Ricardo Yepiz

Executive Summary: 

• 13 years of functional experience in SAP R/3 System including 12 as a Senior Consultant of solid SAP R/3 ERP experience. Areas of interest and strength include Product Costing and Profitability Analysis and its Integration with Production Planning and SOP, Material Management and Sales and Distribution.
• Completed 7 live SAP R/3 full life cycle implementations, 2 upgrades, and 12 Support Projects.
• Team Leader for Controlling in 6 live SAP R/3 full life implementation: Cost Center Accounting, Internal Orders, Product Costing (Standard / Moving Average / Material Ledger / Multilevel Price Determination, Variant Configuration), Profit Center Accounting with New G/L Accounting and Profitability Analysis
• Strong in using Product Costing and Profitability Analysis.
• Country experience including Mexico, USA, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Argentina and Peru.
• Excellent Communication, Team Building and Project Management Skills.

 Skills Summary: 

• SAP R/3 Application Modules: CO-CCA, CO-PCA, CO-IO, CO-PC, ML, CO-PA, Report Painter and interacting with: MM, SD, PP and SOP.
• SAP R/3 Releases: 3.1H, 4.0b, 4.5b, 4.6c and Enterprise Release 4.7, 5.0
• Methodologies & Documents: ASAP Methodology, E-Business Certification
• Productivity Applications: Windows 98, 2000, NT, Vista, MS Office, MS Visio and MS Project, Lotus Notes, Access, Cognos: Impromtu and PowerPlay, Odyssey Client, SECUDE Secure Login.

SAP Skills and Tools: 

• Study of Current Business Processes, Future Business Flows, Identification of Gaps and Workarounds.
• Business Requirements Mapping for CO-CCA, CO-PCA, CO-IO, CO-PC, ML, CO-PA, Report Painter.
• Designing SAP R/3 Financial and Operating Structure of Client Organizations - Multi-Companies and Companies Across Countries.
• Testing Module’s Setup for Inconsistencies and Missing steps – Unit and Integration Test Scripts and User Acceptance Tests (UAT).
• Log, View, Access, Monitor, follow-up and Close Technical Assistance Requests (OSS) online Support System.
• Setup of Cost Center Accounting, Internal Order (Investment, Projects, Maintenance, Expenses), Product Costing (Standard Costs, Moving Average, with Variant Configuration), Material Ledger, Multilevel Price Determination, Profit Center Accounting with New G/L Accounting, Profitability Analysis.
• Data Migration from Legacy systems - Open Interfaces to Cost Centers - Budget - Forecasts
• Controlling Customizing / Formatting Reports on Report Painter and Reports on Profitability Analysis.

SAP Project Experience:

Carrier World Headquarters 

Farmington, Connecticut USA       

March to Oct 10

Light Commercial SAP Project.

Role: Product Costing & Profitability Analysis – Visioning, Blueprinting and Building Phase 

• Create Vision with the Business on Product Costing and Profitability Analysis
• Define “To-Be” Process

·         Identify Business Benefit

·         Identify Key Business Metrics

·         Identify Inputs/Outputs and Master Data

·         Validate and Expand Scope Documents

·         Document Business Requirements

·         Determine System Considerations

·         Identify Gaps

·         Documents RICEF for GAP’s

• Building Phase, Configuration on:

·         Product Costing with Variant Configuration for Multiple Costing Options on:

·         Engineering To Order (ETO)

·         Make to Stock (MTS)

·         Make to Order (MTO)

·         Cross Company Transfer Process

·         Cross Company Sales Process

·         Profitability Analysis

·         New G/L Accounting

·         Documents Splittings

• Weekly SAP Finance Team Meeting
• Weekly Finance Light Commercial Team Meeting

Environment: SAP R/3 Ver 5.0 modules: CO-PC, CO-PA

Grupo Promax  

Monterrey, Mexico                           

Jan to Feb 10      

Supporting Grupo Promax Go-Live SAP Implementation.

