Vlad Popescu

Personal

Address: Timisoara, Romania, Gheorghe Lazar Street, Nr. 36Telephone: +40 722 20 33 69Birth date: 17.04.1977

Overview of Professional Experience

Process Engineering Business Processes Analysis and Functional Analysis (GAP Analysis) Business Process Reengineering Business process modeling, improvement and redesign in financial and production area Feasibility Studies (customer requirements check, degree of coverage between customer requ

irements and R/3, workload sizing)

System and Softwareengineering Specification of requirements for development of System Enhancements Configuration of FI, CO, PP module Module Integration Functional specifications of requirements for the interfaces between R/3 and external applica

tions Creation and execution of test scenarios for Function tests, Integration tests, Customer Test Troubleshooting

Responsibilities, project management and team supervising Experience in project management (since 2005), project area management (FI-CO), project a

cquisition Internal Team Leader for FI-CO, reporting to company management, responsible for consulta

nt assignment (5 consultants), consultant recruiting, interviewing, training, budget sizing and control

Project Team Leader for FI-CO, reporting to project management, workload sizing for team members, task assignment, supervising of deliverables, change management

Senior SAP Consultant FI-CO-PP

Experience in the preparation of proposal documentation and delivering customer presentations

Training of the Project Team and End Users

Industries Automotive (Electrical Cables, Embedded Software, Mechanical engineering and prototy

ping, Motor components) Manufacturing (Testing equipment, Insulated wires, Laminates, Electrical Motors) Oil & Gas (Upstream & Downstream) Education Media Wholesales (IT supplies) Retail Pharmaceuticals FMCG (Dairy, Meat processing, Tobacco, Alcohol, Sugar, Spices, Starch) Chemical industry (Laminates, Industrial gases)

Work experience overview

March 1999 - May 2000 Helvetica Profarm – Assistant ManagerMay 2000 – June 2002 Draexlmaier Romania – In house SAP consultant (PP-PC)June 2002 – June 2003 Siemens VDO - In house SAP consultant (FI-CO)June 2003 – April 2013 Union Consulting – as Contractor - Senior SAP Consultant,

Financials Team Lead, Project ManagerApril 2013 – Nov. 2015 Freelancer, Senior SAP Consultant (FI-CO/PP)November 2015 – December 2016 Linde Gaz – Senior SAP Consultant (FI-CO)

SAP Experience in Detail

November 2015-December2016

Linde GasChemical industry, Industrial gases

Project: LEAP, IntouchRole: Senior FI-CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

Rollout of the templates to various countries (e.g. Switzerland, Romania, Germany)

Implement and test template functionalities, GAP analysis, in the area of CO, CO-PS

Support existing systems in EMEA Region (Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, France, Czech Republic, Greece, Saudi Arabia)

Manage Change requests, Analyze URS, develop FRS, follow development life cycle

Monitor interfaces with external systems

January 2015 – November 2015 Support and troubleshooting for different customers (Angelli, Douglas, Linde Gas, Agrana,

Fuchs, Fox) in the area of FI-CO: month end/year end closing, product costing, price calculation, material ledger, legal changes, implementing new business processes according to Romanian legislation (deferred tax, withholding tax, reverse taxation), training.

November 2014-December 2014

Dr. Lauterbach&PartnerSAP Consultancy, Printing&Packaging

Role: CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

Analyzing customer requirements and providing solutions in the areas of CO-PC, CO-PA, Account Determination, Integration with FI, MM, SD, and Reporting.

Customizing and adapting existing solutions.

March 2014 – November 2014

Support and troubleshooting for different customers (Glasscorp, Angelli, Linde Gas, Agrana, Fuchs, Fox) in the area of FI-CO: product costing, material ledger, legal changes, implementing new business processes, training.

November 2013- February 2014

Glasscorp Romania (Sisecom Group Turkey)Manufacturing, Automotive

Project: Sisecom RolloutScope: FI, CO, MM, QM, PP, SD, modulesSystem: SAP ERP 2005 6.0

Role: FI-CO consultant

Responsibilities: Conducting workshops and integration tests Customizing of FI modules according to customer requirements Check compliancy of group and statutory requirements, GAP Analysis Conducting user trainings Establish cutover procedures, support cutover Go live and post-productive support

April 2013 – September 2013

Angelli Romania (Henkell & Co Group, Germany)Alcohol beverages producer, FMCG

Project: Henkell & Söhnlein RolloutScope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, modulesSystem: SAP ERP 2005 6.0

Role: FI-CO consultant

Responsibilities:

Support and troubleshooting on various issues in FI-CO: legislation changes for taxes, month end/year end closing procedures, errors in daily business.

