1. Martin Alvis BSc (Hons)
10 Mandeville Close, Nottingham NG15 8HQ
07972 584 274
martin_alvis@hotmail.com
An accomplished Lead Software Engineer and IT graduate. Specialisingin SAP ABAP/HANA
development, team and solution design consultation from technical perspective.Consistently striving
for a high level of professionalism, takes pride in gaining recognition with persons at all levelsof the
business hierarchy.
E X P E R I E N C E
Lead Software Engineer – S A P C ent re o f Ex c el l enc e | W a l g r ee ns B o o t s A l l i an c e
March 2015 – Present
 Inspiring and managing one of three teams of SAP Developersbased both onshore and
remotely, which together account for all SAP development within global Walgreens Boots
Alliance reporting directly to overall Development Manager.
 Responsible for developmentteam specialising in HANA, CRM, POSDTA and SAP DS
development.
 Undertaking sole technical lead role on numerous projects of varying complexities.Including
high-profile installation of Handling Unit Management solution spanning multiple Boots UK SAP
systems, including POSDTA on HANA and ECC. Supporting demise of current Heritage R/3
solution to serve standardised stock accountability and deliveryof goods to all sites/stores in
Boots UK estate.
 Providing lead technical & solution input on numerous ‘in-flight’projects including stock &
sales accountability of all Boots ROI Pharmacies, and build of HANA calculation objects used to
aggregate snapshot of Boots UK stock & sales positionfor use by 3rd
party supplier.
SAP Developer – S A P C ent re o f Ex c el l enc e | B o o t s U K
July 2013 –March 2015
 Working within project deliveryto specify and build sustainable, primarily ABAP-oriented
solutions, focusing on performance, business benefitand TCO reduction.
 Building and accountable for solutions fundamental to high-profile,highly complex projects
within Boots estate including digitalization of customer offer (supporting Boots App),
implementation of material management on ECC from R/3, and transition of SAP POS system to
HANA platform to provide real-time customer/colleague stock view.
 Multiple minor projects to support Boots UK financial accounting adherence to HMRC
legislative changes.
 Deliveringsolutions in MM, FI, SD and Loyalty space.

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Reward Assistant – Rew ard Team | B o o t s U K
January 2013 –July 2013
 Large volume data analysis/correction preparing for Bonus & Salary Review 2013
 Development of parallel calculation tool to facilitate UAT of new People Rewards system and
gain further understanding of logic/calculations employed.
Recruitment Administrator – Rec rui t ment S erv i c e C ent re | B o o t s U K
July 2012 – January 2013
 Capture, analysis and correction of exceptions/special handling cases withinOffer Pack
Generation system.
 Design and build of various productivity enhancing tools in VBA/Excel
MI Analyst - C o mpl i anc e | W e l c o me F i na nc i al S e r v i c es
May 2011 – July 2012
 Design, creation and maintenance of bespoke MI data collation tools
 Data extraction and interrogation of multiple business systems
N O T A B L E P R O J E C T S
ROI Pharmac y S t o c k & S al es
 Providing design input and development leadershipon project designed to interface and
integrate stock and sales data from 3rd
party pharmacy management system across all Boots
ROI Pharmacy estate into SAP ECC on daily/monthly basis.
H U MS S (H andl i ng U ni t Management S t rat egi c S o l ut i o n)
 Leading implementation of UOD solution on Core ECC supported by SAP CAR on HANA from
technical perspective. Focus on performance and standardization of logistical process serving
2500+ Boots UK sites.
RS 1 (Ret ai l S t o c k 1)
 First phase of Retail Stock programme focused on implementationof retail article management
on Core ECC for Boots UK. Focus on technical re-design of material management process on
Core ECC as pre-cursor to further programmes of work (including HUMSS) and aid in further
demise of Heritage SAP and mainframe systems.
C V o S (C ent ral i s ed V i ew o f S t o c k )

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E D U C A T I O N
S h e ffield H allam U n iver sity
May 2008
BSc (Hons) Computing
L e eds C ollege o f T e chnology
 Technical hand-over and further enhancements to SAP provided stock view solution,
introducing SAP HANA to the Boots estate. Utilises in-memory technology providing
customers/colleagues with real-time view of stock status at individual article level across 2500+
Boots UK sites.

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June 2004
National Diploma in Computing
G a r forth C o mmunity C o llege
May 2002
x9 GCSEs (A – C)
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