September 2015 - present

Role

MDM Lead Consultant

Industry

Retail / Fashion

Company

Asics

Project Description

As part of a broader program, the existing SAP MDM implementation must be enhanced and adapted to fit the new system landscape. This includes adaptation for a new MDM scenario (from reporting-only to consolidation), extensions to the datamodel, alignment of reference data across the system landscape (multi-regional).

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Data Modelling
• Functional / Technical testing
• Development of scripts
• Functional / technical designs
• Data quality improvements
• Support the infrastructure team on technical upgrades
• Educate internal personnel on SAP MDM features (architecture and tooling)
• Interfacing
• Go-live deployment and support
• Develop How-to guides and training content
• Hypercare support
  

Country

The Netherlands / Japan

March 2016 - present

Role

Java developer

Industry

High tech

Company

Danfoss

Project Description

To support implementation of SAP MDM functionality, a number of enhancements is developed as standalone applications to perform bulk operations on master data, like auto-population, data derivation and enrichment.

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Development Java Applications based on SAP MDM API
• Test applications
• Source code delivery through MS Visual Studio
  

Country

The Netherlands

April 2015 – September 2015

Role

Technical Solution Consultant

Industry

High-Tech

Company

SAP

Project Description

Build an application that takes an MS Excel-file as input and generates a MS PowerPoint. The application must support Sales in launching marketing-campaigns as well as on-site visits to present proposals

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Build xls-macro in Visual Basic to generate a MS PowerPoint presentation
• Derive Data Model from MS Excel and build a HANA Database based on this
• Replace xls-macro with Java components
• Build UI5-screens as a frontend for the application

Country

The Netherlands

May 2015

Role

MDM Expert

Industry

Utilities

Company

RTE

Project Description

Review SAP MDM-SRM Implementation in order to optimize performance and align with SAP Best Practices

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Review current implementation
• Review working procedures / business processes
• Review server configuration
• Validate design
• Provide report with recommendations, technical fixes and optimizations
  

Country

France

March 2014 - May 2015

Role

MDM Expert

Industry

Defense

Company

n/a

Project Description

Customer wants a solution based on SAP NW MDM. Before the Project was started, a Proof of Concept was built to demonstrate the capability of SAP MDM to maintain Equipment, Assets and Materials. Based on this POC, a portal application must be built that requires compatibility with MDM Workflows and Java Web Dynpro. The project is intended to ease the phasing out of Equipment, determine items in stock and their location. SAP NW BPM is a possible candidate for next phases, so solution design must take this into account

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Demonstrate SAP NW MDM capabilities during bid-phase
• Derive a data model from various information sources (xls)
  
• Setup, configure and build SAP NW Portal Applications, using Web Dynpro Java, MDM WD Components and MDM Web Services
  
• Integrate SAP NW MDM with SAP ECC (RFC Functionality)

Country

n/a

May 2014 - July 2014

Role

Principal Solution Architect

Industry

Oil & Gas

Company

Linde AG

Project Description

The creation and maintenance of Vendor Master Data is oursourced to Shared Service Centers. The requirement from the shared service centers (SSC) is that they have a common tool and process for the maintenance of vendor master data for the following reasons:

1) To assure quality & accuracy of vendor master data

2) Reduce the costs of master data maintenance

3) To achieve agreed service levels as well as manage and improve process

The provided solution should be able to meet those requirements

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Lead Implementation Team
• Trusted Advisor for Implementation Partner and Customer
• Act as a liaison between Product Managers, Solution Owners, Implementation Partner Project Management
• Ensure Implementation aligns with SAP Roadmap and Best Practices

Country

Germany

January 2014 - April 2014

Role

Business Process Management Expert

Industry

Public

Company

Kadaster

Project Description

The customer is replacing a large part of their system landscape with new software and requires in-depth knowledge on various workflow technologies from SAP. A comparison must be presented between SAP Business Workflow, SAP NW BPM and Activity Management from SAP CRM.

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Provide expert knowledge on SAP NW BPM
• Position SAP Process Orchestration alongside
• Align customer’s vision and long-term roadmap with SAP Products, based on SAP Best Practices

Country

The Netherlands

November 2013 - March 2014

Role

Solution Architect

Industry

Oil & Gas

Company

BP, Shell

Project Description

The work for this project is a combination of multiple projects for different customers in the Oil & Gas Sector. The goal is to establish a Target Technical Architecture for the long term. The Target Architecture must align with the SAP Product Roadmap for Enterprise Information Management. The project should also deliver a migration plan (including timelines) to migrate from the current solution to the target solution

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Establish an integrated view of all MDM Applications within customer landscape
• Determine Target Technical Architecture
• Define Roadmap to achieve the Target Technical Architecture
• Objects in scope are price books (catalogs, Customer, Vendors and Materials

Country

United Kingdom

November 2013 - December 2013

Role

SAP MDG Solution Architect

Industry

High Tech & Electronics

Company

Ericsson AB

Project Description

The project aims to decrease the lead-time for including 3rd party products in the customer's catalog and to formalize the business processes surrounding their 3rd party product provisioning.

