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PAMELA GAINESHouston, TX

Cell: 832-656-6632 Email: [email protected] PRA Consultant

SUMMARY

Over 15 years experience as a SAP Techno-Functional Consultant. Have 4 years experience as a Team Lead. Have many years experience in writing training documentation and training users in SAP processes. Have experience writing Functional specifications, data conversions, interfaces, BDC’s, LSMW, User-exits, reporting metrics, document management and supporting SAP applications. Have completed many successful SAP projects in the oil industry. Responsible for resolving Technical or Functional issues with SAP. Have 12 years of SAP ABAP experience. Have experience with SAP PRA, FICO, MM, SD, IM, PS and Treasury. Have experience managing on-shore and off-shore projects. .

EXPERIENCE

ACCENTURE CONSULTING, Houston, TX Aug. 2010 – Apr. 2014Senior SAP Consultant

Accenture Projects:

Baker Hughes, Houston, TX Nov. 2013 – Apr. 2014Data Enterprise Architect role

Project: RIG was created to implement a Global 3rd party software that interfaced with SAP to handle HR for International Assignees

Responsible for testing and training users in 3rd party software functionality Documented Business Processes related to the interface and wrote data flow charts Liaison between Vendor, Client, and Developers for the design and implementation of a 3rd party HR

software integration with SAP Experience preparing and presenting Stage Gate materials to Stake holders Preparing weekly metrics on project status (Burndown reports, defect resolution, issue lists) Facilitating meetings to review backlog, defects, required changes and progress. Responsible for data population from SAP to the 3rd party AssignmentPro software Responsible for SAP interface design and implementation

BHP Billiton, Houston, TX Jan. 2012 – Nov. 2013SAP PRA Data Lead role

Project: The 1SAP-FPU project was established to merge the outside systems onto BHP Billiton’s existing 1SAP architecture for the SAP Production Revenue accounting module (SAP PRA)

Trained 3 resources in the transformation and cleansing of legacy data to meet SAP PRA Data standards Wrote PRA documentation for 50+ PRA Data Objects Major contributor to the PRA process documentation used by Accenture Resolved PRA Configuration issues Worked with loading 50+ PRA objects, keeping metrics and resolving defects and ticket issues. Directed delivery of functional data conversion documents Reporting metrics to the Client on data conversion activities, defects and progress Working with IDC team in India to resolve issues, defects and data load issues Working with Singapore Corporate office SAP data team to resolve issues, defects, and load data Experienced with the Change Management ticket system related to project changes and scope changes Worked with CranSoft to facilitate the cleansing and loading of data prior to handing off to SAP Data

Services for loading into SAP Facilitated meetings to review data load progress and help resolve issues and defects Wrote and published training documentation for Data Load Strategy Data Modeling and Integration using ARIS

Data Conversion Lead role July 2011 – January 2012 Trained 5 resources in the transformation and cleansing of legacy data to meet SAP standards Tested related functionality of 50+ PRA data objects Wrote and published training documentation for Production Revenue Accounting (PRA) data load process Reporting metrics to the Client on data conversion activities, defects and progress Working with IDC team in India to resolve Data Load issues Worked with loading 50+ PRA objects, keeping metrics and resolving defects and ticket issues Experienced with the Change Management ticket system related to project changes and scope changes Extensive experience with Microsoft project Worked with Functional Team to resolve data issues

CenturyLink, Monroe, LA Feb. 2011 to July 2011P2P Integration Test Team Lead

Project: The Quest Merger integration project was established to merge Qwest Systems into CenturyLink existing SAP architecture

Lead a team of 4 successfully through very intense integration testing for two Companies merging with many interfaces inbound and outbound from and to SAP

Gathered documentation of Business Processes to model and use for integration test requirements Worked with the test team lead at Qwest to co-ordinate testing of numerous interfaces between the

companies All deliverables were met for a final successful go-live at this diamond client Reported metrics related to progress of testing Experienced with HP Quality Control software for testing Preparing daily metrics on project status (Burndown reports, defect resolution, issue lists)

Data Conversion Team Member:

Populated Data Mapping Spreadsheets Worked with Qwest Legacy teams to fill out mappings Worked with Client’s software consultants to document data load requirements

Cooper Tire and Rubber Company, Findlay, Oh Aug. 2010 - Feb. 2011SAP Data Conversion Lead

Project: The Global ERP Mobilization project was established to merge all Cooper Tire Financial systems into one existing SAP Architecture.

