Kamel Soumeur, MBA
SAP Delivery Director / Directeur Principal de Livraisons SAP at SDA Inc.- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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SAP Certified Technology Specialist - SAP S/4HANA Conversion and SAP System Upgrade 2020
SAPDec, 2020- Nov, 2024
Experience
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SDA Inc.
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Canada
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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SAP Delivery Director / Directeur Principal de Livraisons SAP
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Feb 2023 - Present
Responsible for the overall delivery of projects. Responsable global de la livraison de projets. Responsible for the overall delivery of projects. Responsable global de la livraison de projets.
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Commission de la construction du Québec
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Canada
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Construction
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700 & Above Employee
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Release/Retrofit/Cut-Over Manager
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Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
- Implemented the SAP Retrofit solution between the Dev systems of the Projet track and Production Support track. - Release Manager: Defined best practices for transports. - Cut-Over Manager: Participated in building the cut-over plan. - Implemented the SAP Retrofit solution between the Dev systems of the Projet track and Production Support track. - Release Manager: Defined best practices for transports. - Cut-Over Manager: Participated in building the cut-over plan.
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Resolute Forest Products
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Canada
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Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Architect/Cut-over Manager for Resolute's SAP Infrastructure Cloud Migration Project
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Oct 2020 - Dec 2021
- Technical adviser to the Management team during the review of the contract.- Technical Architect to migrate the SAP Infrastructure (11 Landscapes) to AWS.- Influenced and updated the miration approach, which lead to a smooth transition of production systems.- Handled necessary updates before the migration.- Defined testing requirements on the technology aspect.- Prepared the environment for user acceptance testing.- Delivered a last minute addition to the project: DR testing.- Prepared and executed the cut-over plan. Show less
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IT Operations & Project Delivery Manager
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Mar 2018 - Dec 2021
- Delivered several Business and Technical Projects: . Interface between SAP Plant Maintenance Module to a third-party “Task Dispatching” software. . Technical lead for an Implementation project for Resolute’s Sawmills Solution with Interface with SAP for A/P, A/R and G/L. . Lead for Data Warehouse solution for Resolute Sawmills. . Technical lead for Resolute’s Core HR Hybrid Solution: OnPremise for Payroll and Cloud SAP Success Factors for other modules (OM, PA, Time, Benefits). . Several other projects: Upgrade Projects (ECC, BW, SCM, Solution Manager, GRC/GTS, BOBJ, PO, HRSPs), SAP Cloud Analytics, SAP PI to PO migration, Security hardening project and others.- Operations and Governance Management: . Developed a BSC (Balanced Score Card) to monitor and show the health of SAP systems. . Achieved a 99-100% rating on a KPI developed to measure the performance of a critical business process. . Achieved a Global Green rating on the so-called SAP Early Watch Report on 2 production systems (PO & HR). . Developed a tool for Demand and Capacity Management . Developed a visual tool for Software Lifecycle Management. Show less
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PM & Technical Lead for a Landscape Split and Upgrade project
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Nov 2020 - May 2021
- Initiated an RFC to change a simple upgrade project into a split landscape & upgrade project due to a technical limitation.- Defined the solution to split GRC/GTS into two landscapes.- Planned & Executed the phases of the project.- Defined solutions for encountered issues (Uninstall irrelevant components, ChaRM adjustments, Reconnect GTS etc.)- Deploy Sucessfully On-time and On-budget.
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SAP & Legacy Systems Support Team lead
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Apr 2014 - Feb 2018
- Delivered and supported multiple projects: . Upgrade Projects: GRC with HA implementation, SCM/Livecache, Solution Manger 7.2. . Deployment: HCM, PO, BOBJ, Dual Landscape with Retrofit, Trex, BW Precalc . Implementation: Rollout of Resolute SAP Solution, GTS, HR Solution.- Implemented System Monitoring and Alerting using Solution Manager MAI.- Implemented Archiving: PI, PO, Application Logs, Idocs- Realized Disaster Recovery Testing: without stopping production.- Defined process to document procedures.- Created maintenance templates.- Implemented an architecture for training systems using clones. Show less
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BOMBARDIER Aeropsace
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Canada
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1 - 100 Employee
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SAP Project Delivery Team Lead
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Mar 2012 - Feb 2014
- Defined/Reviewed solution designs.- Planned projects activities with PMs from blueprint to go-lives and stabilization.- Helped PMs define and implement cut-over plans.- Defined a process to handover projects to Operations.- Managed resource workload.- Delivered several business & technical projects: Rollouts & new technology solutions.
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SAP Basis Team Lead
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Apr 2011 - Mar 2012
- Lead a group of 17 Basis, AIX & Oracle/DB2 administrators ranging from junior to senior administrators.- Interviewed and hired Basis Administrators to fill newly opened positions.- Supported, Administered and optimized 10 SAP landscapes: (ECC, SCM, EWM, APO, PI, EP, TREX, BW, HR and Solution Manager) on Oracle/AIX, each landscape having a production support layer and a project support layer, totaling 100+ servers.- Coordinated and planned various system upgrades and deployed several projects in different landscapes: SCM implementation, HR upgrade, PI Installations & Upgrades, HR payroll project etc.- Developed a methodology for quality documentation and sharing.- Various continuous improvement initiatives. Show less
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SAP Basis Administrator
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Aug 2004 - Apr 2011
- Installed and configured Solution manager 4.0 and implemented different functions: Basic Configuration, Managed System Configuration, Early Watch Reports, Charm Process etc.- Implemented CCMS monitoring and integrated it with enterprise-wide monitoring and alerting tool (Tivoli).- Implemented HA for various SAP implementations: ABAP & Java- Installed a Web dispatcher for load balancing for EP.- Defined Backup solution using SAN tools (EMC clonesets) with integration with brtools.- Deployed support packs, enhancement packs and upgrades: ABAP & Java- Installed and configured SCM 5.0 & Livecache.- Installed and configured PI 7.0 for different projects.- Handled SAP & DB performance issues, index/table compression, parameter tuning etc.- Investigated and resolved of a wide array of issues: SAP, Oracle, HACMP, LVM, AIX, SAN. Show less
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Oracle Database Administrator
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May 1999 - Jul 2004
- Administered 200+ Oracle databases on Solaris and AIX platforms in a cluster environment (Veritas).- Appointed as the prime Oracle database Administrator for all Technical Publication programs for Bombardier Aerospace.- Suported all Technical Publication programs & Applications for Bombardier Aerospace.- Lead a consolidation project for all Bombardier Aerospace Oracle Databases under the same cluster environment (Veritas under AIX).- Developed a fast database copy procedure to create test and pre-prod environments.- Deployed OEM for the management, monitoring and tuning of Oracle databases.- Architected the storage solution of Oracle databases based on RAID5 to improve data availability and protection against hardware failures. Show less
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Education
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HEC Montréal
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance and Financial Management Services -
IGEE (ex INELEC)
Engineer's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering