SUMMARY

• 10+ years of industry experience as a Sr. Business Analyst with solid understanding of Business Analysis, Business Process Modeling, Business Requirements Analysis, Quality Process Improvement, Software Testing Life Cycle, Business Process Flow, Business Process Modeling and Quality Assurance & Analysis.
• Extensive work expertise in Agriculture - security, risk, compliance, infrastructure upgrade related projects at multiple clients
• Worked on large scale Agriculture- Retail - Ecommerce - Sector Projects facilitating testing across cross functional teams
• Proper Implementation experience around Ariba Downstream/P2P (Requisitioning, Guided Buying, Catalogs, Purchase Orders) configuration and usage Upstream (Contracts, eSourcing, SLP, eSourcing)
• Good Experience inAribaP2P,AribaNetwork, Invoicing,SAP-Aribaintegration - Good knowledge of P2P processes
• Experience of SAP Inventory management (IM) - Inbound /out bound, Warehouse / Extended Warehouse management
• Experience and understanding of Ariba reporting and analytics And and understanding of integrations into and out of Ariba
• Excellent team player works in conjunction with testing, development and other teams in validation and testing complex scenarios and projects and in the maintenance of Quality Standards in Projects.
• Proficient in Developing and executing Test Plans, performing functional, usability testing and ensuring that the software meets the system Requirement.
• Experienced in Acceptance Testing, Functional, Regression, System, Smoke, Database, Backend, User Acceptance, Performance, Load and Stress Testing.
• Expertise with current industry standards such as ISO, Six Sigma, Capability Maturity Model, NIST, PCI.
• Full life-cycle implementation, participated in blueprinting and realization activities and prototyped and demonstrated MM/ P2P functionalities to the business.
• Extensive experience with MS Visio for drawing flow charts and screen mock ups and MS Project for status reporting and planning.
• Worked on industry standard methodologies like Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Rational Unified Process (RUP), CMM (Capability Maturity Models), and Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) and Six Sigma and Rational Tools used during various phases of RUP.
• Proficient inTestPlanning,TestManagement,TestExecution, Reporting Aspects, Resources Management, Schedule and Cost Management, Client Interaction, Status Reporting to Senior Management.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, RUP, UML, SDLC, Scrum, RUP, V-shape modeling, BPEL, BPMN

Change Management Tools: Rational Clear Quest, Rational Clear Case.

Business Modeling&VersioningTools: MS VISIO, Visual Paradigm, Rational Rose; Rational Requisite Pro, Rational Clear Case

MS Office: MS Project, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access

Programming Languages: Structured Query Language (SQL).

Operating System: Windows NT/98/2000/XP/7, MAC OSX, Yosemite

Databases: Access, Oracle 8i/9i/10g, Teradata, DB2, MS SQL Server 7.0/2000

Other known tools: Informatica, Load Runner, Win Runner, Crystal Ball, Expert Choice, Core, Caliber

OLAP Tools: Business Objects XI, Cognos .

Testing tools: RationalRobot,RationalClearQuest Test Manager, HP Quality Center, Quick Test Test Professional, LoadRunner, WinRunner, Team Foundation ServerTFS 2010, Bugzilla, JIRA, IBM Jazz

