Christian van Helfteren

Past

SAP Consultant at Albany International
Managing Consultant (SAP) at Axon Solutions
Principal Consultant/Team Leader (SAP) at DIRECTV, Inc.

Senior Consultant (SAP) at Itelligence
Information Technology Research and Development Consultant (SAP) at Summit Enterprise Solutions, LLC
Information Technology Analyst (SAP) at International Paper
Consultant (Functional Team Leader - SAP) at Accenture
Customer Services Manager at BroadVision
Senior Systems Analyst (SAP) at Robert Bosch Ltda
Systems Analyst at Tenneco
Systems Analyst at Mahle

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Education

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas
Escola Salesiana São José – ESSJ/ETEC

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Christian van Helfteren’s Summary

I am a SAP Order-to-Cash specialist, including but not limited to SD (Sales and Distribution) and LE (Logistics Execution) modules. Here is a list of additional skills:

• Cross-module/additional functional knowledge.
• LO (Logistics - General)
• BW/BI (Business Information Warehouse)
• IS-A (Industry-Specific Component Automotive)
• MDM (Master Data Management)
• CO-PA (Profitability Analysis)
• MM (Materials Management)
• EM (Event Manager)
• FI-AR (Accounts Receivable)
• APO (Advanced Planner and Optimizer)
• PP (Production Planning and Control)
• CS (Customer Services)
• MRO (Maintenance Repair and Overhaul)
• Complex/Critical systems integration definition, design and development.
• Sound technical knowledge (ABAP, ALE/iDoc, ITS, BC-Basis Components and e-Business).
• Version Management (Patches) and Upgrade Projects from 3.0f thru 6.0
• Data Conversion (using BDC, BAPI, CATT, eCATT & LSMW)
• Method Delivery Manager, Lifecycle and ASAP Methodologies.
• Leadership and Project Management skills.

Christian van Helfteren’s Specialties:

I have 17+ years of hands-on Order to Cash ERP systems experience. I have 12+ years of SAP experience, 3 of which with a Big-5 consulting firm. I have participated in 13 full-lifecycle SAP projects.

Christian van Helfteren’s Experience

SAP Consultant

Albany International

(Public Company; AIN; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

September 2009 — November 2009 (3 months)

I joined the project as a Brazilian Localization advisor for the roll out of their global solution to their Brazilian plant. I worked on Brazilian Taxes Calculation, Accounting and Reporting to the Government including Nota Fiscal, Intercompany Transactions, Interplant stock transfers and Import process. Their solution made use of Configurable Materials via Variant Configuration.

I worked under the FICO team for the duration of my participation on this project, but helped and participated on discussions with the different project teams and also with the users in Brazil.
Managing Consultant (SAP)

Axon Solutions

(Public Company; AXO; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 7 months)

The first project with Axon was at Clipper WindPower (www.clipperwind.com). I was responsible for the blueprint design of the Order to Cash portion of the solution including Intercompany Transactions, Sales Orders and Contracts, Logistics/Transportation, Configurable Material and heavy Project Systems requirements.

The second project was at Goodrich Corporation (www.goodrich.com) Landing Gear Division, I was responsible for Pricing and Billing including complex requirements for government projects, sales contracts and pricing (including tax/Sabrix). They went live on Oct ’08.

The third project is at Goodrich’s Aircraft Interiors Division and Customer Services Organization. I was responsible for the Order Management Portion of the project including Contract Management, Quotations and Returns. Later I lead the implementation of an MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) plant in Brazil. They went live on Oct ’09.

I participated on pre-sales activities as an Order-to-Cash SME (Subject Matter Expert)/Functional Lead, responding to RFP’s and presenting proposals. I was the development manager for two consultants conducting performance reviews twice a year.
Principal Consultant/Team Leader (SAP)

DIRECTV, Inc.

(Public Company; DTV; Broadcast Media industry)

October 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 6 months)

I was a Senior Manager Level Team Leader for the Supply Chain SAP R/3 Development Team. We performed third level support and enhancements projects. In addition to managing the work of the 4 team members I also performed hands on SAP functional and technical work on the Order to Cash solution including Order Management, Logistics/Transportation, Pricing (including taxes/Vertex), Production Order Configuration (PP) and Event Manager (EM).

The three main projects I participated were Reverse Logistics, Consumer Electronics Credits and Access Cards Recycling. These enhancement projects had a quick ROI and high visibility within the organization.

In a highly customized environment with many specialty legacy systems to interface with, the enhancement projects were technically challenging and required a lot of ABAP skills.
Senior Consultant (SAP)

Itelligence

(Public Company; ILH; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2005 — December 2007 (2 years 3 months)

The first project was at Aerospace Products International (www.apiworldwide.com). I was responsible for the Order to Cash portion of the project including Order Management, heavy Logistics/Transportation, Pricing (including Taxes using Taxware) and Billing.

The second project was at the SPX Corporation (www.spx.com), Flow Technology Division. I was responsible for the Order to Cash portion of the project including Order Management, Logistics/Transportation, heavy Pricing and Billing. Their solution includes configurable materials, heavy production planning requirements and ATP.

From Oct 06 until Dec 07 I worked on the SPX project as a part-time remote resource mainly for Pricing.
Information Technology Research and Development Consultant (SAP)

Summit Enterprise Solutions, LLC

(Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2005 — October 2005 (8 months)

I was initially part of the on-going support team for live version at RMC Distributing (www.rmcdistributing.net), working mainly with pricing and logistics/transportation but also supporting BW/BI requirements.

