SAP GTS and Supply Chain Specialist
Aktualisiert am 28.08.2024
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Verfügbar ab: 28.06.2024
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SAP
English
fluent
German
B1

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Frankfurt (+500km)
Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich
I am open to projects anywhere
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

6 months
2024-04 - now

SAP S4 International Trade

S4 International Trade Lead
S4 International Trade Lead

Transform ECC to S4 International trade for trade complaince, product classification, embargo, legal control for export and import, watchlist and intrastate report.

  

Infinieum
9 months
2023-07 - 2024-03

Implementing Inward processing Relief

SAP GTS Solution Architect
SAP GTS Solution Architect

  • Implementing Inward processing Relief (IPR) EU country?s (Germany) toll manufacturing plant in non EU country-Macedonia (plants abroad scenario), import declaration creation prior to GR and bring IP stock and determining closing portion in export declaration prior to GI on a FIFO basis.
  • IPR finished goods with external BoM (calling BoM details from ECC while creating reexport declaration in GTS)
  • IPR scrapping of components, free circulation, stock discrepancy.
  • Bonded Warehouse (BWH) implementation, import from BWH to IPR
  • Developing of legal reports for legal regulation Macedonia for filing customs declarations both import and export, bill of discharge, reconciliation, detailed BoM reports.
  • Leading a team of 7 project members, manage strict project timelines.
  • Alignment with business and Global IT stakeholders.

Leading Global automobile client
1 year
2022-06 - 2023-05

SAP GTS implementation from solution confirmation

SAP GTS Senior Consultant
SAP GTS Senior Consultant

  • SAP GTS implementation from solution confirmation by running FITGAP workshops, business blueprint and KDS, realization, super users training, UAT, end users training, go live and post go live support (hyper care) and hand over to sustain team.
  • Implemented export declaration e filing with ATLAS in Germany, excise export e filing with EMCS in Germany, Poland and UK, export declaration broker filing in France.
  • Import declaration broker filing in DE, NL, IT, FR, PL and UK.
  • Implemented SAP GTS compliance module SPL, embargo and legal control with licence checks.
  • Implemented IPR hybrid solution. 
  • Implemented SAP GTS ? SAP TM integration.
  • Carried out testing of SAP GTS module functionality including Compliance Management, Customs management, Risk Management and Electronic Compliance Reporting.
  • Defined test planning, designed test cases, executed test, monitored/carried out defect management and test closure activities.
  • Knowledge of testing tools and methodologies such as HP Quality Center/ALM, Agile, Waterfall and Scrum.
  • Familiar with SAP testing processes and best practices, including system integration testing(SIT), Regression Testing and user and business acceptance testing(UAT or BAT).
  • Strong understanding of SAP GTS integration with other SAP modules like SD, MM, PP, FI, TM, EWM.
  • Ability to work with cross functional teams, collaborate with developers, business analysts and project managers, and deliver high quality testing deliverables within tight time lines.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills and ability to articulate technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.

Cargill EMEA office Schiphol
3 years 9 months
2018-10 - 2022-06

SAP GTS Global Application Owner

SAP GTS Consultant/Application Owner
SAP GTS Consultant/Application Owner

  • Implemented SAP GTS Compliance Management, Customs Management and Risk Management modules in in Nestle Germany, France ,Switzerland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Poland and Ireland
  • Export declaration Self filing with ATALS, e-Dec, Delta G, AGS, CHIEF
  • Transit Declaration with NCTS
  • Implemented preference processing with LTVD in Nespresso Switzerland
  • Implemented preference processing at batch level with SAP GTS add-on solution IBPP
  • Project planning, coordination, stake holder management
  • Close collaboration with product group manager to set up product road map.
  • Planning product back logs, release cycle following Agile methodology with Azure
  • Supporting team members in knowledge gaining
  • Managing Offshore team for knowledge GAP, trouble shooting, KPI
  • Close alignment with SAP for support packs, legal requirements, business process improvement etc.
  • Training local IT (super users) and export business users on SAP GTS functionalities.
  • Close collaboration with SAP and Seeburger
  • Reviewing annual contract of Seeburger and Cloud compliance 


Project manager SAP GTS 11.00 upgrade

  • Coordination of team of 15 people in CS, Basis, Messaging, CD and Role onsite and offshore
  • Defining project plan
  • Organizing resources & getting approval of budget
  • Managing of resources assigned to the project
  • Timely execution of all phases of project
  • Super user and end user training.
  • Cut over simulation and execution
  • Communication to Markets and Stockholders
  • Carried out testing of SAP GTS module functionality including Compliance Management, Customs management, Risk Management and Electronic Compliance Reporting.
  • Defined test planning, designed test cases for Global and local market developments, executed test, monitored/carried out defect management and test closure activities.
  • Knowledge of testing tools and methodologies such as HP Quality Center/ALM, SAP Solution manager, Agile, Waterfall and Scrum.
  • Familiar with SAP testing processes and best practices, including system integration testing(SIT), Regression Testing and user and business acceptance testing(UAT or BAT).
  • Strong understanding of SAP GTS integration with other SAP modules like SD, MM, PP, FI, TM, EWM.
  • Ability to work with cross functional teams, collaborate with developers, business analysts and project managers, and deliver high quality testing deliverables within tight timelines.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills and ability to articulate technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.

Nestle GLOBE Centre Europe GmbH
Frankfurt, Germany
10 years 7 months
2008-04 - 2018-10

Business Solution Specialist-Customer Service Nestle Globe GmbH

Business Solution Specialist-Customer Service
Business Solution Specialist-Customer Service

FMCG industry, as part of customer service team, played various roles as sustain lead, SME for demand management (SAP SD APO integration) and retunes process, spoke for system upgrade, cloud migration (functional side). Core project team member transformation of ECC to S/4 HANA database and cloud migration.

