Work Experience:

Confidential

Data Migration Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager for 8 resources 4 Accenture Consultants, 4 Client Data Migration Analysts and the US Data Migration effort from 7 business satellite units and 2 legacy systems JD Edwards, Syteline
• Took over team that was 3 weeks behind schedule and completed all Go-Live activities on-time and 1 million dollars USD under budget
• Developed, maintained, tracked the Data Migration project plan, cutover plan and resource assignments
• Work with Project Managers from 2 key business units to understand project status, critical path activities, open risks / issues and mitigation / resolution plans
• Objects in-scope: Materials, Customers, Vendors, Work Centers, BOMs, Routings, Production Orders, Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Stock Balances, Projects WBS Elements, Networks, Material Components , Project Transactional Data Settlement Rules, Results Analysis, Planned Costs / Revenues, Actuals , Assets Asset Balances, AP Open Items, AR Open Items, G/L Open Items, and G/L Balances
• Gathered requirements for the Manufacturing data migration Production Orders, Materials, Material BOM, and Routing
• Assisted or oversaw junior resources with transformations of legacy data in Excel and Talend
• Performed LSMW testing of Material BOMs and Routings programs
• Prepared Data load files for Project Planned Costs and Planned Revenues, Actual Costs and Actual Revenues
• Assisted junior resources with migration errors encountered in Conversion or in Load for various data objects.
• Coordinated efforts between business units IT extractors and data owners/business users , data migration personnel, local SAP SME's and international load teams for data extracts, data transformation, load file validation, load file submission and loading, SAP system data validation and final sign-offs
• Coordinated new business requirements and solution changes between business units and central Design team members
• Ensured team members followed appropriate documentation practices such as data validation sign-offs

Confidential

US Gas Retro-fit Deployment Lead

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw the implementation of the Power Max SAP solution to 2 Supply Chain Business Units
• Teamed with 5 key users to implement site-specific configuration, perform unit and integrated testing, user acceptance testing, master data updates via LSMW and assist with Post-production support
• Assisted team with fit-gap analysis of the global Power Max solution and the local businesses in their use of Project templates / structures, material demand generation via Project and Sales Order demand, MRP settings on the material Master and strategies, standard SAP and custom subcontracting solutions, procurement processes including intra-company procurement, inter-company procurement, PR and PO release strategies, serialization of goods with Goods Receipts, use of standard and custom SAP reports, and role / transaction code assignments.
  • Configuration included changes in Purchasing Organizations, Purchasing Groups, Storage Locations, MRP Controllers, Purchase Requisition Release Strategies, Purchase Order Release Strategies
  • Additional setup included batch jobs for MRP runs, custom extension for new subcontracting functionality, custom extension for new sales-order functionality
• Conducted training workshops with broader business unit personnel.
• Hosted functional workshops discussing benefits, impacts, pros/cons of transition from non-valuated stock to a valuated stock in a live SAP environment
• Coordinated efforts between central Design team Switzerland , Business Units US , off-shore teams India and local team and client members
• Assisted with post Go-Live Data Migration of Material Masters, Vendor Masters, Customer Masters, Material BOMs which included both master data creation and master data updates

Confidential

Project Systems and cProjects Release Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Team Lead for 5 resources 2 Accenture Consultants, 1 Analyst, 2 sub-contractors with the implementation Design and Test of the cProjects and Project Systems modules to project oriented commands within the U.S. Army
• Developed IMS schedules, noted Team/Program level risks and issues, managed Change Requests, provided status to executive leadership, managed team resource assignments and coordinated activities with other teams supporting team schedules, client outages etc .
• Worked closely with primary client counterpart regarding Release scope, business requirements, open issues and identifying future design efforts
• Oversaw functionality deployed during October, January, April, and June Releases quarterly cycles including:
  • 11 RICEFW Objects 8 new Extensions, 2 Reports, updates to Conversion program
  • PS/PM/CO configuration and master data setup
  • Role to transaction mappings with appropriate security authorizations and SOD restrictions
• Mentored junior members with regards to technical details and design work, knowledge transferred GFEBS solution and Army business processes to experienced consultants and sub-contractors
• Coordinated and oversaw transport queues between clients as well as Production migration and manual cutover tasks

