SAP Professional Services - Over 20 years of SAP Knowledge and Experience
John Ziegler
SAP Project Manager,
SAP New Business Development
Professional Profile
John has held several management positions with national and worldwide corporations: SAP America, Hewlett-Packard, Union Carbide, PR Mallory, Independent Consulting, and with VSS, a SAP Channel Partner. During the past 17 years, John has been heavily involved in SAP Pre-Sales, Software Implementations, Project Management as well as application consulting of the SAP Software for both discrete and process industry.
While in a coop program at Purdue University, John started his career in information technology in 1966 with Mallory Corporation as a computer operator. After a few years in computer operations, John was promoted to programming analysis where he designed, developed and programmed inventory control systems, shop floor tracking of labor distribution and material usage systems. In the 70’s, John joined Union Carbide Corporation and worked his way from programmer analyst to management of Data Processing and operators of Union Carbide’s southern region, where he managed the day-to-day production and development requirements. He was instrumental in the development of BOM and routing software for the early days of MRP calculation programs and systems. He implemented MPS, CRP, MRP packages with interfaces to financial systems. In the 80’s, John joined Hewlett Packard, where he implemented HPs ERP package software systems. In the 90’s, John joined SAP America when their first R/3 client server business application software was released. To present, he has now been involved with full life-cycle implementations of the SAP ERP software. He has also been heavily involved with per-sales activities, providing consultative selling which include; business solution analysis, project time and cost estimation, bid preparation, software product demos and client presentations for small business as well as worldwide corporations.
John has provided valuable consulting services and software implementation support for the following clients:
SAP Clients:
- Coca-Cola Bottling (18 mo. project, MM/PP Team Lead)
- Unilever Bestfoods/Lipton (12 mo. project, Project Manager)
- Mercedes-Benz (12 mo. project, Project Manager)
- Coca-Cola Manufacturing (6 mo. project, Project Manager)
- Hewlett-Packard TSO Div. (6 mo. project, Client Manager)
- BMW Manufacturing (12 mo. project, MM/PPTeam Manager)
- Georgia-Pacific (18 mo. project, Client Manager)
- Mobil Oil (6 mo. project, Client Manager)
- UCB Chemicals (8 mo. project, Project Manager)
- Wurth International (10 mo. project, Basis Manager)
- International Paper (2 mo. project, Training Manager)
- Brother Manufacturing (6 mo. project, Project Manager)
- Reichhold Chemicals (10 mo. project, Client Manager)
- Chemical Lime / Lhoist Group (1 mo. project, MM Consultant)
- DiaSorin (1 wk. project, Upgrade Project Planner)
- Defense Logistics Agency (4 mo. project, Project Manager)
- BSN Medical (1 mo. Pre-Sales & ROI)
- Peavey Electronics (10 mo. Pre-Sales & Project Management)
- Skandia Window Fashions (7 mo. Pre-Sales & Project Manager)
- Extrutech Plastics, Inc. (3 mo. Project Manager, MM Config.)
- Stork Food Systems (3 mo. Project Management - Blueprint)
- Cisco Systems (3mo. SAP Support MM, PP)
SAP Software Consulting: (18 years)
- SAP Independent Software Consultant (June 2008 – Present) 2 year
- SAP Channel Partner – VSS, LLC (January 2006 – May 2008) 3 years
- SAP Independent Software Consultant (January 1997 – December 2005) 9 years
- SAP America, Inc.: (January 1993 – December 1996) 4 years
SAP Awards and Achievements:
- 1994 – Voted by SAP America "Top SAP Consultant of the Year"
- 1995 – Achieved the "SAP Customer Excellence Circle Award"
- 2000 – ASAP Project Methodology Certified
- 2006 – Achieved SAP Service Partnership
- 2007 – Achieved SAP Channel Partnership
SAP Project Manager - Managed the overall strategic as well as the tactical SAP implementation utilizing the ASAP implementation methodology. Work with project teams to define, design, and implement the functional and technical configuration of R/3 as well as all interfaces to legacy systems. Responsible for developing and managing the project scope including customer issues, timeline and facilitation of appropriate resources to ensure the success of the implementation. Manage the day-to-day life cycle of project activities, interfacing with multiple partners on implementations and participating in defining project scope, activities and resources. Management of consultants and partners for high profile project implementations. SAP Director of Professional Services - Built the SAP practice from nothing to a $3.9M business in two years. First year, was instrumental in signing the SAP Service Partnership and the second year signed the SAP Channel Partnership for a 15 state territory in the Southwest. Directed the building of three Pre-Configured Vertical All-in-One Solutions; Automotive, Wholesale Distribution and Consumer Products. I was involved in both; pre-sales new business development as well as post-sales implementations.
SAP Application Consultant – SAP ERP, MM (Materials Management) and PP (Production Planning) module configuration. Provide manufacturing consulting and configuration in the MM and PP modules. Proficient configuration knowledge of: Procure to Pay business processes (Quote, Requisition, Purchase Orders, Authorization, Sourcing, Info Records, Contracts, Pricing, Goods Movements, Inventory management, Physical inventory, Material Master, Vendor Master, Account determination.
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