Apps & Webservers: Apache web server, Tomcat, Web logic 8.1, IIS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analytical data support to Tanker Merchants and Commodity traders.
• To assist business in analyzing vessel line up reports and reporting into Cargill system to make a positive difference to the trading teams. Worked with IT leads,businessstakeholders and development teams to define detailed requirements for POS and OMS.
• Worked on UI and data requirements with vendors and development team to successfully implement tax calculation, single use coupons, gift cards and payments
• Data extraction fromSAPand uploading intoARIBA
• Implemented catalog shopping cart through mobile payment gateway.
• Documented detailed level requirements in the form of User Stories for various functionalities like Promotions, Product Detail Page, Shopping Cart and Checkout.
• Prepared and maintained the traceability matrix mapping to high levelbusinessrequirements, functional requirements from various FRSs and test cases.
• Order, ordering, receiving and received, submit inARIBA.
• Extensive use of Adobe WebAnalyst/Omniture Site Catalyst for web-site analysis.
• Involved in implementing Omni channel Point of Commerce (POC) and Point of Sale (POS) upgrading Order Management System (OMS) with third party vendor support.
• Ability to Co-ordinate withAriba/SAP development teams during build phase
• Involved in implementing (POS) Point Of Sale system and Point Of Commerce for US retail/Online stores.
• Did Implementation, Customization, Configuration, Documentation, Testing, User training, and Support in SAP Ariba P2P module.
• UnderstandAriba integration with backend ERP systems
• Support major effort to improve the Warehouse Management System (M-WMOS) capabilities of Supply Chain.
• Tracked and projected year-end inventory weeklyand generated executive level reports.
• Well versed in the use of reports to identify improvements to Supply Chainprocesses generating new and or enhancing positive selling results.
• Collaborated with vendors to discuss promotion strategies, forecast models, product status changes, current issues, and performance.
• Assists customers through the lifecycle of anAribaimplementation.
• Documented data attributes for create order, update order and cancel order from ATG to Manhattan OMS.
• Configured, customized and updated Master data, Procure to Pay ( P2P), Material Master, Vendor Master, Customer master, Info Records, Partner Functions, Source Lists, Routings.
• Facilitated meetings to resolve conflictingbusiness
• Involved in defect review, checkpoint and root cause analysis meetings and tracked defects in Quality Center.
• Worked on whole Procure to Pay ( P2P) life cycle like Purchase Requirement, Request for Quotation (RFQ), Purchase Order (PO), Source determination, Vendor selection, Goods Receipt and Invoicing.
• Prepared Logical Process and Data Models that contained set of diagrams and supporting documents containing the essential business elements, detailed definitions, and descriptions of the relationships between the data elements to analyze and document Business Data Requirements
• SLP - supplier lifecycle performance ( supplier disqualification, preferred supplier, supplier qualification, supplier registration, supplier request, supplier self-registration) template/setup inARIBA,
• Identification of issues relating to missing or misinterpreted business requirements, so that corrective actions can be developed and applied accordingly
• Educate Customer (onsite and remotely) onSAPAribaCloud solutions
• Aribanetwork ( supplier and buyer) admin activities
• Created BRD’s and functional specs for Ariba/RelatedSAPmodifications
• Analyse and provide valuable data to the traders to decide demand and supply for the business.
• Acquiring data from different ports around the globe or secondary data sources and maintaining reports/databases/data systems 60%.
• Worked extensively on SAP Ariba and P2P for procurement of materials.
• SAPAribaBuying and Invoicing cloud module with in-depth knowledge ofAribaInvoicePro and Cloud module.
• Work withETLdevelopment team to make sure data is modeled & available in the DW tables that can be used by down streams as required
• Managing the daily operations and reporting for omni-channel fulfillment including store and item eligibility, store capacity
• Developed detailed level end-to-end process flow diagrams for online payment processing, including vendor integrations and payment gateways.
• Responsible for tracking bugs and replying to any clarifications needed by development, QA andbusinessteams to get those bugs fixed via JIRA.
• Worked with external front-end vendor Sequence to get new visual design and HTML pages for the new redesigned website. and development requirements with different third party vendors providing various retail functionalities.
• Worked in Procure to Pay ( P2P) and Warehouse Management (WM) by integration of MM, QM, PP and SD.
• Worked with Scrum Masters (Agile), Product Owners, and Scrum team members to ensure success of Programs, Releases and Sprints.
• Interacted with the Testing and Development team to resolve and follow up on development issues.

Environment: Waterfall, Quality Center, JAVA, Web Services, 50 Key Registers, SCRUM, MS Office Tools, Windows XP, Controller/Store, IBM Point Of Sale OS, Oracle, Teradata, UNIX, Linux, PuTTY, MS Project, ClearCase, Business Objects, JIRA, Confluence

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Sr. Business Analyst-SAP Ariba/POS/M-WMOS/P2P

Responsibilities:

