Alain - Consultant fonctionnel JD EDWARDS

Profile __________________________________________________________________________________
Goal and project oriented with excellent analytical skills
In the past 14 years, I have successfully implemented JDE in many different environments (e.g. aggregates, oil products, liquid bulk storage, food & beverages), in a wide range of departments including customer service, purchasing/P2P, invoicing and finance. I am able to lead a team effectively, assign tasks, and prepare a project plan to achieve an implementation in a timely manner.
My software engineering background and my excellent analytical skills allow me to effectively analyse customer business requirements and translate them into software set-up, new design enhancements, interface with outside systems via EDI and relevant documentation.

Flexible and versatile, able to maintain a good sense of humour under pressure
Having implemented JDE in many different countries (3 worldwide templates, 5 full life cycle implementations) and in 3 different languages, I have demonstrated an excellent ability to work in different cultures.

Skills Summary___________________________________________________________________________
♦ Project Management ♦ JDE Modules (E1/9.01/8.11, XE, WorldSoftware)
♦ Mapping Business Requirements to JDE Sales & Adv. Pricing, Purchasing/P2P, Inventory,
♦ Analysis Finance (GL, AR, AP), EDI, Advanced Transportation,
♦ Trainer capacity Service Management and Contract Billing, Warehousing

Professional Experience____________________________________________________________________
SENIOR APPLICATION CONSULTANT / TEAM LEADER
1996-2003 / 07-12 Distribution, Adv. Transportation & Freight, Bulk Stock, Warehousing and Finance
My broad knowledge of the application and its architecture allows me to quickly find the best possible set-up.
 Design and documented software enhancements from new database requirements to end-user guides.
 Translated accounting requirements (e.g. revenue, cost allocation, taxes and duties) into AAI/DMAAI and chart of account structure (BU & object accounts).
 Analyzed sales process flow and reviewed the sales order entry to cash set-up. Same experience with Purchasing/P2P and inventory process flow.
 Coordinated process review and master data set-up between different Business Unit within the same organization.
 Data interface between JDE and outside systems via EDI.  Reviewed purchasing costs and inventory costing including accounting impact.
 Set-up of Advanced Transportation and Freight
 Mapped price structure into Advanced Pricing.
 Reviewed job descriptions and staff roles, including segregation of duties, to set-up user profiles and security.
 Designed process control and data integrity reports
 Set-up end of day processing and sleeper jobs.
 Prepare initial environment and database set-up.

PROJECT MANAGER
2004 - 2005 Distribution, Adv. Transportation, Bulk Stock Management, Pricing, Invoicing
In all prior implementations, I have seconded the project manager and prepared project plans (both at a detailed and a high level). At Vopak Mexico, I used these experiences to successfully manage a One World implementation (sales order, bulk stock, transportation) at 3 different geographical sites with a team of 5 members.
 Prepared high-level full life cycle implementation.  Assigned tasks to team members.
 Assessed risks and took action to mitigate them.  Reviewed staff training requirements.
 Followed progress and reported to management.  Ensured quality of deliverables and documentation.

Education _______________________________________________________________________________
1992 Analyst Programmer DUT (Bachelor, France)
1988 Science baccalauréat (France)

Courses _________________________________________________________________________________
94-07 Various JDE application training (One World and World Software)
1996 Principles and techniques of stock management - BPICS (UK)
1996 Principles of general accounting - RSA (UK)
1993 Computer system architecture - CNAM (France)
1991 Mathematics for computer science, general mathematics, physics - CNAM (France)

• Advanced user of Microsoft products (e.g. Office, Macro, Visual Basic), SQL, AS400 commands

• French language (mother tongue) Spanish language (bilingual)
English language (bilingual) Portuguese language (bilingual)