Confidential

Project Systems Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw team of 1 experienced consultant and 1 subcontractor
• Participated / hosted functional requirements gathering sessions and workshops for several different project oriented Army commands Redstone Arsenal, AMRDEC, Army Public Health Command, Ft. Jackson DPW, Ft. Bragg DPW
• Worked with client counterpart and sub-contractors to identify open functional and design issues with the GFEBS global solution worked with client counterpart to determine Release scope
• Implemented 5 RICEFW objects and configuration for Project Systems including creation of Functional Designs, assistance with developers on RICEFW, unit and integration testing, cutover activities and post-production support
• Identified and mapped additional Project System transaction codes to existing roles accounting for SOD and role conflicts
• Implemented end to end functionality associated with Project structuring, scheduling, cost planning by cost element or by WBS element / period / fiscal year , procurement, time postings, overhead application, settlement and close.
• Provided production support to key users live on GFEBS as well as deployment support to businesses preparing to go live
• Created / Oversaw Change Requests for new functionality as well as changes to existing functionality
• Activation of 2 Enhancement Pack 4 business functions, configuration and new transactions
• Developed proposal, pricing, project plan for implementation of cProjects module
  • 2 million USD in FY12 revenue, 250K USD/YR Production support revenue for FY13, FY14 FY15
• Significant client exposure as well as exposure with SAP customer representatives / OSS
• Configuration included
  • Project Coding Mask
  • WBS User Status
  • Project Profiles
  • Project Types
  • Person Responsible for WBS Elements
  • Layout of the WBS Element Detail Screen
  • Define Field Selection for WBS Elements
  • User-Defined Fields for WBS Elements
  • MRP Controllers
  • Maintain Value Categories
  • Assign Cost Elements to Value Categories
  • Project Versions

Confidential

Directorate of Public Works MM / PM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Participated in client requirements gathering and the implementation of 5 RICEFW objects 4 Forms, 1 Report , as well as resolution of Remedy tickets involving security authorization updates, MM configuration, application development updates to existing RICEFW objects as well as regression testing of existing RICEFW objects due to Enhancement Pack upgrade
• Configured custom RICEFW forms for printing upon creation/change/display of Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Orders, Goods Issue and Goods Receipt
• Developed material procurement processes associated with Plant Maintenance and maintenance repair business processes
  • Processes included:
    • Material procurement off a demand maintenance order via multiple PR / PO types MIPR, Charge Card, Prime Vendor etc, PO Types
    • Use of Plant Stock vs. Project Stock and effects on MRP strategies
    • Use of Purchase Information Records and Source of Supply Records
    • Configured Available to Promise ATP functionality for Plant Maintenance Orders
    • Tested 2-way PO / IR and 3-way PO / GR / IR match processes
• Performed Plant Maintenance, Materials Management and Project Systems roles analysis. Identified need for new roles, Segregation of Duties conflicts and role redundancies. Re-mapped transactions as appropriate and performed role testing.
• Supported Remedy tickets by key commands including the ability to automate certain
• Provided key user support to organizations going live
• Hosted workshops with Training team instructors on existing custom objects or new functionality being released.
• Worked with key users to document and outline use cases of various procurement scenarios and supported training material development.
• Assisted with Year End support including mass application of time confirmations, material movements, overhead, TECO, and closure of Plant Maintenance Orders and Projects/WBS Elements assisted users with creation and release of Purchase Requisitions, release of Purchase Orders via workflow, Goods receipts and post-GR goods movements.

Confidential

SAP PM PS Functional and Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Regression tested various Plant Maintenance, Fixed Asset, Project Systems and Material Management RICEFW objects utilizing HP Quality Center software includes development and execution of Test Scripts, Test Scenarios, and Test Plans.
• Assisted in development and repair of multiple Plant Maintenance and Project System Conversion objects Projects, BOMs, Work Centers, Maintenance Plans, Measuring Points, Functional Locations, Equipment Master records etc
• Setup or made posting corrections to FMDERIVE for Maintenance Order time confirmations made appropriate links between Cost Centers and Fund / Fund Centers / Functional Areas
• Setup or made corrections to Maintenance Order Activity Types and associated Labor Rates fixed or variable .
• Setup Material Master data for various procurement scenarios
• Setup up Costing data for various Time Confirmation scenarios Cost Centers, Cost Center hierarchy, Cost Element, Cost Element Sets, Activity Types
• Distribute Funds to various organizations, commands, sites within the Army using FM Workbench FMBB for test scenarios
• Streamlined and assisted setup of the Demand Maintenance Order Lifecycle for multiple sites
  • End to end scenario involved creation of notifications, plant maintenance orders, material and labor planning, material procurement, time confirmation, technically complete / overhead application / settlement via batch job, close.
  • Ensured proper setup of key master data Functional Location hierarchy, Equipment, Work Centers and WBS Elements .
• Assisted with setup of Project Structures for Plant Maintenance Projects includes setting up project templates for plant maintenance projects and setting up valuated Project Stock WBS Elements for material movements
• Developed, tested and deployed 2 Asset Master / Asset Balance interfaces with 2 external systems using IDOC messages.
  • Interfaces performed asset acquisition, retirement, de-activation, asset transfer In Out , asset to asset transfer, asset balance postings
  • Inbound and Outbound interfaces receiving and sending asset data with interface partner
• Performed plant-restricted role testing for A76 Users. Role restrictions prevented contractors at one Plant from viewing certain financial data competitor contract bids, rates at other plants.
• Temporarily served as Ft. Jackson On-Site support for Ft. Benning Assisted users with creating and approving Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders, Plant Maintenance Activities, Project Structure and Project Stock setup.
• Assisted User Test for 20 users across the entire GFEBS solution
• Assisted Conversion team with knowledge of current functionality and migration requirements for adjustment in BackOffice Associates software.
• Conformed to appropriate documentation procedures within and without of Solution Manager
• Supported Deployment, Conversion, On-site Support, Training teams