Project Manager Sap
Resume:
Louaiy Arab
Email: acctbs@r.postjobfree.com
SAP Consultant
Training
**/****: Abap OO/Badis/Java
**/****: Prepare to SAP FI /CO certification
**/****: Master in Finance - ICHEC Bruxelles
07/2007: Master in ERP Management - SOLVAY Business School
07/2003: Training in SAP BW - SAP PARIS
06/2003: Training in System Administration - TechnofuturTic, Charleroi,
France
Functional knowledge
> SAP Implementation & Data Migration Project
V Analyze and define the technical requirements for the
implementation.
V Identify and select the data objects to migrate
V Define the data objects template for the data migration
V Manage the team
V Handovers and knowledge transfer including documentation
> Project Management
V Data migration management for both functional and technical
V Technical lead for teams up to 20 persons for different SAP modules
Technical knowledge
V SAP (LSMW, ABAP, ALV Report, Queries, BAPI's, IDOC, Change Pointer
Management, USER-EXIT)
V Data migration tools : TALEND
V SAP FI (GL/AP/AR Configuration)
V Certification preparation in SAP FI in progress
Languages
French: Native language
English: Working language
Certification preparation SAP FI - Brussels: December 2013
Consultant FI
In addition to the master in Finance done at the High School of Brussels
ICHEC, I'm achieving a certification in Finance as well in SAP. This will
allow me to move on functional area and maintain the technical knowledge as
an alternative solution to business requirements. During this preparation,
I learnt to configure the following objects:
V Define and set up fiscal period, posting period and closing period.
V Work with variant principle to assign different finance objects
V Maintain currencies during document entry
V Creation and maintain vendors and customers (manually via transaction
or technically via Data migration programs)
V Document control creation to check the documents already posted. In
case of error, then I generate document for cancelation.
V Clear open items
V Configure the cash journal
Technical Environment
SAP Netweaver ECC6 (Modules FI)
Professional Experience
Universal Music Group International, France - UK from April 2012 till
September 2012
Technico-Functional on FI/CO
The project consists on resolving issues based on change request called
GAPs in their internal organisation.
Implementation of substitutions rule to remove block payment from vendor
invoice for French sites and
Configuration of account determination per tax code for under and over
payment
Interface for sending vendor in automatic Extraction of vendor.
Replication of project costs per cost center / WBS Element on different
line per IDOC technics
Implementation of a technical filter to clear specifics customer invoices
based on specific criteria
Optimization Royalties program
Optimization Join/Venture program
...
Technical Environment
SAP ECC 6.0 (Modules FI, CO, BI, ABAP, IDOCs)
Professional Experience
MEGGITT Plc., France - from September 2010 to December 2011
Data migration coordinator
The project at Meggitt Plc. migrates from Oracle to SAP ECC6 - rollout of
EMEA for the France and Swiss companies with the rest of Europe. All
objects related to logistics, production, HR and finance are migrated into
the main SAP client. I used a specific tool called TALEND for data
migration purposes. This tool allows the data extraction from legacies, the
conversion and enrichment. This tool also generates the file structure
required by SAP.
Responsible to coordinate all the data migration for the France subsidiary
Angoul me.
Data Migration for the whole data static as well as dynamic objects to SAP
cross modules MM, SD, PP and FI by using TALEND data extraction tool.
Technical Environment
SAP ECC 6.0 (Modules MM, PP, HR, FI, LSMW, ABAP, IDOCs, TALEND)
Mr. Bricolage (France) - from August to September 2010
Warehouse Retail Interface development via IDOCS
Requirement was to transfer/communicate changes made in the warehouse
system into SAP. This need was implemented through the development of
custom IDOCS and the use of change pointers to detect when changes are
made.
Wrote an ABAP to transfer the data from warehouse system to SAP using
Idocs.
Technical Environment
SAP 4.7 (Modules Retail, IDOCS, BAPI's),
Hamelin, France - July 2010
Abap development
Custom development to upload freight costs and upload freight conditions:
Abap development to upload freight costs into SD for reporting.
Technical Environment
SAP 4.7 (Modules SD)
ArcelorMittal for BVD-IT Luxembourg: October 2009 to January 2010
Data migration developer on project FFR
ArcelorMittal decided to merge 3 French companies to 1 system.
Responsible for migration of all logistics data objects, e.g. Purchase
orders, Agreements, Outline agreements etc.
Technical Environment
SAP 4.7 (Modules MM),
Swisscom SHS Geneva for SAP(Switzerland) from September 2008 to January
2009
Project Manager for Data migration
Swisscom SHS migrated from multiple legacy systems into SAP.
Manage a data migration team (around 5-7 persons)
Identify and select the objects to migration for all modules (Finance,
controlling, logistics and HR)
Create a plan for the migration and manage the progress.
