SUMMARY

• Versatile IT professional with vast knowledge of Enterprise Project Lifecycle methodology and strong background in project management, testing, Confidential and application support.
• Very conversant in SAPs ASAP methodology and other Software Development Life Cycles such as traditional Waterfall, Agile, and V - Model.
• Has more than 15 plus years of experience of which over 10 years leading the team through all phases of implementation - blueprinting (requirements gathering & gap analysis), realization (design, development & test), go-live and post implementation support.
• Highly motivated individual with a willingness to learn new skills and take more responsibility and capable of working independently and as well as in a team.
• Excellent working knowledge in SAP ECC and S4 HANA Simple Logistics 1709 with hands on experience in SAP MM, SAP MDG and other integrated work processes.
• Have experience leading the team from different geographies and cross culture and in developing test plan, test strategy, system inputs & outputs, limitations, test phase entry and exit criteria to facilitate manual and automated testing of enterprise applications through all phases of the testing cycle.
• Extensively used testing tools such as HP-QC or HP-ALM, WorkSoft Certify to automate, manage and test application requirements.
• Have working experience in Enterprise Data Warehousing using SAP BW, Crystal Reports and SAP Business Objects along with exposure to newer visualization tools such as Power BI & Tableau.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

eRP PLATFORM: SAP R3 4.7c, ECC 6.0 Eph7 and earlier, S4 HANA 1709

ECC MODULES: MM, PS

APPLICATION MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTATION: SAP SOLUTION MANAGER 7.2 and earlier

pROJECT DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY: SDM-WATERFALL, SDM-AGILE, ASAP, V-MODEL

SOFTWARE TESTING: HP-ALM 12.3 and lower, WORKSOFT CERTIFY (TEST AUTOMATION)

DATA WAREHOUSING/ REPORTING: SAP BW 7.0/3.5, SAP BWA, SAP BW on HANA, MICROSOFT POWER BI, CRYSTAL REPORTS, SAP BUSINESS OBJECTS 6.0/XI, XCELCIUS, SAP BODS

ENtERPISE DATA MaNAGEment: INCA (Built in-house on Mainframe platform for vendor and customer data) SAP-MDG-S, MDG-C, MDG-MCMT - built using SAP-PPM for material request and change-management

DATABASE: ORACLE 9i/10g, MS SQL SERVER 2000/2005, MS ACCESS

SUPPORT TOOLS: SERVICE NOW, ISM, IBM-MAXIMO

OTHER: MICROSOFT OFFICE, WINDOWS OS, MS SHAREPOINT, MS PROJECT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lead Consultant Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Currently leading the SAP S/4 HANA 1709 migration project for MM Sourcing and Procurement Business Process.
• Readiness Assessment
• Prepare and present the process improvements with S/4HANA 1709 Best Practices to the business in the area of Source To Pay.
• Identify the gaps in the design and suggested simplified solutions to save cost and time.
• Identify S/4HANA designs, configuration and implementations relevant to STP.
• Identity processes in Source To Pay for Fiori enablement
• Work closely with the development team and the RICEF team to identify custom development objects and strategize the best option for migration.
• Lead or participate in the formulation and execution of Source To Pay related IS projects, including business needs assessments, scope definition, architecture, estimate preparation, risk identification, timelines and implementation strategies.
• Play a lead role in the change control process responsible for reviewing the validity of the change and estimating the work effort needed for the changes or improvements in the Source To Pay work process.
• Lead the technical team with System Architecture development and support efforts.
• Accountable for ensuring that the functional and technical designs meet requirements, conform to company’s architecture standards, and optimize productivity and long-term cost of ownership
• Creatively collaborate with the Global IMPL leaders, Master Data Systems Architect, Product Owners, and Domain leaders to define and select effective solutions.

