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Neil SPENCER

Saint-Priest France

En résumé

Neil Spencer is an engineer having a broad ERP background. Beginning in the area of Human Resources in 1995, he was part of the Paris-based IBM development team that published the global HR and Payroll solution HR Access.

Consolidating human resource experience as a Business Consultant with Cap Gemini, he developed PeopleSoft and management skills as a project team leader for Hewlett-Packard in the French Alps.

After being hired by the oil company Elf Aquitaine (later Total) in 1999, Neil acquired SAP R/3 skills through working closely with the sales and distribution businesses of Total Lubricants. He was Application Manager for a range of SAP solutions within this business area.

Joining the Volvo Group (via Renault Trucks in France) in 2004 Neil quickly became involved in the global SAP projects within that group in the areas of Sales & Distribution, Logistics and Service Parts Planning within the automotive industry.

More recently focus has shifted to consulting in Demand Planning, Project Management and Supply Network Planning with SAP training in all of these areas.

Outside the SAP field, Neil has lead a strategic project dedicated to the rapid performance improvement of the web-based applications used in truck dealer workshops. He also led the IT architect activities for the non-SAP financial applications of the Volvo Group to ensure compliance to the rules of the SEPA (Single European Payments Area).

Neil is currently heavily involved in Proposal Management (pre-study and solution proposals), leading proposals for various SAP-based solutions across the Volvo Group.


Specialties: SAP: SD, SCM, gATP, Supersessions, SPP, APO, DP
English mother tongue.
Fluent in French.

Mes compétences :
APO
Emballage
French
Microsoft CRM
Packaging
SAP
SAP CRM
SCM
spp

Entreprises

  • Renault Trucks - Business Consultant

    Saint-Priest France 2013 - maintenant Neil ran a business pre-study into the roll-out of the SAP-P&PM (Portfolio and Project Management)module throughout the Truck building organizations of the Volvo Group.
  • Renault Trucks - IT Solutions Architect

    Saint-Priest France 2013 - maintenant Neil established the IT architecture for the various non-SAP finance solutions used throughout the Volvo Group to ensure SEPA (Single European Payment Area) compliance.
  • Renault_Trucks - Proposal Manager

    Saint-Priest France 2012 - 2012 Neil led the successful Volvo IT proposal to one of the group business areas through a purchasing process for SAP-APO (Advanced Planning and Optimisation) in the area of Demand Planning.
  • Renault_Trucks - IT Solution Architect

    Saint-Priest France 2012 - 2012 Neil lead the IT project dedicated to improving the performance of the web applications used by trucks dealers. After phases of investigation and testing, the project produced a solution giving significant improvement to the business applications.
  • Renault Trucks - SAP Architect

    Saint-Priest France 2011 - 2012 Volvo Logistics serves the transport and packaging requirements of the Volvo group and selected external customers. The Emballage project aims to replace the existing legacy IT system with SAP ECC (SD, MM, PP). Neil had the following responsibilities:

    • Lead proof of concept study
    • Evaluate and recommend the IT solution
    • Ensure the required IT infrastructure is in place
    • Design the to-be IT landscape and identify interface requirements
  • Renault_Trucks - Ingenieur Informatique

    Saint-Priest France 2005 - 2011 SAP Expert / SAP Architect
    SAP: CRM, ECC, SCM 7.0 (gATP, SPP)
    Volvo Parts serves the aftermarket needs of several Volvo Business Areas; Volvo Trucks, Mack Trucks, Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Penta, Renault Trucks. As a Volvo IT employee, in a global IT program, Neil had the following responsibilities:

    Design and setup of the SAP global Order Fulfillment and Backorder Recovery solution for Volvo Parts including:

    • Rules-based ATP
    • PASS (Parameter Dependant Safety Stock)
    • EDQA (Event Driven Quantity Assignment)
    • ROC (Reassignment of Order Confirmations)
    • ODL (Order Due Lists)
    • BOP (Backorder Processing)
    • Interchangeability master data
    • Rounding using Packing Specifications
    • TPOP (Third Party Order Processing)
    • CIF (Core Interface) from SAP-ECC

