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Charles Seotseneng
SAP Project Manager
Gaborone,South East
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Summary
Charles is a high caliber individual with gravitas and a proven record of accomplishment of successful Project implementations, through methodical, thorough and diligent work with over 10 years of work experience in Digital transformation combining thought leadership, advisory, and technology and managed services to deliver results. A natural relationship builder, who is quipped with the vision and purpose to drive Project management and Business Analytics, solution design and client relationship management, and able to adapt positively to any challenges that arise, also comfortable at making sometimes-difficult decisions and taking ownership of key issues.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certificates
2
2
Languages
Work History
IM Analyst SAP MM & PM
Debswana Diamond Company (DeBeers Group)
Gaborone, South East
04.2020 - Current
- Went through entire project life cycle Scoping and Planning, Process Design, Blue print, Configuration, Testing, Deployment, Post Go-Live Support and then involved in continuous improvement phase implementations.
- Meeting with Business to gather requirements and discuss Status update of projects.
- Developed Functional specifications for custom developments identified after FIT GAP analysis.
- Transport sequencing and validation of configuration in Production client
- Successfully completed system integration testing and ensuring compliance before Go-Live.
- Interacting with other-functional teams including Basis and ABAP
- Conducting weekly team review meeting with SCM and EAM teams to present status of project.
- Training to users on system usage and user manual preparation especially on SAP Ariba, Power BI dashboards.
- Daily meetings with offshore team to discuss business requirements and progress of project.
- Worked on different notification types and activity reports.
- Configured and maintained BOM, routings, Work centers, Resources, Recipe, production orders, Process orders and Material Requirement Planning (MRP) and configured Capacity planning and scheduling for production and process orders.
- Loaded SAP PM & MM Master Data using LSMW.
- Interfacing of SCADA system with SAP (In- process): All energy tracking parameters from SCADA system were interfaced with SAP to obtain the daily energy consumption of compressor, Sub-stations & individual machines.
- Worked with key users to develop all Maintenance Task Lists for Equipment, Functional Locations, Variant configuration and General Task lists and planned and scheduled them accordingly.
- Configured object codes, damage codes and activity codes and assigned code groups to catalog profiles for use in notifications.
- Optimized Plant maintenance orders to ensure data quality.
- Carried out split evaluation of materials based on valuation category, local and imported as valuation type’s assigned number ranges for material types.
- Configured planner groups, maintenance planning plant.
- Defined default value for planning indicator for each order type
- Worked on Support for day-to-day business process related to issues classified as bugs, enhancements and new developments.
- Maintained Functional Specifications for Master Data Processing, Maintenance Processing, Preventive Maintenance Processing and MRO/Spare Parts Processing.
- Maintained Modification parameters, Status and Usage for BOM. Defined Spare Parts Indicators.
- Experienced in SAP PM with knowledge of cross-functional modules such as, Material Management (MM) and Finance (FICO).
- Created Equipment including Equipment Category, defined additional business view for equipment and Customized User Status for it.
- Use Production resources/tools (PRTs) for Documents such as drawings or programs for which document management functions in mobile operating.
- Experience on SAP Work Manager Syclo Mobile Application development with understanding of how existing application can be enhanced.
- Worked on Plant Maintenance order types. Configured maintenance tasks and maintenance order type dependent parameters.
- Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement
IT Analyst PMO
Debswana Diamond Company (DeBeers Group)
Gaborone, South East
09.2019 - 03.2020
- Set up the Information Management (IM) PMO reporting directly to the Head of IM and is part of the IT leadership/management team.
- Management of the integrated Information Management project portfolio spanning across business applications, IT infrastructure and IT service delivery including the technical (mining operations) space.
- Ensures alignment of project portfolio to business priorities and strategy, including coordination of capital approval for all IM projects and budget compliance monitoring.
- Definition of project lifecycle deliverables development of templates and project management standards
- Stakeholder engagement and portfolio performance reporting to the IM governance council, a subcommittee of Debswana Executive committee
- Business benefits tracking for the IM project portfolio.
IM risk management and strategy lead. - Project quality assurance and compliance monitoring
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Modified and directed project plans to meet organizational needs.
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
- Orchestrated projects within strict timeframes and budget constraints by solving complex problems and working closely with senior leaders.
- Drove team success through shared vision and recognition of quality performance.
- Updated operational methods, oversaw accounting procedures, tracked information and compiled data to improve efficiency.
- Managed voted projects of half a billion pula and total of 1 Billion BWP (100 Million USD).
- Headed project teams specializing in design and launch activities.
- Performed cost-benefit analyses to determine potential return on investment for proposed upgrades.
- Oversaw annual budget to handle supply, labor and maintenance needs.
SAP Ariba Project Manager
Debswana Diamond Company (DeBeers Group)
Gaborone, South East
03.2017 - 11.2018
- Architected SAP solutions by prioritizing simplicity, appropriate scale, resiliency and maintainability.
- Applied widely-accepted SAP best practices to Upstream (Contracts, sourcing & supplier life cycle) implementation, providing rapid onboarding .
- Designed deployment automation solutions to expedite implementation of SAP solutions, including SAP Ariba .
- Maintained project schedules by managing timelines and making proactive adjustments.
- Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Planned and arranged meetings with external organizations and individuals, enabling all parties to meet and discuss project progress.
- Collaborated with project owners and team members to set ambitious but achievable goals.
- Gathered requirements, defined scopes, allocated resources and established schedules meeting or exceeding project demands.
Project Manager
SAP Rotables, SAP Work Manager
Gaborone, South East
07.2016 - 06.2017
- Modified and directed project plans to meet organizational needs.
