Below are the 5 Supply Chain Analysts, 4 SCM Consultants & 4 Systems Analysts with SAP and other systems experience. The Thor Group® provides these and other SAP SCM experienced professionals on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Does hiring a supply chain analyst with experience in pharmaceutical and technology industries meet your organization’s requirements? Systems knowledge covers SAP SCM, SAP Ariba, Oracle and Qlikview. Educational background includes BCOM (Bachelor of Commerce & Economics) and MBA (Finance & Marketing).

As supply chain analyst in a large pharmaceutical firm, duties involved overseeing supply chain information and integration business units. Priority was given to demand/ supply planning, forecasting, inventory, new product launches, and business planning. The job called for developing relationships with logistics vendors, while also working with vendor manager and warehouse operations manager to establish operations requirements. Tools used included SAP and Qlikview. Part of the job was executing cost-analysis to control costs and actualize plans to reduce freight costs. Another task was working with consultants to source suppliers and vendors; securing competitive pricing on inventory and raw materials.

In a technology company, another job called for estimating spend analysis and inviting suppliers for bidding activities using Ariba tool. The individual was in charge of implementation of standard procure-to-pay (P2P) functionality. Function was managing/purchasing in accordance with JIT philosophy of material management supporting a “focused factory” environment. The individual represented the global supply chain in new product introduction system requirements and cost reduction activity for sustaining designs.

What advantages can having a supply chain analyst who worked in medical centers offer your organization? Computer proficiency encompasses the use of SAP SCM, Oracle, SQL, Epic, JMP Software, and FootPrints. Technical skills are also in distribution management, quality assurance, TMS (Tender Management System), inventory control processes, shipping/ logistics, and continuous process improvement. The individual graduated with A.A.S. Petroleum Engineering Technology.

Serving a medical center, this supply chain analyst supported dynamic documentation and data analytics for physicians and nurses. Assistance was given to providers in utilizing Cerner Power Chart to enter orders, print prescriptions, input the patient’s home medications, past medical history, past surgical history, medication reconciliation, admission, dynamic documentation, transfers and discharge. Training was given to physicians on Business Software, Oracle, SQL, SAP and Microsoft Excel. Orders were created for hospital supplies, contacting vendors and 3rd party carriers, creating quotes for orders and tracking orders to ensure timely delivery of supplies.

In another medical center, this individual was in charge of neurology, orthopedics, clinic urgent care – Epic Cadence Conversion supported Go-Live for Ambulatory, Cadence, and Prelude activation. Main concerns were patient appointment, diagnosis, linking of orders and quality assurance measures, along with patient demographics, assignment of provider, insurance registration, and creating guarantors for patient. Training was given to nurses/ physicians within unit/ off-site locations on how to use referrals, orders, charting/notation, scanning and signage of electronic forms.

Can employing a senior supply chain analyst who has background in mining, wholesale and business services industries have a positive impact on your organization? Systems knowledge covers SAP SCM, SAP Ariba and SAP BusinessObjects, as well as Oracle (Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Fix Assets, query/ reporting), JDE, Business Object & Designer, QTS (Quality Transportation Services), and SAS. Aside from graduating with B.S. Industrial Engineering, the individual is also Six Sigma Green Belt certified.

This senior supply chain analyst ensured all US twelve distribution warehouses (transload, public) had appropriate amount of inventory to support business operations by teaming with sales, manufacturing operations, transportation vendors, all logistics managers, and customer care team. The job required managing over $5 million freight spend (over 300k tons shipments) and all the logistics (TL/rail) from plants (international) to warehouses (domestic) to customers including scheduling, cost/rent negotiation/ pricing, fleet management/ sizing, services/ order processing, repair/ maintenance, replenishment, and PO/Receipt/order entry. Part of the job was collaborating with senior management to develop strategies to streamline supply chain and finance operational processes, identify areas of improvements, and present findings/ recommendations such as purchasing spend visibility, vendor categorization standardization software, SAP Ariba e-sourcing management, and MRO asset management system. The individual served as business intelligence (BusinessObjects & Ariba) liaison in developing 90% of all 100+ finance and supply chain reports.

Another job called for collaborating with sales, marketing, and refurbishment centers to support monthly S&OP process by providing statistical/ market findings and presenting insights to management. Achievements included successfully creating first generation of forecasting model through research-based strategies to allow refurbish center to better plan for refurbishing sales.