March 2013- April 2013

Bosch RomaniaFilter manufacturing division

Scope: CO-PC training, consulting

Role: CO Consultant trainer

Responsibilities:

Provide training in PC area based on customer system; ensure understanding of integration between modules and the existing procedures.

March 2012 – March 2013

Support and troubleshooting for different customers (Linde Gas, Agrana, Fuchs, Fox, Mahle) in the area of FI-CO: month end/year end closing, product costing, material ledger, legislation changes, implementing new business processes according to Romanian legislation, training.

October 2011 - March 2012

Linde Gas Romania Chemical Industry

Role: FI-CO Consultant, Trainer Project: Training projectScope: FI, CO, PP modulesSystem: SAP ERP 4.6

Role: FI/CO-PP trainer

Responsibilities: Training for internal consultant team, training on the job, solving daily issues. Support for EMEA Countries (Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia) in solving

various FI issues including petty cash, bank accounting, automatic clearing, integration with external systems, PS project budgeting and distribution.

March 2011 – October 2011

Agrana Romania (Agrana Austria Group)Starch products

Project: Agrana Austria RolloutScope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, modulesSystem: SAP ERP 2005 6.0

Role: CO consultant

Responsibilities:

Conducting workshops and integration tests Customizing of CO modules according to customer requirements Check compliancy of group and statutory requirements, GAP Analysis Conducting user trainings Establish cutover procedures, support cutover Go live and post-productive support Submodules:

CO: CO-OM, CO-IO, CO-PC, CO-PA, CO-ML

September 2010 – March 2011

Fuchs Condimente Romania (Fuchs Gewürze Germany Group)Consumer products – spice manufacturer

Project: Fuchs Gewürze Germany RolloutScope: FI, CO, MM, WM, PP, SD, HR modulesSystem: SAP ERP 2005 6.0

Role: CO consultant

Responsibilities:

Conducting workshops and integration tests Customizing of CO module according to customer requirements Check compliancy of group and statutory requirements, GAP Analysis Conducting user trainings Establish cutover procedures, support cutover, data migration, LSMW Go live and post-productive support Submodules:

CO: CO-OM, CO-IO, CO-PC, CO-PA

July 2010 – October 2010

Douglas Parfumerie Romania (Douglas Germany Group)

Retail

Project: Douglas Parfumerie Germany RolloutScope: FI moduleSystem: SAP ERP 2005 6.0

Role: FI consultant

Responsibilities:

Conducting workshops and integration tests Customizing of FI module according to customer requirements Check compliancy of group and statutory requirements, GAP Analysis Submodules:

FI: FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA, FI-BA

March 2010 – June 2010

Agrana Romania (Agrana Austria Group)Sugar products, FMCG

Project: Agrana Austria RolloutScope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, modulesSystem: SAP ERP 2005 6.0

Role: CO consultant

Responsibilities:

Conducting workshops and integration tests Customizing of CO modules according to customer requirements Check compliancy of group and statutory requirements Conducting user trainings Establish cutover procedures, support cutover, data migration, LSMW Go live and post-productive support Submodules:

CO: CO-OM, CO-IO, CO-PC, CO-PA

February 2009 – February 2010

Angelli Romania (Henkell & Co Group, Germany)Alcohol beverages producer, FMCG

Project: Henkell & Söhnlein RolloutScope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, modulesSystem: SAP ERP 2005 6.0

Role: FI-CO consultant

Responsibilities:

Conducting workshops and integration tests Customizing of specific areas of FI-CO according to Romanian legislation implement and test specific functionalities due to local legislation requirements: Parallel cu

rrencies, negative posting, multiple asset valuation, foreign currency revaluation, product costing, production order calculation, CO price calculation and reevaluation of production orders, ML closing and material reevaluation

Check compliancy of group and statutory requirements Conducting user trainings Establish cutover procedures, support cutover, data migration, LSMW Go live and post-productive support Submodules:

