This document provides an overview of Vlad Popescu's professional experience and qualifications. It details his 20 years of experience working as an SAP consultant specializing in financial and production modules. It lists his roles and responsibilities in various projects for companies in industries like automotive, manufacturing, oil and gas, chemicals, food and beverage. It also provides details of his experience implementing and supporting SAP systems, conducting training, and managing projects.

1. Vlad Popescu
Personal
Address: Timisoara, Romania, Gheorghe Lazar Street, Nr. 36
Telephone: +40 722 20 33 69
Birth date: 17.04.1977
Overview of Professional Experience
Process Engineering
 Business Processes Analysis and Functional Analysis (GAP Analysis)
 Business Process Reengineering
 Business process modeling, improvement and redesign in financial and production area
 Feasibility Studies (customer requirements check, degree of coverage between customer
requirements and R/3, workload sizing)
System and Softwareengineering
 Specification of requirements for development of System Enhancements
 Configuration of FI, CO, PP module
 Module Integration
 Functional specifications of requirements for the interfaces between R/3 and external
applications
 Creation and execution of test scenarios for Function tests, Integration tests, Customer Test
 Troubleshooting
Responsibilities, project management and team supervising
 Experience in project management (since 2005), project area management (FI-CO), project
acquisition
 Internal Team Leader for FI-CO, reporting to company management, responsible for
consultant assignment (5 consultants), consultant recruiting, interviewing, training, budget
sizing and control
 Project Team Leader for FI-CO, reporting to project management, workload sizing for team
members, task assignment, supervising of deliverables, change management
Senior SAP Consultant FI-CO-PP

2.  Experience in the preparation of proposal documentation and delivering customer
presentations
 Training of the Project Team and End Users
Industries
 Automotive (Electrical Cables, Embedded Software, Mechanical engineering and
prototyping, Motor components)
 Manufacturing (Testing equipment, Insulated wires, Laminates, Electrical Motors)
 Oil & Gas (Upstream & Downstream)
 Education
 Media
 Wholesales (IT supplies)
 Retail
 Pharmaceuticals
 FMCG (Dairy, Meat processing, Tobacco, Alcohol, Sugar, Spices, Starch)
 Chemical industry (Laminates, Industrial gases)
Work experience overview
March 1999 - May 2000 Helvetica Profarm – Assistant Manager
May 2000 – June 2002 Draexlmaier Romania – In house SAP consultant (PP-PC)
June 2002 – June 2003 Siemens VDO - In house SAP consultant (FI-CO)
June 2003 – April 2013 Union Consulting – as Contractor - Senior SAP Consultant,
Financials Team Lead, Project Manager
April 2013 – Nov. 2015 Freelancer, Senior SAP Consultant (FI-CO/PP)
November 2015 – December 2016 Linde Gaz – Senior SAP Consultant (FI-CO)
SAP Experiencein Detail
November 2015-December2016
Linde Gas
Chemical industry, Industrial gases
Project: LEAP, Intouch
Role: Senior FI-CO Consultant
Responsibilities:
 Rollout of the templates to various countries (e.g. Switzerland, Romania, Germany)
 Implement and test template functionalities, GAP analysis, in the area of CO, CO-PS

3.  Support existing systems in EMEA Region (Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary,
Slovakia, France, Czech Republic, Greece, Saudi Arabia)
 Manage Change requests, Analyze URS, develop FRS, follow development life cycle
 Monitor interfaces with external systems
January 2015 – November 2015
 Support and troubleshooting for different customers (Angelli, Douglas, Linde Gas, Agrana,
Fuchs, Fox) in the area of FI-CO: month end/year end closing, product costing, price
calculation, material ledger, legal changes, implementing new business processes according
to Romanian legislation (deferred tax, withholding tax, reverse taxation), training.
November 2014-December 2014
Dr. Lauterbach&Partner
SAP Consultancy, Printing&Packaging
Role: CO Consultant
Responsibilities:
 Analyzing customer requirements and providing solutions in the areas of CO-PC, CO-PA,
Account Determination, Integration with FI, MM, SD, and Reporting.
 Customizing and adapting existing solutions.
March 2014 – November 2014
 Support and troubleshooting for different customers (Glasscorp, Angelli, Linde Gas, Agrana,
Fuchs, Fox) in the area of FI-CO: product costing, material ledger, legal changes,
implementing new business processes, training.
November 2013- February 2014
Glasscorp Romania (Sisecom Group Turkey)
Manufacturing, Automotive
Project: Sisecom Rollout
Scope: FI, CO, MM, QM, PP, SD, modules
System: SAP ERP 2005 6.0
Role: FI-CO consultant
Responsibilities:
 Conducting workshops and integration tests
 Customizing of FI modules according to customer requirements
 Check compliancy of group and statutory requirements, GAP Analysis
 Conducting user trainings
 Establish cutover procedures, support cutover
 Go live and post-productive support

