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WoolworthsBusiness Process Lead
May. 2016Cape TownCurrently on a fixed contract engaging in multiple priority 1 strategic projects including the WTicketing, Promotion Optimisation, Africa Promotions, Trusted Price and Multi-Currency Projects, with various responsibilities, including analysis, solution design, business process re-engineering, user acceptance testing lead and robotic process automation lead. I am a core team member and liaison between Woolworths Clothing and Foods Business Units and IT development teams. My focus area is shelf edge labels, customer communication, price management, items and suppliers, foundation data, from requirements gathering for design through to testing and training. In this role, I: Led, gathered, planned and defined business requirements for process and system changes resulting in the development of optimum solutions for: * foundation data across the Clothing and Food business units (suppliers, items, price zones, buying zones, price setting formulas)
* investigation and optimization of South African promotions and application into African countries
* development of robotic process automation (RPA) to solve increased promotion creation activities
* clearances – investigating the impact of price points in each African country
* understanding the interaction with suppliers, ordering (local versus international) buying, moving goods, invoicing * selling (pricing, promotions, loyalty programmes and sales data) Interrogated pricing factors to identify optimum pricing mechanisms. Contributed to more accurate management decisions. SPECIALITIES:
Software development lifecycle: requirements analysis, design, development, configuration, implementation, documentation, testing, training, price management, promotions optimisation, price points, clearances, pricing, loyalty programmes, sales data, pricing factors and mechanisms, user acceptance testing, team leadership, communications, robotic process automation, UIPath.
Clicks GroupSenior Business Analyst
May. 2011 - Apr. 2016Woodstock, Cape TownI reported directly to the Demand Manager and had regular contact with EXCO and Directors of Clicks Group. I held a wide area of influence across the Finance and HR aspects of the business. I was a core team member in the successful implementation of SAP Human Capital Management solution within an unprecedented 6-month timeframe and R20-million budget followed on by the implementation of the Time and Attendance System. On-time implementation through insightful testing, decisive solutions and personal commitment to implementation timeframe prevented a tax year impact. As a member of the senior management team I facilitated business critical decision making through:
ongoing presentation of solutions and feedback to the team,
solution definition, feasibility studies, risk assessments and delivery of optimum solutions, RFQ/RFI/RFP process, evaluation of submissions and vendor appointments. My contract was extended to design an operational continuity business solution which involved the design of an "Uber" equivalent to enrol and publicize available opportunities to approved locums ensuring a responsible pharmacist always available at the +400 Clicks stores. SPECIALITIES:
Software development lifecycle, elicitation and analysis business requirements and processes, risk identification, alignment of business and IT strategy, solution identification and design, blueprint documents, RFQ/RFI/RFP process evaluation, business processes, project charters, functional specifications and testing strategies, feasibility studies, risk assessments, SAP FI/CO solution design, implementation, and testing and data migration, team leadership, training, stakeholder engagement, confidentiality.
Pragma GlobalBusiness Analyst
Jan. 2008 - Jul. 2010Cape Town Area, South AfricaI was appointed on a part-time basis to review the asset management policies and valuation strategy for local municipality assets. This role involved:
Data Analysis and Reconciliations, Depreciation Implementation and Analysis, Documentation of Asset Management Policies and Strategies for government organisations, Audit of Key Deprecation Calculations using GAMAP and GRAP as guidelines, Verification of Cost and Depreciation Calculations One of the highlights in this position was my role in effectively pre-empting potential audit risks through the identification of a key error in depreciation calculations. SPECIALITIES:
Financial analysis, data reconciliation, documentation, analysis of policies and procedures, auditing, depreciation, verification and validation.
Allied DomecqIndependent Business Systems Specialist
Jan. 2003 - Sep. 2003Paris Area, FranceIn this position, I was contracted to work on a troubleshooting project to optimize and stabilize implemented SAP solutions. The scope of work involved:
Integration of SAP SD, MM, FI and CO-PA and various external systems. Investigation of the SAP CO-PA design and development of optimisation and stabilisation plans
Resolution of integrated pricing issues and corrections within SAP FI and CO-PA
Design and Implementation of new planning processes within SAP CO-PA
Reconciliation activities & support to enable global company results, SAP Reporting & ABAP query data analysis
User exit changes (ABAP), especially for the update of actual data from SD, as the standard interface was not used.
