Date:             01/28/2011

Name :           Dave Ducray

Company :    E Supply Chain Consulting Group Inc

Contact:        Member2686@scguild.com

 

Supply Chain Management .

 

Education.

·          Bachelor of Commerce from University of Natal.  ( equivalent to B. Science in USA)               Major in Business Management & Economics   at the  University of Natal, South Africa.  Also completed courses in Business Economics, mathematics  and statistics  at the  University of South Africa. 

 

·          CPIM       Certificate in Production and Inventory Management (APICS  certified – American Production and Inventory

                Control Society). Production, MRP, MPS, Inventory control, Factory floor control

               

·          TOC        Theory of Constraints. Constraint Management , Throughput Accounting, Forecasting, Inventory Management  (National Productivity Institute).

 

·          SAP         SAP mySAP Supply Chain Management Certification (SD/LE). 

 

 

Profile.  Expertise in the following areas :-

Supply Chain Management consultant

 

Project management, functional  team lead  and technical (development)  consultant in the following areas:-.

 

·          SAP ECC Supply Chain management    expertise in  Logistics Execution (LE) , Materials Management  (MM),  Warehouse Management  (WMS),  Transportation Management,  Freight costing , Pricing  Small Parcel Integration (XSI),  RF, Handling Unit Management and Yard Management.

·          Extensive skill set in EDI/ALE  development and integration of SAP,  legacy and 3rd party logistic provider applications. systems. 

·          SAP ECC  Order to Cash applications -  extensive expertise in S D  order processing, ATP & GATP integration,   pricing, billing, intercompany billing, 3rd party order processing ,  EDI integration, Material determination,  product proposals, sales boms,  partner determination,  free goods, account assignment / costing.

·          Master data customer and material  master data configuration, design, conversion and inventory conversion load for IM and WMS applications.

·          Integration into 3rd party logistics suppliers – warehouse management and transportation management .

·          Good skills in the design, configuration  and use of Solution Management .

 

Technical and development skills.

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·          EDI/ALE designed, developed , implemented and supported  edi / ale applications to move data between SAP and non SAP applications.

·          Technical expertise in application design, development and implementation .  Extensive SAP ABAP development, design,  performance analysis and system performance improvement, 

·          Extensive design, development of customization objects using  user exits, custom enhancements, BAPI’s, BADI’s.

·          Experienced in use of LSMW’s  and  SQL for loading  data into  SAP.

 

Notable events.

·          Designed, developed and implemented global solutions and templates and rolled then out in multiple countries in the SAP and South America. 

·          Manufacturing IT Director – SMT electronic manufacturer and distributor to major automotive manufactures.

·          SAP R/3 Project Management and Functional  Team Lead – on various projects within Fortune 500 organizations.

·          Published multiple articles for ‘SCM Expert’ Journal (SAP Professional Journal) on APO Demand Management and Product Allocation.

·          Completed multiple full life cycle implementations using SAP solutions at the following clients: -

 

o    Lucent Technologies – Power Division ( 3/12 years). Implemented 2 roll outs in the USA

o    Kimberly Clark ( 4 years)  - implemented 5 rollouts in south and central America

o    Timken Automotive  (14 months).  Implemented 2 rolls  in Canada and the USA

o    Home Depot Supply ( 15 months). Designed template

o    Dr Pepper Snapple Group ( 20 months).Implemented SAP  in 112 distribution and manufacturing plants in North America

o    Ingram Micro. (+14 months – current). Implemented SAP in New Zealand, Chile, and Indonesia. Roll outs continuing in Australia, Belgium, Canada and Brazii.,

 

 

SAP Roles. (1994-2010)

·          Global  (SCE) Supply Chain Execution  team Lead at Ingram Micro, Santa Ana CA.  Involved in the  design and configuration  of a Logistics global template, as well as the support and deployment  of the template into North America, South America, APAC, EMEA and Latin America .  The Ingram Micro SCE activities covers all transportation, shipment processing, planning and execution, WMS and inventory management as well as integration into a 3rd party Logistics solution 

·          SAP LE/WMS functional support and deployment at Commercial Metals Company Irving, TX with heavy involvement in TPVS , shipping and handling unit management.