SAP GTS second level SME to assist application owner for L3 level issue solving, coordinating with local IT and offshore for GTS configuration, enhancements and unit test issues fix. Support pack OSS notes analysis and implementation.

During this period, I have engaged into various projects within Nestle Globe.


Nestle Skin Health ? Spring 

Fully acquired by Nestlé in 2014, Galderma is now part of Nestlé Skin Health, focused on delivering medical solutions for the skin, hair and nails. Spring project is to build template within Nestle GLOBE (SAP) to Nestlé Skin Health.Gather requirement from major markets for Business blueprint of the template in the area of   Sales and distribution Scope the E2E process, variants and steps 

  • Perform baseline configuration and prototype for the template
  • Draft the functional specifications for validation of customer medical licenses
  • Design the export business involving triangular flow (Plant abroad and virtual plant)
  • Prepare super user and end user training material, schedule and conduct classroom trainings on order to cash including pricing rebates, customer returns, refusals, export flows.

SAP Global Trade Services AGS3 implementation in Netherland

  • Defining GAPs between GTS and currently used Legacy
  • Preparation of required configuration
  • OSS note manual changes implementation
  • Working with SAP to apply fixes to standard SAP
  • Testing of system changes
  • Preparation of Functional Specification to apply required system changes 


Globe Landscape Simplification & SAP S/4 HANA

Supply Chain Testing, Cutover & Hypercare Management

  • Business Process Master List coordinator in Customer Service
  • Custom Code Harmonization in Supply Chain
  • LTVF Migration coordinator in Supply Chain CS
  • System Health Check coordinator
  • Global Trade Services (GTS) modification needs
  • Defining of data migration rules and cutover procedure related to GTS
  • Carried out testing of SAP GTS module functionality including Compliance Management, Customs management, Risk Management and Electronic Compliance Reporting.
  • Defined test planning, designed test cases for Global and local market developments, executed test, monitored/carried out defect management and test closure activities.
  • Knowledge of testing tools and methodologies such as HP Quality Center/ALM, Agile, SAP Solution manager and Scrum.
  • Familiar with SAP testing processes and best practices, including system integration testing(SIT), Regression Testing and user and business acceptance testing(UAT or BAT).
  • Cutover activity planning, cross stream coordination and timely execution.
  • Plan hyper care, execute, monitoring with daily calls and report to stake holders.


SAP Advance Planning and Optimizer support pack32

  • Organizing resources & getting approval of budget
  • Managing of resources assigned to the project (3 people)
  • Finalizing testing scope
  • Defining ART script
  • Redesigning BCP solution and testing
  • Defined test planning, designed test cases for Global and local market developments, executed test, monitored/carried out defect management and test closure activities.
  • Timely execution of all phases of project
  • Communication to Markets and Stockholders
  • Project planning and coordination
  • Active cooperation with team leads in planning team responsibilities.
  • Supporting team members in knowledge gaining
  • Managing Offshore team for knowledge GAP, trouble shooting, KPI

Nestle Globe GmbH
Frankfurt, Germany
3 years
2005-05 - 2008-04

supporting Nestle Globe implementation projects

Senior SAP SD consultant
Senior SAP SD consultant

As Senior SAP SD consultant supporting Nestle Globe implementation projects for European markets and AOA sustain support.

  • Configuration support
  • Functional specification writing
  • L2 level ticket resolution
  • Batch job and Idoc monitoring
  • Problem solving
  • Regression testing for roll outs and support packs.

IBM India
10 months
2004-08 - 2005-05

Project Implementation

Team Responsibilities are:

  • Business Blueprint and KDS preparation
  • Mapped right org structure and assigned them as per client?s requirement.
  • Mapping the business processes like Direct Sales, Channel Sales, Exports etc
  • Interaction with stakeholders to adapt change management and best business practices.
  • Configuration of sales & distribution from creation of sales org IMG Activities
  • Configuration of customer master with field level customization
  • Configuration of sales document types, delivery and billing, derived from standard SAP document types.
  • Configuration of pricing condition techniques by using condition table, condition type, access sequence, pricing procedure
  • Pricing procedure determination, necessary changes made in requirements and routine.
  • Configuration of stock transport order for works to depot. and for inter depot transfers with individual order types through MM
  • Configuration of sub-contracting order for external processing
  • Transportation module for freight determination and performance evaluation
  • Configuration of invoice correction, rebate and customer hierarchy
  • Prepared end user training manual and given training to Tata Tubes Head Office as well as Zonal Offices at Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore
  • Prepared ABAP specs and communicated to ABAP team

SAP Competence Centre, TISCO, Jamshedpur, India

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Master of Business Administration


2018 - 2022

SAP GTS AO-Highlights

SAP GTS export self-declaration implemented in Spain, Switzerland, UK, France, Poland.

  • Brexit - Captured EU and GB cross border business flows and implemented cross border customs and transit changes in GTS including Northern Ireland protocol.
  • Migration of SAP GTS from on-premise to SAP_HEC(Cloud)
  • SAP GTS was upgraded from version 10.0 to 11.0 and the latest support packs were implemented.


2023

SAP GTS solution Architect

ArchLynk

  • Implementing Inward Processing Relief and Bonded Warehouse scenario of an EU country?s plant in non EU country (plants abroad scenario) with external BoM and several customized legal reports for IPR and BWH import and export filing.


2022

SAP GTS Senior consultant-Contractor

Deloitte CoE, Belgium

  • Cargill CSST-Agriculture Supply Chain, SAP GTS Implementation Specialist, Schiphol Office, The Netherlands
  • -SAP GTS implementation using 2.1 methodology and Agile, involved in all phases of the project, implemented export e-filing, excise e-filing, import broker filing, trade preferences, IPR hybrid model in multiple locations in Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy, UK and Poland.
  • SAP GTS and SAP TM Integration


Certification

  • SAP SCM Certification-SAP Walldorf
  • SAFe 6.0 course completed.

