Robert G. Leathers

440-***-****

SUMMARY

Senior level SAP professional with extensive experience in leading and assisting in the development and

implementation of systems, including manufacturing, wholesale and distribution. Participated in seven complete SAP

implementation cycles, and numerous partial cycles. An experienced configurator, and a highly skilled developer,

especially with ABAP, Query, Report-Writer, ALE, ALV, SmartForms, BAPI, BADI, and Dialog.

TECHNOLOGY

Languages: SAP ABAP 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, ECC 5.0, 6.0

HTML, SAP Gui, Web-sphere, JAVA

Data Base Systems Oracle, MS Access, DB2

Project Management MS Project, HPQC, SAP Solution Manager

Industries Insurance, Banking, Manufacturing, Oil, Accounting, Wholesale, Retail, Distribution

EXPERIENCE

GE Lighting March 2012 to November 2014

Senior IT leader for a global SAP implementation of all financial modules including FI/CO/PA, GL, AP, AR, PS, FS,

FSCM.

Provided support to the Functional teams developing a global blueprint, subsequent RICEFW development – including

Functional Specifications, Technical Specifications, unit-testing. Trained all functional leads on how to develop

blueprints, string-testing, and four Integration testing waves. This lead to a European go-live on ECC 6.0 in August

2014. Coordinated GE interests between the integration team (SAP) and the implementation team (WIPRO).

Developed GE standards for documentation, development, coding, and interface. Sustained a working relationship

with the BASIS team and the PI team to Spec, code in ABAP, and test 87 interfaces for GE Finance. Also coded 30

enhancements as we pushed thru 140 RICEFW requirements. Championed use of Solution Manager and HPQC to

coordinate and execute string testing, IT1, IT2, IT3, and IT4 testing, plus dry run, go-live and post-go-live support.

Acted as liaison between development teams in India, configuration team in Budapest Hungary, and business leads in

Cleveland Ohio. Communicated with numerous departments in GE affiliates to design and develop necessary

interfaces for intra-company billing, corporate reporting, and other legacy processes. Assisted the GE Corporate team

developing the installation of Perceptive document scanning for AP invoices and SAP billing documents.

Independent SAP Consultant Jun 2002 to March 2012

Cardinal Healthcare January 2012 to February 2012

Functional FICO lead, preparing string tests, FUT’s, recording and documenting defects, reviewing and correcting

functional specifications for an upgrade from 4.7 to ECC 6.0.

Carmeuse Stone and Limestone March 2011 to December 2011

Assisted in the upgrade from 4.7 to ECC 6.0. Managed all corporate ABAP projects for SD, FI/CO, and MM/PP

modules relating to the post upgrade (after change blackout) including ABAP developement. Provided ongoing

support in FI, SD and MM/PP configuration and ABAP development, SapScripts, SmartForms, and report design and

implementation. Provided support to implementations of SAP HR and CRM.

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Atlas Tube March 2010 to December 2010

Coordinated and implemented projects in the SAP FI/CO area, with emphasis on CRM, Pricing, SD and MM/PP

interfaces. Implemented configuration and coding changes for tax audit extracts, general audits, AP and AR reporting,

Borrowing Base reporting, Automated Clearing House (ACH) implementation including configuration and banking

interfaces using IDOC’s and EDI. Coordinated bug fixes and report changes, as well as interfacing SAP to Hyperion

software and Blackline services. Configured several changes for the MM/PP team in cost basis and FI/CO for ACH.

Trained for ECC 7.0, Web Dynpros, 3GL, and Object Oriented basics, and took a refresher course in project

management techniques.

Joann Fabrics December 2008 to December 2009

Joined as a development team member on a project to convert MVS COBOL to SAP, making modification to SAP

pricing module, and a series of credit card authorizations and reporting projects. Eventually, was asked to support

ECC 6.0 systems and BW systems in configuration and ABAP changes for SD, MM/PP, APO, and FI/CO. Designed

and coded an intricate trickle data Intra-day Sales report in the POS/DM system. Managed special projects in the BW

systems, including picking up work that a previous consultant had started working on; sales reports, Credit card

reports, reconciliation, Point-of-Sale activity reports, etc. Managed a Store Ops project to roll out their POSDM

system when a consultant became ill. Proficient in POSDM Workbench and began working with WebSphere.

Tremco Incorporated November 2007 to November 2008

Joined the corporate ABAP team as a staff member and also aided the programming manager. Provided configuration

support to MM/PP system as well as numerous ABAP tasks, modified ECC 6.0 report programs in SD MM/PP, FI/CO,

SO, PO, CRM plus several interfaces with outside entities, including a customer service webpage, A/R lockbox.

Designed and wrote new ALV reports for Service Orders, Contract Costs, Invoice Print, QA Maintenance Planning,

Inspection Date Bundling, Forecasting Accuracy, and Gross Margin. Worked with SAP GUIXT, UNIX interfaces,

lockbox, contract maintenance, GL reporting. Integrated closely with a highly results oriented functional group to

manage a large backlog workload, reducing it from 12 months to 3 months.

BASF Chemical June 2007 to November 2007

Developed functional and technical specifications to facilitate a company merger onto a corporate SAP system.

Interfaced extensively with the users and the IT department to develop a plan to identify and plug gaps in the ERP

processes in MM, SM, SD and IO. Supported the efforts of the FI/CO group to identify functions that may need to be

migrated to the new systems or integrated into the new corporate environment. Advised the project manager on ways

to develop his project plans and help build his team. Reviewed BAPI, IDocs, and other interfaces to do gaps analysis

for a conversion from SAP 4.6 to 4.7.

Lincoln Electric Part time Contract as needed. January 2003 to June 2007

Worked with conversion teams upgrading to 4.7 systems. Created forms with Planet Press to do product labels,

shipping labels, and interface the production from the SAP 4.7 system. Supported various MM/PP configuration

changes. Designed and coded ABAP programs to facilitate the label creation, archive, report, and log serial numbers

of product. Assisted the MIS management with changes to their IT quality process.

Goodyear Tire and Rubber June 1994 to August 2002

Joined the Genesis team as a developer and began coding interfaces between the newly installed R/2 system and

existing legacy systems. Participated in and managed conversions to upgrade R/2 (twice) and convert to R/3 4.5, 4.6

and 4.7. Worked as DBA, Basis, configurator, and ABAP developer on FI/CO, SD, MM/PP, and CRM. Coded ABAP

extensions, interfaces, reports, and function modules. Created DB tables and views. Managed teams that did Y2K

analysis for two SAP instances and two legacy systems. Four full cycle implementations plus 3 upgrades. Taught a

class called ‘How to write efficient ABAP code’.

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BP Oil Company June 1992 to June 1994

Provided system support for Construction -in-progress system, Fixed Assets system, and Property tax system.

Lubrizol March 1991 to June 1992

Business analysis projects for various systems.

Loral Aircraft Braking Systems March 1986 to March 1991

Project manager for a complete disconnect from previous parent company (Goodyear) after sale to Loral. This was a

$5 million project, and was a 5 year assignment. This included managing 35 consultants and 15 in-house resources.

We came in on-time and under budget.

Other clients served: MANCO Tape, CITCO, Kinetico, Cook United, Scott-Fetzer Corp., Squires, Sanders &

Dempsey, plus about 30 other small clients.

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