·          Functional  team lead for LE and WMS involved in the design, development and configuration of SCE applications at Dr Pepper Snapple Group (+20 months).  Design and implementation of Warehouse management, shipping, inter plant transfers and  DSD  ( direct store deliveries) Covering all inventory management, stock transport order processing, wms and internal wms processes,  Also  was the consultant  who designed and developed a solution for MM/SD  intercompany and  ‘copacking’  processes at Dr Pepper Snapple Group  involved in  pricing  and billing  configuration and design. ions.   

·          SAP functional and technical lead consultant in SCE (Supply Chain Execution) at Home Depot Supply (15 months) with Axon Consulting.  Designed and configured template for warehouse management and packing integrated into automated assembly line functions.

·          SAP functional / technical lead consultant Order to Cash (SD/LE) through EDS / Northrop Grumman at Vought Aircraft Manufacturing SAP functional and technical consultant in SCM (Supply Chain Management and SD/LE/MM) through Accenture at Timken Automotive (13 months). (April05-Oct 05).

·          SAP SD & SCM team lead functional and technical consultant.  Conlog 1, Sebastian’s ¼, Lucent Technologies Power Division 3 ½ yrs, Kimberly Clark 4 (yrs).

·          Project manager. Manufacturing information systems.   Conlog 2 yrs,  Ferodo 5 yrs

·          IT manufacturing Director (Conlog 2 yrs).  Business Development Manager Ferodo 7 years.

·          Forecasting, logistics operations, manufacturing & distribution management Ferodo 7 yrs, Conlog 2 yrs, Lucent Technologies 1 ½.

·          SAP Technical development (All SAP projects +15 years).

·          Inbound and outbound SAP IDOCS to and from EDI X12 message types like 104/214/215/824/840/856 . Experienced with configuration of ALE integration into SAP applications.

 

 

SAP Sales and Distribution and Supply Chain Management skill set  (1994-2010).

 

·          SCE. (Supply Chain Execution) LES consulting, development, configuration and implementation including all aspects of shipping ( 14 yrs), transportation management (10 yrs), Warehouse Management  (R/3 and non R/3 apps) ( 14 yrs),   shipment costing  ( 7 yrs), batch management (2 yrs),   Handling Unit Management (4 years) and Small Parcel integration through XSI & XI (4 years).

·          OTC.  Sales and Distribution consulting, development, configuration and implementation  including interfacing sales orders to multiple legacy systems,  configuring SD documents,  processes which covered sales to customers,  intercompany, returns, agreements, rebates, pricing, account assignment, integration to finance and credit management, EDI / ALE (14 years) either as  team lead, project management and functional consultant.

·          LE_WMS.  Warehouse management applications, including  RF design & implementation,  advanced picking  and receiving functionality, internal warehouse processes  and  management reporting and statistical analysis (14 years)

·          Transportation, vehicle scheduling , freight costing , yard management, XSI ( small parcel carrier – UPS/Fedex integration)   in both SAP ECC and APO TPVS  (10 years)

·          MM Materials Management,  Extensive involvement in configuration design and development of purchasing,  MRP, inventory management, material valuation,  purchase and stock transfer order processing  as well as finance integration (9 years).

·          SAP R/3   ABAP development, technical & application problem solving,  EDI / ALE / idocs (6 yrs).

·          SAP APO Demand Planning ,  Supply Network Planning & Transportation Planning and Vehicle Scheduling  (3 yrs).  

·          SAP ASAP  Methodology.  (Lucent 31/2 yr,  Kimberly Clark 3 yr).

·          SAP Solution Manager  (Timken Corp 1 yr).