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Liaison between customer, implementation partner and SAP Product/Solution Management
• Functional and Technical support for the implementation partner
• Propose architecture for their Master Data and Web Channel Catalog

Country

Sweden

May 2013 - June 2013

Role

Process Orchestration Expert

Industry

High-Tech

Company

Mettler-Toledo

Project Description

Conduct an awareness workshop that provides the customer with in-depth knowledge on SAP Process Orchestration, implementation strategies and the SAP Product Roadmap

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Workshop on SAP Process Orchestration
• Provide insight on the product itself, focusing on SAP PI vs SAP PO vs SAP NW BPM vs SAP NW BRM
• Implementation Strategies
• Align customer strategy with SAP Product Roadmap

Country

Switzerland

November 2011 - November 2013

Role

MDM Team Lead

Industry

Food & Beverages

Company

Heineken

Project Description

This project intends to establish a central Master Data Management Capability for Customers, Materials and Suppliers. This Master Data is used as input for purchasing (SRM), sales (CRM) and inventory-/material management (ECC). The goal is to optimize Procurement-, Sourcing, Supply Chain and Sales processes

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Establish System Landscape/Architecture
• Act as a liaison between Customer Solution Architects and Implementation Partner Project Teams
• Support partner during build and implementation with Web Dynpro Java, SAP NW BPM, MDM WD Components, MDM Web Services and Portal configuration
• Sign off Functional and Technical designs
• Ensure alignment with SAP Best practices

Country

The Netherlands

November 2010 - November 2011

Role

Technical Consultant / Solution Architect

Industry

Pharmacy

Company

Glaxo Smith Kline

Project Description

Customer wants to centrally manage Customers, Materials and Vendors in SAP NW MDM and integrate the solution with SAP NW CE, SAP NW BPM, SAP NW MDM and ECC. Additionally, I was asked to conduct job interviews with freelancers in order to enable the customer to build up a MDM Core Team

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Solution Architecture for MDM Customers and Materials with regards to MDM, Web Dynpro and BPM
• Technical implementation of MDM Web Dynpro Components
  
• Build custom functionality with SAP MDM Java API
  
• Integration with SAP NW BPM
  
• Conduct job interviews

Country

United Kingdom

September 2010 - November 2010

Role

Coordinator for testing activities in Europe / MDM Consultant

Industry

High Tech & Electronics

Company

SAP

Project Description

Pre-release testing of MDM 71 SP06. Current client landscapes on SAP NW MDM including Portal Implementation and DB views are rebuilt at SAP Labs according to the customer's current setup and compared to MDM 71 SP06 with regards to stability, performance and configuration

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Act as liaison between the SAP representative at the customer site and SAP Labs
• Rebuild the current customer solution at SAP Labs
• Perform baseline testing on current version
• Upgrade to MDM 71 SP06, improve configuration and perform baseline test
• Compare performance test-results and report on results

Country

Israel

June 2010 - September 2010

Role

Business Process Consultant

Industry

Insurance

Company

Achmea

Project Description

Companywide implementation of various SAP modules (SAP NW MDM, SAP NW BPM, SAP ECC, SAP SRM, SAP CRM, SAP PI)

Responsibilities/Deliverables

To setup an architecture that is capable of combining functionality from various SAP Modules, 3rd party systems and external web services into integrated and automated SAP BPM Processes

Country

The Netherlands

February 2010 - May 2010

Role

MDM Consultant

Industry

Retail

Company

Kerry Foods

Project Description

Greenfield implementation of SAP Products, of which SAP NW MDM and SAP NW CE are part

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Functional Documents for workflows, interfaces and repositories
• Proof of Concept on BPM workflows and SAP MDM WD Components

Country

Ireland

November 2009 - February 2010

Role

MDM Consultant / Web Dynpro / Java-programmer

Industry

Consumer Products

Company

Philips

Project Description

Support the process of storing new Business Partners in this customers ECC and CRM backend through the CE-portal

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• MDM Data modelling
• Generate MDM Web Services
• Consume Web Services (also BAPI) in Web Dynpro
• Integrate WD-Apps with BPM
• Coach colleagues

Country

The Netherlands

July 2009 - November 2009

Role

Technical MDM / NetWeaver Consultant

Industry

Telecommunications

Company

Vodafone

Project Description

The project supports the customer to formalize and structure their Procurement Procedures, through SAP NW MDM, MDM Workflows and SAP NW Portal

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Functional and Technical Designs
• Building Web Dynpro Applications
• MDM Data modelling

