Marius Lehmann, SAP Certified Consultant, Tester and Training specialist

RANGE OF EXPERIENCE

1.        Marius Lehmann’s business skills include Extensive Training and Training Course Development in both educational and business environments for adults and children, ERP Re-engineering, SAP business consulting, configuration and implementation, Accelerated SAP methodology (ASAP) training and implementation, SAP upgrade review, SAP Data Governance, ERP Security and Controls, specializing in SAP Logistics, Role Based Access Control advisor, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliancy consultant, Web analysis and design, Web optimization, Customer support.

2.        Industry experience includes the Consumer industry, Public Sector - Education and training, Food and beverages, Marketing, Insurance, Aerospace and Agriculture.

3.        Mr. Lehmann has over 20 years of business and IT experience. He has successfully executed projects as an employee for 2 of the big four finance and Consulting companies as well as an  independent consultant in areas such as

a.       ERP(SAP) and IT Skills: Functional consultant – SAP implementation advisor, SAP Data Governance, Configuration in SD (Certified), specializing in condition techniques (pricing) and order management and MM. Cross functional customizing in MM and FI/CO. Project coordination, Accelerated SAP Methodology (Certified), Training course development and delivery SAP environment, using MS Office, HTML and intranet online methodology, Web page development with MS FrontPage and publishing.

b.       Sarbanes-Oxley section 404: Sarbanes-Oxley compliancy requirements consultation including manual and automated control analysis, project training and presentations, SAP controls and security analysis, process documentation and significant control matrix analysis including determination of financial assertions, control gap analysis and remediation recommendations and testing of controls

 

PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS HISTORY

October 2004 – Current, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Position: Senior Associate 


 

September 2001 – September 2004, Brightman USA 

Position: Manager, Business Analyst

 

January 2001 - August 2001, Deloitte Consulting USA  

Position: Senior Consultant  

 

August 1999 – December 2000, DD Synergy

Position: Senior Consultant  

 

Sept 1997 - July 1999, Peak Performance Consulting, Germany

Position: Owner – Business Consultant

 

February 1997 - September 1997, Rosbach Consulting Team Limburg

Position: Business Consultant

 

1989 - 1996 Johannesburg Tutorial College Johannesburg, Gauteng

College Managing Director, founder and principal.  

 

1987 - 1988 S.E. College Johannesburg, Transvaal

High School Principal.

 

1983 - 1986 Studywell College Johannesburg, Transvaal

High School teacher

 

1982 - 1982 S. A. Fire protection services Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa

Sales & Training Manager 

 

1979 – 1981 Transvaal Education Department Kriel, Transvaal, South Africa

Middle School teacher  

 

DETAILED ROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

October 2004 – Current, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 

Client: Software developers

Role:  SAP Upgrade advisor 4.6D to ECC (ERP Central Component)

Detailed review and analysis of an upgrade implementation project before going live. Determined high level key risks for possible delays or failure to deploy. Areas of review included:

·         Interviews with project team sponsors, leads and members to evaluate effectiveness of implementation and lessons learned for use in 2nd and 3rd cycles.

·         Project plan, timelines, responsibilities, milestones, documentation

·         Project executive documentation including project charter, policies, procedures and instructions, test plan, test scripts and instructions, training plan and documentation.

·         IT change management

·         Issue resolution

Client: Consumer products

Role:  SAP Data Governance Lead

·         Developing principle documentation for Data Governance

·         Consolidate rules for data governance for Materials, Customers, Vendors and Pricing.

·         Verify agreement across all work streams

·         Allow for management of rule changes

·         Prepare client deliverables according to the project scope

Client: Information Technology Industry

Role:  SAP Security and Controls Training and Testing

·         Planning and preparing training and test work programs and test documentation

·         Training Internal Audit group on key control setting in SAP configuration for audit review.

·         Testing of Sarbanes-Oxley 404  Controls:

o        SAP reports

o        Segregation of Duty  Mitigation

o        Access Controls

·         Review and QA of SAP configurable controls testing for

o        Order to Cash including pricing conditions

o        Purchase to Pay

o        Year end Close

o        Fixed Assets Management

Client: Communications Industry

Role:  SAP Controls Testing

·         Planning and preparing test work programs and test documentation

·         Testing of  Sarbanes-Oxley 404  Controls for:

o        Asset management

o        Order to cash

Client: Beverage and food Industry

Role:  Team lead -Training

·         SAP training project management

·         Preparing training documentation for internal audit needs for automated and manual key controls for SAP modules SD, MM, CRM, HR, SM, FI/CO, AM and IM

·         Delivering training for SD (Order to Cash), FI and HR

Client: Insurance

Role:  Consultant - Security

·         Preparing a roll-out template for Role Based Access Control across all business areas and IT platforms

·         Presenting phased methodology deliverables to the client

·         Consulting with the client on developing and improving a pilot RBAC installation

Client: Industry for Apparel & Foot-ware Solutions SAP

Role:  Team lead order to cash SAP configurable controls testing

·         Interviewing the client to determine the business processes and identifying significant controls mainly for order to cash processes in SAP

·         Preparing Work Programs and testing documentation for configurable controls.

