Resume of Nicholas William McFetrich
SUMMARY
Nick is a procurement solution architect with a wealth of functional knowledge and technical skills. Nick has
worked as a consultant on SAP projects since 1998. He has broadened his skillset to include technical
development, team leading, project management, data migration design and execution, cutover planning and
execution, and more recently in depth solution integration with modules such as HR, SD, PS, FI/CO, T&E,
OpenText VIM and Concur. Nick has in depth knowledge of procurement cloud solutions such as Ariba and
Coupa. He has experience managing large teams or projects and engaging with executive stakeholders.
His core functional area is procurement and more specifically Ariba and SAP SRM (Supplier Relationship
Management), which he has been involved with for 15 years. He is also the internal HCL leader of the SAP
procurement capability. For the past 5 years, Nick has led the design and delivery of workstreams consisting of
core procurement processes but which have complex integration points with accounts payable, Ariba, human
capital management, sales, finance and / or assessment product processes.
Nick has presented at 4 public conferences or events, 2 SAP SRM events in 2010, SAPInsider in May 2014
and SAPPHIRE in May 2015. He has excellent written and oral communication skills.
In addition to the project experience outlined below, Nick is HCL’s global P2P SaaS (Ariba and Coupa) lead
and solution expert who also manages the commercial relationship with third party organisations from the UK.
He has been undertaking this role for over 3 years.
SKILLS
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Procurement Transformation (using a benefits-led approach)
Procurement organisation change with IT implementations
Catalogue management strategies for indirect procurement
Strategic sourcing strategy
Shared Service Centre Support Strategy for Procurement Processes
SaaS vs. On-premise solution trends, features and benefits
SAP Procurement and Sourcing Roadmap generation
Process
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Indirect procurement (Req to Pay)
Service Procurement
Plan-Driven Procurement
Strategic Sourcing (RFx and eAuctions)
Supplier Enablement
Supplier Qualification
Supplier Collaboration
Supplier Evaluation
Catalogue and contract management
Invoice entry, exception handling, approval and payment
Planning of complex resource allocation
Travel and Expenses
Recruitment
Ariba Procure-to-Pay and Procure-to-Order (P2P and P2O)
Ariba Sourcing
Ariba Contract Management
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Ariba Procurement Content (APC)
Ariba Network Invoice Entry and Validation
Ariba Supplier Information & Performance Management
Coupa Procure-to-Pay
Coupa Contract and Catalogue Management
Coupa Inventory Management
Technology
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Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Excel
Lotus Notes
Microsoft Word
Quattro Pro
Microsoft Powerpoint
Remedy
Microsoft Project
HCL APSE (Lotus Notes-based Project Methodology Tool)
HP Quality Centre (Testing tool)
SAP
Ariba
Coupa
OpenText Vendor Invoice Management (VIM)
Concur
SAP
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SAP ABAP Development Certification (v 4.0)
SAP Programming in HR Course (v 4.0)
SAP Business to Business Procurement Course (now EBP)
SAP ITS Administration Course
SAP Business Connector Course (v 4.6)
Requisite Catalogue Training Course
CCM Catalogue Training Course
SAP SRM-MDM Training Course
Experience using SAP EBP v20c, EBP v35, SRM 2.0, SRM 4.0, SRM 5.0
and SRM 7.0
Experience using SRM-MDM 2.0 and SRM-MDM 3.0
Knowledge of ALE, BASIS, workflow and Portal
Knowledge of SAP logistics (MM) for purchase requisition, purchase order
and contract processing
SAP Business Object and BRF Workflow configuration and development
experience
Knowledge of SAP HCM PA / PD
Knowledge of SAP Travel and Expenses (T&E)
Knowledge of SAP Learning Solutions (LSO)
Knowledge of e-Recruitment
Knowledge of SD sales order processing
Knowledge of SAP Multi-Resource Scheduling (MRS)
Knowledge of OpenText VIM 7.0 Process and Configuration
Knowledge of Ariba P2O 12s2 +
Knowledge of Ariba SIM 12s2
Knowledge of Ariba Network 13s +
OpenText Vendor Invoice Management (VIM)
People
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Management of small and large teams
Procurement practise management
Motivation / team work skills
Executive engagement and stakeholder management at all levels
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
Languages
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Fluent English
Basic French
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Selected Project Experience
Company
Leo Pharma
Duration
January 2017 – ongoing
Position
SAP SRM Consultant, VIM Solution Architect and Concur Advisory Lead
Responsibilities
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Functional design of SRM enhancements for a global rollout of SRM
Unit testing and defect resolution of SRM testing
Configuration and setup of various SRM environments for global rollout test phases
Formal review of the OpenText VIM solution, issues and defects
Proposal for new approaches to achieve a successful delivery of VIM
Review of the Concur plan, approach and scope, advising of possible amendments, risks and
issues
Company
Royal Mail Group
Duration
November 2016 – ongoing
Position
OpenText Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) and Ariba Pre-Sales Solution
Architect
Responsibilities
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Recommending solution scope for a new VIM project, and advising of Ariba P2P updates or
changes which would benefit accounts payable
Writing a detailed proposal of the project including details of the solution scope, resource and plan