Role: Supporting Material Ledger and Product Costing – Go-Live.

• Supporting Product Costing Go-Live Implementation
• Supporting Material Ledger Closing Process.
• Develop an Automatic Actual Rates for Actual Costing
• Environment: SAP R/3 Ver 6.0 modules: CO-PCA and CO-ML.

 Honeywell – Aerospace

Mexicali, Mexico                              

Jul 09 to Nov 09

Torrance/Mexicali Aero Global Design Model SAP Implementation. Support Torrance California, USA and Mexicali, Mexico Sites Financial SAP Implementation

Role: Financial – Support External Consultant

• Supporting Financial Processes taking guide-lines from Aerospace Business Process Design (Aero GDM).
• Support the Following Financial Business Process:
• Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) embedded with Repair & Overhaul (R&O)
• Aftermarket Services
• Defense Original Equipment (OE) with embedded with Repair & Overhaul (R&O)
• Distribution
• Project System:
• Cross-Site Engineering Resource Management
• Integrated Program Management, New Product Development (Engineering)
• Capital Projects for Tooling and Fixed Assets
• Product Costing OEM and OE Process
• Participate in Value Chain Confidence Testing (VCCT)
• Participate in Daily Issues and Other Project Related Meetings.
• HP Quality Center in All Hands (once a week) and Finance (every day)

Environment: HP Quality Center 9.2; Netmeetings, SAP R/3 Ver 4.6c modules: GL, AR, AP, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, CO-PS, CO-PC, CO-PA, SECUDE Secure Login.

Dupont S.A. – Manufacturing

Mexico City, Mexico.                       

Dec 07 to Aug 08

DPC Mexico, Supply Chain Transformation Project (SAP R/3).

Support DPC Mexico Project.

Role: Financial Work-Stream Leader.

Dupont solution is different World-wide SAP Implementations. They have a few Strategic Business Unit that belongs to a Company but they are in different Boxes or SAP Client. In conclusion, the financial statements of all Mexican Company Code is in one box called Financial Box on Mexican Headquarters, while in other clients they have the operational as a Dupont Performance Coatings (DPC Mexico).

• Responsible for the Product Costing and Material Ledger Processes
• Supporting Financial Processes taking guide-lines from Business Process Owner (BPO) in Mexico, Global Business Process Owner (Global BPO) of Wuppertal, Germany and Global Chief Program Officer (Global CPO) from Wilmington, Delaware in USA for DSAP Methodology that Dupont World Wide had implemented.
• Responsible of the Financial Process doing the following task:

·         Business Integration Test (BIT)

·         User Acceptance Test (USAT)

·         Mock III and Mock IV (Data preparation for Integration Testing)

·         Update Lotus Notes database for Dupont Performance Coating Mexico solution.

·         Business Procedure Update

·         End User Training

·         Develop a Financial Cutover Plan

·         Long-Term Support Plan

·         Financial Data Load and Validation on the Production System

·         Costing Runs on all Plants (2) and Distribution Centers (8)

·         Batch Jobs Coordination with Mexico Headquarter, Brazil and Wilmington, Delaware.

• Performing weekly reviews of the work plan with the Consulting Project Manager
• Performing weekly reviews of the work plan with the Management Team and the Project Team to update the work plan with the completed and in progress tasks, and evaluating the remaining work.
• Management of issues and major problems on the Lotus Notes database creating Problems Request Database (PRCD), so our colleagues from Bombay, India could make the technical adjustments.

Environment: Lotus Notes 7, SAP R/3 Ver 4.6c modules: GL, AR, AP, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, CO-OI, CO-PC, CO-PA, ML, Odyssey Client, SECUDE Secure Login.

