Joe Cerrell

I am an SAP OpenText VIM Consultant with 4+ years of experience delivering and supporting Vendor Invoice Management solutions across SAP Accounts Payable and Source-to-Pay environments.

My experience spans the complete invoice lifecycle, including invoice scanning and OCR capture, ICC / Intelligent Capture, indexing and validation, VIM document processing, business rules, exception handling, workflow and approval routing, SAP posting, analytics, and OpenText archiving.

I have contributed to and led global VIM initiatives across North America, Latin America, APAC, Eastern Europe, and EMEA, including a global VIM rollout across 10+ countries and a global Baker Hughes implementation. My responsibilities have included business requirements gathering, blueprinting, design workshops, functional gap analysis, VIM configuration, functional specifications, testing, deployment coordination, go-live support, and post-production stabilization.

My core areas of expertise include:

• OpenText Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) • SAP ECC / SAP ERP
• SAP Accounts Payable and P2P Invoice Processing • VIM DP Configuration
• Process Types and Process Options • VIM Exception Handling
• Invoice Workflow and Approval Design • ICC / OCR / Intelligent Capture
• Scanning, Indexing, and Invoice Validation • VIM Analytics and KPA Reporting
• OpenText Archiving and Core Archive Connector • SAP Fiori and Capture Validation Workplace
• Business Requirements Gathering and Blueprinting • Functional Specifications and Gap Analysis
• UT / SIT / UAT • Go-Live and Post-Production Stabilization
• Root Cause Analysis and Production Support

SAP OpenText Consultant

Bombardier · Full-time, Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 months, Canada · Remote

• Architect end-to-end AP invoice lifecycle automation, from OCR capture and validation through exception handling, multi-level approval workflows, automated SAP posting, and cloud-based document archiving across a complex global enterprise environment.
• Design and configure OpenText VIM DP dashboards, custom exception-handling scenarios, and workflow routing rules aligned with corporate finance policies, dollar thresholds, cost centers, and business requirements.

SAP Analyst / VIM Solution Architect

Ingenious IT Systems LLC · Full-time, Oct 2023 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 9 months, United States · Hybrid

• Led the VIM project lifecycle as a VIM Solution Architect for the Baker Hughes global implementation across North America, Canada, and Latin America, including the Ecuador pilot, from blueprinting and solution design through go-live and post-production stabilization.
• Designed the end-to-end Invoice Receipt architecture within the P2P cycle: Scanning → OCR Indexing using ICC → Document Processing → Business Rules → VIM Workflow → SAP Posting → Archiving.

Master of Science, Engineering Management | St. Cloud State University | 2023 – 2025

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science Engineering | Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University | 2019 – 2023