NANCY PADGETT
5412 Sheriffs Road • Lenoir, North Carolina
828-754-4311 • 828-499-4370 · npadge@yahoo.com
SAP SD Functional / Business Analyst / CONSULTANT
Highly skilled and deeply knowledgeable SAP systems process Sr. level professional with over 10 years intensive SD experience designing, implementing, and administering order-to-cash supply chain processes requiring diverse, often complicated solutions. Proficient at enhancing automated processes and business platforms through swift, insightful analysis of business needs. Proven track record in leading a variety of multi-faceted projects to successful and timely completion.
SAP Variant Configurator · SAP SD Customization · Project Leadership
Training · Programming Strategies · Documentation Development · Data Migrations(LSMW)
Workflow Efficiencies · Workload Reduction · Pricing Configuration · Shipping · Billing Credit/AR · ABAP Queries · BDC’s · MM, PP, FI, CO, LE and WM Functions
ATP Process Modification · EDI formatting · Discrete Manufacturing · Reporting
Customer Service Support · 3rd Party Vendor Direct Shipments
Business Processes in Manufacturing, Operations, Logistics · Consumer Products
Master Data Management · Sales Tax Configuration · SIS · Data Mining/Extraction
Assets and Qualifications:
- Sr. level professional who is motivated by the challenge of design solutions for complex business initiatives.
- Resourceful problem solver with significant experience in SD customization, both technical and functional, and the related integration with MM, PP, LE, FI/CO and WM.
- Experience with three full lifecycle implementations including requirements analysis, blueprinting, designing, structuring, testing, documenting, user training and deployment with deep understanding of the SAP methodology.
- Knowledge of sales and use tax configuration in both SD and FI with associated G/L assignments.
- Interaction with all levels, management to end-users, to define needs and objectives.
- Able to swiftly and accurately define strategies to reduce workload and increase data accuracy and workflow efficiencies.
- Strong skills in master data and transactional data migration using LSMW.
- Proficiency in pricing applications including condition types, pricing procedures, access sequences, accruals, scale pricing, commissions, custom pricing tables, et al.
- Developed pricing strategy, configuration and provided maintenance for complex make-to-order production environment that involved over 30 diverse and unique product lines.
- Familiarity with database tables and data extraction.
- Configuration for 3rd party vendor direct shipments.
· Possesses solid analytical capabilities to evaluate issues or new business requirements.
- Excellent presentation, written and interpersonal skills that include procedures and technical material, report/proposal preparation and oral presentation.
- Aptitude in translating business processes and business requirements into system enhancements.
- Effectiveness in analyzing processes for possible future system improvement and suggesting possible alternative solutions.
- Experience with process and best practices within logistical areas and ability to leverage SAP functionality to support those best practices.
· Extensive experience in development and maintenance of Variant Configurator including classification, configuration profiles and object dependencies.
- Knowledge of transportation logistics such as transportation zones, route definition, transit times, transportation rates based on volume, quantity, location, weight, et al.
- Test Management status reporting, preparation and execution using Solution Manager.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Century Furniture Industries, LLC,
Hickory, North Carolina • 1998-2009
Leading Furniture Manufacturer with 2000 employees generating annual sales of over $500M.
PROJECTS:
Upgrade – SAP R/3 3.1h to 3.1i:
SAP SD lead analyst
for upgrade conversion from R/3 3.1h to R/3 3.1i for Century Furniture Industries and Expressions Custom Furniture Inc.
Performed all integration testing, process documentation and user training.
Roll-out encompassed six manufacturing plants which involved production processes for make-to-stock and make-to-order consumer goods.
Activities required customized configuration for item categories, schedule line categories and development of Variant Configurator for complex multi-level configurable products.
Upgrade – SAP R/3 3.1i to ECC 5.0:
SAP SD lead analyst
for upgrade conversion R/3 3.1i to ECC 5.0 for Century Furniture Industries and Highland House Inc. Performed all integration testing, process documentation and user training. Ensured zero loss of efficiency and accuracy through creation of effective functional and integration testing and training templates.
Roll-out involved five manufacturing plants.
New Implementations:
SD liaison to project team for full lifecycle implementation for Century Furniture Industries
located in Hickory, NC. The company manufactures custom make-to-order and make-to-stock furniture products supplying retail stores worldwide.
- Assisted in project mapping for implementation from legacy system to SAP R/3 3.1i.
- Advised on and tested functionality for Variant Configurator as it pertained to company requirements.