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

SAP

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

SAP SD MM GTS ATTP gATP

Short Profile

More than 17 years of SAP consulting experience Varghese has been an SAP GTS consultant for the past 10 years with extensive experience in SAP GTS releases and implementations across the globe for various industries. Having implemented various SAP GTS modules many times while executing over 8 full cycle projects, he is well positioned to help in any of the critical phases of the projects. As a certified SAP SD consultant, having worked extensively in SAP SD, MM, CRM, APO (gap), FICO integration both in ECC and S/4 HANA, Varghese has experience on both sides of the logistics supply chain and understands the real-life impact of project decisions.

Speaking English and understanding German, Varghese is able to work with the business side of projects, translating business requirements into pragmatic long-term solutions.

Having implemented SAP GTS in Germany, UK, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Spain, Belgium, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Macedonia Varghese brings a global approach to projects.


End customers clients

Various Nestle businesses in Europe including Nespresso, Nestle Waters, Nestle Purina, Ericsson, Cargill CSST.


Consulting clients:

AtchLynk(freelance), Deloitte CoE Belgium (freelance), Nestle Globe GmbH, IBM Global Services, TISCO


Specialties:

SAP GTS SAP GTS (8.0, 10.1, 11), SAP S/4, SAP ECC, SAP APO gATP, SAP ATTP


Customs Management

  • Export/Import/Transit declarations
    • Customs export/import self-filing and broker instruction sheet with DE (Atlas), CH (e-Dec), UK (CHIEF), IE, FR (Delta G), ES (Agencia Tributaria), NL (AGS), Belgium (PLDA) Transit e-filing with NCTS
  •  Special customs procedure IPR import prior to gods receipt, reexport, free circulation, scrapping of IPR components, stock movement from BWH to IPR
  • Tariff, HTS, commodity code. ECCN, ICCN
  • Transit declaration with NCTS


Risk management

  • Preference processing (EFTA, NAFTA, EU)
  • Rules of origin and automatic preference calculation.


Compliance management

  • SPL, Embargo, license control
  • Agent/broker connection via SAP GTS
  • Self-filing connections via Seeburger BIS5 and BIS6, Port base E-filing, SAP GTS integration to chamber of commerce.


Excise module for alcohol products

  • Excise outbound, returns/refusal, inbound E-filing with EMCS system.
  • Exception form
  • Simplified E-AD form
  • Alcohol export with EMCS and ATLAS E-filing.


Principle Model (Master distributor)

  • Triangular flow with virtual plants and plants abroad
  • SAP GTS TM integration


SAP ATTP(Advance Tracking and Tracing for Pharmaceuticals) trained by one of the well known industrial ATTP expert.

Tools used in projects.

  •  SAP solution manager, DevOps, HP ALM, Service Now, MS Azure
  • Worked with waterfall and agile.


ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • 8 full cycle SAP GTS implementation from solution confirmation, realization, change management, super users training, regression testing, end users training(UAT/BAT), go live and post go live support (hyper care) and hand over to sustain team.
  • SAP Global Trade Services Solution Owner & Solution Architect
  • Implementation of SAP GTS export e filing, compliance, risk module and risk modules
  • Project manager for SAP GTS 11.00 upgrade
  • Project manager for SAP GTS cloud migration for S/4 Hana.
  • Supply Chain coordinator for Nestle Globe SAP HANA European migration.
  • SME for SAP GTS and demand management with SAP APO (g ATP)
  • Setting up near shore SAP GTS Application Maintenance Team(AMS), training, designing service catalogue, SLA monitoring.
  • Preparing and running SAP GTS workshops and RFP for prospective clients

SAP GTS Solution Architect

ArchLynk · Freelance Jul 2023 - Present 

Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany · Remote

    • Logistics Management · Import/Export Operations · SAP SD · GTS · Business Process Integration · Project Teams · Consulting · Documentation · SAP GTS · SAP Implementation · Business Process · Offshore Management · Agile Methodologies · Seeburger · SAP Sales & Distribution


SAP GTS senior consultant

Deloitte CoE · Freelance Jun 2022 - Jun 2023 · 

Brussels Region, Belgium · Hybrid

Client Cargill, Schiphol, Netherlands: Implemented SAP GTS in DE, NL, IT, FR, UK, PL compliance: module SPL, Embargo, legal control. Customs management: export and excise e-filing with ATLAS, AGS, EMCS systems, import broker filing and preference processing.Client Cargill, Schiphol, Netherlands: Implemented SAP GTS in DE, NL, IT, FR, UK, PL compliance: module SPL, Embargo, legal control. Customs management: export and excise e-filing with ATLAS, AGS, EMCS systems, import broker filing and preference processing.

SAP HANA · SAP GTS IBPP · SAP Consulting · Business Process Integration · Project Teams · Requirements Analysis · Consulting · Documentation · Analytical Skills · SAP GTS · Offshore Management · Agile Methodologies · Business Analysis · SAP Sales & Distribution · Global Delivery · Integration · SAP Materials Management (SAP MM) · Communication · Problem Solving

SAP GTS Application Owner

Nestlé Globe GmbH · Full-timeNestlé Globe GmbH · Full-timeOct 2018 - Jun 2022 · 3 yrs 9 mosOct 2018 - Jun 2022 · 3 yrs 9 mosFrankfurt, Hesse, Germany · On-siteFrankfurt, Hesse, Germany · On-site

SAP GTS Global application owner for SAP GTS role out, project planning and timely execution, stakeholders? management, system integration, handling country-specific customs legal requirements, periodic review of cross-border business process & provide the easy and latest SAP GTS functionalities

Support pack implementation and managing Offshore team for knowledge GAP, trouble shooting, KPI, SLA adherence.

