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Shahid Latif
Verified Expert in Engineering
SAP BI Developer
Toronto, ON, Canada
Toptal member since December 29, 2023
Bio
Shahid is a SAP consultant with over 20 years of experience in BI, ERP, supply chain management, and warehousing. He has delivered many projects that involved SAP implementation for government institutions and enterprise clients, such as ESAB, Capgemini, Aecon, Grundfos, Vale, and Hydro One. Shahid specializes in developing SAP solutions that achieve business goals and drive growth.
Portfolio
Levio
SAP Business Intelligence (BI), SAP Business Warehouse (BW)...
TekHqs
SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP Sales and Distribution (SAP SD)...
TekHqs
SAP Business Intelligence (BI), SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)...
Experience
- SAP Business Intelligence (BI) - 20 years
- SAP Materials Management (MM) - 13 years
- SAP Sales and Distribution (SAP SD) - 13 years
- SAP Business Warehouse (BW) - 7 years
- SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) - 5 years
- SAP Project System (PS) - 4 years
- SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) - 3 years
- SAP Datasphere - 1 year
Preferred Environment
SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP Business Intelligence (BI), SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP Sales and Distribution (SAP SD), SAP Warehouse Management System (WMS), SAP Plant Maintenance (PM), SAP Project System (PS), SAP Datasphere
The most amazing...
...project I've built was prompt payment for NTCCC to enable public access to information on payments made to construction contractors and businesses.
Work Experience
SAP BI and S/4HANA Consultant
2022 - 2023
Levio
- Worked actively with data analytics, interactive visualization, dashboarding, and report automation within modern cloud-based and on-premise data platforms while following best practices and building solutions from the ground up.
- Designed, developed, implemented, and maintained global reports and dashboards using SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP Web Intelligence (WebI), and SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office.
- Provided strategic guidance to optimize data delivery via SAP Business Intelligence (BI), HANA, and SAP BusinessObjects (BO) for embedded analytics and reporting.
Technologies: SAP Business Intelligence (BI), SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP FI, SAP Controlling (CO), SAP S/4HANA, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP ECC, Analytics, Data Analysis, Database Analytics, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Dynamics CRM
SAP SD Consultant
2022 - 2023
TekHqs
- Developed and applied master data management (MDM) strategies and policies within the SAP environment. Led a master data team in creating, updating, and maintaining master data records in compliance with data governance standards.
- Monitored data maintenance activities while ensuring adherence to data security and privacy conventions. Acknowledged data requirements and sources, data acquisition, input, verification, management, and data maintenance.
- Configured SAP Sales and Distribution (SAP SD), including the SAP SD order-to-cash (OTC) process and quote-to-cash (Q2C) lifecycle.
Technologies: SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP Sales and Distribution (SAP SD), SAP Warehouse Management System (WMS), SAP Business Intelligence (BI), SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP BO Cloud, SAP ECC, Analytics, Database Analytics, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Dynamics CRM
SAP BI Lead
2021 - 2022
TekHqs
- Produced SAP S/4HANA embedded reports around SAP Fiori mass change of sales documents while managing sales plans, pre-sales capability, and SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) synchronous goods receipt for purchase orders.
- Delivered functional and technical components of BI reporting cost-effective and sustainable solutions using SAP Business Explorer (BEx), Query Designer, SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP BO, and SAP SAC.
- Developed and maintained customer relationship management Microsoft Dynamics 365. Designed, coded, and tested CRM systems and troubleshooted and debugged existing ones. Created user manuals and provided training to end-users.
- Supported data extraction, data cleansing, and loading. Acted as a cross-functional team member and added value by providing a technical perspective.
- Developed custom reports, dashboards, and workflow. Developed and maintained security protocols and data quality standards.
Technologies: SAP Business Intelligence (BI), SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP BusinessObjects (BO), SAP ECC, Analytics, Database Analytics, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Dynamics CRM
SAP Supply Chain Management Consultant
2020 - 2020
The ESAB Group
- Managed SAP material master data with 27,000+ materials.
- Set up and customized material master, views, and types, field function groups, consumption-based planning, and material requirement planning (MRP), including reorder point planning, controller, product hierarchies, and slow-moving materials.
- Fixed SAP SD production issues with default item categories and other SD-related matters, such as sales organization, distribution channel, and shipping points for new plants not being set up correctly.
- Defined shipping points in the SAP Warehouse Management System (WMS) and assigned warehouses to storage locations, shipping points to plants, and transfer and movement types.
- Configured storage types, sections, storage bin types and structures, and a warehouse organization structure.
