Toyota Tsusho Africa -  Sandton Johannesburg

Parts and Vehicle Distributor, Chemicals and Fabrics.

 

I continued as the Materials Management consultant on the project to support Toyota with the parts department as the second phase of the project strategy.

In addition to this, I continued to support the whole business with regards to change requests and problem resolution.

My support role covered Sales and Distribution and Materials Management.

I specified and designed an interface between SAP and a Japanese Warehouse Management system. This included the goods receipt, movement of stock and distribution and sale. The project is live and all is working accordingly.

 

I joined the Toyota Tsusho SAP Dealer Management Project as the Materials Management resource.

The project went live with SAP DBM 5.0 with Kenya as the first dealer

We are currently busy upgrading to Dealer Management 6.0 on an ECC6 platform.

The project is due to go live on the 1st September 2008.

I played a co-ordinating role between the imported material warehouse and the manufacturing plant to ensure component availability to sustain an uninterrupted production line.

 

The activities included general warehouse housekeeping, physical inventory counts, preparation of labels, SAP material movements for container un boxing, binning, material master data correction, production control cycle corrections and the like.

 

 

SAP SA

Department :  SAP Professional Services

Title :  Consultant Supply Chain Management

 

Projects Experience:

 

July 2003 to 30 June 2005

Toyota Tsusho Africa -  Sandton Johannesburg

Parts and Vehicle Distributor, Chemicals and Fabrics.

 

I joined the project as Materials Management team lead and is currently busy with the implementation of the Parts Division related business processes for production.

The company is a very diverse business entity with very many different business processes, all aligned to service the automotive industry. The main areas of focus are: vehicle exports to African countries, the export and distribution of parts, sustaining of production support for parts and cut sheet metal to Toyota S.A Manufacturing in Durban.

Of note to mention was the use of SAP Vehicle Management System to manage and control the purchase and sale of all foreign and local vehicles purchased and exported to African countries. Variant configuration was used for model selection and pricing for purchasing and sales.

On the parts distribution side, I was responsible for the design, testing and implementation of a customised order to delivery solution, this included shipping notifications, handling unit management and development of material master data management solution.

The whole solution covered the purchasing, receipt in handling units and sales process in handling units up to sales billing.

For the provision of parts and cut sheet metal to Toyota S.A Manufacturing in Durban various different procurement and sales processes were configured.

The first phase, excluding parts business when live 1st September 2004. The Parts business is due to go live in  May 2005.

 

November 2001 to June 2003

Barloworld Equipment -  Isando Johannesburg

Parts and Heavy Industrial and Mining Machine Distributor.

 

The project included the implementation of SAP to support the distribution and sale of materials across five company codes and amongst four international boundaries.

I started late in the project when replacing existing MM consultants.

My activities included the following:

I was responsible for assisting with the material master and information record upload procedures and programs for 900000 materials.

New process development for returnable materials.

The finalisation of all procurement release strategies.

Specification of workflow development to support procurement release strategies.

Introduction and correction of existing split valuation methodologies.

Correction of existing data through mass maintenance procedures.

Using Legacy Migration Workbench

Creation of Abap/4 workbench queries.

Automation of procurement activities.

Correction of material movement types.

Assistance with order confirmation and shipping notifications using IDOC’s

All other MM configuration audit and correction activities.

End user support for Namibia after the company went live.

 

 

November 2001 to October 2002 - Sandton Johannesburg

Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd.

Financial Institution

 

I was the MM team lead and responsible for the creation of the MM Blueprint, configuration, business cycle testing, and integration scenario test formulation. MM Data take on procedures. The business processes included standard Materials Management procurement including external service management, service entry sheets and the use of workflow for the subsequent approval.

In addition to procurement the project also included MM Inventory Management for small stores and the automation of replacement orders. 

 

The project went live on time and no problems were experienced.