·          Supply chain management consulting (15 years)

·          Theory of Constraints. Constraint management, throughput  and inventory management improvements (12 years),

 

Industry Experiences. (1987-2010)

·          Aerospace and Defense    - 7 months  (Vought Aircraft 7 months )

·          Electronics -   7 yrs   (Conlog 2 yrs, Lucent technologies 3 ½ yrs,  Apple Computers 1/2/ yr, Applied Materials 1yrs)

·          Automotive Manufacturing   - 8 yrs   (Ferodo 7 yrs, Timken 13 months)

·          Consumer Products and warehouse distribution  - 6 yrs.  (Sebastians ¼,  Kimberly Clark 4½ yrs, Home Depot Supply 14 months).  Ingram Micro, +2010-2011.

·          Mills.  Commercial Metals Company ( 3months) 2009-2010. 

·          Bottling and beverages production and distribution. (18 months – Dr Pepper Snapple Group )

 

Business Experiences. (1987-2010)

·          Manufacturing  procurement planning and control.  Performance improvements, bottleneck analysis and  throughput improvements, constraint Management (Theory of constraints)

·          Transportation planning and processing . APO -TPVS + R/3 Freight Cost Extension and R/3 shipment cost processing and settlement.

·          Expertise in  pricing in SD/LES/MM modules and integration points into FI; FI-CO; FI-PCA ; Inter company stock transfers, 3rd party order processing, variant configuration; recipes and sales boms , schedule agreements, contracts .

·          Packaging including Handling Unit Management, Batch Management and serialized product control through production,  inventory control; WMS, forecast management and re-engineering.

·          Warehouse management,  WM design, activities, strategies, integration to shipping and distribution.

 

 

Consulting – Employment History  from  most recent contract.

1.    Ingram Micro Inc Santa Ana, CA ( 01/11/2010-current).  Global ‘SCE’ team lead.

 

Ingram Micro is the largest distributor of electronic components on the globe. They have operations throughout  North and Central America, Latin America, Asia Pacific  as well as  Europe and the United Kingdom.

 

I am the Global supply chain  execution (SCE) team lead at Ingram Micro responsible for providing support and  consulting  expertise to the  SCE global process owner.  I am involved in all functional and technical design and reviews as well as configuration and support of SAP’s  ECC and SCM   supply chain processes.    

 

I am heavily  involved in all WMS applications  (WMS design, development config master data, strategies, activities, printing, etc).  I am also heavily involved in (LES/TMS) transportation management and freight costing  design, development  and configuration of SAP for applications in North America, EMEA (Europe) and APAC (Asia Pacific).   This involved also includes extensive involvement in SAP configuration and design as well as building  interfaces into  3rd party logistic  providers such as UPS, DHL, FedEx,  Star Track. 

In addition to my involvement with both WMS and TMS applications at Ingram Micro, I have introduced SAP’s XSI’s ( small parcel integration tool into the solution landscape. 

In addition I have configured and designed SAP ‘s Yard Management tool as a solution for dock door scheduling in high volume warehouses in North America and EMEA .

I am responsible for the design of a sales order  container  optimizer which consolidated carton packing . this is an enhancement  used to quote to customers  freight costs considering  means of transport and the most efficient means of packing the items on the order. The carton requirements are transferred into the delivery in the warehouse operations.

I am responsible for the design and development of a consolidated IDOC  ( which combines 12 different legacy messages) into 2 IDOCS to manage the inbound and outbound  carton  tracking processes  from dock to customer.

 

I am also the assigned  SCE “trouble shooter”  for New Zealand operations  to help them improve  warehouse throughput   by improving RF pick, putaway and pack processes. 

