Supply Chain Information Technology

Christopher Meredith

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Currently located in Houston, TX.

Summary:

Versatile and results-oriented Supply Chain / Operations professional with extensive years of experience in project management, focusing on streamlining processes and improving the way organizations work.

Experienced at guiding cross-functional teams through the development lifecycle, able to bridge the gap between IT and business by translating needs into functional requirements.

Provided global application services for foreign trade and 24/7 support for escalated issues from help desk for order to cash (SD, MM & LE).

Hands-on SAP (SD/MM) design, configuration and deployment for the broad range of business models (manufacturing / service and rental / chemicals) for full cycle deployment, launching SAP go-live in 80 countries

Key member of acquisitions and mergers team for INTEQ, Petrolite, BJ Services and Halliburton.

Managed teams responsible for the core ERP system, SAP, and the integration of additional application tools for Supply Chain; Trade Collaborator, Transplace / SCO

Eliminated risks of $40M in fines by integrating a Trade Compliance system with SAP, achieved in conjunction with (Amber Road) Trade Management legal control systems. Ensured import/export shipping papers are correct and business partners are vetted against multiple restricted parties’ listings.

Practitioner of best practices for project delivery: Lean Six Sigma, Agile methodology.

Have been Third Level SME – On call 24/7 in support for SD and Logistics, for 15 years.

Skills:

SAP: SAP system configuration, master data migration for orders, pricing, and inventory

Transplace: Electronic interface (IDoc) with SAP to arrange transportation of chemicals.

Ryder Transportation: An integration with 3PL for all road shipments via SAP IDocs

Llamasoft: Data driven decisions for sand and proppant network optimization.

Trade Automation: 3rd party export compliance, denied party screening and classification.

Distribution Centers: SAP integration with 3PL (USA, Holland, U.A.E. and Singapore)

Freight Forwarder Integration: Interface with our top 3 Houston Freight Forwarders

Education:

University College Cardiff – Wales, UK

Bachelor of Science (with Honors), Microbiology (Biochemistry & Chemistry)

Certifications:

System conversion to S/4HANA

C/4 HANA Cloud technology

Professional Experience:

Mindlance (USA Auto manufacturer Harley-Davidson) Mar 23 – Oct 23

Indirect Procurement Analyst

Vehicle Order Management systems (SAP & AS-400)

IDoc monitoring and error analysis/correction, outputs, query building, table lookup, serialization, goods movements, Preparation of reports to support monitoring and inventory reconciliation from manufacturing and Distribution Centers.

Support for legacy systems during blueprint phase of S/4 HANA deployment (now deferred to 2025)

ARTECH (Verizon Wireless) – Dallas, TX Jan 20 – Jun 22

Supply Chain Systems Support Analyst

Application Support for multiple integrated systems; order management, inventory control and foreign trade, with 24/7 cover for escalated issues from help desk for OTC (SD, MM & LE).

Worked with the BSAI – Business Systems Analytics and Intelligence team for 30 months.

Identified and managed deployment of a number of system fixes for defects following Agile methodology liaising with both global clients and offshore development staff.

Oversight of configuration to the client through elimination of redundant and repetitive steps in workflow with specialization in supporting SD, IM. MM and LE processes.

Documentation and presentation of training for new employees.

Experience reading/editing functional specification documents, and testing processes, end-to-end with thorough documentation of test results, working with cross functional teams, on requirements validation and test data setup.

Capgemini – Houston, TX Jun 17 – Nov 19

Project Manager / Functional Lead – Transition of Managed Services

Provided global application services support for order management and foreign trade with 24/7 support for escalated issues from help desk for SAP Order to Cash (SD, MM & LE)

General technical support for SNOW - Service Now tickets.

Served as project manager for development and deployment of IMMEX US/Mexico manufacturing customs software (Tijuana / San Diego) used Jira reporting tools with successful system go-live in May 2018.

Reduced overall cost to client by 55% from the previous year due to executing strategy to transition IT support offshore.

Presented OTC model to discuss key benefits to clients investing in new technology with a projected new revenue increase of over $7M.

Baker Hughes Inc. – Houston, TX (Mgmt. transfer to USA from UK 1997)

Project Manager / Business Process - Supply Chain 2010 – 2016

New title with extended responsibilities for developing latest enhancements for SAP order to cash (OTC)

Managed integration with N America-Logistics partners, with EDI links via IDocs to each primary external freight vendor. Responsible for shipping costing and integration of freight pricing for landed cost.

Transformed logistics and supply chain approach through the implementation of several strategies including, mode optimization, strategic vendor partnerships, procurement exercises, updated inventory enhanced asset utilization.

Selected Accomplishments

Supported the Business Operational Logistics Transformation (BOLT) program that delivered $85M+ in cost reduction and elimination.

Saved $1.2M through improved utilization of chemical tank fleet by deploying GPS (global positioning system) for critical equipment tracking. Remote monitoring of pump equipment run times / utilization & servicing.

Inventory monitoring dashboard – to show railcar status in N America.

IT Design Lead - Logistics & Trade Compliance 1998 – 2010

Responsible for the core ERP system, SAP

and the integration of additional application tools for Supply Chain – Trade Collaborator, Transplace / SCO.

SAP (SD/MM) design, configuration of a broad range of business models (manufacturing / service and rental / chemicals & services) for end to end, full cycle deployment and 2 system upgrades.

Oversight of integration with N America-Logistics partners, FBAP (freight bill, audit and pay) systems with EDI links to each primary freight vendor. Supported the migration of master data including outbound delivery of components to toll subcontracting vendors.

Facilitated trade compliance deployment of legal control systems, in conjunction with Amber Road

Selected Accomplishments

Launched SAP go-live in 80 countries and approximately 1200 locations.

Eliminated risks of $40M in fines by integrating a Trade Compliance system with SAP achieved in conjunction with (Amber Road) Trade Management legal control systems. Ensured import/export shipping papers are correct and business partners are vetted against multiple restricted parties’ listings.

Awards:

Recipient of Presidents award for “Team Effort” – 2006 Supply Chain Management Team

CIO award for best technology advancement “Chemical Tank Tracking by GPS” – 2010

Additional Professional Experience:

Baker International Ltd – Aberdeen / London, GB

General Manager Eastern Hemisphere Operations 1992 – 1997

Restructured product range, reducing number of product offerings and raising gross margins.

With increasing profitability, we experienced continued revenue growth and improved margins over a 5-year period, exceeding the business plan year on year.

Business Development Manager 1988 – 1992

Initiated new business in Egypt, Iraq, and India, coordinated the sale of fuel additives in Europe.

Technical Service Engineer 1982 – 1988

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