Summary

InnovativeSAP Senior ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Application Developer with expertise in finance, materials/supply chain management, sales distribution/order to cash modules, Advanced Planning Optimizer (APO), SAP BI/BW and Auto-ID Infrastructure (AII). Proven track record of effectively managing all facets of the software development cycle, including project planning, requirements analysis, system design, documentation, program development, and end user training. Participated in two, multi-million dollar full-cycle SAP implementations and major SAP upgrades (3.1H to 4.0b and 4.0b to 4.3 to 4.7 to 5.0 to 6.0), Delivered seamlessly to users with zero downtime and within budget. Efficiencies gained through reduced processing time and error avoidance resulted in millions saved each year. Additional areas of strength include teambuilding and business system software support, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, tax, logistics, planning, inventory, purchasing, order management, and special ledger.

Technical EXPERTISE

SOFTWARE:

SAP R/3 ECC 6.0 & below, ECC, APO, BI/BW AII, ABAP Workbench, Reports development, IDOC, Call Transactions, BDC, BAPI, BADI (object programming),ALV Grids, Smartforms, Sapscript, Dialog Programming, Performance Tuning, Data Dictionary, Debugging Tools, UNIX, FTP, GEAC (Dun & Bradstreet Software) Packages, UNIX, OS/MVS, DOS/VSE/VM, JCL, TSO/ISPF, CICS, CMS, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, VSAM, FILEAID, EXPEDITER, Jobtrac, IBM Utilities, FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

APPLICATIONS:

SAP R/3 FI/MM/SD, Financial Management and Accounting, Materials Management, Procurement, Sales and Distribution, GEAC (DBS): General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Purchase Order, Accounts Receivable, Human Resources, Fixed Assets

TOOLS:

ABAP Workbench, Report development, IDOC, Call Transactions, BDC, BAPI, BADI (object programming), Dialog Programming, Performance Tuning, Data Dictionary, Debugging Tools, UNIX, Marketplace, Solutions Manager, Doors, EROOM Strong MS Office Skills

LANGUAGES:

ABAP, M:SDT (PDL), COBOL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential.,Lake Forest, IL2006 – 2009
A pharmaceutical Company Specializing in Injectiles.
Senior ERP Application Developer / SAP 
Responsible for support, analyst, design, development and implementation of SAP software to support business needs. Worked on, modifications, and new development of ABAP Reports, ALV Grids, BDC/Call Transactions, BAPI’s, BADI’s, IDOC’s, Smartforms, SAPscripts, Dialog Programs, User Exits and Enhancements for the ECC modules: SD, MM, FI, FI/CO, APO and TAX Departments, Marketplace, Solutions Manager, Doors.
Integrated a newly acquired Australian pharmaceutical company into the Hospira environment as part of a 100 member team, involving over 8 world-wide go-live iterations over an 18 month period, resulting in an error-free launch.

• Resolved over 100 trouble tickets for changes during pre and post-implementation and during the implementation.
• Developed and enhanced processes to maintain synchronization between various legacy systems and SAP.
• Provided pre and post SAP implementation support to ensure successful GO-LIVE. This included ticket assignments, testing, modifications, and new development of ABAP Reports w/ ALV GRIDS, BDC’s, BAPI, BADI, IDOC, Dialog Programs, Smartforms, SAPscripts, User Exits and Enhancements.
• Saved time and effort as a four member team selected to create Pedigree Prototype, an automated bar coding process to be presented to the business. This technology would allow the Receiving Clerk to scan all items on a pallet and have that information available in the system immediately instead of removing each item and scanning them one by one. As the technical resource, created on-line procedures to process the information using BADI’s and batch processes using BAPI’s to load interface information for locations not yet on line.
• Increased productivity as part of a three member team to eliminate the need to manually remove certain flags on items that were part of a shipment during a goods-movement process which would cause errors and block the shipment. As the technical resource, utilized the Enhancements technology to automatically remove the flags temporarily and allow the process to continue without errors.
• Trained team members on using enhancements to modify SAP delivered code as requested by the business.

Confidential, Lake Forest, IL 1999 – 2006
Major supplier of heavy duty equipment to other businesses.
Senior ERP Applications Developer
Responsible for development and implementation of SAP software to support business needs. Also, responsibilities included: support, analyst, design, modifications, and new development of ABAP Reports, ALV Grids, BDC/Call Transactions, Direct Processing (BMV0), BAPI’s, BADI’s, IDOC’s, Smartforms, SAPscripts, Dialog Programs, and User Exits for the SD, MM, FI, Departments, plus OSS Notes, and EROOM.

