Resume

Executive Overview

Pascal is an SAP consultant specialising in logistics areas with over 13 years of experience predominantly acquired in the manufacturing and retail industries. In addition, Pascal has gained in depth knowledge in functional applications such as PLM (Product Lifecycle Management), in technical applications such as SOA, ALE, in Applications Management with SAP Solution Manager and in vertical solutions such as IS-MILL and IS-Media.
Across his wide industry experience, Pascal has held numerous roles ranging from functional consultant through to project manager, enabling him to address a broad spectrum of consulting roles.

What people say about Pascal

Just a note to thank Pascal for his work with us. It was excellent. He helped to clarify a lot of issues that were a concern to our team and we are confident that we are now on the right track. In particular thank you Pascal for listening first and then coming back to us with well thought out solutions,tips and documentation. You were well prepared and it made the task a lot easier and more efficient
GW – Pilkington Australia Ltd.

With your knowledge and work ethic, you should have no trouble finding your place and settling in Australia.
DT – Melbourne Fire Brigade

You did a fantastic job – great presales skills! And thanks for taking on so much extra at short notice. I saw it all falling apart the night before but somehow it came together. Really enjoyed working with you.
VW – attune consulting

The quality of your work in preparing and presenting has been commented on by everyone, including the customer, as top-notch. We really appreciate your contribution.
IH – Supply Chain Consulting

I can’t thank you enough for all you have done for this project. I can truly say that we could not have done it without you. I really enjoyed working with you.
YK – Lonely Planet Publications

Just a quick note to let you both know what a great job Pascal did for us for the demo for the Australian Mint yesterday. His work was of the highest quality and his professionalism is second to none.
WB – Supply Chain Consulting

I agree. The guy was a rock star.
IH – Supply Chain Consulting

I do really want to thank you for your support and help over the last year, not to mention the patience in dealing with our issues. It was really a pleasure working with you and I do look forward to keeping our association alive on a personal basis.
UA – Lonely Plant AU

Thanks for all the work on SAP. I really appreciate the efforts you put in to help us get the best solution that we could.
TD – Lonely Planet Publications

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Honors Degree – Manufacturing Engineering)
- Kingston University, Surrey, England

SAP Experience

Landmark – AWB Group – 7 months

Responsible for identifying and writing the blueprint documents for satellite systems interfaced to the existing legacy system (to be replaced by ECC 6.0). The context was not a simple one – as a result of mergers, acquisitions and staff departures, little or no documentation existed. One by one interfaced had to be identified, information gathered and as-is situations documented so as to prepare the migration of those interfaces to SAP ECC 6.0. 21 interfaces were identified.
Responsible for setting the Solution Manager Service Desk functionality to capture project issues and the Project Blueprint and testing configuration

CDS – BWN – DORMA Group – 6 months

mplementation of SAP in the newly acquired company CDS as well as extending the use of configurable products in the existing BWN company. Responsible for the implementation of the variant configurator (sales and production – assemble to order scenario) and all logistics activities.

Murray Goulburn – 5 months

Upgrade project from 4.6c to ECC6.0 and multiple internal and external interfaces.I was responsible for overseeing the successful upgrade of the plant maintenance (PM) module as well as doing the inter-module functional coordination.

Westgate – Linfox Integration – 3 months

Westgate was a company acquired by Linfox. As per Linfox company directive, any newly acquired company must integrate the global Linfox SAP system…fast. Responsible for managing the vehicle maintenance and purchasing functions of Westgate and integrating them with the existing Linfox functions.

Lonely Planet Publications Inc. – 10 months

Roll-out of a SAP Core with the vertical solution IS-MEDIA (version 4.7) , to the US operations of Lonely Planet Publications. Responsible for conducting ‘confirm’ workshops, identifying any gaps with the core model and realizing US specific system changes in the areas of MM (Materials Management) and SD (Sales & Distribution).
Following the successful roll-out of SAP to the US operations of Lonely Planet the next logical step was to interface the US operations with a newly developed web shop. The main challenge in this project was to correctly incorporate the complex US sales tax calculation

FUCHS Lubricants Australia/New Zealand – 1 Month

Implementation of SAP Flexible planning functionalities. The aim was to change the forecasting process to a leaner and more time and cost effective process for FUCHS’ operations in Australia and New Zealand. The process rolled out has permitted FUCHS to reduce the monthly forecasting process from five days down to one and perform the entire process in SAP.

CADBURY Confectionary Australia/New Zealand – 3 Months

SAP R/3 implementation in version 4.6c. Project EnAbel – Blueprint phase.
Responsible for the functional analysis for production planning in a PP-REM (Repetitive manufacturing environment). This project was meant to become one that would see Cadbury’s New Zealand and Australian operations merge into one common SAP system. The client stopped this project at the end of the blue printing phase.