Procurement, contract management for Seeburger, cloud service compliance periodic review.

Achievements:

?Implementation of SAP GTS export and compliance module in various Nestle businesses.

? Project manager for SAP GTS 11.00 upgrade, support pack implementation. L3 level incident resolution, offshore management.

?Implemented SAP GTS export E- fling and compliance module in various Nestle business in Germany (ATLAS), Switzerland(e-Dec and NCTS), United Kingdom(CHIEF and NCTS), France(DELTA G), Netherlands(AGS), Spain(Agencia Tributaria), Poland and Italy broker filing.

?Project manager for SAP GTS 11.00 upgrade?SAP GTS Global application owner for SAP GTS role out, project planning and timely execution, stakeholders? management, system integration, handling country-specific customs legal requirements, periodic review of cross-border business process & provide the easy and latest SAP GTS functionalities. Support pack implementation and managing Offshore team for knowledge GAP, trouble shooting, KPI, SLA adherence. Procurement, contract management for Seeburger, cloud service compliance periodic review. Achievements: ?Implementation of SAP GTS export and compliance module in various Nestle businesses. ? Project manager for SAP GTS 11.00 upgrade, support pack implementation. L3 level incident resolution, offshore management. ?Implemented SAP GTS export E- fling and compliance module in various Nestle business in Germany (ATLAS), Switzerland(e-Dec and NCTS), United Kingdom(CHIEF and NCTS), France(DELTA G), Netherlands(AGS), Spain(Agencia Tributaria), Poland and Italy broker filing. ?Project manager for SAP GTS 11.00 upgrade

SAP HANA · Logistics Management · SAP Consulting · Business Process Integration · Project Teams · Consulting · Documentation · Analytical Skills · SAP GTS · Offshore Management · SAP Sales & Distribution · Integration · SAP Materials Management (SAP MM) · Communication · Problem Solving SAP HANA · Logistics Management · SAP Consulting · Business Process Integration · Project Teams · Consulting · Documentation · Analytical Skills · SAP GTS · Offshore Management · SAP Sales & Distribution · Integration · SAP Materials Management (SAP MM) · Communication · Problem Solving

Business Solution Specialist-Customer Service

Nestle Globe GmbH,Frankfurt · Full-time

Apr 2008 - Oct 2018 · 1Frankfurt · On-site Frankfurt 

Nestle Globe GmbH, Frankfurt, FMCG industry, As part of customer service team, played various roles as sustain lead, SME for demand management (SAP SD APO integration) and retunes process, spoke for system upgrade, cloud migration (functional side).

Core project team member transformation of ECC to S/4 HANA database and cloud migration.

SAP GTS second level SME to assist application owner for L3 level issue solving, coordinating with local IT and offshore for GTS configuration, enhancements and unit test issues fix. Support pack OSS notes analysis and implementation.Nestle Globe GmbH, Frankfurt, FMCG industry, As part of customer service team, played various roles as sustain lead, SME for demand management (SAP SD APO integration) and retunes process, spoke for system upgrade, cloud migration (functional side). Core project team member transformation of ECC to S/4 HANA database and cloud migration. SAP GTS second level SME to assist application owner for L3 level issue solving, coordinating with local IT and offshore for GTS configuration, enhancements and unit test issues fix. Support pack OSS notes analysis and implementation.

SAP HANA · SAP Consulting · Business Process Integration · Project Teams · Consulting · Analytical Skills · SAP GTS · Offshore Management · SAP Sales & Distribution · Integration · SAP Materials Management (SAP MM) · Communication · Problem Solving SAP HANA · SAP Consulting · Business Process Integration · Project Teams · Consulting · Analytical Skills · SAP GTS · Offshore Management · SAP Sales & Distribution · Integration · SAP Materials Management (SAP MM) · Communication · Problem Solving

SAP SD Senior ConsultantSAP SD Senior Consultant

IBM2005 - 2008 · 

Kolkata and Bangalore

SAP Consulting · SAP Sales & Distribution · Communication · Problem Solving SAP Consulting · SAP Sales & Distribution · Communication · Problem Solving

SAP SD implementation ConsultantSAP SD implementation Consultant

SAP Competence Center, TISCO, Jamshedpur, IndiaSAP Competence Center, TISCO, Jamshedpur, IndiaJul 2004 - Apr 2005 · 10 mosJul 2004 - Apr 2005 · 10 mosJamshedpur, IndiaJamshedpur, India

SAP Consulting · SAP Sales & Distribution · Problem Solving

Functional Experience

11/2002 - 07/2004

Customer: German Remedies Ltd., (Sheering AG, Berlin)

Role: Area Sales Manager  


Tasks:

  • Manpower planning, territory mapping, market survey etc.
  • Right customer identification, marketing team management, stockiest monitoring for primary and secondary sales, organizing doctors meeting and patient awareness programs in association with major hospitals and clubs
  • Participate and contribute to annual budget meetings


10/2001 - 10/2002

Customer: Micro Labs, India

Role: Regional Business Manager


Tasks:

  • Responsible for Business development operations in two Indian states.
  • Brand finalization, field setup, budgeting, co-ordination with various departments.
  • Strategic planning to launch the division.
  • Recruitment, training and effective field induction of front-line managers and representatives


05/1995 ? 10/2001

Customer: Cipla Ltd, India

Role: Regional Manager 


Tasks:

  • Monitoring the overall marketing activities in two states of India.
  • Managing marketing team of 32 including 6 district managers and 26 medical representatives
  • Plan sales targets and strategic planning to achieve.
  • Monitor the performance of district managers and team members.
  • Review depot operations like invoicing, collection, credit notes, expiry etc.
  • Stockist appointment and review the performance of existing stockist

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Frankfurt (+500km)
Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich
I am open to projects anywhere
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

6 months
2024-04 - now

SAP S4 International Trade

S4 International Trade Lead
S4 International Trade Lead

Transform ECC to S4 International trade for trade complaince, product classification, embargo, legal control for export and import, watchlist and intrastate report.