    Design and setup of the shipping process in SAP:

    • Routing Guide in SCM
    • CPS (Configurable Process Scheduling) for logistic date calculations
    • Cross-Docking with Extended Warehouse Management

    Design and setup of the SAP architecture for Supersession master data:

    • Master data migration and interface design with legacy
    • Use of supersessions in gATP
    • Supersession Service for SPP (Spare Parts Planning)
    • Demand Capture and Maintenance
    • Performance optimization

    Design and setup of the new SAP Backorder Recovery composite application in conjunction with SAP:

    • Participation in the SAP design workshops in Waldorf
    • Configuration and testing at Volvo

    “It is always very rewarding to take responsibility for that part of a large IT program that truly adds business value. The gATP offers businesses the opportunity to reduce costs through optimized sourcing and planning. With backorder handling customer service is improved though efficient backorder resolution. Get these areas right and you will change the way you sell and distribute your products.”
  • Renault_Trucks - Consultant SAP

    Saint-Priest France 2004 - 2005 SAP: Vehicle Management System, Authorisations

    This was Neil’s first assignment as a Volvo IT employee.
    Volvo Construction Equipment put in place a global order management, logistics and invoicing system for its new vehicles. Within that project, Neil had the following responsibilities:

    Design and setup of the SAP Authorisations:

    • Application of SAP best practice for the design and construction of authorization roles.
    • Ensure respect of the SOX requirements

    Participation in the design and setup of the VMS (Vehicle Management System) action matrix for the Order to Delivery sales flows.

    “My first assignment as a Volvo employee saw me joining the final stages of an SAP-run project for Order-to-Delivery of new Volvo vehicles. This was a good introduction to the strengths and weaknesses of the SAP VMS Automotive solution but where I really gained experience was in the design of the authorizations. Investing in SAP best practice really paid off and helped me guide my business colleagues to an effective Change Management strategy in this area.
    This project also confirmed for me the importance of getting the IT architecture right first time.”
  • Total - Ingenieur en Informatique

    COURBEVOIE 1999 - 2003 SAP Application Manager
    SAP: R/3, Internet Transaction Server, Customer Interaction Centre

    Neil was hired as an Elf Antar employee to integrate the team having responsibility for the maintenance of the SAP applications used by Elf Lubricants. This was Neil’s first experience with SAP and started with a 5-week intensive training at the SAP university in Paris, France on the module SD (Sales and Distribution).
    After gaining hands-on experience as an SAP consultant, Neil took responsibility for the following areas:

    • CIC (Customer Integration Centre - this SAP application allows the integration of a Call Centre into the SD module.
    • Pricing
    • EDI with the major accounts
    • A web-based CRM for international subsidiaries
    • Sales Administration for the following business areas: Automotive, Industry, Export, Marine, Base Oils

    Following the merger of the two oil groups Elf Aquitaine with Total Fina, Neil participated in the resulting convergence project to integrate the Total Fina business into the SAP applications under his responsibility. This included the creation of new company structures, pricing and logistics configurations and master data migration.
    This was closely followed by the preparation and execution of the conversion to the Euro currency for the new combined Total group.

    “Whatever our perceptions, oil is a fascinating industry. I count myself lucky to have been part of it at a time when two players merged to become one of the global oil majors. From an IT perspective the experience held some surprises; it was "my" SAP application in the acquired company that was chosen to move our combined business forward. The Total experience proved to me for the first time how IT can really add value to a business.”
  • Cap Gemini - Ingenieur en Informatique

    SURESNES 1998 - 1999 Consultant progiciel PEOPLESOFT pour la gestion des ressources humaines.
  • IBM Global Services - Ingenieur d'Etudes en Informatique

    Bois-Colombes Cedex 1995 - 1998 Edition des modules informatiques autour du progiciel SIGAGIP / HR-ACCESS.

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