Desire a contract opportunity as a SAP R/3 QM Team Lead / Functional Consultant.

Over eight years of ERP experience with SAP in Quality Management (QM) in the Petrochemical, Food Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries.  I have successfully performed all required duties as a functional QM resource as well as QM Team Lead for various primary vendors as mentioned below.

SAP Experience consists of internal and contract consulting and support of SAP QM.  Implementation of 3.0C with an upgrade to 3.1I, full cycle implementation of 4.6C and 4.7, implementation of QM for existing 4.6B and 4.6C installations.  Hands-on experience in blueprinting, QM configuration for QM in the process industry and repetitive manufacturing, QM in procurement, production, and sales & distribution.  I successfully implemented several functions including quality planning, quality inspection, sampling, quality certificates, and quality notifications. I have experience in the interfacing of StarLIMS with the QM module.  I have experience in legacy data organization and transfer, CATT scripts, organizing and creating QM master data, writing and presentation of training documentation and post implementation support.  Experience in integration points of other functional areas including BM/MM, SD, IM/WM, and PP.

I have successfully completed training through SAP Educational Services for the following courses: LO705 Quality Inspection (3 days), LO710 Quality Notification (3 days), LO721 QM in the Process Industry (3 days), LO725 QM in SD / Quality Certificates (2 days).

Business experience includes 8 yrs of QM leadership responsibilities with process manufacturing and quality assurance management assignments.  Four years CPG LIMS laboratory database administrator.

12/2004 – 5/2006                               Shire Pharmaceuticals                                 Baltimore, MD / Chesterbrook, PA

SAP QM Team Lead

I was contracted as the QM Team Lead for this project that was managed and implemented by IBM Business Consulting Services.  As the QM Team Lead, I organized and lead the QM team through blueprinting, realization, testing/validation, cutover and go-live activities.  Among the tasks that I completed were process analysis and mapping, configuration, final testing, QM documentation and validation.  The QM processes included sampling using WM, inspection and digital signatures.  Quality Notifications were designed for use in product and customer complaints, vendor audit recording and Quality Info records for vendor control.

Final cutover activities included static data validation and loading.  I lead the post cutover support of quality planning, inspections utilizing sample drawing procedures for physical samples, and enhanced quality notifications using workflow.

5/2004 – 8/2004                                 Celanese, Acetate Division                                                                 Dallas, TX

SAP QM Consultant (Contractor)

I successfully configured the QM system in a SAP 4.7 environment.  I was responsible for the configuration of output and profile determinations, and implementation of certificates of analysis.  I created CATT scripts to successfully load all output determination and profile determination records.  I gathered requirements and created functional requirement documents for certificate enhancements and quality data file interfaces.

I completed my assignment with post-implementation support, trouble shooting and the completed documentation of all configuration, transports and enhancements that I performed.

11/2002 – 4/2004                   Wyeth Pharmaceuticals           Rouses Point, NY / Phila., PA / Carolina, Puerto Rico

SAP QM Consultant (Contractor)

Full implementation of SAP 4.6C in the Wyeth, Rouses Point and Carolina, Puerto Rico manufacturing facilities.  I was contracted through SAP America to assist in legacy data organization and to successfully implement the QM module with quality planning, inspections, digital signatures, audit trails, and batch status management.  Performed post implementation support.

Additional experience from assisting other functional areas in terms of integration points for MM/IM, WM, PP and specialized reporting functions for inventory and quality release controls.  QM sampling using general WM transactions. 

Additionally, I worked as a member of the training development team successfully developing and delivering the core QM training curriculum. 

2/2002 – 8/2002                     Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPC)                           Houston, TX

SAP QM Consultant (Contractor)

I worked with CGEY to install QM in an existing SAP 4.6b installation.  The legacy LIMS system was retained.  I successfully implement the QM module for transfer of quality data from LIMS to SAP and to control inventory for distribution according to manufacturing and customer specifications using batch determination. 

I successfully implemented the QM module and developed a custom interface for the non-certified StarLIMS system. 

I set up the QM configuration, developed the certificate forms specifications to consolidate over 40 legacy forms, participated as a team member for data extraction, clean-up, and loading.  Wrote and used CATT scripts for some legacy master data.  I wrote and presented training documents for the QM functions.

I have exposure and some experience in cross-over functions such as SD and MM in terms of customer specifications (batch search strategy), custom reports, reason codes for material movements, and customer groups.

8/2001 – 2/2002                     Astaris                                                                      Lawrence, KS

SAP 4.6C Central Support (QM)

Functioned as the SAP Application Specialist QM/ADC for Astaris LLC.  Astaris is a chemical manufacturer and uses SAP for a Process Industry.  I was assigned the role of QM primary support for the Astaris enterprise.  My duties were focused on issue resolution from post go-live and phase 2 enhancements. 