Provide recommendations on project team structure and hierarchy for all stakeholders (the
business, HCL and Ariba)
Advising on what processes or features are best practise for SAP P2P customers
Assisting on the business case and identification of value levers
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Company
Somerset County Council
Duration
September 2016 – November 2017
Position
Lead SRM Carve-Out Consultant / SME
Background
Somerset County Council is a local authority in the UK. They had shared a SAP system with other local
organisations as part of a joint venture, and subsequently wanted their own environment. The project goal
was to separate out the Somerset County Council data into a new SAP environment
Responsibilities
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Review and QA of the existing carve-out functional design and logic for SRM and SRM-MDM
catalogue
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Recommending changes to the SRM carve-out logic
Drafting and getting agreement for the new c arve-out approach
Leading a 3rd party on the carve-out technical changes required for SRM
Testing the carve-out and resolving carve-out defects
Creating hand over documents to others to manage SRM and SRM-MDM carve out
Deliverables
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SRM-MDM carve-out strategy and step-by-step ‘how to’ document
SRM carve-out strategy and step-by-step ‘how to’ document
Successful delivery of SRM and SRM-MDM carve-out into new SAP environments
Company
Vestas
Duration
June 2015 – September 2016
Position
Source-to-Pay Solution Architect / eProcurement Project Solution Architect
Background
Vestas Wind Systems A/S is a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines. It is
the largest manufacturer of wind turbines in the world.
Responsibilities
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Solution Architect for the Global Sourcing Business, reporting to the Global Sourcing IT Business
Partner
o Producing a roadmap for Global Sourcing IT systems in a 1-3 year period
o Providing high level plans, resource profiles, resource costs and benefits for each IT
initiative
o Engaging with senior executives on the roadmap and solution possibilities
Solution Architect and HCL team lead on the eProcurement project
o Responsible for the high level design of the Ariba APC, P2O, Ariba Network solutions
with SAP ECC integration
o Leading a team of 10+ HCL and Vestas on solution, managing and resolving solution and
project issues
o Reporting of issues, risks and assumptions to steering group / project management
o Creation and alignment of presentations on next steps, issues and options for
presentation at steering group
o Designing and QA of the integration for Ariba P2O with SAP ECC using SAP CI6
integration technology
o Planning for all phases of the project
Deliverables
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Global Sourcing IT roadmap (over a 3 year period)
Budget preparation for each IT initiative in roadmap
Solution benefits, inputs to business case for each IT initiative in the roadmap
Solution Design (High Level Design document) for Ariba APC, P2O, Ariba Network and integration
to SAP ECC
Functional specifications and resource planning for the integration
Testing of the solutions
Test management of the solutions
Cutover planning QA
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Company
Transport for London (TfL)
Duration
October 2014 – June 2015
Position
Source to Pay Business Transformation Lead
Background
Transport for London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for most aspects of the transport
system in Greater London in England. Its role is to implement the transport strategy and to manage
transport services across London
Responsibilities
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Business engagement with the TfL business units, identifying opportunities that are aligned with
the business unit and wider organisation’s value based objectives and ambitions, focusing on
operating in better, simpler and cost efficient ways
Identify and evaluate the costs and benefits associated with those opportunities
Establish and build relationships with senior business leaders to enable identification of strategic
objectives, benefits and the business transformation roadmap
Use knowledge of latest technologies to suggest opportunities for business transformation projects
Provide technical SME input to programmes that integrate to or plan to integrate to systems and
ensure that data and process standards are maintained
Prepare Transformation Propositions, Transformation Roadmaps, High-Level Process Models and
High-level Impact Assessments to articulate the opportunities to stakeholders within the impacted
Business Units
Identify appropriate solutions and technologies that will underpin and enable realisation of the
identified target benefits
Deliverables
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Develop plans and business cases to support transformational changes and process improvement
opportunities
Develop detailed user requirements for opportunities and ongoing initiatives where required
Develop and report on deliverable and milestone plans and associated risks and issues
Complete progress reports and attend progress and team meetings as requested
Company
G4S
Duration
June 2013 – October 2014 (1 year and 4 months)
Position
Procure-to-Pay Workstream Lead
Background
G4S is the leading global integrated security company specialising in the provision of security products,
services and solutions. The group is active in more than 120 countries, and is the largest employer
quoted on the London Stock Exchange with more than 618,000 employees
Responsibilities
HCL lead for SAP procurement and Ariba process scope and integration design, build and test.