4. April 2013 – September 2013
Angelli Romania (Henkell & Co Group, Germany)
Alcohol beverages producer, FMCG
Project: Henkell & Söhnlein Rollout
Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, modules
System: SAP ERP 2005 6.0
Role: FI-CO consultant
Responsibilities:
 Support and troubleshooting on various issues in FI-CO: legislation changes for taxes, month
end/year end closing procedures, errors in daily business.
March 2013- April 2013
Bosch Romania
Filter manufacturing division
Scope: CO-PC training, consulting
Role: CO Consultant trainer
Responsibilities:
 Provide training in PC area based on customer system; ensure understanding of integration
between modules and the existing procedures.
March 2012 – March 2013
 Support and troubleshooting for different customers (Linde Gas, Agrana, Fuchs, Fox, Mahle)
in the area of FI-CO: month end/year end closing, product costing, material ledger,
legislation changes, implementing new business processes according to Romanian
legislation, training.
October 2011 - March 2012
Linde Gas Romania
Chemical Industry
Role: FI-CO Consultant, Trainer
Project: Training project
Scope: FI, CO, PP modules
System: SAP ERP 4.6
Role: FI/CO-PP trainer
Responsibilities:
 Training for internal consultant team, training on the job, solving daily issues.
 Support for EMEA Countries (Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia) in solving
various FI issues including petty cash, bank accounting, automatic clearing, integration
with external systems, PS project budgeting and distribution.

5. March 2011 – October 2011
Agrana Romania (Agrana Austria Group)
Starch products
Project: Agrana Austria Rollout
Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, modules
System: SAP ERP 2005 6.0
Role: CO consultant
Responsibilities:
 Conducting workshops and integration tests
 Customizing of CO modules according to customer requirements
 Check compliancy of group and statutory requirements, GAP Analysis
 Conducting user trainings
 Establish cutover procedures, support cutover
 Go live and post-productive support
 Submodules:
 CO: CO-OM, CO-IO, CO-PC, CO-PA, CO-ML
September 2010 – March 2011
Fuchs Condimente Romania (Fuchs Gewürze Germany Group)
Consumer products – spice manufacturer
Project: Fuchs Gewürze Germany Rollout
Scope: FI, CO, MM, WM, PP, SD, HR modules
System: SAP ERP 2005 6.0
Role: CO consultant
Responsibilities:
 Conducting workshops and integration tests
 Customizing of CO module according to customer requirements
 Check compliancy of group and statutory requirements, GAP Analysis
 Conducting user trainings
 Establish cutover procedures, support cutover, data migration, LSMW
 Go live and post-productive support
 Submodules:
 CO: CO-OM, CO-IO, CO-PC, CO-PA
July 2010 – October 2010

6. Douglas Parfumerie Romania (Douglas Germany Group)
Retail
Project: Douglas Parfumerie Germany Rollout
Scope: FI module
System: SAP ERP 2005 6.0
Role: FI consultant
Responsibilities:
 Conducting workshops and integration tests
 Customizing of FI module according to customer requirements
 Check compliancy of group and statutory requirements, GAP Analysis
 Submodules:
 FI: FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA, FI-BA
March 2010 – June 2010
Agrana Romania (Agrana Austria Group)
Sugar products, FMCG
Project: Agrana Austria Rollout
Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, modules
System: SAP ERP 2005 6.0
Role: CO consultant
Responsibilities:
 Conducting workshops and integration tests
 Customizing of CO modules according to customer requirements
 Check compliancy of group and statutory requirements
 Conducting user trainings
 Establish cutover procedures, support cutover, data migration, LSMW
 Go live and post-productive support
 Submodules:
 CO: CO-OM, CO-IO, CO-PC, CO-PA
February 2009 – February 2010
Angelli Romania (Henkell & Co Group, Germany)
Alcohol beverages producer, FMCG
Project: Henkell & Söhnlein Rollout
Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, modules
System: SAP ERP 2005 6.0
Role: FI-CO consultant

