Candidates About

Klaus Brunner 

QUALIFICATION OVERVIEW

Proven SAP expert with deep knowledge and extensive experience. Over 25 years of functional and technical experience in SAP projects starting with the mainframe based R/2 product. Design and configuration expert in OTC, PTP and LES. Integration expert in incorporating process integration and technical integration. Proven leader with multiple management positions leading successful SAP implementations. Excellent analytical, problem solving, communication, management and leadership skills. Strong experience in all aspects of SAP implementation and support including business analysis, blueprinting, configuration, RICEF design and development, process design and external integration, testing, training, production support and project management. Industry experience includes whole sale and distribution, nuclear, automotive, pharmaceutical, fabrication and assembly.

Most recent accomplishment highlights include:

·         In senior manager capacity served as the SAP global process owner for warehouse management and transportation, managing a team of 7 people during the last 4 years at Ingram Micro, the world's largest wholesaler in technology products and services.

·         Designed and delivered SAP solutions that are responsible for shipping product for all Google devices in the USA, all apple products in Australia and all Microsoft products in UK.

·         Designed and delivered integration between SAP and JDA’s transportation management system.

·         Oversaw and managed the SAP warehouse management and transportation environment, and the integration into JDA’s transportation Management module supporting 15 countries, exchanging up to 400,000 IDOCs with monthly order volumes up to 1.1 million sales orders within service level agreement specifications.

Prior to that, Mr. Brunner also led many successful OTC and LES SAP implementations with a proven track record in various roles throughout all project phases. He was recognized for his outstanding contributions to project success.

SKILLS AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES

Core Expertise: SAP Order to Cash, Supply Chain Execution,

Modules/Applications/Methodologies:

SAP OTC, LES, MM, WM, PP, ABAP, EDI/ALE/IDOC, Solution Manager, SAP ASAP, WINSHUTTLE, EXCEL VB, 370-Assembler                                                                                               

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

Ingram Micro: Sr. Manager, SCE Global Process Owner             April 2013 - Feb 2017

Global process owner (GPO) for Supply Chain Execution (SCE) responsible for the integrity of the SAP template, and ensuring that its capabilities are aligned with the business need. Led a global team based in USA, Manila and Mumbai for ongoing process design, implementation, improvement and production support. Key highlights include:

·      Supported country rollouts in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America as well as 3PL deployments for various large customers, i.e. Microsoft, Google and Apple etc.

·      The systems shipped more than 100,000 orders on Cyber Monday

·      Meeting with business stakeholders and with customers, including some very demanding customers, to understand business need and to then design solutions that enable Ingram Micro to support dynamic and complex business processes in a reliable manner.

·      Use SAP WM and integrate to Ingram Micro’s Tier 1 custom WMS. Daily IDOC volume can exceed 1 million.

·      Currently the SAP solution supports 16 countries.

Ingram Micro: OTC Lead Consultant                                                  Aug 2009 - Apr 2013

The Ingram Micro global template was very complex including ECC6 (FI, CO, MM, SD, PP,WM), XI, FSCM, BI, APO (gATP), SRM, MDM.

Initial 6 month engagement extended to 4 years. Highlights included:

·      Integration of JDA TMS for optimized freight processing and freight audit

·      Design and delivery of integration with GATP, EDQA and an external facing ATP service that could support several million calls per day with 500millisecond response

·      Integration with custom web-store (IM-Online)

·      Integrated credit card processing in multiple countries and currencies

·      Software license sale and renewal

·      Multiple XML & EDI integrations using standard and custom messages

Computer Science Corporation(CSC): Principal Consultant     Oct 2007 - Aug 2009

Westinghouse Electric Company (Nuclear Power Industry) – Jan 2009 / Aug 2009

OTC Team Lead. Also acted as Integration Manager and Cutover Manager.  Scope included:

·      Make-to-Order scenarios based on Variant Configuration (with Userexit Enhancements to generate Bill-of-materials)

·      Standard make to stock with integration to MRP processes

·      Integration to Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)

Federal Mogul ($7Bn Automotive Supplier) – Oct 2007 / Jan 2009

OTC Team Lead managing a team of 11 CSC consultants responsible for SAP OTC roll-out at all US sites. Scope included:

·      Make-to-order, sales-from stock, third party orders, rebate processing, Scheduling Agreements with JITs, planned Re-Boxing/unplanned reboxing process, KITs with Variant Configuration

·      EDI Inbound and Outbound X12 processing through Seeburger application.

·      Various interface solutions to external systems through interface programs in SD and LES modules (i.e. freight determination for small parcel carriers, external warehouse system, external system for credit management)

Bosch Rexroth Corporation: SD Team Lead                                    Jan 2005 - Oct 2007

SD team lead in various roll-outs of BOSCH-REXROTH’s SAP template in US with main focus on Variant Configuration, Assembly-to-order (ATO), Make-to-order (MTO), Third-Party and Sales from Stock processes, EDI-Scheduling Agreements. Key highlights included:

·      Jan 2005-Sep 2005: Roll-Out at sites in Charlotte, NC and Buchanan, MI

·      October 2005-April 2006: Roll-Out at site in Lake Zurich, IL.

·      Jan 2007-Oct 2007 roll-out at Lexington KY.

·      In parallel to the roll-outs, provided local SAP SD support

·      2008: Prepared the next roll-out for Brazil as the future project manager

Various Project Assignments in Europe                                                            1991 – 2004

Started SAP career in 1991 as a programmer, enhancing SAP’s assembler and ABAP programs to meet various business requirements. Started consulting career supporting SD implementation in 1995. Worked in many global SAP projects. Key clients included:

·      Giesecke & Devrient (Munich, Germany)

·      Celanse Ltd. (Dallas, USA)

·      Hoechst AG, (Frankfurt, Germany)

·      Kelle-Albert, (Wiesbaden, Germany)

·      Exxon Chemicals (Brussels, Belgium)

·      Kraft Foods, (Eschborn, Germany)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Education: Business Administration at University of Mannheim in Germany

Languages:             German, English

Award and Recognitions: 2008, CSC’s Value Award, CSC Consulting Group Making a Difference Award for outstanding consultants.