 

I am involved in all global rollouts as a team lead and contribute  in LES/WMS solution design, configuration, proof of concept  and problem solving in Belgium, Brazil, Netherlands, Chile and Australia and New Zealand  focusing on enabling more efficient warehouse and shipment processing and integration other applications within the company

 

Designed  conversions of inbound and outbound X.12 EDI message types 104 ( Air Shipment Information) 204 (Motor Carrier Load tender) ; 214 ( Transportation Carrier Shipment Status Message ) ; 240 ( Motor Carrier Package Status);  856 ( Advance Ship Notification) ; 810 ( Invoice).   These messages were used for both inbound and outbound communication purposes with respective partners. 

 

 

2.   Commercial Metals Company  (CMC)( 10/19/2009 – 01/11/2010)

Logistics Support and Deployment involved in transportation, ( LE and TPVS) as well as inventory management, procurement and forecasting.

 

APO TPVS involved in orders, stock transport orders and shipment consolidations, CIF and delivery date performance monitoring.  Helped resolve issue of project system deliveries not flowing into TPVS.

 

3.  Dr Pepper Snapple Group  (02/25/2008- 10/16/2009)  Team lead for Supply Chain. Involved in copacking order processing, intercompany sales order processing, (shipping, packing, warehouse management.  Independent consultant.

The  DPSG Convergence project for the Bottling Group ( BG) was responsible for integrating multiple systems into a single ECC SAP 6.0 instance. We merged a SAP 4.6C ( Texas and CA); SAP 4.0 (Illinois and plains states); AS400 systems ( Missouri and Iowa) as well as a HP3000 system in Michigan and Ohio.  As the LE_WMS team lead I was intimately involved in  all system design and consolidation processes.   I was the primary lead to  consolidating the material master across all 4 platforms.  The LE WMS solution was central to  the Bottling Group solution and the success of the implementation a major factor in the growth of DPSG. 

 

I have emails providing recommendations from Beth Guest senior VP on this project as well as John Stewart CIO for DPSG.

 

As the LE WMS Team Lead I was responsible for the  LE_WMS  team of subject matter experts,  developers and support personnel for implementing ECC 6.0 solutions for the 12 manufacturing facilities and 102 distribution centers around the USA.   My activities  involved managing a team of business users, IT support  and integrating with both local and off shore developers. I was also the primary configuration and process designer.

 

Major contributions.

- DSD ( Direct store deliveries).   I was the person responsible for the LE_WMS  process design, blueprinting, configuration of the  warehouse activities  used to pick and process  DSD ( Direct Store Deliveries) deliveries from a distribution center or manufacturing plant. I was instrumental in introducing business process which enabled a radically more efficient and real time interface for the picking and control of inventory being placed onto the DSD vehicles. . The solution I was responsible for introducing  has been  instrumental in major efficiencies and productivity  in inventory management. The introduction of these changes enabled the company to achieve major cost savings and improved visibility of material movements between a plant, DC,  truck and customer.  I was the principle source for configuring and introducing the material movement IDOC MGMBCR which was used to controlled the movement  of inventory pick data between Appacheta ( the DSD hand held solution) and SAP.  I was responsible for the design,  and configuration of the MGMBCR IDOC solution.

 

- CO packing sales order processing and interfaces.

I was responsible for the design, configuration and support of the BG ( co packing  solutions) which involved  inter company BG to MOTTS ( Snapple and Welsh’s Grape Juice ) as well as co pack processing of orders for Hansen’s ( Monster Energy Drink)  Chelada ( Budweiser )   and Stewarts orders, deliveries and invoices.  I designed and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ the configuration and design of the orders, pricing procedures, copy controls for delivery pick and warehouse controls as well as the relevant billing documents.  As the LE_WMS lead I was asked to provide the configuration and support of all co packing processes from order creation, pick and goods issue as well as billing processes.  The control of data between MSSI ( Motts) and BG using a data interchange solution (JCAPS) was part of the process I was responsible for,

 

- Production receipt into Finished Goods warehouse improvements.