7. Responsibilities:
 Conducting workshops and integration tests
 Customizing of specific areas of FI-CO according to Romanian legislation
 implement and test specific functionalities due to local legislation requirements: Parallel
currencies, negative posting, multiple asset valuation, foreign currency revaluation, product
costing, production order calculation, CO price calculation and reevaluation of production
orders, ML closing and material reevaluation
 Check compliancy of group and statutory requirements
 Conducting user trainings
 Establish cutover procedures, support cutover, data migration, LSMW
 Go live and post-productive support
 Submodules:
 FI: FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA
 CO: CO-OM, CO-IO, CO-PC, CO-ML
September 2008 – February 2009
Philipp Morris Romania
Tobaccoprocessing, FMCG
Project: Philipp Morris International Rollout
Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, PS, PM modules
System: SAP ERP 2005 6.0
Role: CO consultant
Responsibilities:
 Conducting workshops and integration tests
 Check compliancy of group and statutory requirements, GAP Analisys
 Conducting user trainings
 Establish cutover procedures, support cutover, data migration, LSMW
 Go live and post-productive support
 Submodules:
CO: CO-PC, CO-ML
June 2008 – September 2008
ATB Austria Group
Mechanical Industry
Project: ATB Global Template
Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, CS modules
System: SAP ERP 2005 6.0
Role: FI consultant
Responsibilities:

8.  Analyzing customer requirements, assuring compliancy of group and statutory
requirements, preparing Global Business Blueprint, conducting workshops.
 Prepare Global Template for Austria, Germany, UK, Serbia, Poland.
May 2008
Mahle Romania
Automotive
Role: CO Consultant
Activities:
 Support services to customer’s SAP team for: implementing
Material Ledger (CO-ML) according to Romanian legislation,
negative posting procedures, material split valuation.
January 2008 – July 2008
TIAB SA Romania (Vinci Energie Group)
Construction
Project: Vinci Energie Germany Rollout
Scope: FI, CO, MM, SD, PS modules
System: SAP ERP 2005 6.0
Role: FI consultant
Responsibilities:
 Analyzing customer requirements, assuring compliancy of group and statutory
requirements, preparing Business Blueprint, conducting workshops, user trainings,
preparing data takeover.
 Customizing of following modules: FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA, integration FI-
MM, FI-SD, FI-CO
February 2008
Hella Electronics Romania
Automotive
Project: Training project
Scope: FI, CO, MM, QM, PP, SD, modules
System: SAP ERP 2005 6.0
Role: CO-PP trainer
Responsibilities:
 Key and End user training based on the existing Hella Electronics SAP system.
September 2007- March 2008
FOX Com Romania
Meat processing, FMCG

9. Project: Full life cycle implementation
Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, modules
System: SAP ERP 2005 6.0
Role: Financials Team Lead, CO consultant
Responsibilities:
 Preparation of the project plan, time schedule and consultant task assignment
 Preparation and conduction of workshops, preparation of Business Blueprints
 Supervising deliverables and sign-off by the customer
 Customizing, integrating and testing of following modules:
- CO: CO-OM, CO-IO, CO-PC, CO-PA
March 2007- January 2008
Danone Romania
Dairy, FMCG
Project: PP, CO-PC implementation
Scope: PP, CO-PC
System: SAP 4.6C
Role: CO consultant
Responsibilities:
 Assist internal team in analysing business concepts, customize, implement and test
scenarios, workshops and trainings of key users.
February 2007- May 2008
ALBALACT Romania
Dairy, FMCG
Project: Full life cycle implementation
Scope: FI, CO, MM, QM, PP, SD, modules
System: SAP ERP 2005 6.0
Role: Financials Team Lead, FI-CO consultant
Responsibilities:
 Preparation of the project plan, time schedule and consultant task assignment
 Preparation and conduction of workshops, preparation of Business Blueprints
 Supervising deliverables and sign-off by the customer
 Change management
 Customizing, integrating and testing of following modules:
 FI: GL, AR, AP, AA-AM
 CO: CO-OM, CO-IO, CO-PC, CO-PCA, CO-PA
December 2006