Technologies: Analytics, Augmented Analytics, SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP Sales and Distribution (SAP SD), SAP BusinessObjects (BO), SAP ECC, Data Analytics, Database Analytics, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel
SAP Data Warehouse Developer
2020 - 2020
2A Corporation
- Created, edited, managed, and monitored space management and data source connections to local or remote spaces using S/4HANA. Allocated spaces, including table storage consumption of red, green, and blue for used disk and in-memory spaces.
- Performed admin tasks such as adding, deleting, or managing users, roles, licenses, and user and concurrent sessions. Assigned system owners and imported or exported bulk users from CSV files.
- Created entity relationship models after joining tables and nodes. Maintained associations and deployed and created data models after data preparation. Worked with different sources and repositories and set up dataflows.
Technologies: Analytics, SAP Datasphere, SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP Business Intelligence (BI), SAP ECC, Analysis, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel
SAP MM Consultant
2019 - 2019
Motorcade Industries Inc.
- Extracted data from SAP ERP Central Component's (ECC) R/3 system for inventory, finance, and SAP SD. Created and modified SAP BO WebI offline reports using WebI Rich Client and online reports using BI launch pad. Exported reports to the portal.
- Configured and maintained materials using the SAP Materials Management (MM) module, SAP order management system, procurement data, pricing, billing, safety days, lead time, and reorder point planning.
- Created and maintained pricing conditions in SAP SD at a customer or material level for customers and vendors. Provided monthly reports on different KPI statistics and delivered visualizations for finance, procurement, and legal departments.
Technologies: SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP Sales and Distribution (SAP SD), SAP BusinessObjects (BO), SAP ECC, Microsoft Excel
SAP BW and BI Consultant
2018 - 2018
Finance Division, Government of Pakistan
- Extracted SAP BW data and mixed and matched it to produce different reporting requirements for the Finance Division as part of a project led by the Ministry of Climate Change for budget and general ledger expenses.
- Broke down various reports functions, such as general public services, social protection, economic affairs, environment protection, and education affairs and services.
- Contributed occasionally to various departmental reports.
Technologies: SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP Business Intelligence (BI), SAP FI, SAP Controlling (CO), SAP ECC, Microsoft Excel
SAP Supply Chain Management Consultant
2016 - 2017
Public Services and Procurement Canada
- Built reports and dashboards in SAP BO for asset accounting, project systems, finance, and others.
- Enhanced and corrected various functional documents for accounts payable and accounts receivable, general ledger, financial management reports, and reports for the receiver general.
- Played a significant role in all phases of SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) projects involving configuration, unit testing, integration testing, and production support.
- Integrated and mapped fields from the real estate legacy system, WinFS, to SAP ECC and SAP BW. The data included Asset Accounting (FI-AA), Flexible Real Estate Management (RE-FX), SD, Project System (PS), and Cross-Application Time Sheet (CATS).
- Advised on proper mapping of SAP ECC to SAP BW fields and worked actively on SAP PS milestones and time management reports.
Technologies: SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP Business Intelligence (BI), SAP BusinessObjects (BO), SAP Webi Reports, SAP RE-FX, SAP Plant Maintenance (PM), SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP ECC, Microsoft Excel
SAP Consultant
2015 - 2015
Capgemini
- Streamlined documents and artifacts for nuclear refurbishment for reactors as part of the project with Ontario Power Generation (OPG). Acted as an interface between the project team and the client to ensure project coordination.
- Performed user administrative tasks in the Central Management Console (CMC), handling reports, publications, users, and group hierarchies. Gained strong knowledge of OLAP universes.
- Used SAP Promotion Management to move BI resources from one repository to another through Promotion Jobs. Worked with BIAR and LCMBIAR files, as well as with the version and server management.
Technologies: SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP Business Intelligence (BI), SAP BusinessObjects (BO), SAP ECC, Microsoft Excel
Senior SAP Consultant
2014 - 2015
Armtec
- Created data models and loaded and maintained master data. Performed the ETL process monthly in SAP BW for the sales repository to update target numbers for finance, sales, and marketing.
- Managed and analyzed data and conducted customer and product profitability analysis.
- Created, revised, and maintained SAP BEx queries in Query Designer. Performed data mapping from InfoProvider in SAP BW to BEx Query Designer and universe. Worked on financial reports that were fed into SAP BO for various lines of business.
- Enhanced standard, generic, and customized extractors to support business needs for material and vendor analytics and worked on customization.
Technologies: Analytics, SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP Business Intelligence (BI), SAP BusinessObjects (BO), SAP ECC, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel
Senior SAP Consultant
2014 - 2014
Aecon
- Assisted in building business cases and work plans by designing and selecting medium to high-complexity solutions, assessing risk, analyzing impact, and providing estimates for work.
- Reviewed requirements and ensured the design met functional and non-functional requirements.
- Contributed to the implementation phase of front-end and back-end parts of a cross-application component using SAP Commercial Project Management (CPM), BW Integrated Planning, and Planning Modeler.
