Keywords
SAP Applications
Enterprise Resource Planning
Supply Chain Management
Six Sigma Methodology
Business Development
Customer Relationship Management
Consulting
Sales
Program Management
Reengineering
Skills
Executive Summary
During the past 23 years, I have worked on consulting in three major areas, as ERP Project Manager, working for SAP Mexico as Project Manager and for BaaN ERP in the past. Managing large scale projects in Mexico, Latin America and US, sound knowledge of all aspects of IT, ERP, reengineering, CRM, Supply Chain, Costs, Finance, with a sharp vision of business and market analysis, innovation & business transformation, Merger & Acquisitions. Establishing PMO practices and governance. Developing End-to-End / Full Cycle Project plans based on several methodologies & frameworks for all phases. Also qualified in OCM, Six Sigma, PMI and some APICS courses.
I have experience on Business Development with focus sales and marketing areas for IT companies and distribution channels, and as a Business Consultant working for one worldwide re-engineering firm scanning companies to detect opportunities and weakness in their operations, creating and/or redefining most of the workflows, management systems and resources utilization. Leaving the company almost ready for ISO9000 certification, I was trained in the US by this company.
Bachelor in Administrative Computer Systems, qualified in Total Quality Management, Telecommunications networks and PMI Methodology. Core experience on strategic, Multicultural, Bilingual, Cross-functional Projects like Templates / Rollouts / Enhancements & SLO, including Data cleansing and migration. Industry experience : Automotive, Oil & Gas, Public Sector, Apparel and Footwear, Pharmaceutical, Mining, Mills, Agronomy, Manufacturing, Retail & POS, CPG ( Consumer packaged goods ), Consulting, MKT/Sales & Business development.
Fernando Lopez
Mobile +52 / 011 1 (55) 5415 5020 - Feel free to call me on any chance you have.Skype : fernando.ala
P.S. Willing to take bilingual projects ( Spanish - English ) any place abroad.
During the past 23 years, I have worked on consulting in three major areas, as ERP Project Manager, working for SAP Mexico as Project Manager and for BaaN ERP in the past. Managing large scale projects in Mexico, Latin America and US, sound knowledge of all aspects of IT, ERP, reengineering, CRM, Supply Chain, Costs, Finance, with a sharp vision of business and market analysis, innovation & business transformation, Merger & Acquisitions. Establishing PMO practices and governance. Developing End-to-End / Full Cycle Project plans based on several methodologies & frameworks for all phases. Also qualified in OCM, Six Sigma, PMI and some APICS courses.
I have experience on Business Development with focus sales and marketing areas for IT companies and distribution channels, and as a Business Consultant working for one worldwide re-engineering firm scanning companies to detect opportunities and weakness in their operations, creating and/or redefining most of the workflows, management systems and resources utilization. Leaving the company almost ready for ISO9000 certification, I was trained in the US by this company.
Bachelor in Administrative Computer Systems, qualified in Total Quality Management, Telecommunications networks and PMI Methodology. Core experience on strategic, Multicultural, Bilingual, Cross-functional Projects like Templates / Rollouts / Enhancements & SLO, including Data cleansing and migration. Industry experience : Automotive, Oil & Gas, Public Sector, Apparel and Footwear, Pharmaceutical, Mining, Mills, Agronomy, Manufacturing, Retail & POS, CPG ( Consumer packaged goods ), Consulting, MKT/Sales & Business development.
Fernando Lopez
Mobile +52 / 011 1 (55) 5415 5020 - Feel free to call me on any chance you have.Skype : fernando.ala
P.S. Willing to take bilingual projects ( Spanish - English ) any place abroad.
Project history
Wide experience on as Project Manager and for BaaN ERP in the past, Managing large scale projects in Mexico, Latin America and US, sound knowledge of all aspects of IT, ERP, reengineering, CRM, Supply Chain, Costs, Finance, with a sharp vision of business and market analysis, also qualified in OCM Six Sigma, PMI and some APICS courses.
Apr 2009 - Actual: Freelance / Contractor with Net-Partners International / VisionIT / Fast Dolphin / Wipro / CSI / Portland Consulting, SAP Vistex / R3D Conseil
Project Manager
ASSIGNMENT HISTORY - LATEST PROJECTS:
Industry: R3d Conseil – Canadian software and services company
Project Description/Scope: Mexico Delivery Manager – Automotive market
Role: Delivery Manager
Duration: Mar 2017 – to date
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Industry: Vistex / Official SAP Industry Solution Partner – Software and services
Project Description/Scope: LATAM - Regional Delivery Manager
Role: Delivery Manager
Duration: Apr 2016 – Dec 2016
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Industry: Federal Mogul - Mexico / OEM - OES & Aftermarket Automotive products
Project Description/Scope: SAP Roll-out
Role: Project Manager
Duration: Feb 2015 – Oct 2015
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Project Description/Scope: Company Start Up ( Legal & Operations, IT, HR )
Role: Project Manager & PMO
Duration: August 2014 – Dec 2014
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Project Description/Scope: SAP ECC 6.0 Greenfield implementation with connection to 340 POS Nationwide using PI.