• Raised efficiencies during Pre SAP Implementation & Support. Prior to SAP Implementation, developed and enhanced processes to maintain synchronization between various legacy systems and SAP. Worked on support, modifications, enhancements and new development of ABAP Reports, ALV Grids, Direct Processing (BMV0), BDC/Call Transactions, BADI’s, BAPI’s, IDOC’s, Dialog Programs, Field Exits, and User Exits for the ECC modules: SD, MM, and FI/AP Departments as part of a Matrix environment.
• Complied with Maintenance agreement with SAP Conversion & Support: As a member of the SAP Upgrade Conversion Team, completed a successful upgrade from release version 3.1h to 4.0b of the SD and MM modules. This upgrade provided additional features.
• Enhanced Profitability with SAP Implementation: As a member of the implementation team (with over 400 team members), completed one of the largest full cycle SAP implementations using version 4.7. Responsible for research and analysis, design and testing of detail technical specifications as part of the FTP/LES team plus cross-team design and development. Implemented modules that included (MM) Purchase-to-pay, Supply chain execution, Inventory and Planning, (SD / FI) Order-to-Cash, all utilizing detail specifications. Modified existing and developed new processes according to the detail specification and the Business needs. Note: Virtually Every legacy application and system was converted to SAP.
• Raised efficiencies as part of a five member team during project SHIPDATE, to allow a more precise estimate of customer shipments arrival date and time, by using parameters such as starting longitude/latitude, ending longitude/latitude, type of transportation, availability date and time and other parameters. This allowed the customer to better plan and schedule business activities.
• Reduced down time during post SAP Implementation & Support: After GO-LIVE, continued with support, testing, modifications, and new development of ABAP Reports, BDC’s, BAPI, BADI, IDOC, Dialog Programs, and User Exits.

Confidential, Des Plaines, IL 1990 – 1999
Major oil refinery company specializing in oil products and processes.
Senior Application Developer / SAP1997 – 1999
Responsible for support and development of the legacy systems and then development and implementation of SAP software to support business needs. Also, responsibilities included: support, analyst, design, modifications, and new development of first Dun and Bradstreet Financial systems utilizing COBOL, PDL code, etc. Once SAP was implemented responsibilities remained the same but utilized different tools such as: ABAP Reports, ALV Grids, BDC/Call Transactions, Direct Processing (BMV0), Function Modules, IDOC’s, SAPscripts, Dialog Programs, and User Exits for the SD, MM, and FI, Departments.

• Enhanced profitability and raised efficiencies with SAP Implementation: member and team player of the Implementation Team (with over 300 team members) Completed successful full cycle implementation of SAP version 3.1. Responsible for FI module analysis of legacy systems, development of technical specs, interface jobs (data conversions) for data loads and analysis reports for both legacy and SAP data comparison. After GO-LIVE, continued with both support, modifications and new development of ABAP Reports, Interfaces, BDC/Call Transaction, Dialog Programs, UNIX, Queries, Report Writers, User and Field Exits.
• Completed all phases of SAP R/3 implementation project for three separate rollouts by location.
• Developed data conversions from Geac, General Ledger to SAP R/3 FI modules including design, development, and mapping, of a large number of Batch Data Communication (BDC’s) for loading of all financial master file data for cost and profit centers, chart of accounts, accounts receivables and general ledger balances.
• Created several SAP function modules to convert legacy master data to SAP master data.
• Designed and developed general ledger, accounts receivables, accounts payable, purchasing and special ledger conversions to SAP.
• Reduced down time during SAP development & Support: After GO-LIVE continued with support, modifications and new development of ABAP Reports, Interfaces, BDC’s, Dialog Programs, Queries, Report Writers, User and Field Exits. Provided extensive user and technical support for ECC SAP R/3 modules: FI, SD, MM, and Special Ledger modules. Eventually the mainframe was retired.

Mainframe Development and Support (Senior Applications Developer) 1990 –- 1997
Provided User and technical support for Geac (Dun and Bradstreet) GL:M, AP:M, PO:M, AR:M and FA:M systems. Used Panvelet for storing JCL and Source Code

• Created AS-OF reports by Strategic Business Units (SBU) to each business unit to monitor their strengths and weaknesses thus allowing them to make changes accordingly.
• Saved the company millions of dollars by creating a link between the AR/Credit and Collections modules and the customer database to expose delinquent customers such as customers flagged for bankruptcies, government restricted, and outstanding debt to the business, etc.
• Reduced A/R days outstanding by creating A/R aging reports to allow the business units to monitor their credits and collections more efficiently.

EDUCATION and professional development

AA, Computer Science,
AA, Liberal Arts.