Below are the 4 SME's, 4 Functional Analysts & 4 Project Managers with Oracle SCM & other systems experience. The Thor Group® provides supply chain managers, planners, systems analysts, business analysts, ABAP developers & Oracle software implementation consultants on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Would it be beneficial for your organization to employ an Oracle Projects SME with experience working in government, IT and professional services industries? Educational attainment is composed of B. Sc. and MBA with specialization in Information Systems. Knowledgeable of Oracle SCM, SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle Developer 6i – Forms and Reports, Oracle – 3 Tier architecture (SSWA and FORMS), File system, Application security, Oracle workflow concepts & components, managing profiles, Administer folders and document sequences. Achievements include winning the best employee of the month award in Oracle, GFIC and being awarded with a yellow belt Six Sigma certificate for implementing a project successfully. This individual was a founder member of ACT, a team led by individuals to spread awareness of acting without panic in case of unfortunate incidents and participated as a Volunteer in various Oracle Events such as Ora Ovations and many other extracurricular activities.

Serving as an Oracle Projects SME, key responsibilities were leading the Projects’ work stream (as a Projects SME) in an Implementation of Oracle Projects Suite, which included Project Contracts, Project Costing and Project Billing. This involved documentation (e.g. MD50, BR100, etc.) and configuration of Oracle Projects Suite in accordance with the business requirement. In addition, supported the technical teams in developing new FRICEW objects and conversions.

Working in a computer software company, key responsibilities were re-implementation of Oracle Projects Suite. This involved documentation (e.g. CV40, MD50, BR100, etc.) and configuration of Oracle Projects Suite in accordance with the business requirement. The technical teams were supported in developing new FRICEW objects and conversions from off-shore.

Would a detail-oriented SME with extensive experience working in the healthcare industry fit in your organization? Professional certifications earned: Oracle University Certified Instructor (PeopleSoft PeopleTools I and II, PeopleSoft Security, PeopleSoft), Oracle Certified Professional and Oracle Master Certified Developer and DBA. Software skills involve Oracle SCM, Oracle ERP Applications, Oracle RDBMS Products Suite, Oracle Web, Designer/2000, Developer/2000, Oracle Parallel Server, SYBASE, TSQL, Informix On-Line & 4GL, dBase, DB2, MS Access, Paradox, FoxPro, Dataflex, and SQL Server 7.0.

Some accomplishments included serving as technical SME for the Raptor project which was a consolidation of 2 PeopleSoft FSCM 9.0 to one PeopleSoft FSCM 9.2 application. While working in the healthcare industry as an SME, produced the current PeopleSoft FSCM 9.0 and HCM9.0 environments as well as third party interfaces documentation. Additionally, designed and produced the Future State Architecture for a healthcare project which included the consolidation of 2 PeopleSoft FSCM 9.0 environments to a single FSCM environment.

Shared expertise by providing and producing all environment requirements including necessary Linus/Windows OS, Oracle 11 RAC RDBMS, Web servers, application servers, file servers and database server. Other duties were producing fail over strategy and documenting the strategy, as well as producing Disaster Recovery Strategy and documenting the strategy. Served as PeopleSoft SME for current environment support including issue resolution and mentoring to staff.

How can a subject matter expert (SME) who worked in banking, telecommunications and food/drug industries help your organization? Educational attainment is composed of B.Sc. in Accounting and MBA Focusing on Managerial Accounting and Finance. Software know-how consists of Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM), Oracle Customer Relation Management (CRM), PeopleSoft Campus solutions, Oracle Financials and Oracle Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS). This individual is PMP Certified, Certified in ITIL Service Management (Service Support & Service Delivery)-Foundation Level and Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT).

With a “can do approach” in the area of taking different positions including financial solutions subject matter expert (SME), business solution architect, and project manager have been career objectives. While working as a subject matter expert (SME), some of the projects engaged in were Core Banking, Trade Financial Systems, Cards Management system, Financials, Supply Chain, Human Resources Management systems, Risk Management including operational, market and credit risk, as well as Payment Management solutions.

The job entailed developing and leading teams in many areas of IT including IT consulting, IT strategies, change management, solution designing, software development life cycle, vendor management, service level agreements, projects and programs management, IT risk management, IT operational risk management, information security management and data conversion.

Would hiring an SME with experience working in food, insurance and manufacturing industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational background is composed of BS Computer Science and MS in Engineering Management. Technical skills include Oracle SCM, Oracle EBS R 12, QlikView, Spotfire, OBIEE tool, Cognos, SAS, Amazon Web Services, Salesforce-Veeva CRM, Informatica and MS SQL Server.

Acting as a lead business analyst/SME, analyzed and implemented new flowcharts which streamlined vendor management processes in the Oracle system. Roles and responsibilities were improving supply chain processes at three different companies resulting in 5 percent to 25 percent reduction in the cycle time of information and material. This specialist collaborated with users to analyze current processes, then partnered with developers to design and implement new features that increased efficiencies by 15 percent within the supply chain group. Also, in charge of leading supplier review and rationalization which resulted in 15 percent improvement in quality and service. More so, aligned S&OP process to create a single operating plan that effectively identified and maximized company resources.

