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Volker Hofmann

SAP Implementation Consultant
 

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE

· 19 years of experience in various industries including
 
• consumer products
• chemical
• telecommunication
• retail
• banking

 

· industry focus on
 
• consumer products
• chemical

 

· 12 years of detailed SAP software implementation experience
 
• multiple full life cycle implementations

 

· extensive SAP integration knowledge
 
• sales and distribution (order entry, distribution, invoicing, CPG, volume rebate processing, claims)
   
• SIS Sales Information System
   
• materials management (inventory management, purchasing)

 

· expert knowledge in
 
• sales and distribution
   
• ABAP/4 program design, development, test, implementation for on-line and batch applications

CURRENT
POSITION

Independent Consultant

August 2002 to present, Europe
 

Responsibilities:     User support, problem analysis, design of corrections /
                                     enhancements, and testing for the SD module including custom
                                     modifications at a globally operating corporation in the chemical
                                     industry, Cologne, Germany
 

PREVIOUS
POSITIONS

President, Volker Hofmann Management Consulting Inc.

April 2001 to July 2002, Fullerton, CA
 

Responsibilities:     SAP implementation support, functional and technical, in the food
                                     industry

                                     Functional support during SAP release upgrade (6.1G  6.1J) and
                                     Euro currency implementation; user support at a globally operating
                                     corporation in the chemical industry, Brussels, Belgium

Partner, Barton & Associates Ltd.

June 1997 to March 2001, Irvington, NY
 

Responsibilities:     Functional and technical implementation support at various SAP R/2
                                     and R/3 clients in the US and Europe

                                     Integration of an acquired company into an existing SAP application
                                     in the food industry, full life cycle

                                     Design, development, test, and implementation of functions for the
                                     bank profitability analysis (SAP R/3, SEM) at a major bank in
                                     Frankfurt, Germany

                                     Technical and application support during conversion 5.0D 6.1G for
                                     the SAP modules RV and RM

                                     Advisor during the SAP implementation of multiple sales channels in
                                     the food industry, full life cycle

Senior Consultant, HJM Consulting, Inc.

Jan. 1994 to May 1997, New York, NY
 

Responsibilities:     Design, development, test, and implementation of food industry
                                     specific enhancements of SAP applications at a major consumer
                                     products company (food industry) in Fullerton, California

                                     Support and training

Consultant, Andersen Consulting GmbH

Jan. 1991 to Dec. 1993, Sulzbach, Germany
 

Responsibilities:     Design and development of an inventory control system for the
                                     telecommunication industry in Bonn, Germany using SAP R/2

                                     Design and implementation of a claims and dispute management
                                     system at a major consumer products company (food) in Hannover,
                                     Germany using SAP R/2

                                     Design and implementation of an inventory control system with SAP
                                     R/2 (modules RV – sales and distribution, RM – materials
                                     management) for the chemical industry in Halle, Germany

Programmer, HoPE Datentechnik GmbH

Oct. 1984 to Dec. 1990, Berlin, Germany
 

Responsibilities:     Design and development of an inventory management and billing
                                     system for the retail industry

SAP
TRAINING

· Sales and Distribution

· ABAP/4

· Delta Training R/2 --> R/3 Development

· Delta Training R/2 --> R/3 Sales and Distribution

LANGUAGES

· German (native)

· English (fluently, oral and written)

· Modern Greek