Adam M. LaTour

Dallas, TX

 

Cell - (214) 394-1194

Email – amlatour@yahoo.com

 

 

SAP APPLICATIONS CONSULTANT

SRM, SUS, MM, MDM

 

Highly experienced functional SAP IT consultant with strong communication, organizational, presentation and inter-personal skills. Strong experience in procurement business processes including requisitioning, sourcing, bidding, catalog management, contract management, order management, inventory management, receiving, invoicing and accounts payable. Experienced mentor, trainer and team builder. Strong experience with SAP SRM, SAP SUS, SAP CLM, SAP MM, SAP IM, SAP PP, SAP EDI, SAP IDOC interfacing, Requisite and MDM applications.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

AML Professional Consulting LP (Dallas, Texas) – Partner/Owner                              2003 - Present

 

Functional SAP IT consultant specializing in the area of “Procure to Pay” business processes and applications. Processes include: requisitioning, sourcing, bidding, auctioning, purchasing, receiving, invoicing (AP), catalog management and contract management. Specifically, the SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and the Materials Management (MM) applications.

 

Project History:

 

State of Arkansas – Procurement Management Consultant – Little Rock,                                                 Sept 2015 – Present

Procurement Management consultant working directly with DFA Office of State Procurement business process owners, DFA Office of Information Services AASIS Service Center staff, and subject matter experts from 2 to 5 selected state agencies in order to develop a statewide current state Procurement Processes Assessment. The assessment included recommendations to guide DFA OSP toward the most efficient, cost effective methods of state government procurement processes using AASIS (SAP ECC), non-AASIS and third party solutions as well as providing roadmaps for implementing the recommendations.

 

ExxonMobil – Functional SRM – Houston, TX                                                                                       June 2014 – August 2015

SAP SRM functional consultant responsible for support of a global implementation of SAP SRM 7.02. Applications included MM, SRM, MDM, IM, MRP and Netweaver Business Client. Procurement business processes include master data management, sourcing, purchasing, materials planning, receiving and invoicing. Components include: ECC 6.0 systems, SRM 7.02, MDM, Netweaver.

 

Noble Corp – Functional SRM/SUS/MM Lead –Sugar Land, TX                                                    November 2013 – June 2014

SAP functional consultant responsible for support of the implementation of a SAP system template for spin off Oil & Gas company. Applications included MM, SRM, SUS, MDM, IM, MRP, PM and Netweaver Portal. Procurement business processes include master data management, sourcing, external procurement, intercompany procurement, subcontracting POs, receiving and invoicing. Components include: ECC 6.0 systems, SRM 7.02, MDM, Netweaver.

 

Texas United Corporation (TUC) – Functional SRM/SUS/MM Lead –Houston, TX                            Sept 2013 – October 2013

SAP MM functional consultant responsible for support of the implementation of SAP. Duties included master data conversion and training of procurement professional end users. Procurement business processes include master data management, sourcing, external procurement, intercompany procurement, subcontracting POs, receiving and invoicing. Components include: ECC 6.0 systems.

 

Sercel – Functional MM Lead –Houston, TX                                                                                             June 2013 – July 2013

SAP MM functional consultant responsible for support of the implementation of SAP template for subsidiary company. Duties included master data conversion and training of procurement professional end users. Procurement business processes include master data management, sourcing, external procurement, intercompany procurement, subcontracting POs, receiving and invoicing. Components include: ECC 6.0 systems.

 

Verizon – Functional SRM Consultant –Irving, TX                                                                            November 2012 – May 2013

SAP SRM functional consultant. Responsibilities include: configuration of SRM clients, testing management, issue resolution, Unit testing, integration testing, end user acceptance testing and production environment support. Procurement business processes include Plan Driven Procurement, Self Service procurement, Supplier registration, Bidding, Sourcing and Supplier management. Components include: SRM 7.01, Netweaver 7.03, SRM MDM 7.1, MDG, HP Quality Center and multiple ECC 6.0 systems.

 

FMC Corporation – eSourcing IT Lead –Philadelphia, PA                                                                August 2012 – October 2012

SAP functional consultant responsible for the implementation of SAP eSourcing and interfacing of the application with SAP SPM and SAP SRM. Responsibilities include facilitation of business meetings, business process documentation, process design, testing, master data, production support and issue resolution. Processes include global and regional contracts, supplier management, RFx processes including auctions and distribution of the operational contract to SRM and ECC. Components include: SPM 2.1, SRM 7.01, eSourcing onDemand wave 9 and multiple ECC 6.0 systems.