10. SANDOZ - HEXAL Germany
Pharmaceuticals – a Novartis company
Project: Definition of core template for global rollout
Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, PS modules
Role: CO- Product costing consultant
Responsibilities:
 Test customizing settings, prepare test scenarios
 Prepare training material
April 2006- November 2006
LISA DRAEXELMEIER Germany
Automotive, Electric cables manufacturing
Project: Full life cycle implementation
Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, PS modules
Role: PP Consultant, Trainer
Responsibilities:
 customizing, integrating and testing the following sub-
components of the PP module: PP Basic Data (PP-BD),
Capacity Planning (PP-CRP), Production Orders (PP-SFC)
 Training of in-house consultants
 User training, production support
October 2005- March 2006
MOL Romania
Oil & Gas Distribution
Project: MOL RT Hungary rollout
Scope: FI, CO, MM, SD, PS modules
Role: CO Consultant
Responsibilities:
 Preparation and conduction of workshops, preparation of Business Blueprints
 Implement and test specific functionalities due to local legislation and corporate
requirements
 User training, production support
July 2005- September 2005
OMV-Petrom Romania

11. Oil & Gas Production, Refining and Distribution
Largest company in Romania
Project: Full life cycle implementation
Scope: FI-CO-MM implementation
Role: CO Consultant
Responsibilities:
 Preparation and conduction of workshops, preparation of Business Blueprints
March 2005- July 2005
Klingspor Romania
Sales representative of abrasive manufacturer
Project: Local currency changeover (Denominnation)
Scope: Company code currency changeover
Role: Project manager and FI-CO Consultant
Responsibilities:
 Preparation of the project plan, time schedule and consultant task assignment
 Performing changeover, assuring system and data integrity
December 2005- March 2006
Isovolta Romania – industry
Laminates manufacturer
Project: Isovoltsa AG Austria rollout
Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD modules.
Role: Project manager and FI-CO Consultant
Responsibilities:
 Preparation of the project plan and conceptual design, assuring compliancy of corporate
requirements to local procedures and legal regulations
 managing workload and task assignment for consultants
 implement and test specific functionalities due to local legislation requirements: Parallel
currencies, negative posting, multiple asset valuation, foreign currency revaluation, product
costing, production order calculation, CO-investment management
 Supervising deliverables and sign-off by the customer
 Change management
 go live and post-productive support

12. January 2005- April 2005:
Alstom Power Systems Romania - industry
Project: Alstom Power Systems UK rollout
Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, PS modules.
Role: FI Consultant
Responsibilities:
 adapt existing scenarios to local and legal requirements
 implement and test specific functionalities due to local legislation requirements: Parallel
currencies, Special Ledger, Negative posting, multiple asset valuation, etc.
November 2004- February 2005:
ICME Hellenic Cables - industry
Cable manufacturer
Project: Hellenic Cables International rollout
Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, PS modules.
Role: PP Consultant
Responsibilities:
 system customizing: implementing PP functionalities
 elaborate and test business scenarios
 adapt existing scenarios to local and legal requirements
 master data upload and user training and support
October 2004- January 2005:
Motorpresse, Romania
Magazine Editor
Project: Rollout Motorpresse International
Scope: FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, CO-OM Modules.
Role: FI Consultant
Responsibilities:
 Preparation of the project plan as well as customizing Accounting (FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP),
old data transfer, final preparation, go live and support
September2004-October 2004:
National Lottery, Romania

13. Training project: FI, CO
Role: FI-CO Trainer
June 2004 - September 2004:
Team Advertising/Young&Rubicam, Romania
Media, Advertising
Project: Financials and Budgeting implementation project
Scope: FI, FI-AM, CO modules.
Role: Project Manager and FI-CO Consultant
Responsibilities:
 Preparation of the project plan as well as customizing Accounting (FI, FI-AM), Controlling
(CO-OM), old data transfer, final preparation, go live and support
May 2004:
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE Timisoara
Software development
Scope: PP training
Role: trainer
March 2004:
CONTINENTAL Timisoara
Automotive, Tire manufacturing
Scope: FI training, as subcontractor
Role: trainer
October 2003 - February 2004:
CODECS SA - high education
Representative of Open University UK
Project: Full life cycle implementation
Scope: FI, FI-AM, CO, MM, SD modules.
Role: FI-CO Consultant

14. Responsibilities:
 Preparation of the project plan as well as customizing Accounting (FI, FI-AM), Controlling
(CO-OM), old data transfer, final preparation, go live and support
August - September 2003:
DESPEC Romania
Wholesales, Retail - computer appliances
Role: FI-CO Consultant
Activities:
 Support services to customer’s SAP team for: implementing fixed
assets depreciation procedures, FI settings generated by changes to
legal regulations
July - October 2003:
ICME Hellenic Cables - industry
Scope: full life cycle implementation
Role: FI, FI-AM, CO, PP modules.
Responsibilities:
 support services: to customer's SAP team for year-end closing operations, assets management
customizing and operation
 system customizing: implementing CO and functionalities of PP
 training to key-users: related to daily FI and CO operations
SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE Romania
January 2003
Migration to IAS Chart of accounts
Project: Migration to the new chart of accounts according to legislation
requirements
Scope: FI, FI-AM, CO modules.
Role: Project Manager and FI-CO Consultant
Responsabilities:
 Preparation of the project plan as well as customizing Accounting (FI, FI-AM), Controlling
(CO-OM), old data transfer, final preparation, go live and support