 General Motors South Africa

May 2001 to October 2001

Department : Finance and Support (Including Information Technology)

Title :  Project Manager

 

Project Managing a Pilot Project to proof of concept the use of an e-solution in delivering material delivery schedules via a market place to some 300 suppliers. This involved the study of Commerce One, Impress and SAP R/3 Discreet Industry Solution Supplier Workplace. The project is temporarily on hold to enable the investigation of GM TradeXchange alliances with SAP R/3. Phase A of the project is the establishment of a business case for implementation. The second phase of the project will be the implementation of a e-solution for the short term with an immediate commissioning of an investigation into an Automotive Industry Solution., involving a joint collaboration between all South African car makers and component manufacturers

Activities carried out involved the following:

 

-  Configuration of SAP R/3 messaging and ALE to enable connectivity.

-   Specification and design of customised delivery schedule IDOC.

-   Implementation of SAP R/3 Business Connector

 

December 2000 to April 2001

MM Team Leader

Project was in progress to implement SAP R/3 Industry Solution Automotive 3.0

 

Department : Finance and Support (Including Information Technology)

Title :  Team Leader for SAP R/3 Material Management 4.6C Upgrade Project

 

Scoping and Planning of upgrade project from release 4.0B to 4.6C

Creation and conducting unit test scenarios

Confirmation and testing of configuration setting.

Verification and testing of all in house MM developed applications, ABAPS

Verification and testing of ABAP/4 Queries written by myself for MM use.

Creation and conducting of integration testing.

OSS Problem resolution.

Development of training materials and planning of new functionality training.

Authorisation confirmation

Go live date 2nd week of March 2001

Post upgrade end user support.

 

 

October 1999 to November 2000

Department : Finance and Support (Including Information Technology)

Title :  Project Manager \ Business Analyst

 

 i.      Participation in evaluation of Advanced Planning and Execution Systems and B2B opportunities to maximise supply chain optimisation.

 ii.     Specification, development and testing of electronic enabled material tracking and receipt system.

 iii.     Testing and evaluation of SAP release 4.6

 iv.     Completion of Business Blueprint for Vehicle Mixing Center Project.

 v.     Training and Development of two new MM Business Analysts.

 vi.     Participation of web enabled system for Parts and Accessory ordering.

vii.     Specification, development and testing of supplier price negotiation system.

viii.     Minor Business Process Engineering including the introduction of new methodologies and the subsequent documentation thereof. ( Free in Aid material, surplus control,  reworks, Southern Star)

ix.     Development of electronic enabled system for material delivery schedule messaging and e-mail.

x.     Development of supplier web page to enhance material supply to production areas.

xi.     Further “roll-out” of purchase requisition workflow.

xii.     Specification, development and testing of various IM/3 interfaces to automate standard SAP R/3 transactions.

xiii.     Specification, development and testing and end user support of “Annual Inventory”  system used for inventory of material in production and work in progress.

xiv.     Interaction and support with ‘up and down” supply chain end users in order to identify and resolve material requirements.

xv.     Assistance and support to Finance with respect to debtor, creditor  and material related business integration issues.

 

 

 

February 1997 to September 1999

Department : Finance and Support (Including Information Technology)

Title : SAP R/3 Project Team Member (MM Module)

·        ( Feb 1997 – Jul 1997 ) Successfully completed a detailed Materials Management SAP R/3 “Fit for Purpose” Scoping and planning report. In conjunction with the implementation partners, the main activities were:

 

i.       Definition of a high-level business model to document the scope of the implementation.

ii.      Performed SAP R/3 fit gap analysis by mapping the different process to the SAP R/3 business Processes and accessing the suitability or fit for each.

iii.   Definition of benefits and cost savings.

iv.   Definition of reports forms and interface requirements.

v.    Defined implementation strategy.

vi.   Defined project plan and costs.

vii.   Conduct project team initial training.

viii.   Presentation to and approval by full Board of Directors.