·         Testing the controls in SAP for deficiencies and weaknesses

·         Identifying Control deficiencies for system controls (SAP) and recommending remediation steps.

·         Project management activities and administration.

Client: Internet Service Provider

Role:  Testing the SAP security access control

·         Preparing Work Programs for testing of  SAP security access controls.

·         Testing  security access in SAP

·         Preparing testing reports

·         Project management activities and administration.

Client: Battery and Power supply industry

Role:  Manage the SAP security remediation process

·         Manage and coordinate a client team based in Germany and US-based PwC subject matter experts so that the client meets a foreign filer 404 deadline.

·         Responsibilities included recommendations and analysis of security access control  for users including access to sensitive transactions and segregation of duties across various processes and functions

·         Recommending remediation procedures for addressing security weaknesses.

·         Ensured that objectives where met managing resources across cultural barriers, varying levels of competencies on the client side and time differences

·         Project management activities and administration.

Client: Paper and consumables Industry

Role:  Sarbanes-Oxley compliance training

·         Preparing Training materials and client specific work scenarios for training

·         Delivering training on SAP controls for Sarbanes-Oxley Compliancy specifically for Sales and Distribution

Client: Mobile communications Industry

Role:  Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 Project Documentation team lead

·         Interviewing the client to determine the business processes and identifying significant controls

·         Preparing Control Documentation for automated and manual controls, including process narratives, process flow charts and control matrices.

·         Identifying Control deficiencies for system controls (SAP) and recommending remediation steps.

·         Project management activities and administration.

Client: Fast Food Franchise industry

Role:  Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 Project team lead

·         Interviewing the client to determine the business processes and identifying significant controls mainly for Purchase to Pay and Human Resources

·         Preparing Control Documentation for automated and manual controls, including process narratives, process flow charts and control matrices.

·         Identifying Control deficiencies for system controls (SAP) and recommending remediation steps.

·         Project management activities and administration.

Client: IT industry

Role:  Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 Project team lead and trainer

·         Evaluating business processes for financial assertions to identify key controls on a key control matrix.

·         Preparing gap logs for remediation. Resolution to SOA relevant C-Process classified as:

o        SAP Configurable

o        SAP Security

o        IT other than SAP

o        Manual

·         Preparing a training plan for all user and super user levels and managing training execution.

·         Assisting with final QA for remediation gap logs and follow-up on push back from BPO’s and Auditors (E&Y)

·         Preparing and managing a remediation control sheet. The document is used as the standard control instruction for all remediation activities and is updated for future lessons learned enhancements.

·         Assisting with determination of time plan and deadlines for gap resolution for all escalation phases.

·         QA workshops with the director of internal audit and the External Auditors.

·         SAP Security: Where excessive segregation of duty conflicts are unavoidable due to staffing constraints, identify & document mitigating controls.

·         Unit and UAT testing - OTC roles

·         Where resolutions to SOA relevant C-Process were classified as SAP Configurable, organize workshops with Citrix IT/BPO's to finalize approach to design the controls

·         Develop custom transactions

·         Project Management Activities & Administration

 

 


September 2001 – September 2004, Brightman USA 

Position: Manager, Business Analyst

Client: PricewaterhouseCoopers Atlanta, USA

Role:  Senior Consultant, Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 Project

·         SAP controls and security analysis

·         Process documentation and significant control matrix analysis including determination of financial assertions

·         Control gap analysis and remediation recommendations

·         controls testing and remediation recommendations.

Client: JTM Logistics Atlanta, USA

Role:  Project Manager, implementation and training consultant

New business venture – Transportation Industry. Web development, design and marketing 

·         Web design

·         Web development

·         Web publishing, maintenance and hosting

·         Web optimization

·         Organizational design

·         Business management

Client: Unilever (Lever Faberge’), DACG : Europe -Germany

Role:  Training Consultant (SAP v4.6x)

Super user and user training for Logistics, MM, QM and SD

Project language, German 

·         Transport orders

·         Shipment

·         Goods movement

·         Quality Control

·         Inventory

·         Pre and post production support

Client: Scientific Atlanta, Barconet : USA and Europe

Role:  Senior Training Consultant (SAP v4.6x)

Customer support and training

Project language, English 

·         Training of Super users and users in Order to cash processes

·         Configuration in IMG

·         Pre and post production support


Client: BP Amoco Chemicals: USA and Europe –

Role:  Commercial Training lead (SAP v4.6x)

Course development and training for super users and users including: 

Project language, English 

·         Order to Cash Overview

·         Sales order processing

·         Invoicing

·         Exchange orders

·         Freight contract management

·         Foreign Trade

·         Deliveries

·         Shipment processing

·         Return orders/deliveries

·         Third Party Orders

·         Pricing

·         Rebates and Taxes

 January 2001 - August 2001, Deloitte Consulting USA  

Position: Senior Consultant  

Client: AVAYA New Jersey

Role: Functional and Technical analyst (SAP v4.6x)

Project language, English 

Defining field mapping for data migration from (SAP V4.6B) to legacy software for Billing documents. Analyzing and extraction of relevant data fields form conditions in pricing procedures

  Client: World Kitchen International

Role: Functional and Technical analyst (SAP v4.6x)

·         Project language, English 

·         Master Data integrity checking (SAP V4.6D)

·         Contract Management.