ALCAN Packaging – Manufacturing

Guadalajara, Jalisco and Monterrey, Mexico          

Jul 07 to Oct 07

SAP R/3 Implementation. Supporting Product Costing Implementation

Role: Senior Consultant – CO-PC

• Team member of Controlling and Product Costing implementation.
• Played a key role providing specific adjustment on the Product Costing Solution
• Adjust some activities to allocate overhead costing on the products.
• Defined Variable’s, Sets, Report Group, Reports on Report Painter for Product Costing Reports.

 Environment: SAP R/3 Version 4.6c Modules: CO-PC

SABMIller  – Beverages

Lima, Peru                          

May 06 to Jun 07

Role: Product Costing and Profitability Analysis Leader

Centauro Project. SAP R/3 Implementation. Full Centauro‘s Project was a Latin America Regional Project that was prepare with SABMiller methodology from guide lines of London, England and Johannesburg, South Africa; the Project was located in Lima, Peru with two Main Goals: Standardize the Chart of Account and the Standard Product Costing Process. However, Peru had government legal requirements, so I had to mix two solution on one SAP R/3 System. This is because SABMiller ask for Direct Standard Cost and Peru with a Full Actual Cost with Activity Based Costing. Cenaturo’s Project had participation from Bavaria Regional Office in Bogota, Colombia.

• Leader of Product Costing and Profitability Analysis 
• Performing daily meetings with people from South African to review the SABMiller Product Costing Solution
• Performing weekly reviews of the work plan with Controlling Team
• Performing weekly reviews of the work plan with the Management Team and the Project Team to update the work plan with the completed and in progress tasks and evaluating the remaining work.
• Controlling Business Process Re-engineering on:

·         Brewery Costing Process

·         Soft Drinks Costing Process

·         Water Costing Process

·         Plastic Creates Costing Process

·         Malt and Corn Costing Process

• Profitability Analysis
• End User Training of the Controlling Module
• Conducted training sessions for Product Costing and Profitability Process training manuals.
• Reviewing Specs documents for Reports.
• Carrying out regression testing and validation of data upon migration of data into the targeted instance.
• Carrying out User Acceptance Tests (UAT).
• Providing post implementation support.

Environment: SAP R/3 Ver. 4.6c Modules: CO-CCA, CO-OI, CO-PC, CO-PA.

AstraZeneca – Pharmaceutical

Venezuela and Argentina                

Jan 06 to Apr 06

SAP R/3 Implementation. This project was development on Mexico City with a roll out on Colombia, Venezuela and Argentina.

Role: Supporting Product Costing and Profitability Analysis on Venezuela and Argentina

• Responsible of the Product Costing and Profitability Analysis Process
• Conducted training sessions for Product Costing and Profitability Analysis.
• Reviewing Specs documents for Reports.
• Carrying out regression testing and validation of data upon migration of data into the targeted instance.
• Carrying out User Acceptance Tests (UAT).
• Providing post implementation support.

Environment: SAP R/3 Ver. 4.6c Modules: CO-PC, CO-PA.

Cerveceria Nigaragûense – Beverages

Managua, Nicaragua       

Oct 05 to Dec 05

Upgrade SAP R/3 Project from 4.6 to Enterprise Release 5.0. An Upgrade Project from SAP R/3 Version 4.6 to Enterprise Release 5.0.

Role: Lead the Cost Center Accounting, Product Costing and Profitability Analysis upgrade to Enterprise Release 5.0

• Controlling Team Leader: Cost Center Accounting, Product Costing and Profitability Analysis
• Analyze “As-Is” Business Process versus the new functionality of new Release
• Analysis of requirements to upgrade customizing to Enterprise Release 4.7
• Look for Re-engineering, Gaps and notes in the OSS database
• Reviewing Specs documents for Reports and Report Painters (Library, Variable,Sets, Report Group)
• Carrying out User Acceptance Tests (UAT).
• Review of Report Painter reports
• Providing post implementation support.

Environment: SAP R/3 Enterprise Release 5.0: Cost Center Accounting, Product Costing and Profitability Analysis.