Trained Client on Data Conversion process Wrote training documentation for many different load processes Responsible for the design of data extract from legacy, transformation, load into SAP, and validation Managing the entire data load design effort for the SAP program Working with Client to define scope of data that included master and transactional data across SAP

modules FI, CO, MM,WM, QM, HR SD, PP. Data conversion utilized Business Object Data Services and SAP LSMW

Facilitated meetings to gather requirements for the delivery of the Data Mapping Experience using Microsoft Project

BRITISH PETROLEUM, Houston, TX (MAX-HCM Consulting) February 2009 – May 2009HR SAP CONSULTANT – PARALLEL TESTING

Managed Parallel testing data distribution Researched SAP data for conversion issues analyzing ABAP reports Wrote and designed Access and ABAP programs to provide exact record counts of matches, non-

matches and percentage complete by PERNR, Wage Types, and Payroll Areas along with numerous queries to identify problems with data loads.

BAKER HUGHES, Houston, TX September 2005 – December 2008

SAP CONSULTANT - BUSINESS ANALYST/ SENIOR PROGRAMMER Wrote training documentation for numerous enhancements and new programs implemented Held training classes to review training documentation for Vendor loads Configuration of Procurement, A/P, and SAP Script applications. Researched, designed and implemented an Asset Rebill system. Coordinated programming efforts with in-house and off-shore programmers, configured and programmed

myself when needed. Resolved SAP Script issues. Designed and programmed checks, purchase orders for world wide implementations. Trained off-shore

programmers on data loads. Resolved technical ABAP issues.

BART & ASSOC Contract Work at NASA in Huntsville, AL Feb.2005 – Aug. 2005SAP CONSULTANT

Programming FI reports for Audit Funds and AR Aging. Write technical specs and work with NASA clients on design of reports. Wrote a program in Access that is used by top management as a dashboard for reporting project

progress (reports are obtained with a click of a button).

INTERSOFT PARTNERS Contract Work at Wrigley Co. in Chicago, IL Jul. 2004 – Oct 2004SAP CONSULTANT

Worked on reports for GL entry downloads and uploads from and to SAP, stock requirements forecasting, and AR balance aging using ABAP, ALV and OOP. Resolved an automatic 'Post Net Value' problem in configuration. Corrected exits with coding to specific GL accounts.

Tested GL entry downloads and uploads from and to SAP, stock requirements forecasting, GL accounts. Tested new SAPScripts for Bill of Lading and Shipment documents.

CAP GEMINI/SOJETI Contract Work in Houston, TX Apr. 2004 – Jun.2004 (Keep It Simple Solutions, Inc)SAP CONSULTANT

Worked on a successful go-live to help design conversion data load requirements. Wrote and tested Data Conversions for Material Master, Batch Characteristics, Vendors, Customers, AR,

Credit Management, GL Balances, BOMs, and Routings - (Excel uploads with ABAP). Analyzed data for accuracy.

SAPScript – Revisions of the Purchase Order, Packing Slip, Goods Receipt, and Invoice Invoices (including producing Project Systems invoices)

BAKER HUGHES, Houston, TX Jun. 1998 – Jan. 2004SAP SYSTEMS ANALYST/ SAP SENIOR PROGRAMMER

Writing customer requirements, designing and implementing automated resolutions to business tasks. Wrote documentation for numerous dialog programs. Wrote SAP reports that download to Access programs (with automatic email functionality) for

Intercompany statements, payment advices, open purchase orders, open payables, and inventory reports. Provided auditors yearly with payable data for auditing purposes.

Responsible for loading Vendor Master data globally, writing Call Transaction and BDC programs, using SAP supplied BDCs, analyzing loads (precise in determining records loaded against what was expected to load), writing custom reports (including bar-coding and faxing), enhancements and SAPScript (globalization). Experienced in MM/FI/SD/PP modules.

Served as the lead for a virtual data contact team where the design of the data mapping techniques evolved and was implemented. Designed and programmed ABAP and Access programs to identify and clear duplicate vendors. Served as ABAP support for ‘go-live’. Experienced numerous successful global implementations.

