SUMMARY:

• Over 18 years of experience in SAP Project Management as a Senior Project Manager, global experience in leading and managing complex SAP Implementations, Rollouts and Support projects. Involved in various project stages including business development, project estimating, requirements determination, Blue Printing, gap analysis, business process reengineering, issue resolution, configuration, custom code specifications, testing,, go - live assistance and post implementation support
• Strong experience in S/4 HANA Finance Procurement Logistics and Distribution, SCM, Manufacturing, MDM EWM 9.2/9.3/9.5 and SAP ECC Global Template Rollout
• Strong background in the implementation of SAP FI, FA, CO & S/4 HANA Central Finance and S/4 HANA Simple Finance 1610/1709/1809 demonstrated knowledge, experience in understanding and providing solutions with respect to Financial and Management requirements.
• Extensive experience in GL, AR, AP, Banking, Fixed Assets, CO - Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), Cost Center Accounting CO-CCA, Cost and Revenue Element Accounting, Internal Order Accounting, Profit Center Accounting EC-PCA, Product Costing - Actual Costing/Material Ledgers
• Experience in leading and delivering on-time and on-budget large, complex and high-impact IT projects and program teams within multiple industries.
• Strong experience in ASAP, Activate, PMBOK, PRINCE2 and Agile Scrum Project Management methodologies. Management experience with responsibilities for analyzing and establishing budgets, providing integrated costefficient solutions, capturing revenue, effectively managing resources and ensuring continuing team cohesion.
• Expertise in S/4 HANA Activate Methodology in the following lifecycle phases - Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy and Run.
• Experience in IT Project/Program Management technical and business/leadership capabilities including people and team skills, resource planning,, presentations, and mentoring.
• Excellent Communication and Customer Service capabilities including consulting with senior management and business line managers on evolving business requirements, risks and issues.
• Expertise in managing cross functional teams, Provide project leadership and assistance across planning and deployment, finance and risk management, operations transformation, systems integration and program development
• Managed 5 full life cycle implementations in SAP FICO - GL, AR, AP, Banking, Fixed Assets, CO - CCA, PCA, SCM SD MM WM PM PP EWM HCM Success Factors which involves Requirement analysis, Configuration, Development, Testing, and End user documentation.
• Strong experience in SAP Basis, Upgrade and migration, SPAU/SPDD on HANA
• Solid hands on experience with MDM, Data Analysis, Data Mapping, Unit Testing, Migration, Conversions, and Process Documentation
• Strong experience in managing the System Integration Testing, UAT and activities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Modules: S/4 HANA Finance, FI CO, MM, WM, PM, PP, EHS - DG, WM, HSM, CRM, SRM, HCM, EWM 9.3/9.5, Solution Manager 7.1
• SAP HANA S/4 HANA 1610/1709/1809, HANA SP12.0, HANA STUDIO, SLT, BODS 4.0/4.1, HANA Security, HANA Modelling, HANA BW 7.4, HANA Reporting and SAP ECC 6.0
• Data Migration LSMW, BODS 4.0/4.1, SLT, S/4 HANA Migration Cockpit s PMP Certified, HANA Certified