Create several data migration programs to transfer the data via into SAP
Technical Environment
SAP Netweaver ECC6 (Modules FI, CO, MM, CD, HR), LSMW, Access 2003, Excel
2003
SONY-MUSIC BMG (London/Paris) for G-3 Global: from November 2007 to June
2008
Abap Developer for a Finance Application
SONY-BMG requested development of a custom application in SAP from the
legacy system AS400. The purpose of this application is to quickly clear
customers' invoices for a payment received (FAST ENTRY).
Clear open invoice line items in a list format by entry of invoice number
or payment advice number
Compare payment amount against the entered data. If difference appears then
I've to create either a credit/debit memo, or an account discount, or a
charge off or a Profit &Loss posting.
Create an invoice customer line item to a customer accounting which belong
to the same buying group for an overpayment.
The clearing application can be managed through different payment method:
via cheque process, or electronic transfer or bill of exchange.
Post all the payments to a suspense account to allow confirmation before
the final posting to the bank account.
Create ALV report to list all the successfully line items completed and the
ones in-error line items during the processing.
Technical Environment
SAP Netweaver ECC 5.0 (Module FI, ABAP, ALV Report, Queries)
SIEMENS, Brussels for Huxley: from September to October 2007
Abap Developer on Project KPI
The purpose of this project is to extract data from SAP module CS (Customer
Services) and transfer it to module BI. In this project, I had to:
Coded ABAP for data extraction from CS module to develop business KPI's
Maintain the data connection and enhancement for different objects between
SAP and BI.
Technical Environment
SAP Netweaver ECC 5.0, BI7.0, ABAP, Module CS
Owen-Illinois, Switzerland and Germany, Wave 4: from May to July 2007
Data migration developer for module PP on Project FUSION - Wave 4
Following the previous data migration projects, in this new wave, I was
responsible for migrating the Production objects in module PP.
Responsible for migrating PP data objects, e.g. Bill of materials for used
glass bottles, Material Routings for the material used.
Migrated Production Version data for Finished Goods
Technical Environment
SAP ECC 5.0 (ABAP, LSMW, ACCES 2003, Excel 2003)
Owen-Illinois Switzerland, France and Spain, Wave 3 for ALTIME SBS: from
May 2006 to April 2007
Project Manager for Data migration on project FUSION - Wave3
in this new wave, I was Data Migration Project Manager and responsible for
migrating all data.
Manage the data migration team (up to 20 persons).
Determine the objects to migrate.
Manage the data migration plan in corporation with the MDM Team.
We had to harmonize and centralize all the Data in MDM by generating MDM ID
which could be used later as a Golden Table references for all legacies
objects to process forward SAP.
Based on this Golden Table references, I've migrate only the data granted
in MDM repository.
Reporte project status to the project committee.
Handle data migration for Finance area in New G/L (through the following
objects: I had to migrate: Balance sheets, P&L statements, internal orders,
cost centers, cost elements, etc).
Once the whole data migration has been done, then I processed the migration
of the assets through a complex key depreciation rules for France.
Handover and knowledge transfer for the maintenance team.
Technical Environment
SAP Netweaver Ecc5.0, ABAP, LSMW, (Module: FI, CO, MM, SD, PP), ACCESS
2003, Excel 2003
ALTIME SBS - O-I Switzerland Wave 1 - Netherland / United Kingdom: from
February 2006 till April 2006
Data migration developer on project FUSION - Wave1
On this project Fusion, I was in charge for the data migration for
countries Netherland and United Kingdom. I had to migrate data for the
following objects listed here below:
All kind of Prices conditions for modules MM and SD
Freight costs
Standard prices, and futures prices for material (Finished good, phantom,
spare-parts)
Migrate the Financial Balance sheet and Profit & Loss statements.
Technical Environment
SAP Netweaver Ecc5.0, ABAP, LSMW, (Module: FI, CO, MM, SD, PP), ACCES 2003,
Excel 2003
ALTIME SBS - O-I - Paris: from November 2005 till January 2006
Abap Developer and Data Migration Developer on project Accelerated Benefits
(AB)
The purpose of this project was to demonstrate the accelerated benefits we
can make if we merge different companies country. That's why the project AB
came out. It's was like a demo project. For this project, my role was to:
Migrate all kind of Prices conditions for modules MM and SD
Extract and transfer the Freight costs data
Transfer the standard prices, and futures prices for material (Finished
good, phantom, spare-parts)
Develop a BAPI's to automatically transform any new purchase order into a
transfer order from old company to new one after to show how Fusion could
be set up from orders perspective.
Technical Environment
SAP Netweaver Ecc5.0, ABAP, LSMW, (Module: FI, CO, MM, SD, PP), ACCES 2003,
Excel 2003
SYLIS - PSA - Paris - Poissy: from October 2004 till June 2005
Abap Developer on project FIDGI
During this project FIDGI, I was in charge of different specific
development to meet the customer requirements. For this, I had to:
Create a specific application via l'ABAP to manage the assets
Develop an application with ABAP which control and validate a vendor
selected by the customer
Implement an automatic system for determining the material group based on
the purchase group through a complex determination algorithm
Migrate the material type and payment terms
Migrate the purchase orders via BAPI's
Develop forms for purchase orders with SAPScript and JetForm.
