Randall
Harkness
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(502) 228-3104 Cell: (502) 387-3194
Email: reharkness@insightbb.com
SEEKING
Seeking SAP R/3 contract opportunity as an
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) functional consultant: Expert in QM, PP,
PP-PI, PM, MM, WM
PROFILE
Senior SAP Cross Applications Consultant,
Platinum Level, with more than thirteen
(13) years of SAP R/3 experience in Business Blueprint, system design and
configuration in the Quality Management (QM), Production (PP & PP-PI),
Plant Maintenance (PM), and Materials Management (MM) and Warehouse Management
(WM) modules. Outstanding
Architect, possessing expert industry background in Quality, Production, Demand
and Capacity Planning, Materials Management, Plant Maintenance all of which
have provided a solid foundation for SAP systems design, configuration and
integration of Inventory Management, MRP, Facilities Management, Quality
Management and Shop Floor processes.
More than thirty (30) years of manufacturing – discrete, process,
repetitive, lean – coupled with SAP expertise, contribute to ability to make
strategic business recommendations concurrent with the configuration of the SAP
system. Client experience also includes project
management, documentation, requirements analysis, master data requirements,
system interfacing, post implementation support, troubleshooting, and
development and delivery of end-user training.
Dedicated, go-to business professional has excellent interpersonal and
communication skills.
Industry background includes broad Business
Process Re-engineering utilizing integrated business and manufacturing modules
in several manufacturing facilities across
Twenty-four (24) years of ERP experience.
Twelve (12) years in manufacturing management
as foreman, production and inventory control manager, materials manager and
plant superintendent followed by more than twenty-four (24) years of
information technology in various roles ranging from Programmer/Analyst to
Manager of Information Services for
QUALIFICATIONS
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Senior QM, PP-PI, PP, PM, MM & WM
Consultant
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Thirteen (13) + years of SAP
experience in Cross Applications Consulting
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Automotive OEM & Tier 1 Automotive
Supplier industry experience
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Thirty-eight (38) years in discrete,
lean, process & repetitive manufacturing environments with experience in
Automotive, Chemicals and Diversified Foods / Food Processing Industry, Defense,
Aerospace
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Accelerated SAP Implementations &
Upgrades
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Seven (7) + Full Project Lifecycle
Implementations; Two (4) Upgrades
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Career background in Automotive
Materials Management/Handling; Shop Floor Production, Scheduling and Planning;
Plant Maintenance; Inventory Management; Strategic Planning; Supply Chain and
Materials Management & Planning; Quality; and IT Management in various manufacturing
& high volume production environments
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Core SAP R/3 Strengths:
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QM – Quality in Procurement, Quality
in Production, Quality in Sales & Distribution
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PM – Planned/Preventive Maintenance,
Equipment Calibration, Equipment Inspection, UOM, Counter/Performance based
Maintenance, Maintenance Orders, Data Archiving, etc.
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PP / PP-PI – Capacity/Demand Planning,
Demand Management, Recipes/Routings, Control Recipes, Process Instruction
Sheets, Electronic Batch Records, Product Costing, Resources/Work Center, Process/Production
Orders, Shop Floor Monitor, PI Interface to 3rd Party Shop Floor
Control Devices, MRP, S&OP, Order Execution, Scheduling, Backflushing, etc.
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MM – Purchasing, Invoicing, Master
Data, Inventory Management, Batch Management, Material Movements, Availability
Checking, Physical Inventory, Cycle Counting
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DMS – ECM, Document Types, Document
Vaulting/Linking, Change Master, etc.
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WM – configuration, barcode and
wireless, hand-held transactions
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Cross-Applications – Full Integration,
Business Blueprint, BPPs, Unit Testing
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Technical – ABAP Query, Developer’s
Workbench, Managing ABAP Development
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SAP Team Leader and Project Management
experience
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SAP Industry Solutions: IS-Automotive
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Extensive Functional Specifications
Development
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SAP Curriculum Development, Project
Team and End User Training delivery
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Taught
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Specializes in ASAP Methodology,
Gathering Business Requirements, Business Blueprinting (BBP), Gap Analysis,
Course Design, Classroom Training, Documentation, Report Design, Design of
Decision Support Applications, Supervision of ABAP/4 Programming Development,
Data Loading from Legacy systems to SAP, Data Archiving, Query, Developer's
Workbench, Data Browser
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U.S. Citizen
PROFESSIONAL SAP EXPERIENCE
Project:
Mercedes-Benz/Telesto, Tuscaloosa, AL
SAP R/3 4.7
Project Manager WM
(April 2008 – August 2008)
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Provided leadership and guided
project.
