St Louis, Missouri, United States
Visionary and agile-driven SAP Certified functional expert and Senior IT SAP Leader offering 21+ years of excellence in multilateral and cross-industry use cases of the SAP solution spectrum, improving business delivery and growth through out-of-the-box thinking. Known for landmark results in architecting, consulting, and overseeing SAP applications implementation and management across Healthcare, Lifescience, Pharma, CPG, Oil & Gas, Automotive, Financial Services, IT Consulting and Energy & Utilities. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive technology architecture, data analysis, and innovation. Provide strategic recommendations for process modifications, implementation, and seamless integration within SAP systems while ensuring emerging technologies support changing business needs in supply chain, procurement, manufacturing, sales, finance, warehouse management. Professional experience includes various SAP projects (implementation, upgrades, support, roll-outs). Extensive understanding of project implementation in SAP S/4HANA, MM, SRM, Ariba, WM, EWM, PP,QM, IBP, FICO,PM, EAM, MDG,TM, Solution Manager, Signavio, LeanIX, SAP CALM, Business AI, BTP, S/4HANA RISE/GROW. Managed implementation projects with business requirement collection, business process analysis, Fit-gap analysis, blue printing, configuration, clean core, data migration, testing, end-user training, hypercare and production support. Hands-on experience in SAP implementation including configurations, customizations, master data maintenance, process testing & troubleshooting. Managed support projects including incident management, change management, release management, break fixes, enhancements, SLA’s, service management. SAP Global certification in SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC in MM, Ariba, SRM, LE & WM, SD, PP, MDG, EWM, IBP, QM, PM, TM, Fieldglass, S/4 Hana Sourcing & Procurement, S/4 Production Planning & Manufacturing, S/4 Sales, S/4 Finance & Controlling, S/4 EAM, S/4 TM, Activate Project/Program/Portfolio Manager, Signavio, LeanIX, SAP CALM, Business AI, BTP, S/4HANA RISE/GROW. Certified in Project management(PMI-PMP), TOGAF 9 (Part 1 & 2), Scrum Master Professional (Scrum.org-PSM), Six Sigma (Green & Yellow Belt)
• Led functional IT teams to align technology solutions with business strategies to meet present and future business needs. • Lead business workshops with various Business Leaders to identify and prioritize business process improvement initiatives. • Day to Day architecture deliverable tasks include review and approve architectural deliverables FRS, FDS,TDS, Testing-FUT,ST,VTP,UAT, Change request, defect fixes, GRC approvals, policy and procedures • Identify business process improvement opportunities and implement SAP best practices • Lead functional teams to establish short term and long term strategies and plans to meet the current and future needs of the business. • Provides expertise solutions with advanced architecture design and propose system and process improvement. • Led the design and implementation of architecture solutions based on business requirements and IT strategies, addressing gaps and pain points in the current system. • Provided input to Enterprise Architecture, contributing to the development of reference architecture, frameworks, and toolkits for widespread adoption. • Lead business workshops with various Business Leaders to identify and prioritize business process improvement initiatives. • Identify business process improvement opportunities and implement SAP and industry best practices. • Strong leadership skills with a proven track record in managing SAP functional application teams. • Exceptional project management capabilities, with experience managing multiple projects and direct reports. • Strategic thinker with a demonstrated ability to drive change and advocate for innovative solutions. • Led and mentored a team of SAP functional application professionals, providing management, guidance, and development opportunities. • Worked on implementation, support, roll-out, and upgrades in areas of SAP MM,SRM,S4HANA,Ariba,MDG,IM,WM,PP,SD,QM,IBP,EWM,FICO
• Led SAP implementation projects in the Public Sector, applying agile project and program management methodologies to ensure timely and on-budget project completion. • Led the development of the solution architecture for strategic projects and partnered with Application Development teams to deliver a cohesive, forward-thinking, and adaptable architecture. • Developed and implemented an innovative design logic interface for automating Order Acknowledgement inbound in SAP from external system, increasing efficiency, eliminating manual work and improving PO processing speed. • Developed comprehensive documentation, including Business Blueprint, Functional Design Documents, and test scripts, ensuring smooth execution of unit testing, system testing, and user acceptance testing phases. • Managed all project aspects, including resource allocation, scope monitoring, milestones, dependencies, costs, and benefits • Conducted business workshops with key stakeholders to identify and prioritize process improvement initiatives that aligned SAP solutions with business objectives. • Supported SAP Logistics-related activities, collaborating with functional and technical resources to drive successful project outcomes. • Played a key role in business process mapping, utilizing SAP standard methodologies to optimize business solutions. • Assisted in the configuration and support of various SAP Logistics modules, ensuring alignment with business requirements
• Headed global SAP implementations, roll-outs, and production support successfully delivering projects on time and within budget • Leveraged expertise in SAP functional core modules, including configuration activities, business process design, and functional testing for seamless integration of key applications and services. • Defined system and service architecture design criteria and led modeling sessions with diverse groups of subject matter experts. • Led the solution architecture design and implementation for a large-scale SAP transformation program. • Implemented S4 HANA simple logistics using SAP Activate and Agile methodology to manage the migration of SAP ECC landscape to S4 HANA, replacing unsupported ERP systems and successfully running SAP FIORI applications. • Led the successful implementation of SAP FIORI applications to streamline user interfaces and enhance user experience across multiple business processes. • Developed a solid understanding of integration with Finance, including Financial Operations, ensuring seamless data flow and system alignment. • Actively contributed to project management activities, ensuring effective coordination and timely delivery of project milestones, resulting in significant time and cost savings while ensuring the reliability and accuracy of system testing. • Successful project management experience using different methodologies like Agile, ASAP, waterfall, and iterative processes. • Implemented S4 HANA simple logistics with FIORI applications using SAP Activate and Agile methodology. • Managed configuration of enterprise structure, sourcing procurement and inventory management, contract management, supplier information, and master data. • Managed migration of SAP ECC landscape to S4 HANA. • Responsible for resolving the critical issues and business process gaps; met SLAs for the incidents raised from the business.
• Led design workshops and requirements gathering sessions with a cross functional team of stakeholders from the business, IT, and finance. • Implemented an innovative design logic interface to enhance the Monitor Purchase order items App with Profit Center and Division fields, allowing for accurate reporting and divisional performance reporting of entities, resulting in highly efficient monitoring and analytical reporting of critical PO data. • Utilized industry best practices to analyze, plan, design, develop, integrate, implement, and manage enterprise architecture, its associated contents, and data in support of ERP migration across multi-functional domain areas. • Provided expert technical and analytical advice relating to information management issues, information technology.