Configuration and master data changes All project documentation, user education, the creation of training material and delivery of training SPECIALITIES:
SAP consulting, SAP SD, MM, FI and CO-PA, software development lifecycle, requirements analysis, design, development, configuration, implementation, documentation, testing and training, business and systems analysis, project management, stakeholder engagement, analytical and problem-solving, solutions development.
BarclaysIndependent Business Systems Specialist - Team Leader
Nov. 2001 - Aug. 2002London, United KingdomIn this role I was responsible for analysis of As-Is business processes within 4 subsidiary businesses and correlating into Barclays SAP Programme model. This involved:
definitive scope formation, solution design, documentation, implementation, testing and training for Cost Centre Accounting, Profit Centre Accounting, Internal Orders, Project Systems, Asset Management and Revenue and Capital Budgeting/Forecasting.
Documentation and implementation of full design specification
Testing of full solution, incorporating user acceptance testing, systems testing as well as integration testing
Preparation of testing and training documentation and training of Cost/Profit Centre managers as well as central finance functions with regards to the utilisation of budget & forecasts, assets and projects Data migration of all assets and current items relating to cost collectors
Involvement in Change management activities SPECIALITIES:
SAP Consulting, software development lifecycle, requirements analysis, design, development, configuration, implementation, documentation, testing and training, data migration, change management, business and systems analysis, financial analysis, project management, stakeholder engagement.
BHPBusiness Systems Specialist - CO Independent Consultant
Mar. 2001 - Sep. 2001NetherlandsIn this role I was appointed on a fixed term contract as a core team member in the implementation of two concurrent global SAP CO-PA implementations across The Netherlands, South Africa and Australia. This included integration to other core modules, and mapping four systems into one combined solution across different operating concerns and commodities. I was responsible for:
Correlation of the marketing business processes within global metal trading and standard SAP functionality
Design SAP CO and CO-PA solution as well as integration links with SD
Revisiting SAP User exits for derivation, valuation and direct postings from FI
Redesigning of SAP CO-PA reports and improvement of performance
Scoping for Sales planning and forecasting SAP implementation
Implementation of SAP R/3 Version 4.6C planning and forecasting functionality and Excel integration.
Configuration of all General CO and CO-PA functionality within SAP R/3 Version 4.6C
Material Ledger and stock valuation configuration
All project documentation, user education, the creation of training material and delivery of training SPECIALITIES:
SAP Consulting including CO, CO-PA and CO-PC, SD, SAP R/3 Version 4.6C planning and forecasting functionality and excel integration, requirements analysis, design, development, configuration, implementation, documentation, testing and training, business and systems analysis, stakeholder engagement, documentation, data cleaning, integration testing.
Tate & Lyle SugarsBusiness Systems Specialist
Nov. 1998 - Dec. 2000London, United KingdomOver the course of my tenure, I progressed from Junior Financial Analyst to Business Systems Specialist. I was exposed to the full business and systems analysis lifecycle across several business improvement projects in the UK and Portugal including: Implementation: March 2000 – December 2000: UK Business Improvement Project in Tate & Lyle Europe – Trading Division
Implementation: November 1999- March 2000: UK Business Improvement Project in Tate & Lyle - Rollout to Molasses & Storage Businesses
March to September 1999: Tate and Lyle Process Technology Division as well as Portuguese Sugars Division Rollout SPECIALITIES:
SAP Consulting including CO, CO-PA and CO-PC, SAP FI -GL, AR, AP and CO-CCA, ABAP, requirements analysis, design, development, configuration, implementation, documentation, testing and training, business and systems analysis, stakeholder engagement, documentation, data cleaning, integration testing.
Philip Morris Engineering, LondonFinancial Clerk
Apr. 1997 - Sep. 1997London, United Kingdom
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