Vaidotas Kairelis

Project Description:
Greenfield implementation of the S/4HANA system.

Contribution:

As SAP Development Manager:

• Participated in two rollouts of the project.
• Ensured the highest quality of all SAP custom changes.
• Created and implemented the SAP development strategy.
• Led the offshore development team.
• Challenged and controlled all development activities performed by third-party providers.
• Supervised the Business Intelligence (BI) team.

As SAP Cutover Manager:

• Served as SAP cutover manager in Maintenance units of organization.
• Prepared and executed all cutover activities.
• Created and maintained the Cutover master plan.
• Acted as a liaison between all related parties during the cutover period.
• Established cutover tools.
• Coordinated all activities across the SAP system landscape.
• Contributed to the data team's activities.
• Managed all interface activities with legacy systems.
• Organized and implemented hypercare activities.

Project Description : Greenfield implementation of S/4 Hana

Contribution:

• Designing and implementing complex technical solutions
• Author of the SAP "Development strategy"
• Development quality assurance
• Leading offshore team (3-5 persons )
• Leading technical upgrade process
• Development using latest technologies
• Designing and implementing integrations with 3rd party systems using Idocs, SProxy, API technologies.

Project Description : Brownfield implementation of S/4 Hana on premise.

Contribution :

• Leading the data migration efforts in the Procurement area.
• Consulting businesses on the capabilities of S/4HANA.
• Assisting in the extraction, cleaning, and enrichment of data.
• Developing and enhancing data load templates.
• Providing support for already live units.

Project Description : Greenfield implementation of S/4 Hana on premise. Migration to the 1809 version. Various in-house projects.

Contribution:

• Designing and implementing complex technical solutions
• Author of the SAP "Development strategy"
• Development quality assurance
• Leading offshore team (5 - 8 persons )
• Leading technical upgrade process
• Development using latest technologies CDS, oData, Fiori etc.
• Designing and implementing integrations with 3rd party systems using Idocs, SProxy, API technologies.

Project Description: Starting SAP upgrade from 4.7 to S/4 Hana project

Industry: Transportation services

Contribution:

• Planning the Project
• Preparing the Budget
• Forming the scope
• Forming delivery team

SAP products: SAP S/4 Hana almost all modules

Team Size: 20-30 persons.

Project Description: Various in-house projects

Industry: HR services

Contribution:

Consulting top Management team on Strategic reporting solutions. Responsible

for solutions design and implementations.

SAP products: SAP BW, BI

Project Description: Business Process Automatization project under the National Transformation programme of companies owned by Kazakhstan government.

Project Budget: 1 million US dollars.

Industry: Oil&Gas, Railways, Electric power, Postal services.

Contribution:

• Responsible for building and releasing global template solution based on designed Business Processes.

• Developed and implemented Release and Change strategy.

• Chairman of CAB (change advisory board).

• Leading a team to build Global Solution based on SAP products: ECC, BI/BO, SAP PPM, SAP EHC, SAP MDG. HANA database.

• Participated building HR Shared Services.

• Performed full IT audit of Kazakhstan Railways and Kazakhstan Post.

Team size : 15-20 persons.

Project Management methodology : PMI, SAP ASAP.

Project Description: Various in-house projects

Industry: Retail

Contribution:

• Designing business processes and implementing them (example. full design of in-house kitchen processes design and implementation, promotion management etc.)

• Responsible for delivery of all SAP related projects and CRs.

• Managing teams : SAP Functional consultants, SAP Data team, SAP Technical Consultants, SAP BI/BO team.

• Change requests management.

• Release management.

Team size : 15-20 persons.

Project Management methodology : ICA group methodology, SAP ASAP.

Project Description: Business transformation project with new SAP implementation. Kazakhstan, Switzerland, UK.

Project Budget: Overall budget more than 100 million US dollars. My budget 2 million US dollars.

Company review: The Eurasian Group manages the following production assets of ERG in Kazakhstan: TNC Kazchrome, the Sokolov-Sarbai Mining Production Association (SSGPO), Aluminium of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan Aluminium Smelter (KAS), Eurasian Energy Corporation (EEC), Shubarkol Komir and Transcom LLP; these are the country's largest enterprises, which together make a significant contribution to the economy of Kazakhstan.

Contribution:

• Designing new business processes (Manufacturing, Order to cash, HR, Corporate Finances)

• Managing following teams: Data Team, Development team, Testing team, Authorization team, Supervising BI Team

• Preparing and implementing strategies for all teams.

• Planning and controlling execution of work packages

• Active participation in Programme Management

• Designing all SAP technical solutions.

• Member of Change Advisory Board

• Cutover manager in Switzerland “Marketing” roll-out

• Planning and executing all Data Migration process from Data Object definition to Loading data into new system

Team size : 30-40 persons.

Project Management methodology : PMI

Project Description: Support and Enhancement of existing SAP implementation. Poland, Switzerland, USA

Industry: Pharmacy.

Contribution: Senior ABAP consultant

Designing and implementing solutions in SAP ECC.

Project Description: New SAP ECC and SAP SCM (APO) installation and support Finland.

Industry: Bakery.

Contribution: Senior ABAP Developer

Designing and implementing solutions in SAP ECC and APO systems.

Participation in AMS project.

Project Description: New implementation of SAP R/3 4.7 system to the Uzbekistan unit of corporation.

Industry: Tobacco.

Project scope: Roll-out project, modules: FI,CO,PP,PM,QM,MM,SD, number of users: 200.

Contribution: Deployment Manager

Managing the deployment team (20 persons) during Initiation and Assessment phases of the project. Key activities during these phases:

1. Forming the team

2. On boarding the team,

3. Leading the project planning process.

4. Managing the Blueprint preparation.

5. Working tightly with client's team.

6. Planning future activities.

7. Controlling the budget.

Project Description: New rollout of SAP R/3 system in BAT Czech Republic, BAT Malta, BAT Cyprus, BAT Ukraine, BAT Moldova.

Industry: Tobacco.

Contribution: ABAP Team Lead.

Coordination of development team activities.

Development using ABAP/4,SAPSCRIPT, SMARTFORMS, Idocs. Preparing technical specifications. Coordinating offshore work.

Managing Data migration activities.

Supporting implemented enhancements. Modules: SD,MM,FI,CO

Location: Czech Republic, Malta, Cyprus, Ukraine, Moldova

Participating in variuos SAP projects.

Position: ABAP developer, Senior Technical consultant.