  

Infinieum
9 months
2023-07 - 2024-03

Implementing Inward processing Relief

SAP GTS Solution Architect
SAP GTS Solution Architect

  • Implementing Inward processing Relief (IPR) EU country?s (Germany) toll manufacturing plant in non EU country-Macedonia (plants abroad scenario), import declaration creation prior to GR and bring IP stock and determining closing portion in export declaration prior to GI on a FIFO basis.
  • IPR finished goods with external BoM (calling BoM details from ECC while creating reexport declaration in GTS)
  • IPR scrapping of components, free circulation, stock discrepancy.
  • Bonded Warehouse (BWH) implementation, import from BWH to IPR
  • Developing of legal reports for legal regulation Macedonia for filing customs declarations both import and export, bill of discharge, reconciliation, detailed BoM reports.
  • Leading a team of 7 project members, manage strict project timelines.
  • Alignment with business and Global IT stakeholders.

Leading Global automobile client
1 year
2022-06 - 2023-05

SAP GTS implementation from solution confirmation

SAP GTS Senior Consultant
SAP GTS Senior Consultant

  • SAP GTS implementation from solution confirmation by running FITGAP workshops, business blueprint and KDS, realization, super users training, UAT, end users training, go live and post go live support (hyper care) and hand over to sustain team.
  • Implemented export declaration e filing with ATLAS in Germany, excise export e filing with EMCS in Germany, Poland and UK, export declaration broker filing in France.
  • Import declaration broker filing in DE, NL, IT, FR, PL and UK.
  • Implemented SAP GTS compliance module SPL, embargo and legal control with licence checks.
  • Implemented IPR hybrid solution. 
  • Implemented SAP GTS ? SAP TM integration.
  • Carried out testing of SAP GTS module functionality including Compliance Management, Customs management, Risk Management and Electronic Compliance Reporting.
  • Defined test planning, designed test cases, executed test, monitored/carried out defect management and test closure activities.
  • Knowledge of testing tools and methodologies such as HP Quality Center/ALM, Agile, Waterfall and Scrum.
  • Familiar with SAP testing processes and best practices, including system integration testing(SIT), Regression Testing and user and business acceptance testing(UAT or BAT).
  • Strong understanding of SAP GTS integration with other SAP modules like SD, MM, PP, FI, TM, EWM.
  • Ability to work with cross functional teams, collaborate with developers, business analysts and project managers, and deliver high quality testing deliverables within tight time lines.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills and ability to articulate technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.

Cargill EMEA office Schiphol
3 years 9 months
2018-10 - 2022-06

SAP GTS Global Application Owner

SAP GTS Consultant/Application Owner
SAP GTS Consultant/Application Owner

  • Implemented SAP GTS Compliance Management, Customs Management and Risk Management modules in in Nestle Germany, France ,Switzerland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Poland and Ireland
  • Export declaration Self filing with ATALS, e-Dec, Delta G, AGS, CHIEF
  • Transit Declaration with NCTS
  • Implemented preference processing with LTVD in Nespresso Switzerland
  • Implemented preference processing at batch level with SAP GTS add-on solution IBPP
  • Project planning, coordination, stake holder management
  • Close collaboration with product group manager to set up product road map.
  • Planning product back logs, release cycle following Agile methodology with Azure
  • Supporting team members in knowledge gaining
  • Managing Offshore team for knowledge GAP, trouble shooting, KPI
  • Close alignment with SAP for support packs, legal requirements, business process improvement etc.
  • Training local IT (super users) and export business users on SAP GTS functionalities.
  • Close collaboration with SAP and Seeburger
  • Reviewing annual contract of Seeburger and Cloud compliance 


Project manager SAP GTS 11.00 upgrade

  • Coordination of team of 15 people in CS, Basis, Messaging, CD and Role onsite and offshore
  • Defining project plan
  • Organizing resources & getting approval of budget
  • Managing of resources assigned to the project
  • Timely execution of all phases of project
  • Super user and end user training.
  • Cut over simulation and execution
  • Communication to Markets and Stockholders
  • Carried out testing of SAP GTS module functionality including Compliance Management, Customs management, Risk Management and Electronic Compliance Reporting.
  • Defined test planning, designed test cases for Global and local market developments, executed test, monitored/carried out defect management and test closure activities.
  • Knowledge of testing tools and methodologies such as HP Quality Center/ALM, SAP Solution manager, Agile, Waterfall and Scrum.
  • Familiar with SAP testing processes and best practices, including system integration testing(SIT), Regression Testing and user and business acceptance testing(UAT or BAT).
  • Strong understanding of SAP GTS integration with other SAP modules like SD, MM, PP, FI, TM, EWM.
  • Ability to work with cross functional teams, collaborate with developers, business analysts and project managers, and deliver high quality testing deliverables within tight timelines.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills and ability to articulate technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.

Nestle GLOBE Centre Europe GmbH
Frankfurt, Germany
10 years 7 months
2008-04 - 2018-10

Business Solution Specialist-Customer Service Nestle Globe GmbH

Business Solution Specialist-Customer Service
Business Solution Specialist-Customer Service

FMCG industry, as part of customer service team, played various roles as sustain lead, SME for demand management (SAP SD APO integration) and retunes process, spoke for system upgrade, cloud migration (functional side). Core project team member transformation of ECC to S/4 HANA database and cloud migration.