While working as an SME, contributions involved serving as lead business analyst for summary of benefits and coverage, a complete understanding of existing process for individual under 65, small group, large group (standard & non-standard), ASO, ancillary products, CHP, FHCP, HCTC, etc. Furthermore, performed fit gap analysis sessions and established business requirements and business process flows to analyze and trigger process to forward SBC, that are needed to successfully implement the system and complete the projects.

Would hiring a functional analyst with extensive experience working in electronics and home appliances industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational qualification is composed of Associate Engineer in Mechanical and Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical. Technical expertise involves Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM), Oracle Inventory Management, Oracle Engineering Bills of Material and WIP, as well as Oracle ERP Manufacturing.

Acting as a functional analyst, was involved in all activities of setup/implementation of inventory item master related to work in process (WIP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), synchronized with Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP) system. This professional performed user requirement specification and User Acceptance Test Plan (UAT) scripts, analyzed gap and mapping into Oracle application. Also, controlled centrally inventory Items and manufacturing. Moreover, maintained inventory coding structure and defined items in Oracle inventory based on organization requirements, buy and make attributes, cost of accounts, cost of goods sold, expense accounts, sub inventories, locators, serial, lot control of items, item relation, substitute items, inter-org transitions, order management, default sub-inventories, and Third-Party Manufacturing (TPM).

While working as an Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM) functional analyst, has hands-on learning experience of Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning Module (ASCP). Furthermore, checked preventive maintenance schedule of plants and equipment through EAM module and generated annual production plans, Annual Operation Plans (AOP), monthly production plans, demand planning, resource planning, created calendar, plus forecasting rule/sets.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this techno-functional lead with work experience in computer hardware, transportation and telecommunications industries? Educational attainment is composed of Master of Science in Electronics. Professional certifications include Certified Project Management Professional certification. Applications skills consist of Oracle Supply Chain Management (INV, PO, OM), Oracle Financials (AP, AR, GL), Oracle System Administration, Oracle Application Object Library, Oracle Projects, Oracle Applications 10.6/10.7 SC & E-Business Suite11i, Oracle HRMS and Oracle Application R12.

Contributed to the organization’s success by coordinating between business team, solution architect team, development team, testing team, offshore team, external systems & external partners. Acting as a techno-functional lead, helped design and develop a Sabrix tax solution for R12 using E-business Tax, as well as set up new R12 module E-business tax (Ebtax) for Tax Calculation.

Supported organizational goals and objectives by writing MD50s for the customized process in OM, setting up different kinds of Order types, as well as setting up the key flexfields and descriptive flexfields. As a functional lead, worked on the Schedule to Dispatch (OM) module. In addition, provided production level support for the Order Management, as well as participated and provided the solution of the critical processes in Order Management.

Is impacting your organization with an Oracle SCM functional analyst who worked in hardware, aluminum and manufacturing industries a current business consideration? This professional has over 8 years of extensive experience as a functional analyst working on Oracle EBS (R12/11i) in the domain of Supply Chain Management (SCM), Manufacturing (MFG) and Distribution modules. Skills in Oracle modules consist of INV, PO, OM, BOM, WIP, WMS, Advanced Pricing, MRP, MPS including O2C and P2P Cycles.

While employed as an Oracle SCM functional analyst, was involved in Full-Cycle Implementation of Oracle Modules: Inventory and Purchasing. This professional conducted several meetings with business teams on other modules like OM, WIP and BOM with respect to their cross inter dependency on Inventory and PO modules based on their existing business transformation. Also, created gap analysis document BR-150 and customization requirement specifications, as well as conducted extensive business workshops to understand RD-20 and prepared document CV-40 for data conversions.

Part of the job as an Oracle SCM functional analyst was to analyze the business functions for implementing a standard workflow across the organization. Some of the tasks were conducting several sessions with key users to analyze business requirements and performing fit-gap analysis to map user requirements using AIM methodology. Furthermore, was responsible for developing and maintaining documentation like BR-100, CV-40, test scripts and results.

What contributions could an Oracle SCM functional lead with experience working in retail, marketing and semiconductor industries bring to your organization? This specialist has extensive experience as a Functional Analyst working on Oracle EBS (R12/11i) in Supply Chain Management (SCM), Manufacturing (MFG) and Distribution modules. Academic attainment is composed of Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) and Master of Business Administration (MBA Specialized in Supply Chain Management). Also, has hands-on experience in creating and maintaining Oracle AIM (Application Implementation Methodology) documents, as well as providing extensive functional support for Post-Production Support projects in SCM and MFG Modules of Oracle Applications R12 and 11i.

Challenges like being involved with detailed interaction with the Business Users on various issues and helping them in resolution were welcomed and successfully completed. Serving as an Oracle SCM functional lead in a retail company, this individual was in charge of Order Management along with partial involvement in purchasing module. Moreover, created BR100, MD50, TE40 and CV40, maintained them for all the change in processes and provided complete analysis to the users on change in the existing process along with impact analysis.