- Developed real-time InfoCubes, MultiProvider, aggregation levels, filters, planning functions, planning sequences, input-ready queries and variables, characteristics relationships, and control data settings for target characteristics.
Technologies: SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP Business Intelligence (BI), SAP ECC, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel
SAP BI Lead
2013 - 2014
Grundfos
- Played a significant role in core data-related activities, from acquisition to integration and persistence of data and metadata using SAP Xcelsius.
- Architected performance indicators and analytics by creating various customized reporting dashboards, scorecards, real-time analytics solutions, and visualizations for finance and other lines of business.
- Developed performance measures for business analysis evaluation, for example, what-if analysis, dynamic visibility, interactive charts, and narratives.
Technologies: SAP ECC, SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP Business Intelligence (BI), Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel
SAP BI Reporting Lead
2012 - 2013
Vale
- Built solution architecture that reflected the integration of business logic, processes, and data and mapped it according to the defined business requirements.
- Guided a solution delivery team in implementing solution architecture for a global SAP implementation project. Contributed to the design, development, and support of SAP BI and BW solutions.
- Coordinated, administered, and supported activities related to data design, governance, planning, and development. Contributed to the SAP BI and BW implementation program, mainly working on OTC and procure-to-pay streams.
Technologies: Analytics, Augmented Analytics, SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP Sales and Distribution (SAP SD), SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP Business Intelligence (BI), PeopleSoft ERP Application, SAP BusinessObjects (BO), SAP ECC, Analysis, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel
SAP Supply Chain Management Consultant
2009 - 2012
Hydro One
- Configured organization levels and technical objects and performed breakdown maintenance of functional locations, equipment, work centers, task lists, planning plants, notifications, BOMs, orders, and activity types in SAP PM.
- Designed, analyzed, and implemented relational and multi-dimensional databases.
- Built semantic layer and reporting solution using SAP BO and collaborated with client SMEs and project team to develop and implement cost-effective and sustainable solutions.
- Designed, developed, and implemented 75+ complex reports for supply chain management, finance, project systems, and plant maintenance. Used multiple data providers, prompts, slice and dice, drill down, X tab, and master details.
Technologies: Analytics, Augmented Analytics, SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP Sales and Distribution (SAP SD), SAP Business Intelligence (BI), SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP BO Dashboards, SAP BusinessObjects Data Service (BODS), SAP HR, SAP Project System (PS), SAP Plant Maintenance (PM), SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), SAP ECC, Analysis, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel
SAP BI Analyst
2007 - 2009
Loblaws Supermarkets
- Ensured consistent, standardized solutions to align with the refinement of data architecture.
- Helped with enterprise-wide BI and data warehouse projects, including integrating BI data from multiple source systems across multiple lines of business.
- Contributed to the scope definition, business re-engineering, configuration, customization, end-user training, go-live operations and support, data conversions and validation, and design and maintenance of interfaces, extensions, and reports.
Technologies: Analytics, Architecture, SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP Business Intelligence (BI), SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP Sales and Distribution (SAP SD), Warehouse Management, Management Systems, SAP ECC, Analysis, Data Analysis, Database Analytics, Databases, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel
SAP MM Analyst
2004 - 2007
Kodak
- Planned, expedited, and tracked shipments, including electronic data interchange (EDI) orders, by communicating with internal and external customers, planners, warehouses, and retailers using SAP R/3 and in-house software IMOS.
- Maintained order statuses and achieved satisfaction with respect to SAP MM for order fulfillment in North America.
- Ran reports in SAP R/3 to track purchase orders and inventory.
Technologies: SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP Sales and Distribution (SAP SD), SAP Warehouse Management System (WMS), SAP Controlling (CO), SAP ECC, Analysis, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel
Experience
Prompt Payment in the Construction Industry
I actively contributed to the SAP MM-SD-FI project for the National Trade Contractors Coalition of Canada (NTCCC) by building it from scratch. The project aimed to increase efficiency and cash flow on federal construction projects by publicly disclosing payments made to prime construction contractors and businesses with a construction contract with Public Services and Procurement Canada.
