Walter A. Ripley

Principal Consultant accomplished in recent SAP implementation experience. Possess a broad understanding of distribution operations, project management and end-to-end business processes supplemented with technical expertise. Skilled in directing the development, training and implementation of software and process improvement projects that increase operating efficiency, improve customer satisfaction, and reduce costs.

Results oriented professional with effective communication, organizational and people skills. SAP knowledge from version 3.1H to ECC 6.0 / 7.5 Versions / S4 Hana 1610, 1709, 1809.

SAP Plant Maintenance / Customer Service - FBM / Unified Door and Hardware Group - Infosys Limited

(2025-01 - 2025-04)

• Service Lead Designing the Service Order business processes
• Directing and collaborating with an offshore team
• Delivering Business Process Design Documentation
• Created Specifications for customization to meet business requirements
• Creating testing scripts, execution of test scripts
• Completion of the unit testing, security testing, and configuration testing
• Cutover planning for production environment
• Work with training team to develop documentation for training

SAP Plant Maintenance / Customer Service - Conagra Brands Project - Infosys Limited

(2022-09 - 2024-10)

S4 HANA Environment. SAP Plant Maintenance Responsibilities include Gathering master data information needed for business process design, and planning for cut over to the production environment. Involved in communications and training for all areas of the project. Completion of the unit testing, security testing, and configuration testing.

• Preparing data files loading material for inventory management system
• Integration responsibilities between other modules and SAP Plant Maintenance
• Evaluation and definition of the business master data requirements to support the maintenance work processes
• Formatting of data files for loading into environments for functional testing, unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing
• Created test scripts to assist business team
• Creation and execution of the Functional Unit Test (FUT), Development Unit Test (DUT) and System Integration Test (SIT) scenarios
• Knowledge transfer and transition support to the business team
• Training new Business Processes
• Preparing System for Plant Rollouts. Rolled the system out to six plants in a two-year period
• Cleansing Master Data in preparation for data loading. Prepared files for uploading to SAP

SAP Plant Maintenance / Customer Service - Project One Liberty Utilities - IBM

(2022-03 - 2022-09)

SAP Plant Maintenance Functional Lead. Responsibilities include gathering master data information needed for business process design. Testing of the design. Gathering and loading data. Planning for cut over to the production environment. Involved in communications and training for all areas of the project. Completion of the unit testing, security testing, and configuration testing.

• EAM Functional Lead, integration responsibilities between other modules and SAP Plant Maintenance
• Conducted Workshops to review Business Processes and Gap Analysis
• Evaluation and definition of the business master data requirements to support the maintenance work processes
• Formatting of data files for loading into environments for functional testing, unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing
• Creation and execution of the Functional Unit Test (FUT), Development Unit Test (DUT) and System Integration Test (SIT) scenarios
• Knowledge transfer and transition support to the business team
• Use Maintenance Orders and Notifications ECC 6.0 / Fiori 1909
• Mobile Solution with Click Scheduling / SAM
• GIS Integration for horizontal assets

SAP Plant Maintenance / Customer Service - Conagra Brands Project - Infosys Limited

(2020-02 - 2022-03)

SAP Plant Maintenance Responsibilities include Gathering master data information needed for business process design, and planning for cut over to the production environment. Involved in communications and training for all areas of the project. Completion of the unit testing, security testing, and configuration testing.

• Preparing data files loading material for inventory management system
• Integration responsibilities between other modules and SAP Plant Maintenance
• Evaluation and definition of the business master data requirements to support the maintenance work processes
• Formatting of data files for loading into environments for functional testing, unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing
• Created test scripts to assist business team
• Creation and execution of the Functional Unit Test (FUT), Development Unit Test (DUT) and System Integration Test (SIT) scenarios
• Knowledge transfer and transition support to the business team
• Training new Business Processes
• Preparing System for Plant Rollouts. Six plants in a two-year period
• Cleansing Master Data in preparation for data loading. Prepared files for uploading to SAP

SAP Plant Maintenance / Customer Service - Rumpke Project - Dickinson & Associates

(2019-01 - 2020-02)

S4 HANA Environment. SAP Plant Maintenance Responsibilities include Gathering master data information needed for business process design, and planning for cut over to the production environment. Involved in communications and training for all areas of the project. Completion of the unit testing, security testing, and configuration testing.

• Preparing data files loading material for inventory management system
• Implementing Hana S4 Version 1809
• Configuration of the Plant Maintenance Module
• PM Led for all phases of this project
• Developed prototype designs in SAP for client approval
• Firsthand Configuration / Testing and review of SAP's Plant Maintenance / Fleet Management System
• Set up and use of the Warranty Claims Processing
• Involved in test script development, review, and validation for configuration of the technical objects that support business processes for Plant Maintenance
• Integration responsibilities between other modules and SAP Plant Maintenance
• Evaluation and definition of the business master data requirements to support the maintenance work processes
• Formatting of data files for loading into environments for functional testing, unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing
• Created test scripts to assist business team
• Creation and execution of the Functional Unit Test (FUT), Development Unit Test (DUT) and System Integration Test (SIT) scenarios
• Knowledge transfer and transition support to the business team
• Use of Fiori Apps for Maintenance Orders and Notifications

SAP Plant Maintenance / Customer Service - CRH Project - Echelon Solutions

(2018-02 - 2019-01)

S4 HANA Environment. SAP Plant Maintenance Responsibilities include Gathering master data information needed for business process design, and planning for cut over to the production environment. Involved in communications and training for all areas of the project. Completion of the unit testing, security testing, and configuration testing.

• Preparing data files loading material for inventory management system
• Implementing Hana S4 Version 1809
• Firsthand Configuration / Testing and review of SAP's Plant Maintenance System
• All phases of testing, reviewing, and validation for configuration of the technical objects to support the business process for Plant Maintenance
• Integration responsibilities between other modules and SAP Plant Maintenance
• Evaluation and definition of the business master data requirements to support the maintenance work processes
• Formatting of data files for loading into environments for functional testing, unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing
• Created test scripts to assist business team
• Creation and execution of the Functional Unit Test (FUT), Development Unit Test (DUT) and System Integration Test (SIT) scenarios
• Knowledge transfer and transition support to the business team
• Post Go-Live Support
• Use of Fiori Apps for Maintenance Orders and Notifications
• Ongoing support for additional plant implementations

SAP Plant Maintenance / Customer Service - Carpenter Technology

(2017-06 - 2018-02)

S4 HANA Environment.

Principal Consultant - WAKL Consulting Services Inc.

(2016-07 - 2024-01)

High School Diploma - Dunbar High School (1973)

Business - Business - W.Va. Career College

Honorable Discharge - US Navy