What opportunities can recruiting a senior supply chain analyst who has knowledge in automotive, consumer goods and business services industries give your organization? Technical knowledge is in the use of SAP SCM, SAP IBP (Integrated Business Planning) and SAP WMS (Warehouse Management System). This product transfer rates. Part of the job was making ongoing demand-driven market studies to aid in forecast development to correctly identify the required months-of-supply (MOS) to ensure customer base had the shortest lead time possible. Aside from acting as liaison for the SCM Team with the IT and customer service departments, this professional was heavily involved in the coordination and implementation of the SAP IBP software for a lean S&OP process.

military graduate also has experience in export documentation and international trade compliance along with S&OP process.
For an automotive company, this senior supply chain analyst was responsible for developing and maintaining KPIs for production attainment rates, customer fill rates, and

Responsibilities in another job were for the supply chain and logistics operations for a retail start-up, including forecasting, production planning, and transportation/distribution to customers. Another responsibility was for planning and executing timely ocean freight shipments from China to distributors in different countries. A relationship with a 3PL that housed bulk inventory in 4 warehouses across 3 countries was managed.

Is hiring a supply chain analyst from manufacturing, aerospace and real estate industries a priority for your organization? Systems experience involves SAP SCM, SAP Ariba and SQL. Aside from graduating with Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, the individual has a graduate certificate in Public Procurement and Contract Management. This specialist also received a professional certificate in Business Analysis Tools/ Strategies and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.

This supply chain analyst managed material master and vendor master data quality/ governance activities, including modification of business systems along with collaboration with various IT departments, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders. Achievements included improving data quality through analysis, rewriting reporting rules, testing SAP field functionality, consultation with IT and software developers, as well as providing requirements for solutions to data scientists to perform mass clean-up and hole-plugging. Support was provided in rollout of SAP Ariba through testing systems and processes, liaising, gathering data, and collaborating with the project team and other stakeholders.

Functions in another job involved managing vendor relationships to improve supplier performance, lower acquisition costs, and improve logistical outcomes. Part of the job was employing effective communication skills, networking, and creating good relationships with vendors, coordinating across all vendors/ departments involved in the procurement. Understanding was important where each process was in the value stream of each party. The individual successfully managed a large book of business or portfolio of purchase orders through effective reporting, including statistical analysis and visualizations that clearly communicated progress and forecasts to supervisors. ERP/EPPM used was SAP.

What opportunities can hiring an SAP SCM consultant who served petroleum, chemicals and manufacturing industries give your organization? Technical expertise is in using SAP SCM, SAP ECC 6.0, SAP MM, SAP PTP, and SAP WMS. Besides having around 8 years of experience in SAP MM and possessing good understanding of cross module skills (FI,PM, SD, PP), the individual has experience working in multiple projects such as implementation, roll-outs, application maintenance/ support, upgrades and enhancements. Educational background is in Mechanical Engineering.

Working in the petroleum industry, this SAP SCM consultant was responsible for the MM/PTP/RLM (LE) configuration activities and break fixes, as well as prioritizing the SCM enhancements and preparing the functional specifications as per the requirement from the business to bring it to closure. Besides being responsible for the Master data load tool Innowera in SAP SCM space, the SAP SCM Team was led in application support space. The space also included SAP MM/PTP & Remote Logistics Management (Logistics Execution) as well as e-commerce tools like ADP, DUET Gateway, Custom built workflows for Service Entry & Invoice approvals and Interfaces such as BiZ-Talk & Concur. Hands on experience in PM & SD modules was displayed.

For another job, responsibilities encompassed MM configuration activities which included requirements gathering by participating in workshops and Fit/Gap analysis. Priority was also given to master data conversion activities for Material Master, Vendor Master & Service Master loads. The professional was actively involved in the design/ testing of e-commerce interface tools such as Ariba, ADP, DUET and custom-built workflows.

Can having an SAP SCM consultant experienced in semiconductor, technology and manufacturing industries have a positive impact on your organization? Knowledge of computer systems include SAP modules like SCM, IBP (Integrated Business Planning), HCI, SDI, SCM APO PP/DS, SNP, CIF, DP, GATP, HANA, and ECC. Educational background includes Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Science in Industrial Engineering/ Management. The individual has in-depth experience in supply chain processes (S/4 HANA) and worked on 6 SAP projects with implementation and support.

