Brian Schranz

Senior Professional with extensive SAP application experience in Production Planning, Materials Management and Supply Chain design in the Military, Aerospace and Defense, and Public Sector. Integration Lead with APO Interfaces, CIF, ECC, BI and Supply Chain Management Integration.Over Sixteen Years’ Experience with Multiple Complete Life Cycle implementations of SAP Planning Projects for CSC and IBM as a Lead Consultant, Solution Architect and Public Sector Supply Chain Planning Solution Lead. Covering Feasibility Analysis, Cost/Benefits, ROI, Blueprinting, Realization, Gaps, Prototyping, Baseline/Final Design & Configuration, Go Live, Stabilization, Production Support and End-User Training and Train the Trainers (Class Rooms).Adept at managing and reducing the overall cost and timeline of projects.Strong team player with excellent communications skills and the ability to work effectively in geographically dispersed environments.Skills: Expert in: APO Demand Planning including Advanced Forecasting and Macros APO BI Integration BI Reporting and InfoObject Architecture –BEx, BOBJ (Webi, Xcelsius) Core Interface (CIF) integration with ERP Event Based Processing, Scheduling, and Process Chains within the SAP landscape Alerts within APO for Exception Reporting MRP Planning / MRP Data Communication with BI / SCM Requirements Management Specification of RICEF Objects Training Documentation and Delivery Test Script Creation and Execution Custom DOD Business Process, Legacy Systems, Interfaces, and Data HANA MigrationProficient in: Business Process Mapping (ARIS) EIM Tool Suite with a focus on Data Migration Quality Center SAP HANA and HANA Sidecar / ETL SAP ECC – PP, MM, PLM Languages: SQL, HTML, Java, C++, PHP