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Asheville, NC

SAP Project/Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing the SAP S/4 HANA 1809 Simple Finance, FI - GL, AR, AP, Banking and Fixed Assets, CO - CCA, PCA, FIORI, Basis, MDM - Master Data Management, Security, Testing, and Cutover as a Senior SAP Project/Program Manager
• Managed 1809 conversion upgrade planning and execution for Confidential on-premise S/4 HANA SBX, Dev, QA and Prod systems
• Managed S4 HANA Project key activities which include Pre-migration steps, SI Check, S4 HANA Migration (conversion),SPDD & SPAU, applicable OSS notes and Functional validation
• Lead cross-functional teams provided project leadership and assistance across planning and deployment, systems integration and program development
• Created and executed tactical project work plans in MS Project in accordance with program objectives and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements of the team
• Managed the S/4 HANA Finance Program Milestones, budgets, timings, resource constraints, integration and sequencing
• Responsible for managing project of $12M value, 11 cross-functional teams, and 40+ resources of Applexus, Confidential and Confidential in an onsite and offshore model
• Provided the deliverables status updates to Confidential PMO
• Implemented SAP Activate methodology which includes Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy and Run.
• Created road map for Sprint deliverables. Scheduled daily stand up calls to track the progress of user stories in JIRA
• Responsible for leading blueprint workshops SAP FI - GL, AR, AP, Banking, AM, CO - Cost Centers, Profit Centers, Internal Orders Configuration, Custom Development, IDoc and/or EDI Interface development, PI/PO, Cutover Activities, Data Migration, Testing and User and hyper-care support
• Conducted workshops to complete Blueprint deliverables including PDDs, Fit-Gap Analysis, Functional Specifications, and RICEFW inventory and related business benefits.
• Managed the Configuration of Company code which includes the creation of chart of accounts, creating posting period variant, define retained earnings account, define tolerance group for Employee
• Managed the Configuration of Account groups for the customer, vendors, Payment terms, Automatic payment program, House bank, Dunning configuration, configuration of special GL transaction down payment, configure manual bank reconciliation and electronic bank reconciliation
• Managed the FIORI and Security deliverables
• Managed the MDM Data extraction, transformation and loading activities in S/4 HANA 1809 using S/4 HANA Migration cockpit for GL, AR, AP, Banking, Assets, PCA and CCA
• Managed the Master Data objects and Transactional data objects data loads
• Developed Mock Cutover plans by coordinating with all cross-functional teams and executed the plan
• Managed all testing preparation and execution activities for integration testing cycles - ITC1, ITC2, UAT and suggested recommendations where needed
• Tracked the progress of Test Execution in HP ALM Quality Center 11.0
• Conducted weekly status call with all the works streams. Track the progress of the deliverables and critical milestones. Discuss the open issues and key activities for the upcoming weeks
• Managed the Dress Rehearsal, Cutover, and other implementation activities across multiple teams, including business and technical teams.

