SUMMARY

• I am a multidisciplinary ERP SME, with solution architecture background & project/program manager experience in the conceptualization, sell in and implementation of ERP systems.
• Highly familiar with the pitching, planning, budgeting, sourcing, design, configuration, implementation, administration, quality controls and the governance of ERP systems and ERP project management
• Pharmaceutical, Food, Consumer Goods, and Manufacturing, specializing on Finance, Procurement & Planning, Supply Chain Management and Make to Deliver integration

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Project Manager/Integration Manager

Responsibilities:

• Engaged with stakeholders on all levels the LAURA EWM Project Phase 2 as Integrated Solution Manager, having successfully delivered Phase IT Project Manager. LAURA Project addresses the key distribution and production Pharma Warehouse in Kaiseraugst replacing the LVS system and guaranteeing a seamless integration and quality compliance in terms of business process, master data, technology and generating an overall integrated P2P, M2D, D2S solution into
• Modules such as Planning, Procurement Inbound, Outbound, Internal Warehouse Processes, Inventory Management, Production (MES) integration, interfacing, and special WM developments based on Roche Specific requirements for KLL and KPL.Project has and is including, as well as core EWM and custom made WM logic, Authorizations Global security checks and quality compliance activities along project management methodology.
• Agile and Waterfall methodology usage, CSV and Quality compliance and control of GXP relevant requirements and objects. Validation matrix and validation registry definition, Deliverable tracking and RSSG compliance all in accordance to Roche Guidelines and SOPS. UTS, SATS and UATS set, tracked, controlled and executed in HP ALM. Reports and controls and re executions via HP ALM.
• Integrating and cooperating with a group of up to 26 experts including business project managers, solution architects, business key users, System owners and Integrators plus external consultants including IGZ .
• Direct coordination of Confidential resources for periodic Solution Management Assessments and support through critical and persisting issues such as Virtual Returns, Returns, external warehouse integration, order cancellations, rework.
• Integrated solution tracking, customization proofing and documentation via direct communication with IGZ and creation of installation and verification guides, technical deployment plans, system set ups, hard and soft configuration content while maintaining WM E2E process requirement and consistency alignments.

Confidential

Integration Solution/Delivery Manager

Responsibilities:

• Working in a S/4 Hana SAP environment, with ECC physical logistics running in ECC as a main focus, this includes design and build together with Confidential inhouse of WM/EWM 9.2 9.5, Transportation and Supply Chain Management area, in the quest for new solution or upgrade to 9.5 version of existing EWM instances.
• Easing off the transition of Warehouses worldwide from WM to EWM and the adoption of ML linked WH costs via ABC and resource Management functionality in EWM 9.5. as well as integration of transportation costs solutions into TM (Lighthouse Projects). Nestle Logistics includes MFS, robotization and full automation as well as bin controls using drones for Internal WH controls.
• Coordinating off shore resources in order to successfully configure, test and deploy new functionality in Accordance to Quality standards and controls. Core EWM E2E handled via BRs hand in hand with Nestle’s architecture and process structure (BPML) in Solman 7.2 CRM and CHARM
• GLS AMS SAP 4 Hanna Migration coordinator for Physical Logistics including data management.
• Solman Based Testing and migration for SAP HANA for EWM.

Confidential

Integration/Quality Solution/Delivery Manager

Responsibilities:

• Integration Solution Delivery Manager & Project manager and directly responsible of the GIRD Project (Global Integrated Design Project - which included the definition of quality driven design principles in the M2D, OTC, P2P and R2R areas and seeking the definition and convergence of common objects and master data in ERP in a harmonious and optimized way for all E2Es as part of S/4 Hana implementation prep steps and in line with the UL 2020 Roadmap vision, later deploying these design and governance principles in a Global template within SOLMAN for all future references to all E2Es and integration into Global Process Model.
• Responsible for and steering a group of 13 key internal external resources, 24 Subject matter experts, all geographically spread and performing different activities in different sites and systems, given the size of Confidential and its complex architecture.
• Acting as Integrated Solution Delivery Manager in the M2D Area responsible for defining and controlling the EWM Global template ( including Conceptual Design, Master Data Governance, Build, Integrated Product Testing, UAT strategy, process Documentation, training, cut over activities and Post Go live support) and laying the foundations for a Global EWM Solution SOLMAN Based, as well as its Governance Model including QM/PP-PI and TM integration via a Global BPML aligned with Confidential ’s 2020 vision. The Template definition included the process flow diagramming and publication in ARIS for Global use from the point of Demand Planning until Order Fulfillment in SD, Plant Maintenance, Transportation, Warehousing, Manufacturing and Order Fulfillment, as well as master data governance in all of those areas. Directly in charge of the production integration areas concept definition and build using advanced production integration EWM mechanisms.
• Global EWM SOLMAN 7.2 based solution build including Waterfall and AGILE Global Project Delivery Roadmap and methodology. Solution Manager, HP QC to testing Workbench, full solution deployment in SOLMAN including project deployment via RMMAIN and in accordance to UL Project Methodology and SAP ACTIVATE principles. Additional training and demoing automated capabilities added later.
• Coordination and tracking of all cutover activities in the M2D and ERP areas, including data migration, system migration/ decommissioning and Transactional migration. Release Management
• Data maintenance strategy, data enhancement roadmap, Process Model Management, interface controls, access rights, mobile/interconnected equipment readiness, MFS, digitalization, user readiness, customer /vendor communications, E2E functionality testing and documenting in HP QC, system stress tests and final deployment, as well as all a posteriori tasks for quality controls and project delivery and deliverable audits, were part of the deployment and post deployment tasks

