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Edmonton, Ab, Ca

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Edmonton

• Design and build IDOC Outbound messages to multiple Third Party Logistics Providers for Purchase Orders, Deliveries, Reservations, Material Master, Equipment Master and Plant Master.• Design and build inbound Web Services for Goods Movements, Delivery Receipt, Delivery Issue, Cycle Count, Purchase Order Receipt, Reservation Issue, Serial Number Query, Cost Object Validation and Network Status.• Design and build cartonization logic to determine optimal return kit configuration for Customer Returns.• Design and build Freight Determination logic to derive carrier and service by business channel.• Design and build process and supporting programs to enable Kitting using subcontracting purchase orders.

Edmonton

• Develop a seamless end to end process using an existing application to support Sales, Estimating, Purchasing, Project Management, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Warranty Management • Provide status updates, design options and recommendations to Owner, General Manager, Departmental Managers and Staff.• Facilitate requirements gathering sessions with Senior Management and Staff.• Provide documentation and training to Management and Staff of Sales, Purchasing, Estimating, Accounts Payables, and Warranty Management departments• Provide a 5 year system strategy to modernize their landscape incorporating integrated Web presence, desktop tools and communications strategies.• Gather business requirements and develop appropriate reports using Crystal Reports and Sage Report Designer.

Edmonton, Canada Area

• Senior Functional Lead supporting a team of eight Business Analysts and twelve Developers from 4 locations offshore and five locations in Canada upgrading a large corporate SAP system from version 4.7 to ECC 6.0• Responsible for Sales and Distribution, Logistics, Purchasing, Inventory Management, Inventory Planning, Web Applications, Plant Maintenance, Fleet Management and Billing modules.• Plan, resource and schedule implementation tasks for the SD, MM and PM resources.• Facilitated design, code and document reviews to ensure compliance with corporate standards and completeness of content • Held weekly meetings with key business areas to gather requirements, communicate changes, co-ordinate quality assurance testing and develop communications for forty thousand employees.• Preparation, presentation, review and approval of Delta Workshops for communication of new functionality to business users• Negotiate with Senior Management to replace eliminate 72% of core modifications and replace with standard exits and functionality• Present recommendations to Steering Committee consisting of Vice Presidents from Logistics, Finance, Human Resources and Sales and acquire approval.

Edmonton

• Design and build various conversion processes, custom programs and user exits to support the effective management of dates within Project Systems and Materials Management modules and improve the availability of Materials • Meet with Senior Business Analysts, third party vendors and internal project teams to define requirements.• Redesign, convert and implement fundamental changes to the Project Systems module to bring the process back to best practise and enable resource scheduling • Create and present Application Architecture Specification to Enterprise Architecture Committee to ensure compliance with corporate strategies, methods, policies and processes.• Follow TELUS proprietary methodology

Edmonton, Canada Area

• Analyze the existing Change and Release Management process for all systems with the ATB Financial footprint• Provide the roadmap to implement SAP Solution Manager to enhance this process.• Provide 5 year strategy to become a SAP Centre of Excellence• Implement a prototype to demonstrate the solution• Present these findings to the CIO and IT Directors for approval

Edmonton, Canada Area

• Consulting Solution Architect and Senior Developer on a project to migrate the ERP platform from an acquired entity to the TELUS Corporate Platform. • Supported a team of fifteen Business Analysts and five developers from across Canada • Capture strategic business requirements from Vice Presidents for Sales and Distribution, Purchasing, Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables, Billing, Finance, Logistics, Warehousing and Project Planning groups.• Capture detailed business requirements from departmental directors and managers for the same business processes a above.• Provide the strategic conversion plan as well as detailed conversion processes for Materials, Vendors, Customers, Sales Contracts, Sales Orders, Open Accounting Items, Assets, and Pricing Conditions.• Create and present Application Architecture Specification to Enterprise Architecture Committee to ensure compliance with corporate strategies, methods, policies and processes.• Build, test and execute conversion processes for Materials, Vendors, Customers, Sales Contracts, Sales Orders, Open Accounting Items, Assets, and Pricing Conditions.• Redesign and implement a generic, reusable interface for Sales Orders to support multiplatform billing processes that controlled annual billings of over 80 billion dollars. This would provide a standard service to for any future billing platforms to interface with SAP.• Communication of process changes to business community.• Facilitated design, code and document reviews to ensure compliance with corporate standards and completeness of content • Ensure compliance with corporate policies, methods and standards.

Alberta

• Advise clients on available SAP Materials Management functionality.• Lead Business Requirements Workshops and Business Process Modeling sessions • Plan the SAP MM related activities for an upgrade to ECC 6.0.

Edmonton

• Develop strategic SAP Roadmap in conjunction with technical, business and corporate strategies• Lead Business Requirements Workshops and Business Process Modeling sessions • Develop high level conversion plans and review detail schedules and designs for new corporate acquisitions,.• Represent SAP Support Group in Business Strategic and Tactical Planning sessions with Vice Presidents and Directors of Supply Operations, Accounts Payables/Receivables, Project Management• Ensured effective scheduling of multiple initiatives by determining resource requirements, commonalities and dependencies and ordering appropriately• Serve as liaison between the SAP development team and Enterprise Architecture to ensure compliance with Enterprise Architecture Framework• Conduct Code design and code reviews for a team of thirty developers from across Canada.• Mentored junior architects and developers

Edmonton

• Provide conceptual solutions for larger SAP MM developments• Provide SAP MM Conversion and Integration Strategies for new corporate acquisitions,• Develop high level conversion plans and review detail schedules and designs for new corporate acquisitions,.• Consult with Solution Architects from other areas on integration projects• Provide initial assessments on requests for SAP MM development

Edmonton, Canada Area

• Provided Primary Design and Development on ALL SAP Supply Chain Management conversions and interfaces.• Provided Primary Design and Development on SAP Supply Chain Management initiatives• Liaise between IT and Business Management to manage projects and minor enhancements• Mentored junior developers and supervised consultants.

Edmonton, Canada Area

• Provided Design and Development on Logistics initiatives• Mentored junior developers and supervised consultants.