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David Liphshitz-Liron

Even Yehuda, Israel • +972-**-******* (972 is Israel country code) • adz0t2@r.postjobfree.com Testimonials/References: http://pfl-it.com/wp/testimonials/ (website) • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/davidlif/

SAP Certified SCM/PP Lead Consultant and Solution Architect Knowledgeable and successful professional with international experience. Including 9 years working in the United States and Australia. Accomplished and results-focused professional with extensive experience leading and managing full life cycle SAP PP/PP-PI implementation projects, core solution-based roll-out/roll-in projects, ASAP projects and S/4HANA project, upgrade projects, SAP development projects, and integrations, for clients in high-tech, aerospace & defense, automotive, life sciences, consumer products, and other industries. Knowledge of SAP logistics and integration with finance/controlling modules. Excel in customer-facing roles advocating for the needs of the customer, ensuring solutions fulfill business requirements, and achieving complete satisfaction.

Core Competencies:

• Eight Full Life Cycle SAP Project experience

• Transformational/Modernization Initiatives

• Strong Problem-Solving Skills

• Innovative & Creative Thinking

• International & Cross-cultural Teams

• Stakeholder Relationship Cultivation

• User Training & Mentoring

• Solution selling / Presale

Technical Proficiencies

Primary SAP Modules: Supply-Chain, PP, PP-PI: Discrete, Process, Master Data, S&OP, DM, MRP, Process/Production Orders, Scheduling, Variant Configuration, MTS, MTO, etc. SAP Modules: MM: MRP, Consumption base planning, Purchasing, Subcontracting, Inventory Management, Material Master, Batch Management, Classification, Integration. SAP Modules: PM/CS: Equipment, Functional Location, PM/CS Orders, MRO, RMA processes, VMS, PM/CS Orders with Variant Configuration, Install Base management, Serialized Assemblies/components management.

Other SAP Modules: SD, QM, PS, VMS, APO-DP

Certifications/Training SAP PP/PP-PI Certified Consultant - SAP Academy London UK SAP SCM/APO Certified Consultant - SAP Academy Chicago USA SAP All-In-One Partner Training- SAP Israel Academy; SAP Project System (PS), SAP Costing System (CO), SAP Solution Manager (Solman), SAP Query - Ness SAP Academy; Trainer for SAP SCM240 Official Course, Certified System Analyst – Sivan Computer College, TOC Seminar

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Professional Experience

Owner of PFL-IT Consulting Services, Even Yehuda, Israel • pfl-it.com Freelance Sr. SAP Consultant, 1/2012 – Present

Manage business operations and provision of consulting services to diverse clients. Key Engagements:

SAP Supply Chain Solution Architect at a large Pharmaceutical multi-national. Supply Chain Solution Architect aiming to completely overhaul the Supply Chain planning design and configuration. Setting goals to significantly decrease stock levels and increase products' average shelf-life span. Mentoring/training key users

(05/23- On going) Hybrid, Israel.

SAP PP-MM-MRP Functional Lead for El-Al (Israel’s largest Airline carrier)

(07/22-11/22) Ben-Gurion International Airport, Israel. 2nd phase of leading the process for implementation of the planning process for El-Al’s logistic center which deals with all provisions required for in-flight services.

SAP MM-MRP- PM Functional support at Paz

(02/21-06/22) Remote, Israel.

Supporting MM and MRP issues.

SAP S/4HANA PP Functional Lead at Ormat

(12/19 – 11/20) Israel.

- Greenfield SAP S/4HANA On Premise Project. International US based Tier one integrator. Project (PS) based manufacturing, Complex requirements. Make-to-Order (MTO) environment.

SAP PP-MRP Functional Lead for El-Al (Israel’s largest Airline carrier)

(04/18-02/20) Ben-Gurion International Airport, Israel. Leading the process of implementation of end-to-end planning process for El-Al’s logistic center which deals with all provisions required for in-flight services.

Solution Architect for Government based Manufacturing organization.

(04/08-12/09) Jerusalem, Israel:

Leading the process of project Scoping, analysis of costs, resources, and schedule.