SAP GTS second level SME to assist application owner for L3 level issue solving, coordinating with local IT and offshore for GTS configuration, enhancements and unit test issues fix. Support pack OSS notes analysis and implementation.

During this period, I have engaged into various projects within Nestle Globe.


Nestle Skin Health ? Spring 

Fully acquired by Nestlé in 2014, Galderma is now part of Nestlé Skin Health, focused on delivering medical solutions for the skin, hair and nails. Spring project is to build template within Nestle GLOBE (SAP) to Nestlé Skin Health.Gather requirement from major markets for Business blueprint of the template in the area of   Sales and distribution Scope the E2E process, variants and steps 

  • Perform baseline configuration and prototype for the template
  • Draft the functional specifications for validation of customer medical licenses
  • Design the export business involving triangular flow (Plant abroad and virtual plant)
  • Prepare super user and end user training material, schedule and conduct classroom trainings on order to cash including pricing rebates, customer returns, refusals, export flows.

SAP Global Trade Services AGS3 implementation in Netherland

  • Defining GAPs between GTS and currently used Legacy
  • Preparation of required configuration
  • OSS note manual changes implementation
  • Working with SAP to apply fixes to standard SAP
  • Testing of system changes
  • Preparation of Functional Specification to apply required system changes 


Globe Landscape Simplification & SAP S/4 HANA

Supply Chain Testing, Cutover & Hypercare Management

  • Business Process Master List coordinator in Customer Service
  • Custom Code Harmonization in Supply Chain
  • LTVF Migration coordinator in Supply Chain CS
  • System Health Check coordinator
  • Global Trade Services (GTS) modification needs
  • Defining of data migration rules and cutover procedure related to GTS
  • Carried out testing of SAP GTS module functionality including Compliance Management, Customs management, Risk Management and Electronic Compliance Reporting.
  • Defined test planning, designed test cases for Global and local market developments, executed test, monitored/carried out defect management and test closure activities.
  • Knowledge of testing tools and methodologies such as HP Quality Center/ALM, Agile, SAP Solution manager and Scrum.
  • Familiar with SAP testing processes and best practices, including system integration testing(SIT), Regression Testing and user and business acceptance testing(UAT or BAT).
  • Cutover activity planning, cross stream coordination and timely execution.
  • Plan hyper care, execute, monitoring with daily calls and report to stake holders.


SAP Advance Planning and Optimizer support pack32

  • Organizing resources & getting approval of budget
  • Managing of resources assigned to the project (3 people)
  • Finalizing testing scope
  • Defining ART script
  • Redesigning BCP solution and testing
  • Defined test planning, designed test cases for Global and local market developments, executed test, monitored/carried out defect management and test closure activities.
  • Timely execution of all phases of project
  • Communication to Markets and Stockholders
  • Project planning and coordination
  • Active cooperation with team leads in planning team responsibilities.
  • Supporting team members in knowledge gaining
  • Managing Offshore team for knowledge GAP, trouble shooting, KPI

Nestle Globe GmbH
Frankfurt, Germany
3 years
2005-05 - 2008-04

supporting Nestle Globe implementation projects

Senior SAP SD consultant
Senior SAP SD consultant

As Senior SAP SD consultant supporting Nestle Globe implementation projects for European markets and AOA sustain support.

  • Configuration support
  • Functional specification writing
  • L2 level ticket resolution
  • Batch job and Idoc monitoring
  • Problem solving
  • Regression testing for roll outs and support packs.

IBM India
10 months
2004-08 - 2005-05

Project Implementation

Team Responsibilities are:

  • Business Blueprint and KDS preparation
  • Mapped right org structure and assigned them as per client?s requirement.
  • Mapping the business processes like Direct Sales, Channel Sales, Exports etc
  • Interaction with stakeholders to adapt change management and best business practices.
  • Configuration of sales & distribution from creation of sales org IMG Activities
  • Configuration of customer master with field level customization
  • Configuration of sales document types, delivery and billing, derived from standard SAP document types.
  • Configuration of pricing condition techniques by using condition table, condition type, access sequence, pricing procedure
  • Pricing procedure determination, necessary changes made in requirements and routine.
  • Configuration of stock transport order for works to depot. and for inter depot transfers with individual order types through MM
  • Configuration of sub-contracting order for external processing
  • Transportation module for freight determination and performance evaluation
  • Configuration of invoice correction, rebate and customer hierarchy
  • Prepared end user training manual and given training to Tata Tubes Head Office as well as Zonal Offices at Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore
  • Prepared ABAP specs and communicated to ABAP team

SAP Competence Centre, TISCO, Jamshedpur, India

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Master of Business Administration


2018 - 2022

SAP GTS AO-Highlights

SAP GTS export self-declaration implemented in Spain, Switzerland, UK, France, Poland.

  • Brexit - Captured EU and GB cross border business flows and implemented cross border customs and transit changes in GTS including Northern Ireland protocol.
  • Migration of SAP GTS from on-premise to SAP_HEC(Cloud)
  • SAP GTS was upgraded from version 10.0 to 11.0 and the latest support packs were implemented.


2023

SAP GTS solution Architect

ArchLynk

  • Implementing Inward Processing Relief and Bonded Warehouse scenario of an EU country?s plant in non EU country (plants abroad scenario) with external BoM and several customized legal reports for IPR and BWH import and export filing.


2022

SAP GTS Senior consultant-Contractor

Deloitte CoE, Belgium

  • Cargill CSST-Agriculture Supply Chain, SAP GTS Implementation Specialist, Schiphol Office, The Netherlands
  • -SAP GTS implementation using 2.1 methodology and Agile, involved in all phases of the project, implemented export e-filing, excise e-filing, import broker filing, trade preferences, IPR hybrid model in multiple locations in Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy, UK and Poland.
  • SAP GTS and SAP TM Integration


Certification

  • SAP SCM Certification-SAP Walldorf
  • SAFe 6.0 course completed.

