Bill Beranek

Principal Consultant

Houston, Texas

Profile

• Comprehensive background delivering SAP solutions, with substantial SAP experience in

Sales and Distribution, Global Trade Services, and Integration with ECC.

• 17 years of SAP experience with in-depth knowledge of foreign trade, order management and

Global Trade Services and Pre-Sales estimates and demos.

• Trained in SAP Cloud Architecture, Internet Sales and Mobile Sales.

• Broad industry experience in transportation, discrete manufacturing, CPG, retail, chemicals,

high tech and government procurement.

• Configuration and implementation of GTS Compliance, Customs and Risk Management.

• Sales and distribution processing, including 3rd party order processing, intercompany order

processing, customer consignment and vendor consignment.

• Extensive knowledge of SD integration with financial accounting, materials management,

production planning, human resources, and project systems.

Technical

• Expert in SAP 4.6C, 4.7, ERP and Enterprise

• Extensive experience or working knowledge of:

o SAP 4.6C, 4.7, ERP and Enterprise.

o GTS 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 10.0 and 10.1

o Completed GTS 10.1 RKT Training, ASAP 7

o SAP Cloud Architecture, CRM 3.0, 5.0 and 7.0, Internet Sales and Mobile Sales

o Project scheduling, task tracking, team building, delegation and ASAP methodology.

o End user training and producing training documentation using MS-Word, PowerPoint,

Visio and MS Project.

o Business processes of consumer products, high tech, retail and chemical industries.

Experience/Project Work

Industry: Precision Components Manufacturer for Automotive Industry, Fort Mill, SC

Project Description/Scope: GTS 10.1 Upgrade, NAFTA and KORUS Trade Preference

Role(s): GTS Architect Duration: 6 months

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

GTS Architect for GTS 10.1 Trade Preference rollout for NAFTA and KORUS Preference

Processing, including Traced Value and AALA Tracking.

Achievements:

• Responsible for Project Preparation, Blueprint and Realization for GTS 10.1 Trade

Preference implementation.

• Configured Trade Preference for NAFTA and KORUS.

• Responsible for coordination between customer and SAP Custom Development and for

testing standard functions, Traced Value and AALA specific requirements.

Industry: Service Part Manufacturer, Morton, IL

Project Description/Scope: GTS 8.0, 10.0 Upgrade, Compliance, Import and Export Customs

and Integration with CRM/EWM and ECC

Role(s): GTS Architect and Lead Duration: 15 months

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

GTS Team Lead and Architect for GTS 8.0 to 10.0 Upgrade and GTS 10.0 Compliance, Legal

Control, Classification, Import and Export Customs project within SPM landscape.

Achievements:

• Responsible for Project Preparation for GTS 10.0 rollout to Australia and Mexico.

• Configured Compliance, Customs Import, Customs Export and Trade Preference for

Australia and Mexico specific requirements.

• Supported production issues for prior go-live in Dubai.

• Assisted with upgrade from 8.0 to 10.0 GTS.

• GTS Architect for Blueprint phase, including design, configuration, prototyping, and

functional specs.

• Lead Architect for Realization phase.

Industry: Manufacturer of Heavy Machinery, Peoria, IL

Project Description/Scope: GTS 7.2, 8.0, 10.0 Compliance and Integration with CRM/EWM

Role(s): GTS Team Member Duration: 9 months

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

GTS Team Member for GTS 7.2, 8.0, 10.0 Compliance, Legal Control, Classification project and

and GTS Integration project with CRM and EWM.

Achievements:

• Working with customer to solve current production issues and redesign processes to

streamline processes that interface to GTS.

• Assisting with upgrade from 7.2 to 10.0 GTS.

• Designing plan to merge two GTS systems into one, corporate system.

• Creating training documentation for internal training.

• Troubleshooting z-programs to resolve issues.

EDUCATION & Certification sections:

University of Alabama

M.A. Latin American Studies

W estern Kentucky University

B.A. Spanish

Certified in SAP Solution Manager 4.0 Implementation Tools, SAP Sales and Distribution (SD), GTS 10.1

Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

Mobility: No travel restriction

Languages: Fluent in English, Spanish

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