Confidential, St Paul, MN

SAP Project/Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing the SAP S/4 HANA 1709 SCM, ECC 6.0, FI CO, PM, SD, MM, PP, EWM 9.3/9.5 Multi Instance global deployments in North America, APAC, EMEA, Canada, SLP, Panama Pacific and Mexico locations as Techno-Functional Project Manager
• Managed the upgrade and Migration, Conversion activities from SAP ERP to S/4 HANA for Finance, Logistics and Distribution and SCM modules
• Managed S/4 HANA Pre-migration steps, System Upgrade, S/4 HANA Migration (conversion), SPDD & SPAU, applicable OSS notes and Functional validation
• Managed cross-functional teams, provided project leadership and assistance across planning and deployment, systems integration and program development
• Created and maintained program milestones, interdependencies, and communications plan
• Created and executed tactical project work plans in MS Project in accordance with program objectives and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements of the team
• Responsible for managing a project of $20M value and managed 16 process teams and 80+ resources of Accenture, Confidential, Confidential, Confidential and Confidential in an onsite and offshore model
• Provided the deliverables status updates to Confidential PMO
• Managed the scope, delivery, technical approach, risk, resource plans, budgets, and ongoing operational plans
• Conducted workshop with cross-functional teams which includes FI CO, SCM, SD, MM, PM, EWM, Basis, Infrastructure, Security, ABAP, WRICEF, Integration - Web Methods, NGG, PI, Enterprise Architecture, EHS - DG, WM, HSM, QM, MES/MIL, TM, BW, MDM, Technical Cutover and Functional Cutover, ChaRM and SOLMAN teams to implement the Multi-Instance for North America, APAC, EMEA, Canada, SLP, PP and Mexico locations
• Conducted workshops to complete Blueprint deliverables including PDDs, Fit-Gap Analysis, Functional Specifications, and RICEFW inventory and related business benefits.
• Captured the As Is and To Be process documents from Functional team and uploaded to sharepoint
• Managed the Data migration activities from SAP ERP to S/4 HANA 1709
• Managed the S/4 HANA Finance Master Data activitie related to Chart of Accounts, Cost Centers and Internal Orders, Accounts Payables and Account receivables data loads. Managed transactional Data Loads to S/4 HANA
• Managed the configuration activites of FI - GL, AR, AP, Fixed Assets and Banking, CO - Cost Centers, Profit Centers,Internal Orders, Operational Accounting, Product Costing - Actual Costing/Material Ledgers
• Managed the configuration activities of Product Costing Controlling, Planning, Define Origin Groups, Maintain Overhead Cost elements and define costing sheets, overhead keys and overhead groups
• Coordinated with Release Management and Process teams during the Manual Cutover activities. Managed the Mock Data load activities with Functional Cutover team
• Managed the CIFs for Vendors, Materials and Customers, Pack Specs and UOM. Managed the WRICEF development objects for Multi Instance
• Managed the Configuration, Data Migration, PI/PO, Idocs and EDI interface development for North America and APAC deployments.
• Worked with Basis, Infrastructure and Enterprise Architecture teams to identify the SID naming strategy for North America, APAC, EMEA, Canada and Mexico regions
• Conducted dry run sessions with WM, NGG, PI/PO, Basis, Integration and Security teams to setup the Multi Instance Integration
• Managed the Security, IDM and GRC activities related to Multi Instance
• Managed the Fiori and BW development effort and HANA development effort for North America, APAC, EMEA, Canada and Mexico locations.
• Lead meeting presentations with stakeholders to move forward key tasks and escalate significant process bottlenecks, anticipated delays and critical path analysis.
• Execute key activities within each integration phase. Drive meetings and meeting note generation and open items matrix.
• Scheduled a weekly status call with all the works streams. Track the progress of the deliverables and critical milestones. Discuss the open issues and key activities for the upcoming weeks
• Monitored all testing preparation activities for Product Integration Testing cycles - PIT1, PIT2, PIT3, UAT and suggested recommendations where needed
• Tracked the progress of Test Execution in HP ALM Quality Center 11.0
• Evaluate organizational readiness in advance of transition events
• Lead and managed the team to develop the materials.
• Lead the governance process for SAP change management together with business process owners and cross functional teams
• Managing cutover and other implementation activities across multiple teams, including business and technical teams. Managed the Hyper care activities after go-live for the first 2 weeks to resolve the issues.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing the CAM implementation on S/4 HANA SAP ECC 6.0, SCM, WM MM PM PP FI CO PTP OTC RTR PI Movilizer, Data Migration, LSMW, Solution Manager 7.1, HP ALM Quality Center 11.0 and Service Now.
• Managed the Customer Asset Management (CAM) territory transitions deployments from CCR and CONA to Confidential (GLCCD) for IL, WI/MN, East MI and West MI for 40 plants as a Techno Functional Project Manager
• Facilitate meetings with end users to identify functional requirements
• Responsible for leading blueprint workshops SAP SCM WM MM PM FI CO Configuration, Custom Development, IDoc and/or EDI Interface development, PI/PO, Cutover Activities, Data Migration, Testing and User and hyper-care support
• Responsible for planning and supporting the Manufacturing Plants scope which is composed of internal and external manufacturing processes
• Created and executed tactical project work plans in MS Project in accordance with program objectives and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements of the team
• Lead the overall strategy regarding data cleansing, transformation and testing. Lead the cleansing and transformation of MM and Physical Inventory data.
• Managed the Data Migration activities from Legacy Systems, SAP ECC 6.0 to S/4 HANA. Worked with MDM team and GLCCD BPLs for Pre and Post data load approvals in TNR and PNR environments
• Responsible for managing projects of $25M value and managed 30 resources of Cap Gemini, CCR, CONA, Coca Cola Shared Services, Quinnox and GLCCD in an onsite and offshore model
• Provided the deliverables status updates to Confidential PMO
• Developed and executed project deliverables, milestones and required tasks and helps determine priority, scope, time frames, costs, risks and staffing requirements for projects.
• Documented issues, defined business requirements and investigated standard SAP-delivered functionality to resolve issues utilizing SAP best practice solutions
• Managed the configuration activities for Customer Asset Management CAM - Create Placement Order, Equipment Schedule Placement, Equipment Execution (Movilizer), MRC Process and confirm ZM04 order and Equipment available report.
• Managed the CAM - FSV and Duplicate Checks on ZC04 placement order, Identification of equipment on Inbound - Outbound STOs, Resend Purchase Orders and Service Orders via Movilizer to technicians
• Managed the Inbound and Outbound interfaces for Cold Drink Equipments. Managed the mapping specifications for Inbound and Outbound interfaces
• Managed the Billing, GL, AR, AP, Fixed Assets, Bank Accounting, Period End Closing, Cost of Sales Accounting, Cost Center, Profit Center, Internal orders, Overhead Cost Accounting and Revenue planning business processes.
• Coordinated with Test Lead during System Integration testing and User Acceptance testing. Ensured all the test cases are uploaded to HP ALM.
• Tracked the test execution progress of Integration testing cycles in HP ALM Quality Center 11.0. Managed the transactional data sheet for the integration testing.
• Lead and managed the team to develop the materials. Trained the technicians on Movilizer and Hand-Held devices
• Trained the Equipment Field Service director on Movilizer functionality and MRC Manager on hand held devices
• Managing cutover and other implementation activities across multiple teams, including business and technical teams. Managed the Hyper care activities after go live for the first 2 weeks to resolve the issues.
• Tracked the incidents in Service Now which were logged during the hypercare.
• Managed the Coca Cola Parts pricing integration between AD Bridge, Neterprise and GLCCD. Coordinated with CCR team in setting up the Service Provider SP Codes Profile setup and making sure the SP Codes are tested and working fine in TNR and PNR environments.
• Ensured printers are configured properly in SAP Basis by Cap Gemini team for each Facility and STOs are printed properly in Production environment