Country

Luxemburg

June 2009 - July 2009

Role

Technical MDM / NetWeaver Consultant

Industry

Insurance

Company

Achmea

Project Description

Proof of Concept of SAP NetWeaver CE and SAP NW MDM that aims to demonstrate the full capabilities of the mentioned components

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Build Web Dynpro (Java) frontend, based on SAP NW MDM Java API
• Use MDM Web Services to deliver content to and retrieve content from the frontend

Country

The Netherlands

October 2008 - June 2009

Role

Lead SAP MDM Consultant

Industry

High Tech & Electronics

Company

Philips

Project Description

Customer is selected as a ramp-up customer for MDM 7.1. The project goal is to upgrade the existing MDM 5.5 installation to MDM 7.1, while gathering pre-release product issues

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Upgrade the existing MDM 5.5 environment to MDM7.1
• Provide solutions (in technical and functional) for customer’s issues
  
• Coordination and planning of SAP MDM team in upgrade activities
  
• Coordinate with customer about technical landscape and roll-out/go-live procedures
  
• Modify existing MDM data model and workflows

Country

The Netherlands

March 2008 - October 2008

Role

Java / HTML-programmer

Industry

Insurance

Company

Achmea

Project Description

The project goal is to visualize Profit Center, Cost Center and organizational hierarchies from within SAP ERP onto a web based environment

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Gather requirements from key users
• Build application based on requirements
  
• Instruct key users on tool-usage

Country

The Netherlands

March 2007 - February 2008

Role

MDM Team Lead

Industry

Telecommunications

Company

Vodafone

Project Description

Customer is implementing a greenfield installation of SAP Products. SAP NW MDM is positioned centrally to ensure one version of the truth across the new system landscape

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Document functional / technical requirements
• Report on team-progress
• Coach colleagues
• Build Web Dynpro Java application
• Create MDM Data model
• Safeguard design

Country

United Kingdom

August 2006 - March 2007

Role

Technical MDM Consultant

Industry

Company

Project Description

Customer is implementing SAP NW MDM to hold vendor and material information. The solution must be capable to generated xls-exports on the full MDM repository through a Portal Application

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Create MDM Data model
• Setup import and syndication functionality
• Build Java-application to export MDM data into MS Excel using Open Source software

Country

Sweden

March 2006 - August 2006

Role

Technical Consultant

Industry

Government

Company

Informatie Beheer Groep

Project Description

To implement a new law on Student Wages, a Portal-application is required to enable local governments to provide required information. The portal application must be built using JSF (Java Server Faces)

Responsibilities/Deliverables

Build Portal frontend application

Country

The Netherlands

September 2005 - March 2006

Role

Technical PLM Consultant

Industry

Utilities

Company

Stork GLT

Project Description

The project should enable storage and extraction of all instruction-, maintenance- and installation documentation regarding Gas Pump Installation in Groningen. The application is running on a portal and should support Mobile Devices

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Build Portal frontend application
• Setup Data model on backend
  

Country

The Netherlands

March 2002 - July 2005

Role

Technical PLM Consultant

Industry

Petrochemical

Company

DSM

Project Description

Because of new governmental regulations regarding safety and administration, the customer is obliged to document their entire factories, refineries, transportation equipment, etc. The solution must be capable of storing not only the documentation, but also maintenance, accidents, emergencies, etc. within their plant-area

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Build Data model
  
• Implement automation triggers, policies, lifecycles, etc. on various business objects
• Build MQL programs for automation purposes
• Build Java applications for MatrixOne Portals

Country

The Netherlands

October 2001 - September 2005

Role

Technical PLM Consultant

Industry

High Tech & Electronics

Company

Philips

Project Description

The project is part of a long-running contract in which various PLM applications based on MatrixOne software are delivered. The project starts out with implementation of client applications and supports a portal application from 2003 and onwards. Initially the leading programming language is MQL (derivative from SQL) and is later combined and eventually replaced by Java

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Build Data model
• Implement automation triggers, policies, lifecycles, etc. on various business objects
  
• Build MQL programs for automation purposes
  
• Build Java applications for MatrixOne Portals

Country

The Netherlands

March 2001 - September 2001

Role

Technical PLM Consultant

Industry

Aerospace

Company

Fokker Aerostructures

Project Description

Finish build activities on PLM-platform

Responsibilities/Deliverables

Build MQL programs for automation purposes

Country

The Netherlands

November 2000 - April 2001

Role

Visual Baler Programmer

Industry

Company

De Nederlandse Bank

Project Description

This bank requires other financial institutes in The Netherlands to provide periodical updates on their businesses in Visual Bales Application. The application resembles MS Excel and is build based on Macro-coding

Responsibilities/Deliverables

• Build various reports in Visual Baler
  
• Support test team
• Act as liaison between IT and departments requiring new reports

Country

The Netherlands