- Characterization, analysis, and definition of business processes for SD/PP/MM/QM/CO modules in a Make to Order (MTO) environment.

SAP PP-PI Functional Lead Consultant, Applied Materials Israel.

(04/08-12/09) Rehovot, Israel.

- Joined roll-in project at late stage, replacing former PP Consultant. Variant Configuration is used to configure customer specific machines. Full Life Cycle project. o Swiftly delved into the project to make immediate contributions in highly customized, complex solution within large multinational IT organization. o Led flawless implementation of SAP PP and achieved complete satisfaction.

SAP PP-PI Functional Lead and Integration Manager, Dor Chemicals: Oversee ASAP SAP PP-PI Full Life Cycle project, cost-effective implementation SAP S/4 HANA for glue and paint product lines (first-ever in Israel).

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different specifications and/or quality grades, allowing some interchangeability for customer deliveries.

− Achieved issue-free go-live and overall client satisfaction with PP-PI module.

SCM Functional Lead, Telit communications. Led business process improvement project to optimize supply chain to minimize on-hand stocks while meeting all customer delivery dates. Project resulted in high levels of client satisfaction.

Panaya Partnership initiative: Worked on and signed a Partnership agreement with Panaya aiming to market Panaya solution suite and related consulting services. Panaya, Raanana, Israel

Solution Consulting Manager/Presales Engineer, 10/2010 – 11/2011 Interfaced with global clients, primarily via trial sessions, to convey value and benefits of Panaya solutions to secure new sales. Hosted Q&A sessions to explain technical and functional aspects of Panaya and SAP at a highly detailed level. Participated in product management meetings; presented recommendations for improvements and new features for inclusion in future releases. Created and maintained presales presentations, price proposals, and other sales documentation. Key Achievements:

Excelled as top presales earner for three consecutive quarters for sales volume and value.

Won business from top-tier clients, such as Apple, Verizon, Hawker Beechcraft, Johns Hopkins University, Deutsche Börse.

CBIT Technologies Ltd., Petah Tikva, Israel

Sr. SAP Consultant, 07/2006 – 12/2009

Managed consulting engagements with clients across public sector/life sciences, airline, chemical, high- tech/telecom, and automotive arenas.

Key Engagements:

SAP PP/MM Functional Lead, Ministry of Finance (04/08-12/09): Led implementation of PP/MM to enable Ministry to track medical emergency kits across Israel used for treating epidemics, disasters, and biological/chemical/nuclear warfare victims. Designed and deployed innovative and effective solution based on batch management and sophisticated management of expiration dates as well as customized programs.

− Achieved exceptional levels of satisfaction and received letter of reference from project leader.

SAP PP/MM Functional Lead, El-AL (04/08-10/08): Managed blueprint phase of SAP PP portion of the project to design unique and effective solution for in-flight service.

− First module leader to obtain approval for blueprint documents from user-side module leader.

SAP PP-PI Functional Lead, Ness/Brom Group-ICL (07/08-02/09): Collaborated on second SAP rollout for German subsidiary and first member of ICL to manufacture fluid products.

− Played key role in developing PP-PI solution significantly different from template, achieving issue-free go live and client satisfaction.

SAP PM/MM/PP Functional Lead, Telrad Networks (07/06-10/08, part time): Drove business process improvements using S/N & Eq, auto creation, and integration with new version of Agile Page 4 of 5

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PDM solution. Developed solution to manage company fleet of vehicles. Earned complete client satisfaction.

SAP PM/CS/SD/VMS Functional Lead, Meir Group (12/07-05/08): Steered implementation of SAP VMS module for trucks division using PM/CS and Variant Configuration to satisfaction of the client.

Presale/SAP Consultant, Ness Technologies Ltd. (07/08-08/08): Prepared and delivered presentation for SCM/PP arena as part of tendering/bidding phase for Applied Materials Health. Focused on variant configuration.

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Ness Technologies Ltd., Tel-Aviv, Israel

Sr. SAP PP/MRO Consultant, 05/2004 – 07/2007

Managed consulting and other engagements with clients across Aerospace and Defense, chemical, high- tech.