FI: FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA CO: CO-OM, CO-IO, CO-PC, CO-ML

September 2008 – February 2009

Philipp Morris RomaniaTobacco processing, FMCG

Project: Philipp Morris International RolloutScope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, PS, PM modulesSystem: SAP ERP 2005 6.0

Role: CO consultant

Responsibilities:

Conducting workshops and integration tests Check compliancy of group and statutory requirements, GAP Analisys Conducting user trainings Establish cutover procedures, support cutover, data migration, LSMW Go live and post-productive support Submodules:

CO: CO-PC, CO-ML

June 2008 – September 2008

ATB Austria GroupMechanical Industry

Project: ATB Global TemplateScope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, CS modulesSystem: SAP ERP 2005 6.0

Role: FI consultant

Responsibilities: Analyzing customer requirements, assuring compliancy of group and statutory req

uirements, preparing Global Business Blueprint, conducting workshops. Prepare Global Template for Austria, Germany, UK, Serbia, Poland.

May 2008

Mahle Romania Automotive

Role: CO Consultant

Activities: Support services to customer’s SAP team for: implementing Mater

ial Ledger (CO-ML) according to Romanian legislation, negative posting procedures, material split valuation.

January 2008 – July 2008

TIAB SA Romania (Vinci Energie Group)Construction

Project: Vinci Energie Germany RolloutScope: FI, CO, MM, SD, PS modulesSystem: SAP ERP 2005 6.0

Role: FI consultant

Responsibilities: Analyzing customer requirements, assuring compliancy of group and statutory req

uirements, preparing Business Blueprint, conducting workshops, user trainings, preparing data takeover.

Customizing of following modules: FI-GL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA, integration FI-MM, FI-SD, FI-CO

February 2008

Hella Electronics RomaniaAutomotive

Project: Training projectScope: FI, CO, MM, QM, PP, SD, modulesSystem: SAP ERP 2005 6.0

Role: CO-PP trainer

Responsibilities: Key and End user training based on the existing Hella Electronics SAP system.

September 2007- March 2008

FOX Com RomaniaMeat processing, FMCG

Project: Full life cycle implementationScope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, modulesSystem: SAP ERP 2005 6.0

Role: Financials Team Lead, CO consultant

Responsibilities: Preparation of the project plan, time schedule and consultant task assignment Preparation and conduction of workshops, preparation of Business Blueprints Supervising deliverables and sign-off by the customer Customizing, integrating and testing of following modules:

- CO: CO-OM, CO-IO, CO-PC, CO-PA

March 2007- January 2008

Danone RomaniaDairy, FMCG

Project: PP, CO-PC implementationScope: PP, CO-PCSystem: SAP 4.6C

Role: CO consultant

Responsibilities: Assist internal team in analysing business concepts, customize, implement and test scenario

s, workshops and trainings of key users.

February 2007- May 2008

ALBALACT RomaniaDairy, FMCG

Project: Full life cycle implementationScope: FI, CO, MM, QM, PP, SD, modulesSystem: SAP ERP 2005 6.0

Role: Financials Team Lead, FI-CO consultant

Responsibilities: Preparation of the project plan, time schedule and consultant task assignment Preparation and conduction of workshops, preparation of Business Blueprints Supervising deliverables and sign-off by the customer Change management Customizing, integrating and testing of following modules:

FI: GL, AR, AP, AA-AM CO: CO-OM, CO-IO, CO-PC, CO-PCA, CO-PA

December 2006

SANDOZ - HEXAL GermanyPharmaceuticals – a Novartis company

Project: Definition of core template for global rollout

Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, PS modules

Role: CO- Product costing consultant

Responsibilities: Test customizing settings, prepare test scenarios Prepare training material

April 2006- November 2006

LISA DRAEXELMEIER GermanyAutomotive, Electric cables manufacturing

Project: Full life cycle implementationScope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, PS modules

Role: PP Consultant, Trainer

Responsibilities: customizing, integrating and testing the following sub-compon

ents of the PP module: PP Basic Data (PP-BD), Capacity Planning (PP-CRP), Production Orders (PP-SFC)

