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Summary Ų Over 27 years of IT with major Global organizations (Dow Chemical, PwC, NEC). Ų Senior Project/Programme Manager, combining Process as well as Functional and Technical expertise. Ų International exposure, working across several geographical areas (Europe, UAE / Dubai, USA, Japan, Thailand) and managing multi-cultural teams. Specialties Ų SAP R/2 & R/3 (MM/SD/FI-CO/QM/PP/PP-PI/WM/BW, since 1990) Ų Supply Chain Management (SCM) Ų Product Life-cycle management (PLM) Ų Contract negotiations Ų Budget definition and control Ų People management & Coaching Ų IT strategy Ų Transition to Shared-Services Ų Managing 'troubled' projects Ų Problem solving Ų Communicating effectively Ų Making decisions Ų Working to deadlines Industries Ų Chemical Ų Pharmaceutical Ų Automotive Ų Manufacturing -
- Aluminum
- Electrical equipment
Ų Oil & Gas Ų Banking (Clearing)
Professional History SAP Baker Hughes (Service provider to the Oil Industry) ? U.K Feb 2010 - date · European SAP Programme Director, for rollout project to implement SAP in 22 countries o Projects? Governance o Develop strategies and procedures for efficient implementation of R/3 on a Region-wide basis o Defining and Implementing Region Support Centre o Assuring Business readiness and client satisfaction o Budget control o Monitor progress of and provide support for efforts and implementation programs o Communicate progress IT and Executive Leadership o Set-up the regional support organisation Astra-Zeneca (Pharmaceutical) ? U.K May ? Nov 2009 · IT Project Manager, managing SAP template-rollout project in Turkey and Greece (incl. transition to Shared Services) o Project strategy o Managing Vendors o Project-team definition o Budget control o Data cleansing & migration Belgacom (Telecom) ? Belgium Feb 2007 ? May 2008 · Project Manager, managing SAP HR upgrade project (R3 4.6c to ECC 6, for Human Capital Management, incl. UNICODE conversion) o Managing the Vendor-evaluation process o Contract negotiations with Vendors o Project-team definition o Budget control · Managing the Business-study, Scoping and RFQ phases for merging and upgrading the SAP systems (R3 4.6c to ECC 6 for MM / FI-CO / APO). Introduction of Shared-Services. · Initiated process to ?merge? master-data of three subsidiaries into a single model. Non-SAP Tamoil (Oil) ? Monaco Jan 2005 ? Jan 2007 · Identifying and implementing the appropriate SW package for: o Document management o Process flow management · Assist the client to improve existing, as well as create new, process-flows (Crude-Oil trading) Alumil (Aluminum manufacturing) ? Greece Sept ? June 2006 · Audit of the IT department: o Managing the implementation of the relevant recommendations o Project-team definition o Identifying problem-areas in a long-running ERP (ORACLE Applications) implementation project, defining and resourcing the project-team. o Coordinating the successful continuance of the project.
NEC IndustrialSolutions Brussels 2002 ? 2005 Senior Systems Delivery manager SAP · Proposal-manager for global roll-out project (i.e. system definition, budget, duration, phases) · Managing external service-providers · Setting up and managing project team(s) i.e. internal, external ą ASAHI-CASEI (Chemical) ? Belgium · Project-manager for the implementation of SAP R3 system (MM / SD / FI-CO / BW), to be used as reference-site for the Global rollout. ą ASAHI-CASEI (Chemical) ? Japan (9 months) · Design and implementation of a global BW system (infrastructure / architecture / security / data-structure). ą ASAHI-CASEI (Chemical) ? Thailand · Project manager for global roll-out of SAP R3 system (upgrade v 3.1h to 4.6c for MM / SD / PP PI/ FI-CO / QM / BW). Note: Team of approx. 25 internal/external resources (Belgian, Thai, Japanese, Dutch, American, Indian) Non-SAP · Managing client-proposals (i.e. SW/HW, budget, duration, team-size) · Implementing company-wide processes to improve quality of services (project mgt., Accounts payable/receivable, etc.) · Responsible for resourcing/resource-balancing activities, across all projects · Project manager for the implementation for the internal Finance software-package (NAVISION) · Setting up the company?s subsidiary in Prague (Czech Republic). Hire staff according to the company?s 5-year business-plan and budget. ą Toyota Motors (automotive) ? Belgium · Assisting the system-definition process for the ?Supplier communication? project ą T.P.C.A. (automotive) ? Czech Republic · Managing implementation of production-line control system, measuring entry/exit per production stage The Capital Markets Company (CAPCO) Antwerp 2000 ? 2001 Senior Consultant Non-SAP ą Clearstream (Banking) ? UK / Luxembourg Development of an integrated system to allow external clients to access the Bank?s internal systems and perform the required transactions · Programme coordinator, responsible for the creation and maintenance of an End-to-End milestone plan for all relevant sub-projects (15, in total). · Design and implement a process for team-leaders to report progress against plans. · Design and implement a process to control and track all incoming Change-Requests. · Initiate and co-ordinate the creation of a test strategy, for releases 2 and 3 of the project. · Coach and mentor junior colleagues PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Brussels/Antwerp 1999 ? 