Calvin Van Der Walt

Experience

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  Polyoak Packaging

  Jan 2010 - Jun 2010

  Plastician

  Ensure the smooth running of plastic blow moulding machines.

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  ICI Dulux SA

  Mar 2011 - Oct 2011

  Master Data SAP

  Cold Calling (Customer, Vendor Details)Data capturing Vendors and Customers. Material master maintenance. PPPI Master Data maintenance including BOM’s, Production Versions, Master recipes, and Work centers.Converting data and processes from old SAP system to new SAP system.Client liaising and assistance with Master Recipes.Transforming data and recreating according to new template in new SAP system.

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  CRCBS

  Apr 2011 - Sept 2011

  IT support/SAP Consultant

  Assisting with IT support needed.Creating master data for SAP plant maintenance.Capturing master data in SAP system.Running SAP reports and preparing correct master data (BOM’s).

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  BluePencil Consulting

  Nov 2011 - Oct 2018

  Senior SAP Solution Manager Consultant

  While working for Blue Pencil I was given many opportunities in various IT and SAP fields.Please see the list of my projects below for some insight into what I have accomplished.

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  Lydian Global Business Services Inc

  Nov 2018 - Jun 2019

  Senior SAP Consultant

  At Lydian I will be working on projects involving the latest technologies provided by SAP.These include SAP Cloud Analytics, IoT and Machine Learning as part of SAP Leonardo.I will also be working on projects involving SAP Solution Manager 7.2 and SAP Cloud ALM.

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  Dimension Data

  Jun 2019 - Sept 2023

  SAP Principal Architecture Consultant (ALM)

  At Dimension Data I will be fulfilling the role of SAP Principal Architecture Consultant for ALM including Solution Manager and Cloud ALM. This will include activities related to business consulting, presales, roadmap design, quality assurance, solution architecture, mentoring, project planning and commercials. I am Product Owner and Manager of the Dimension Data built Requirements to Deploy (R2D) Solution Manager accelerator and involved in the Dimension Data S/4HANA Technical Readiness service offering related to ECC transformations. Show less

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  African SAP User Group

  Feb 2020 - now

  Volunteering as Vice Chair on the steering committee for the African SAP User Group (AFSUG) Application Lifecycle Management community. My role is to educate and inform the community on the current trends and latest technology from SAP in the ALM space through Special Interest Group presentations, attendance, input, steerco sessions and networking. Volunteering as a member on the steering committee for the African SAP User Group (AFSUG) Application Lifecycle Management and Solution Manager community. My role is to educate and inform the community on the current trends and latest technology from SAP in the ALM and Solution Manager space through Special Interest Group presentations, attendance, input, steerco sessions and networking.

  • Vice Chair - ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) Steering Committee

    Aug 2021 - now

  • Steering Committee Member - ALM and Solution Manager

    Feb 2020 - Aug 2021
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  NTT DATA Middle East and Africa

  Sept 2023 - now

  Senior Product Management Specialist - SAP Public Cloud Solutions