Greg M. - MDG-F S/4 Delivery Lead

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Basel, Switzerland

Experience

Feb 2024 - May 2024

4 months

United States

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Solenis Chemicals

ECC ->S4 Hana Public cloud
Migration of FI/MM/PS/LO/EWM from ECC SP7 to S4/Hana On-Prem, via Migration Cockpit and ADM Syniti
Conducted data cleansing and BP restructuring workshops
Aligned with cutover and transport management. Data and process-related Incident triage and resolution in SolManFB. Execution of regression testing via Tricentis TOSCA
Financial reconciliation

Nov 2023 - Present

2 years 2 months

Germany

MDG-F S/4 Delivery Lead

Siemens Energy AG

Provision of MDG-F extensions, customised Fiori applications for the Siemens operating model
Creation of extension requests, business requirement documents, definition of CR types, workflow UX spaces and security role models
Overseeing development and regression testing. Cutover and upgrade planning. SoA replication of web services for external applications (SalesForce, Ariba)

Apr 2023 - Sep 2023

6 months

Switzerland

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Tillotts Pharma AG

Implementation of the S/4 HANA Private Cloud data migration
Organise the data migration approach and landscape analysis of the TILLOTTS legacy system landscape
Leading data field and value mapping workshops with the SAP implementation partner

Feb 2023 - Nov 2023

10 months

Switzerland

Global Project Data Migration Lead – Implementation

Ruag AG – Beyond Gravity (BG) Aerospace

Greenfield Implementation of SAP S/4 Public Cloud Data Migration
BG's multiple legacy ERP's and PLM systems to S/4 Public Cloud
Introduction of MDG concepts in preparation for the cleansing and standardisation of Business Partners, FI and Engineering Materials
Development of test scenarios for data and E2E business processes to support the metric assessment for gate criteria with EY
Creation of schedules, definition of activities to carry out the data migration and cutover in a way that is transparent for STEECO

Jun 2021 - Dec 2022

1 year 7 months

Zürich, Switzerland

SAP MDG/G Lead / Data Lead Migration / SolmanFB Data Test Lead

Hitachi Energy

Initiated the implementation of SAP MDG BP MM FI Material/Finance/Customers/Suppliers/Business Partner platforms for S/4 Hana
Provision of a business case for management and an operational concept for the globalisation of standardisation at Hitachi Energy
Ensuring the cleansing and replication of master data to S/4 ERP
Management of the creation of global data templates for the migration of S/4 business objects
Management of the creation of documents for the object strategy for data migration with the dependencies between the objects
Data migration value and data transformation mapping
Creation of user-defined objects
Alignment with MDG/MDG
Customer / Supplier Base:
Restructuring/clean-up of BP Hierarchical reorganisation to adapt the MDG/MDG platform
Elimination/validation of the customer/supplier master data. Reclassification and consolidation of accounts on the basis of receivables and payables
Identification of the legally registered unit as the master MDG unit
Implementation of PWC's ACCUITY Gold Key Bank Master validation solution for MDG bank data and sales organisation enhancements
Rationalisation/restructuring of the technical BP functions
Finance:
AP/AR GL/FI-AA/Bank Master/PS Financials Forecasts/Updates
Material Stem:
Restructuring realised on the basis of the engineering system as <>-PLM concept. Mass elimination of duplicate pseudo-duplicates. Consolidation of the associated stocks. Reclassification of the material accounts
Identification of external technical systems as the owner of the material master
Customer base restricted to create MDG customers as SPOT
Direct transfer/staging tables LTCM/LTMOM/LSMW SLT/SLO
ECC6->S/4 HANA pilot project for CH/SP/PT
Legacy data migration Transformation of business partners/financial/production systems
Hitachi Energy Business Units:
Engineer to order
Contract manufacturing/inventory
Services
Systems
Software
E2E Process Streams Objects:
R2R – Recording for report
P2D – Plan to Deliver
P2D – Planning
P2D – Variant configuration
P2D – Quality management
P2D – Production execution
P2D – Warehouse
GTT – Global Transport and Trade
I2R – Problem to solution
Q2C – Quote to Cash
S2P – Source to pay
PO2C – nal project report

