Neil SPENCER

En résumé

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.

Formations

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