Lead Architect (Sr. Manager)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee implementation of MM designs and run the business activities. This includes configuration as well as customization (RICEF).
• Responsible for providing functional design and configuration direction for the delivery of SAP-based solutions to meet business needs and requirements
• Serve as a project lead and technical resource for small through large improvement projects regionally and/or globally with a primary focus is to support the customization and implementation of SAP MM designs to meet the business requirements of the company and joint venture business.
• Serve on the project team as the Subject Matter Expert to help identify and select new software packages or products.
• Serve as systems consultant during divestiture and acquisition of business units.
• Collaborate with the Confidential team for master data and master data design requirements for Vendor and Material master that impacted Purchasing.
• Manage relationships with third-party solution partners, participate and collaborate with all data stakeholders, in the system designs, architecture principles, policies, standards and procedures
• Responsible for Providing technical review of the teams work and impart coaching or mentoring or corrective feedback.
• Manage and co-owned the yearly Investment plan budget for Source To Pay.
• Collaborated with the Business Process Lead and OA specialist in defining Opportunity Analysis and Value Analysis in conjunction to yearly Investment Planning process.
• Work closely with the DOW leadership to implement the defined Source To Pay strategy and data governance for data migration in association with projects pertaining to acquisition, merger and divestitures.
• Work closely with Architects Specialist, I&I Specialists & developers in the team to maintain and implement configuration and enhancements pertaining to Confidential work process.
• This covers but not limited to MM Organizational elements and MM objects such as Source List, Purchase Info Record, Service Master, Scheduling Agreement, RFQ, Outline Agreement, PR, PO, Release Procedures for PR, PO and Contracts, Control Parameters, Message Types, Message Determination Schema for Output Control of Purchasing documents, Access Sequences, Pricing Procedures etc.
• Worked with the strategic IT consulting partner vendor to implement SAP Ariba and the interface to ECC.
• Identify test data and create as needed to facilitate testing.
• Identified test scenarios for automation and implemented automation using WorkSoft Certify
• Perform test execution in different test phases of the implementation life cycle.
• Support testing for production issues.
• Collaborate with Business Partners to understand business processes.
• Support testers during Product Test and User Acceptance Testing.

Lead Architect (Sr. Manager)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing all aspects of enterprise data and syndication to other systems such as ECC and Data Warehouses
• Lead and oversee implementation of EDM-vendor designs and run the business activities
• Manage relationships with third-party solution partners, participate and collaborate with all data stakeholders, in the definition of enterprise data & information architecture principles, policies, standards and procedures
• Collaborate with specialists and developers in the team to create technical requirements into a usable enterprise data & information architecture
• Work closely with the top management to implement the defined Confidential strategy and data governance for data migration
• Manage all phases of testing on multiple projects, as well as provide support for end-to-end user acceptance testing.
• Manage Testers & collaborate with Implementation Leads & upper management in delivering test services to the program including test planning, specification, development, execution, and defect management activities.
• Work with the workstream business leaders in defining the exit criteria and work arounds.
• Report on testing progress & defect management to program leadership
• Responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the master data hubs and syndication of enterprise data across multiple applications
• Ensure data security in regard to IP and compliance processes are implemented and practiced
• Identify and collaborate with the data quality team in implementing Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) to monitor and measure data quality and process effectiveness
• Delivered to the successful Implementation of various non-DOW tenants as part of the M&A and divestiture projects by leading the configuration and enhancements designs for Vendor Master.
• Collaborated with the business process lead and business process experts in EDM and cross functional teams for requirements gathering, design review and sign-off.
• Designed and Implemented the configuration and custom enhancements to integrate SAP Ariba with the Vendor Master Data object in ECC
• Implemented the design for Thailand VAT - Brach Codes as part of the ECC Enhancement pack 7 upgrade projects
• Collaborated with cross-culture/cross-functional teams in different regions such as Europe, Latin America and Asia pacific for implementation and RTB support.
• Participated in Solution Fit/Forward deployment sessions, gap & decision meetings, governance meetings etc. for Vendor designs
• Developed and maintained the gap & decision and functional specification documents for Vendor Master designs implemented for DOW and non-DOW tenants in SAP Solution Manager
• Participated and lead the team in pre/post data validation as part of the data readiness and migration activities associated with each implementation
• Lead the design and development of semi-automated data validation process using MS Access which significantly reduced manual efforts
• Lead the technical team during Component Test (CT) & Assembly Test (AT) and participated in Product Test (PT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Lead application readiness activities for implementation during implementation and provided L4 technical support during Cut-over simulation and Hypercare.
• Provided Level 3/4 (Run the Business) Support which includes mass change requests using WinShuttle, Master Data extensions and other individual data maintenance activities
• Maintained and Administered the SharePoint site for the EDM-Vendor team
• Developed Job Aids and training materials for newly implemented functionalities. Conducted demo and training sessions for the end users and BPSC resources.
• Developed MET and MOC documents for specific designs and work process and also participated in document reviews.
• Identify test data and create as needed to facilitate testing.
• Identified test scenarios for automation and implemented automation using WorkSoft Certify
• Perform test execution in different test phases of the implementation life cycle.
• Support testing for production issues.
• Collaborate with Business Partners to understand business processes.
• Support testers during Product Test and User Acceptance Testing