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

SAP

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

SAP SD MM GTS ATTP gATP

Short Profile

More than 17 years of SAP consulting experience Varghese has been an SAP GTS consultant for the past 10 years with extensive experience in SAP GTS releases and implementations across the globe for various industries. Having implemented various SAP GTS modules many times while executing over 8 full cycle projects, he is well positioned to help in any of the critical phases of the projects. As a certified SAP SD consultant, having worked extensively in SAP SD, MM, CRM, APO (gap), FICO integration both in ECC and S/4 HANA, Varghese has experience on both sides of the logistics supply chain and understands the real-life impact of project decisions.

Speaking English and understanding German, Varghese is able to work with the business side of projects, translating business requirements into pragmatic long-term solutions.

Having implemented SAP GTS in Germany, UK, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Spain, Belgium, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Macedonia Varghese brings a global approach to projects.


End customers clients

Various Nestle businesses in Europe including Nespresso, Nestle Waters, Nestle Purina, Ericsson, Cargill CSST.


Consulting clients:

AtchLynk(freelance), Deloitte CoE Belgium (freelance), Nestle Globe GmbH, IBM Global Services, TISCO


Specialties:

SAP GTS SAP GTS (8.0, 10.1, 11), SAP S/4, SAP ECC, SAP APO gATP, SAP ATTP


Customs Management

  • Export/Import/Transit declarations
    • Customs export/import self-filing and broker instruction sheet with DE (Atlas), CH (e-Dec), UK (CHIEF), IE, FR (Delta G), ES (Agencia Tributaria), NL (AGS), Belgium (PLDA) Transit e-filing with NCTS
  •  Special customs procedure IPR import prior to gods receipt, reexport, free circulation, scrapping of IPR components, stock movement from BWH to IPR
  • Tariff, HTS, commodity code. ECCN, ICCN
  • Transit declaration with NCTS


Risk management

  • Preference processing (EFTA, NAFTA, EU)
  • Rules of origin and automatic preference calculation.


Compliance management

  • SPL, Embargo, license control
  • Agent/broker connection via SAP GTS
  • Self-filing connections via Seeburger BIS5 and BIS6, Port base E-filing, SAP GTS integration to chamber of commerce.


Excise module for alcohol products

  • Excise outbound, returns/refusal, inbound E-filing with EMCS system.
  • Exception form
  • Simplified E-AD form
  • Alcohol export with EMCS and ATLAS E-filing.


Principle Model (Master distributor)

  • Triangular flow with virtual plants and plants abroad
  • SAP GTS TM integration


SAP ATTP(Advance Tracking and Tracing for Pharmaceuticals) trained by one of the well known industrial ATTP expert.

Tools used in projects.

  •  SAP solution manager, DevOps, HP ALM, Service Now, MS Azure
  • Worked with waterfall and agile.


ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • 8 full cycle SAP GTS implementation from solution confirmation, realization, change management, super users training, regression testing, end users training(UAT/BAT), go live and post go live support (hyper care) and hand over to sustain team.
  • SAP Global Trade Services Solution Owner & Solution Architect
  • Implementation of SAP GTS export e filing, compliance, risk module and risk modules
  • Project manager for SAP GTS 11.00 upgrade
  • Project manager for SAP GTS cloud migration for S/4 Hana.
  • Supply Chain coordinator for Nestle Globe SAP HANA European migration.
  • SME for SAP GTS and demand management with SAP APO (g ATP)
  • Setting up near shore SAP GTS Application Maintenance Team(AMS), training, designing service catalogue, SLA monitoring.
  • Preparing and running SAP GTS workshops and RFP for prospective clients

SAP GTS Solution Architect

ArchLynk · Freelance Jul 2023 - Present 

Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany · Remote

    • Logistics Management · Import/Export Operations · SAP SD · GTS · Business Process Integration · Project Teams · Consulting · Documentation · SAP GTS · SAP Implementation · Business Process · Offshore Management · Agile Methodologies · Seeburger · SAP Sales & Distribution


SAP GTS senior consultant

Deloitte CoE · Freelance Jun 2022 - Jun 2023 · 

Brussels Region, Belgium · Hybrid

Client Cargill, Schiphol, Netherlands: Implemented SAP GTS in DE, NL, IT, FR, UK, PL compliance: module SPL, Embargo, legal control. Customs management: export and excise e-filing with ATLAS, AGS, EMCS systems, import broker filing and preference processing.Client Cargill, Schiphol, Netherlands: Implemented SAP GTS in DE, NL, IT, FR, UK, PL compliance: module SPL, Embargo, legal control. Customs management: export and excise e-filing with ATLAS, AGS, EMCS systems, import broker filing and preference processing.

SAP HANA · SAP GTS IBPP · SAP Consulting · Business Process Integration · Project Teams · Requirements Analysis · Consulting · Documentation · Analytical Skills · SAP GTS · Offshore Management · Agile Methodologies · Business Analysis · SAP Sales & Distribution · Global Delivery · Integration · SAP Materials Management (SAP MM) · Communication · Problem Solving

SAP GTS Application Owner

Nestlé Globe GmbH · Full-timeNestlé Globe GmbH · Full-timeOct 2018 - Jun 2022 · 3 yrs 9 mosOct 2018 - Jun 2022 · 3 yrs 9 mosFrankfurt, Hesse, Germany · On-siteFrankfurt, Hesse, Germany · On-site

SAP GTS Global application owner for SAP GTS role out, project planning and timely execution, stakeholders? management, system integration, handling country-specific customs legal requirements, periodic review of cross-border business process & provide the easy and latest SAP GTS functionalities

Support pack implementation and managing Offshore team for knowledge GAP, trouble shooting, KPI, SLA adherence.

