Laurent - Assistant à maîtrise d'ouvrage SAP

Profile

SAP Project Manager with more than nineteen years of proven success in SAP implementations, upgrades, enhancements and applications performance tuning. An active participant in phases of more than 18 implementations and proven veteran of 9 full life cycle implementations in a wide range of industries. Managed and delivered eight full life cycle within Global Supply Chain Implementation, field Operations for large manufacturing companies along with SAP template rollout and end user training development. Managed data migration from legacy, rollouts and global production support. Developed and managed all the pre - production cutover task, coordinated all the implementation task with functional and technical teams. Lead and managed all the deliverables and aligned expectations with business leads and stakeholders. Deep skilled knowledge base in ERP Implementation operations, delivery, Optimization, Production Delivery and Managing Global Hyper-care support. A deep understanding of business applications in multiple environments. Extensive working experience in an array of SAP modules including Material Management (MM), Sales and Distribution (SD), Financial Accounting (FI), Controlling (CO), Purchasing (PP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Quality Management (QM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM), IS -Retail (AFS). Committed to excellence by reducing the customer's Total Cost of Ownership while increasing the Return on Investment through proven analytical and developments skills gained through exemplary service.

An enthusiastic, widely experienced PRINCE2/AGILE (SCRUM) expert in developing and leading IT projects at a senior level. Over a decade working with blue chip companies has led to outstanding skills in the IT sector. With a number of years consulting has built on strong strategic skills, enabling rapid analysis of diverse stakeholders, commercial and user needs to create appropriate, cost-effective solutions.

Throughout my years of experience, I have demonstrated strong ability to apply knowledge of structure, functions, and procedures in solving organizational problems and to develop methods for implementing prescribed systems with the capability to predict the effect of changes, in order to achieve organizational objectives and to support business agility, increase benefit realization, minimize risks and optimize resources utilization.

Motivated leader with over 20 years progressive experience in Finance, Controlling management, business transformation and project management on a global scale. Successful track record of creating

and implementing strategies and process and systems transformation programs aimed at company growth and optimizing operational performance. Extensive Finance and Controlling expertise combined with highly effective change management, process improvement and collaboration skills to deliver results.

Experience with SAP HANA S/4, SAP ECC 6.0 upgrades higher levels of EHP and service packs, other areas include, Confidential, SCM, CRM, BI BW, BOBJ, HPQC, Master Data Management, WRICEF development, SOLMAN, Charms, Release Management, and ASAP and ACTIVATE Methodologies.

Technical / Functional
Strong experience in SAP Project Management leading SAP Technical Teams & SAP Functional Teams. Managed SAP functional core modules such as: configuration activities, Business Process Mappings, Business Process Design, Functional Specifications, Functional/Technical Testing, Senior Platinum Level SAP Netweaver, Technical Architect.
Extensive experience as SAP Technical Project Manager/Lead consultant, supporting solution manager 4.0, B.W. 7.0, SRM, CRM, BI, SAP Plug-ins/Add-on's & managed SP XI development teams. Also was the SAP Data Migration Project Manager/Lead.
Demonstrated success in providing technical and team leadership in, SAP Abap Performance, SAP BASIS Performance, and IDOCS / ALE.
Extensive experience in BAPI, LSMW and Migration Cockpit. Expertise in SAP Archiving (SAP Data Volume Management) Offshore leadership experience
Broad experience working in Business Workflow and Cross Application Components (ALE/IDoc). More than 12 years experience in all aspects of system analysis, planning, design, team management and implementation.

Project Management: Multiple IT projects including Ministry of Finance, Shell, Total, Maersk Oil, Alstom, Mondial Assistance.
People Management: I have managed teams of 3-125 staff in multi-IT project environments. Change Management: Designed change management processes and procedures.
Information Architecture and Usability: Created focus on User-Centred product design. Business & Systems Analysis: Analysing briefs and business needs to propose solutions. Projects: Communication, Risk & Management strategies plus end-to-end management. Development Models: Agile process adopting Waterfall, RAD and Prototyping methods. 3rd Party: Management of supply chain and work packages. Experience of ITIL framework.
Business Skills: Client liaison, budgeting, team motivation, analytical skills, problem solving. Business Analysis: Use case, Story boarding, and High- and Low-end application specifications

Key Competences
■ Project management, Business Analysis, Finance Architect including S4/HANA
■ SAP Project Manager, SAP Deployment Expert
■ Support and training to users
■ Implementation of accounting and financial systems
■ Master setting FI / CO / PS / JVA / VIM / FUND MANAGEMENT / SD / MM / TRM / PSCD and BW reports
■ Functional expertise on financial and logistical flows
■ Business expertise: accounting, management control, capital, cash
■ Project Manager, Business Integration Specialist, Business Analyst, Master Data Manager
■ SAP R / 3 4.6, 4.7, ECC5, ECC6, S4/HANA, HYPERION, BW, REMEDY, SAP Productivity Pak, SEPA, ITIL, BCS, BFC
■ International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) and International Accounting Standard (IAS), Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Basel 2, CMMI
■ ITIL Expert, PMP Practitioner, PRINCE2 Practitioner, COBIT5 Foundation Certified, AGILE (SCRUM) expert

SAP Skills

o SAP Project Management
o SAP Offshore Project Management
o SAP Technical Leadership
o SAP S4/HANA Project Management
o SAP Basis – Netweaver, Solution Manager 4.0, B.I. 7.0, SRM, CRM, SAP Plug-ins/Add- on's, SAP XI, SAP Basis Security, SAP BI BASIS, SAP BI ABAP, SAP Abap, LSMW,

Documentum, Test Director (QA)
o Extensive experience in BAPI and LSMW
o Expertise in SAP Archiving (SAP Data Volume Management)
o More than 12 years experience in all aspects of system analysis, planning, design and implementation
o SAP module FI
o FI-GL; FI-AR; FI-AP; FI-BL; FI-AA; FI-TR; FI-TV; FI-FM; EC-CS
o SAP module CO
o CO-OM: CO-OM-CEL; CO-OM-ACT; CO-OM-STA; CO-OM-CCA; CO-OM-ABC; CO-OM- OPA; CO-OM-PRO; CO-OM-IS
o CO-PC: CO-PC-PCP; CO-PC-OBJ- CO-PC-ACT; CO-PC-IS
o CO-PA; EC-PCA
o SAP module JVA
o Joint Venture Data Capture
o Cash Calls
o Partner Billings
o Overhead as agreed in the Joint Operating Agreement (JOA)
o Allocations distribute billable and non-billable costs
o Multi-Currency Processing
o SAP module VIM
o OCR / ICC
o Document Processing
o Invoice Approval
o Exception Handling
o Approval Portal / SAP CRM - SSF Integration
o SAP module PS
o Reports on Revenues and Earnings
o Progress Determination
o Overall CO Planning for Projects
o Progress / Materials / Structure Information System
o Project year End Closing: Individual / Collective
o Cost Reports / Mass Changes
o Project Budgeting
o Actual Transfer Prices
o Payment Reports / Transfer for Project Period End Closing

Languages

French Mother tongue
English Fluent – oral and in writing
Spanish Spoken & Written
Italian Basic knowledge