• Worked in AGILE & create storyboards, user-stories, wire frames while working in Sprints.
• Facilitated project scope documentation, goals and deliverables in collaboration withbusiness stakeholders and senior management.
• Created security requirements, did security risk assessments, reviews, did modifications/recommendations as per compliance
• Analyzed trends in customer perception, preferences, and behaviors across the ecommerce/website channel through full shopping cart life cycle and customer order history
• Lead functional testing of SIT, UAT, Regression, ETL Testing, Agile in-sprint and End to End testing for P2P.
• UnderstandAribaintegration with backend ERP systems
• Analyzed inventory levels, picking frequency, and storage capacity for each product line to optimize storage space and utilize the warehouse layout based on the flow of products, peak trends, inbound and outbound volumes, etc. Optimized the warehouse layout, increased the warehouse capacity, lowered the storage cost and improved the utilization of warehouse space.
• AribaSIPMAribaSourcingAribaContracts Management with the process knowledge ofAribaP2P P2O
• Led requirements clarification session withbusinessstakeholders for shipping calculations and shipping charge in order to provide a direction to IT team to move ahead with development of key components of checkout process.
• Worked with Multi-Channel Fulfillment & Inventory Management, Order Management and Omni channel retailing
• Did JAD sessions and brainstorm Point of Sale (POS) and Inventory and Order Management System (IOMS) with teams.
• Service Entry Sheet fromAribaNetwork to ECC
• Worked closely with variousbusinessstakeholders to come up with wireframes and get functional requirements for Auto Refill, Product Comparison and Product Bundling etc for desktop and mobile platforms.
• Created Test Matrix, measured defects density, defect closure standards as per the compliance and standards.
• Initiated Test Plans, developed and executed test cases and scenarios, worked with users to develop specific acceptance criteria and prepare test exhibits.
• Get approval on the comparative then arrange for the e auction onAribaportal, Post Auction report
• Sole admin for the Omniture Site Catalyst (Adobe Analytics) platform including user management, classifications, new user
• SAPAriba-E Procurement Tool Procurement Tool Procurement and E-Sourcing
• Conducted GAP Analysis& Data mapping for project implementation as well as also developed RFP for vendor analysis
• Captured detailed BRD/FRD for Rational Suite Upgrade & conducted testing: SIT/UAT: Test-Plan development/Test-Cases development/Test-Data creation using Quality Center.
• Sole admin for the Omniture Site Catalyst (Adobe Analytics) platform including user management, classifications, new user.
• Gathered requirement from business to develop objects in INV/ P2P and O2C cycle.
• Worked on newOmniChanneldata model to serve as the master system of record for the company and enhance segmentation capability for big databusinessintelligence
• Facilitated daily scrum meetings and weekly backlog grooming meetings with the entire project team in Agile Scrum development methodology.
• Documented user stories, acceptance criteria and test scenarios during requirements gathering and delivered to development team for accurate software enhancement and development.
• Documented UI requirements for desktop, tablet and mobile interface with the idea of responsive web design.
• Created wireframes and comps for desktop, tablet and mobile interface.
• Worked on various modules ofAribalikeAribaBuyer, Invoice andAribaSupplier Network for SRM - Supplier Relationship Management.
• I did Inventory Management: leverage various databases and resources to manage Contract Manufacturers and Original Design Manufacturers (CM/ODM) inventory and generate various reports including inventory turns, NPI inventory and EOL material levels etc.
• Worked withbusinessstakeholders and development team to elicit and document requirements for guest checkout functionality and later assisted QA team to successfully introduce guest checkout orders via desktop and mobile platforms.
• Worked on identifying existing Product Data and Inventory Data attributes and mapping them with redesign requirements and came up with suggestions on new Product Data and Inventory Data attributes.
• Provided functional support for the INV, P2P and OM Modules for client requirement.
• Conducted defect tracking & management as well as requirements gathering, test cases etc. using HP Quality Center.
• Lead testing team & ensured delivery of artifacts on time & measure test effectiveness throughout the testing phase.
• Involved in implementing (POS) Point Of Sale system and Point Of Commerce for US retail/Online stores.
• HRDW to Ariba User data transport process design and configuration
• Support major effort to improve the Warehouse Management System (WMS) capabilities of Supply Chain.
• SAP Ariba Procurement all Business Process 100 percent automation
• Develop Project charter and obtained approvals & conducted defect tracking/management.
• Successfully lead & coordinated a team of testers using QC & used MS Visio to create Use Cases and Sequence Diagrams.
• Created and Maintained the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) throughout the project.

Environment: JIRA, Confluence, Visual Basic, SQL, Quality Center Rational Rose, Rational Requisite Pro, UML,XML, XSLT, MS Project, MS Visio, MS Office Suite, PL/SQL Developer, HTML, Toad, Windows XP, Agile, UNIX, HIPAA, Outlook, Test Director, Oracle, Ultra Edit, XML.

