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I currently work on the SAP ERP Value Engineering team, responsible for Pricing, Vistex Incentive Administration, and Pharmacy Contract Management. I was the architect of the SAP integration to Vendavo for pricing, managing multiple teams across process areas to coordinate the solution design. I created a system that allowed for customer and material price deviations that was backwards compatible with our existing pricing architecture. I lead training for business team members and… Show more I currently work on the SAP ERP Value Engineering team, responsible for Pricing, Vistex Incentive Administration, and Pharmacy Contract Management. I was the architect of the SAP integration to Vendavo for pricing, managing multiple teams across process areas to coordinate the solution design. I created a system that allowed for customer and material price deviations that was backwards compatible with our existing pricing architecture. I lead training for business team members and outside consultants on the AmerisourceBergen pricing model from gross to net. I presented directly to the project steering committee, providing a bridge between the technical teams, outside consultants, and the business leadership.I was the architect of the Vistex Customer Rebate net price engine. The engine analyzes Vistex transactional data to create SAP pricing conditions to determine customer’s net price after rebate, and updates custom tracking tables. I designed the API for the Hybris e-commerce solution to integrate with the rebates data, presenting customers with up to date rebate eligibility calculations and analysis.I was the architect of the performance redesign of the Predetermined Pricing Engine (Catalog Engine) more than doubling the performance and efficiency through a refactored parallel processing design and a new BASIS configuration to optimize utilization of available processes. I was the SAP pricing integration lead for onboarding Bellco Generics, a subsidiary company of ABC, onto the Drug Company's SAP implementation. I successfully managed the pricing integration process from requirements gathering through hypercare and production support, working directly with the technical teams, other functional teams, and the business partners.I perform highest severity production issue support and provide training to internal IT solutions analysts in SAP Pricing, Predetermined Pricing Engine, and across all areas of Vistex. Show less

Lannett is the oldest manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals in the United States. I joined Lannett to gain experience in new SAP modules in a relatively unaltered SAP implementation. I worked with BASIS, functional, and technical consultants on issues. I was also the primary owner of the CSOS, EDI, and Pharmaceutical Chargeback systems.

I joined ABC for the SAP ECC implementation during the Process Design Document phase. AmerisourceBergen required real time customer specific pricing and eligibility to be performed for all thirty thousand customers through the web ordering product catalog search, which in standard SAP would take a dozen times longer than the one second KPI for search results to be returned. A new team was formed consisting of just two Senior SAP Architect consultants to work with SAP Custom Application… Show more I joined ABC for the SAP ECC implementation during the Process Design Document phase. AmerisourceBergen required real time customer specific pricing and eligibility to be performed for all thirty thousand customers through the web ordering product catalog search, which in standard SAP would take a dozen times longer than the one second KPI for search results to be returned. A new team was formed consisting of just two Senior SAP Architect consultants to work with SAP Custom Application Development to design and deliver a solution in time for the web ordering platform go live date. At the start I was chosen by the project leadership to be the sole ABC employee on the new team. My experience on this team has provided me with broad exposure and strong analytical skills in a variety of functional and technical areas in SAP. The application we developed with SAP Custom Development is now known as SAP's Predetermined Pricing Engine.• Started as Solutions Analyst II, promoted to Solutions Analyst III.• Contributed to requirements gathering process with business users, functional specification development, and technical design document review using SAP Solution Manager.• Performed test writing and execution with the team, and was the team liaison to the QA team responsible for ensuring proper procedures and documentation.• Developed and delivered training to business users, receiving excellent ratings in feedback surveys.• Implementation process involved analysis and testing of the functional and technical components of the following areas: Customer Master, Vistex Contract Management System, Material Master, Purchase Info Records, Invoices, License Master, Listings and Exclusions, Pricing, Vendor Sourcelist, and ABC customizations such as customer billing plans, alternate servicing locations, First Data Bank material data, and custom fields on customer and material master. Show less

Tasty Baking Company was founded in 1914 and is one of the country’s leading bakers of snack cakes and pies. I joined TBC one year after they went live with SAP R/3 4.6 and initially provided support and development for their C# .NET/Microsoft SQL Server website while I learned SAP ABAP programming. I became the lead for the TBC e-commerce platform and worked on the team responsible for developing the interface between SAP and the third party software running on our route driver’s handheld… Show more Tasty Baking Company was founded in 1914 and is one of the country’s leading bakers of snack cakes and pies. I joined TBC one year after they went live with SAP R/3 4.6 and initially provided support and development for their C# .NET/Microsoft SQL Server website while I learned SAP ABAP programming. I became the lead for the TBC e-commerce platform and worked on the team responsible for developing the interface between SAP and the third party software running on our route driver’s handheld computers.• Started as Systems Developer, promoted to Systems Analyst, then Senior Systems Analyst, and finally Senior Systems Analyst and Systems Lead of SAP E-Commerce.• Designed and developed SAP Internet Sales 4.0 B2C website with heavy customization of appearance and back-end features, including address book, multiple ship-to selection, bundling of materials into shipping containers, PayPal integration, and UPS & USPS integration.• Upgraded from SAP Internet Sales 4.0 to SAP E-Commerce, leading redevelopment of front-end customization and back-end features.• Performed SQL refactoring of third-party database stored procedures to optimize performance and correct errors. Improved performance of vital system report from one hour to just five minutes through code refactoring and index optimization.• Designed and developed Material Master and Customer Master integration between SAP and third-party database through multiple custom ABAP programs.• Extended existing and developed new C# .NET web interfaces to third party sales distributor software to create reports, and manage sales and distribution data. Show less