- Participated in gap analysis and strategic planning in the role of in-house consultant having in-depth, hands-on knowledge of customer service and SD processes.
- Managed team of over 20 order-entry and clerical personnel in re-entering existing legacy sales orders into SAP. Over 13,000 line-items were accessible and retrievable upon go-live.
- Participated in project for re-papering existing legacy production orders with SAP generated production orders.
- Assisted with data cleansing and data reconciliation between SAP and legacy systems
- Co-authored new company price lists to better integrate with SAP pricing methodology.
SD lead analyst in full lifecycle implementation for Expressions Custom Furniture Inc
., a subsidiary company, located in Tupelo, MS. The company provides custom make-to-order furniture for approximately 35 franchise stores across the US.
- Collaborated with management and users concerning the business requirements for mapping and gap-analysis of new SAP functionality.
- Developed and wrote design specifications and technical architecture solutions from business requirements.
- Configured sales and use sales tax in SD and FI to facilitate correct G/L postings.
- Created new sales organization, distribution channel and division.
· Automated financial disbursement process through setup of inter-company billing between Expressions and Century that eliminated manual financial postings.
· Designed and maintained Variant Configurator including classification and object dependencies that supported complex order-entry and pricing requirements which encompassed complex custom options.
- Defined settings in Variant Config profiles and item categories to support custom sales order BOM’s and BOM explosion in sales order for parent/child products.
- Devised and supported the pricing model which included custom option pricing, promotional pricing, freight and commissions.
· Maintained customer and material master data settings to support order-entry, shipping and billing functions.
· Creation of freight transportation rates based on weight, volume or quantity and routes.
· Authored all documentation of technical and functional processes relating to SD.
· Provided user acceptance testing and training. Company was able to create sales orders, ship and invoice with little or no interruption upon go-live.
SD lead analyst
in full lifecycle implementation for Highland House Inc., a subsidiary company, located in Hickory, NC. The company brought with them several hundred established retail accounts with sales revenues in excess of $250M.
· Overall management of Data Migration and conversion activities including the extraction, transformation and upload via LSMW of data from the Company's legacy environments into SAP.
· Interacted with management and users to develop their business mapping and required SD processes including all pricing functionality in addition to enhancements and optimal usage of Variant Configurator.
· Configured sales and use sales tax in SD and FI to facilitate correct G/L postings.
· Defined the testing strategy for ensuring adherence to methodology, change control, and compliance requirements.
· Overall management of Integration Testing including Preparation, Execution, and Issue Resolution.
· Authored all documentation of the functional processes and provided user training. The company performed at 100% efficiency at go-live.
Functional Enhancements:
· Formulated new ATP strategy by alignment of standard MM and SD settings in conjunction with SD user exit to fit the company’s rigid requirements for calculation of available-to-promise dates.
· Spearheaded elimination of monthly general journal entry corrections by devising an effective programming strategy to facilitate retail pricing vs. wholesale pricing utilizing pricing procedures in combination with user exits.
· Cut blocked billing documents caused by tax code errors by 98% through reconfiguring tax jurisdiction settings and authoring a user exit to force a tax jurisdiction code in sales orders in addition to training on tax settings required in sales orders.
· Delivered significant reduction in manual look-ups for custom options and exceptions by using internal messages and pop-ups created through combination of Variant Configurator and SD user exits.
· Facilitated tax jurisdiction for states with nexus and developed tax pricing structures in both SD and FI with associated G/L assignments.
· Automated financial disbursement process through setup of inter-company billing between Expressions and Century.
· Streamlined the mode for 3rd party vendor direct shipments by configuring 3rd party billing processes.
· Assigned customization of requirements class and requirements type to support the various production order types.
· Designed and maintained Variant Configurator for three separate companies, including classification (class type 300), characteristics and values, object dependencies and constraints, configuration profiles and configuration tables that supported complex order-entry and pricing requirements in addition to make-to-order sales order BOM’s, routings and BOM explosion in sales order for parent/child products. Supplied support for approximately 30 diverse product lines all with unique applications for variant configuration.
- Implemented configuration of order type, item categories, schedule line categories and custom pricing function to allow the entry and tracking of special sales orders during the semi-annual furniture market and the disbursement of product post-market.
Production Support:
- Provided support for company’s expanding requirements through creation new distribution channels, divisions and company codes for external showrooms located across the country.
- Orchestrated customized pricing functions by employing pricing procedures, custom pricing tables and access sequences to eliminate manual pre-pricing of complex product with multi-option configuration.