Post go-live support included monitoring and resolving issues.  Internal consulting for design issues and extensive troubleshooting of master data, using all available resources such as programming, basis and functional teams as well as the SAP Solution Manager. 

Phase 2 enhancements included improved inspection plan design for specific process requirements, initiating and follow up of requested programming, long term inspection and incorporating plant maintenance for calibration inspection.

6/2000 – 8/2001                                       Astaris                                                                                                                   Lawrence, KS

SAP 4.6C Implementation Project

Approximately half of the company was using SAP 3.1I and the other half was using a proprietary package.  The implementation was approached as a new install of SAP 4.6C. 

As an Astaris employee I was appointed to the role of PTM (Process Team Member) for the QM (Quality Management) module, to work full time on the implementation of the SAP 4.6C project.  This was the company wide lead role for the QM module.

I successfully unified diverse plants, work cultures and quality measurements in developing a workable SAP solution.  Organizing and facilitating weekly teleconferences, periodic presentations and end user training were among my duties.  As the PTM, it was my responsibility to engage the participation and support of the Astaris laboratory personnel across the enterprise. 

My training and experience include:

QM training through SAP Educational Services. 

Using ASAP methodology, I gathered data from the various sites for blueprinting the design of the final product.  In turn I created FDS (Functional Design Specifications), wrote BPP (Business Process Procedures), prepared functional testing scenarios and took the lead in developing and writing the QM training documentation.

I performed the standard and custom configuration in SAP QM.  I executed configuration troubleshooting as necessary in preparation for module and integration testing. 

I developed the master data for module and integration testing.

Worked closely with the data team to extract data from incompatible legacy systems into an Excel format. Lead the plants in cleaning and modifying the master data in preparation for the data load into the production system.  I successfully met the challenges presented by the various QM groups in addressing the data with their limited resources and some negativity. 

Conducted onsite training for end users with various backgrounds in computer literacy.

2/1997 – 6/2000                     FMC                                                                          Lawrence, KS

SAP 3.0C / 3.1I QM Support (As Lab Coordinator)

As primary SAP QM support for the Lawrence facility, I maintained all QM master data.  Worked closely with the central support team in the Philadelphia location to resolve master data and basic design issues of our system. 

I handled all of the QM training for the site for existing employees and all newly hired during this time frame.  I developed additional training documents to facilitate the training of the newly hired. 

I received a great deal of exposure to cross-functional areas such as Shipping and Distribution (SD), Plant Maintenance (PM) and Inventory Management (IM). 

In 1998 I tested the QM master data and configuration for the upgrade project from version 3.0C to 3.1I.

11/1995 – 1/1997                   FMC                                                                          Lawrence, KS

SAP 3.0C QM Implementation Team (As Lab Coordinator)

For my first full implementation of SAP, I was appointed to the role of the Lawrence site QM lead.  My experience was quite vast.  As a member of the QM team, my responsibilities were:

 To catalogue the Lawrence quality systems in preparation for blueprinting.

 I handled the entire QM data scrubbing for the Lawrence facility.

On hands training for master data creation and integration.

Created all of the necessary master data that was not part of the data load.

Attended outsourced train the trainer program (3 days).

Assisted in development of the training documentation.

I was the sole QM trainer for the Lawrence facility.

I traveled to two other FMC sites, (Green River WY. And Carteret NJ.), on multiple occasions to aid in their training and process troubleshooting.

I was part of the post go-live issues resolution team for issues regarding Certificates of Analysis and master data.

1993 - Present                       FMC/Astaris                                                            Lawrence, KS

Technical Specialist / Laboratory Coordinator

Created CofA’s and maintained Lawrence master data through CPG LIMS.

Customer interaction including customer inquiries and customer complaints.

Played a major role in creating, organizing and maintaining Laboratory ISO 9002 documents.

Performed scheduling and day-to-day work assignments for lab technicians.

Eight-month assignment as Acting Chief Chemist.

Implementation of SAP QM module for FMC Lawrence.

Eight-month assignment as production Team Leader.

Awards received: Excel Award and Quarterly Excel Award for Acting Chief Chemist, Excel Award for SAP implementation.

1986 - 1992                             FMC                                                                          Lawrence, KS

Laboratory Technician

Performed quality assurance analysis of product.

Maintained accurate record of data in various formats.

1975 – 1976                            Brigham Young Univ.                                                   Provo, UT

1976 - 1979                             Oklahoma State Univ.                                             Stillwater, OK

Recently                                Haskell Univ.                                                            Lawrence, KS                                                                    AmeriComp                                                                  Topeka, KS

More recent study to update and enhance chemistry skills.  Successfully completed Networking and Operating Windows 2000 Professional and Server as part of the MCSE Win 2000 certification program. 

1976 – 1978                            Italy

Two years in Naples and Rome as a representative for a charitable organization.  Fluent in Italian.

Biking, running, dancing, camping, fishing, golf and technology toys.

Available upon request.