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Blueprint workshop planning and running for integrated solution requiring MM, IM, AP, OpenText
VIM, Ariba and HCM and portal components
Own the integrated solution between SAP and Ariba and jointly own the OpenText VIM integration
Manage HCL team members working on all areas of the solution
Planning for all project phases across SAP modules and provide assistance to OpenText
Purchase Requisition workflow design and test with the HR organisation structure
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Data migration design and test for migrated PO’s and vendors
Ariba data synchronisation program design and test
Ariba purchase order, goods receipt and Ariba network invoice interface design input, review and
setup knowledge
Deliverables
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Informal procurement solution evaluation assessment between SRM and Ariba
Blueprint deliverables:
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Blueprint process design documentation (PDDs) for vendor master and master data
integration
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Review, contribute and sign-off all other P2P design documents (PDDs)
Realisation deliverables:
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Business Functional Specifications (BFSs)
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Configuration documentation per process area
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Unit test documentation
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System Test scripts and execution plan
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Integration Test scripts and execution plan
Commercial deliverables:
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Work order content and estimates, plan
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Change request documents with change details, estimates and plan
Company
Cambridge Assessment
Duration
October 2011 – May 2013
Position
Assessment Service Provider (ASP) Workstream Lead
Background
Cambridge Assessment owns and manages Cambridge University’s three exam boards and carries out
leading-edge and operational research on assessment in education. They are a not-for-profit
organization.
Cambridge Assessment relies on external people to write, review, mark and manage marking of
assessments which CA sell to schools or individuals. These people are also required to moderate results,
and provide training or consulting to staff at schools / assessment centres. These external people are
called ‘Assessment Service Providers’ and this has been abbreviated to ‘ASPs’. They are intellectuals
who usually have teaching / academic day jobs at schools or universities, are not employees of CA, but
CA need to hold ‘employee’ information such as availability, eligibility for work and preferences. Each task
offered requires the ASP to accept prior to being carried out.
Responsibilities
Internal HCL lead for SAP procurement and human capital process scope, design and build.
