Jack_Brophy_Resume_July_2015

Jack Brophy Resume
Jack Brophy (PMP)
Senior Project/Program Manager
Street Address 66 Springbok Road, Rispark, Johannesburg, South Africa
Postal Address PO. Box 82628, Southdale, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2135
Home Phone Number +27 11 943 6071
Mobile Phone Number +27 83 461 0776
Fax Number +27 86 672 7656
eMail brophy@iafrica.com
Profile
SAP Program/Project Manager with PMP and hands on experience of all SAP ERP modules, a
number of the new age SAP products and services, across many of the industry specific solutions
and best practices. 30+ years of consulting and system implementation experience with more than
23 years in SAP on projects in South Africa, Africa, Europe, UK, USA, Canada and Australia as
business consultant, integration manager, application consultant, team lead, project manager and
program manager. Strong leadership skills with emphasis on organising, directing, controlling,
Team Building, communication, integrity and professionalism with an absolute commitment to
delivering quality results according to requirements and specifications.
Utilizes project management tools such as ASAP Methodology, SAP Roadmap composer, Solution
Composer, Solution Manager and ValueSAP to ensure successful customer implementations.
Has worked extensively with SAP GD, local and other international SAP consultants and experts.
Strong partner relationships having worked with numerous partners on many projects in Africa,
Europe, Americas and Australia.
SAP Experience – Summary
– 23+ years of SAP R/2 and R/3 configuration, implementation, upgrade, training, integration and
project management experience. Configuration experience includes PP, MM, WM, PM, QM, FI,
CO and SD. Other SAP products including APO, GRC AC, BI and BO. Implementation and use
of Solution Manager.
– Integration of 3rd
Party products including Documentum, Hansen and Labware
– Industry experience includes Manufacturing, Banking, Utilities, Chemical, Automotive,
Defense, High Tech, Oil and Gas and public sector
– Considerable project management experience implementing SAP R/2 and R/3 as well as
numerous other systems.
– Integration experience implementing all SAP modules and as Integration Manager on a number
of projects.
– Extensive business experience and Continuous Business Improvement experience using
Theory of Constraints and ValueSAP
– In-depth knowledge and experience of business processes and business process optimisation
– Proven problem solving and troubleshooting skill on both implementation and productive
systems
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Professional Experience & Certifications – Summary
– More than 12 years business experience moving up to Logistics/Materials Manager in one of
South Africa’s top Pharmaceutical Manufacturers prior to moving into business and system
consulting
– Materials Manager, Adcock Ingram, Johannesburg - From Planning Manager to Materials
Manager, managing Warehouse, Planning, Procurement and distribution
– 8 years non-SAP consulting experience
– Manufacturing Business Unit Manager, ICL, Johannesburg - Worked up from
Manufacturing Consultant to Major Applications Support manager and then National MBU
Manager
– PMP (Project Management Professional)
– CPIM (Certificate of Production and Inventory Control Management)
– Numerous Management and motivational courses including,
– Spectrum Solutions – The Dealmaker course,
– TRIANAGRAM - Project Management Course,
– Louis Allen Management Course
– TOC - Jonah Programme
– Lecturer for Purchasing Management Services covering a number of diploma and certification
courses in Purchasing and Inventory practices and management
– Business experience including all aspect of management and control such as Budget
development, approval and control, human resources and employee relations, KPI and target
setting, monitoring and control and development and implementation of systems to support
management activities.
– Certified Ramp-up coach
– Project Management Fundamentals
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SAP Project Experience – Detail
Customer Transnet Port Terminals
Duration 2nd
March 2015 to 31st
August 2015
Industry Transportation
Project Description – National Rollout of the Fixed Asset Stabilisation Project
Role TPT Technical Rollout Manager
Responsibilities/
Deliverables
– Take over the primary role of project management from the
consulting partner’s project manager on behalf of TPT as the
project moves into the testing and preparation for data
migration and go-live.
Reporting structure – Reporting to the Transnet Port Terminals FAS Project
Manager and Global FAS PMO.
– Collaborating with the Consulting Partner’s Rollout
manager taking over the primary role as the Consulting
Partner hands over to Transnet prior to go-live.
Customer Engineering IT for Ferrero
Duration 16th January 2014 to end May 2014
Industry Food Manufacture
Project Description – Global Rollout of the Ferrero SAP Implementation
Role PP, MM, QM, WM and CO support for Global Rollout
Responsibilities/
Deliverables
– Provide local SA support, training, advice and guidance to
the Client, consultants and Project Management
concentrating on PP, MM, WM and QM initially extending to
other areas FI, CO, HR as required.
