EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, USA 2010 - 2012 Sr. SAP SD/ CS Business Systems Analyst

Projects:

• CS Lead Business/ Systems Analyst Service Scheduling project - coordinated business process requirements gathering, created RFP and participated in vendor demos and selection process
• SD Lead Systems Analyst Government Contract Compliance project - participated in requirements gathering, vendor demos and vendor selection, created design specifications and test documentation, executed unit testing and supported UAT
• SD Lead Systems Analyst Implementation of CPQ Tool - participated in requirements gathering, vendor demos and vendor selection
• SD/ CS Lead Business Analyst Upgrade to ECC 6.4 - created test documentation and coordinated test effort for SD and CS, coordinated issue resolution
• SD Lead Business Analyst Customer Master project - identified improvement opportunities for existing customer master configuration setup, executed configuration changes and worked with the business on executing test efforts
• General:
• Provided functional and technical support for SAP SD and CS
• Managed issue resolution and configuration procedures
• Provided functional support for SAP/SFDC interface
• Generated SAP reports using ABAP Query
• Developed SAP training documentation and conducted end-user training

Confidential, USA 2008 - 2010 Sr. SAP SD Systems Analyst

Projects:

• Managed SAP GTS Integration project for BSC and Guidant migration - implemented Denied Party and Embargo configuration to accept data transfer from several SAP systems to one GTS environment; coordinated requirements gathering, created design specifications and other project related documents; coordinated testing efforts to support multi-level test plan of SAP migration project
• Managed Bundle Engine Migration Project - successful, on-time and below budget migration of an external unsupported application into SAP; coordinated requirements gathering, created functional and technical design specifications and other project related documents, coordinated development, testing and go-live activities
• Lead the Implementation of Latitude International Customer Enhancement - created functional and technical design documentation to create a new tab in the customer master, coordinated security setup to limit access to the new tab and all relevant testing activities, managed go-live and hand-off to international support team
• SD Conversion Lead for BSC and Guidant Integration project - created extract functional design documents for SAP to SAP conversion, coordinated development of extract programs and setup of transformation rules
• SD Lead for Divestiture project - gathered data extract requirements, reviewed functional extract design documents and supported development of extract programs, coordinated data validation and created relevant documentation
• General:
• Provided functional and technical support for SAP SD
• Managed issue resolution and configuration procedures
• Provide quality assurance guidance for software development projects
• Streamlined communication process with off-shore developers by creating new functional specifications documents and by modifying the means of communicating - reduced response delays by about 50%

Confidential, USA 2002 - 2008 Senior Business Analyst

Projects:

• Managed SAP Reporting project - successful implementation of approximately 10 new reports for SAP FI, SD, MM, PP-PI and QM, identified reporting requirements, created requirement documents and coordinated the report creation with ABAP developers, created ABAP Query reports, conducted testing and training
• Lead Analyst for Contract and Customer Master Improvement project - identified user requirements, created configuration and development specification documents, configured contract and customer master improvements, lead workshops to streamline customer master structure, tested configuration and train end users
• Lead Analyst for Rebate Implementation project - created user requirements, configuration and development documentation, configured rebates, promotion and sales deals and created rebate reports, created test documents and conducted testing, trained end users
• Managed SAP Pricing Project - successful and on-time implementation of new and improved pricing procedures and pricing condition types that allow a detailed and enhanced reporting, identified improvement opportunities for pricing processes and strategies, gathered requirements, created specification documentation, executed configuration, testing and training
• Managed the company wide implementation of ShopVue, a Time Management and Shop Floor system - assured a timely and successful completion of the implementation, organized and conducted training for about 250 employees on new management, time and project reporting procedures
• Lead the implementation of a new HRIS system - HR Perspective
• General:
• Provided functional and technical support for SAP SD, FI, MM and Chargebacks
• Generated SAP reports using ABAP Query
• Developed SAP training documentation and conducted end-user training
• Developed validation documentation and participated in validation testing after SAP Upgrade procedures or hardware changes

Confidential, USA 1999 - 2001 SAP Senior Consultant

• FI/CO Functional and Change Management Consultant on various projects with exposure to several industries
• Evaluated client business processes
• Mapped business practices to ERP software
• Created Change Management presentations according to new business processes
• Prepared training curriculums and programs
• Created generic role based SAP Infrastructure for Finance/Controlling
• Developed end-user documentation for SAP, JDEW and Royalties for the areas FI/CO, TR, SD, PM and MM
• Coordinated training process and conducted one-on one and small group sessions
• Assisted with system testing procedures
• Coordinated client user support and system administrator programs

Projects:

• Avnet EMG, Germany/Belgium/Italy
• Aventis Behring, Germany
• Hamilton Sundstrand, Rockford, IL, USA
• General Tire, Charlotte, NC, USA
• West Group Publishing, Eagan, MN, USA
• Aramco Services Company, Houston, TX, USA

Confidential, Germany 1998 - 1998 SAP FI/CO Intern

• Worked on an implementation of SAP Cost Objective Controlling at the Hospital of the University of Leipzig - managed the Cost Center and Internal Order Cost Accounting implementation and testing, implemented, revised and executed the internal calculation during the test stage, trained the controlling staff in the operation of the established Cost Objective Controlling and provided post go-live support

EDUCATION:

• Master of International Management
• Concentration: International Finance
• Master of International Management
• Included coursework in Economics, Marketing, Financial Management, Human Resources Management and Intercultural Communication
• BA: Business Administration
• Concentration: Human Resource Management and Planning/Organization

COMPUTER SKILLS: SAP SD, SM, FI/CO, MM, Microsoft Office, SharePoint

TRAINING: SAP/SCM520 - Purchasing SAP/SCM550 - Cross-Functional Customizing in MM SAP/LO925 - Cross-Application Business Processes in SD and MM SAP SCM620 - Pricing in Sales Order Management SAP ABAP Query Kepner Tregoe Problem Solving GMP/Computer Validation IIL Project Management Fundamentals

LANGUAGES: German: Native English: Oral and written fluency

REFERENCES: Furnished upon Request