Cezara Savu

Help a German customer activating in the telecommunication area with the migration project activities from S4 on premise to cloudification.
Testing activities involve Regression tests for different connections to SAP CAR and from SAP CAR to other systems and also an API showing the availability of the products in specific shops.
Smoke test preparation for the final move to Production environment.

• Identified critical bugs through thorough testing processes, enhancing overall product performance.
• Collaborated with development teams to resolve defects and improve the overall stability of applications.
• Maintained test environment stability by conducting regular maintenance and system upgrades, ensuring accurate testing results.
• Ensured compliance with industry standards by rigorously following established testing methodologies and best practices.
• Increased product reliability through continuous monitoring of production environments, identifying anomalies indicative of potential issues before they impact end users.

• Pre-UAT data preparation and tests
• Material + vendor master data updates
• Training manuals update
• Key Users traings and UAT sessions ( source list creation/ maintenance, purch. Info record, Service PO, Spot Order, Return to Vendor, Scheduling Agreements, PO for codified materials, Asset PR, Intercompany PR, contract management etc)

• Test data preparation for the Requisitioning process in MM for a new project, in both S/4Hana and Fiori App:
• Create PRs with Cost center(s) / Material number(s)
• Mass Changes to PRs
• Monitor PR items by Account Assignment
• Redistribute Workload
• Convert PRs to POs
• Change PRs and POs
• Create GRs and Invoice
• Release blocked invoice(s)
• Create, change and check Material(s) in MM
• Create and deliver L2 &L3 training materials for key users (ECC 6 vs S4Hana usage)

• Maintenance of user attributes & custom tables
• Change Requests handling (new tax codes, new currency exchange rates, PO output changes, Workflow updates etc)
• E2E testing
• SC & PO debugging
• Monitoring activities
• Handling requests that relate to interconnected systems (FI, HR, MDG)

• Changes in User Attributes (assignment to specific Company Code + structure/department, user deletion, settings for cross-company Shopping Cart creation, user substitute etc.)
• SC, PO debugging, Smartforms handling
• IDOC-s debugging
• Maintenance of MDM punch-out catalogues
• Tables' maintenance (SC and PO approval flows, thresholds maintenance, Invoice rejection mailbox, hedging mailbox)
• Rollouts & Go-Live support
• New tax code creation
• New payment term transmission and SRM customizing
• Currency mapping
• End-to-End testing
• Support documentation maintenance
• User trainings
• Invoice test & debugging via Kofax

• I've supported transition in Czech Republic from Ariba to SRM 5 (on-site Golive support for Sony NPPE)
• Workshops with key users for SRM general overview and best features
• Trainings on how to use SRM for certain types of services and goods received from suppliers
• New vendor creation process details
• Providing continuous support and trainings to users for:
• Purchase Order creation & update
• Contract usage and extension after expiry date
• Choosing the most appropriate category for the goods/services which are going to be paid
• Approval workflow issues
• Preferred vendor list
• Handling VMD database in SAP R/3 and SRM 5 (creating new vendors, updating existing ones, reduction of duplicate or old unused vendors)
• Contract management (contract creation & update, setting the right categories for each contract with a specific vendor etc)
• Assigning user roles according to their job description
• Mapping GL accounts and cost assignment type to procurement product categories
• Troubleshooting and problem solving/escalation
• ESourcing in Curtis Fitch (updating contracts and projects)
• Spend analysis, procurement process reporting using SAP Business Warehouse (BW)
• Shopping Cart approval under set pan-European guidelines
• Building and maintaining a strong business relationship with users; this added great appreciation and trust from customer for the whole team
• I've also created an internal share-point for keeping my team up-to-date with recent info regarding day-to-day business issues, procedures and forms.

• Handling challenges of Master Data process integration into SRM v.7:
• Maintaining mandatory fields depending on vendor type (product or non-product procurement)
• Vendor transfer issues
• Tax number validation
• Bank data matching format for each country
• Providing training to the team (locally and to India as well) on how to use the MDG system
• Creating training materials
• Supporting the transition of a new business entity (America) to SRM MDG software

• Acting as an SME throughout the upgrade of the SAP SRM software from version 5 to v.7 (User Acceptance Testing, Implementation and GO-Live support)
• Part of the team conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for both the SRM version upgrade, as well as for the implementation of the Master Data Governance SAP tool
• According to UAT results, liaise with the team of developers in order to ensure that the systems completely support the business as usual operations
• Monitor master data migration process (contracts, purchase orders, catalogues, category cards) in 'dress rehearsal' sessions.
• Develop user training materials
• Hold virtual training sessions and workshops for the European business users

• Performing online checks as specified (duplicates, wrong scanning, wrong address etc)
• Creation of Supplier
• Reviewing the request for vendor setup/vendor change requests
• Creation of supplier in Oracle/SAP
• Accuracy and duplicate audit of data entry and invoices
• Root cause analysis of errors and dissemination to the team
• Closing of accounts for the month end and performance of due diligence as per guidelines (including generation of ERP reports and inputs for accruals)
• Vendor statement reconciliations
• Clearing of accounts
• Resolution of suppliers queries, major discrepancies
• Performing audit of OCR batch output files
• Query resolution
• Being part of the team which supported transition from Oracle to SAP
• Training new employees
• Month end and year end closing activities