SUMMARY:

Certified SAP Application Associate specializing in Materials Management and Production Planning & Manufacturing with an outstanding record of successful international implementations and project/team management.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Materials Management
• Production Planning
• Material Requirement Planning
• Master Data Management
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Project/Team Leadership
• Business Process Design and Mapping
• Business Blueprinting
• RICEFW Documentation
• SAP Query Writing
• Professional Certifications
• SAP Certified Applications Associate: SCM Planning and Manufacturing with SAP ECC 6.0
• Prince2 Project Management (certified by ACUROC GmbH)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Recently completed long - term contract with large, multi-national Aerospace & Defense client, based in the United Kingdom. Assigned as the primary North American resource for Materials Management and Production Planning.
• Served as Functional Lead for a site relocation project, moving business from SAP to a closed ERP system due to US Government Contract Regulations. Led and coordinated the Master Data mapping, extraction, and transformation; as well as Business Process definition and mapping. Irvine, CA.
• Completed full lifecycle implementation of SAP solutions for Production Planning, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Product Lifecycle Management for an acquired business; migrating from JD Edwards to SAP. Managed 3rd party vendor during the design of interface from Agile PLM to SAP.
• Conducted four (4) Post Implementation Reviews for US sites already live on SAP, as part of a global SAP Way Forward initiative. Spent minimum of 1 month per site reviewing data and processes and presented findings and recommendations to site and business leadership. Developed and implemented standard KPI metrics for monitoring of implemented solutions.

Senior Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Stream Lead and Solution Architect for custom Precious Metal Tracking module designed within own SAP namespace. Design was a hybrid solution leveraging aspects of Materials Management and Production Planning; consisted of approximately 100 WRICEF specifications, including new configuration tables, document types, transaction codes, reports, and interfaces for scales and scanners.
• Successfully completed the following full lifecycle SAP implementations; performing requirements gathering, blueprinting, configuration, data migration, testing, training, go-live and support activities:
• Logistics Team Lead responsible for implementation of Procure-to-Pay, Plan-to-Produce, and custom Precious Metal Tracking solutions for Sputtering Target Manufacturer.
• Project Manager, Consulting Lead, and responsible consultant for Procure-to-Pay, Plan-to-Produce, and Precious Metal Tracking solutions for site transfer project; integrating new business as a separate plant within an existing company code. Responsible for management of entire project and all resources, including site and consulting personnel. Prepared and executed all project proposals, budgets, plans, tracking, and tasks in under 6 months. Also coordinated all Organizational Change Management and Business Process changes required to integrate the new business unit into the existing structure. Chandler, AZ
• Rollout of previously designed (see project below) Bonding Wire specific solutions in the areas of Procure-to-Pay, Plan-to-Produce, and Precious Metal Tracking. Designed cross-functional “Bonded Factory” solution to satisfy South Korean government imposed precious metal import/export reporting requirements. Incheon, South Korea - 03/2012
• Implemented Procure-to-Pay and Plan-to-Produce solutions for multiple Plants within a single Company Code, each plant representing different physical locations, product lines - Precious Bonding Wire, Solder Paste, Flux, and Resale Materials - requiring different solutions. Integrated business into existing SAP SRM platform, with several changes to ‘standard’ SRM functionality. Singapore - 11/2011
• Implemented Materials Management/Procure-to-Pay solution for Medical Components manufacturer. Included SAP Document Management and Engineering Change Management solutions to meet FDA regulations. St. Paul, MN - 04/2010
• Sole provider of Materials Management, Production Planning, Manufacturing, and custom Precious Metal Tracking solution support in the Americas region; supporting 7 SAP instances ranging from 4.7C to ECC 6.0. Provided help desk ticket resolution and new functionality requests within scope of Support Level Agreements.

Applications Team Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Dual Role - Served as Regional Lead and Senior Consultant concurrently.
• Responsible for the management of all applications resources and projects in North, Central, and South America. Team included SAP Functional Consultants, ABAP Developers, .NET and Web Developers, non-SAP ERP specialists, and local site IT managers.
• Successfully managed the implementation of standardized Concur Travel & Expense software to all United States divisions, including interfaces to SAP and other ERP systems (4th Shift, for example), as needed.
• Initiated and managed the implementation of Check Outsourcing and Positive Pay to all United States divisions in response to internal audit finding, standardizing processes and reducing the risk of fraudulent activities.

SAP Business Systems Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Served as Production Planning and Precious Metal Tracking expert, providing first level technical and functional support to the entire organization.
• Interfaced with German-based consulting group for support escalation and enhancement requests.
• Coordinated Phase II implementation activities after initial SAP go-live.
• Developed requirement documentation for major enhancements, performed testing of new developments and any required regression tests; created Process Flow Diagrams and Work Instructions and provided training to the organization.

SAP Production Planning Team Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Documented all Production Planning and Precious Metal Tracking business processes and requirements.
• Coordinated with German-based consulting team to confirm requirements, finalize, and document solution design.
• Performed all module specific tests during implementation, including final sign-off for solution.
• Developed training plans and documentation, executed training for all Production Planning and Manufacturing portions of the organization.

Production Control Supervisor

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed team of up to 12 Production Planners and Production Control Coordinators.
• Improved on-time delivery from ~60% to over 90% within 3 months.
• Coordinated effort to restructure all master data; including new Material Number formats and Bill of Materials structures.

Senior Buyer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Planned and procured all Outsourced Materials (Trading Goods) and External Services.
• Contributed to global team to streamline intercompany purchasing process.