Louis Butler has over 25 years of experience in logistics and supply chain management, including distribution management, SAP user relations, global SAP rollouts, change management, process analysis, and inventory management. He has held various roles at Baker Hughes such as business analyst, regional support center team leader, business deployment systems analyst, and inventory supervisor. In these roles, he created standardized processes, developed training programs, conducted system implementations, and identified process improvements. He has extensive experience with SAP modules including inventory management, warehouse management, and materials management.

1. Louis Butler
18323 Navajo Trail Drive 832-499-9917
Spring, Texas 77388 louis.butler@outlook.com
PORFESSIONAL PROFILE
A highly effective Operations Management / Materials Management professional who meets
challenges skillfully and creates positive change. A proven leader with a record of success of analyzing
processes; identifying inefficiencies; fine tuning operations; and leading organizations to achieve
outstanding results through employee development and process optimization.
BACKGROUND SUMMARY
More than twenty-five years of Logistics and Supply Chain Management experience includes:
Distribution Management SAP User Relations Global SAP Rollout
Change Management Process Analysis Train the Trainer
Data Conversion IM / WM SAP Modules Inventory Control
Vendor Analysis Process Standardization Inventory Management
Cycle Counts / API Employee Training / Coaching Training Materials Design
Process Improvement Asset Identification / Tracking Inventory Analysis
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Baker Hughes Inc., Houston, Texas 1978 - 2013
Business Analyst, Regional Support Centers (2011 - 2013)
Selected as Team leader for the development of local regional support teams for US, South America,
Europe, UK, Middle East and Asia.
• Created a workflow process for purchase approvals and trained the staff affected by the
changes.
• Developed metric boards to track purchases, sales, potential orders, and updated inventory
counts for local operations which were adopted throughout the Oil Tools Division.
• Established and trained Global SAP Support Teams for North America, South America,
Europe, UK, the Middle East and Asia, and implemented standardized processes for issue
tracking and resolution.
• Co-leader with BHI Corporate IT to resolve designated SAP issues from a global to local
country level for internal delivery.
• Created all SAP training materials for US and Canada locations.
• Developed the “Train the Trainer” program for the SAP Inventory Management Knowledge
transfer and launched the program worldwide.
• Assigned to the post-acquisition integration team for BJ Services to assist with the SAP
transition.
• Managed the team to rollout SAP post-integration of BJ Pressure Pumping product line that
generated more than $4B revenue / year and reduced inventory issues by 80%
Business Deployment Systems - Business Analyst (2005 - 2011)
BHI Inventory Team Lead for the global implementation of SAP.
• Conducted a data mapping effort at each location to ensure accurate data transfer.
• Identified, logged, and managed local inventory values to be loaded into SAP
• Identified and managed local vendor requirements and information
• Trained local personnel on SAP procedures and processes

2. Application Support Team - Business Analyst (2004 - 2005)
BHI Team Leader for central IT. Worked with the Help Desk and the Functional teams to identify the
issues which were system or user-caused and then help with the resolution of those issues. Worked with
functional teams to address and resolve system issues for enhancements to programming.
• Internal consultant for WM issues that arose from a break down in the training.
• Go-to person for issues stemming from Cycle Counting and API count or posting problems.
• Developed Help Desk documentation to help the Application Support Inventory team members
with the common system/user problems with resolutions
• Developed work teams to identify process improvement opportunities through SAP
programming of inventory reports and procedures.
NAL Division - North American Inventory Supervisor / Configuration Analyst (2003 - 2004)
Transferred to Baker Oil Tools, North American Land teams to assist with manufacturing demand
forecasting.
• Helped develop and deploy SMART applications utilizing SAP tables to identify current and
future inventory demand from historical information and to develop Min/ Max values.
• Assisted the SAP functional team with the configuration of movement type tables to support the
SMART programming.
Business Analyst (2001 - 2003)
Post Project Renaissance Team Leader to further help develop SAP inventory reporting and identify
process improvement opportunities.
• Developed a "Z" transaction ZIMLITE and that was approved by finance and legal
departments. Created a dashboard that was a consolidation of IM Count and Posting processes for
maintaining the integrity of Operation inventory. The program incorporated the system security
of the end-users to ensure the integrity of the process and it aligned with financial posting
periods.
Inventory Team Member (1999 - 2001)
Selected from my division as a resource to help develop the inventory module of SAP for BHI
deployment of 4.0B level of SAP.
• Participated in the initial implementations of three major BHI manufacturing locations in
Houston.
• Designated SAP Trainer/Lead for inventory processing and procedures.
Field Technician and Warehouseman (1978 - 1999)
Hired to run BHI tools at local drilling rigs.
EDUCATION
Associate of Applied Science, Network Systems Administration
ITT Technical Institute, Houston, Texas
Graduated October 2, 2015 - GPA 4.0
Course Work Included:
Microsoft Exchange Server • Network Administration/ Support • Visual Basic
LAN/ WAN Systems • Data Communication • Microsoft Active Directory • Network Security
User Support / Troubleshooting • Microsoft SQL Database • Server Structured Cabling
Cisco Routers, Switches, and Firewalls
TRAINING and CERTIFICATIONS

3. Six Sigma Yellow Belt • Service Lifecycle: ITIL Foundation
IT Service Management: ITIL Foundation • SAP Configuration Training: SAP
Management Training: Baker Training Institute