Training of in-house consultants User training, production support

October 2005- March 2006

MOL Romania Oil & Gas Distribution

Project: MOL RT Hungary rolloutScope: FI, CO, MM, SD, PS modules

Role: CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

Preparation and conduction of workshops, preparation of Business Blueprints Implement and test specific functionalities due to local legislation and corporate requirement

s User training, production support

July 2005- September 2005

OMV-Petrom Romania Oil & Gas Production, Refining and DistributionLargest company in Romania

Project: Full life cycle implementationScope: FI-CO-MM implementation

Role: CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

Preparation and conduction of workshops, preparation of Business Blueprints

March 2005- July 2005

Klingspor Romania Sales representative of abrasive manufacturer

Project: Local currency changeover (Denominnation)Scope: Company code currency changeover

Role: Project manager and FI-CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

Preparation of the project plan, time schedule and consultant task assignment Performing changeover, assuring system and data integrity

December 2005- March 2006

Isovolta Romania – industryLaminates manufacturer

Project: Isovoltsa AG Austria rolloutScope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD modules.

Role: Project manager and FI-CO Consultant

Responsibilities:

Preparation of the project plan and conceptual design, assuring compliancy of corporate requirements to local procedures and legal regulations

managing workload and task assignment for consultants implement and test specific functionalities due to local legislation requirements: Parallel curr

encies, negative posting, multiple asset valuation, foreign currency revaluation, product costing, production order calculation, CO-investment management

Supervising deliverables and sign-off by the customer Change management go live and post-productive support

January 2005- April 2005:

Alstom Power Systems Romania - industry

Project: Alstom Power Systems UK rolloutScope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, PS modules.

Role: FI Consultant

Responsibilities:

adapt existing scenarios to local and legal requirements implement and test specific functionalities due to local legislation requirements: Parallel curr

encies, Special Ledger, Negative posting, multiple asset valuation, etc.

November 2004- February 2005:

ICME Hellenic Cables - industryCable manufacturer

Project: Hellenic Cables International rolloutScope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD, PS modules.

Role: PP Consultant

Responsibilities:

system customizing: implementing PP functionalities elaborate and test business scenarios adapt existing scenarios to local and legal requirements master data upload and user training and support

October 2004- January 2005:

Motorpresse, RomaniaMagazine Editor

Project: Rollout Motorpresse InternationalScope: FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP, CO-OM Modules.

Role: FI Consultant

Responsibilities: Preparation of the project plan as well as customizing Accounting (FI-GL, FI-AR, FI-AP), ol

d data transfer, final preparation, go live and support

September2004-October 2004:

National Lottery, Romania

Training project: FI, CORole: FI-CO Trainer

June 2004 - September 2004:

Team Advertising/Young&Rubicam, RomaniaMedia, Advertising

Project: Financials and Budgeting implementation projectScope: FI, FI-AM, CO modules.Role: Project Manager and FI-CO Consultant

Responsibilities: Preparation of the project plan as well as customizing Accounting (FI, FI-AM), Controlling

(CO-OM), old data transfer, final preparation, go live and support

May 2004:

SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE TimisoaraSoftware development

Scope: PP training

Role: trainer

March 2004:

CONTINENTAL TimisoaraAutomotive, Tire manufacturing

Scope: FI training, as subcontractor

Role: trainer

October 2003 - February 2004:

CODECS SA - high education Representative of Open University UK

Project: Full life cycle implementationScope: FI, FI-AM, CO, MM, SD modules.

Role: FI-CO Consultant

Responsibilities: Preparation of the project plan as well as customizing Accounting (FI, FI-AM), Controlling

(CO-OM), old data transfer, final preparation, go live and support

August - September 2003:

DESPEC RomaniaWholesales, Retail - computer appliances

Role: FI-CO Consultant

Activities: Support services to customer’s SAP team for: implementing fixed

assets depreciation procedures, FI settings generated by changes to legal regulations

July - October 2003:

ICME Hellenic Cables - industry

Scope: full life cycle implementationRole: FI, FI-AM, CO, PP modules.

Responsibilities: support services: to customer's SAP team for year-end closing operations, assets management

customizing and operation system customizing: implementing CO and functionalities of PP training to key-users: related to daily FI and CO operations

SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE Romania

January 2003Migration to IAS Chart of accounts

Project: Migration to the new chart of accounts according to legislation requirements

Scope: FI, FI-AM, CO modules.

