SAP Consultant

LaShawn T. Freeman

**** ***** **, ********, ** **201 * 773-***-**** (cell)

www.linkedin.com/in/sapfreeman www.SAPFREEMAN.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

. Solid project management and supervisory experience with proven

ability to train and mentor others

. Exceptional analytical, critical thinking, and troubleshooting skills

and ability to devise creative, logical solutions to challenging

problems

. 10 years of experience as Manufacturing/Scheduling/Logistic Lead SAP

R/3, 4.6, ECC 6 (ERP) for over 17 full life cycle system

implementation project that affect over 60 plants from legacy systems

(Oracle, TMS, JDA)

. 10 years of experience as subject matter expert in SAP (MM, PP, WM,

LES and others)

. More than 7 years of technical and database management experience

. Broad Knowledge of variety of programming languages and concepts

. Experience creating technical and training documentation

. Documented process flows, As-Is, To-Be

. Documented testing for unit testing, user acceptance and integration

testing

. Driven, loyal, dedicated, with strong ability to follow through until

job is finished

. Excellent trainer on Windows applications or assisting end users with

SAP problems

. Solid knowledge of Material master records, BOM, Routing, Workcenter,

Production Version, CAPP

COMPUTER SKILLS

Programming languages: SQL, Visual Basic, basis ABAP

Applications: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SAP, Winshuttle, Camtasia, Visio,

Panaya, Assima

Databases: Microsoft Access, Oracle

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freeman Consulting Services Inc

7/2014 - present

Independent SAP Consultant (PP, MM, QM, WM and LE)

Pactiv Corp

1/1997 - 7/2014

Senior Business System Analyst IV (7/2006 - present)

Project team leader and team building skills from leading over 60 SAP Implementations

from application designs, development, conversion, upgrades in Manufacturing,

Scheduling, Warehouse, Purchasing, Materials Management and Finance.

Communicated to upper management and across business functions for over 60 plants.

Proficient with creating and managing complex project plans with interrelated

dependencies.

Interact with other business functions to determine level of SAP knowledge and

expertise; Key subject matter expert and power users for several SAP modules.

Provide support to internal SAP User Groups to address frequently asked questions and

other technical issues.

Provide design and technical expertise to business groups and act as a liaison

between the SAP Applications community and the end users.

Identify opportunities for future SAP development and co-engineering.

Research external SAP best practices.

Coordinate system configuration changes with the internal IT Applications & Support

groups and the business community.

Provide level of integrated test support and validation.

Built models and provided expert advice regarding data migrations.

Created manuals and training videos.

Senior Analyst - HRIS (10/2004-7/2006)

* Responsible for supporting HR programs, services and workforce

analytics.

* Project lead/team member on HRIS Infoworks projects - Applicant

tracking system (Virtual Edge) and Health Benefits Management Tool

(VitalSpring).

* Developed/manage databases. Act as subject matter expert for SAP HR

applications.

Buyer (3/2004-10/2004)

* Responsible for purchasing and negotiation of equipment from vendors.

* Evaluates vendor quotes and services to determine most desirable

suppliers

* Reduction of MRO inventory and seek other cost saving initiatives.

Database Administration (4/1999-3/2004)

* Write and implement data acquisition systems using Visual Basic,

RSLogix or DDE.

* Software development leader on the design/implementation/training of

ASRS (automated storage and retrieval system) software.

* Maintain Oracle database for Warehouse management system (ASRS)

* Implemented an aggressive cost management database for tracking cost

savings projects for plant.

* Built a score card database for tracking and reporting operators'

monthly progress.

* Built program/database for the ASRS to cross reference data from two

independent systems (SAP vs ASRS) for reconciling inventory.

* Built a database/program for reconciling multiple production orders

and identify where data in SAP is missing.

* Provide input on database specifications for carousel automation

engineering

Project Management (4/1999-3/2004)

SAP Implementation Coordinator (1/2000-10/2002)

Process/Project Engineer (1/1997-3/2004)

EDUCATION

B.S., Chemical Engineering M.S., Management

Information Systems

University of Iowa 12/1993 University of

Illinois in Springfield 5/2007

CERTIFICATION

SAP Professional Certification eLearning

SAP Associate Level Certification eLearning

Process Design... Worked with many plants as is models by reviewing the

BOM, Routing, work center to convert data into one of the many models used

by Pactiv or create new ones if needed. This required onsite surveys and

extensive review of the legacy data.

BOM & Routing setup... All legacy data had to provide necessary information

and scrubbing for data entry. This also required the use of CAPP tables or

QM quality data setup. Did all the configuration for Repetitive

manufacturing.

Site Lead... As the site lead had work with plant staff in executing the

hour by hour plan before the golive. Address any issues to the Project

manager. Reported daily progress to the team regarding the plant.

Trainer... Created documentation needed for training. This included the

manual with screen prints of transactions and how to use them. Did quick

help cards that were small enough to carry around to assist LTO lift truck

operator on commonly used transactions. Created a library of video for all

transaction for Manufacturing, scheduling and warehouse. The video

explained the process and any key information that needed to be provided to

user. The video library is provided to end user prior to golive and used

as a reference or refreshment video. All video was done using Camtasia

software. Have used Panaya software to create both test scripts and

documentation. All training was done onsite 1 week prior to golive with

support from the team for 3 weeks after golive.

Inventory Load... Used TxShuttle software to load all initial inventory

load in both PTP and LES system.

Post Golive Support... As the subject matter expert, I provided onsite

support for the plant I was site lead at and remote support to the other

plants. Post golive support last up to 1- 2 months with remote support and

if the need arise onsite support.

Business Lead... All project managers have a team of business leads in the

following areas (Sales, Warehouse, Manufacturing, Master Data,

Transportation, Customer Service, Procurement, and Finance). The business

leads are responsible for ensuring they team completes the task on the PM

task list in a timely matter. The business lead also reports in the weekly

status meeting what is going well and what needs attention. They are also

responsible for unit, integration, UAT testing and reporting any issues to

the team. Any issues or best practice is communicated to the team.

Role security setup... Will setup with roles needed to ensure user plant

specific transaction work. Work with the basis team in setup and testing.

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