SAP CONSULTING EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Independent SAP MM / PP consultant for 14 years, engaged with 23+ clients.
Most engagements as lead (or sole) module consultant. Accomplished Team Lead with extensive experience in business process design, fit/gap analysis, configuration, ABAP specifications for interfaces & reporting, prototyping, integration testing, code debugging & OSS, data conversions, cutover strategies, documentation, and training. Excellent analytical, business, teaching, and communication skills. Highly motivated, team and goal oriented.

• full cycle implementations (9 pp & 7 mm)
• upgrades (4 mm)
• support (5 mm & 1 pp)

Feb, 2008 to Current
Client: Confidential,Raleigh, NC Electric Meters
Role: ECC 6.0 PP / MM greenfield implementation

• Client implementing VC / MM / PP / QM / SD / PS / FI / CO
• Original lead role in MM/PP/QM, but most focus in PP after widening scope to include quasi-global template design
• Functionality implemented: Forecasting, PIR’s, MRP, Capacity Planning (with Finite Scheduling, but not Dispatching), Engineering Change Mgt, Discreet Production Orders w/ serialization and Equipment Masters, component ATP with Assembly processing
• Processes Implemented: Valuated Make to Order ( with and w/o VC), Make to Stock, non-valuated WBS stocking for project based sister company, Forecasting from consumption, Sales BOMs , Repair and Rework
• Non-Standard solutions implemented: MES interface that performs automatic order confirmations, goods issues and receipts, equipment master creation, and subsequent updating with customer serial number data, Custom shop floor papers, Customer spec data
• Designed SAP solution for Customer proprietary Engineering BOM and CAD textual system
• Helped design inventory mgt storage loc and staging solutions supporting production orders
• Performed all discovery, design, configuration, data modeling, testing, and training for PP functions

Jul, 2007 to Feb, 2008
Client: Confidential,Raleigh, NC Adhesives
Role : 3.1 to 4.6 PP,MM,QM, PM system merge
3.1 client has 7 mfg plants and 30 W/Hs. Required to conform with 4.6 installation config as closely as possible. Workload requires reviewing all config tables, data mining 3.1 historical data to know config requirements, comparing existing config with required config to eliminate integration problems, configuring 4.6, testing and training end users.

• All PP core functionality implemented- forecasting, demand management, planning, MRP, ATP production (discrete and process orders), detailed scheduling, capacity planning.

Apr, 2007 to July,2007
Client: Confidential,Wilmington, NC Contract Pharma Supplier
Role: 4.7 MM PP design enhancements

• Analyze, evaluate and document business process procedures for MM and PP for 4 plants. Develop proposals to address inventory management issues (including quality considerations) forecasting of raw materials(including implementation fo BOMS and MRP, or consumption based forecasting to replace excel), and ATP for Sales Orders. Implement production orders for network driven finished product demand- primarily to capture semi finished inventory costs). Perform any configuration required, spec ABAP requirements for data management, develop prototype examples, develop training materials, train end users.

Oct, 2006 to Mar,2007
Client: Confidential,Dallas, Tx Electronics
Role : 5.0 ECC MM support

• Production support for several newly implemented sites- includes batch management, stock determination, consignment, 3rd party ordering, subcontracting, missing parts, requisition and PO release strategies, Po printing, sourcing, quotas, queries, SD returns / repair processing design

Aug, 2006 to Sept. 2006
Client: Confidential,Milwaukee, Wi Drill Bits
Role :4.6C PP / MM support

• Pre go live business process evaluation and training sessions for pre-configured rollout implementation site. Topics include MRP and special procurement, forecasting, production orders, master data, vendor evaluation

June, 2006 to July, 2006
Client: Confidential,Virginia Beach, Va Chain Saws
Role: 4.7 PP support and enhancement

• Post Production evaluation of system performance metrics, business process design and configuration. Lead user multiple discussion sessions to capture value metrics for presentation to management.

June, 2005 to June, 2006
Client: Confidential,Minneapolis, Mn Electronics
Role: 4.7 PP A&D implementation

• Implement 4 new GPD / project stock based manufacturing sites using previous site configuration as template. Implement full suite of discrete manufacturing functionality including

batch mgt, serialization, PDM and MES interfaces, shop floor, mrp areas, ECM, AS-built configurations, MRP

• Evaluate fit/gap issues
• Develop and execute integration tests / train superusers on functionality

April, 2005 to June, 2005
Client: Confidential,Cedar Rapids, IA Electronics
Role: 4.6C PP GPD evaluation & support

• Evaluate planning and forecasting requirements and processes.
• Evaluate Cost + business process, specifically relating to the usefulness of GPD

May, 2004 to March, 2005
Client: Confidential,Detroit, MI Hummer & H1 manufacturer
Role: 4.6C MM/PP PLM implementation

• Evaluate and reconstruct Engineering and Manufacturing Business processes and data structures to eliminate severe design-to-market time delays resulting from poorly designed and executed master data creation (Materials, BOMs, Routings, ECM) processes. Implement 3rd party DSC / UGS CAD software to provide 3D modeling for designers to eliminate extensive CAD drawing workload.
• Prototype use of PS networks, Notifications, EWB, ECM, Workflow within a Variant Configuration environment to expedite new product development and material design changes.
• Consolidate Industrial Engineering “man assignment” tasks into SAP Routing structure and implement Capacity planning / Line design