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Business Analyst-SAP Ariba S2C/P2P

Responsibilities:

• Conducted scope validation for the features currently offered to various clients to the features in scope for the release by website audits, internal stakeholder interviews and through questioners to internal stakeholders of various departments and clients.
• Managing requests/incidents submitted via Remedy tool.
• Involved in Salesforce.com Application Setup activities and customized the apps to match the functional needs of the organization.
• Evaluated solution and alternative solutions. Plan solution, establish specifications and coordinate execution with development teams.
• Part of the Procure to pay ( P2P) and Order to Cash testing team and assisted the client in fixing design issues in areas of Purchasing, Inventory and OM modules.
• Management,Aribaprocurement catalog,Aribanetwork and Supplier On-boarding preferred
• Worked on Validating the results by testing coordinate with customers for UAT.
• Ensures smooth transition by planning downtime, coordinated release, customer training and communication; provide support. Organize, document and communicate all required information.
• Gathering Requirements from Business / Preparation of Functional requirements specification forAriba/RelatedSAPmodifications.
• Designed Functional specifications for Reports, Forms, Interfaces and Enhancements and configured SAP for end to end Procure to pay business processes.
• Generate and analyse daily and weekly business Objects, SQL, Agile PLM and Demantra reports (Inventory, Demand/Consumption, Min and Max inventory levels, supply/Manufacturing Backlog, and Lead-Time)
• Ability to Co-ordinate withAriba/SAP development teams during build phase - Experience in configuringAribasystem Preparing and Loading Configuration/ Master data files etc. is an advantage
• Supports audits and compliance change activities and drive get to green plans
• Helped the QA team to understandbusinessrequirements and write test cases and test scripts for User Acceptance Testing
• Worked with B2B and B2C commerce applications include an Omni-Channel Offering.
• Involved in defect review, checkpoint and root cause analysis meetings and tracked defects in Quality Center.
• Verified build, release package by logging in to controllers using commands.
• I created logical Process and Data Models that contained set of diagrams and supporting documents containing the essential business elements, detailed definitions, and descriptions of the relationships between the data elements to analyze and document Business Data Requirements.
• Did work on SAP ECC integration with Ariba, SRM,
• I did BRD’s, Use Case Specs, Activity Diagrams using MS Visio for all projects.
• Worked on key Feeds, Web-store, OMS, features and developed Scope-Validation docs and conducted Fit-Gap analysis.
• Primary contact for all support issues related to P2P, OM, INV and sole responsible for the tickets created for the same.
• Successfully used Agile/Scrum methodology for gathering requirements and facilitated user stories workshops with the entire project team.
• Worked on OmnichannelRetail/POS/Wholesale/Ecommerce/Mobile/ERP solutions
• Created and Maintained the Requirement Traceability Matrix for all projects.
• Using SCRUM/AGILE, I worked with Scrum Masters (Agile), Product Owners, and Scrum team members to ensure success of Programs, Releases and Sprints.
• Invoice creation in Ariba Supplier network and flow to Ariba Procurement and ECC (PO and Non PO)
• Managed primary supply chain interface with warehousemanagement system(M-WMOS), engineeringmanagement& commoditymanagement.
• Resolved business critical testing issues in P2P and O2C area and contributing to the overall testing phase.
• Searched for and vetted providers, managed projects and implementations
• Participated in reviewing test requirements & Use Cases, reviewing test design documents.
• Worked with downstream systems to ensure End-to-End testing passed before releases.
• As the Purchasing Systems and Process Analyst responsible for the effective enablement of supplier and catalogue content inSAP ARIBA.
• Worked with development and testing teams to accomplish timely release objectives.
• Using detailed knowledge of application features and functions assess scope and impact of business needs throughout analysis and completion of all enhancement specifications.
• PO & Invoice Automation via theAribaNetwork
• Did SIT/UAT/Regression testing for all projects and documented test status reports
• Trained business users by doing webinar sessions, presentations and demos.
• Created user guides, training manuals, FAQ documentation, did change control processes as required.

Environment: HP Quality Center, XML, ClearCase MS Office, MS-Visio, XML, Java, TOAD, MS Project, SOA, SOAP UI, URL, Cucumber, Win Xp/7, Unix, Mainframes, Oracle, Agile, Six Sigma, IBM Rational Suite, JIRA