James (Jim) J. Koslosky

***** ******* ****** ****

Johns Creek, GA 30097

770-***-****

Skills: Proficient in SAP ERP 6.0 Configuration ECC 6.0, Master Data [Materials, Vendors, Customers} PP including Batch Management, MM, SD, SRM, CRM Sales Ops and experienced with Variant Configuration, BW, SAP Application Testing, MM and PP Business Process Analysis, SQL, Microsoft Office Applications, Microsoft PROJECT, Sharepoint, NetMeeting, Outlook, MS VISIO, Product Line Planning and Management (New Product Introduction and Lifecycle management), Enduser Change Management and Training Delivery and Development.

Job Experience:

Capegemini NA:

Sr Consultant – SAP Practice OTC and MM

COCA-COLA North America – Project Lead Customer Master Data conversions thru Dec 2016

eCommerce Process development for new client

Aug 2016 to Aug 2017

Sage Software, Inc

August 2006 – January 2016

Sr. Systems Analyst – Full time

New SAP implementation:

Configure and maintain sales Item Category group for Sales Ops, configuring shipping points and conditions for sales orders. Maintain all aspects of the material master as it impacts SD.

Developed and configured the Logistics executions with 2 3PLS both directly using standard SAP SD and later, modified the delivery process to conform to new company policies of setting the 3PLs up in a more Contract Manufacturer environment. Responsible for Item Category configuration to support both Sales and Delivery processes in ECC6.0 and addressing requirements for CRM.

Gather business requirements and implement process improvements for Production Planning and execution and Materials Management. Configure IMG for PP as required to support requirements and train supply chain business members. Configuring and creating plants, factory calendars, storage locations, work centers and routings. Configure MRP elements for material masters and BOM creation. Develop training materials and deliver training for production users for such activities as creating planned orders and converting to Production orders or purchase requisitions, processing Production orders through completion and confirmation. Train users on details and set up of the stock requirements screen (MD04) screens for planners and arranging “traffic lights” and planning periods. Perform configuration, as needed, for Inventory Management to support Product planning process, developing and delivery of training documentation as well. Responsible for execution in 3 different plants, adding new plants as the business expanded as well as ongoing post GO LIVE support. Create and update function specifications as needed and maintain documentation in Solution Manager.

Responsible for all aspects of the Material Master, Vendor Master, Bill of Material, Purchasing and Inventory Management. Data conversion (Material master, vendors, BOMS) from various legacy systems, including data cleansing, consolidated, mapped and loaded to ECC 6.0 and replication to CRM and SRM systems. Use of SQL to run queries in legacy systems to extract data and loading to EXCEL for final cleansing and formatting. Upload to ECC via ABAP program and LSMW.

Extensive use of Sharepoint for data repositories and Project documentation.

New corporate implementation of SAP ECC 6.0 – Supply Chain Team member.

SRM Lead (primary) functional analyst responsible for configuration, MDM and integration with ECC. Gather requirements from business members and council on changes to Procurement process. Translate requirements to Functional Specifications and direct Development team. Guided and directed changes from organizational workflow and approvals to custom functional approvals by budget owners and Finance teams. Mentored super users including training the sourcing team for Tier1 support. Primary IT contact for the business in Procurement Globalization. Direct involvement in new process definitions for Global deployment.

Zuora Pricing Administrstion

Tasks involve:

Master Data Conversion and cleansing from legacy systems data loads with Program management to meet GO LIVE schedules.

Coordinate 3PL to integrate with delivery fulfillment and inventories

Materials Management configuration – Inventory Management and P2P

Production Planning configuration

SD configuration in ECC and CRM

Functional Design Specifications

Training documentation

Team education

Integration with other functional teams

Assist SD team with Order-to-Cash process, including troubleshooting and configuration.

Maintain SRM process in Solution Manager.

Ingenico, Inc.

September 2004 –August 2006

Responsible for all aspects of SD configuration as it applies to North American OTC processes

Responsible for support and improvements, as required by the business managers, of the full “Order-to-Cash-Process” - including third part fulfillment - from order entry to billing and cash applications. Development and introduction of new contract billing program for service and maintenance contracts. Effort includes design, configuration, testing and training. Implement new program with third part Accounts Receivable vendor, including developing new billing reports and troubleshooting.

Adopt and modify and configure inter-company Stock transfer orders - order, delivery, billing - to meet local requirements.

Corporate representative for North American SAP Implementation and Operations. Functional Analysis and Support for approximately 100 regional users (US & Canada) and backup support for Global user community (approx 500 users worldwide)– SAP Logistics (SD,MM). Also, limited support for FI, PS and PM. Work with all levels of management at corporate and local levels.

Direct production planning and delivery of finished goods from Contract Manufacturers for North America. Developed a configuration guide, using the Classification system to interpret customer requirements to new BOM and finished goods.

Continual data cleansing of customer and material master records as well as configuration enhancements of master data elements.