Codan – 7 Months

SAP R/3 implementation in version 4.7.
Responsible for the implementation of PP covering the entire scope of make to order and make to stock process requirements. This project went on to win the much coveted SAP award “Best Industry Solution Implementation” in 2005.

BWN-DORMA door controls – 6 Months

SAP R/3 upgrade from version 3.1 to 4.7
Responsible for overseeing the successful upgrade of the production planning (PP) materials management (MM) modules and the SAP product configurator.

Various customers

Worked for the following customers on various support issues:

  • THORN (Set up Plant Maintenance in a minimal form)
  • COLLEX (Training of super users in Materials Management)
  • MELBOURNE FIRE BRIGADE (Analysis of specific QM-Quality Management reporting requirements)
  • PILKINGTON GLASS (Helped implement PP in a SAP Configurator/make to order environment)
  • LONELY PLANET (Analysis of specific Product Data Management reporting requirements)
  • Siemens VDO (Training of users in the areas of PDM, production planning, material management and sales & distribution)

Atos Origin Enterprises Services Jun 2001 – Jan 2005

Total Oil – 14 months

SAP R/3 implementation in version 4.6c. with the vertical solution IS-OIL. Oil producing and retailing company. Responsible for the implementation of PM and associated functionalities to cover the entire maintenance activities of the French service station network (4500 service stations).

Ugine-Savoie Imphy – Arcelor Group – 13 months

Steel Products manufacturer – SAP R/3 implementation in version 4.6c. Implementation of SAP’s FI/CO/MM/SD/PP/QM modules. Project covering the entire scope of their manufacturing and distribution requirements for their European network. Responsible for the inter-modules functional coordination and setting up the SAP variant product configurator. Team management (10 consultants).

Ascometal-Lucchini Group – 8 months

Steel Products manufacturer. SAP R/3 implementation in version 4.6c with the vertical solution IS-MILL. Design of a core model covering all production aspects, for all of Ascometal’s steel mills. Implementation of the following SAP modules: FI/CO/MM/PP/SD/WM/QM/PM. Team management (9 consultants), client relations, budget planning.

Gewiss – 3 months

Ladder & cable shelf manufacturer. SAP R/3 implementation in version 4.6c. Responsible for the team coordination and for setting up the SAP variant product configurator in a sales and production environment (make to order environment). The major challenge was being able to translate numerous pages of mainframe code into the SAP product configurator in a very short amount of time.

Vantico – 8 weeks

Resin based products manufacturer. As part of their worldwide roll-out, training of the French team to the SAP FI/CO/MM/PP-PI/SD modules and assistance in pre-roll-out tests and coordination with the core team based in Switzerland.

Siemens Business Services Jan 1996 – May 2001

Media Saturn – 6 months

Retail. SAP R/3 upgrade from version 3.0f to 4.6b for FI and CO and implementation of MM and SD.
Team management (5 consultants), client relations, budget planning.

Sidel – 18 months

PET bottles blow moulding machines and mould manufacturer. SAP R/3 implementation in version 4.0b (FI/CO/SD/MM/PS/SM/PP project).
• Responsible for the functional analysis and implementation of PP.
• Responsible for part of the cross-application components :
• Classification / Engineering Change Management / Variant configuration / Document management system / Application Linking Enabling.

Bosch Braking Systems – 6 months

Car parts manufacturer. SAP R/3 implementation in version 3.1 (FI/CO/SD/MM/WM/PP project). Responsible for the functional analysis and implementation of PP.

Robert Bosch 3 weeks

Car parts manufacturer. SAP R/3 implementation in version 3.1. Assistance and training of end-users in SAP’s Kanban functionalities.

Freudenberg 3 months

Car parts manufacturer. SAP R/3 implementation in version 3.0d (FI/CO/SD/MM/PP project). Responsible for the writing up of test scenarios and for checking the customizing performed for the PP Module in a PP repetitive environment.

Assidomän Charfa Artois 11 months

Paper products manufacturer. SAP R/3 implementation in version 2.2 (FI/CO/SD/MM/PP project). Co-responsible for the functional analysis and implementation of PP. The main PP functionalities implemented included, MRP (Material Requirements Planning), finite capacity scheduling, SOP (Sales Operations Planning) and demand management.

Aerospatiale

As part of BEng. Sandwich year. Responsible for the implementation of a database software program for the entire design office to facilitate the work of the CAD/CAM technical support team and for training the personnel to use this software. All programs were developed under 4th Dimension on Macintosh computers.

Aerospatiale, General Conception Dept – Toulouse Aeronautical Testing Centre

  • Conducted various studies on composite materials.
  • A corrosion study of the Airbus A320 dummy rail.
  • A study on the effects of composite materials in polluted jet fuel.
  • An evaluation study aiming to show the fitness for use of composite materials to make up the entire central wing box of the future AS100 aircraft.

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