- Created numerous BDC’s for data uploads into custom pricing tables.
- Supported business objectives by providing numerous statistical reports by creating and utilizing ABAP queries and maintaining SIS structures.
- Spearheaded development of data warehouses to support the company’s e-commerce website portal by authoring numerous ABAP queries pertaining to sales analysis, financial analysis, outside sales rep’s reports, marketing and pricing analysis, international sales among others.
- Extensive use of LSMW for master data and transactional data uploads that eliminated the need for an ABAP resource to write BDC programming.
· Performed role of troubleshooter, successfully identifying system inconsistencies and implementing optimum business solutions through programming and business process enhancements.
- Spearheaded supply chain processes within SAP environment, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of price, inventory, and range management.
- Responsible for pricing configuration and Variant Configurator programming for diverse, make-to-order product lines with variable base, options, and promotional pricing.
- Performed role of troubleshooter, successfully identifying system inconsistencies and implementing optimum business solutions through programming and business process enhancements.
- Planned and adjusted configuration of SD as required including implementation of new partner functions, text fields, transportation zones, shipping points, means of transportation, foreign trade, new pricing requirements, account determination, promotion codes, custom pricing tables, material determination, customer-material info records, listings and exclusions, output determination, order reasons, order types, copy control, EDI configuration, MRP and availability checks configuration, item categories and schedule line categories, intercompany and 3rd party billing among others.
- Interfaced with credit department to reconfigure settings for automatic credit control.
- Created, maintained, supported and monitored numerous processes including pricing modules, order entry, shipping and billing functions and SIS structures.
- Managed pricing structures which included unique condition types, pricing procedures, pricing tables, condition tables, access sequences, commissions, accruals, customer-specific pricing, freight calculations, G/L assignments, sales tax, promotional pricing, intercompany and 3rd party billing and other special pricing requirements as determined.
- Managed payment terms for customers and vendors.
NANCY PADGETT
5412 Sheriffs Road • Lenoir, North Carolina
828-754-4311 • 828-499-4370 · npadge@yahoo.com
SAP SD Functional / Business Analyst / CONSULTANT
Highly skilled and deeply knowledgeable SAP systems process Sr. level professional with over 10 years intensive SD experience designing, implementing, and administering order-to-cash supply chain processes requiring diverse, often complicated solutions. Proficient at enhancing automated processes and business platforms through swift, insightful analysis of business needs. Proven track record in leading a variety of multi-faceted projects to successful and timely completion.
SAP Variant Configurator · SAP SD Customization · Project Leadership
Training · Programming Strategies · Documentation Development · Data Migrations(LSMW)
Workflow Efficiencies · Workload Reduction · Pricing Configuration · Shipping · Billing Credit/AR · ABAP Queries · BDC’s · MM, PP, FI, CO, LE and WM Functions
ATP Process Modification · EDI formatting · Discrete Manufacturing · Reporting
Customer Service Support · 3rd Party Vendor Direct Shipments
Business Processes in Manufacturing, Operations, Logistics · Consumer Products
Master Data Management · Sales Tax Configuration · SIS · Data Mining/Extraction
Assets and Qualifications:
- Sr. level professional who is motivated by the challenge of design solutions for complex business initiatives.
- Resourceful problem solver with significant experience in SD customization, both technical and functional, and the related integration with MM, PP, LE, FI/CO and WM.
- Experience with three full lifecycle implementations including requirements analysis, blueprinting, designing, structuring, testing, documenting, user training and deployment with deep understanding of the SAP methodology.
- Knowledge of sales and use tax configuration in both SD and FI with associated G/L assignments.
- Interaction with all levels, management to end-users, to define needs and objectives.
- Able to swiftly and accurately define strategies to reduce workload and increase data accuracy and workflow efficiencies.
- Strong skills in master data and transactional data migration using LSMW.
- Proficiency in pricing applications including condition types, pricing procedures, access sequences, accruals, scale pricing, commissions, custom pricing tables, et al.
- Developed pricing strategy, configuration and provided maintenance for complex make-to-order production environment that involved over 30 diverse and unique product lines.
- Familiarity with database tables and data extraction.
- Configuration for 3rd party vendor direct shipments.
· Possesses solid analytical capabilities to evaluate issues or new business requirements.
- Excellent presentation, written and interpersonal skills that include procedures and technical material, report/proposal preparation and oral presentation.
- Aptitude in translating business processes and business requirements into system enhancements.
