SAP Project Manager
Resume:
Sarah Plummer
Allen, Texas *****
adgn9w@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
Senior SAP Leader with over 25 years of experience in the successful management and implementation of Enterprise wide SAP / ERP Systems across Pharmaceutical, Consumer Packaged Goods (food and beverages), e-commerce, Chemical, Financial Services, Aviation, Manufacturing and Semi-Conductor sectors. Possess broad strategy, planning, program, project and technical management and leadership skills necessary to liaise with senior level management and manage multiple priorities. Extensive experience with full life-cycle SAP implementations. A results driven leader with strong business process and IT systems background
SAP experience includes managing programs for both implementation and support for:
SD, LE, MM, WM, EWM, PP, PM, QM, EHS, GTS, FICO, CRM, APO, Hybris, RF picking, Packing, Shipping, BW, BI, BO, PI/PO, 3rd party VAT software (Meridian), 3rd party shipping (XPS and Process Weaver), 3rd party Automated picking (SwissLog WMS), 3rd party payment processing (CTSI)
EXPERIENCE
Pinnacle Machine Works
Dallas, TX 10/19 to current
IT Strategy and Planning Consultant
Texas Instruments
Richardson, TX 08/16 to 10/20
SAP Program Manager (SMP Enterprises)
Managed 3rd party payment processing (CTSI) project for global processing of carrier freight invoices and payments
Managed new packing and shipping software project for worldwide shipping locations using ProcessWeaver software with SAP ECC; includes packing, cross dock receipt, customer shipment consolidations, enabling API interfaces for small parcel carriers, enabling EDI interfaces for freight forwarder carriers and enabling automated shipping data for low tech carriers via emails with shipping data in .csv file and shipping documents in .pdf files
Managed SAP Wave Picking project for worldwide shipping locations
Managed SAP eCommerce project using SAP Hybris; involves creation of new eCommerce hub (plant) in Shanghai with manual RF picking
Managed Customer Freight Management project
Managed an SAP eCommerce project using SAP Hybris; involved creation of new eCommerce hubs (plants) and automated picking using SwissLog WMS
Managed a SAP Finance and Tax project for the Europe HQ (Germany) of Texas Instruments Semi-conductor division
Managed implementation of a new VAT tax solution (Meridian) in SAP ECC for Germany, Spain, Portugal and Netherlands
Managed implementation of new SAP DCIM (Debit Credit Invoice Module) in SAP ECC - worldwide DCIM tool for inter-company services
Managed implementation of Statutory Inventory Valuation in SAP ECC
Aviall, a Boeing Company
Dallas, TX 04/14 to 06/16
SAP Program Delivery Lead Manager (SMP Enterprises)
Managed SAP EWM, Shipping, EHS (Environmental, Health and Safety), QM, GTS (Global Trade and Compliance), Order to Cash, Hybris, APO, Service to Cash and CRM projects and resources for 70 locations (domestic and international) for $3.9B Aviation company.
Managed SAP upgrades for EWM (9.2) and ECC for above value streams
Aviall, a Boeing Company
Dallas, TX 02/13 to 04/14
SAP Program Manager (SMP Enterprises)
Managed EWM implementation for 70 locations (domestic and international) and RF / infrastructure hardware implementation related to EWM implementation for $3.9B Aviation company.
Included management of 30 resources and budget of $10M
Financial Services
Dallas, TX 10/11 to 02/13
SAP Program Manager
Managed global SAP ECC 6.0 implementation for 24 countries
Managed global staff of 6 FTE’s and 6 contractors; locations in US, UK and EU
Managed SAP functional, technical, security and audit support
Managed SAP enhancement projects (ECC and BW)
Managed SAP Disaster Recovery and Migration projects
Managed SAP SOX internal and external audits
Specialty Chemicals
Dallas, TX 10/09 to 10/11
SAP Senior Manager
Managed SAP implementation partner for global SAP ECC 6.0 implementation (approximately 40 resources for 7 months )
Managed SAP outsourced support vendors (approximately 16 resources) - SAP support was 100% outsourced
Managed SAP IT audit
Developed Reporting strategy and managed SAP BI implementation
Interviewed vendors, selected a tool and implemented a SAP security tool used for both risk analysis (i.e. SOD conflict mitigation) and usage analysis
Developed and implemented SAP change control process
Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Plano, TX 09/02 to 07/09
SAP e-Commerce/B2B Manager
Developed Dr Pepper Snapple eCommerce strategy
Provided IT Governance of Dr Pepper Snapple eCommerce initiatives
Created and led eCommerce Governance Board, comprised of SVP’s, VP’s and Directors from IT, Shared business services, Supply chain, Logistics and Sales
Accountable for Dr Pepper Snapple direction of eCommerce initiatives as they relate to the overall IT strategy for eCommerce
Developed eCommerce four year strategy and roadmap (as part of overall IT strategy)
Responsible for development and direction of eCommerce Managed Services
Implemented and maintained solution architecture documents, which included project estimate templates, conceptual, logical and physical patterns and integration patterns
Architected solutions utilizing SOA, SAP, Informatica, JCAPs, XI/PI and EDI
Developed and rolled out standard practices for on-boarding new EDI trading partners
Managed EDI track for large SAP convergence project
Global Senior SAP Solution Architect
Solution Architect for SAP based projects
SAP Center of Excellence (CoE) - Integration Lead
SAP Integration manager for global projects
Provided SAP estimates for global projects
Prototyped, evaluated, estimated, presented to Change Control Board, designed and implemented technical solutions for multiple SAP systems (releases/standard changes, incidents and projects).
