ABAP consultant

• January 2017 - Present

I worked on the Cascades FIBRE project; migration of factories to SAP, as a member of the RICEF team, Involved in multiple modules, I helped writing technical specifications and implementing solutions.

I then worked on the OneCTI project; centralization of the IT services; I was responsible for the creation and maintenance of new and existing abap programs. I was also responsible for production application debugging and program optimizations. I created interfaces with the customer’s external systems & middlewares (iWay, Proficy, R3,etc), using IDOC, SOAP and C# OData web services. Worked on POC for Fiori/Sap Cloud platforms.

I was main technical developper on the Sheet Plants migration project; converting plants to the SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence module(SAP MII) with PCO, SAPUI5 web applications.

I currently work on the stabilization phase of the MII/SAP sheet plants solution. I work mainly with the Production, Planning (APO), Plant maintenance & Security teams. I train the client’s IT resources on ABAP (7.40) & Smartforms. I create & maintain the team’s SAP applications and dashboards. I am also involved in the design and analysis of new solutions. I maintain functional & technical specifications, I review part of the outsourced analysis, specifications and code. I took part in the SAP sp upgrade. I completed the SAFe methodology training in 2018. I was part of a team that won the Cascade’s Best Improver award in Oct.2019 & in Aug.2019

Skills: ABAP Workbench, Object Oriented (OO) programming, MII, PR, LE-WM, APO, PM, SD, MM, FI, EWM, SAP Cloud platform, SAP PCO, SAP MMC, SAPUI5, Fiori, SAP HANA, RICEF, ABAP (7.40), web Services (SOAManager), Smartforms/Sapscript, Bartender(OPAL), ALE/EDI Idocs, BSP applications, Solution Manager, AFS, RFC, BDC, BADIs, U.Exits & Implicit Enhancements, BAPIs, RFC, ADT, CDS views, Azure cloud platform, HTML, Javascript

ABAP programmer

• October 2006 - January 2017

I started developing/enhancing EDI ABAP applications; I was already familiar with Idocs because of my Edi integration experience. After upgrading most of the EDI processes (unix / ABAP), I started developing SD/MM/PP applications and dashboard. I also worked with Apparel and Footwear Solution(AFS) and BASIS components.

Skills: ABAP Workbench, Object Oriented (OO) programming, SD, ALE/EDI, MM, LE-WM,PP Smartforms/Sapscript, AFS, RFC, BDC, BADIs, U.Exits & Enhancements, BAPIs, RFC, Workflow, Change pointers

Accomplishments

SAP

• Implemented real-time EDI orders integration to shorten the delivery cycle to less than 24 hours.
• Identified critical security problems on a customer’s production servers. The monetary savings were evaluated in millions of dollars.
• Created an Invoice and ASN generation/monitoring tool that reduced the amount of EDI-related chargebacks by more than 90% in the first year.
• Creates multiple rule-based applications allowing the users to change their application logic without any program changes, saving unquantifiable amount of time for all parties involved.
• Participated in SAP upgrade from version 4.6C to ECC & Unicode code conversion.
• Trained/Supported/Code reviewed ABAPers.
• Designed and implemented multiple tools to modernize the business, saving weeks of development to the customer, year after year, some examples;
  • Change pointers automation, Legacy spools to pdf/email/files, Legacy spools to pdf/email/files/web services, requested by external system.
  • Custom class wrappers to create grids, popup, call web services
  • Web catalog (in sap gui) of MH10 labels.
  • Program to easily compare configurations/Idocs, between dev/qa/production application servers
  • External RFC to maintain user / reset password automatically controlled by incoming email.
  • External RFC to attach documents (pdf/jpg/etc) as BDS to PO/Materials.
  • MS Team integration to automatically post SAP transports logs in real time.
  • Flexible & configurable tool to send/resend invoices automatically by email. Maintenance done 100% by credit users.

webMethods developer / team lead

• March 2010 - January 2017

I started working on webMethods as integration specialist when Peerless decided to add an ESB to their set of tools. I was part of the team that selected, installed and customized the Enterprise Service Bus. I was responsible for the design & development of all integration projects involving internal and external systems. I lead consultants and developers (3-4) in the multiple projects through the enterprise. I administered and I was also responsible for the support (24/7) of all the interfaces at Peerless Clothing.

Webmethods

• Created reliable point-to-point interfaces between SAP, PKMS (WMS), Manhattan WMOS, Databases and legacy systems) to replace/enhance communication within various systems.
• Designed & released the first semi-public API to allow vendors to automate their business process with our system, safely.
• Designed event-based standards implemented in multiple systems to enhance system reliability in case of system/network problems.
• Performed a product upgrade (from 8.2 to 9.8) using a third party load balancer(haproxy) to allow step by step upgrade with minimal risks.
• Designed & implemented integrations of a goods on hanger (GOH) sorter with SDI Industries, that allowed Peerless to sort garments approx. 5x faster than before.
• Integration of small parcels carrier’s API to allow automatic rate shop, address validation, shipment confirmation/void & label generation/printing (UPS,FEDEX, etc.)
• Migrated multiple EDI documents from Gentran to Webmethods, allowing faster integration, and easier document search.
• I built an inventory validation tool integrated with Macy’s and Kohl’s website.
• Successfully integrated with Twilio for proof of concept ‘text to speech’ paging application.
• Setup multiple Slack integration to execute internal web service (through google app script)
• As a team lead, I designed specs and development standards for webmethods developers. I trained resources on the products and on SOA concepts. I created and maintained easy to follow documentations explaining the processes and the interactions between systems.