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Design included barcode scanner
transactions to perform goods receipts, put away, bin-to-bin material transfers,
system guided stock picking, cycle counting and periodic physicals.
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Used standard Function Modules and
Customer Exits in WMS for scanner transactions.
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Used Kanban
Project:
BKI/NDS, Memphis, TN
SAP R/3 4.7
Consultant SD/MM/PP/WM/QM
(April 2007 – February 2007)
BKI is a spinoff of Procter &
Gamble and was already running on SAP 4.7.
I served as Architect to Facilitate, Blueprint, Configure, Guide
Programmers (including xMII), Train and Support. Provided enhancements and solutions to issues
and business process failures. Some of
the processes I implemented include:
Project:
Rolls-Royce/EDS/K2 Partnering, Indianapolis, IN
SAP R/3 4.7
Consultant QM/PM
(January 2007 – March 2007)
Rolls-Royce Global Convergence Project converted all locations to a single SAP instance with a goal of one global, common set of business processes to enable improved corporate efficiency, data/process-management reporting consistency, and lower costs. This project is considered a giant step in becoming a globally run company with the achievement of customer and shareholder satisfaction.
Microsoft SharePoint was used for collaboration and document management.
Project: Matthews International/Titan Consulting,
SAP R/3 4.6C
Project Manager FI-CO, MM, PP and SD
(February 2006 – December 2006)
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Implemented corporate SAP design,
which included FI-CO, MM, PP and SD at Milso (a newly acquired company).
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Mapped business processes to design.
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Identified legacy data and loaded in
SAP.
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Made adjustments to configuration as
required.
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Delivered Training
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Accomplished implementation on time
and within budget.
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Provided post go-live support.
Project:
SAP R/3 4.6C Consultant QM, PP, PS, MM,
ASAP Methodology
(December 2003 – February 2006)
U.S Army Logistics Modernization Program (LMP) efforts are focused on modernizing the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) at the national level. LMP will provide agile, reliable and responsive services by leveraging best practices and technology that enable AMC to deliver world-class logistics and readiness to the warfighter.
The goal of the modernization effort is to reengineer the current national level logistics business processes, facilitated by SAP, to provide integrated, seamless, flexible information management services in support of the Army's logistics mission. The goal is not to just enhance the current process, but rather to employ creative solutions that best leverage commercial technological advantages; i.e., the modernized services will leverage the advantages of using commercial software with large customer bases. The intent is to achieve a functional architecture capable of meeting immediate business requirements, as well as having the flexibility to accommodate emerging requirements while evolving with the commercial marketplace. This will result in quantifiable improvements in materiel management, weapon systems management, customer service levels, and readiness.
This program is one of the largest SAP implementations undertaken and considered by SAP to be top-5 worldwide in complexity and criticality. In addition to the Modernization component, which focuses on realization of the to-be SAP solution, the program also includes sustainment of the major legacy applications that will be replaced by the modernized solution. Total program staff exceeds 600 resources.
I am working on the Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) Team from Bearing Point/MyITgroup as a SAP QM, PS, PP, MM Functional and Training Consultant.
Assignments
· LMP IBTO Master Production Scheduling (MPS):
o Developed “best practice” course for Maintaining Inventory Accuracy.
o Developed “best practice” course for Maintaining Order Accuracy.
o Delivered training to Tobyhanna Army Depot.
· LMP 2nd Deployment Expert User Program (EUP):
o EUP Lead for QM, PS and PP at Letterkenny Army Depot.