Later I joined the implementation project team at Harrington (Pepsi-Cola) for a Blueprint as responsible for Pricing and Order Management.

I was also part of a Mercury Quick Test Pro Sales Demo Initiative at Avaya (www.avaya.com) as a SME (Subject Matter Expert) contractor thru TurnKey Solutions (www.turnkeysolutions.com) I developed a series of Test Case Scenarios based on Avaya’s use of SAP and advised on the best use of the tool.
Information Technology Analyst (SAP)

International Paper

(Public Company; IP; Paper & Forest Products industry)

May 2004 — March 2005 (11 months)

The first project was the Industrial Packaging organization. I worked with Export Process, Customer Communications (Output Determination) and overall Order Management. I helped on Data Conversion, Test Team support, Go-Live and Post-Go-Live support.

The second project was the Consumer Packaging Organization. I worked mainly with Consignment but also with Export and Order Management.

During both projects I had APO exposure, including TP/VS (Transportation Planning/Vehicle Scheduling).
Consultant (Functional Team Leader - SAP)

Accenture

(Public Company; ACN; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2001 — May 2004 (2 years 8 months)

The first project was at General Motors (www.gm.com) in Brazil. I worked mainly with logistics focused on interface development and warehouse requirements. After go-live I became the On-Going support team leader and then became the team leader for new projects within the on-going team.

The second project was at GM Middle East and Africa in Dubai (United Arab Emirates), I joined the implementation team working in Miami, FL to help finalize the web SAP customer access solution and support the Outbound Logistics critical interfaces go-live and stabilization.
Customer Services Manager

BroadVision

(Public Company; BVSN; Computer Software industry)

December 2000 — September 2001 (10 months)

I was part of the company’s Professional Services Organization (BroadVision Global Services) implementation in South America. I was responsible for spreading the implementation methodology, RFP answering, resources evaluation/allocation and partnership development (via training and project planning collaboration).

I was also involved with all the other areas of the company (Sales, Channel Management, Engineering, IT). I managed customer’s satisfaction and performed quality assurance assessments. I helped finding prospect accounts, qualifying them, developing proposals, conducting training sessions, developing customized prototypes and best practices spreading amongst the partner consulting firms.

The main companies I worked with were TAM Airlines (www.tam.com.br), Clicon (www.clicon.com.br) and Xerox Professional Services (www.xerox.com).
Senior Systems Analyst (SAP)

Robert Bosch Ltda

(Privately Held; Automotive industry)

September 1997 — November 2000 (3 years 3 months)

The first project was the Latin America Headquarters Aftermarket and Electric Tools divisions; I was responsible for all SD module configurations, integration and some ABAP development. We also utilize services from a third party logistics warehouse called Columbia (www.columbia.com.br), with which I was responsible for designing the integration and some development of the interface applications.

The second project was at Bosch São Paulo (formerly Wapsa), Bosch Spark Plugs and Headquarters OEM. I participated as a configuration, development and test resource while the first project’s stabilization was still going on.

The third project was Bosch Break Systems Plant; I was again responsible for all SD module configurations, integration and some ABAP development.

The fourth project was the replacement of the third party logistics partner from Columbia to DHL Danzas (www.dhl.com.br - formerly known and DDF Phillips). I was responsible for all design and implementation and testing of the solution. It was also my first project management experience.

The fifth project was the Commercial Plant in Argentina; including participation on the implementation of the two manufacturing organizations (Industrial Argentina & Bosch Freños) and a third party logistics warehouse (Vidal) they utilize. I was again responsible for all SD module configurations, integration and some ABAP development.

The sixth project was a massive upgrade/re-implementation of all installed base from 3.0f thru 4.6c.

Some of the Configuration Activities I worked with were: Order Management, Pricing, Partner Determination, Output Messages, Logistics Execution (including transportation), Sales Information System, EDI/ALE/iDoc and many more.
Systems Analyst

Tenneco

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Automotive industry)

August 1995 — August 1997 (2 years 1 month)

Tenneco Automotive divisions Monroe (Shock Absorbers), Axios (Metal Rubber) and Walker (Mufflers) are mid-size American auto-parts manufacturing organizations in Brazil.

I was responsible for the implementation of an EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) system for the Sales and Distribution Department using Sintel’s software.

Later I worked on the development of a Sales and Distribution solution for their ERP system (called Placomp) featuring enhanced pricing and order management functionalities.

I have also participated on technology and methodology standardization projects for the Tenneco Automotive Group being in contact with Headquarters.

Here I first got in contact with SAP during evaluations of possible alternative ERP systems to upgrade the current ERP solution.
Systems Analyst

Mahle

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Automotive industry)

April 1992 — July 1995 (3 years 4 months)

This is a large German auto parts manufacturing organization. As a trainee, I was responsible for the development, implementation, training and support of a proprietary Sales EDI solution (Order Entry and Order Status).

Later, I was also responsible for the development of an Accounts Receivable system that exchanged information with the Banks with on-line integration with the Mainframe’s COPICS (ERP).

I conducted technical training sessions for the IT department co-workers. At the time, the knowledge I got from self studying at my home PC (Personal Computer) and in technical high school was rare and valuable.

I was hired as an entry level trainee. I was greatly evaluated specially because of the knowledge and practice on PCs. I became Mahle’s employee as Junior Systems Analyst on August 1st, 1994 and got promoted on the next year to Systems Analyst.

Christian van Helfteren’s Education

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas

1992 — 1999
Escola Salesiana São José – ESSJ/ETEC

Data Processing Tecnician , Information Systems , 1988 — 1990