GRIGOR CORIC
SAP TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT / ARCHITECT
Address: 2. Drniska 4, Zagreb 10000, Croatia
Phone: +385 (0-99-229*-***
e-mail: ******.*****@*****.***
PROFILE
Certified SAP technology consultant and architect, with 15 years of experience with SAP solutions, specialized (certified) in SAP HANA and SAP Solution Manager, able to provide consulting services in technology, architecture, implementation and operations.
Participated in 18 major SAP projects (15 full cycle), both local and international, as a team leader, technology architect and consultant. Broad experience with SAP Netweaver platform, SAP HANA, SAP ERP, SAP XI/PI, SAP BW and other products on all major HW/SW platforms. Strongly experienced in ITIL based IS performance management, service level management, cost control and authorization, approval and control of IS-related changes.
Professional with 20+ years of experience in various IT/IS areas, possessing excellent communication, presentation, organizational and time-management skills.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior SAP Technology Consultant / Technology Team Lead Nov. 2008 – present
mStart d.o.o. Zagreb, Croatia
Technology team lead, consultant and technical architect in several SAP implementation, upgrade and migration projects. Leading a team responsible for project and support tasks in areas of Basis, Solution Manager 7.1/7.2, integration (SAP XI/PI) and development (ABAP/Fiori). Leading an innovation project based on SAP Cloud Platform. Leading a system conversion and Cloud migration project.
Led a multifunctional team towards successful creation of Croatian localization for S/4HANA Best Practice.
Created architecture and technical blueprints; Performed installation, configuration and optimization of SAP Netwever, SAP ERP, S/4HANA, XI/PI and BW systems.
Implemented several SAP S/4HANA, Business One on HANA, SAP BW on HANA and SAP HANA Accelerator installations.
Implemented SAP Solution Manager functionalities covering more than 40 SAP systems; Successfully implemented Service Management, ChaRM, Service Level Management and technical / system monitoring.
As a technology team lead implemented various SAP applications, tools and functionalities used within Agrokor company group (SAP TDMS, Mobile Platform, SAP Productivity Pak and others).
Information Services Performance Manager Jan. 07 – Oct. 2008
InBev Zagreb, Croatia
Managed the performance of application services (SAP and other applications) delivered to businesses in Croatia, Hungary and Czech Republic; Implemented ITIL practices in information services provided to businesses in above mentioned countries.
Created and implemented SLA between business, IS department and IS vendors together with service level measurement.
Successfully guided all stakeholders through transition towards IS outsourcing; Improved the visibility of IS and increased overall customer satisfaction level.
Managed IS vendor performance to ensure cost efficient supply of high quality services.
Senior IS Analyst Dec. 01 – Dec. 06
Zagrebacka pivovara d.d. member of InBev Zagreb, Croatia
Participated in several international SAP implementation projects (SAP R/3, ERP, CRM and BW) as a BC team lead and consultant.
Participated in development of an architecture standards and implementation and operations framework for company's SAP solutions.
As a project manager for Traceability system implementation project led a team of 5 people.
Maintained and supported SAP solutions in BC area; Coordinated BC activities with service providers.
System Analyst Nov. 98 – Nov. 01
Lijanovici d.o.o. Zagreb, Croatia
Led an IT team of 3 people in development of a process manufacturing software and maintenance of existing business software application; Coordinated business requirements with software development team; Delivered all results on time and budget.
Software Developer Dec. 95 – Oct. 98
Ant-el d.o.o.; GILD d.o.o.; Autotisak d.o.o. Zagreb, Croatia
Development of financial software application for bank; Maintenance of existing software.
Development of database applications for different customers.
Development of Zagreb tourist guide with city map and tourist information database.
MAJOR SAP PROJECTS
2016: project manager/technology consultant; SAP S/4HANA BP localization project; mStart (Croatia)
2016: technology consultant/architect; SAP Business One on HANA localization project; mStart (Croatia)
2015: technology consultant/architect; SAP ERP 6.0 Ehp7 implementation; Jamnica (Croatia)
2015: project manager and Solution Manager consultant; SAP PCoE implementation; mStart (Croatia)
2015: technology team lead; SAP HANA implementation; Croatia Airlines (Croatia)
2013: technology consultant/architect; SAP ERP 6.0 Ehp6 and SAP NW PI 7.1 implementation; Belje (Croatia)
2012: technology consultant/architect; SAP ERP 6.0 Ehp5 and SAP NW PI 7.1 implementation; IDEA (Serbia)
2012: technology consultant; SAP ERP 6.0 and SAP NW PI 7.1 implementation; Konzum (BiH)
2011: technology consultant; SAP ERP 6.0 and SAP NW PI 7.1 implementation; Kompas (Slovenia)
2011: team lead; SAP TDMS implementation; Agrokor group (Croatia):
2010: technology consultant;SAP ERP 6.0 and SAP NW PI 7.1 implementation; Tisak (Croatia)
2010: Solution Manager consultant; ChaRM and Service Desk rollout; Dijamant (Serbia)
2009: Solution Manager consultant; SAP CoE organization project; Agrokor (Croatia)
2007: BC consultant; SAP ERP 6.0 implementation; InBev (Luxembourg)
2007: BC consultant; SAP ERP 6.0 implementation; InBev (Ukraine)
2006: BC team lead; SAP R/3 4.6c implementation; Apatinska pivara (Serbia)
2005: BC team member; SAP CRM implementation; Staropramen (Czech Republic)
2002: BC team member; SAP R/3 4.6c implementation; Zagrebacka pivovara (Croatia)
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATES
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University in Zagreb. Graduated in July 1996., major "Mechanical Structures"
Certificates:
SAP Certified Technology Associate (edition 2016) – SAP HANA
SAP Certified Technology Associate (edition 2014) – SAP HANA
SAP Certified Support Associate – SAP HANA
SAP Certification SAP IT Excellence - SAP Solution Manager 7.0 Operations
OTHER
Advanced knowledge of English, both written and oral; Passive knowledge of German