- Effectiveness in analyzing processes for possible future system improvement and suggesting possible alternative solutions.
- Experience with process and best practices within logistical areas and ability to leverage SAP functionality to support those best practices.
· Extensive experience in development and maintenance of Variant Configurator including classification, configuration profiles and object dependencies.
- Knowledge of transportation logistics such as transportation zones, route definition, transit times, transportation rates based on volume, quantity, location, weight, et al.
- Test Management status reporting, preparation and execution using Solution Manager.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Century Furniture Industries, LLC,
Hickory, North Carolina • 1998-2009
Leading Furniture Manufacturer with 2000 employees generating annual sales of over $500M.
PROJECTS:
Upgrade – SAP R/3 3.1h to 3.1i:
SAP SD lead analyst
for upgrade conversion from R/3 3.1h to R/3 3.1i for Century Furniture Industries and Expressions Custom Furniture Inc.
Performed all integration testing, process documentation and user training.
Roll-out encompassed six manufacturing plants which involved production processes for make-to-stock and make-to-order consumer goods.
Activities required customized configuration for item categories, schedule line categories and development of Variant Configurator for complex multi-level configurable products.
Upgrade – SAP R/3 3.1i to ECC 5.0:
SAP SD lead analyst
for upgrade conversion R/3 3.1i to ECC 5.0 for Century Furniture Industries and Highland House Inc. Performed all integration testing, process documentation and user training. Ensured zero loss of efficiency and accuracy through creation of effective functional and integration testing and training templates.
Roll-out involved five manufacturing plants.
New Implementations:
SD liaison to project team for full lifecycle implementation for Century Furniture Industries
located in Hickory, NC. The company manufactures custom make-to-order and make-to-stock furniture products supplying retail stores worldwide.
- Assisted in project mapping for implementation from legacy system to SAP R/3 3.1i.
- Advised on and tested functionality for Variant Configurator as it pertained to company requirements.
- Participated in gap analysis and strategic planning in the role of in-house consultant having in-depth, hands-on knowledge of customer service and SD processes.
- Managed team of over 20 order-entry and clerical personnel in re-entering existing legacy sales orders into SAP. Over 13,000 line-items were accessible and retrievable upon go-live.
- Participated in project for re-papering existing legacy production orders with SAP generated production orders.
- Assisted with data cleansing and data reconciliation between SAP and legacy systems
- Co-authored new company price lists to better integrate with SAP pricing methodology.
SD lead analyst in full lifecycle implementation for Expressions Custom Furniture Inc
., a subsidiary company, located in Tupelo, MS. The company provides custom make-to-order furniture for approximately 35 franchise stores across the US.
- Collaborated with management and users concerning the business requirements for mapping and gap-analysis of new SAP functionality.
- Developed and wrote design specifications and technical architecture solutions from business requirements.
- Configured sales and use sales tax in SD and FI to facilitate correct G/L postings.
- Created new sales organization, distribution channel and division.
· Automated financial disbursement process through setup of inter-company billing between Expressions and Century that eliminated manual financial postings.
· Designed and maintained Variant Configurator including classification and object dependencies that supported complex order-entry and pricing requirements which encompassed complex custom options.
- Defined settings in Variant Config profiles and item categories to support custom sales order BOM’s and BOM explosion in sales order for parent/child products.
- Devised and supported the pricing model which included custom option pricing, promotional pricing, freight and commissions.
· Maintained customer and material master data settings to support order-entry, shipping and billing functions.
· Creation of freight transportation rates based on weight, volume or quantity and routes.
· Authored all documentation of technical and functional processes relating to SD.
· Provided user acceptance testing and training. Company was able to create sales orders, ship and invoice with little or no interruption upon go-live.
SD lead analyst
in full lifecycle implementation for Highland House Inc., a subsidiary company, located in Hickory, NC. The company brought with them several hundred established retail accounts with sales revenues in excess of $250M.
· Overall management of Data Migration and conversion activities including the extraction, transformation and upload via LSMW of data from the Company's legacy environments into SAP.
· Interacted with management and users to develop their business mapping and required SD processes including all pricing functionality in addition to enhancements and optimal usage of Variant Configurator.
· Configured sales and use sales tax in SD and FI to facilitate correct G/L postings.
· Defined the testing strategy for ensuring adherence to methodology, change control, and compliance requirements.
· Overall management of Integration Testing including Preparation, Execution, and Issue Resolution.
· Authored all documentation of the functional processes and provided user training. The company performed at 100% efficiency at go-live.
