Nico Buwalda

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About Nico Buwalda

Professional experience Nico Buwalda has more than 25 years of (end user) experience and has set up from scratch Business / Competitive Intelligence and Demand Management. Active as consultant since 2006 with a focus on SAP tooling for BI and Supply Chain planning. He takes pride in achieving the best fit solution given project scope, timelines and budget. Nico is fluent in 4 languages and enjoys operating at all business levels, from Board to Floor. High degree of own initiative and pro activity, also in teams as motivator. Key projects include ASICS, Jumbo, Inno, The Greenery and Sligro. He combines: 1. Business consultancy skills: a. strong process and industry experience b. social skills c. project management skills (developed and applies a specific project management method with a focus on scope control and risk management) 2. SAP knowledge a. a solid (functional) knowledge on SAP (focus on SD, MM and PP), both transactions (what do they already offer in terms of Analytics) and tables/fields (as sources for Analytics); S4 (FMS, Finance) b. APO DP / PPDS customization (planning objects, profiles, macros, integration model, PPM and Planning run. Set up matrix and Optimizer) c. ECC Customization included work centers, routings, production versions, MRP views of MM. d. Master data chasing from key users, cleansing and uploading by LSMW 3. Analytic skills a. Set up of Analytics Capability (Governance, Architecture, Tool selection) b. Requirement gathering (as former end user he knows the right questions to ask and knows how to run workshops) c. Information Analysis, from requirements in business language to SAP tables and fields. d. Backend design and –build (Universes, BW, Hana calculation and CDS views, SAC data modelling, integration of various sources) e. Front end design and build of BI (self-service) reports and dashboards i. Architecture from top KPI via key exceptions to ad hoc analysis ii. BW, Predictive Analytics, Webi, Analysis for Office, SAC, Embedded Analytics f. Change management including training