 

Copper & Brass Incorporated – MM Procure to Pay Consultant –Houston, TX                                        May 2012 – July 2012

SAP functional consultant responsible for post go live user training, business process documentation, process redesign, production support and issue resolution. Processes include material ledger, costing and intercompany purchase orders. Components include: AS400 Production system (Legacy), ECC 6.0

 

Takeda Pharmaceuticals – MM/SRM Consultant – Deerfield, IL                                                            Feb 2012 – April 2012

SAP functional consultant responsible for design and implementation of the Purchase Order approval process, redesigning the framework purchase order and contract management processes. Tasks include approval workflow GAP analysis, Process Flow documentation, creation of business process documentation and configuration/testing of a system demo of the blanket PO functionality, service entry sheets, invoicing and External Services procurement. Components included: MM ECC 6.0, SRM Portal, SRM SUS, SRM ROS and SRM 5.5.

 

Forest Labs – SRM/MM Support Consultant – St. Louis, MO                                                              June 2011 – October 2011

 

SAP functional consultant responsible for supporting the production environment of SRM and MM. Responsibilities also include facilitation and creation of system enhancements for both modules. Tasks include incident reporting, incident analysis, user interfacing, functional specification documentation, user acceptance testing, unit testing and incident resolution. Processes include self-service procurement, external procurement, source lists and info records, automatic purchase order conversion, sourcing, purchase order management and invoicing. Components included SRM 7.0, SRM and Enterprise portal 7.01, Remedy Incident reporting and ECC 6.0.

 

Lennox International – MM/PP Support Consultant – Richardson, TX                                                  Sept 2010 – April 2011

SAP functional consultant responsible for redesigning the Supply Chain processes in the SAP ECC 6.0 system. Tasks include blueprinting the current business processes, GAP analysis of the business processes, configuring alternate scenarios for the business processes, implementing the chosen solution. Processes include MRP, external procurement, Internal deployment, maintenance of the material master, source lists and info records, automatic purchase order conversion, sourcing, purchase order management and invoicing. Components included APO, MM and PP.

 

Oxy Inc. - SRM Lead Implementation Consultant - Addison, TX,                                                                 Feb 2010- July 2010

SAP procurement consultant responsible for implementation of SRM 7.0 and ECC 6.0 systems. Tasks included implementation and configuration of the Strategic Sourcing, Contract Management and Live Auction Cockpit processes and SRM configuration/SRM functionality. Processes include RFx bidding, requirements sourcing, global contract management and auctions. Components implemented included SRM 7.0, LAC 3.0, Federated SRM and EP Portal and ECC 6.0 EP 3.

 

Lennox International - MM Production Support Consultant- Richardson, TX                                             July 2009 - Feb 2010

IT Procurement consultant responsible for support of the SRM 5.0 and ECC 5.0/6.0 systems. Tasks included automation of the AP Invoicing processes, MRP reporting and SRM configuration/SRM functionality. Processes include sourcing, contract management, purchase order management and invoicing. Components implemented included SRM 5.0, eSourcing and ECC 5.0.

 

State of Louisiana LaGov Project – Procurement Team Lead - Baton Rouge, LA                July 2008 – March 2010

Public Sector Procurement Team Lead responsible for the implementation of the SRM application including the following components: Enterprise Buyer Professional, Sourcing Cockpit, SAP Bidding Engine, and Supplier Self Service. Tasks included team training, preparation and facilitation of all Procurement related Blueprint sessions, GAP analysis of current processes and SAP SRM functionality, configuration of the SRM component. Components leveraged for the implementation included SRM 5.0, SUS 2.0, PPS 2.0, SRM Bidding Engine, ECC 6.4, XI, BI, SRM-MDM 2.0.

 

Electronic Data Systems – SRM Lead EBP Functional Consultant- Plano, TX       March 2006- May 2008

SRM Configuration Lead for the EDS RTP and ITAP internal projects. Responsible for Business Process documentation, facilitation of client implementation discussions, configuration and build of SRM client systems, training of SRM configuration processes, conversion specifications and design, transactional interface design and specifications, User Acceptance Testing and Client Acceptance Testing. Clients worked with for the EDS projects include General Motors, Delphi and Kraft. Specific components used: SRM Server 5.0/5.5 systems, SAP SRM-MDM 1.0 and 2.0, Business Information Warehouse reporting module, and 3^rd party systems including Sabrix and the Ariba Supplier Network. Processes implemented include: requisitioning, catalog management, procurement of leased assets, goods and services, RFQ bidding and acceptance, contract maintenance, receiving and invoicing.

 

Electronic Data Systems -  SRM Lead EBP Functional Consultant- Plano, TXOctober 2005 - April 2006

SRM 4.0 system interfacing with the 46C and ECC 5.0 backend systems. Responsibilities included the population and configuration of the EBP 5.0 module in the classic mode, extended classic mode and standalone mode with the Requisite applications for multiple internal catalogs including bundled materials. Team member responsible for development and enhancement of the SAP SRM system involving the bidding, procurement of leased assets, goods, and services as well as third party procurement processes. This was accomplished leveraging and integrating several 3^rd party systems including asset management (Digital Workflow) and services procurement (Elance) tools.