In a semiconductor firm, this SAP SCM consultant was in charge of SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) configurations and support. Responsibilities involved IBP sales and operations planning (S&OP) by managing master data for sales/ operations planning, planning area activation/ settings, time profile, planning level, demand/ supply review process configuration planning views and alerts through sales/ operations planning. Another main concern was SAP HANA cloud platform integration service (HCI), and HANA smart data integration (SDI).

Duties in another job involved working as an SCM consultant, focusing on production issues, as well as working closely with the BW team in creating reports and modifying existing reports. The job also required handling trouble tickets, change requests, functional enhancements and interface developments relating to SAP APO CIF/DP/SNP modules.

What advantages can employing an SAP SCM consultant from automotive, manufacturing and aerospace industries give your organization? Computer knowledge encompasses various SAP modules including SAP SCM APO (DP, SNP, PP/DS, GATP), SNC (Supply Network Collaboration), and IBP (Integrated Business Planning). Technical skills are also in ABAP, ABAP Objects, Netweaver, XI, ALE/IDOC’s, BAPI’s, EDI, SAP Scripts, C, C++, and Java. The individual is instrumental in SAP SCM, APO, PP/DS, SNC, GATP, SNP, DP, SD, MM, PP, and PP-PI successful, transformation projects in US. Educational background covers Bachelor of Technology and Master of Technology. This SAP Certified Application Associate is also APICS CSCP Certified.

As SAP SCM consultant, tasks involved the refresh activities of APO/SNC system, particularly testing the functionality. Aside from connecting multiple ECC systems to one SNC system using SAP APO CIF, implementation was done with Material Master CIF BadI to map ECC MRP fields to APO Product Master. SNC scope included design, configuration, functional/ integration testing, issue resolution, supplier onboarding activities, training, and go-live preparations.

Part of another job was working in design, development and deployment of both the global template and localized templates to support SCM implementation. Priority was with various configuration elements like overall profiles, time profiles, planning board profiles, strategy profiles, and work areas in PP/DS as per the business requirements. Part of the job was working on APO demand planning, supply planning, distribution planning, inventory planning, advanced safety stock planning using APO DP and SNP Modules. The job also required configuring brand new SCM 5.1 system in order to integrate with the R/3 4.0B system, and ECC 6.0 System.

Does recruiting an SAP SCM consultant who has background in automotive, food and manufacturing industries match your organization’s requirements? Computer skills are in the use of SAP SCM, SAP APO (Advanced Planning & Optimization), SAP Production Planning (PP), SAP Materials Management (MM), along with SAP Sales & Distribution (SD). Extensive expertise includes configuring different APO modules including Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP) and good knowledge in Transportation Planning/Vehicle Scheduling (TP/VS). The individual has a Master’s in Business Consulting.

In an automotive company, this SAP SCM consultant helped in developing and implementing SCM/APO & understood the business process of the company and was involved in the realization, final preparation, pre go-live and go-live phases. Along with developing a “to-be” process and mapping it in APO, the individual developed the CIF design & the basic APO structure MPOS->PA->PB->DV.

While working in the food industry, tasks involved full life cycle implementation of SNP Heuristics, Deployment & TLB solution starting from business requirement gathering, blueprint, design, construction, unit, system, integration/ user acceptance testing, Go-Live, and Hyper care. The necessary configuration was maintained on the ECC side w.r.t CIF and CIF design was developed to incorporate the data transfer. Formal testing/validation of input/output to/from integrated SAP systems was completed.

Would hiring an SAP SCM lead/system analyst with experience working in technology, semiconductor and energy/oil industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Master of Science in Engineering Management and Master of Business Administration. Professional certifications include SAFe 4.0 Practitioner. Technical skills consist of SAP ECC, APO, TAO, BPCA, SolMan, MS SQL, Oracle, Teradata, Apache, Tomcat, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap and JSON. This professional has technical/functional knowledge of SAP System (APO, MM, PP, HR, SD, S/4Hana etc.) and of best practices for managing SAP.

Acting as a SAP SCM lead/system analyst, served as lead in SCM space of the project to roll out new products in the existing business model. Part of the job was to be involved in planning, supporting, and rolling out SAP project initiatives. Some of the tasks were configuring the supply chain model with actual & simulation versions, master data comprising locations, products, external procurement relationships, transportation lanes, means of transport, quota arrangement and production data structure.

