Ion Barbu
SAP S/4HANA Retail | SAP Fiori | SAP IS Retail Expert | Store Operations specialist
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Athènes, Grèce
Freelance, ouvert au CDI
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Introduction
Seasoned SAP Retail professional with 20 years of project experience, combining SAP technical expertise, business acumen, and strategic team influence to drive retail transformation initiatives. I am a subject matter expert in Master Data & Assortment Management, Merchandising & Buying, Store Operations, and Sales & POS Integration, with strong configuration experience in Logistics, MM, and SD, and deep Retail Business Process understanding. Excellent communication and client-facing skills; with the ability to lead workshops independently, translating business needs into technical requirements.
Expérience de travail
SAP S/4HANA Retail Expert
Confidential Company
déc. 2025 - Présent
11 mois
Greece, État de New York 14626, États-Unis
– Overhauled Article Creation processes, reducing overall complexity from 38 files down to one. – Created a custom Collective Order tool for Fresh Item procurement, allowing quota splitting, fair-share and price-driven procurement optimizations. – Close collaboration with clients to gather business requirements and translate them into effective SAP solutions, working closely with technical teams for enhancements, interfaces, and custom developments. – Simplified Customer Returns processing supported by SAP Advanced Returns Management (ARM), for after sale service of electronic appliances
Ahold Delhaize
juil. 2014 - déc. 2025
11 ans 6 mois
Teach Lead - SAP-to-Store
févr. 2024 - déc. 2025
1 an 11 mois
– Digitized in-store processes & improved operational efficiency across 1,300 stores in multiple countries by delivering user-friendly Fiori applications (including ordering, receiving, counting, replenishment, and inventory adjustments), streamlining daily workflows and reducing manual effort. – Drove the solution design, UX, and architecture for custom Fiori applications, leveraging Figma for user-story mapping & mockups, to deliver scalable, intuitive, and mobile-first designs, increasing usability while significantly improving data quality and operational consistency. – Led and directed all downstream delivery phases from blueprinting and functional specifications to UAT and training—resulting in consistent, on-time, high-quality deliverables that accelerated user adoption, reduced training & post-launch support needs. – Engineered tailored solutions for complex business needs, including EUDR compliance, GK POS integration, and Bluetooth printer integrations, enhancing compliance, streamlining store processes, and improving operational efficiency.
SAP-to-Store / F&R Consultant Consultant
juil. 2014 - févr. 2024
9 ans 8 mois
Athènes, Grèce
– Lead project streams within the SAP Retail domain, including design, configuration, and testing, while ensuring alignment with client objectives and timelines, while also adhering to best practices. – Provided the integration with SAP Forecasting & Replenishment (F&R) including system configuration, interface troubleshooting, order proposal optimization, exceptions-based communication to stores for stock counting, BI interfaces, and sales history loads. – Increase team transparency and stakeholder alignment while acting as Scrum Master, driving Agile delivery through effective ceremony facilitation, Jira board management, and continuous improvement across the development cycle. – Created functional specifications, test scripts, user training guides, and documentation.
Senior Retail Consultant
Delhaize Group
mars 2012 - juin 2014
2 ans 4 mois
Brussels Area, Belgium
– Deployed SAP In-Store MIM applications to 300+ stores across desktop and mobile platforms, increasing process accuracy and accelerating in-store execution. – Delivered high-impact retail solutions, including the Central Customer platform (address validation, centralized credit/surcharge logic, POS invoicing via web services), the Franchisee Sales platform (full SD flow), enhanced POS Outbound (WP_PLU), SAP-JDA planogram integration, and BRF-Plus-driven rules for flexible, code-free business logic. – Implemented major process improvements for fresh-item buying by deploying the Perishables Procurement solution—covering external procurement, DC distribution, and automated article onboarding. – Enhanced enterprise-wide article creation by developing an integrated Article Master cockpit that unified GDSN and PRICAT vendor data with enriched SAP Retail attributes.
Store Operations Team Lead - Dansk Supermarked
KPS Consulting
mars 2010 - mars 2012
2 ans 1 mois
Århus Area, Denmark
Store Operations team lead, I delivered the overall solution for daily operations of store associates: SAP MIM (In-Store Merchandise and Inventory Management) including real-time stock monitoring, ordering, promotions, goods movements and inventory analysis to 155 stores in Sweden
Functional Consultant
Retail Solutions Asia Pacific
oct. 2009 - févr. 2010
5 mois
– Participated on the initial phases of the project, covering master data, procurement, promotions, reporting, and store ordering processes. – Was responsible for the blueprinting, design and delivery of solutions for: Listing, Assortments, Article Master, and related inbound / outbound SAP interfaces
SAP IS Retail Consultant
Accenture
oct. 2008 - oct. 2009
1 an 1 mois
Toronto, Canada Area
Best Buy International - The ATLAS project
SAP IS Retail Analyst
Accenture
mai 2007 - juil. 2008
1 an 3 mois
Toronto, Canada Area
Home Depot Canada – The SCORE project
SAP IS Retail Business Analyst
Angus & Robertson Bookworld
févr. 2005 - mai 2006
1 an 4 mois
Melbourne Victoria, Australie
Formation
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Honors Bachelor of Business Administration Degree, Business Administration
2000 - 2004
4 ans 1 mois
– coop option
Licences et certifications
SAP Fiori Overview: Design, Develop and Deploy
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Introducing RISE with SAP Methodology for SAP Partners and Customers - Course Completion
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Discovering SAP Enterprise Architecture
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Building Tomorrow's ERP with SAP S/4HANA
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