15. October - November 2003:
Enterprise Consolidation Project
Objective: Implementing the Esprit FI-SL Solution for corporate consolidation
Scope: FI, FI-SL, CO modules.
Role: FI-CO In-house Consultant
Responsibilities:
 FI-CO consultant in the implementation activities of company customizing template (based
on release 4.0B, FI, FI-SL, CO). Responsible for configuration, integration, testing of the
following sub-components of the FI and CO modules: Cost Center Accounting (CO-OM-
CCA), Special Purpose Ledger (FI-SL).
LISA DRAEXELMEIER Romania
Automotive, Electric cables manufacturing
March 2002 – April 2002 :
SAP R/3 (Release 4.0B) Migration Project
Objective: SAP migration including project preparation, business blueprint,
realization, final preparation and go live & support
Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD and PS modules.
Role: PP In-house Consultant
Responsibilities:
 customizing, integrating and testing the following modules and sub-components: Material
Requirements Planning (PP-MRP), Production Orders (PP-SFC), Sales (SD-SLS)
November 2001 – January 2002:
SAP R/3 (Release 4.0B) Migration Project
Project: SAP migration and IAS requirements implementation at the
Draexlmaier companies in Romania (4 company codes)
Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD and PS modules
Role: PP-CO In-house Consultant
Resposabilities:
 customizing, integrating and testing the following modules and sub-components: PP Basic
Data (PP-BD), Material Requirements Planning (PP-MRP), Capacity Planning (PP-CRP),
Production Orders (PP-SFC), Product Cost Controlling (CO-PC), Material Ledger (CO-ML),
Sales (SD-SLS), PS Networks (PS-ST)
October 2000 - March 2001:
SAP R/3 (Release 4.0B) Project

16. Project: Full-cycle SAP implementation including project preparation,
business blueprint, realization, final preparation and go live &
support
Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD and PS modules
Role: PP , CO In-house Consultant
Responsibilities:
 customizing, integrating and testing the following sub-components
of the PP module: PP Basic Data (PP-BD), Material Requirements
Planning (PP-MRP), Capacity Planning (PP-CRP), Production
Orders (PP-SFC), Product Cost Controlling (CO- PC), Material
Ledger (CO-ML), Document management (CA-DMS). Activities
performed included: enterprise structure definition and assignment
(company, plant, division, sales org., purchasing org.), customizing
bill of materials, work center, routing, CAPP procedures,
customizing Material Requirements Planning (controller, types,
planning, procurement proposals) definition of production orders
(types, availability check, bill of materials and routing selection,
costing sheets, numbers, settlement rules, print control), integration
with MM (movement codes) and CO (order costing, settlement),
integration with document management (document types)
August 2000 - August 2002:
SAP R/3 (Release 4.0B) Project, Automotive
Project: On-going support and consulting services for the existing R/3 system,
Business reengineering, Key-User training and support for the
existing R/3 system
Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD and PS modules
Role: PP-CO In-house Consultant
Resposabilities:
 troubleshooting, implementing new functionalities and enhancements, user support, user and
authorization administration
Technical Experience
Enterprise Systems:
SAP R/3 4.0B, 4.5, 4.6C, 4.7 Enterprise, ERP 2004 5.0, ERP 2005 6.0
Office Applications:
Standard MS Office Suite, PowerPoint, Visio
Education
1995 – 1999 Bachelor’s Degree in Economics: „West University” Timisoara, Romania,
Faculty of Economics, Major in International Business Relations

17. 1987 - 1995 Highschool Degree: “Nikolaus Lenau” Highschool, Timisoara, Romania,
in german language
1982 - 1987 Elementary school “Nikolaus Lenau”, Timisoara, Romania, in german
language
Trainings
period subject trainer certificate
July - Sept. 2000 Production Planning
System Training Release 4.0B
DDG Germany Certificate
Aug. - Sept. 2002 Financial - Controlling
R/3 System Training Release
4.6C.
SBS Bucharest
Languages
Romanian (native)
German (advanced)
English (advanced)
French (conversational)