Responsible for all aspects of SD configuration as it applies to North American OTC processes

Responsible for support and improvements, as required by the business managers, of the full “Order-to-Cash-Process” - including third part fulfillment - from order entry to billing and cash applications. Development and introduction of new contract billing program for service and maintenance contracts. Effort includes design, configuration, testing and training. Implement new program with third part Accounts Receivable vendor, including developing new billing reports and troubleshooting.

Adopt and modify and configure inter-company Stock transfer orders - order, delivery, billing - to meet local requirements.

Activities include business analysis of current business processes and master data and focus on business improvements across the board, SAP Security, SD & MM configuration (performing own analysis and moving own transports, generating new Reports and maintaining existing report structure, new user training and Helpdesk support. Provide technical requirements to developers for new and changed programs to support SAP and interfaces with other applications. Part of Global Change control team representing the North America region.

Design and implement introduction of EDI for Order fulfillment, including Invoicing and Cash Applications.

Preparation of global effort, representing North American business, of corporate plans to upgrade SAP system to ECC6.

Conagra Foods

August 2003 – September 2004:

Develop and implement new strategy for performance testing of a large SAP system, including BW, TPM and CRM. Develop scripts using Mercury Interactive tools such as LoadRunner and VUGEN.

Set up new strategy and tactics for automated testing of SAP. Write and direct script creation using SAP CATT and Mercury Interactive VUGEN tools. Set up test bed with automated scripts to simulate “Order-to-Cash” process for regression testing, including interfacing to other applications.

Develop and implement new Automates Testing strategy for Automated Regression Testing using both SAP CATT scripts and Mercury Vugen and QuickTest Professional.

Diageo, Inc.:

May 2003 - July 2003:

Manage, design and execute load and stress testing of SAP R/3 4.6c system, including associated web-based applications. Responsible for scheduling, script development and execution for phase 1 of the Diageo NA implementation of the SAP ERP system. Extensive use of both Mercury-Interactive QuickTest for SAP and Mercury Interactive LOADRUNNER to produce and record testing scripts for web based applications. LoadRunner tool used for execution of stress, load and performance testing scenarios. Mercury Test Director used to schedule individual or groups of scripts by functional and test teams as new releases and modifications are implemented. Responsible to provide final summary and technical performance results for senior management.

Manage, design and execute load testing for Business Objects, COGNOS application, including script recording, performance planning, scheduling and execution of several business scenarios and at various locations across the country as a precursor and preparation for GO LIVE. Trained local team member in the use of LoadRunner and script generation and performance evaluation for future releases.

Coordinate SAP Early Watch program with BASIS team and produce final report for senior management.

Unilever Best Foods:

March 2002 - December 2002:

Consulting position at the North Americans division of a large international Food Service company (Unilever Best Foods North America) to coordinate, lead and manage (as well as execute) System Integration Testing for nationwide upgrade/introduction of SAP R/3 Supply Chain Management (Production Planning module - Forecast-driven execution vs Made-to-order ), Material Management (Inventory Management and new Purchasing processes) and SAP Shipping/Transportation (SD and Logistics Execution), including Batch Management functionality at various factory locations throughout North America. Consult with Project PP lead to ensure proper configuration and setup of Planning Time fences and MPS/MRP process runs.

Consult with SD configurator to ensure Batch Management for Deliveries (new Delivery type) executed properly. Ten factories across the US were successfully converted on time with no unplanned/unexpected downtime or errors. Coordinate with the BASIS organization the preparation of data to be transferred from the existing legacy system to the new SAP client and participation in the transition activities prior to actual cutover over. Review, modify and make Master Data changes (Material Masters, vendor masters) as required to ensure proper execution on batch management of Finished Goods.

Coordinate and deliver Enduser overviews and training as a precursor to GO-LIVE activities at Headquarters location and on site.

Provided post GO LIVE onsite support at each enduser site for a minimum of one week, typically 2, while concurrently preparing for the next phase. Support in the PP & Shipping processes as well as MM (Inventory Management and new Purchasing procedures) both one-on-one enduser contact and group presentations or process reviews of training materials. Support activities included proactive enduser contact, dispatching to user locations, communication with HQ Support desk and recommending/interpreting user requests and profile evaluations.

Assist with the development, preparation and delivery of End User training, including creation of test and training data modified to meet local requirements, as well as active involvement with end user Change management.

Avaya/Lucent Technologies:

January 1998 - November 2001

Team member of a new R/3 SAP system implementation team for the Connectivity Solutions division of Lucent Technologies including extensive Business and Operational Process reengineering and converting those business requirements to SAP System requirements, primarily for the SD module, including Variant Configuration. Work with 2 teams (Atlanta and Omaha) to properly design, configure and implement the SD module ensuring that location differences did not create system conflicts while meeting the needs/requirements of 2 separate enduser communities.