 

 ·        ( Oct 1997 – Feb 1998 ) Completed the following SAP R/3 training:

 

i.      BC605 – Business Workflow Use and Configuration

ii.     CA310 – Classification

iii.    CA940 – Authorisation Concepts

iv.    LO020 – Procurement Process

v.     LO510 – Inventory Management

vi.    LO520 – Optimising the Procurement Process

vii.   LO525 -  Materials Planning in MM and Forecasting

viii.  LO530 – Warehouse Management

ix.    LO550 – Configuration and Organisation : MM 

x.     SAP020 - R/3 Overview

xi.    SAP040 – Architecture and Integration

xii.   Warehouse Configuration

 

·        ( March – April ’98 ) Completed the System Design Phase in the project. The two sub phases completed were:

a) Business Blueprint and b) Simulation Phase

 

I completed the following activities:

 

i.      Development of generic business flows to gain a high-level understanding of the business processes required for configuration requirements.

ii.      Completed the framework of the Process Selection Matrix based on the Scenarios and Processes for the MM module according to the SAP R/3 Analyser Process Selection Matrix.

iii.      The IMG Configuration Worksheets, which was a download from SAP, was completed while working through SAP Help.

iv.      The SAP R/3 Analyser Scenarios was reviewed and any General Motors specific information documented.  This included where the General Motors processes were different, any specific requirements and user expectations and any other relevant points that come up during the workshops.

v.      The Scenario/Process Worksheet was used as a checklist to ensure that all the information has been gathered.  Special attention was given to Data Conversions, Interfaces, Enhancements, Reports and Forms Requirements related to each Scenario.

vi.      Developed data conversions rules for vendors, material masters, RFQ’s, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, contracts and schedule agreements from SAP R/2 Release 5.0 F and other legacy systems to SAP R/3 release 3.1H                                     

vii.      System configuration for Procurement MM-PUR in SAP R/3 release 3.1H and the upgrade to rel 4.0B in terms of the requirements gathered during the business blueprint phase.

viii.      Development of detail business flows in Visio Rel 5.0 to indicate responsibilities and actions with respect to each business process.

ix.      Initiated and completed enhancement requests specifications, reports and form requirements

x.      Identification of user workflow requirements

xi.      Master Data “clean up” activity formulation prior to data take-on.

xii.      Data migration and user testing

 

·        ( April – August ’98 ) Completed the Validation and Testing Phase in the project.

 

I completed the following activities:

 

i.  Development of unit test tool for SAP R/3 prototyping.

ii.       Conducted integration testing.

iii.       Configuration of required changes. 

iv.       Completed ABAP requirement specifications.

v.       Testing of completed ABAP applications.

vi.       Developments of SAP R/3 Workflow for “paperless” purchase requisition.  

vii.      Completion of full business simulation test including all Abap development programs as part of the total process.

viii.       Establish Procurement report and information requirement library.

ix.       User hardware requirement verification.

x.       User training requirement formulation.

xi.       Creation of Lotus screen cam applications for induction to SAP R/3

 

·        ( September  -  December ’98 ) Completed the Preparation for Production Phase in the project.

 

I completed the following activities:

 

i.        Completed all form (script) requirements for Purchasing documentation.

ii.        Completed all on line Purchasing user procedures and training material.

iii.        Completed PC and SAP Training of end users.

iv.        Full data conversion on pre-production client.

v.        Volume testing on the pre-production client

vi.        Testing of workflow tasks and processes.

vii.        User hardware requirement verification.

viii.        Prepare production client.

ix.        Completed user Authorisation and access to the system.

x.        Participated in the formulation of archiving parameters for purchasing documents.

 

·        ( January 1999 -  October 1999 )  Post live user assistance

 

I completed the following activities:

 

i.        Provision of end user support.

ii.        User training

iii.        Creation of ad-hoc user ABAP/4 query reports

iv.        Data integrity check and report formulation

v.        Implementation of purchase requisition using SAP R/3 workflow.

vi.        Implementation of auto faxing of various purchasing documents.

vii.        Full functional and business integration with other SAP R/3 modules,  Project Management, Sales and Distribution, Finance and Production Planning.

xiii.         Development of MM post implementation enhancements.

xiv.         Performing ongoing maintenance and further functionality research for potential business use.

xv.         OSS problem resolution

xvi.         Participation in MM related ad hoc projects

 

August 1996 to January 1997

·       Inventory Reporting and Forecasting

·       Promote inventory record accuracy through questioning of negative stock balances, ensuring stock discrepancies are corrected and initiate root cause evaluation as well as ensuring that specification query sheets are processed.

