personnel Administration, Time Management, CATS, Benefits, Payroll, Recruitment, Performance Management, and Learning Management, 2 Functional and Technical documentation, Business Process Procedures, and extensive test script development and execution for Custom Reports, Interface Programs, Conversion Programs, 3rd Party Applications, USER Exits, and Custom Infotypes for SAP HR Modules, 3 Extensive test script development and execution for both Portal and SAP Backend Processes, Work-Flow Processes, and ESS/MSS Portal Navigation for SAP HR Modules, 4 Worked under continuous intensive deadlines in a fluid, highly customized, and dynamic SAP environment completing a high volume of assignments in a timely fashion that were Quality Assurance tested to true Production Grade levels having an exceptionally low-percentage of UAT defects.
• SAP Manager managing 10 resources including ABAP developers, functional developers and Subject Matter Experts for development effort of large-scale annual Benefits Open-Enrollment upgrade and enhancements to the client's Health Plans, Insurance Plans, Savings Plans, Miscellaneous Plans, Benefit Plans and Pension Plans, and the interfacing from/to the SAP System. Managed Quality Assurance of development effort to ensure the benefits custom portal and interface development was production-grade quality in preparation for the UAT sessions.

Confidential

SAP HR CATS Functional and Technical Consultant

• SAP Version 4.7
• SAP HR Functional and Technical Consultant responsible for the following tasks:
• Thoroughly analyzed the data flow of real-time and batch interfaces between SAP CATS, MAXIMO, WorkForce and the TAS System and wrote an in-depth 10 page technical, functional and business analysis document accessing the entire architecture of these four systems including the following: 1 SAP outbound files to MAXIMO scenarios including the state of SAP outbound files, 2 Data Translations between the MEA SAP B2B and the MEA MAX B2B, 3 MAXIMO application inbound and outbound file processing, 4 Outbound MEA Queue to the MEA MAX B2B, and MEA MAX B2B to WBI middleware, 5 Labor Hours sent from Workforce into MAXIMO, 6 WBI Middleware validation for passing the stream of time data to three different application systems, 7 MAXIMO to WorkForce Labor Record Information Interface, 8 MAXIMO to Work Force Work Order Interface, and 9 WorkForce to MAXIMO Actual Hours and Work Orders Information Interface.
• Evaluated WorkForce Graphical USER Interface Time System by visiting WorkForce Headquarters and making suggestions on how the WorkForce application could be improved, so that USERS could more effortlessly enter their time data, by meeting with several of the key WorkForce Technical Lead Developers.
• Reviewed Design of WorkForce to SAP CATS Interface: Reviewed design and ABAP code of inbound interface to SAP CATS from WorkForce Third Party Time System, reviewing the functional and technical specifications in addition to performing an SAP ABAP code review of the interface itself.
• Wrote extremely detailed CATS Test Scripts to be utilized by the testing team to thoroughly Unit Test Positively and Negatively the SAP CATS Time Entry System using CATT via manual USER data entry simulating how the Workforce to SAP CATS interface would perform when executed. CATS Test Scripts were extremely detailed so that even someone with no knowledge of CATS would be walked through the data entry and testing process in complete detail without using a BPP .