Beiersdorf AG – Consumer Products

Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela              

Nov 04 to Sept 05

SAP R/3 Implementation. Full Beiersdorf AG Project in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.

Role: Controlling Module Leader for Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela SAP R/3 Implementation

Team Leader on the Controlling Module

• Performing weekly reviews of the work plan with Controlling Team
• Performing weekly reviews of the work plan with the Management Team and the Project Team to update the work plan with the completed and in progress tasks and evaluating the remaining work.
• Controlling Business Process Re-engineering.
• Conducted training sessions for the Controlling Module and provided training manuals.
• Reviewing Specs documents for Reports.
• Carrying out regression testing and validation of data upon migration of data into the targeted instance.
• Carrying out User Acceptance Tests (UAT).
• Providing post implementation support.

Environment: SAP R/3 Ver.4.6c, modules: CO-CCA, CO-OI, CO-PC, CO-PA

Beiersdorf A.G. – Consumer Business

Mexico and Central America        

Jan 04 to Sept 04

SAP R/3 Implementation in Mexico and Central America. Full Beiersdorf AG Mexico Project. We had this project development in Mexico City with Central America Business Experts. The operation from Central America was run from Guatemala as a Headquarters.

Role: Controlling Module Leader on Mexico and Central America

Team Leader on the Controlling Module

• Performing weekly reviews of the work plan with Controlling Team
• Performing weekly reviews of the work plan with the Management Team and the Project Team to update the work plan with the completed and in progress tasks and evaluating the remaining work.
• Conducted training sessions for Controlling Module and provided training manuals.
• Reviewing Specs documents for Reports.
• Carrying out regression testing and validation of data upon migration of data into the targeted instance.
• Carrying out User Acceptance Tests (UAT).
• Providing post implementation support.

Environment: SAP R/3 Ver.4.6c, modules: CO-CCA, CO-OI, CO-PC, CO-PA.

Industrias Unidas S.A. (IUSA) – Manufacturing

Mexico and USA

May 03 to Dec 03

Upgrade SAP R/3 Project from 4.0 to Enterprise Release 4.7.

Role: Supporting Controlling Module in Mexico and United States of America.

Upgrade Controlling Module Leader

• Performing weekly reviews of the work plan with Controlling Team
• Performing weekly reviews of the work plan with the Management Team and the Project Team to update the work plan with the completed and in progress tasks and evaluating the remaining work.
• Conducted training sessions for the New Functionality.
• Reviewing Specs documents for Reports.
• Carrying out regression testing and validation of data upon migration of data into the targeted instance.
• Carrying out User Acceptance Tests (UAT).
• Providing post implementation support.

Environment: SAP R/3 Ver. Enterprise Release 4.7 Modules: CO-CCA, CO-PC

Industrias Negromex – Chemical

Tampico, Mexico              

Feb 03 to May 03

Supporting SAP R/3 Implementation. Support the Controlling Module SAP R/3 Implementation.

Role: Supporting Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Product Costing and Profitability Analysis.

• Conducted training sessions for Controlling Module.
• Reviewing Specs documents for Reports.
• Carrying out regression testing and validation of data upon migration of data into the targeted instance.
• Carrying out User Acceptance Tests (UAT).
• Providing post implementation support.

Environment: SAP R/3: CO-CCA, CO-PCA, CO-PC, CO-PA

Cervecería Nicaragûense – Beverages

Managua, Nicaragua       

Oct 02 to Jan 03

Leading Product Costing and Profitability Analysis SAP R/3 Implementation

Role: Lead Product Costing and Profitability Analysis SAP R/3 Implementation.