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Blueprint workshop planning and running for integrated solution requiring MM, SRM, SUS, HCM
and portal components
Own the integrated solution (involving procurement, finance, human capital management, sales
and assessment product processes)
Manage team members working on all areas of the solution
Planning for all project phases across SAP modules
Functional configuration of SRM, SUS and MM modules
Troubleshooting of SRM, SUS, MDM catalogue and SRM BRF workflow
Data migration design and test
ASP creation, amendment and deletion process design
Designed approximately 25 SRM and ECC enhancements
Deliverables
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All of the following have been delivered for signed-off
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Blueprint deliverables:
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Blueprint process design documentation (PDDs)
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Product blueprint design confirmation documentation (DCDs)
Realisation deliverables:
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Business Functional Specifications (BFSs)
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Configuration documentation per process area
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Unit test documentation
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Test scripts
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Integration test scripts
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Cutover plan
Proof of concept deliverables:
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Configuration documentation
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How-to-guides
Commercial deliverables:
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Work order content and estimates, plan
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Change request documents with change details, estimates and plan
Company
BizAps (became WNS in early 2011)
Duration
January 2010 – September 2011
Position
SRM Support and SRM Sales / Pre-Sales Leas / SRM Design Lead / SRM Lead
for SRM 7.0 Upgrade / SRM Troubleshooter / SRM Technical Consultant
Responsibilities
SRM Support and SRM Sales / Pre-Sales Lead (April 2011 – September 2011)
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Functional and technical SRM support for 2 live SRM systems
Create and formalise SRM RFI / RFP responses
SRM 7.0 demos and consulting to prospective customers
Design, build, unit test and document SRM 7.0 packaged offering (containing config switches to
switch on or off functionality)
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Created and distributed SRM pdf collateral to prospects or customers considering an SRM
deployment
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Prepared and executed 3 webinars on SRM functionality and business benefits
SRM Design Lead for B&Q (January 2011 – April 2011)
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Prepare for SRM and MDM catalogue blueprint workshops for procure to pay process for goods
not for resale
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Run blueprint workshops
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Document and distribute minutes from workshops
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Design SRM and R/3 enhancements
SRM Lead for SRM 7.0 Upgrade at McLaren (June 2010 – January 2011)
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Design and plan a 2-step upgrade from SRM 5.0 to SRM 7.0
Carry out all SRM 7.0 configuration updates
Carry out and test all SRM 7.0 technical enhancements including POWL changes and BRF
workflow
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Plan all tasks for SRM 7.0 cutover
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Troubleshoot live SRM 5.0 and SRM 7.0 issues
SRM Troubleshooter for SRM 7.0 at Newcastle University (October 2010 – June 2011)
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Advise as to best practise SRM processes
Setup and unit test BRF workflow
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Troubleshoot technical issues as and when needed
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Setup new SRM environments and document steps involved
SRM Technical Consultant for SRM 5.0 at Sony (March 2010 – January 2011)
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Advise as to best practise SRM processes
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Prepare for, run and document outcomes and actions from blueprint workshops
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Configure initial SRM development system
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Provide functional specifications for data load programs
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Provide document templates for data load programs
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Configure, unit test and train users for the MDM catalogue load and update processes
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Unit test data load programs
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Build, document and unit test many SRM enhancements
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Build, document and unit test SRM item-based shopping cart BADI approval workflow
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Build, document and unit test SRM purchase order BADI approval workflow
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Cutover planning for SRM 5.0
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Troubleshoot technical issues as and when needed
Various pre-sales events and demos on SRM 7.0 and SRM-MDM 3.0 features (January 2010 – present)
Ran an SRM 7.0 event in Manchester in March 2010 for 20 customers
Ran an SRM 7.0 event at SAP UK (Feltham) in January 2010 for 60 customers (and involving SAP UK
pre-sales)
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Prepare and update slide deck for presentation of key features of SRM 7.0
Present the slides to the 70 attendees and run online demos of new SRM 7.0 functionality (including
MDM catalogue changes)
Advise as to best practise SRM processes
Follow-up on pre-sales possibilities
Company
HCL
Duration
January 2007 – December 2009
Position
Managing Consultant (SRM)
Responsibilities
Strategic Sourcing and Catalogue Management for Thames Water (October 2008 – December 2009)
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Coach junior team members and stand-in team lead
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Testing manager for procurement project
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Design and implement many SRM enhancements, gaining business buy-in
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Configuration, test and document SRM strategic sourcing, MDM catalogue and live auction cockpit
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Technical problem resolver
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Design of contract and catalogue data migration
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Design of a catalogue adoption strategy
SRM Lead for First Group (April 2008 – October 2008)
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Team leading of 7 team members