Prior to the interventions I made the ‘old’ 4.6C manufacturing locations used an outdated RF transaction (BDC)  to process pallet goods receipt from a production line into the finished goods  warehouse.  The 4.6C back flush transaction used an error prone BDC ( batch data communication) process which was slow and resulted in numerous lost receipts between the production line and the finished goods warehouse recording locking issues .   I was responsible for redesigning the production receipt processes and introduced a more efficient MFBF function module  and added a system log to  capture  non standard error conditions such as missing cost estimates,  missing bills of materials, and production versions.   As a result of the process improvements I fought to introduce the  inventory and production controllers are now able to identify system errors caused by RF scan errors or data errors and rectify the receipt process.  In addition the RF transaction used by fork lift drivers is quicker, more efficient and easier to use.

 

- Managed implementation of  different warehouse management solutions.

Managed the Implementation and solution design of different WMS solutions to fit the business requirements. Included all of the  following formats.  IM managed locations; Lean WMS locations at the manufacturing plants – with minimal bin storage definitions but RF enabled;  fully decentralized  WMS location with storage unit management and fully automated with RF;  fully integrated WMS solution with Handling Unit management from recording production receipts for finished goods with HU’s, through to fully integrated warehouse managed  location as well as integrated shipping the HU.

 

 - Live Loads. From production line receipts direct onto truck and transfer to cross company plant.

I was personally responsible for the design and configuration of the production back flush to  truck load process. This was used to move product directly from the production line to  another  BG plant or  DC’s (distribution center).  The process involved a fork lift driver using a RF device to scan  pallet coming off the production line and placing the pallet directly onto a waiting truck. The process I designed enabled the RF scan to automatically  record  the production back flush ( goods issue of the raw materials and goods receipt of the finished items into a warehouse)  then automatically creating a stock transfer order (STO), then automatically create the replenishment delivery,  auto create a transfer order and confirm it in WMS. Once the truck had a full load,  process the goods issue and print the bill of lading for the authorization to move the full truck load.

 

- Material Master and Inventory conversions.

I was the primary resource for supporting material master data convergence across  multiple SAP systems and legacy systems.  I provided critical inputs into the design and control of the material master data elements as well as the  inventory conversions for 120 plants and 12 manufacturing plants covering all materials in a warehouse or production facility.   

 

As the LE_WMS Team Lead I was responsible for all DPSG  BG Convergence  LE & WMS project processes. This involved the design, configuration and RICEF development for anything moving in or out of 108 DC’s and 12 manufacturing plants as well as all the internal processes in these 120 locations.

 

 

3.  Home Depot Supply  (10/26/2006- 02/22/2008)  Supply Chain Execution team lead (shipping, packing  and transportation management) .  Independent consultant employed by Axon Consulting Inc.

 

HD Supply Facilities Maintenance is one of the nation’s largest providers of maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products to owners and managers of multifamily, hospitality, educational and commercial properties; healthcare providers; and municipal and government facilities. An average of more than 18,000 items held in stock country wide, strategically positioned distribution centers and a fleet of more than 600 vehicles.

 

 

I completed blueprinting, configuration and design of a SCE (Supply Chain Execution) model for implementing  inventory,  warehouse and transportation  management system for 35 distribution centers and the 600 HDS vehicles used to service their customer base across the USA. Included in the design were packing (handling unit management), shipping, transportation planning and freight cost management for the Home Depot Supply.  I was   responsible  for the design of the shipping, packing and transportation management solution to enable a fleet of + 600 vehicles over 35 distribution centers to service customers within the US.

 

  Major Activities.

- Route optimization

Included in this design was  the use of a 3rd party route optimization tool to minimize transportation costs (shipments) as well as incorporating small parcel services into the solution.

 

- Transportation Planning and Processing and 3rd party integration

    I helped design and document the solution to integrate  the HDS transportation management and processing solution into UPS & FedEx through SAP’s XSI (small parcel interface ) which was a critical applications for the business.

 

- WMS design, development and customization

  WMS activities included design and development of packing and picking strategies to fit common applications for 35 different warehouses (i.e.: The design required 35 Different WMS solutions with different architecture and varying degrees of automated assembly line processing for picking and packing solutions). 