Technical Environment
SAP Netweaver Ecc5.0, ABAP, LSMW, User-Exits, BAPI's, JetForm, SAPScript
IBM - SNIM - Mauritania: from January 2004 till September 2004
Data Migration and Abap Developer on a new SAP implementation project
For this customer, I worked on a new SAP installation project. My role was
to upload the basic and dynamic data across different SAP Modules. My role
has consisted to
Upload the finances data (Open Items, Balances sheets) and the logistic
data for all objects used
Create specific control with Abap routing and functions
Transfer the open purchase order via Batch Input (Abap)
Write report with ABAP and ALV for monitoring the progress of the
implementation and give a status by comparing data with the legacies system
Technical Environment
SAP 4.7, (Modules : FI, CO, MM, SD), ABAP, LSMW, Queries, BAPI's, User-
Exits
Lawyers Corporation Verhagen - Walraven - Brussels: from June 2003 till
July 2003
Set up a network, install and configure a mail server for the lawyers
This project consists of installing a new mail server for a lawyers
corporations.
I had to proceed to the following:
Make the installation, the customizing and test the new mail server on a
Windows 2000 system.
Technical Environment
Windows 2000 server, Mail Server Mercury
SYLIS/KPMG - PSA - Paris: from July 2001 till March 2003
Abap Developer on project TANGO and Customer technical lead
The Customer PSA (Peugeot) requested to KPMG Consulting and SYLIS to unify
theirs systems and centralise all the legacies forward a unique SAP System.
That's why the project TANGO came out. Inside this project, my mission was:
Analyse the existing legacies
Write the blue print documents
Write the technical specifications
Implement the solution suggested and retained
Train a new Abaper teams on the solutions proposed
Implement interface communication between legacies and SAP system
Develop a specific application with Abap, which should:
1. Copy an existing application to select a vendor from a marketing
database
2. Initialise from scratch a new Vendor database with transmission via
ALE-IDOC
3. Transfer in real time across the ALE-IDOC technology the vendors to
all legacies and SAP Systems
4. Update in real time the vendors partner functions from a marketing
database.
Proceed to customizing via BCSET technology
Set up in the customizing the chart of account
Customize the logical and physical systems for the exchange to be done via
ALE-IDOC
Update the quotations based on purchase requisitions modified
Write Abap report to check and monitor data uploaded in purchase
organisation and company code views
Create a schedule in the purchase orders by copying the one defined in
purchase requisitions
Implementation some restrictions in authorizations to restrict changes to
be made on purchase order for some buyers
Develop a BAPI's allowing WebMethod technology to set up automatically a
receipt indicator once an order is created in the EBP System.
Develop a BAPI's allowing WebMethod technology to set up automatically a
delivery indicator once an order is created in the EBP System.
Create invoice for a purchase orders in the EBP System with an Idoc
generated in XML format
Technical Environment
SAP R/3 4.5, ABAP (Module MM, SD, FI, CO), Queries, BAPI's, IDOC, ALE
CRONOS - ARBED - Luxembourg: from March 2001 till June 2001
Consultant on an archiving prototype project
Cronos has been selected to implement a prototype project for archiving for
the customer Arbed (ArcelorMittal actually). My role consisted:
Install and customize a server with all the packages for a software called
ITA
To set up the Archivelink in SAP
To customize a system to acquire data with some specifics tools for data
acquiring
To map the data and convert the data acquired
To set up a backup server.
Technical Environment
SAP R/3 4.0, ABAP, (Module MM), SER, (Characters Recognition Software),
UNIX.
SWIFT - Brussels: from February 2000 till March 2001
Abap Developer on project SWIFNET
On Project SWIFNET, I had to make different specific development in ABAP
for a non standard business used at SWIFT. My role was:
To do some Maintenance and enhancement on some specific applications
Clear some obsolete data before archiving
Develop some specific application based on requirements
Write some Abap reports on customers and vendors
Technical Environment
SAP R/3 3.1i, ABAP, (Module MM), Screen Painter, Menu Painter,
BELGACOM - Brussels: from September 1998 till January 2000
Abap Developer on logistic project SCORE
Project SCORE has been implemented by Andersen Consulting (Accenture). In
this projects, there were missing some parts. So I've been appointed to
achieve the missing part of this project. My mission is to:
Develop program in abap to close the purchase order still open in order to
be allowed to create an invoice.
Flag waste material in SAP System according to their corresponding physical
waste material
Create automatic good receipt in the system based on the physical good
receipt made
Etc.
Technical Environment
SAP R/3 3.1H, ABAP, (Module MM), Batch-Input, Queries, Screen Painter, Menu
Painter
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