·       Development of business solutions to cope with changing business processes  and the documentation thereof.

·       Documentation and introduction of material related procedures.

·       Development of procedures for JIT material suppliers

·       Reporting and disposal of surplus and obsolete inventory.

·       Supervised a staff of 5 people.

·       Administered regular inventory counts at material suppliers.

July 1993 to July 1996

Department : Materials Management

Title : Supervisor Procurement Administration

 

·    Departmental Expense Budget compilation and monthly analysis. Assist Director Materials Management in meeting divisional objectives by involvement in Capital expenditure, expense budget, organisational structure and reporting on key performance measurements.  Co-ordination of annual Capital expenditure, co-ordinate projects, forecast capital expenditure on monthly basis, preparing of annual expense and labour budgets, containing salaried and indirect headcount within budget levels and preparation of monthly reports on key performance measures.

 

Co-ordinate the compilation of the annual budget including a critical evaluation thereof.  Preparation and analysis of the monthly management accounts and preparation of the monthly calendar year financial outlook.  Developing and refining financial models to facilitate these responsibilities.

 

·  System coordinator for systems in Vehicle Assembly Plant.  The Vehicle Assembly Plant was run on a Mainframe IMS system while the other two plants was running on a SAP R/2 mainframe.  I was responsible for the maintenance, development and improvement of information systems in these plants.  I handled all user queries and requirements.  Identifying problem areas in the SAP R/2 system, investigating these problems and implementing corrective action in conjunction with MIS and other divisions. This also included any Departmental systems and procedure documentation.

·   SAP R/2 Vendor Data base maintenance.

·   South African Motor Industry component forex administration,  co-ordination the data capture and reporting of foreign currency usage in the manufacture of all South African supplied components to General Motors .

·  Responsible for supplier rating programs.

·  Payment of production tooling.

·  Control tooling master of production tooling kept at outside suppliers.

·  Control all personal computers and software in department.

·  Preparation of ad hoc presentations for Senior Management and  Departmental Director.

   Internal Control Procedure co-ordinator.      

October 1990 to June 1993

Department : Finance

Title : Accountant

 

·       Locomotive Business Unit (LBU) accounting function.

·       Annual budget preparation for the Locomotive Business Unit       

·       Preparation of cost and commercial data for tender purposes.

·       Reconciliation and control of General Motors LBU debtors.

·       Investigate and follow up on overdue debtor accounts.

·       Liaison with customers and suppliers regarding commercial matters.

·       Monitor and expediting payment of commissions earned from U.S.A

·       Acted as intermediary between General Motors (U.S.A.) and S.A customers regarding queries, payment, etc.

·       Overseeing administrative tasks relating to the LBU.

·       Assist external auditors in annual audit.

·       Maintain expenditure within budget.

·       Preparation of monthly sales and expense forecast for Board of Directors.

·       Estimation of sales pricing and volumes, cost of sales and expenses.

·       Maintenance and calculation of pricing factors.

·       Costing of components for resale taking escalation, cost of component, surcharges, duty, freight and foreign exchange into account.

 

VOLKSWAGEN South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Department : Cost and Management Accounting

Title :  Inventory Analyst

 

·       Costing of imported steel

·       Reporting and analysis of Work in Progress

·       Reconciliation of store, intermediate and work in progress accounts. Costing of imported and local supplier steel. Handling material defect claims.

·       Update of steel prices from various suppliers.

·       Liaison with accounts payable for outstanding creditors.

·       Annual inventory of boxed, work in process and yard stock.

·       Material usage costing.

·       Liaison with all stores for correct documentation used i.e. receipts, issues and rejects etc.

·       Maintaining of a price list for components sent to outside suppliers.

·      Annual prices increase calculation for above-mentioned components.