• Training: SCM240 - Production Planning

Provision of training for the standard 5 days SAP course:

• Project Tendering: Manager of a tendering process for prospective SAP projects in the High-Tech industry arena for Lumenis & Gilat.

Leading PP-PI Consultant, Brom Group (Chemical) (04/06– 06/07). This Rollout phase of the project focused on the implementation of SAP in one Plant in Europe, and additionally implementation of SAP for the overall Supply-Chain activities for 10 European countries where the company maintain warehouses and sale offices.

• Leading PP Consultant for a ‘Big Bang’, Full Life Cycle project, SAP implementation for IAI (Israel Aerospace Industry) (06/04– 11/06). The project was based on the A&D IS (Aerospace & Defense Industry Solution). Concepts used include MTS & MTO (ATO & ETO). This project was highly integrated with the PS module as all the operation and financial control where both based on the PS module. The project was unique due to its huge scale and scope, and due to specific A&D issues such as GPD, Parameter Effectivity, Parts Interchangeability and others. Additionally, David has been working on the MRO/PM project of IAI with focus issues on planning, components & alternative provision of MRO operations.

IAI project won the 2005 Israeli IT award for best ERP project GAP IT. Sydney, Australia.

Project Manager: British American Tobacco (BAT) Australia (FCPG), 08/03 – 04/04 Project Manager for the ‘Linfox System Upgrade’ Project. This project was about integration between BAT IT systems and the IT systems of a Third-Party Logistics partner of BAT. Both are based on SAP. This role entails project planning, project budget control and coordination between large number of participants from the business, IT, vendors, and business partners. Fujitsu Australia (formally Supply Chain Consulting). Sydney, Australia. Sr. SAP PP Consultant, 09/2002 – 04/2003

Participation in the realization phase of two full cycle SAP implementation projects. For Carpal Aluminum and Thorn Lighting projects.

Environment: Make-to-Stock, Make-to-Order with Variant Configuration and Make-to-Order Compuware Corporation, USA.

Sr. SAP PP Consultant 04/2001 – 06/2002

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subsidiary of Kellogg. Project by SAP America. Accelerated SAP project that focused on quick & small team implementation in order to meet budget constrains (SME market). Bernhof Consulting Group, USA. 10/1998 – 04/2001

• Thyssen Industries Wisconsin, USA (06/00 – 4/01). World leader Engineer-to-Order Production Lines & Machines.

Sr. SAP PP Consultant. Full Life Cycle Implementation project & Upgrade. This project was highly integrated in nature and requires knowledge of several modules and integration understanding to contribute. Planning issues include both Make-to-Order and Make-to-Stock strategies. SAP development project: Responsibility for Conceptualization, design, and management of ABAP team. This project provides enhancements to standard SAP for Make-to-Order environment.

• ACME Steel, Chicago, USA. (1/99 – 05/00(. SAP PP and MM Sr. Consultant. Duties include analyzing business requirements, fit-gap analysis, process design, customization, training key users, and resolution of ‘bugs’ with OSS and ABAP programmers. The client recognizes that my work led to significant improvements in business results in the Supply-Chain area including a substantial reduction in stock levels and improved customer service.

• NTT Japan SAP unit. Tokyo, Japan. (12/98). A training assignment: Preparation and delivery of training scenarios on SAP system, training documentation. Class Instructor on PP & LIS Modules.

• Seminis (a Novartis unit, Life-Science) The Netherlands, (10/98 – 11/98) Process Improvements/ support for PP module in a manufacturing environment. IBM IGS Israel. 3/1997 – 9/1998

SAP PP Consultant at Multi-Lock Ltd . This Full Life Cycle project was characterized by different PP solutions per company/plant, large amount of master data and complexity of logistics processes.

*** Prior non-SAP experience includes Owner of Liron Information Systems a Business that provided ERP software and related project management & implementation services, Three years as CIO with Rad Network Devices

Education

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Israel Certified Systems Analyst, Sivan Computers (500 hours) Notable Accolade

Received a prestigious reference from Robert W. Hickey (now President of Samuel Strapping Systems USA) for work on ACME Steel SAP Project

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