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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

The Solution Expert advises customers, both internal and external, on how the Fieldglass application fits into and supports SAP's Intelligent Enterprise Strategy. Responsibilities Include: - Contributing to the business process requirements of integrated end-to-end workflows across SAP S/4HANA and SAP Intelligent Spend Group Solutions.- Articulating and evangelizing the SAP Fieldglass solutions as components of SAP’s Intelligent Spend Management and Intelligent Enterprise Suite offering.- Working with internal development teams to define and prioritise the roadmap strategy with other SAP solution. - Working with Product Managers and other project leaders to develop content for use in customer and internal presentations.

Brisbane, Australia

Principal Architect for SAP Fieldglass covering the Asia Pacific region, supporting both internal and external stakeholders. The objective of this role is to assist customers who have complex business requirements and a desire to realise the full benefit of their SAP Fieldglass investment. I provide consulting across process & integration architecture, advising customers on how to utilise Fieldglass within the application landscape. This role has a large focus on educating customers on how SAP Fieldglass fits within the SAP Intelligent Enterprise, in particular, supporting Total Workforce Management and Intelligent Spend Management strategy. Focus Areas: Integration Architecture (ERP - Procure to Pay, Enterprise Asset Management, Human Resources) to support the relevant external workforce management processes.

Brisbane, Australia

Manage a team of Business Analysts who successfully implement the Fieldglass Vendor Management Solution (VMS) for their organisations to manage:+ Contingent labour + Statement of Work (SOW) projects and services+ Independent contractors+ Talent pools

Brisbane, Australia

Implementation Business Analyst.

Brisbane, Australia

Rio Tinto has been implementing a Contractor Management System with the objective of delivering efficient sourcing and effective management of contract labour and services procurement. With the strategy of ensuring procurement effectiveness coupled with consistent Health and Safety contractor on-boarding, the implementation of the CM Solution has been both challenging and rewarding.As a Systems Specialist on the Contractor Management Solution project, I have been involved in all aspects of the Solution Delivery Life Cycle. The solution uses a cloud based Software as a Service (SaaS), Vendor Management System (VMS) - Fieldglass, integrated to SAP for Master Data, Maintenance Requisitioning, Purchase Requisitions and Orders, Invoicing and Remittance Advice.Activities Include: - Process Design, Configuration, Testing and Implementation (Conceptual Design and Data Model, Process Design, Solution Architecture etc.)- Business Case Impact Assessments for Site Implementations.- Site implementations across Australia, USA, Canada, South Africa and United Kingdom.- Support and Master Data Maintenance process design and standards

Brisbane, Australia

Contracted to the Process Consulting Team to provide Business Analysis services to a variety of projects including:MDM Project BA Role - covering Master Data Management project methodology and execution processes.Ariba Project Data Analyst - Responsible for the Data Model, and Legacy Data Migration - Migrating legacy Contracts into Ariba. SpendVision Reporting Project - Business Analyst Role: Responsible for delivering credit card and expense management reporting (management financial reporting and spend analysis) in SAP BW from the Spendvision Expense Management solution.Integration Business Analyst - Various Technical Systems integrations into SAP for product movements. Core technology - SAP XI.

Auckland, New Zealand

After a significant reorganisation of the Information Services team, I established a team of Business Analysts covering the Finance, Human Resources, Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management process areas. Responsible for 18 full time resources and 20 contractors depending on the number of projects.Further Business Process Outsourcing was implemented based on the success of the Global Sales and Finance Data Warehouse solution from my previous role.Key Achievements: - Established a new team of Business Analysts through both full time and contingent labour hire- Implemented and established standard work practises for the Solution Delivery Lifecycle using ITIL as a basis- Established relationships with the BPO responsible for support and development activities- Establishing consistent call reporting for all Fonterra discretionary development- Documented road map for decommissioning of the Global Sale Warehouse achieving $700k pa in savings

Auckland, New Zealand

As a result of the merger that formed Fonterra, significant organisation change occurred. A number of legacy Data Warehousing applications were rolled into the Business Intelligence Support team. The team was split between Business Analysis and Development. I relocated to Auckland and established a Business Intelligence team in the new Head Office. Responsibilities included establishing and off-shoring of the Cognos Global Sales and Forecasting Warehouse, establishing a team of Business Analysts covering the Concept, Analysis, Design and Testing phases of the Business Intelligence Lifecycle (Kimball Methodology).Key Achievements:- Senior Member of the award winning data warehouse team (2003 Computerworld Award for Excellence in the Use of IT for Business Intelligence). - Established a Business Analysis capability from an initial team of two to a team of seven over a two year period.- Established process and procedures (including templates) for the Business Intelligence Solution Delivery Lifecycle.- Supported the outsourcing of global sales and finance data warehouse solution resulting in an initial savings of $800,000 p.a. • Management of eight BPO resources providing technical and functional support• Established and managed relationships with key business process owners• Delivered additional savings of $300,000 p.a. through effective vendor management. • Established an on shore / off shore support model extending support hours to midnight NZ Time while reducing support costs• Increased system availability from 85% to 98% (consistently), exceeding service level agreement (SLA). - Project Lead for a number of small projects across the different Business Intelligence environments using a combination of direct reports and contractors - Managed and delivered improved Sales Analysis for Ingredients division and improved forecasting system reporting for the FMCG division- Established a super user strategy.

Hamilton, Nz

As a member of the Business Intelligence team, I was responsible for the development of new reporting and KPI modules of the Data Warehouse. As a technical Business Analysts, I was responsible for all aspects of the Data Warehouse lifecycle - from requirements analysis, development, implementation and support. Key Achievements:- Significant Training Programme during the merger where the number Data Warehouse users doubled- Development of ETL and Reporting Cubes for Milk Collection (Jade Database, Unix and Oracle PL/SQL)- Development of Merger Benefits KPI's

Hamilton, Nz

Business Lead and Subject Matter expert for the Requisition to Payment systems. Responsibilities included: Development of Training Materials, Delivering Training on the RTP systems and Managing systems implementations for new sites.Key Achievements: - Responsible for the Maintenance Plant and Asset system upgrade (test script development, management of the testing delivery etc)- Financials reconciliation of the Maintenance and Stores systems to Oracle Financials- Development of reconciliation methodology for systems reconciliations

Hamilton Nz

Starting as a factory storeman, I worked in a number of Procurement roles covering purchasing, inventory management, buying and contract management, and, finally procurement systems administration, implementation and support. Key Achievements: - Establishing a Central Store and Purchasing for a newly merged site- Completing Company Wide Procurement Quality Management Manual to ISO9002 standard- Requisition to Pay subject mater expert for the implementation of the Oracle ERP- Negotiated and managed service contracts for laboratory services, reallocation services and fleet management - Process and procedure documentation and training materials for the Purchasing and Inventory streams - Development of the Procurement KPI framework using the Datawarehouse