Confidential

Integration/Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Reporting directly to the Head of Corporate Controlling in terms of Transformation and introducing new ideas in the area of Material Supply Chain and Inventory Management including Valuations. Assessment of S/4HANA Finance Accelerators for Material Ledger, Finance, Product Costing and Profitability analysis in terms of capability enablement & expected benefits versus effort ( Impact of New GL activation on current reporting model). Redesign of BW MPR
• Management Performance Reporting Info Cubes and user queries extracting information from Material ledger, COPA and CO-PC. Redesign and improvement of ML and COPA to streamline with SAP Hana requirement adding WM and TM cost transparency to the model.Integration and Cutover Manager for the SAP rollouts in Brazil, USA and France including FI and CO master data migration, compliance and governance and performing risk assessments, escalations and progress reporting for all stakeholders and quite directly to Corporate Controlling in terms of compliance to Global Confidential standards and Guidelines and leading a group of 9 FICO Subject Matter experts geographically spread.
• Developed new methods for efficient material master data, prices and stock transfers in order to accelerate data relevant cutover activities and ensure overall master data consistency in the areas of FI, CO, CO-PC, MM, WM, MM-IM, ML and SD. P2P intégration improvement for primary supply chain and MM integration to add transparency to sourcing and raw material costs and services.

Confidential

ERP Applications Expert

Responsibilities:

• Design, support and advice in integration areas and special topics such as Finance, with stress on Product Costing, Warehouse Management, Asset Management, Project systems, Plant Maintenance, in an attempt to optimize costs, and cash flows and implementing the enablement of operational cost traceability, sourcing/ production optimization, personnel administration, reporting and optimum usage at system level. Jungbunzlauer has a stable and state of the art Standard SAP system and a complex investment management solution which involves the use of Projects, and WBS elements tied to investment support measures throughout procurement, payables, controlling and finance in order to correctly execute, control and report Capital expenditures throughout a project life cycle.
• Currently responsible on the Definition of a new Product costing process and methodology involving the use of activity based costing for process orders and product cost collectors for semifinished and finished goods and replacing the alternative valuation in Material Ledger and for defining the new method and functionality of BOS (Billing of Services in SD)

Confidential

SAP Head

Responsibilities:

• Lead for a SAP acquisition and transition project with a 7 million USD budget on ERP alone, for an Oil Retail directly reporting to the CFO. Responsible for the coordination of system acquisition and absorption and all cutover activities including user rights and workflows resulting from a Carve Out of Swiss Fuel Retail Operations from
• Global SAP systems to form Socar Confidential .Directly liaising with IBM as Implementation and carve out team, responsible as Business Expert and IT SME in all internal HCM organizational and system set up matters including system workflows. Directly responsible for all carve out activities including account balances, customer, vendor master records and open items, as well as bank account migration and CO line items as go live took place mid year. Directly responsible for FI, TR, purchasing & procurements primary and secondary and SD system maintenance for Oil Downstream and Retail. Visio definition and diagramming of all adapted carved out processes and Process definitions.

Confidential

Project Manager/Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Working under the guidance of the Pharma Head of Architecture and Responsible for the design of the SAP AIO (All In One) solution for Representation offices in emerging markets. Model was ECC 6.0 based including, AP, MM, WM and ICT Sales ( SD) and stock transfers process definition and configuration including country specifics for Dubai, Algeria, Tunisia, Lebanon
• Jordan and Israel using BC sets SAP best practice configuration as well as Novartis core settings for corporate reporting.
• This included a full set of business process flow diagrams and Descriptions BPDS for all FICO applications including Project Systems. Definition of global cutover plans and activities as well as tracking matrixes, and issue and risk logs. Ariba project for Novartis Confidential, responsible for the definition of new Ariba functionality and business process improvement in the areas of sourcing, vendor and contract management, planning and purchasing.