Role: Project Manager
Duration: Sept 2013 – Jun 2014
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Project Description/Scope: Global Merge & Acquisition / Project Roll Out - SAP ECC 6.0
Role: Regional Project Manager for LATAM
Duration: September 2012 to Jun 2013
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
Apr 2009 - Actual: Freelance / Contractor with Net-Partners International / VisionIT / Fast Dolphin / Wipro / CSI / Portland Consulting, SAP Vistex / R3D Conseil
Project Manager
ASSIGNMENT HISTORY - LATEST PROJECTS:
Industry: R3d Conseil – Canadian software and services company
Project Description/Scope: Mexico Delivery Manager – Automotive market
Role: Delivery Manager
Duration: Mar 2017 – to date
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
- Coordinate all the projects running on Mexico
- Accountable for the project budget, staffing, invoicing & collecting, revenue recognition, escalations, resource allocation and bench
- Delivering multiple projects for automotive brands and OEMs
- Presales collaboration and sales proposals, Up-selling of consultancy services
- Providing and coordinating Mexican resources for USA projects
- Collaboration with the USA, Canada and Brazil headquarters
- Participation in global PMO meetings, regional sales opportunities
Industry: Vistex / Official SAP Industry Solution Partner – Software and services
Project Description/Scope: LATAM - Regional Delivery Manager
Role: Delivery Manager
Duration: Apr 2016 – Dec 2016
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
- Trained by this company on its main solutions.- Chargebacks (CB), Sales Commission and Incentive (SI), Billbacks (BB), Sales Rebates (SR), Customer Rebates (CR), Purchasing Rebates (PR) to Implement this SAP Industry solutions based on ECC and S4 Hanna
- Managing one Project at Mexico for the biggest groceries wholesaler and leading the execution of 4 projects more in LATAM.
- Leading one SAP IS – Agribusiness by Vistex ( Agronomy ) project at Guatemala
- Playing as point of interaction between the USA Vistex Corporate offices and Spanish speaking customers and projects
- Responsible for the project budget, burn-rate, expenses and revenue, staffing, bench
- Collaborate in proposals for services suspects and leads, discovery phase execution
Industry: Federal Mogul - Mexico / OEM - OES & Aftermarket Automotive products
Project Description/Scope: SAP Roll-out
Role: Project Manager
Duration: Feb 2015 – Oct 2015
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
- Project roll-out to include Plant 2 - Special products - operations, extending the existing SAP functionality
- EL Paso, Tx - USA and Cd Juarez, Chi – Mex / Bi-National operation known as MAQUILADORA
- Process reengineering to adapt SAP Best Practices
- Complex Import & Export raw materials and Finished good flows
- SAP Key user training / train the trainers
- Master data cleansing
- PP (MTO & MTS production mode), FI-CO, MM&WM, SD
Project Description/Scope: Company Start Up ( Legal & Operations, IT, HR )
Role: Project Manager & PMO
Duration: August 2014 – Dec 2014
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
- Planning, definition and execution the activities to Star up the operations at Bogota – Colombia as a Financial Services Company
- Lead the process to approve the regulations and compliance as a Financial company with the Colombian government
- Create the legal entity and Operation license, definition of all new processes for the company based on ISO9001
- Determine the software vendor for financials services operation according with the government regulations and compliance. SAP was discarded as tool for the core operation.
- Determine the basic crew to start operations adding a Shared Services Center to support back-office processes
- Define the requirements to implement SAP for back-office
Project Description/Scope: SAP ECC 6.0 Greenfield implementation with connection to 340 POS Nationwide using PI.
Role: Project Manager
Duration: Sept 2013 – Jun 2014
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
- Implementation of SAP ECC 6.0 with SD, MM, FI, CO, BW, HR, CRM, PI, WMS, PP, LE, HCM
- Master data Management, leading a team effort for a complex data migration, ETL, cleansing for 7 brands homologation data to standardized and upload data
- Full reengineering, process and procedures standardization
- Complex interaction with POS Machines. Inbound & Outbound interfaces developed for 3 POS Software brands to be on line with SAP ECC
- Inbound & Outbound information flows about Sales by region/district, margins/profitability, stocks, specials & discounts, brands, families, slow movements stocks, perishables & shelf life, store Transfers, store Auditing Procedures, Store KPI’s, loyalty program, employees control, payroll, etc.
- 7 brands template for 340 Nationwide Food Stores ( Donuts, pizzas, hamburgers, steaks, coffee, ice cream)
Project Description/Scope: Global Merge & Acquisition / Project Roll Out - SAP ECC 6.0
Role: Regional Project Manager for LATAM
Duration: September 2012 to Jun 2013
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
- Implementation of SAP ECC 6.0 with SD, MM, FI, BW for the LATAM Region
- Other duties were added to my role during the project like SharePoint migrations, Hardware assignment, OCM ( Training, Business Impacts, Communication )
- Leading cross-functional teams regionally for MDM, Data cleansing, OCM, BW, Cutover Planning with 48 consultants (On Site & Remotes )
- Salesforce portal implementation for Sales Order reception and connection to SAP ECC
- Shared Services center migration from Costa Rica to Mexico
- Strong corporate alignment and rigid structures and policies for all regions
- Global PMO communication / interaction
- Multicultural teams with different time zones
Local Availability
Only available in these countries:
Mexico
ASAP.