Confidential, Springfield, IL

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading and managing the Confidential Green Field SAP ERP S/4 HANA Finance implementation for 4 Illionois State Agencies - IDES, DVA, IOC and EPA
• Techno Functional Project Manager for SAP ECC 6.0, SAP S/4 HANA FI CO GL AR AP Fixed Assets Asset Management Budgeting, NA Taxation and Procurement, SD, MM, SRM GRC PTP RTR BODS Solution Manager 7.1, HP ALM Quality Center 11.0. Managed the SAP ECC Data Migration and System build activities at NS2 Data Center
• Evaluate (and coach) the Finance organization regarding the tradeoffs between “business driven” and “finance driven” solutions.
• Involved in business requirements gathering, analysis, design, writing business and functional requirements documents, generating requirements traceability matrix
• Direct and manage project development from beginning to end across all discipline areas within finance, including defining scope, deliverables, criteria for project success and acceptance criteria.
• Communicate status, activities, and project risks to client and escalate to stakeholders as appropriate. Proactively identify and mitigate project risks.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical paths.
• Responsible for managing projects of $20M value and managed 60 resources of Confidential in an onsite and offshore model and IL State employees
• Managed the FI CO planning, organization and scope management activities.
• Managed the configuration activities for Asset Management - AM, Project Systems - PS, Costing - CO, AR, AP Budget and GL and Fixed Assets
• Managed the Fixed Assets, Bank Accounting, Billing, Invoicing, Period End Closing, Cost of Sales Accounting, Cost Center, Profit Center, Overhead Cost Accounting, Revenue Accounting Recognition and Revenue planning business processes.
• Managed the CO configuration activities for Product Costing CCA, PCA, IO, ML, Cost Center Accounting, Profit center accounting and COPA
• Managed the GAAP rules and SSP Changes. Lead the Revenue Accounting and Recognition business processes for new General Ledger.
• Managed the integration between SAP and Non-SAP systems with various IL State agencies which includes SAMS, Athena, IDES, EPA and IOC
• Responsible for managing the RICEFW inventory, mock conversions and data loads
• Monitor the project status and track key performance indicators. Managed costs, budget, and schedule.
• Lead project building meetings to include information for schedules, data requirements, resource assignments. Develop and publish communications to project teams and management
• Regularly coordinates with functional and technical teams to assess task assignment and deliverables completion and ensure that all project plan objectives are met
• Work in conjunction with System Integrator Project Manager, business users, IT, and service providers to coordinate work and facilitate communication across multiple workstreams.
• Participated in the weekly PMO check-in and provided updates on Confidential, SAP NS2, functional and testing work streams to IL State SAP Director.
• Closely worked with Confidential functional leads and state functional leads to develop the integration test scenarios for AR, AP, GL, Budget, AM CO PS and Procurement modules
• Monitored all testing preparation activities for integration testing cycles - ITC1, ITC2 and ITC3 and suggested recommendations where needed
• Tracked the progress of Test Execution in HP ALM Quality Center 11.0
• Scheduled daily status calls with Confidential, NS2, Virtustream and Confidential to track the progress of System build activities at NS2 Datacenter for Sandbox, Development and Quality Systems
• Involved in meetings with various agencies which includes IDES, EPA, DVA and IOC
• Reviewed the business processes and workflows of Finance and Procurement Modules. Managed the Cutover and other implementation activities during go live

Confidential, New Braunfels, TX

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing the Confidential SAP Portfolio project plans, deliverables, dependencies and risk mitigation plans for Finance, Logistics and Distribution CRs and AMS projects.
• Managed the S/4 HANA SCM MM WM PM FI CO planning, organization and scope management activities.
• Managed the Paccar WHI parts Merger amd Acqusition (M&A) to Confidential
• Responsible for managing projects of $25M value and managed 20 resources of Confidential in an onsite and offshore model and RUSH employees
• Managed the EDI interface development for transmitting IDEALEASE invoices to Navistar
• Presented the SAP Projects portfolio status report to SAP Director on a weekly basis.
• Created new Change Requests and participated in Organization Change Management meeting every week.
• Managed the weekly transport meeting with Basis, Functional and Technical teams
• Facilitated meetings with the global teams - Confidential and Rush CoE to track the progress of the deliverables