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Project, change, cutover and testing manager for procurement project
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Design and implement all SRM enhancements
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Configuration of entire SRM system
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Design of and execution of all data migration
SRM Lead for Northern Rail (June 2007 – April 2008)
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Team leading 4 team members
Stand-in project manager
Lead design for blueprint
Design and implement all SRM enhancements (including workflow)
Manage catalogue design and build
Manage and lead testing, change and cutover activities in workstream
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Configuration of entire SRM system
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Design of and execution of all data migration
SRM Lead for NPIA (January 2007 – June 2007)
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Team leading one other team member
Upgrade of SRM to SRM 3.0
Design and re-implement SRM enhancements
Manage and lead testing activities in procurement workstream
Plan, design and carry out PO migration during cutover
Configuration of entire SRM system
Company
NMC Consulting Ltd (Director and Principal shareholder)
Duration
September 2003 – December 2006
Position
SRM Functional and Technical Contractor
Responsibilities
SRM Technical Lead for T-Mobile (November 2005 – December 2006)
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Setup of SRM systems after install
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Design and implementation of all SRM enhancements for an upgrade from EBP 20C to SRM 5.0
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Planning, managing and execution of the cutover to the live system
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Analysing all potential change requests for possibility to include during upgrade
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Configuration of most of the SRM system
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Support of the live system
SAP Support Consultant for LogicaCMG (August 2005 – November 2005)
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Support of multiple EBP and Requisite Catalogue systems (including MM where knowledge
permitted)
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Carrying out problem prioritisation and problem solving and providing multiple options to solve
system problems where necessary
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Analysing, estimating and implementing changes to EBP systems when required
SAP EBP Consultant for Transport for London (TfL) (November 2004 – July 2005)
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Supporting the EBP 35 system and requisite catalogue systems for TfL for 3 months
Analysis and design of shopper front-end, confirmation (goods receipt), shopping cart approval
areas of the upgrade to EBP v50
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Development of two functional specifications for the EBP upgrade from v35 to v50
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Baseline configuration of the new EBP v50 system for TfL (classic scenario) including configuration
guide
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Workflow approval process and testing lead
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Assisting in the development and testing of the new ‘Sourcing Cockpit’ tool for TfL
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Management of team members, reporting to project managers during absence of technical team
lead.
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One month of post go-live support (main contact on site)
SAP EBP Support Consultant for B&Q (September 2004 – October 2004)
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Developing material for the Blueprint of the initial phase of the project to use EBP in the classic
scenario. This involved meeting business representatives and discussing EBP system functionality
and business requirements to formulate an agreed approach
SAP EBP Consultant for the Medical Research Council (September 2003 – May 2004)
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Developing material for the Blueprint of the initial phase of the project to use EBP in the classic
scenario. This involved meeting business representatives and discussing EBP system functionality
and business requirements to formulate an agreed approach
Holding meetings to presenting system functionality to the business representatives and
developing action points for resolution
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Holding meetings to discuss master data needed and issues foreseen to the site representatives
gathering the master data
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Carrying out the customising needed to implement the classic scenario for a single backend
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Development of all the specifications for amendments required
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Development of most of the ABAP programs required for amendments mentioned above
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System demonstration with handouts to the key stakeholders of the client
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Assisting in the process definition, by providing examples of how EBP can handle certain tasks,
and when custom work would be needed
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Training the client representatives in all aspects of the EBP system
SAP EBP Support Consultant for LogicaCMG (responsible for the support of multiple EBP systems)
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September 2003 (2 week period for holiday cover)
Identifying resolutions to EBP issues raised in multiple EBP systems deployed in different scenarios
Implementing the resolutions to issues
Liaising with clients concerning issues and their resolutions
Company
PricewaterhouseCoopers / PwC Consulting / IBM
Duration
August 1998 – August 2003
Position
SAP EBP Consultant / SAP ABAP & SAP ALE Developer & Team Lead
Responsibilities
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SAP EBP Consultant for Philips (Netherlands) (November 2002 – August 2003)
SAP EBP Consultant for T-Mobile (October 2001 – September 2002)
SAP EBP Consultant for United Utilities (June 2001 – September 2001)
Installation & Basis team leader for the SAP eProcurement (EBP) initiative for MOL (Hungarian
National Oil Company) (January 2001 – June 2001)
SAP ABAP and SAP ALE developer and team lead (December 1998 – January 2001)
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Date
Company Name
Role
Oct 11 – present
HCL
SRM Subject Matter Expert / Solution Manager /
Solution Architect / EMEA Procurement Capability
Lead
Jan 10 – Sep 11
BizAps (now WNS)
SRM Principal Consultant
Jan 07 – Dec 09
HCL
Managing Consultant (SRM)
Sep 03 – Dec 06
NMC Consulting Ltd (Director
and Principal shareholder)
SRM Functional and Technical Contractor
Aug 98 – Aug 03
PricewaterhouseCoopers
PwC Consulting / IBM
SAP EBP Consultant / SAP ABAP & SAP ALE
Developer & Team Lead
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