Christine Louw

Contracting Consultant – Architecture / ERP-Solutions 
Christine Louw (Red Swan – Self-Employed)
01/11/2017 - CURRENT
Contracts Completed:
 Solution Architect Lead SI - Linkfields Innovations - 28/5/2021 - 31/10/2022
 Contract: Tiger Brands 
• Designed and presented high-level solutions and Detailed Assessments for selection for Tiger's Information Management Priorities Assessments in preparation for the following budget year for supply chain, finance, and HR Solutions 
• Created detailed solution designs for implementation by the project team with finalized budgets and designs and obtained approvals via the ARB process. Solution modules included SAP HR Hosted, SAP Planning, Oracle R12, Oracle Fusion (Cloud and new proposals such as Workday, Oracle OIC, MuleSoft,
• Appointed as the Solution Architecture Lead (4 SAs) and included in the Architecture Manco team
• Enterprise Architecture – Planned and Organized the foundation phase to document Tigers’ existing solutions on SPARX using ArchiMate and UML.
• Participated in Information Technology governance and legislative activities using frameworks such as TOGAF, SDLC, ARB, and Agile, where these policies and standards were encouraged/enforced.
Supply Chain Planning ($5M) / (R100M) RFP negotiation and project planned and handed over to SI (PWC) and Tiger Project team for implementation,
Solution Architecture & Project Assistance for HR (Payroll) project in distress – The project went live successfully
 Adoption & Training Analyst  SI - Can!do Consulting - 1/9/2020-30/11/2021
 Contract: SANBS – South African Blood Service 1/2/2021 - 30/11/2021 
• Detail & Summary Impact Analysis Report detailing who, what, and impact level for all roles & employees at SANBS for the new eProgesa and eTraceline solutions
 Contract: Mr. Price 15/11/2020 - 30/3/2021 
• Training Needs Analysis (Oracle Retail) including requirements, costing, resourcing, and planning.
 Contract: Adcorp 1/9/2020 – 31/12/2020
• ERP Training Needs Analysis & Adoption (Workday, Salesforce- Sirenum, Bullhorn)
 ERP Implementation Specialist Direct - 1/9/2019 – 30/6/2020
 Contract: Spark Schools
• ERP Selection (MS Dynamics, NetSuite, Workday & Others)
• Requirements analysis across businesses & schools, Built and issued RFP, received ten responses, Built and coordinated scoring, five suppliers shortlisted, Demonstrations with super users. financial analysis. negotiations. final selection of three solutions. Project Halted COVID-19 and Financial Constraints
 ERP Specialist / Transformation SI - Can!do Consulting - 1/11/2017- 31/08/2019
 Contract: MTN Group 1/8/2019 – 31/8/2019 Bid Management:
• Scoping for MTN Online Training (Whatfix) for Oracle Fusion (Cloud), for Project Boost
 Contract: Ethiopian Shipping / Oracle 1/12/2018 - 31/7/2019 Business Enablement 
• Training Strategy, Approach & Plan for Oracle Fusion (Cloud) Implementation
• Supply Chain Business Impacts Analysis (Inventory, Order Management, Procurement, Warehouse Management) for Oracle Fusion (Cloud) Implementation
• Cloud User Support Strategy for Oracle Fusion (Cloud) Implementation
 Contract: MTN Group / Oracle 1/12/2017 - 31/10/2018 Adoption Local Stream Lead:
• Cloud adoption for the Design phase for the MTN Boost – Oracle Fusion (Cloud) project in the CAS team.
• Worked closely with the functional and technical teams to design the solution.
• Included in the detail design team for the Assets / Supply Chain modules
• Managed Local CAS resources and reported to the Oracle Consulting Project Manager and the UK CAS manager
Internal Projects:
• MABEL- Development of Module Adoption and Business Enablement Methodology which was utilized in the Ethiopian Shipping & SANBS projects. Included Training Needs Analysis, Strategy and Planning
• DEB - Digital Enablement for Business Methodology – Approach to support the implementation of ERP projects to extract maximum value.