Role: Project Manager and FI-CO Consultant

Responsabilities: Preparation of the project plan as well as customizing Accounting (FI, FI-AM), Controlling

(CO-OM), old data transfer, final preparation, go live and support

October - November 2003:Enterprise Consolidation Project

Objective: Implementing the Esprit FI-SL Solution for corporate consolidationScope: FI, FI-SL, CO modules.

Role: FI-CO In-house Consultant

Responsibilities: FI-CO consultant in the implementation activities of company customizing template (based o

n release 4.0B, FI, FI-SL, CO). Responsible for configuration, integration, testing of the following sub-components of the FI and CO modules: Cost Center Accounting (CO-OM-CCA), Special Purpose Ledger (FI-SL).

LISA DRAEXELMEIER RomaniaAutomotive, Electric cables manufacturing

March 2002 – April 2002 :SAP R/3 (Release 4.0B) Migration Project

Objective: SAP migration including project preparation, business blueprint, realization, final preparation and go live & support

Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD and PS modules.

Role: PP In-house Consultant

Responsibilities: customizing, integrating and testing the following modules and sub-components: Material Re

quirements Planning (PP-MRP), Production Orders (PP-SFC), Sales (SD-SLS)

November 2001 – January 2002:

SAP R/3 (Release 4.0B) Migration Project

Project: SAP migration and IAS requirements implementation at the Draexlmaier companies in Romania (4 company codes)

Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD and PS modules

Role: PP-CO In-house Consultant

Resposabilities: customizing, integrating and testing the following modules and sub-components: PP Basic D

ata (PP-BD), Material Requirements Planning (PP-MRP), Capacity Planning (PP-CRP), Production Orders (PP-SFC), Product Cost Controlling (CO-PC), Material Ledger (CO-ML), Sales (SD-SLS), PS Networks (PS-ST)

October 2000 - March 2001:SAP R/3 (Release 4.0B) Project

Project: Full-cycle SAP implementation including project preparation, business blueprint, realization, final preparation and go live & support

Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD and PS modules

Role: PP , CO In-house ConsultantResponsibilities:

customizing, integrating and testing the following sub-components

of the PP module: PP Basic Data (PP-BD), Material Requirements Planning (PP-MRP), Capacity Planning (PP-CRP), Production Orders (PP-SFC), Product Cost Controlling (CO- PC), Material Ledger (CO-ML), Document management (CA-DMS). Activities performed included: enterprise structure definition and assignment (company, plant, division, sales org., purchasing org.), customizing bill of materials, work center, routing, CAPP procedures, customizing Material Requirements Planning (controller, types, planning, procurement proposals) definition of production orders (types, availability check, bill of materials and routing selection, costing sheets, numbers, settlement rules, print control), integration with MM (movement codes) and CO (order costing, settlement), integration with document management (document types)

August 2000 - August 2002:

SAP R/3 (Release 4.0B) Project, Automotive

Project: On-going support and consulting services for the existing R/3 system, Business reengineering, Key-User training and support for the existing R/3 system

Scope: FI, CO, MM, PP, SD and PS modules

Role: PP-CO In-house Consultant

Resposabilities:

troubleshooting, implementing new functionalities and enhancements, user support, user and authorization administration

Technical Experience Enterprise Systems: SAP R/3 4.0B, 4.5, 4.6C, 4.7 Enterprise, ERP 2004 5.0, ERP 2005 6.0

Office Applications: Standard MS Office Suite, PowerPoint, Visio

Education

1995 – 1999 Bachelor’s Degree in Economics: „West University” Timisoara, Romania, Faculty of Economics, Major in International Business Relations

1987 - 1995 Highschool Degree: “Nikolaus Lenau” Highschool, Timisoara, Romania, in german language

1982 - 1987 Elementary school “Nikolaus Lenau”, Timisoara, Romania, in german language

Trainings

period subject trainer certificateJuly - Sept. 2000 Production Planning

System Training Release 4.0B DDG Germany Certificate

Aug. - Sept. 2002 Financial - Controlling R/3 System Training Release 4.6C.

SBS Bucharest

Languages

Romanian (native)German (advanced)English (advanced)French (conversational)