 

 The average number of picks per location was in excess of 12000 picks. I was responsible for designing SAP to assist in bin capacity optimization as well as providing warehouse slotting capabilities.  I was responsible for implementing solutions to enable the business to incorporate transportation and handling costs into the material moving average cost using the shipment cost document.  I created the functional and technical design documents to handle approximately 40 different RICEF development objects (reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements and forms).

 

Designed and configured  MBGMCR03 idoc ( Post Goods Movement with MB_CREATE_CREATE_GOODS_MOVEMENT)  idoc process to  retrieve data directly tom the 3rd party system “ Direct Store Delivery “ planning tool.  Processed 2-300,000 records for 108 plants within 10 minute window updating SAP.  Auto archived the idocs per plants.

 

3.  Timken Automotive (10/17/2005- 11/06/2006)  Order to Cash functional / technical consultant.  Independent consultant employed by Accenture.

 

My primary functions were in the design, configuration and functional definition of SD and LE applications listed below. In additional I was involved in the technical design of multiple technical objects for various SD/ LE objects.

 

·          Design and configuration of all LE (Logistics Execution apps) including shipping processes, packing, transportation planning and processing as well as shipment cost processing.  In addition I was involved in the design and development of solutions to incorporate stringent automotive industry product serialization through the use of batch management and handling unit management.

·          Transportation planning and processing and integration into legacy systems. Design and configuration of Shipment cost documents, freight cost calculations (pricing), and freight cost settlement and the update of Service PO.  Evaluated receipts settlement of freight costs using 3 way match.   Pricing included addition of new condition tables, and customized VOFM routines.

·          Pick/Pack/Ship. Design and development of delivery create and delivery processing including design of   batch management and handling unit management to fit complicated automotive manufacturing requirements.

·          Development of Handling Unit solutions for the pick, pack and ship functionality. 

·          Development of Batch management solutions for the determination and selection of batch characteristics with specific product characteristics set to match customer requirements.

·          Using XSI (Express parcel interface) to link SAP via interfaces into UPS small parcel management system.

·          Design of XI Interfaces between SAP shipping and legacy warehouse management systems for Final Pack scan.   FPS used to load and plan the shipment load.

·          Inventory control and warehouse management using both SAP WMS and non SAP WMS solutions.  Final pack scan interfaces into legacy wms system at Bucyrus Distribution center was a major accomplishment.

 

 

 

4.     Vought Aircraft Industries, Grand Prairie, TX (04/01/2005- 10/31/2005) .   Functional lead (SD & MM).

        ( Independent Consultant employed by EDS &  Northrop Grumman  ) 

 

Vought manufacture aircraft wings & fuselages for commercial and military applications.     The objective of this project was to

replace legacy Northrop Grumman system used to manage and process spare parts orders.

I was employed as a Sales and Distribution./ Materials Management solutions architect and functional lead for SD and MM applications.

 

 

 

 

5.  Kimberly Clark, Roswell, Georgia.  (03/01/2001- to 08/31/2005 ) .  Rumba Project – implementad SAP in Brasil, Argentina, Perú, Columbia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panamá, Puerto Rico, etc.

(SD / LE  consultant.

 

 

I was employed as a SAP Supply Chain Management consultant covering modules LE / SD / MM / APO.

My functional activities.  Business process design.  Gap analysis, modeling, development and configuration, systems re-engineering. 

 

SAP APO.  In a small APO-DP  pilot project to introduce Demand Planning, SNP and TP/VS   into the South American sub region.   Configured and designed  APO DP & SNP functionality. Analyzed and developed  tools  to identify   forecasting errors, overstock and production planning discrepancies  which were  impacting the regions  ” On Time / In Full “  KPI.   Assisted in identifying key performance indicators which could be improved  by the  introduction of APO Demand Planning  to reduce forecasting  and  inventory errors. Integrated master data into the Demand Plan, designed planning areas, planning books, alerts, macros and used statistical and interactive forecasting tools.   

