SUMMARY:

• To obtain a professional position with an organization offering diverse challenges where I can utilize my analytical skills with my technical background.
• Over 10 years of experience in SAP HR/Payroll and overall IT experience
• Over 3 full cycles of SAP HR implementations
• Experience with SAP upgrade from 4.5B to ECC 6.0
• Proficient in full HR module (Personal Planning & Development, Personnel Administration, & Gross Payroll Accounting) with an emphasis on Personnel Management, Payroll, Time Management, Benefits, & Organizational Management)
• Proven team player, with experience in working with multicultural teams, an analytical bend towards problem solving and delivering results under high stress environment with resource constraints

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Bakersfield, California

SAP HR Information Specialist

• Project Lead for the implementation of SAP Support Packages; successfully managed and led over 20 team members from launch to implementation without any major disruptions to the company.
• Gathered requirements, configured, tested, and deployed all changes related to Time Management (CATS profiles, Holiday Calendars, Work Schedules, Absence/Attendance Types, Time Quotas and Time Types)
• Create Personnel Calculation Rules and Schemas in Time Evaluation to valuate attendance/absence types and generate gross wage types, to generate time quotas, and to manage unique and complex union business rules
• Configure objects in the Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW) to assist business users with mass data uploads and data conversions
• Design detailed functional specifications by meeting with users, subject matter experts and process analysts
• Work closely with the ABAP Developer on all programming requirements (custom reports, BAdIs, User Exits, Infotype Screen Enhancements)

Confidential, Newport Beach, California

SAP HRIS, Program Manager

• Identified and analyzed internal client and partner business needs, and translated needs into business requirements and value - added solutions
• Participated in all phases of the product development lifecycle, starting with requirements analysis and progressing through functional design, system development, testing, and system implementation
• Negotiated requirement agreements and commitments by facilitating communication between business unit(s) and IT throughout the process
• Provided production support of SAP HR/Payroll systems and maintained various tools and technology to support the HR program deliverables, including the 3rd party applications such as Lotus Notes, Fidelity, Virtual Edge, and Travel Management.

Confidential, Los Angeles, California

HR/Payroll Consultant

• Evaluated the current business and IT environments to identify requirements, vulnerabilities and opportunities
• Provided insight and options for analyzing business needs and producing tangible requirements
• Developed detailed business functional and non-functional requirements through workshops with business owners, business subject matter experts, process analysts and technology partners, interviews and other requirements gathering techniques
• Assisted with the development and testing teams in clarifying specific requirements and defining test scenarios for requirements that are to be delivered

Confidential, Long Beach, California

SAP HR Systems Specialist

• Design and implement business processes using best practices to satisfy business requirements; collaborate with business users to design, develop, test, and implement process or system enhancements
• Responsible for day-to-day procedures related to the identification, prioritization, and resolution of SAP/HR related application problem tickets, including the monitoring, tracking, coordination, and resolution of SAP support tickets
• Provide business analysis for the HR/Payroll functional area to develop functional specifications, change requests, and configuration enhancements
• Provide user support to the HR and Payroll department including answering questions, providing training, and troubleshooting HR/Payroll related issues

Confidential, Houston, Texas

SAP Consulting, Global Business Solutions

• Accountable for maintaining and modifying all processes supporting the SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) system including design, configuration, testing, and deployment
• Assisted in the preparation of business process procedures, project plans, requirements documentation, solution design, test plans, end-user documentation and user manuals
• Created test scripts and perform unit testing of modifications and enhancements to the SAP HCM modules and other HR technology applications
• Participated on multiple SAP project implementation teams and effectively interacted face-to-face with clients, IT customers, IT development, support staff, and project teams

Confidential, Houston, Texas

Business Operations Analyst/Contract Audit

• Performed detailed line item analysis and review of contracts, invoices, and other supporting documentation
• Analyzed business process flows including system interface relationships (between Siebel, Lodestar Billing Expert, and SAP/CCS) and data flows
• Perform billing calculations, settlement, and analytical review of G/L ledger accounts concerning consumption charges from knowledge of various products and contracts in Seibel

Confidential, Houston, Texas

Manufacturing Buyer/Demand Planner

• Demand Planning-Forecasted market changes that increased customer service levels and defined processes that produced a single view of demand
• Supply Planning-Synchronized the supplier, manufacturing, distribution and customer links in the supply chain to maximize the company’s operations
• Supplier Relationship Management-Facilitated electronic procurement processes utilizing the MM module of SAP to increase content management