January 2000 - Dec 2000 , DD Synergy USA

Client: Delphi Automotive, Detroit U.S.A.

Role: Training Courseware Developer (SAP v4.6x)

Project language, English

  SAP SD pricing and Order to Cash Training Courseware development for (SAP V4.6B)

·         Pricing procedures and controls for SD  

·         Billing and credit management


August 1999 – December 1999, DD Synergy Consulting Germany 

Position: Senior Consultant  

Client: Bertellsmann AG

Role: Functional Analyst (SAP v4.5x)

·         Project language - German  

·         System analyst and configurer for SD contract management

Client: Edding AG

Role: Functional Analyst (SAP v 4.5)

·         Project language - German  

·         Logistics team member co-responsible for the full implementation of SD and MM  

·         Comprehensive Configuration and customizing of SD module 

·         Pricing, text determination, Sales deals  

·         Materials management, hazardous goods.  

·         Configuration of SD standard components. (Excl. modifications, Sapscript & user exits)  

·         Comprehensive project documentation including online help in HTML format.  

·         SIS , standard and flexible analysis.

Role: Training Coordinator (SAP v 4.5)

·         User and team training

·         Comprehensive training documentation and courseware development Modules SD and MM, similar to previous project at Alfa Laval Agri  

·         Online HTML training program development Work instruction creation from Business Process procedure templates.

 Sept 1997 - July 1999, Peak Performance Consulting, Germany

Client: Bahlsen, Andersen Consulting

Role: Functional & Training Analyst (SAP v 4.5)

§         SAP R/3 Logistics Integration and Regression Testing

§         Project language, German/English  

      • Project language - German and English
      • Setting up Scenarios and test cases for add-on interfaces.  
      • Extensive Logistics integration testing for availability-check, MRP and stock transfer-orders across plants and company codes.  
      • Compiling training material and presentations  
      • User and team training  
      • Post production support after going live. (4th June)  
      • Project size - 100 consultants, testing team 20.

 


Client: CMG / Alfa Laval Agri Netherlands and Belgium 

Role: Functional Analyst (SAP v 3.2x)

Customizing and Configuration for three companies

Project language, German/English/Dutch/Flemish  

·         Extensive documentation of all customizing and configurations for SD and MM  

·         Project language - English  

·         Part of the Alfa Laval and Tetra Pak international Group.  

·         System analysis, design and re-engineering  

·         Planning and configuration of module SD including:  

·         Sales Order management

·         Master Data

·         Enterprise structure

·         Basic Functions

·         Shipment and deliveries

·         Invoicing and billing

·         Defining interfaces between third party software for external sales services

·         All related functions regarding to integration with related modules such as MM & FI

·         Reporting – LIS/SIS , standard and flexible analysis.

Role: Training Project Coordinator (SAP v 3.2x)

      • Training program design and development  
      • Developed courseware and trained super users to train end users.
      • Tools Used 
      • Word  
      • Power point  
      • Excel  
      • Visio  
      • Assessment of basic requirements
      • Introduction to SAP
      • Sales and distribution process overview  
      • Creating master data:  Customers, Materials, Prices  
      • Sales order processing
      • Materials management, inventories  
      • Delivery processing
      • Billing processing  
      • Integration of courseware for all modules in an online Training directory  
      • Detailing the processes into 97 Business Process Procedures for SD and MM
      • Courseware was made available to be burned on a CD Rom for offline access – Needed for of site sales representatives

Client: Swiss Air force – Debis 

Role: Functional Analyst (SAP v 3.1x) 

·         Project Language - German   

·         Roll over of 4 sales organizations in the Air Force to another  

·         Configuration of SD module for the sales organizations.  

Role: Trainer (SAP v 3.1x) 

·         User training and support during and after system start, going live.

February 1997 - September 1997, Rosbach Consulting Team Limburg

Client: Hamburg & Berlin Airports, Germany (Aerospace industry)

Role: Functional Analyst (SAP v 3.1x) 

·         Project language was German and English  

Configuration of SD:

·         Enterprise structure

·         Customer and Material Master data

·         Customer Info Records

·         Basic Functions

·         Training team members on application processes and specifications

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