Thys Schmidt

Background

About Thys Schmidt

Highly skilled and experienced PLM Senior Process Implementation Consultant in the areas of Investment Management (IM), Project System‘s (PS), Asset Accounting including IFRS16 integation), Portfolio and Project Management (PPM) and Cross Application Time Sheets (CATS). This includes full integration experience with areas such as Financial Accounting, Controlling, Materials Management, Sales and Distribution, Real Estate and the Ariba procurement cloud solution. My exposure to SAP started as a part-time customer representative on a SAP Greenfields implementation, my role quickly turned into a full time role and as lead representative for the company. In the SAP environment I originally focussed on investment projects, this was because of previous experience with legacy Projects and Assets accounting systems. The PS experience includes PS financial, PS logistics and PS Customer projects. From the Investment Projects environment I easily progressed into the Project and Portfolio Management space. I have 14 years experience in SAP, with roles as Functional Consultant, Support, Maintenance and Quality assurance on implementations. I am a certified SAP instructor and have presented various PS/IM courses for the SAP Academy - Africa over the years. My industry experience includes Telecommunications, Banking and Mining.