Nov 2007 - May 2021

13 years 7 months

Lead Business Integration Data Migration Project Manager/Analyst and Global Lead Data Migration

General Electric Power

SAP/HANA Data Cockpit from an ECC 6.0 – EhP7 instance/SAP B4/HANA
Data migration from ECC – EhP7 to SAP S4/HANA LTCM/LTMOM rel. 2020
Migration of SAP standard and user-defined data objects
Specialised in customer/supplier material master, procure to pay
More than 13 years of experience with data migration and MDG/MDG
Expert in the development and conception of SAP data migrations
S4HANA project experience from recent work
Native ABAP development experience
Previous experience with SAP Material Management and Customer Service
At least 2 years as a functional consultant with a focus on supply chain/logistics
Knowledge of SAP ABAP for cockpit modifications
Knowledge of SAP Data Services
Proven knowledge of ABAP RICEFW, LSMW, ALE/Idoc, BAPI Interfacing
Data Migration Cockpit (LTMC) and other data migration tools (such as LSMW) in S/4
Design and build a CPM (Contract Portfolio Management) SAP – API-based data migration platform and a global template. This project, which Greg designed and implemented, enabled the consolidation of USD 4.5 billion worth of power plant construction and maintenance contracts for GE's global energy business into a single portfolio
Head of project implementation: of legacy MDG and data migration of global rollout
Management of the development and implementation of the international project teams CH/FR/USA/IN
Greg created the GE – SAP Data Migration Global Template concept for master and transaction objects. Greg led the LSMW development, testing and go-live deployment. MM/BOM/RTG/PUR/SD/FI/HCM/WM/LO/PS/PP/AA objects
+45 countries +450 legacy ERP systems were migrated to a single SAP instance with master data integration and replication

Jan 2007 - Oct 2007

10 months

Switzerland

SAP – Freelance Consultant

Gia.ch

FI – GL Chart of Accounts (general ledger):
Creating and loading a new chart of accounts for external client(s) with LSMW
Facilitating examinations by developing queries
Asset Management Project / FI-AA:
Configuration and data integration of external corporate customers
Management of multiple external business partners for outsourcing clients
SAP BW Interface Development:
ETL troubleshooting for existing DATA MART customer interfaces for external customers

Jun 2006 - Dec 2006

7 months

United States

Freelance SAP Consultant

Honeywell Aerospace Defence – Satellite Systems USA

SAP – Specialist for SCM-SD/SC/OM migration
Data and process mapping master document
Extraction and loading of master and transaction data with LSMW/BAPI
ABAP programming of special data conversion routines
Development of customised business objects for the aerospace industry
Data mapping – ETL to BW
FI tax interface for specially developed objects, debtor tax types – jurisdiction codes and withholding tax types
SC – Supply chain migration/orders/validation
SD – Order management/supplier/customer master/validation
Customer order implementation for fixed-price contract(s)
MM – material revision level(s), part serialisation, UOM conversions
BAPI/ALE-based data migration
Business Objects Query Development – Data Validation
Head of the query development team/collection of user requirements
Gap analysis
Develop and manage the validation of Business Objects Data Warehouse reports
Transport request management for development and configuration change requests
ABAP/Unicode-compliant checking of ABAP code developed offshore
Solution Manager Transports – User-defined objects

Mar 2006 - May 2006

3 months

Vevey, Switzerland

Freelance SAP Consultant / Data Integration Specialist

Nestle S.A.

Consultant for ALE/IDOC applications and data integration
Modules: HR/SCM-SD-SC/MM/FI
SAP messaging specialist overseeing master data replication and transactional data updates. Real-time functional failure analysis of HR/SD-SC/MM/FI Master and Transactional Replication data transfers for Nestle GLOBE (Global Excellence) project rollout. Technical analysis and problem-solving of ALE customer distribution model, IDOCs, partner profiles and ports (tRFC), change pointers, message types, and functional modules, for global financial and logistics markets
Greg supported the technical aspects of the GLOBE solution software components that run in the background to make the GLOBE Business Solution work properly:
Management of transport orders
Technical SAP layer
SAP utility programs
Tools that enable seamless, continuous data transfer between SAP and non-SAP applications
Data conversion tools/LSMW
The components are:
ALE (Application Linking and Embedding)
Middleware (MQ series)
BASIS (technical SAP layer)
SAP Scheduling and: for batch jobs
SAP Transport Management System (TMS): for transporting objects from one environment to another, e.g. from pre-production to production
SAP Business Connector
ETL (Extract, Transform, Load): is used for data conversion/data loading
NCPS web server and IBM DB2 database management system

Feb 2006 - Mar 2006

2 months

Basel, Switzerland

Freelance Consultant / Migration

Bank for International Settlements

Retail/private banking website of the bank, migration of PDF and HTML documents to XML Unicode UTF-16 ISO/IEC 10646:2003-compliant Documents

Jan 2006 - Jul 2007

1 year 7 months

Freelance SAP Consultant

Honeywell Aerospace Defence

Specialist for data integration/MRO migration
Data Conversion from Legacy to SAP Aerospace Solution – Government and Defense Industry
Migration from SAP BW to Business Objects – Technical BO Query Development
Component maintenance – solution with open-loop scenario
Data cleansing of components for overhaul/repair
MRO – MM – Material revision level(s), part serialisation, UOM conversions
Loading stock – WIP coordination
FI tax interface for specially developed objects, debtor tax types – jurisdiction codes and withholding tax types
SCM supply chain integrated with PS project system configuration. Conversion of legacy purchase/framework orders, integration of special purchase order text management functions, vendor master load and rationalisation
BAPI/ALE-based data migration
Solution Manager Transports – User-defined objects
Development of SAP queries to facilitate the validation of legacy conversions
Development and worldwide coordination of customised ALE/message types. Migration to secure communication profiles
Extraction and loading of master and transaction data with LSMW/ BAPI
ABAP programming of special data conversion routines
Development of Business Objects queries
Data mapping – ETL to BW/loading SAP BW standard objects/info cubes
Develop and manage the validation of Business Objects Data Warehouse reports
Transport request management for development and configuration change requests
ABAP/Unicode-compliant checking of ABAP code developed offshore
Solution Manager Transports – User-defined objects

Jan 2006 - Oct 2006

10 months

Basel, Switzerland

Freelance Consultant / Developer

Institute for Financial Stability

FSI International events and training interactive catalogue
Development of hierarchical, taxonomy-based menus/websites, from PDF and HTML to XML Unicode UTF-16 ISO/IEC 10646:2003 compliant

Apr 2005 - Nov 2005

8 months

Basel, Switzerland

Freelance Consultant / Migration

Bank for International Settlements

The bank's new external website, content and technical Unicode migration
Development of the automatic translation of foreign language documents from HTML and PDF documents into XML Unicode. Conversion and replacement of foreign-language characters using character substitution tables according to UTF-16 ISO/IEC 10646:2003 These routines were written in the APL programming language
Revision and restructuring of existing websites and inclusion of new content, links, taxonomies, and hierarchies. Coding of XML metadata with MS Visual Studio
Manual redesign and editing of existing publications and development of hierarchical document structures using XML
Importing key components of static web pages into the Oracle 10i database: body text, title, heading, description, keywords
Identification of website components that require special attention: Cross-references, external links, HTML tables, created titles, descriptions or link texts based on the page content
Configuration of IBM Web Sphere to output flat XML metadata files for input into Oracle DB
Creates Oracle SQL Database 10g, table reconfiguration and reporting commands
XML-based web menu; creation, updating and maintenance of AreaIDs, SeriesIDs, hierarchies and taxonomies
Development of a project reference document that serves as a template for the development of a web-based upload tool
Timely and coordinated implementation of user feedback

Jul 2004 - Dec 2004

6 months

Switzerland

Freelance Consultant / Migration

Bitsoft AG

International (European) SAP migration project
Support and customer-specific development and troubleshooting of SD and HR
Market launch
HR reporting and coordination of back-office flat-file data transfers using LSMW and IDOCs to enter transactions directly into SCM-SD/OM and HR
Extensive communication with users and management regarding data integrity, problem resolution and acceptance. Support for configuration and development of transport requirements