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance.
- Outlined work plans, determined resources, wrote timelines and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.
- In the project, I ensured that the project plan is followed and key activities on the SAP platform take place
- Developed functional specification documents, including Blue printing to ensure that all requirements and expectations are detailed.
- Carried out User Acceptance Testing activities and ensured that functional transports are updated onto the Production system.
- I also initiated key change management activities along with the implementation partner to ensure a smooth transformation from the old process to the new one across both Jwaneng and Orapa operations.
- Monitored contracts and service level agreements to identify potential risks and implement mitigation actions to protect development process from unforeseen delays and costs.
- Updated operational methods, oversaw accounting procedures, tracked information and compiled data to improve efficiency
- Reined in project costs while meeting key milestones
- Orchestrated projects within strict timeframes and budget constraints by solving complex problems and working closely with senior leaders
- Oversaw high profile projects for by planning, designing, and scheduling phases
- Fostered relationships with vendors to foster positive working relationships
- Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance
Snr Mobile Money Developer
Mascom Wireless (MTN Group)
Gaborone, South Central
07.2011 - 04.2013
- Developing, Testing and Upgrading of Mascom Mobile Money Application (MyZaka) “USSD phone Based app “using SOAP services, SQL and Java with Linux Server as the Database Engine, Life ray and Siebel Reports as the Reporting tool.
- Mascom: Mobile Money Integration Was part of the development team that provided Bill payments integration (Pre-paid electricity, Dstv and Mascom Post Paid payments) and Mobile Money Peer to peer transfers as well as 3rd party remittance.
- Liaised with the project team and coordinated responses on technical issues raised; produced key documentation through all the project phases including business processes; coordinated Quality Assurance, User Acceptance Testing and User support post-implementation.
- Technical Duties.
- Provide Analysis, Requirement gathering, specifications, development, test plans, Unit/Functional/Integration Testing execution, User Training, Rollout, and support for new integrations.
- Develop, test and support a variety of bulk tools, automate and speed business processes.
- Software test planning and execution, primarily functioning in integration test capacity.
- Responsible for testing a variety of Mobile money products and assisting to test related products when necessary.
- Worked closely with Mobile Money partners and developers to improve functionality of mobile money platform, prepaid payments, and bill payments USSD menu to suit customer requirements.
- Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
C# Developer
Consult IT
Gaborone, South East
01.2011 - 06.2012
- Developing, Testing and Upgrading of the Botswana Government’s, ’s Livestock Identification & Traceability System (LITS) – “Bolus System “using C# and ASP.net with SQL Server as the Database Engine and Crystal Reports as the Reporting tool.
- The System is broken into two systems namely Data Management Query Reporting (DMQR) and Field Data Acquisition System (FDAS), DMQR.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
09.2007 - 01.2011
- Dean's List 2007 & 2008
- Awarded Best Software Engineering Project 2008
Supervisory Development Program - Business
01.2018 - 06.2018
- Completed professional development in SDP
MBA - Master of Business Administration
01.2020 - 07.2021
No Degree - Finance For Non Finance Managers
02.2019 - 02.2021
Certificate - Business Analytics
01.2018 - 01.2018
- Describing and Summarizing Data
- Sampling and Estimation
- Hypothesis Testing
- Single Variable Linear Regression
- Multiple Regression
Skills
Technical Analysis, Project Management
Power BI & Visualization
Programming, Java, Python
Software Development
SQL integration, Azure Development,
Systems Installation, Configuration, and Upgrading
Risk mitigation planning
Documentation Management
Quality assurance
Waterfall methodology
Training & Development
IT implementation
Improvement recommendations
Process Optimization
Process Improvvement
Process Analysis
Business Transformation
IT Strategy
IT procurement
Project Management
Operational Delivery
People Management
Skills
Technical Analysis, Project Management
Power BI & Visualization
Programming, Java, Python
Software Development
SQL integration, Azure Development,
Systems Installation, Configuration, and Upgrading
Risk mitigation planning
Documentation Management
Quality assurance
Waterfall methodology
Training & Development
SAP implementation
Improvement recommendations
Certification
Prince2 Foundation & Practioner
Affiliations
- Project Management Institute
- ITIL Foundation Certification
- Prince2 Foundation & Practitioner
- TOGAL Foundation
- SAP MM Application Associate
- SAP PM Application Associate
Work Availability
monday
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morning
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evening
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Timeline
IM Analyst SAP MM & PM - Debswana Diamond Company (DeBeers Group)
04.2020 - Current
University of South Wales - MBA, Master of Business Administration
01.2020 - 07.2021
IT Analyst PMO - Debswana Diamond Company (DeBeers Group)
09.2019 - 03.2020
Gordon Institute of Business - No Degree, Finance For Non Finance Managers
02.2019 - 02.2021
Finance for Non Financial Managers
01-2019
Maccauvlei Learning Academy - Supervisory Development Program, Business
01.2018 - 06.2018
Harvard Business School - Certificate, Business Analytics
01.2018 - 01.2018
Prince2 Foundation & Practioner
01-2018
SAP Ariba Project Manager - Debswana Diamond Company (DeBeers Group)
03.2017 - 11.2018
ITIL v3 Foundation
01-2017
Project Manager - SAP Rotables, SAP Work Manager
07.2016 - 06.2017
TOGAF Foundation
01-2016
SAP PM Application Associate
01-2016
SAP MM Application Associate
01-2015
Snr Mobile Money Developer - Mascom Wireless (MTN Group)
07.2011 - 04.2013
C# Developer - Consult IT
01.2011 - 06.2012
The University of Nottingham - Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
09.2007 - 01.2011