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers – SAP SRM/EBP Configuration Lead – Tampa, FL       Jan 2003 - July 2005

SRM/EBP business analyst managing with the Procurement Team implementation of the SAP R/3 4.6C system and the Enterprise Buyer Professional 3.5 application. Responsible for Procurement and E-procurement business process design, EBP 3.5 and SAP 46C MM configuration and interfaces, functional customization design specification documents, integrated system and end user acceptance testing, and application training design and documentation. Implemented the standard shopping cart approval workflow for goods, round trip and local catalogs via the Requisite catalog application, and blueprinting out the upgrade from EBP 3.5 to EBP 5.0 with analysis of the CCM catalog application, SUS supplier self-service application and the bidding engine.

 

SAP America, Inc. (Irving, Texas) - Cross-Applications Consultant                                 1997 - 2003

 

Senior Applications consultant working in a variety of areas covering the implementation, training and pre-sale of SAP enterprise-wide resource planning (ERP) software.

 

Project History:

 

Celanese – SAP SRM/EBP MM Consultant – Dallas, TX

Role: SRM/EBP SAP consultant working with the SAP Enterprise Buyer Professional 3.5 edition in classic mode. Responsibilities: Procurement and E-Procurement business process configuration and end-user rationalization. Leveraged as a MM consultant to help with end user acceptance testing. Implementation included internal catalogs via the Requisite application, utilization of catalogs in the PP module, APO interfacing, aggregation and sourcing of requirements and requisitions for MRP ordering and contract implementation.

 

WW Grainger – SAP R/3 MM/PP Consultant – Lincolnshire, IL

MM/PP team lead working with the SAP R/3 4.6C system upgrade project. Responsible for Procurement and Production Planning business process rationalization and consolidation as well as the facilitation of an SAP system upgrade from a 3.1H to a 4.6C SAP R/3 ERP system. Leveraged as an EDI/IDOC specialist as well to help design the MM/PP interfaces.

 

OFS Brightwave – SAP R/3 MM/EDI Procurement Consultant – Atlanta, GA

EDI/ALE support consultant working with the SAP R/3 3.1I system. Responsible for MM and EDI procurement related processes. Post Go-Live support of MM and SD EDI transactions and document postings. Primary project goal was the migration of all heavy traffic EDI vendors to internal systems.

 

Warner Bros. – Lead SAP R/3 IS Media Consultant - Glendale, CA

Lead IS-Media consultant responsible for the assessment of media product master implementation. Responsible for designing the MPM hierarchy leveraged for media specific “By-Title” reporting, designing the media product master and communicating design functional and technical specifications aiding the development of the IS-Media solution.

 

SAP America Internal Sapphire Project– IS-Media Demo Support Consultant-Germany

Responsible for the implementation and configuration of the SAP R/3 4.6C IS-Media application to aid in the sale of the software sale. Areas of responsibility included MPM hierarchy configuration, MPM master configuration, and MM-Purchasing in conjunction with Easy Cost Planning.

 

Northrop Grumman– Lead SAP R/3 MM Applications Consultant - Bethpage, NY

SAP MM team lead responsible for the assessment of material management implementation of R/3 4.6C. Responsible for facilitating procurement personnel user meetings, evaluating gap analysis between current state of legacy systems and future state R/3 systems, performing online demonstrations of new release functionality and identifying areas of opportunity for improvement for all procurement processes.

 

State of Pennsylvania– mySAP.com Applications Consultant - PA

Lead SAP contact responsible for the assessment of the State of Pennsylvania electronic procurement processes requirements. Responsible for facilitating current state assessment meetings, documenting the findings, and creating an analysis of fits and gaps between current legacy systems and processes as well as recommendations on how to implement the mySAP.com SRM/EBP application and the mySAP.com online store.  Functional areas covered included online request for quotations, purchase orders, goods receipts, online invoice entry, online auctions and online catalogs.

 

Enron Corp– mySAP.com eProcurement Lead Consultant - Houston, TX

Lead SAP consultant responsible for the implementation and configuration of the Enron IBuyIt.com eProcurement pilot. Coordinating development and implementation efforts across Enron, SAPMarkets, SAP America, Commerce One, and Compaq. Key components: mySAP.com SRM/EBP 2.0B, Workplace 4.6, Commerce One Market Site, SAP R/3 4.0B Backend system, local Aspect Catalog, 4.6C ITS Server and the external Market Site catalog.

 

SAP America Pre-Sales– PricewaterhouseCoopers Service Provider Demo Support Consultant-Newtown Square, PA

Responsible for the implementation and configuration of the SAP R/3 4.6B Build Two Workplace for the PwC Roadshow demonstration. Transactions included Business Warehouse reporting, CATS Time Entry, external web linking, and Service Provider applications.

