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Jesús Acosta

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Last update: 24.05.2018

SAP MM Senior Consultant

Graduation: not provided
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: German (Elementary) | English (Limited professional) | Spanish (Native or Bilingual)

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Skills

Systems Engineer certified in SAP material management module (MM) with more than 15 years of experience in implementation, Rollout, migration and support. He has worked as: Functional Consultant, Functional Leader, Basis Consultant, Basis and ABAP Team Leader and Project Manager. Broad and deep experience in SAP projects for Oil&Gas, Petrochemical, Energy, Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Airlines, and mass consumption products companies.
Strong knowledge (Conceptual and functional) of supply chain modeling and implementation for different business scenarios to ensure fluency in business process operations and inter-module integration (Logistic, Financial and Cost Controlling).
MM: Expert in material management (Master Data, Purchasing, Inventory Management and Physical Inventory, Warehouse Management, Batch Management, Invoice Verification, Automatic Account Determination, Release Strategies and Workflow).
MRP: Domain of the different Material Requirement Planning scenarios for both internal procurement (In-house Manufacturing and stock transfer) and external procurement. All planning models such as Sales planning, Forecast, reorder point.
Security: Design and implementation of the SAP Authorization concept as well as release strategies for approval and financial delegation. Includes definition of standards and administrative procedures.
Development: Knowledge of ABAP /DW, extensions and associated tools necessary for both Lead development team and enhance interaction with users, functional consultants and technical staff. Includes tools such as LMSW and Queries.
Basis: By first experiences, solid knowledge of BC administrative task; System Landscape, Correction and transport system, OSS notes, System & Performance Monitoring, Database Administration.
Extensive training in management, business process, Project planning & control and information technology.
Global business perspective. Conceptual integration, management of complex situations. Risk analysis and decision making. Self-determination and security. Orientation to excellence and teamwork. Out of the box thinking and creativity.
 Integral domain of disciplines and key tools for proper management of the lifecycle of business processes supported by information systems. Supply chain core processes and key interactions.

Project history

SAP Senior Consultant & Team Leader   May/2012 – Sep/2017 Freelance (Venezuela, Nicaragua & Panamá)
Implementing and customizing SAP modules, with focus on MM, LO and PP; as well as SAP best practices. Supply chain modeling including business process operations and inter-module integration (Logistic, Financial and Cost Controlling). End-to-end online integration between SAP MM module and core distribution network. Portable Data Terminal (PDT) integration for goods receipt, stock transport order and physical inventory. Business process systematization using IT, standards and methodologies. Project management based on agile and ASAP methodologies and a great drive for delivery. Process consultation, optimization and further development. Remote support for past projects to enable continuous development.

SAP Projects in:
COPA Airlines                   Ciudad de Panamá –Panamá     Airlines
Agencias Motta                 Ciudad de Panamá –Panamá     Mass  consumption
Disnorte-Dissur                 Managua – Nicaragua                 Energy
Duncan                             Caracas – Venezuela                   Manufacturing
PDVSA                              Maracaibo – Venezuela               Oil & Gas

IT Advisor                           Jul/2011 –Dec/2012                       Fundahipertension (Venezuela)                             Healthcare
Advising the board of directors in the design of healthcare management process. Conduct SWOT sessions. Support internal staff in requirement gathering and definition, as well as the RFPs for a new IT platform. Empowering internal staff with coaching and workshops to support the definition and implementation of a complete IT strategy and the project implementation.

IT Manager                        Jul/2009 –Jun/2011                        C.A. Diario Panorama (Venezuela)          Media
IT Strategic planning according to short and long term business goals. Lead IT Department Fusion & Reorganization. IT project portfolio formulation and design. IT cost, expense and investment budget. Projects planning and control. Making the IT infrastructure virtualized and cloud ready. Implementation of new era systems (ERP & CMS). Ensure service level of IT Platform.

Consultant Manager     Oct/2008–Jul/2009                         CONSEIN C.A. (Venezuela)                        IT
Define business development plans for MS Dynamics products & Services. Management of the professional services business unit. Management business relationships with Microsoft and other technological partners. Involved in the re-definition of the enterprise business solution unit.       

IT Project Leader             Oct/2005 – Jul/2009                       Independent (Venezuela)                    IT – Oil & Gas
Lead project (Design & Implementation) in IT. Includes CRM (MS Dynamic CRM), Record & Documents (according ISO 15489) & Core Process documentations of IT Companies (ISO-9000)

Dept. Manager          Dec/2001 – Jun/2002                     Empresas Polar (Venezuela)                     Food & Bev.
Lead UFA-Sistemas HR Applications department projects and support of corporate platform. Ensure service level of Systems and Applications. Projects: Mavesa integration to SAP. SAP Upgrade. Beer and Soda BUs Unification of payroll processes and system.

Basis Consultant       Ago/2001 – Nov/2001                   Intesa-PDVSA (Venezuela)                        IT – Oil & Gas
Basis System administration of SAP-BW Platform and database administration.

App. Dept. Leader                Jul/1998  – Jun/2001      POLINTER, C.A (Venezuela)                       Petrochemical
ABAP Team Leader & Basis        Jul/1996  – Jun/1998
Technology Analyst                       Jan/1994 – May/1996
Database Analyst                           Jan/1992 – Dec/1993
Special Career Path                       Jul/1988  – Dec/1991
 (High Potential Professional)
Participate in strategic planning exercises. IT project portfolio formulation and design. Project planning and control in scope, time, cost and quality. Evaluate and introduce information technologies and methodologies.  Cost, expenses and investment budget. Projects: planning and control. Ensure service level of IT Platform. Projects: SAP big-bang implementation; SAP Venezuelan payroll pilot; Fusion Polilago-Plastilago-Resilin (nowadays Polinter); SAP Upgrade. Commercial process optimization; Saving funds; Material System; IT Requirement and man power control system. Healthcare services control system.
 

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Only available in these countries: Chile
Available to travel and moving to other countries
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