Oct, 2002 to May, 2004
Client: Confidential,Charlotte, NC Tire Manufacturer
Role : 4.6C MM production support

• Purchasing - Purchase Orders, Purchase Requisitions, Contracts, Info Records, Vendor Masters, Source Lists, Delivery Addresses, Pricing Conditions, Output Messaging, Consignment, Sub-Contracting, Release Strategies, Vendor Evaluation, Screen Layout, Document Types, Account Assignment, PIS, Query Reporting, Multiple Currencies
• Consumption-Based Planning – Reorder Point, MRP, Evaluation
• Inventory Management – Goods Receipts, Goods Issues, Returns, Reservations,

Movement Types, Stock Determination, Inventory Controlling, Query Reporting
Physical Inventory - Cycle Counting, Consignment, Query Reporting

• Valuation – Moving Average, Standards, Price Changes
• Logistics Invoice Verification - Consignment Settlement, GR/IR account maintenance, performance enhancement
• LIS structure updating
• Process Design, Training, Documentation

Oct, 2002
Client: Confidential,Dallas, Tx. Chip Manufacturer
Role : 4.6C PP 2-week special project

• Developed a Visio and Word functional design document detailing a “best fit” SAP business process for the future implementation of PP. Issues addressed: BOM design, Routings, MRP, Production Orders, Costing, Shop Floor Reporting, Interfacing to MES
• Provided detailed SAP PP functionality review for discreet manufacturing
• Provided recommendation package regarding use of SAP PP / MES interface

Sept, 2002
Client: Confidential,Savannah, Ga Transportation
Role : 4.6C MM 3-day special project

• Reviewed current 3.1 issues with Inventory and Purchasing users
• Reviewed business requirements and developed Word document providing:
• Recommendations for how to solve current SAP issues in Purchasing

and Inventory Management

• Recommendation regarding upgrade considerations (4.6C vs 4.7)

Apr, 2002 to Aug, 2002
Client: Confidential,Dulles, Va Communications Provider
Role : 4.0B MM production support

• Purchasing Contracts, Requisitions, Purchase Orders, External Services, Source Lists, Pricing Conditions, Output Messaging
• Wrote and modified several Abap Query Reports
• Fixed updating control of PIS Structures S011,S012,S013

4.0B to 4.6C MM upgrade

• Verified configuration results in 4.6C
• Configured, tested, and trained MM support on Purchasing

Vendor evaluation, pricing conditions, sourcing, etc.

• Proposed alternative approaches to Security Authorization using Roles
• Debugged various code problems using OSS
• Wrote and modified several Abap Query Reports

Oct, 2001 to Feb, 2002
Client: Confidential,NJ Communications Hardware Dealer
Role : 3.1H to 3.1I MM technical system replacement
(decommission Sales Order instance and replace with standardized instance)

• Sales Order / Purchasing – Design, spec, and test 3rd party variant configuration processing with user exits, output messaging, and code modifications to enable automated processing and costing of high volume Sales Orders thru single distribution channel
• Inventory Management – G/R and SO returns processing
• EDI and IDOC mapping to standard and user defined fields
• Master Data Conversions – specification enhancement for dataload interface

Jun, 2001 to Oct, 2001
Client: Confidential,Newport News, Va Government contract shipbuilding
Role : 3.1I PP production support

• MRP
• GPD in A&E industry solution
• PS driven Independent requirements

3.1I to 4.6C MM upgrade

• Provided 2 week training for MRP
• Debugged various code problems using OSS controllers in 4.6C
• Reviewed all MM specific 3.1I modifications for relevance to 4.6C
• Proposed alternative approaches to Security Authorization using Roles

SAP Knowledge Level ( K1 – K5)

• PP (Production Planning)
• Master Data (K5)
• Sales & Operations Planning (K4)
• Demand Mgt (K5)
• Capacity Planning (K4)
• MRP (K5)
• Production Orders (K5)
• Process Manufacturing (K3)
• Make-to-Order (K5)
• Assembly Planning (K5)
• Repetitive Mfg (K3)
• Kanban (K3)
• MM (Materials Management)
• Consumption Based Planning / Forecasting (K5)
• Purchasing (K5)
• External Service Mgt (K4)
• Inventory Management & Physical Inventory (K5)
• Special Stocks (K5)
• Logistics Invoice Verification (K5)
• Vendor Evaluation (K5)
• LO (Logistics General)
• Material Master (K5)
• Serial Number Mgt (K5)
• Engineering Change Mgt (K4)
• Batch Mgt (K4)
• LIS reporting (K4)
• Variant Configuration (K3)
• SD (Sales & Distribution)
• Sales Order Processing (K4)
• ATP & Backorder Processing (K4)
• Variant Configuration (K3)
• CA (Cross Application)
• Classification (K3)
• Document Mgt (K3)
• Basis
• Authorization Mgt. (K4)
• ABAP Query (K4)
• Central Address Mgt (K3)
• Complete knowledge of integration points from PP and MM to
• SD (Sales & Distribution)
• QM (Quality)
• PS (Project Systems)
• CO (Costing)
• FI (Finance)

16 years (prior to consulting) -- practical business experience in manufacturing industries

Education
MBA
BS, FINANCE