Shared expertise by being involved in Full-Cycle Implementation of Inventory and Purchasing, conducting several meetings with business teams for business overview. While working as a functional analyst, conducted business workshops/trainings to explain INV and purchasing modules including workflows as well as reviewed end-user and super-user feedback for improvements.

Would it be beneficial for your organization to employ a senior program/project manager with experience working in business services, entertainment and pharmaceutical industries? Educational attainment is composed of MBA Master International Business. Software skills include Oracle SCM and Citrix. Expertise in relational databases involve Oracle and SQL Server.

Serving as a senior program manager, was responsible for the Citrix Infrastructure and application server builds, which included the following work efforts: architecture, design, component procurement, as well as data center installation processes. This professional completed install and verification of application web internet access, built production servers in factory, as well as shipped built production servers to new data centers. Also, completed configuration and pre-delivery activities, completed Citrix proof of concept (POC) configuration and verification, as well as completed and verified seventy two technical financial application migrations from AON Shared Services data centers to CSC data centers.

As a senior project manager/computer scientist, responsible for planning, migration and decommissioning of servers on the Nortel Account. The project was a consolidation of Databases and Applications in Newark, NY and Canada. Other duties were creating Project Manager Work products and obtaining client business requirements and client approval.

Would a detail-oriented project manager with work experience in education, security services and computer support industries fit in your organization? Educational background is composed of Bachelor in Math Education and Master of Information Technology. Professional certifications include PMP Certification, Green Belt Training and Black Belt Certification. This professional is knowledgeable in Six Sigma methodologies including DMAIC and Lean. Software know-how consists of Oracle Supply Chain Management, Oracle Database, Oracle Financial Management, ColdFusion, Microsoft SQL Server and AS/400.

Some accomplishments included building and managing PMO structure, tools and procedures to support key ADT Service Delivery Project consisting of over 30 team members. Acting as a project manager/Six Sigma Black Belt, worked on processes including budgeting, expenses, deliverable management and storage, Black Belt performance management, financial savings, as well as proactively tracked and managed status, risks and issues. Other duties were communicating status with senior management, as well as building and managing PMO structure, tools and procedures for Six Sigma Program consisting of over 50 Black Belts.

Shared expertise by using hands on project management to lead teams through project lifecycle from project definition to system deployment. As a project manager, evaluated and deployed Online Customer Service web application (ADT Select) from proof of concept to second wave of deployment. Furthermore, planned, monitored and facilitated data migration for Acquisition projects (ADAC), as well as planned and managed Discoverer reporting projects to support ADT Business Operations reporting needs.

How can a project manager who worked in retail, banking and chemical industries help your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Arts, Major in Mathematics. This professional completed Oracle Certification courses and SAP Supply Chain Management courses like Inventory Management, Physical Inventory, Processes in Logistics Execution, and Warehouse Management. Technical expertise involves Oracle SCM, Oracle 8i, SAP ECC 6.0, PeopleSoft, Crystal Reports, Mercury Quality Center, C Folders, Rational Testing Software and NetMeeting.

Working with challenging issues such as serving as liaison between all end user areas/functions and IT technical teams to assure effective use of SAP applications and infrastructure resources have vetted this specialist’s work experience. As a project lead, this individual was in charge of applicant tracking in retail, managed SAP Security, Employee Self Service/Manager Self Service and Infrastructure, Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS), developers, e-commerce, Quality Control, Taleo and Change Management teams designing and integrating the Candidate Assessment Program. Also, created a single point of contact for users to communicate systems issues, as well as provided support for end users, resulting in user confidence and increased EEOC efficiency.

With a “can do approach” in the area of mastering Oracle Supply Chain Management utilizing Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology while leading a team of Business and Quality Analysts have been career objectives. As a project manager, gained user confidence by demonstrating business, application and technical acumen during a complex eCommerce, Oracle and SAP implementation.

Would hiring a project manager with experience working in telecommunications, consulting and software industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational attainment is composed of BS Business Administration/Computer Information Systems. Key skills include Oracle SCM, Oracle Financials, Project Management, Oracle Method, Ascendant Oracle Method, and IBM Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).

Acting as an independent Oracle managing consultant/project manager, worked on Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM) improvement project at a $35B military equipment and technology company. Some of the tasks were leading planning and approach for detailed analysis for company’s Capability Matrix initiative for Ground Systems Division. The analysis helped identify and prioritize improvement opportunities, which included the following key sub-process areas: Project Contracts, Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP), Order Management, Purchasing, iSupplier Portal, Advanced Shipment Notice (ASN), Advanced Shipment Billing Notice (ASBN), Receiving, Payables and document imaging systems. As an Oracle MIS project manager, assisted client with developing a solution for restating earnings and improved MIS reporting for internal management.

While working as a project manager, performed Business Development role and worked with pharmaceutical client to tender a bid/proposal. Other duties were assisting the client with writing an RFP for the Phase 2 global rollout of Oracle 11i at subsidiaries located in Hungary, India, and Singapore. The proposal led to the firms’ selection as implementation service partner and assisting the client with drafting the RFP for Phase 2.