 

Saint Francis Health System– EDI R/3 Cross Applications Lead Consultant - Tulsa, OK

Responsible for the implementation and configuration of the SAP R/3 4.0B EDI interface. Transactions included Outbound 850 Purchase Orders and Inbound 855 Purchase Order Acknowledgments.

 

Primedia ASAP Project– MM PP R/3 Application Lead Consultant - Dallas, TX

Responsible for the implementation and configuration of the SAP R/3 4.0B MM and PP application. Team lead for both applications. Gained implementation management experience as well as MM Procurement document Release Strategies (Header Level and Item Level), use of the Classification functionality, Authorization Objects and Profile configuration, and Profile Generator functionality.

 

Luby’s Cafeteria– EDI R/3 Cross Applications Lead Consultant - San Antonio, TX

EDI team lead responsible for the implementation and configuration of the SAP R/3 3.1H EDI interface. Transactions included Inbound 810 FI Invoices, Outbound 820 Payment Orders and Outbound 820 Remittance Advices.

 

Conoco– EDI R/3 Cross Applications Consultant - Houston, TX

EDI team lead responsible for the implementation and configuration of the SAP R/3 3.1H EDI interface. Transactions included Outbound 850 Purchase Orders, Inbound 855 PO Acknowledgements, Outbound 860 Purchase Order Changes, Inbound 865 PO Change Acknowledgements, Inbound 810 MM Invoices and Outbound 820 Remittance Advice.

 

Shell Chemical– MM Business Process Consultant - Houston, TX

Materials Management warehousing consultant responsible for the strategic planning of implementing shared materials warehousing and zone store storage configuration.

 

  Quaker State- EDI R/3 Cross Applications Lead Consultant - Irving, TX

        Responsible for the implementation and configuration of the SAP R/3 3.1H EDI interface. Transactions included Outbound 810 Invoices and Outbound 856 ASNs. 

 

Powell Plant Farms- EDI R/3 Cross Applications Consultant -Tyler, TX

Responsible for the implementation and configuration of the SAP R/3 3.1H EDI interface. Transactions included Outbound 855 PO Acknowledgments, Outbound 810 Invoices, and Outbound 856 ASNs.

 

  Van Leeuwen Pipe- EDI R/3 Cross Applications Consultant-Houston, TX

        Solely responsible for the implementation and configuration of their R/3 3.1G system with Inbound Sales Orders, Outbound Sales Order Acknowledgments, and Outbound MM Invoices.

 

  Lockheed Martin Vought Systems Inc. - Materials Management Applications Consultant - Arlington, TX

        On-the-job trainee working with Materials Management areas such as Vendor Evaluations, Service Contracts, Quality Management module and Advanced Shipping notifications.

 

Ernst & Young LLP (Dallas, Texas) - Senior Consultant, Performance Improvement    1995 - 1997

 

Senior Process Improvement strategy consultant. Later moved into the area of SAP R/3 implementations working with EDI. Areas of responsibility include the reengineering of business processes, current state analysis, future state analysis and gap analysis of business processes. History of major projects and responsibilities include the following:

 

Project History:

 

Product Development - SAP R/3 Interfacing Consultant-Houston, TX

Product Development team member responsible for the development of a radio frequency automated data collection product for the MM, WM, and SD modules of SAP R/3.  Created the functional design and participated in the technical design for the base communications system.

 

Oklahoma Gas and Electric - EDI R/3 Cross-Applications Consultant-Oklahoma City, OK

Participated in the analysis, design and implementation of SAP R/3 3.0F EDI interfacing for a major utility company.  Determined and developed consensus on business requirements for EDI transactions by conducting client interviews involving processes such as production, goods issue, invoicing, and inventory management.

 

Lockheed Martin - Management Consultant-Fort Worth, TX

Analyzed the entire procurement business processes of a major aerospace and defense manufacturer. Responsible for conducting client interviews and leading facilitation sessions to acquire requirements and process designs.

 

Lower Colorado River Authority - Management Consultant-Austin, TX

Assisted in the creation of a current state analysis of a major utility company’s IT Infrastructure.  Conducted client interviews, research and analysis of benchmark processes, and led facilitated information and requirement gathering sessions. 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Masters of Business Administration (MIS) - Southern Methodist University, 1995

Bachelors of Science (Industrial Engineering) - Purdue University, 1991

 

RELEVANT TRAINING

 

SAP R/3 Materials Management Configuration Certification, CA210 EDI Configuration, SRM 210 Supplier Relationship Management, MDM, IDOC Management, Facilitated Leadership Training, ASAP Methodology, Express Management Methodology, and Project Management.

 

 

References Available upon Request