RANGE OF EXPERIENCE

Information Technology professional with first hand experience in enterprise resource planning (SAP R/3) software: SD Configuration & ABAP/4 programming. Other experiences include project management, consumer product costing, inventory management & valuations, financial analysis & forecasting, strategic planning, sales forecasting, MRP, price analysis, project evaluation, customer evaluation (P&L), and database development. Five years of experience in the Food Industry. Two years experience in SAP R/3 ERP package (ABAP/4 Programming, Configuration in the SD Module & Report Painter/Writer).

PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS HISTORY

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP: Consultant, June 5, 2000 to present.
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation: SAP SD Functional Analyst & ABAP/4 Programmer September 1998 – May 2000.
H & H Food's: Cost / Pricing Analyst July 1995 - August 1998.

PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

SAP R/3 (Pilgrim’s Pride & PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP):

Configuration - primarily in the area of Sales & Distribution including customer master, pricing and rebate processing.

Business Analysis: Analyzed and provided solutions to post implementation 'issues' in the area of Sales & Distribution Configuration (Master Data, Basic Functions, Sales, & Billing), integration & stress testing.

Reporting using Report Painter/Writer & ABAP/4 Queries.

On-Site Coordinator: Provided Business Specifications (Complexity Determination, High Level Design, Functional Specification and Technical Design) to ABAP/4 programmers and Configuration consultants.

Developed various SAP-ABAP reports (especially in the area of Sales & Distribution) based on user requirements.

Managed SD ABAP/4 consultants to close open issues within time & budget.

Familiar with SAP provided standard Information Structures used for standard analysis and setting up of self-defined info-structures.

Familiar with SAP BW 1.2B – Administrator Workbench, InfoCubes, infoObjects, InfoSources, Transfer Structures, Communication Structures, etceteras.

Accomplishments:

SAP R/3:

Configured and fully implemented 'Billback' program - Partner Functions, Partner Procedure, Account Group; Defining and assigning Account Keys; Revenue Account Determination, Condition Types, Condition Type Group, Number Ranges, Agreement Types, Condition Tables, Access Sequences, etc. Reconfigured 'Rebate' & 'Brokerage' Programs due to change in business process. Analyzed and configured pricing procedures to align them with business requirements. Delivered several interactive reports based on end user requirements in the areas of Pricing, Billing, Delivery, and other areas in Sales & Distribution. Provided production support in the area of Order Processing, Delivery, Billing and other areas of Sales & Distribution. Team lead for 'Agrimetrics Project' - a custom application-using dialog programming to input and extract system data for competitive analysis. Created custom Database Table, Data Elements, Domain, Data Entry Screens using Screen Painter, etc. Created several Report Painter reports and ABAP/4 Queries.

General Business:

Developed and reported monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements including Income Statements, Balance Sheet, and Statement of Cash Flows. Analyzed & compared financial ratios with the industry standards to evaluate the overall financial position of the organization.

Analyzed Cost: Inventory Valuations of six warehouses, product costing, labor cost efficiency analysis, and material / labor variance reporting.

Strategy: Product Pricing, Competitive (SWOT) Analysis, & Developed Company Sales Goals. Prepared Business Plans for new and existing product / product lines, Divestiture Proposals, Broker Audits, & Customer Audits.

Restructured Quality Control Department, & supervised production/operations in the 'Prepared Foods' division. Acted as a Project Manager to implement a quality program system complementary to TQM and GMP called HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) System in the Meat and Poultry industry.

Structured inventory management plans in our 6 different warehouses for cost effectiveness. Initiated forecasting methods that provide realistic revenue and sales estimates. Previous unrealistic forecasts were used to make important business & financial decisions. Developed company sales goals by sales people and product lines for FY 1996,1997, & 1998. Prepared the financial analysis by 3 entities for the first time in fifty years of business - Meats, Distribution, & Prepared Foods - to evaluate performance for strategy and budgeting. Introduced a pricing model that put pricing in line with customer expectations and addressed both short term and long term revenue requirement. Performed internal financial audits to analyze profitability of broker, distributor, and commodity (government) sales. Prepared the financial analysis and financial planning of our organization for submission to the bank. Developed and executed job costing for our value added (cooked foods) product lines, helping the salespersons to increase target profits of most products from 22% to 30% with prices unchanged. Increased labor efficiency by proper scheduling of direct labor in the 'Prepared Foods' division. Designed and developed a database application using MS Access & VBA for cost tracking, product pricing, HACCP, Lot Tracking System, Quality Control, and Production data analysis.

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

Languages: ABAP/4

Application Packages: SAP R/3, ABAP/4 (Interactive Reporting, Module Pool Programming, BDCs, Performance Tuning), SD Configuration with emphasis on Pricing & Rebate Processing, Report Writer & Report Painter, ABAP/4 queries, and SAP BW (Release 1.2 B).

Other: Visual Basic 5.0, ACCESS 97, Excel, Word, Power Point, & IBM AS400

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/TRAINING

SAP Training: ABAP/4 Interactive Reporting & Dialogue Programming (BC405, BC410), Report Painter/Writer, SAP BW 1.2B

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

MBA, University of Texas - Pan American, Edinburg, Texas. Spring 1995. Cumulative GPA: 3.833 (4.0 scale).

Ph. D. Program, Economics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Fall 1989. 6 Credits.

BS Program, St. Xavier's College, Calcutta, India. May 1988. Economics, Mathematics, & Political Science.

FORTUNE 500 INVOLVEMENT

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, Nike Inc., Texaco.

SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT

Consumer Products: H & H Foods, Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS AFFILIATIONS

Beta Gamma Sigma (Marketing Honor Society), 1995.