Education
2003 - 2007
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology
York University - Toronto, Canada
1990 - 1994
Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and Statistics
Government Gordon College - Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Certifications
OCTOBER 2023 - PRESENT
Migrating Data to SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition
openSAP
OCTOBER 2023 - PRESENT
Migrating Data to SAP S/4HANA Using the Migration Cockpit
openSAP
JUNE 2023 - PRESENT
Introduction to SAP Datasphere
openSAP
DECEMBER 2022 - PRESENT
New Employee Business Partner Model in SAP S/4HANA
openSAP
DECEMBER 2022 - PRESENT
Avoid SAP S/4HANA Project Delays with Third-Party Systems Service Virtualization
openSAP
NOVEMBER 2022 - PRESENT
Insights into Selected Logistics Innovations in SAP S/4HANA
openSAP
OCTOBER 2022 - PRESENT
Adapting the UI in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Using SAP Screen Personas
openSAP
JULY 2022 - PRESENT
Gain Experience with SAP S/4HANA – Logistics (Repeat)
openSAP
JUNE 2022 - PRESENT
SAP Analytics Cloud – Become an Augmented BI Expert
openSAP
APRIL 2022 - PRESENT
Ride the SAP HANA Wave: Fundamentals and Insights into Cloud Databases
openSAP
OCTOBER 2021 - PRESENT
Introduction to ABAP in the Cloud
openSAP
DECEMBER 2020 - PRESENT
Key Functional Topics in a System Conversion to SAP S/4HANA (Repeat)
openSAP
DECEMBER 2020 - PRESENT
A First Step Towards SAP HANA Query Optimization
openSAP
DECEMBER 2020 - PRESENT
Building Apps with the ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model
openSAP
NOVEMBER 2020 - PRESENT
Delivering Value with Intelligent Innovations in SAP S/4HANA
openSAP
OCTOBER 2020 - PRESENT
Planning with SAP Analytics Cloud
openSAP
OCTOBER 2020 - PRESENT
SAP Cloud ALM in a Nutshell
openSAP
OCTOBER 2020 - PRESENT
Guide Your SAP S/4HANA Project to Success
openSAP
OCTOBER 2020 - PRESENT
Introduction to SAP Cloud Platform* Extension Suite
openSAP
JULY 2020 - PRESENT
SAP Ariba Start Sourcing - Starter Kit
openSAP
JUNE 2020 - PRESENT
Business Technology Platform Tutorials
openSAP
JUNE 2020 - PRESENT
Introduction to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES, Repeat)
openSAP
JUNE 2020 - PRESENT
How to Deliver a Great User Experience with SAP S/4HANA
openSAP
MAY 2020 - PRESENT
Building Tomorrow’s ERP with SAP S/4HANA
openSAP
MAY 2020 - PRESENT
Building Applications with SAP Cloud Application Programming Model
openSAP
APRIL 2020 - PRESENT
Migrating Your Business Data to SAP S/4HANA – New Implementation Scenario
openSAP
MARCH 2020 - PRESENT
The Internet of Things with SAP
openSAP
MARCH 2020 - PRESENT
SAP Data Intelligence for Enterprise AI
openSAP
OCTOBER 2019 - PRESENT
Getting Started with SAP Business ByDesign
openSAP
AUGUST 2019 - PRESENT
SAP Analytics Cloud – Authentication and Data Connectivity
openSAP
APRIL 2016 - PRESENT
German Language A1: Preparatory Course
National University of Modern Languages (NUML)
APRIL 2009 - PRESENT
SAP NetWeaver BW/BI 7.0 (2004s)
My ERP Partners
Skills
Libraries/APIs
SAP Project System (PS), Web API
Tools
SAP Materials Management (MM), Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, SAP Plant Maintenance (PM), IBM Cognos, BigQuery, Tableau, Crystal Reports, SAP Production Planning (PP), SAP Fiori, SAP Ariba Start Sourcing, SAP Controlling (CO), SAP S/4HANA, SAP RE-FX, SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Shell
Languages
ABAP
Paradigms
Automation, App Development
Platforms
SharePoint, SAP HANA
Industry Expertise
Project Management
Storage
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Data Integration, Databases
Other
SAP Business Intelligence (BI), SAP Sales and Distribution (SAP SD), SAP Business Warehouse (BW), Microsoft 365, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), SAP Warehouse Management System (WMS), SAP Datasphere, MicroStrategy, Data Migration, Data Modeling, Storytelling, Augmented Analytics, Analytics, Connectivity, Cloud Computing, SAP Business ByDesign, Implementation, Business Processes, SAP, Migration, Enterprise, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), Networks, Storage, SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), SAP Extension Suite, SAP Cloud ALM, Planning, ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP), Apps, Query Analysis, Case Studies, Business Partnerships, Administration, Internet of Things (IoT), SAP BO Cloud, SAP FI, SAP BusinessObjects (BO), Architecture, User Experience (UX), Projects, Innovation, Value Creation, SAP Webi Reports, SAP ECC, PeopleSoft ERP Application, SAP BO Dashboards, SAP BusinessObjects Data Service (BODS), SAP HR, Warehouse Management, Management Systems, Analysis, Data Analysis, Database Analytics, Data Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics, Business, Business Law, Business Cases, Business Rules, Business Ideas, Finance, German, Authentication, Programming, Software
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