Direct activities of ABAP programmers to create new interface for Order Entry systems, including interactions with HQ developers for inter-company orders (IDOCs), fulfillment and billing. Work directly with developers to create, test and implement new order entry system (using IDOCs and EDI) as Avaya Was spun off from Lucent, for full stream “Quote-to-Cash processes. While Lucent used non-SAP systems for direct order entry and billing, a new process needed to be designed, configured, testing and introduced for division. Implement new intra-company billing, in cooperation with Corporate Finance. .Division representative to corporate team performing FI/CO consolidations and plant-to-plant ordering. Worked closely with Business Managers (including senior management) on SAP Reports (writing Queries) and use and creation of Sale Information System. Provided on site enduser GO LIVE support at both locations (factories in Atlanta, GA and Omaha, NE) as the various modules were implemented. The Omaha facility implemented, in sequence, the SD, MM, PP (Make-to-forecast, Assemble-to-order and Variant Configuration), PM,QM and FI/CO modules over period of 6 months. Actively worked support for each module, onsite, both as Tier 1 & 2 support as well as testing changes and interpreting enduser needs to SAP requirements. The Atlanta facilities subsequently introduced the PM, PP (Repetitive and Made-to-order), MM, SD (including Warehouse Management), QM and FI/CO modules which I actively provided the same Tier 1 & 2 support as in Omaha. Support activities included proactive enduser contact, dispatching to user locations, communication with HQ Support desk and recommending/interpreting user requests and profile evaluations.

SAP System Testing (Integration and Functional - SD,PP,MM,ML,FI/CO, PM, and QM modules) and Documentation Team Manager for Connectivity Solutions Project team, including the successful system split, as Avaya was split off from Lucent, and the subsequent successful system upgrade from R/3 3.1H to 4.6C - team member of Avaya Corporate Cross-organizational Testing team dealing with a full complement of disciplines and interaction with company senior management. Primary interface for all SAP issues, including training, for the Business Management and R&D communities. Create, execute and troubleshoot scripts/scenarios used with WINRUNNER Test tool for integration, stress, upgrades and regression testing on local client and in cooperation with Corporate test team with corporate instances. Manage use of LOADRUNNER test tool in stress and load testing of newly configured client recently upgraded.

Onsite GO LIVE support in two instances: 1)as Avaya was split off from Lucent and 2) 4.6C upgrade covering all modules and conversion in Omaha and Atlanta Business management locations. Sole GO LIVE and conversion support for Atlanta Business Managers.

Develop and deliver Business Manager, R&D and Customer Service formal training at various locations, focusing on the SD module, including Principles of Variant Configuration. Special requirements including in-depth coverage of Reporting, the Logistic Information Systems and Forecasting

NON SAP Experience prior to 1998

Lucent Technologies/AT&T:

Sr. Product Manager responsible for New Product Introductions and the lifecycle management of a variety of Private Network Systems voice, data and video transport products as part of the industry leading Systimax Structured Cabling system, including being part of the original management team that first developed the use of twisted pair wiring in non-telephony applications. Responsibilities included leading and directing product development by Bell Laboratories engineers with the operations and engineering staffs at variety of manufacturing locations, both internal manufacturing facilities and with external suppliers, including active negotiations for contract manufacturing and Joint Developments on a global basis. Responsibilities included Sales Team education and customer presentations in support of $1Billion + Global business. Job required gathering of market and customer requirements, as well as analysis of industry trends, to maintain leading market position.

Significant achievements included developing the concept and introduction of the HomeStar Residential Structured Wiring system in 1986. While practical home automation was in it’s infancy, Homestar was the forerunner and set the stage for many of the Standards used today in both Home Office and small business applications.

Key management team member that originally developed and introduced the concept of non-telephony applications over twisted pair wiring, including various adapters, which ultimately evolved into the Systimax Structure Cabling System

Bell Laboratories:

Senior Technical Associate assisting Members of the Technical Staff in both telephony and microprocessor development projects, such as the MERLIN Communications System. Systems Administrator and Operator of one of the original UNIX Operating Systems labs.

Education:

Associates in Applied Science Degree in Electronic Engineering Technologies Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ - Graduate with honors.

Undergraduate work in Electronic Engineering at Monmouth University, Eatontown, NJ. - Status achieved-Non-matriculating senior.

Formal SAP Classroom Training:

R/3 Manufacturing Planning LO050

R/3 Classification CA310

R/3 Variant Configuration Part 1 LO260

R/3 Variant Configuration Part 2 LO261

R/3 Pricing LO620

R/3 SAP Delta SD D345SD

R/3 SAP Delta LE D346LE

SRM 7.0

CRM 7.0

Military Service :

U.S. Navy - Achieved rank of Petty Officer Second Class - Electronics Technician.

Senior Petty officer leading a team of 10 technicians and operators in support of the flagship of the Second Fleet.

Certified Naval Instructor in various disciplines including formal training of various Reserve Units in Basic Seamanship and Electronics.

References available upon request.

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