While working for an energy/oil company as an SAP system analyst, discussed specific and critical requirements with the client team and discussed what can be done and what data to be mapped from their legacy system, SyteLine to R/3. Also, actively designed and refined integration Data Specifications. Moreover, streamlined, reviewed, and corrected the blueprint while incorporating SAP best practices for demand planning, and production planning as well as detailed scheduling. Furthermore, discussed different forecasting methods and demand planning, as well as analyzed different integration models for effective execution of SAP APO.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this SAP SCM SNP lead/systems analyst with work experience in biotech, pharma, technology and semiconductor industries? Educational background is composed of Bachelor of Technology: Electronics and Communications Engineering. This specialist has 7 years of functional experience in SAP, specifically in Supply Network Planning (SNP), Demand Planning (DP), Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PPDS), Global Availability to Promise (GATP) and SAP R/3 PP modules. Also, has sound understanding of supply chain planning concepts and processes including designing, developing, configuring, testing, implementing and supporting of SAP APO for the listed modules.

Contributed to the organization by performing gap analysis and isolating the enhancements and development required, as well as interacting with the customer to verify and validate the requirements. Serving in a technology semiconductor company as a SAP SCM DP configuration specialist and lead systems analyst (implementation), used SAP version: SAP ECC 6.0 and SCM 7.0. Part of the job was to work extensively with Forecasting methods and specialize in creating profiles for the best MAD, MAPE error reduction. Moreover, used version compatible interface for SAP APO to XAPP (NII), as well as standard Increment for SAP ECC to XAPP (NII) and (NCO).

Supported organizational goals and objectives by understanding the business process as part of knowledge transfer and the S&OP process using DP and SNP. While working in biotech and pharma company as an SAP SCM SNP lead/systems analyst (implementation), analyzed the solution used for the previous release and made crucial modifications for the current release along with the Intercompany flows.

Is impacting your organization with an SAP supply chain system analyst who worked in staffing, energy/oil and drilling industries a current business consideration? Educational attainment is composed of AA Degree in Liberal Arts and BA in Business Administration with concentration in Project Management. Professional certifications involve Certified Associate in Project Management. System skills include SAP R/3 ERP, MRP, ECC 4.6, 4.8 & 6.0, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Solomon, Prism, Penta, Peachtree, AS/400 and QuickBooks. Additional expertise consists of 2 Full cycle SAP implementations, FI/CO, New G/L, MM, 2 SAP Upgrades SD & P2P, BW, Documentum, 1099 Form Daily Compliance & Reporting, SAP SABRIX Tax, SRM, & CLM.

While employed as an SAP Supply Chain system analyst, responsible for leading consultants on P2P Services configuration and processes implementing SRM, CLM, MM, & interfacing with Ariba. This professional provided expertise in preparation and validation of test cases and test planning and activities related to Supply Chain & Project Systems. Also, provided technical and functional expertise in SAP ECC 6.0 MM, SRM & PS. Other duties were participating in the configuration and implementation of assigned modules, in addition to, supporting US Services Procurement Team & Project Systems during post go-live ongoing maintenance.

Part of the job as a senior SAP system support/analyst was to provide SAP SD, OTC, and PS ECC 6.0 support and configuration for projects and technology group. Moreover, assisted with conversion issues with various SD domains that included sales, logistics & billing functionalities, intercompany purchasing activities, credit, and upstream support encompassing time writing. Furthermore, created projects and project structures in SAP to process monthly man-hours, expenses and revenues.

What contributions could an SAP SCM system analyst with experience working in consumer products, beverage and specialty chemicals industries bring to your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Science in Industrial Engineering. Professional certifications include Six Sigma Green Belt Certification. Software expertise consists of ERP (SAP) and Supply Chain Planning, SAP SCM, APO, SNP, PP/DS PP, PM and QM module.

Challenges like serving as a team member for APO-Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling Deployment for Ireland division Activities that include Requirement analysis, Design, Configuration, Optimization parameter selection and Unit Testing were welcomed and successfully completed. While working in a beverage company as an SAP SCM system analyst, served as a team member for Supply Network Planning (SAP) deployments in Iberia Division. This specialist analyzed supply chain model and mapped it to SAP APO functionalities, as well as served as an advance planner optimization team member for SAP-APO deployments in North America; achieving savings of 2hours/sheet by process improvement in Master Data maintenance process.

Shared expertise by doing plant maintenance module implementation (3 plants)-PM module customization for 3 plants (Breakdown and preventive), and generation of new reports and system adherence. While employed in a specialty chemicals company as an SAP system techno-functional analyst for PP, PM & QM modules, served as team member of SRM project: QM module, as well as worked on customization of quality notification, calibration and inspection plans.