Reporting structure – Ferrero Italy as main client with Imsofer Manufacturing
and Ithemba in South Africa.
– Engineering IT (Italy) – Implementation and Rollout
Partner
Customer NHBRC – National Home Builders Registration Council
Duration 1st
March 2013 to 15th
August 2013
Industry Public Sector
Project Description – Programme Management of Green field SAP
Implementation including Solution Manager project, ECC
project (FI, SD, SCM, CO, PS/PPM, HCM, DMS), CRM Project,
SRM project, SPP project, Technology project, Mobility
project, Data Migration Project, GRC Project, PI Project,
Portal project, BI/Bobj project and OCM project with
integration of all SAP Systems and GIS.
Role Programme Manager
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Responsibilities/
Deliverables
– Communication between client and Project teams and
within client organisation
– Ensure pre-requisites completed as required
– Ensure hardware and connectivity is established and
maintained
– Resolve issues as they arise
– Planning, monitoring and controlling through to project
and Programme close
– Present report and ensure customer understanding and
satisfaction
– Post go-live support and plan next steps
– Projects Close
– Programme Close
Reporting structure – Government ERP Council
– NHBRC CEO and Sponsor
– Steering Committee
– Programme Management office (NHBRC Programme
Manager and AL Indigo Programme Manager)
– Quality Manager, Account Executive,
– Assistant Project Manager,
– Project Administrator
– Technology Project
– GRC Project
– Basis
– Data Migration
– Solution Manager
– PI
– Development
– ECC project
– CRM Project
– SRM Project
– OCM Project
– Training,
– Organisational Development,
– Communication,
– Change Management
– Mobility Project
Customer Sabatical - home business development
Duration 8 Months (August 2012 to February 2013)
Customer Toyota South Africa
Duration 2 Months (January 2012 February 2012)
Industry Automotive
Project Description – Project Manage SAP Global Delivery Technical Upgrade
Assessment Services delivered remotely for ERP, Parts BW and
Marketing BW systems.
Role Project Manager
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Responsibilities/
Deliverables
– Communication between client and offshore project team
– Ensure connectivity is established and maintained
– Planning, monitoring and controlling through to project close
satisfaction
– Monitor and control cost and revenue budgets
– Project Close
Customer Standard Bank Of South Africa Knowledge Centre
Duration 8 Months (in parallel with Solution Manager Implementation.)
(April 2011 to November 2011.)
Industry Banking
Project Description – Plan, Prepare and execute Upgrade from ERP 4.7 to ECC6.0
Responsibilities/
Deliverables
– Clarify requirements
– Define Scope
– Identify, Analyse and recommend options
– Identify resources and source
– Execute using SAP SLO resources from Germany and SAP
Global Delivery resources from India working mainly remotely.
Customer Standard Bank Of South Africa Knowledge Centre
Duration 18 Months (February 2011 to July 2012)
Industry Banking
Project Description – Plan, Prepare and implement Solution Manager based on the
RunSAP assessment and recommendations
Responsibilities/
Deliverables
– Clarify requirements
– Define Scope
– Identify, Analyse and recommend options
– Identify resources and source
– Prepare Roadmap
– Prepare Business Case
– Estimating and Budgeting for early 2011 start
– Implement E2E operation Standards in the very complex SAP
KC environment
Customer Internal Projects (RFI, RFP, SoW, Approvals)
Duration 4 Months (January 2011 to April 2011)
Industry All
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Project Description – RFI, RFP and Demo for Tanzania Port Authority
– RFP for First Rand Bank
– RFP for SITA
– Standard Bank Near Zero Down Time Upgrade PoC
– Standard Bank Cloud Computing PoC
– RFI for Department of Labour UIF
– RFP for Rand Water PPM
– Masstores UCS Netweaver Ramp-Up.
– Telecom Namibia ESS/MSS implementation SoW
– Toyota Tsusho problem resolution
Responsibilities/
Deliverables
– Define requirements
– Solution Response
– Scope definition
– Resource definition
– Project Management Approach, Strategy and Methodology
– Estimating and Budgeting
– Options definition, analysis and recommendation
Customer Botswana MVA Post Go-Live Review
Duration 1 Week (May 2010 to June 2010)
Industry Insurance
Project Description – Post Go-Live Review of
– FI
– CO
– HR Payroll and Leave
– HR Personnel Administration, Organisational and Performance
Management
– Treasury
– Claims
– BI
– Basis/Technical
Responsibilities/
Deliverables
– Review FICO, HR, Treasury, Claims and Technical setup post
GO-Live
– Review all documentation from Blueprint through Configuration
to final setup, training, testing and Change Management
– Provide an interim on-site verbal report.