I proposed and implemented a transportation planning , processing BW cube  which is now providing critical information on containing and reducing transportation costs. I designed the BW transportation planning cube to focus on transportation costs and leverage cost savings by identify  costly TP/VS planning decisions,  planning inconsistencies and carrier selection. 

 

 

 

6.  Tyco Electronics, Power Division, Mesquite, Texas.  (09/05/97-02/25/01).

(Previously known as Lucent Power Division – sold to Tyco when Lucent decided to focus on core business .  Initially the ‘Team Lead’  in implementing  SAP SD and LE modules until the SD/LE manager (Leo Eckroth) was sufficiently confident in taking over the role. 

 

I  helped  design and developed EDI/ALE  solutions which integrated  an external warehouse management system (HK Stock master)  into SAP’s Inventory Management and Shipping processes. We customized the  SDPICK  ( pick request )  idoc message to handle the outbound pick request from SAP  and also customized the  DELVRY01 (shipping confirmation)  to manage the pick confirmation message returned from the external warehouse system into SAP.   Goods receipt for PO and inventory adjustments were managed through ORDCHG (orders change)  and ORDERSP (Purchase Orders ). 

I helped design and develop interfaces between the Lucent financial transactions between SAP and a legacy financial control system SMART. Billing and intercompany financial transactions  from SAP were issued via idoc message type INVOICE01 .  The idocs were mapped through a Mecator bridge into the legacy system.

I was able to provide significant input on their supply chain models and assisted in knowledge transfer to the ASAP  team and provided  team lead  support  to   the various  SD/LE process managers   (Leo Eckroth, Joann Davis, Bill Ashley, Sharon Egan) .  I  was  heavily involved in technical design and development  and the integration of  SAP to external warehouse management systems, transportation planning systems and legacy financial systems  through the use of  EDI/ALE   technology and SAP idocs . 

 

 

7. Sebastian's International Inc , Woodland Hills, CA. (Wella International). (07/01/97-09/05/97). Working with SAP.

SD team lead.  SAP   process design ASAP process design, modeling,  system development, SD & LE (Shipping & WMS) configuration, training, project assistance.  Wella International is a consumer products manufacturing and distribution organization.

 

 

8. Apple Computers, Cupertino, San Jose. (01/01/97-06/30/97).

SAP SD consultant. Development of interfaces for moving data between SAP & legacy systems .

I was contracted to Apple Computers to document, develop and design interfaces between a host of legacy systems and their SAP R/3 applications.

 

9. Conlog , Durban, RSA. (02/01/94-11/01/96).  Employed by Conlog .

 

I was the IT Manufacturing Director and   SAP Project manager. (02/01/94 - 11/01/96).  I was responsible for the SAP implementation, development, configuration training and data conversions. I was the IT manager for manufacturing and distribution systems. Conlog supplied electronic components to BMW and Mercedes (JIT to Germany) as well as to Toyota Manufacturing.

I  was  responsible for developing and managing the SAP R/3 project.

SAP Project Management activities included :-

Developing,  managing and implementing the project plan.

Develop, manage and control   the  project’s scope and staffing requirements.

Create and control the detailed project budget through the various implementation phases.

Developing realistic performance milestones for the different phases of the project.

Contributed as at the IT Director in designing  high level business processes and functional design across all modules.

 

10  Turner and Newall (Ferodo, Dancor, Belaco Beral ) , Durban, RSA. (01/01/86-01/31/1994).  Employed by Ferodo  as IT manager

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Ferodo was an automotive manufacturing and distribution company producing  original equipment parts ( OEM) as well as After Market parts for major automotive customers including Toyota, Nissan and parts distributor Napa.

 

I was the IT manager responsible for implementing and managing business systems within 4  manufacturing plants in South Africa as well as approximately 10 distribution centers.