Functional Enhancements:
· Formulated new ATP strategy by alignment of standard MM and SD settings in conjunction with SD user exit to fit the company’s rigid requirements for calculation of available-to-promise dates.
· Spearheaded elimination of monthly general journal entry corrections by devising an effective programming strategy to facilitate retail pricing vs. wholesale pricing utilizing pricing procedures in combination with user exits.
· Cut blocked billing documents caused by tax code errors by 98% through reconfiguring tax jurisdiction settings and authoring a user exit to force a tax jurisdiction code in sales orders in addition to training on tax settings required in sales orders.
· Delivered significant reduction in manual look-ups for custom options and exceptions by using internal messages and pop-ups created through combination of Variant Configurator and SD user exits.
· Facilitated tax jurisdiction for states with nexus and developed tax pricing structures in both SD and FI with associated G/L assignments.
· Automated financial disbursement process through setup of inter-company billing between Expressions and Century.
· Streamlined the mode for 3rd party vendor direct shipments by configuring 3rd party billing processes.
· Assigned customization of requirements class and requirements type to support the various production order types.
· Designed and maintained Variant Configurator for three separate companies, including classification (class type 300), characteristics and values, object dependencies and constraints, configuration profiles and configuration tables that supported complex order-entry and pricing requirements in addition to make-to-order sales order BOM’s, routings and BOM explosion in sales order for parent/child products. Supplied support for approximately 30 diverse product lines all with unique applications for variant configuration.
- Implemented configuration of order type, item categories, schedule line categories and custom pricing function to allow the entry and tracking of special sales orders during the semi-annual furniture market and the disbursement of product post-market.
Production Support:
- Provided support for company’s expanding requirements through creation new distribution channels, divisions and company codes for external showrooms located across the country.
- Orchestrated customized pricing functions by employing pricing procedures, custom pricing tables and access sequences to eliminate manual pre-pricing of complex product with multi-option configuration.
- Created numerous BDC’s for data uploads into custom pricing tables.
- Supported business objectives by providing numerous statistical reports by creating and utilizing ABAP queries and maintaining SIS structures.
- Spearheaded development of data warehouses to support the company’s e-commerce website portal by authoring numerous ABAP queries pertaining to sales analysis, financial analysis, outside sales rep’s reports, marketing and pricing analysis, international sales among others.
- Extensive use of LSMW for master data and transactional data uploads that eliminated the need for an ABAP resource to write BDC programming.
· Performed role of troubleshooter, successfully identifying system inconsistencies and implementing optimum business solutions through programming and business process enhancements.
- Spearheaded supply chain processes within SAP environment, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of price, inventory, and range management.
- Responsible for pricing configuration and Variant Configurator programming for diverse, make-to-order product lines with variable base, options, and promotional pricing.
- Performed role of troubleshooter, successfully identifying system inconsistencies and implementing optimum business solutions through programming and business process enhancements.
- Planned and adjusted configuration of SD as required including implementation of new partner functions, text fields, transportation zones, shipping points, means of transportation, foreign trade, new pricing requirements, account determination, promotion codes, custom pricing tables, material determination, customer-material info records, listings and exclusions, output determination, order reasons, order types, copy control, EDI configuration, MRP and availability checks configuration, item categories and schedule line categories, intercompany and 3rd party billing among others.
- Interfaced with credit department to reconfigure settings for automatic credit control.
- Created, maintained, supported and monitored numerous processes including pricing modules, order entry, shipping and billing functions and SIS structures.
- Managed pricing structures which included unique condition types, pricing procedures, pricing tables, condition tables, access sequences, commissions, accruals, customer-specific pricing, freight calculations, G/L assignments, sales tax, promotional pricing, intercompany and 3rd party billing and other special pricing requirements as determined.
- Managed payment terms for customers and vendors.
TRAINING/SELF-DEVELOPMENT
SAP Classification and Variant Configurator Training, Atlanta, Georgia
SAP SD Training, Dallas, Texas
Computer Programming Courses including RPG & COBOL, Florida Technical College
COMPUTER SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
SAP ECC 5.0 • SAP ABAP programming · MS Excel and MS Word
TRAINING/SELF-DEVELOPMENT
SAP Classification and Variant Configurator Training, Atlanta, Georgia
SAP SD Training, Dallas, Texas
Computer Programming Courses including RPG & COBOL, Florida Technical College
COMPUTER SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
SAP ECC 5.0 • SAP ABAP programming · MS Excel and MS Word