Function Modules and RFCs - interfaced with Documentum, C++, Access, Mercator, and SAP reports, Webmethods to access A/P data, Purchase Order data, Invoice data, etc..

Researched, documented, and consulted on implementing SAP Downpayment Process.

TRAINING Trained by SAP professionals in house at Baker Hughes for the following SAP classes:

BC430 ABAP DICTIONARY

BC405 ABAP WORKBENCH REPORTING BC620 SAP IDOC INTERFACE BC460 SAPSCRIPT BC ABAP 4 QUERYLO050 Manufacturing Planning LO020 Procurement Course CA610 Computer Aided Testing Tool – LIS TrainingData Archiving Class

EDUCATION Bachelor in Advanced Technical Studies at Southern Illinois University - Graduated Magna cum Laude Diploma in programming computers for business from DeVry Institute of Technology. Researched Total Quality Management for Southern Illinois University

PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS Member of the Golden Key National Honor Society - Member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Presidential Honors Society at DeVry, Dean's List at John A. Logan and graduated Magna cum Laude

S.I.U. President & Vice President (1988 & 1987) Chicago Hotel Motel Credit Managers Assoc. Published in Who’s Who in American Women

TECHNO-FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE

Loaded SAP master data worldwide (United States, Aberdeen, Germany, UK, Africa, Singapore, Venezuela, Mexico, Columbia, Ecuador, Middle East, etc..) for:

Vendor Master Material Master Info Recs Source Lists Bill of Materials Customer Master Credit Management AR Balances GL Balances All PRA Objects

Wrote Functional Specs and coded SAP RFCS, BDCs, Call Transaction Programs, and Direct Input Programs

CICS AS/400 Prism SQL Servers Numerous smaller systems and manual systems AssignmentPro Employee International Assignments system

Lead a team that came up with the legacy to SAP data mapping spreadsheet design. File structure Field specifications (formats, lengths, types…) Field descriptions Noted required and optional fields Supplied example data

Wrote Legacy to SAP conversion tools in Microsoft Access to Cleanse, identify and translate legacy data to SAP data Identify legacy duplicates Identify legacy to SAP duplicates (and setup for extension) Identify legacy partner vendors and partner customers Automatically apply field slashes required by some of the SAP BDC programs Create the final load text file

Wrote preprocessor ABAP programs to separate valid load records from error records that identify things such as:

Check table data errors Wrong zip codes in addresses Bank account number errors(Formatting errors were no longer a problem once the Access conversion tools were used. These created the text files in perfect format each time)

Analyzed BDC sessions and SAP table downloads for data accuracy

Wrote Functional Specifications and programmed many SAP Reports – GRIR, A/R ageing, A/P ageing, Inventory, Payment Advices, Quality Management, Vendor, HR

Successful ‘Big-bang go-live’ and many progressive implementations (Domestic and International) (Also served as ABAP Programming Support and as an On-site Implementation Business Analyst)

Procurement, A/P, FI, and SAPscript configuration

SAP Training and Testing:

Numerous Dialog programming projects– see projects listed below. Function Modules and RFCs - interfaced with Documentum, C++, Access, Mercator, and SAP reports,

Webmethods Numerous Interfaces with outside systems. BAPI’s/BADI’s – Used in reports, dialog programs and data loads SAP ALV reporting (Classical and OOP) – Revised WIP report. Created from scratch GRIR report,

Blocked Invoice, Miscellaneous Data load validation reports, AP Metrics report, AR Ageing report Report enhancements and reports from scratch SAPScripts (Worldwide) Applied SAP OSS notes IDOCS – To interface AP documents and coding SAP IDOCs to default to cost centers and G/L accounts.

Maintenance and problem solving. Exits – Wrote numerous custom exits for existing SAP reports. Added custom fields to the vendor table

and used customer exits to display them on the PO. PRA loading and processes All P2P integration processes

SAP Systems Used:

7.0 Netweaver 6.0 – Unix /Oracle 4.7 – Unix /Oracle 4.6 – Unix /Oracle 4.0B – Unix Server and Oracle Database 3.1G – SQL 7.0 Server 3.1F – SQL 6.0 Server

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