Sales Sap
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Name/Surname Giancarlo PERSOLJA
Address Viale Europa 9, Anzio (Rome)
Mobile 334-***-****
E-mail *********.********@*****.***
Date of birth 23.11.1957
Education High School diploma
Foreign Language English (written and spoken - Level : fluency)
Current Role Sales Operations Mgr - Findus Italy
Previous Role Sales IT Key User - Unilever Italy
Summary of professional
27 years in UNILEVER IT dpt where I've gained a depth
experience and experience in SALES &
expectations DISTRIBUTION processes, Human Resources and EDI through
participation in IT
projects (both in development and integration within the
Group IT solutions)
and assuming increasing of responsibility over the years in
the IT department.
With the spin-off of Findus by Unilever and the creation
of the new Italian company
C.S.I. (Frozen Foods business unit sold to a private equity
and ownership given to IGLO UK),
I assumed the leadership in managing the IT separation from
the SAP Unilever IT
systems vs a SAP Findus own system (Order to Bill, SAP and
its satellites).
After this, I coordinated as workstream leader for Italy,
the Order to Bill area in the
transition from the Findus IT solutions to the SAP Iglo
Group European IT platform,
directly referring for this to the Findus Italy Operations
& IT Director.
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Over the past 8 years, I've gained significant experience
in change-management
(organisational and technological) both at Unilever and
Findus.
I worked in multi-country teams : Unilever IT Europe and
Iglo Group, off-shore
contractors (Accenture, Satyam), Italian suppliers
(Engineering, Exprivia, Risorsa).
I'm available to evaluate temporary contracts. (ready for
immediate start).
IT Skills - In-depth knowledge of SAP SD (since 1994) and of
integrated solutions between
SAP ERP and SAP logistics execution systems /other
satellites (IDocs and Rfc
based) and of the interactions between SD and MM, FI.
Extended knowledge of master data, pricing, billing.
- Involvement in a lot of IT transitions and roll-outs vs
SAP ERP systems (for
Unilever Italy and Iglo Group Europe - ECC6 environments).
- Knowledge of SAP-BW data warehouse (Sales related
functionalities)
- Knowledge of a legacy Sales Force Automation system (200
sales agents /laptops
for the order taking) and its integration vs SAP ERP
- Implementation and supervision of a sales promotions
management tool (130
million/E of discounts given to customers) used by Findus
Sales Force ('Salesware'
via web in dialog with SAP-SD - Partner : Risorsa).
- Implementation of EDI solutions, SAP IDocs based (partner
: Engineering)
- Implementation (for Y2K) of SAP HR (Modules : PA, PD, TM)
and its interface vs the
Access Control system of personnel - partner :
Kaba-Benzing)
WORK EXPERIENCE
From 08/2010 - Compagnia Surgelati Italiana (FINDUS)
10/2013 (Rome)
Job title Sales Operations Mgr
Main activities and Role of team leader Italy (Order to Bill) in the project of
responsibilities transition from the Findus SAP to
the Iglo Group SAP (analyze business requirements, mapping of
business processes and data,
blue-print definition, user acceptance testing, cut-over plan
definition, data migration and validation,
deployment, start-up and post go-live support).
Managing of relationships with Findus Sales Director,
customers, Iglo UK central IT team and
contractors, Steering Group of 'Espresso' project (transition
to the European IT platform) with
nomination for a European award (submitted by the Iglo Group
Europe IT Director).
Management of 2 people having in charge the following tasks :
- end users support on IT related issues (master data, order
taking, pricing, billing, BW
sales reporting, Sales Force Automation tool and logistics
execution interfaces, satellites, EDI).
Problem solving / managing of new business requirements
(impact analysis, feasibility study,
user acceptance testing).
- maintain relationships with Findus logistics provider
(Unilever Logistics) and Sales Force
(agents and key accounts) to solve any IT issue concerning
order taking, delivery and billing
processes both for 'direct' and 'centralized' customers.
- provide the sales performance Kpi to Findus management and
Sales Force (via SAP-BI).
- support /ensure the correct application of promotional
discounts (Web tool) being in touch
with key accounts and Category dpt.
From 04/2009 to Unilever Italy
07/2010 (Rome)
Job title Sales IT Key User ( CD Strategy & Operations dpt )
Main activities and - Internal coordinator for the 'Order to Bill' area (SAP and
responsibilities satellites) in the spin-off of IT solutions
(separation of Frozen Foods unit by Unilever - Partner :
Accenture)
- Feasibility studies on new business needs (EDI despatch
advice, EDI Order, short shelf life
products management) and activation of new EDI customers
- User acceptance testing during the implem. of new release of
the Unilever European SAP (ECC6)
From 01/1985 to Unilever Italy
03/2009 (Rome)
Job title IT Project Leader
Main activities and Implementation of IT projects :
responsibilities - participation in a lot of software development projects in
the Sales & Distribution, Human
Resources areas (Cobol. Since 1994 : Abap - customizing of
SAP modules, etc.) with roll-out on
Unilever factories and warehouses.
- transition from Italian legacy systems to SAP ERP system
(Ice Cream & Frozen Foods SAP).
Some SAP to SAP transitions (eg. merge from three to one SAP
for all the Italian business units
of Unilever, testing for upgrade to the Unilever Europe IT
platform).
IT Project Lead :
- Roles of coordinating IT projects managing internal
resources and contractors
- Project lead in SAP-HR implementation (PA, TM, PD) at
Unilever headoffice and factories (for
Y2K) : time and attendance, variable data calculation, access
control system interfaces, allocation
of work crews to the production lines
- Project lead in implementation of SAP to manage
refrigeration sales equipments (buying to
scraping) through SAP-SD / MM / PM-AM.
- Project lead in implementing EDI solutions
Reference Sarah Leslie - IT Director Iglo Group Europe (e-mail :
*****.******@****.***)
Fabrizio Cannizzaro - Operations & IT Director Findus Italy
(mob : 348-***-****)
Massimiliano Sbardella - Customer Service Manager Findus Italy
(mob : 345-***-****)
Angelo Ruggiero - Global IT Lead - Business Partnering &
Innovation PM at Unilever (mob : 348-***-****)
Svevo Valentinis - HR Director Gruppo Novelli (mob :
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