SAP Analytics Lead, Solution Architect, Business Intelligence Manager and Solution Architect

Heineken is undergoing a Digital Transformation program led by the D&T Finance organization, where a new core E2E Solution based on SAP components is implemented (S/4 HANA, BW/4HANA and SAC) and complemented by non-SAP processes/applications. As Solution Architect and Lead from Infosys, along with previous experience at Heineken, my contributions included:

• Defined standards, principles, and policies to ensure performance, capacity, scalability, maintainability, and safety according to Heineken standards, to ensure fast deployments rollouts and overall Project control to the Product owner. These included:
  • SAP Analytics architecture framework Architecture (SAP BW4/HANA, SAC, Azure integration).
  • Set of Jira/Agile tasks/activities to be executed with every development cycle.
  • SAP Development Guidelines and documentation integrated with the Set of Jira activities.
  • Data Integration patterns for many cross-process applications (Oracle Transport Management, Oracle EPM, Zycus, PriceFx) through a defined Azure framework.
  • SAP Quality Assurance review process.
• Represent the architectural perspective for solutions, aligning multiple solutions, product developments, and data integration patterns to a common technical direction.
• Supported ongoing POCs (Azure integration pattern, SAP Datasphere, Microsoft Analytics Chabot).
• Supporting BW and SAC team leaders in backlog management to ensure deliverables and transition to operations (BAU).
• Onboard, support and coach new and existing team members to the defined framework and ways of working.

SAP Analytics Solution Architect / Team Lead for Cost to Serve (C2S)
Withing the Digital Transformation program led by the D&T Finance organization, Cost to Serve product, one solution to measure logistic performance and cost was implemented.  As Solution Architect and Lead from Infosys, along with ongoing responsibilities with the transformation program and previous experience with Heineken and Supply chain, my responsibilities and achievements included:

• Onboarded and led the Subject Matter Experts and the development team to the new framework and ways of working.
• Guide the team and ensure that developments where delivered on time and according to best practices defined.
• Define the Solution architecture within the giving framework.
• Follow up the required definitions with process Subject Matter Experts within the Supply Chain and Finance teams.
• Successful go-live of our Product within the defined scope and timelines.
• Data integration from S/4 Logistic Execution, SAP Supply Chain, S/4 SAP Transportation Management, Oracle Transportation Management (OTM through Azure integration pattern).

Yamaha Motor Europe is going through a Digital Transformation program as part of a corporate initiative. Within that process, that encompasses the migration of current ERP Solution towards SAP S/4 HANA, I contributed on defining the target solution for the transition to new Analytic, Finance Consolidation and Planning solutions including:

• Supported the Finance workstream on tool evaluation (SAP S/4 Group Reporting, One Stream, CCH Tagetik).
• Supported the Analytics workstream on the new Analytic platform to support the business:
  • Provided strategy, roadmap, architecture, required infrastructure and detailed implementation project plan.
  • Onboarded the offshore team located in India and making them main partners for the deployment (DevOps).

Serve as engagement lead and ambassador for multiple Heineken Operational Companies (OpCo) and central business functions to onboard them to the central analytic platform solution (B1). Coordinate with business executives and local partners to establish the strategy and steps for the onboarding process and oversee the project delivery until they are fully operational on the new data platform. Gather requirements and outline tasks and activities for various partners supporting the central analytic platform, collaborating with several Agile and DevOps teams. On the technical side, provide support by defining integration patterns from different source solutions to the new central analytic platform (B1): a multilayer analytic solution implemented on Amazon Web Services (AWS) with SAP HANA, SAP SLT/SDI replication technology, SAP SDA, SAP BODS, SAP Data Intelligence, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Business Objects, SAP Analytics Cloud, Power BI, and Qlik.
Onboarding of the following OpCos, Solutions, and Programs to the new central analytical platform:

• BASE Program: ingestions patterns for JD Edwards, Navision ERPs and for flat files using SAP HANA XSA framework.
• B2B Global Cloud solution: integrations of several B2B OpCo solutions -> Virto (14), DDE (12) and SEM (5).
• Mexico: Lift and Shift migration of the on-premises BW solution to the B1 Platform.
• Indonesia and Greece: ingestion of SAP ERP data and local B2B Solutions; migration to BW4/HANA.
• Data Prime Program: extension of the Heineken central Analytical platform by adding a full Microsoft Azure Stack and additional SAP Components.
  • Onboarding and deployment across several OpCos: Mexico, Spain, Austria, New Zealand, Greece and Portugal.
  • SAP Analytics Cloud: define and set up a shared SAC Global Platform for all the OpCos to support Corporate and Self BI capabilities; and enable Mobile capabilities as well.
  • SAP Data Intelligence: POC, Guidelines, Templates and deployment across several OpCos.
  • SAP Datawarehouse Cloud: define scope for POC.