2000 Manager (SAP R3) SAP · Proposal-manager for an SAP Implementation project to a major (French) Pharmaceutical group ą Roche (Pharmaceutical) ? Belgium · Responsible for the Materials Management and Quality Management modules of the Belgian-rollout SAP implementation project (SD / MM / PP / QM / FI-CO) · Test-manager for the overall implementation. ą G.E. (Electrical equipment manufacturing) ? Belgium · Project leader, coordinating various project-related activities between the extended development-team (client and PwC) and the external service-providers for the outsourcing of the central warehouse, to be operated by an external Logistics service-provider (interfacing with SAP). Streamlined Data-structure and efficient data-mapping was an important aspect of the project. Non-SAP · Coach and mentor junior colleagues DOW International Service Center Antwerp 1997 ? 1998 Global SAP Application Specialist SAP · Globally responsible for the Site-Logistics and Shop Floor Control system-functionalities. · Participating in the Opportunity-analysis and Business/Project-study for new projects. · Monitoring, prioritizing, and performing impact analysis on incoming system update-requests. · Transfer from country-specific to Global Shareed-Services. · Managing IT budgets for the internal clients (i.e. sub-process owners) · Project-leader for the MM / PP modules for a global SAP R2 upgrade project, including budget definition and control · Initiating / participating in CIP (Continuous Improvement Process) efforts to improve work processes of the various sub-functions. · Coach and mentor junior colleagues 1993 ? 1996 Senior Information Systems Analyst SAP · European Site-Logistics SME (Subject Matter Expert) for the SAP system. · Leading the European conversion effort, for the upgrade of the SAP Logistics functionality. · Responsible for the global maintenance of Master-data and system-tables (relevant to MM / Site-Logistics). · Actively participating in setting up the Global Corporate SAP Support Center (i.e. SAP Competence Center). · Defining and implementing pan-European Access-control policy. DOW Hellas Athens 1991?1993 Implementation analyst SAP · Project manager for the rollout implementation of the SAP R2 system, for MM / PP / SD, in the Greek subsidiary. · Support the newly implemented system, and act as liaison between users and the European-area Support center 1988- 1991 Systems analyst Non-SAP · Responsible for the End User Systems and Support, for Greece Turkey and the Middle East area. · Re-designing, implementing and supporting internally developed PC-based accounting application, for the Middle East area, to interface with the existing global accounting system. · Co-ordination of move to a new building (activities and tasks related to IT, i.e. cabling, computer-room fitting, sub-contractor control, etc.) 1985 ? 1988 Systems Designer Non-SAP · Member of the Greek implementation team, for the European integrated AOS (Accounting Operating System). · Participating in the design and development of various accounting applications. · Participating in the design and development of the Physical Inventory applications for finished goods and spare parts WELLA Hellas Athens 1983?1985 Computer Programmer Non-SAP · Developing various reporting systems (COBOL). · Developing, testing and implementing the entire Payroll system. · Supporting the various computer systems and applications.
SAP R3 4.6 MM Certification (PwC, Philadelphia - USA) Language skills · Greek: mother tongue · English: fluent · Dutch: fair · French: fair - but out of practice for an extended period of time Professional Memberships PMI (Project Management Institute) Achievements Global Award of Excellence ? DOW Chemical Company
Additional training Course description Organization Location 1 IBM S36 Software implementation IBM Hellas Athens - Greece 2 Structured Programming C.C.S. Athens - Greece 3 Presentation skills DOW Hellas Athens - Greece 4 Software Engineering ELKEPA Athens - Greece 5 Computer programming methodology ELKEPA Athens - Greece 6 Advanced reporting in FOCUS Information Builders London - U.K. 7 DBASE III Plus EEDE Athens - Greece 8 Security & Protection of D.P. systems O.M.A.S. Athens - Greece 9 IBM Token Rings IBM Hellas Athens - Greece 10 TIME Management DOW Hellas Athens - Greece 11 Quality & Productivity DOW Hellas Athens - Greece 12 Communication Networks 01 Pliroforiki Athens - Greece 13 LAN Techniques & Applications L.S.I. Athens - Greece 14 Forum of Informatics Greek/American Chamber of Commerce Athens - Greece 15 NATURAL - Using it effectively On-Line Computer Athens - Greece 16 DOWMAP Business study (Project methodology) DOW European Headquarters Horgen - Switzerland 17 DOWMAP S.P.D.M (Project methodology) DOW European Headquarters Horgen - Switzerland 18 SAP R/2 Introduction DOW International Service Centre Antwerp - Belgium 19 SAP R/2 PIM/RM-module DOW International Service Centre Antwerp - Belgium 20 SAP R/2 Inventory-module DOW International Service Centre Antwerp - Belgium 21 Train the Trainer DOW International Service Centre Antwerp - Belgium 22 SAP ABAP/4 reporting SAP U.K. London - U.K. 23 MS WORD / EXCEL / POWER-POINT DOW International Service Centre Antwerp - Belgium 24 Root-Cause-Analysis DOW International Service Centre Antwerp - Belgium 25 SAP R/2 Development environment SAP Belgium Brussels- Belgium 26 SAP Data Dictionary SAP Belgium Brussels- Belgium 27 Seven Management & Planning Tools DOW International Service Centre Antwerp - Belgium 28 MS-WORD Level 2 DOW International Service Centre Antwerp - Belgium 29 COMMUNICATE CHANGE Workshop DOW Benelux Terneuzen - Holland 30 SAP R/2 RM210 SAP Belgium Brussels- Belgium 31 SAP R/3 Computer Based Training DOW International Service Centre Antwerp - Belgium 32 SAP R/3 MM certification course PwC Philadelphia - USA 33 Supply Chain Strategy Diagnostic and Visioning SCM University - Paris 34 ASAP methodology (Ascendant-SAP) PwC Brussels- Belgium 35 Project Management for Executives ESI Belgium Brussels- Belgium 36 Professionalism in Project Management ESI Belgium Brussels- Belgium 37 Negotiation Skills For Project Managers ESI Europe London - U.K.
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