• Airtable Portfolio
Sub-Saharan Program Manager
General Electric – Transportation 01/10/2012 - 30/10/2017
• Accountable for GE Transportation Sub Saharan Africa Information management. Budget per year > $10M. Formed & managed a successful team of three to five including GE interns
• Engaged across the GE matrix environment to ensure successful projects. Teams were situated in India / US / Ghana / Mozambique / China / South Africa / Nigeria / Kenya
• Trained and used governance and legislative framework COBIT, ITIL, LEAN, FastWorks, Agile
Solution Architect
Associated Computer Solutions 01/10/2010 - 30/09/2012
• Founder member of the team that built Embrace, a solution that is currently implemented at many companies. Embrace is a fully integrated financial, distribution & manufacturing ERP package for 5 to 1000 users.• Customer Technical & Business Support of ACS-Embrace at multiple customers 
• Creation of Technical Marketing Material +- 50 Data Sheets
• Technical Customizations – Multi-dimensional relational database (Universe) and Info Basic programming.
Senior Oracle Functional Consultant  SI - TSystems / Ciper 01/05/2009 - 31/08/2010
 Contract: IFMS SITA South African Treasury Procurement 1/01/2010 - 31/08/2010
• Developed setup, functional & training collateral for the Oracle R12 Sourcing and Procurement modules. Ran process workshops & trained end users. 
 Contract: ACSA - South African Airports Company 01/05/2009 - 31/12/2009
• Supported & Mentored ACSA executives & managers on the Oracle R12 Procurement implementation - post go-live.
Senior Solution Architect Oracle Corporation (South Africa) 01/08/2007 - 30/04/2009
 Contract: South African Reserve Bank (SARB) 
• Solution Architect for the implementation of Oracle R12 for SARB - Supply Chain, Finance, HR, CRM & Banking
• Lead Consultant – CRM iSupport, Service & Asset Tracking. Exposure to ITIL. 
The project successfully implemented Wing to Wing Oracle in under 2 years with over 80% customer positive feedback continuously during the project
Senior Solution Architect
Oracle Corporation (South Africa) 01/08/1997 - 31/07/2007
Pre-Sales Division 01/08/2002 - 31/07/2007
• Solution Architect - Assisted Account Managers in the Industrial and commercial sector. Focus was on industries with High-value Assets which included Telecommunications, Media, Supply Chain, Retail, Mining, Manufacturing Industries & Public Sector.
• Required to advise clients on the most appropriate use of Oracle products for their strategic needs, by defining high-level architecture and proposing Oracle solutions.
• RFP & RFI Process and Responses
• Build, Prepare, Present, and Demo Oracle modules and Customer Proof of concepts.
• Rollout of Release 12 to clients & partners.
Consulting Division 01/08/1997 – 30/07/2002
• Consultant, Solution Architect, Bid Manager, and Project Manager for multiple Oracle Customers in the Government, Telecommunications, Logistics, Manufacturing, Mining, and Media industries.
• Participated in the US testing of the R11 iProcurement Module
• Project Manager for the Oracle EBusiness Suite Fast Forward Project-Rapid implementation of Oracle Financials.
Project Manager – Metrorail (Praza) Consulting work performed was more than R8 M which was significant revenue for Oracle Consulting. The project moved from Red to Green status avoiding possible litigation 

B Comm: Business Information Systems - University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg
TRAINING
General Electric Rise Program 2014 / 2015 (Leadership Training)
General Electric Crotonville courses, MGE, CAP, Inclusive Leaders, Project Management
Oracle ERP Bootcamp in the UK (2 months) - All Finance modules 
Oracle EBusiness Suite, including Sourcing, Procurement, iProcurement, Discrete Manufacturing, CRM, Service Install Base, HR, Projects, EPM, Risk, Order Management and Shipping, Contracts, Purchase Contracts, Inventory, Warehouse Management, ASCP, EAM, Property Manager, Customer Data Hub, Number Portability
Project Management – Oracle PJM
Implementation Approach - Oracle AIM Oracle TCM
TOGAF and ArchiMate Training – Real IRM / Tiger Brands