– Provide complete Review report and supporting presentation.
Customer ABSA Bank
Duration 3 Months (January 2010 to June 2010)
Industry Banking
Project Description – Technical upgrade of the ABSA Ops systems
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Responsibilities/
Deliverables
– Technical Upgrade of ECC, SRM and XI.
– Upgrade 5 tier landscape for each system.
– Convert XI to PI
– Implement Portal
– Define ESS/MSS for portal
– Project to run in conjunction with other projects. The main
impact from
– OS and DB migration
– Implementation of RunSAP including TOA and Quality Circle
– SAP Productivity Pack to assist with training after upgrade
– 18 Other projects with direct impact on the Upgrade
programme
– Very high profile project within the ABSA and Barclays Group.
Customer IFMIS Zambia Realisation/Final Prep QA Review
Duration 1 Week (December 2009 to March 2010)
Industry Public sector
Project Description – Realisation and final preparation QA Review in preparation for
go-live on 4th
January 2010
Responsibilities/
Deliverables
– Review Project Management, FICO, PS, MM, PM, Fleet
Management, SRM, SEM, BW, AIS and Technical setup in
preparation for GO-Live
– Review all documentation from Blueprint through Configuration
to final setup, training, testing and Change Management
– Provide an interim report for the Steercom Go/NoGo decision.
– Provide complete Review report and supporting presentation.
Customer ABSA Africa
Duration 3 Months (September 2010 to November 2010)
Industry Banking
Project Description – ABSA Africa re-platforming project Business Objects Universe
design, development and report writing for Tanzania and
Mozambique.
Responsibilities/
Deliverables
– Project Management of a Time and Material project to design
and develop Business Objects universes and convert the current
flexcube reports to BO reports using both Webi and Deski to
provide more flexible, user driven reporting capabilities for ABSA
Africa.
– This was the first implementation of SAP in DBSA.
– The project started late and ended late due to the clients lack of
knowledge of SAP and the ASAP methodology.
– Considerable Change Management and QA intervention was
required to complete the Blueprint and gain acceptance.
– Despite extended timeline and additional resources the
Blueprint was completed under budget.
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Customer Development Bank of Southern Africa
Duration 8 Months (December 2008 to March 2009)
Industry Banking
Project Description – Implement Loans Management, Finance, Controlling and
Business Partner
Responsibilities/
Deliverables
– Project Management of a fixed price project, with SAP
resources and 2 implementation partners, to develop a Blueprint
for the Implementation of Loans Management, Finance,
Controlling and Business Partner in the development banking
environment.
– This was the first implementation of Sap in DBSA.
– The project started late and ended late due to the clients lack of
knowledge of SAP and the ASAP methodology.
– Considerable Change Management and QA intervention was
required to complete the Blueprint and gain acceptance.
– Despite extended timeline and additional resources the
Blueprint was completed under budget.
Customer Transnet, Johannesburg
Duration 3 Months (October 2009 to December 2009)
Industry Transport
Project Description – Blueprint for Real Estate enhancements to improve use of
functionality and comply with legislated and internal policy
requirements
Responsibilities/
Deliverables
– Project Management to develop a Blueprint for the required
enhancements to the SAP Real Estate implementation. Blueprint
Delivered and accepted on time and in budget.
Customer ABSA Bank, Johannesburg
Duration 9 Months (March 2008 to October 2008)
Industry Banking
Project Description – GRC AC Implementation including
– RA&R
– CUP
– SPM
– ERM
– Risk terminator
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Responsibilities/
Deliverables
Project Management to implement the above products and
modules from March 2008 to September 2008 with a diverse
team from SAP, Deloitte and Touche and TWC.
Milestones, set by the group and Barclays Bank as Control
Issues of Group Level Significance, all met on time and in budget.
Major achievements.
– Ran the first reports against the SAP Standard ruleset early
May. 5.7 million SoD violations identified.
– Reduced to 1.1 million SoD violations by early June.
– Customised ruleset introduced resulting in 400000 rules. The
SoD violations increased to 1.7 million against the customised
ruleset.
– SoD Violations reduced to 8000 low risk violations by the
deadline of 30th
September.
Customer Standard Bank of South Africa, Knowledge Centre,
Johannesburg
Duration 5 Months (August 2007 to February 2008)
Industry Banking
Project Description – TDMS PoC for full implementation
– GRC for Knowledge Centre starting with Virsa implementation
– GRC for Lending program starting with Virsa implementation
– Data Volume Services (DVS)
– System Landscape Optimization (SLO)
Role Program Manager
Responsibilities/
Deliverables
Project Management of each of the above projects involving the
Knowledge areas of
– Integration
– Scope
– Time
– Human resources
– Cost
– Risk
– Quality
– Procurement
– Communication
Through the Process areas
– Initiating
– Planning
– Executing
– Monitoring and Controlling
– Closing
Customer SAB Ltd
UCS/MAKRO
UCS/MASSBUILD
SASOL POLYMERS
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Duration Each project running over 3 to 4 weeks (May 2007 to September
2007)
Industry Industrials …
Project Description Remote offshore services for Upgrade, Unicode conversion and
OS/DB migration Assessment
Role On-site Project Manager
Responsibilities/
Deliverables
– Communication between client and offshore project team
– Ensure connectivity is established and maintained
– Planning, monitoring and controlling through to project close
satisfaction
– Monitor and control cost and revenue budgets
– Project Close
Customer Toyota South Africa , Automotive Manufacturer, Durban
Duration 13 Months ( January 2006 to February 2007)
Industry Automotive …
Project Description IMPI – Inventory Management Process Improvement
Role Business and Systems Consultant (All modules and Integration)
Responsibilities/
Deliverables
– Short term goals to ensure a clean audit followed by
optimization of the business processes and supporting systems
to make the clean audit sustainable.
– Integration across all business functions, systems and manual
functions
– Clean audit with minimal issues and discrepancies, well within
the required guidelines, achieved. The next audit was also
successful.
– Many processes simplified and streamlined amid massive
growth and development of new plant facilities.
Customer Johannesburg Water , ISU implementation, Johannesburg
Duration 11 months (November 2002 to September 2003)
Industry Public Utility
Project Description Implementing a mix of the following products; SAP R/3, SAP ISU,
Hansen, Labware and Documentum
Role Program Manager
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Responsibilities/
Deliverables
– Implementing a mix of the following products; SAP, SAP ISU,
Hansen, Labware and Documentum.
– Managing a fast track program involving a number of
companies implementing separate products and projects to be
integrated into a single system and interfaces to a number of
legacy systems and importing and exporting data to external
organisations.
– Scope and product mix selected by the client covered:
– SAP for finance and management accounting, purchasing,
inventory management, sales and distribution and project
systems
– SAP ISU for Device Management, Customer Interaction
Centre, FICA (Contract Accounting), Billing and Revenue
management.
– Hansen for Land Management, maintenance of the Water
Utilities networks, reservoirs, waste, pump stations and Electro/
mechanical depots.
– Documentum for document management.
– Labware as the LIMS system for the Laboratory.
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Other SAP-Related Experience
Nissan PP
Great Basin Gold FI/CO
Turbomeca PP/CO
Rand Water PP/QM
Distell SD/MM
Consol Glass FI/CO
Sasol Synergy FI/CO
Trans Hex SD/MM
GSSC FI Trainer
SUPRACHEM SD/MM
Saldanha Steel SD/MM
Mintek FI/CO
BHP Billiton FI/CO
SASOL Synergy FI/CO
SASOL Infrachem MM
SASOL CARBO-TAR FI/CO
Brother (UK) SD/MM/PP
SASOL AGRI FI/CO
SA Mint FI/CO
Mondi Paper FI/CO
Sasol SMX PP
BC Gas Continuous Business Improvement (CBI)
Ariel Technologies All
AMPLATS PP/MM
Ster Kinekor FI/CO/PS
Sasol Fertilisers Integration
Samancor FI/CO
Bamburi Cement SD/MM
Western Mining FI/CO/QM
Sasol Oil MM
Polifin GSD MM
Polifin (Group) Integration
Kynoch Feeds Integration
Kynoch Fertiliser Integration
Queensland Rail All
Sasol Twistdraai FI/CO
Engen PP
Howmet QM
SNI Support group All
Siemens Components PP
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Kentron All
Simera PM/FI/CO/MM/PP
Dowbrands MM/SD
Hoechst All
Delta PP
Bayer All
Sappi PP
Telkom PP
Spoornet PP
Unilever All
Anglo Alpha All
ASG All
African Cable All
Bosch PP
Afrox PP
SAA PP/FI/CO
Caltex PP
General Information
Citizenship South African
Languages English and Afrikaans (Both Spoken and Written)
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