Jan 2004 - Jun 2004

6 months

Lucerne, Switzerland

Freelance Consultant / Migration

Schindler AG

OCS One Client System
SAP migration of portfolio reporting for the international business units
Extraction of SAP PS databases (PROJ, PRPS, PRTE) in connection with the WBS (project type) Portfolio Management Reporting System
Dialogue development for an order-based repair system with automatic customer notification and emergency repair dispatch and multilingual problem log, using databases (EQUI, KNA1)

Nov 2003 - Mar 2004

5 months

Bern, Switzerland

Consultant / Migration

Swiss POST

Conversion of the product hierarchy and customer analysis
Extraction of SAP SCM-SD/MM databases (MVKE, MARA, MARC, VBUK, KOMP, KONV) for selective insertion into customized project-specific database tables as a basis for converting the existing product hierarchy
Error analysis and processing of incoming SD-related IDOC data streams and extraction of IDOC data for the development and modelling of the SD/FI-CO interface
Creation of an interface for changing existing/pending IDocs for the implementation of the new product hierarchy
Implementation of USER EXITS for the population of additional internally defined SD database fields to support the modification of the MARA product hierarchy
Development of menu outputs to support additional internal reporting options and ease of use
Online transaction dialogue and data dictionary development of intercompany warehouse chargeback rates
Implementation of the product hierarchy for the POSTSHOP business unit
Simulation of sales conditions and product ranges
Development of cross-company logistics cost accounting
Development of an interface to RIS-WECO (FI-CO) reporting
Development of transfer structures for SAP BW

Oct 1998 - Mar 2003

4 years 6 months

Switzerland

Freelance Consultant / Migration / Developer

Coraviso AG

SAP Development – Reporting – SAP BW
Migration of all legacy databases to SAP R/3 with LSMW and ABAP (KNA1, LIFA, MARA, MARC, MAKT, MBEW)
Legacy data was loaded with batch input and Bapi, mapping and field conversion rules were coded in LSMW. The transaction input in R/3 was generated using IDOCs and BDC (SM35)
Release upgrade to SAP 4.6C
Functional extension/modification of the SAP modules MM, SD, LO, FI/CO + HR
Development and implementation of customer exits to implement corporate propriety pricing strategies for all business units
Development of SD reporting for all business units and business partner reporting
In-House Transaction Dialog – Application development of user-specific transactions to support business processes
External partner reports available as intranet downloads
Development of statistical sales reports for all business areas
SAP BW data model definition
ERP to Sap BW Monthly sales data extraction
Archiving of SAP BW BasisCubes and ODS objects

Sep 1997 - Sep 1998

1 year 1 month

Switzerland

Freelance Consultant – Migration Programming – Banking

Huber and Leber Consulting AG

Database migration from IMS to DB2 under IBM OS/390 with Cobol and PLI languages
Conversion and testing of old financial instruments on the new banking platform
Migration of Securities instruments, Forex, Swiss Stock Exchange Order data

Oct 1987 - Aug 1997

9 years 11 months

Breitenbach, Switzerland

SAP Programmer / Analyst

VonRoll ISOLA AG

Migration to SAP R/3 from SAP R/2 with LSMW
Application development in SAP R/3 modules: FI CO MM SD SM PS HR
Generation of new SAP R/3 system instances in connection with an outsourcing project
Conversion and loading of all product, production, planning, customer, supplier, customer and sales description data into SAP R/3
Analysis and elimination of system and application errors (debugging)
Reporting via ABAP and SAP Script

Jun 1984 - Sep 1987

3 years 4 months

United States

Programmer

Bank of America

Development of applications for issuing credit cards
Bank Debit Card Issuance Application Development
Introduction of support for 7 Western countries

Oct 1980 - May 1984

3 years 8 months

United States

Programmer

GlaxoSmithKline

Development and support of financial applications
Reporting on the use of inventories
Conversion of the financial system to MSA software

Summary

Mr. G.V. Manley is an experienced, certified specialist in SAP build/technical implementation in S/4 Hana process management rollouts.

He is the Global Project Support Specialist in Data Stream projects using Solution ManagerFB. Wave/Sprint/Workpackage/Work Item KPI effort definition, test execution lead and coding/data defect resolution.