• Controlling Team Leader for SAP R/3 Implementation on Product Costing and Profitability Analysis: CO-PC, CO/PA.
• Performing weekly reviews of the work plan with Controlling Team
• Performing weekly reviews of the work plan with the Management Team to update the work plan with the completed and in progress tasks and evaluating the remaining work.
• Controlling Business Process Re-engineering.
• Conducted training sessions for Product Costing and provide Training Manuals.
• Reviewing Specs documents for Reports.
• Carrying out regression testing and validation of data upon migration of data into the targeted instance.
• Carrying out User Acceptance Tests (UAT).
• Providing post implementation support.

Environment: SAP R/3: CO-PC, CO-PA

Grupo Empresarial Bavaria – Beverages

Bogota, Colombia                             

Apr 02 to Sept 02

SAP R/3 Implementation.

Role: Lead Controlling Module in SAP R/3 Implementation.

• Controlling Team Leader for SAP R/3 Implementation: CO-CCA, CO-OI, CO-PCA, CO-PC, CO/PA.
• Performing weekly reviews of the work plan with Controlling Team
• Performing weekly reviews of the work plan with the Management Team and the Project Team to update the work plan with the completed and in progress tasks and evaluating the remaining work.
• Controlling Business Process Re-engineering.
• Conducted training sessions for Controlling Module and provided training manuals.
• Reviewing Specs documents for Reports.
• Carrying out regression testing and validation of data upon migration of data into the targeted instance.
• Carrying out User Acceptance Tests (UAT).
• Providing post implementation support.

Environment: SAP R/3: CO-CCA, CO-OI, CO-PCA, CO-PC, CO/PA.

Colgate-Palmolive – Consumer Products

Mexico and Dominican Republic  

Jun 01 to March 02

SAP R/3 Implementation Roll-Out. Colgate-Palmolive was a Roll-Out Project with guide lines from Parsippany, New Jersey in the US where the Colgate-Palmolive headquarters is located

Role: Support Profitability Analysis in Mexico and Dominican Republic Training Leader of SAP R/3 Implementation.

• Support the Profitability Analysis Reports and design new reports.
• Conducted training sessions for Domincan Republic Controlling module and provided training manuals.
• Reviewing Specs documents for Reports.
• Carrying out regression testing and validation of data upon migration of data into the targeted instance.
• Carrying out User Acceptance Tests (UAT).
• Providing post implementation support.

Environment: SAP R/3: CO-PA

Clinicas Lomas Altas – Health Care

Mexico City, Mexico                        

Oct 00 to Dec 00

Lead Controlling SAP R/3 Implementation. On this Project we implemented Controlling Module only on Cost Center Accounting, and Profit Center Accounting.

Role: Lead Controlling Module: Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting.

• Controlling Module Reengineering
• Performing weekly reviews of the work plan with Controlling Team
• Conducted Training sessions for Controlling Module.
• Reviewing Specs documents for Reports.
• Carrying out regression testing and validation of data upon migration of data into the targeted instance.
• Carrying out User Acceptance Tests (UAT).
• Providing post implementation support.

Environment: SAP R/3: CO-CCA, CO-PCA

BMW de Mexico – Automotive

Mexico City, Mexico                        

Jan 00 to May 00

Profitability Analysis SAP R/3 Implementation.

Role: Lead Profitability Analysis SAP R/3 Implementation.

• Conducted training sessions for Profitability Analysis
• Reviewing Specs documents for Reports.
• Carrying out regression testing and validation of data upon migration of data into the targeted instance.
• Carrying out User Acceptance Tests (UAT).
• Providing post implementation support.

Environment: SAP R/3: CO-PA

Bauxilum – Mining

Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela                

March 99 to Dec 99

Full SAP R/3 Implementation.

Role: Controlling Module Leader on SAP R/3 Implementation: CO-CCA, CO-OI, CO-PCA, CO-PC, CO-PCA

Team Leader on the Controlling Module

• Performing weekly reviews of the work plan with Controlling Team
• Performing weekly reviews of the work plan with the Management Team and the Project Team to update the work plan with the completed and in progress tasks and evaluating the remaining work.
• Controlling Business Process Re-engineering.
• Conducted training sessions for Controlling module provided training manuals.
• Reviewing Specs documents for Reports.
• Carrying out regression testing and validation of data upon migration of data into the targeted instance.
• Carrying out User Acceptance Tests (UAT).
• Providing post implementation support.