Procurement, contract management for Seeburger, cloud service compliance periodic review.

Achievements:

?Implementation of SAP GTS export and compliance module in various Nestle businesses.

? Project manager for SAP GTS 11.00 upgrade, support pack implementation. L3 level incident resolution, offshore management.

?Implemented SAP GTS export E- fling and compliance module in various Nestle business in Germany (ATLAS), Switzerland(e-Dec and NCTS), United Kingdom(CHIEF and NCTS), France(DELTA G), Netherlands(AGS), Spain(Agencia Tributaria), Poland and Italy broker filing.

?Project manager for SAP GTS 11.00 upgrade?SAP GTS Global application owner for SAP GTS role out, project planning and timely execution, stakeholders? management, system integration, handling country-specific customs legal requirements, periodic review of cross-border business process & provide the easy and latest SAP GTS functionalities. Support pack implementation and managing Offshore team for knowledge GAP, trouble shooting, KPI, SLA adherence. Procurement, contract management for Seeburger, cloud service compliance periodic review. Achievements: ?Implementation of SAP GTS export and compliance module in various Nestle businesses. ? Project manager for SAP GTS 11.00 upgrade, support pack implementation. L3 level incident resolution, offshore management. ?Implemented SAP GTS export E- fling and compliance module in various Nestle business in Germany (ATLAS), Switzerland(e-Dec and NCTS), United Kingdom(CHIEF and NCTS), France(DELTA G), Netherlands(AGS), Spain(Agencia Tributaria), Poland and Italy broker filing. ?Project manager for SAP GTS 11.00 upgrade

SAP HANA · Logistics Management · SAP Consulting · Business Process Integration · Project Teams · Consulting · Documentation · Analytical Skills · SAP GTS · Offshore Management · SAP Sales & Distribution · Integration · SAP Materials Management (SAP MM) · Communication · Problem Solving SAP HANA · Logistics Management · SAP Consulting · Business Process Integration · Project Teams · Consulting · Documentation · Analytical Skills · SAP GTS · Offshore Management · SAP Sales & Distribution · Integration · SAP Materials Management (SAP MM) · Communication · Problem Solving

Business Solution Specialist-Customer Service

Nestle Globe GmbH,Frankfurt · Full-time

Apr 2008 - Oct 2018 · 1Frankfurt · On-site Frankfurt 

Nestle Globe GmbH, Frankfurt, FMCG industry, As part of customer service team, played various roles as sustain lead, SME for demand management (SAP SD APO integration) and retunes process, spoke for system upgrade, cloud migration (functional side).

Core project team member transformation of ECC to S/4 HANA database and cloud migration.

SAP GTS second level SME to assist application owner for L3 level issue solving, coordinating with local IT and offshore for GTS configuration, enhancements and unit test issues fix. Support pack OSS notes analysis and implementation.Nestle Globe GmbH, Frankfurt, FMCG industry, As part of customer service team, played various roles as sustain lead, SME for demand management (SAP SD APO integration) and retunes process, spoke for system upgrade, cloud migration (functional side). Core project team member transformation of ECC to S/4 HANA database and cloud migration. SAP GTS second level SME to assist application owner for L3 level issue solving, coordinating with local IT and offshore for GTS configuration, enhancements and unit test issues fix. Support pack OSS notes analysis and implementation.

SAP HANA · SAP Consulting · Business Process Integration · Project Teams · Consulting · Analytical Skills · SAP GTS · Offshore Management · SAP Sales & Distribution · Integration · SAP Materials Management (SAP MM) · Communication · Problem Solving SAP HANA · SAP Consulting · Business Process Integration · Project Teams · Consulting · Analytical Skills · SAP GTS · Offshore Management · SAP Sales & Distribution · Integration · SAP Materials Management (SAP MM) · Communication · Problem Solving

SAP SD Senior ConsultantSAP SD Senior Consultant

IBM2005 - 2008 · 

Kolkata and Bangalore

SAP Consulting · SAP Sales & Distribution · Communication · Problem Solving SAP Consulting · SAP Sales & Distribution · Communication · Problem Solving

SAP SD implementation ConsultantSAP SD implementation Consultant

SAP Competence Center, TISCO, Jamshedpur, IndiaSAP Competence Center, TISCO, Jamshedpur, IndiaJul 2004 - Apr 2005 · 10 mosJul 2004 - Apr 2005 · 10 mosJamshedpur, IndiaJamshedpur, India

SAP Consulting · SAP Sales & Distribution · Problem Solving

Functional Experience

11/2002 - 07/2004

Customer: German Remedies Ltd., (Sheering AG, Berlin)

Role: Area Sales Manager  


Tasks:

  • Manpower planning, territory mapping, market survey etc.
  • Right customer identification, marketing team management, stockiest monitoring for primary and secondary sales, organizing doctors meeting and patient awareness programs in association with major hospitals and clubs
  • Participate and contribute to annual budget meetings


10/2001 - 10/2002

Customer: Micro Labs, India

Role: Regional Business Manager


Tasks:

  • Responsible for Business development operations in two Indian states.
  • Brand finalization, field setup, budgeting, co-ordination with various departments.
  • Strategic planning to launch the division.
  • Recruitment, training and effective field induction of front-line managers and representatives


05/1995 ? 10/2001

Customer: Cipla Ltd, India

Role: Regional Manager 


Tasks:

  • Monitoring the overall marketing activities in two states of India.
  • Managing marketing team of 32 including 6 district managers and 26 medical representatives
  • Plan sales targets and strategic planning to achieve.
  • Monitor the performance of district managers and team members.
  • Review depot operations like invoicing, collection, credit notes, expiry etc.
  • Stockist appointment and review the performance of existing stockist

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