· LMP 2nd Deployment Training Team:
o As Lead, managed and "owned" the training courses for the QM, EHS and HR portion of the LMP training solution.
o Provided daily metrics on course development.
o Configured/Corrected Training System environment.
o Ensured exercises for the solution are complete and functional.
o Wrote training content, which included procedures, job aids, quick references, process flows, simulations, exercises, lesson plans, etc.
o Ensured data requirements were accurate and loaded data in the training client.
o Transferred knowledge to instructors and other project personnel and incorporated their feedback.
o Conducted classroom instruction.
o Adhered to schedule to ensure delivery of course material.
o Provided first line of support to instructors for LMP solution.
o Worked with Curriculum Development Lead to manage scope and modify course material based on feedback from functional teams and government Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
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U.S Army Industrial Base Task Order
(IBTO):
o As
QM Lead, visited and analyzed business processes and procedures at U.S. Army
depot sites at
o Prepared QM blueprint and assisted with MM blueprint using ASAP Methodology for Logistics Modernization Program (LMP).
Project: Visteon/Ernst & Young/Compuware,
SAP R/3 4.6C Consultant MM, PP, SD
(May 2003 – August 2003)
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At Visteon’s new plant in
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Performed analysis, identified the
issues/gaps, prepared an action plan, and designed/delivered training.
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Effected functionality changes in MM,
PP and SD, which included Scheduling Agreements, Inbound Deliveries, Goods
Receipts, Backflushes, Kanban, Repetitive Manufacturing, Transfer Postings,
Physical Inventory, Inventory Management, MRP, Control Cycle Maintenance,
Outbound Deliveries, JIT Monitor, EDI, Product Cost Collectors and BOMs.
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Added three (3) major transactions –
two in PP and one in MM.
Project: Sara Lee Bakeries/R/3 Services,
SAP R/3 4.6C
Team Lead QM, WM
(October 2002 – April 2003)
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Configured and implemented QM in
procurement, Document Management System, quality notifications, results
recording, usage decisions, vendor audits, reporting and evaluations using ASAP
Methodology and international standards defined in the
guidelines on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for the pharmaceutical and
food-processing industries.
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Used QuickTest Professional to load
legacy, master data into SAP and OnDemand to create tutorials and training
documentation.
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Performed analysis and created ABAP/4
program designs.
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Facilitated training classes.
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Assisted reconfiguration of
functionality in Warehouse Management (WM) to support QM.
Project: Degussa and Dopaco/ICM
SAP R/3 4.6C
Consultant QM
(August 2002 – September 2002)
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Provided temporary training assistance
to two clients of ICM America
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Designed and delivered training
courses in QM version 4.6c.
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Delivered an eight-day course at
Dopaco.
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Delivered nine days of QM training at
Degussa in
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Both courses were very successful and
well received.
Project: Century Aluminum/ APAR Infotec,
SAP R/3 4.6C Team Lead PM, PP-PI, QM
(November 2001 – July 2002)
· Evaluated and blueprinted the new Plant Maintenance design.
· Configured and implemented PM.
· Recovered and mapped data from legacy, FoxPro applications to SAP including Functional Locations, Equipment, hierarchies, Bill of Material, Maintenance Plans, Maintenance Orders and Maintenance Plans.
· Created CATT Scripts and programmatically loaded the FoxPro master data into the SAP design.
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Created multi-dimension maintenance strategies.
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Consolidated three plants from an
earlier disjointed implementation in which each department was operating as a
separate plant, into one integrated plant by rearranging all Master Data.
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Configured Production Planning and
Execution (PP-PI), Quality Management (QM), and migrated the data from three
plants into one plant.
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Delivered oral and written
presentations.
Project: Astaris/ComSys,
SAP R/3 4.6C
Team Lead QM, PP-PI, PM, MM, WM, ASAP Methodology
(May 2000 – August 2001)
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Quality Management (QM) Team Lead for
full lifecycle implementation.
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Used international
standards defined in the guidelines on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for
the pharmaceutical and food-processing industries.
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Assumed PP-PI Team Lead role and
provided a smooth transition to the new PP-PI Team Lead. Project included Batch Management, MRP,
Demand Management and master data such as Recipes,
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Utilized Plant Maintenance (PM) for
equipment calibration and equipment inspections.
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The project created one computing
system to merge corporate activities and multiple plants for the new company
formed as a joint venture between FMC and Solutia (spun-off from
Monsanto).
Project: Nokia/IT Services,
SAP R/3 4.5B
Team Lead PP
(January 2000 – March 2000)
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Member of cross-functional team.
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Updated training documentation
preparing for the 4.5b upgrade.