Global Test Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manage all phases of testing for Confidential &S workstream during the NEA MS2 implementation project. This included working closely with the ITT Leadership and other workstream Test Leads to define test strategy, expectations and exit criteria.
• Manage all phases of testing for the EDM workstream during the NEA MS3 through NEA MS4/5 implementation project. This included working closely with the ITT Leadership and other workstream Test Leads to define test strategy, expectations and exit criteria.
• Manage Testers & collaborate with Implementation Leads & upper management in delivering test services to the program including test planning, specification, development, execution, and defect management activities. in document reviews.
• Identify test data and create as needed to facilitate testing.
• Perform test execution in different test phases of the implementation life cycle.
• Support testing for production issues.
• Collaborate with Business Partners to understand business processes.
• Support testers during Product Test and User Acceptance Testing
• Identified test scenarios for automation and implemented automation using WorkSoft Certify
• Act as the defect triage for the workstream.
• Manage and drive defect resolution.
• Host Test Kick off sessions and daily defect management/ hand-off calls.
• Create Job Aids, training materials and train testers on who to use ALM.
• Work with the workstream business leaders in defining work arounds for unresolved system defects.
• Report on testing progress & defect management to program leadership using ALM dashboards and Excel charts.

Front-End Sr. Architect & Test Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Delivered to the successful implementation of Purchase To Pay reports using SAP BW for the migration of Heritage Rohm & Haas chemical company into the DOW Next Enterprise Architecture platform after acquisition
• Successfully delivered reports in mySAP SRM, Contract, Services, APAY and Purchase Orders
• Participated in all phases of the development life-cycle (Blueprinting, Realization, Final Preparation and Go Live & Support
• Collaborated with Business Partners for requirements gathering and performed fit-gap analysis
• Developed gap & decision documents for gaps identified and participated in governance review sessions
• Developed functional documentation for approved gaps
• Collaborated with the BW back-end architects for the design and development of the reporting multi-providers and ETL
• Implemented the OpenHub Services interface out of BW for Emptoris (an application used by Rohm & Haas for expense reporting)
• Performed Component testing, prepared report technical specifications and on-line documentations to publish on the enterprise portal.
• Collected and managed BW query transports for the team
• Created Job Aids and trained new team members on BW Query Designer
• Identify test data and create as needed to facilitate testing.
• Identified test scenarios for automation and implemented automation using WorkSoft Certify
• Perform test execution in different test phases of the implementation life cycle.
• Support testing for production issues.
• Collaborate with Business Partners to understand business processes.
• Support testers during Product Test and User Acceptance Testing