Environment: SAP R/3: CO-CCA, CO-OI, CO-PC, GL, AP, AR, CM, MM, PP

Cervecería Hondureña – Beverages

San Pedro Sula, Honduras              

Oct 98 to Feb 99

Full Eclipse Project scope involved implementation of SAP R/3 Ver 4.0 modules (GL, AR, AP, TR, CO-CCA, CO-OI, CO-PC, MM) for two companies and soft drinks and brewer business unit.

Role: FICO Team Leader and Controlling Consultant (Configuration and Functionality) with 28 peoples in charge

• Functional Team Leader for the Financial SAP R/3 implementation.
• Study of current business processes, future business flows and identification of gap / workaround in order to provide an integrated information system solution to meet the business needs of the group.
• Analysis, design and implementation of Controlling Module: CO-CCA, CO-OI, CO-PC.
• Provide assistant to my consultant in charge on General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets and Cash Management.
• Defined Organization Structure, Chart of Accounts, Inter-Company Accounting, Multi-Org set up.
• Provided training and conducted practice and additional business requirements sessions for the implemented modules of SAP R/3.
• Conducted and prepared test scripts, training manuals, end user guides for the implemented modules and all related documentation of FI and CO Modules.
• Carrying out User Acceptance Tests (UAT), go-live activities and post-implementation support.

Environment: Windows NT; SAP R/3, modules: GL, AR, AP, TR, CO-CCA, CO-OI, CO-PC, MM.

Coca-Cola FEMSA – Beverages

Mexico City, Mexico                        

May 98 to Sept 98

The project scope involved implementation of SAP R/3 Ver 4.0 on Mexico City and Valle de Mexico Plants.

Role: Functional Consultant.

• Team member in the implementation supporting Profit Center Accounting
• Leader of the Controlling Module supervised 8 people.
• Develop a Profit and Lost Statement on Profit Center Accounting.
• Develop a solution for Product Costing without Production Planning
• Facilitate Controlling Academy

Environment: Windows NT; SAP R/3, modules: CO-CCA, CO-PC, CO-PCA, GL, AR, AP, MM

Other Experience:

GIMSA, Grupo Industrial Maseca               

Project Cero Leader                 

Apr 96 - Apr 98

Project Cero Leader

• Preparation of financial statements automatically: Balance Sheet and Profit and Lost Statement at Cero Time Month-End of 19 Mexican Plants and Headquarters of GIMSA.

Controlling Analysis as a Team Member

• Acquisition of technical knowledge in SAP R/3 System Controlling: Configuration and Post Implementation Support
• Participate in:  Analysis, Design and Configuration; Unit and Integration Test; Pilot Plant Go-Live and one Plant Roll-Out; Training Material Development; End Users Training; Interface Design and administrative development of the extraction data.

Environment: Lotus Notes, Windows 98; SAP R/3, modules: CO-CCA, CO-OI, CO-PC, CO-PCA, CO-PA, GL, AR, AP, CM, AM, MM, PP

Puebla, Puebla   

Chief of Production Controller     

Oct 93 - Jun 95

• Flow Information
• Controller on Production Department
• Planning and controller for the Processing Plant
• Budget and Incentive administrator of the Production Department

 Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco               

Chief of Production Controller     

• Flow Information Controller on Production Department
• Planning and controller for the Processing Plant
• Budget and Incentive administrator of the Production Department

 Puebla, Puebla   

Commercial Administrative

• Administrative commercial duties: Product, Payroll, Cash Flow
• Plan and control Sales product

Education:

BS in Computer Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico y De Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, 1993