Confidential

External Consultant/Reporting

Responsibilities:

• Financial and Controlling lead Consultant working directly for the Vice President of IT, acting as a project manager and Decision Support team lead for the full integration of Gallaher tobacco producing factories/distribution centers in Belgium, Austria, India, Spain, Italy, UK, Ireland, Poland, Serbia, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Germany and Russia into the JTI SA business model and global ERP system ( A 12 million USD initiative) including all cutover activities in the areas of MM, FI, CO, ML and COPC.
• This includes but is not limited to the implementation of toll manufacturing solutions, material data conversion and migration, dummy PCO set ups for costing and subcontracting (Info records), Production version analysis (BOM & routings), special integration points with AP; PP and MM, Inventory management and Material ledger. Governance of MM module for the creation of materials, units of measure, PIRs ( Purchase Info records), valuation classes, purchasing to pay and stock/ inventory controls and material stock counts and loads per storage location, warehouse and Plant.

Confidential

SAP Manager

Responsibilities:

• Offered FI-CO-PS-AA support to Swiss in their Basel headquarters. Directly responsible of cleaning the customer data base and of reconciling business partner open items. System preparations and cut over for the absorption of Swiss by Lufthansa. Special maintenance of interfaces to IATA and AMOS, the later using WBS elements and projects to Track repair and maintenance of aircrafts and equipment. ( Plant Maintenacne)
• The definition of a Global Chart of accounts to be used by In-flight Catering world wide, as well as standards and guidelines in the financial, treasury, and controlling areas including Product Costing (Activity based), Material Master / BOM Harmonization and COPA, Retail in order to facilitate the book to reporting process and provide CORE compliant ERP systems worldwide as well as IFRS/US-GAAP compliancy.

Confidential

Senior Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the implementation and configuration of the FI/CO from a CORE team perspective and of the localization of Novartis Core FI /CO standards to local needs for the Novartis Subsidiary in Bern and the Netherlands, both distribution centers, and Brazil, manufacturing facility, including process definitions, process descriptions and data flows.
• Facilitation of data Extractions for BW infocubes and functional spec and UAT criteria definition, and monitoring all Business blueprint, Design, Configuration, Test and Cutover activities in the FI/CO areas.Implementation included the GL, AR, AP, AA, IM, CCA, OM, PA and PC including Material ledger set ups for Brazil.

Confidential

SAP Head

Responsibilities:

• Correct functioning and configuration of the FI CO TR, MM-(Procurement and Purchasing) and HR modules for 27 codes representing online banks and brokerage firms in Latin, North America and Europe. Implementation includes currency conversions, corporate reporting and special interface developments between banking software and SAP and strong Cash Management and Treasury set up. Full HR/HCM deployment with IBM as implementation Partner.
• Purchasing Organization maintenance.
• Procurement processes redefinitions in 5 countries based on Corporate policies for acquisition of services, supplies, leases, and fixed assets. Processes includes quotations, Expense requisition forms, Purchase order management, GR/IR, and payment processing.
• External resource planning and coordination for BASIS support and ABAP consulting
• System security and transports.
• System monitoring and fine tuning.

Confidential

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implementation and configuration planning of the FI-CO modules as part as a core team member
• Resource planning and management for the implementation of the AM module in Latin America
• Complete design and Configuration of the Asset Management Module, including data conversion and cutovers in 15 countries (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Mexico, USA, Panama, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Nicaragua). Design and implementation include links to Project System PS/Investment Management and Plant Maintenance modules in SAP, plus use of internal order for both costing and statistical information and budget control for MWO.
• Procurement cycle definitions for assets and equipment acquisitions related to Projects, WBS elements, Assets under construction and investments. Configuration and definition of the plant maintenance module with integration to asset Management.
• Coordination of Fixed Assets physical inventories and data Mapping.
• Global BPML definitions.

Confidential

Supervising/Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Technical lead for the FICO modules for a Bottling Corporation (4 plants plus a dairy products farm and a bottling water plant as a joint venture project.)
• As - Is analysis and documentation
• Business improvement and redefinition of the accounting organization for 4 different plants and a consolidation.
• Standard Chart of Accounts definition for all plants and business areas and standard tax code management
• Definition of joint venture standards, procedures and reporting requirement between Coca-Cola and a local water bottling.
• Redefinitions of supply chain processes and procedures.
• Cost Center /Profit Center Hierarchy definition, as well as the definitions of the cost component structure, costing variant and other structures related to product costing (CO-PC) in relation to repetitive manufacturing
• Accounting Data Cleaning and Cleansing, specially unrecoverable debt accounts
• Code definition for data structures in SAP
• Customizing of the Credit Management, Treasury (TR-CM) modules in SAP.
• Definition of automatic account assignments for Inventory Management.
• Review and redefinition of existing reports in the different financial areas, specially consolidation reports and joint venture monitoring.

Confidential

Team Lead FI moduler

Responsibilities:

• Bann, SAP, ERP and Platinum Project Sales
• Participated in various Business Process Redesign &.Customizing of the main FI modules for this client in Guatemala, Panama and Dominican Republic.
• Responsible of redesigning and downsizing the accounting department in Guatemala.
• Worked in a group lead by the general director of the Confidential American to depurate balances and adjustments, prior to SAP go live.