oSupport (primary) the areas of: SD (interfaces, user exits and EDI), WM (RF and user exits) and Transportation (Ryder interfaces)
Coordinate and manage MQ middleware, ICAN/SeeBeyond and EDI (X.12) resources/developments
Comply with the processes in the SAP business model
Serve as ABAP Design Authority (Americas) for RF developments
Unit test offshore technical solutions and coordinate testing/issues with process teams
Create and maintain ABAP estimate guidelines for all types of development (reports, interfaces, enhancements, RF (dialog programs) and outputsAdhere to stage gate approvals for project work
Serve as ABAP technical lead for Regression Test Tool and Automated Test Tool vendor selections
EDS, Plano, TX 03/02 to 09/02
EDI Consultant
Consulted on EDI developments in the area of SD and MM (sales orders, invoices, product catalogs, etc.)
oCoordinated and managed See Beyond middleware and EDI (X.12) resources/developments
Experio Solutions (formerly Grant Thornton), Dallas, TX 9/98 to 11/01
Manager – SAP Practice
Technical Manager and ABAP Consultant on an ASAP SAP R/3 4.6c upgrade for a mid-size beverage bottler and distributor. Coordinated the overall technical project which included managing the technical aspects of the project workplan, budget, testing, training, and system conversion efforts. Created and conducted a Business Connector Workshop for the client’s development staff. ABAP responsibilities included:
oAnalyzed current custom ABAP objects (reports, BDC programs, interfaces, SAPScripts, EDI Inbound Sales Orders, EDI Outbound Invoices and Workflow)
oIdentified and resolved custom ABAP syntax errors in 4.6 environment as well as custom ABAP BDC errors in the 4.6 environment
oApplied OSS notes to resolve functional errors
oMentored client developers on ABAP changes and existing ABAP utilities/report syntax.
Technical Manager and ABAP Consultant on an ASAP SAP R/3 4.6b upgrade for a mid-size petrochemical and PVC pipe manufacturer. Responsible for the overall technical aspects of the project and was the analyst/developer responsible for the liaison between the SAP upgrade effort and other e-business initiatives. Successfully upgraded the ABAP and technical components to the new version of SAP.
Technical Manager and ABAP Consultant on an ASAP SAP R/3 4.6b implementation for a mid-size Airline Catering company. Evaluated and estimated all the potential custom ABAP objects for the overall implementation. Designed and developed: pre-processor sales order interface, pre-processor PO interface, Goods Receipt interface and Invoice Receipt interface.
Technical Manager and ABAP Consultant on an SAP R/3 4.5 implementation for a mid-size Close Out Sports Seller Internet company. Evaluated and estimated all the potential custom ABAP objects for the overall implementation. Designed and developed interfaces from:
oInternet Legacy system to SAP (MM and FI modules)
oWeb Store to SAP (SD and MM modules) utilizing BAPIs
oThird party warehouse and SAP (SD and MM modules)
oCustom reports
Technical Manager and ABAP Consultant on an SAP R/3 4.0 implementation for a Fishing tackle/bait manufacturer. Scheduled programmer efforts, reviewed programming design and evaluated and estimated all the potential custom ABAP objects for the overall implementation. Conducted an ABAP workshop, designed and developed interactive reports and user exits.
Technical Manager and ABAP EDI Consultant on an SAP R/3 4.0 implementation for a veterinarian products wholesaler. Managed the EDI implementation/development for multiple EDI transactions. Assisted in the development of EDI subsystem maps and developed extract reports and interfaces
Technical Manager and ABAP EDI Consultant on an SAP R/3 4.0 implementation for a silicones manufacturer. Managed the EDI implementation/development as well as the gap analysis for multiple EDI transactions. Assisted in the development of EDI subsystem maps, configured EDI fields in the SD and MM modules and developed code in EDI user exits.
General Responsibilities:
oServing as technical lead for projects conducted from the TDC (Technical Development Center)
oGathering and analyzing ABAP requirements from client
oEstimating development efforts for ABAP objects
oCreating and maintaining technical project plans
oCreating and maintaining program assignment logs
oMaintaining estimating standards
oMaintaining ABAP development library
oPerforming code reviews
oReviewing technical specifications
oConducting technical interviews of applicants being considered for ABAP positions
oMentoring ABAP developers
oInstalling and configuring SAP’s Internet Transaction Server for in house SAP system
oInstalling and configuring SAP’s Business Connector for in house SAP system
Andersen Consulting, Dallas, TX 6/97 to 8/98
SAP Specialist
ABAP Consultant on an SAP R/3 4.0 implementation for a worldwide semi-conductor manufacturer. Designed and coded front-end on-line programs and interactive reports for worldwide picking, packing and shipping functionality for the Warehouse Distribution Systems (WDS).
General Responsibilities
Analyzed issues requiring modification/enhancements to existing or new SAP modules
Presented technical approaches for SAP enhancements/modifications to management
Reviewed, analyzed and corrected development to SAP during an upgrade from 3.1h to 4.0
Conducted technical interviews of applicants being considered for ABAP positions
Trained and mentored newly hired team members
McKesson (formerly FoxMeyer), Carrollton, TX 01/91 to 6/97
SAP Programmer Analyst 01/94 to 06/97
ABAP team member for a phase II SAP implementation project. Coded modifications and new development in the SD, MM and FI modules. Provided 24-hour production support to the Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Credit departments.
EDUCATION
B.B.A. – Marketing, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
TRAINING
SAP Certification – Accelerated SAP (ASAP), ABAP
SAP Technical – ABAP, B2B Procurement, Business Connector, Internet, EDI
SAP Transaction Components - SD, MM, FI, WM, HUM and RF
Management Training – Engagement Management, Project Mgmt and Presentation Skills
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