PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Principal Oracle EBS/Business Process Consultant and Industry professional with 18+ years of experience in IT consulting and Manufacturing industries, which includes
• 15+ years in Oracle EBS Consulting, as a professional, fulfilling various roles including Project Manager, Senior Solution Architect, Principal Consultant, Senior Functional Consultant
• 6 End to End implementation and multiple roll - out experiences as a part of various engagements with Global footprints (Americas, Europe and APAC)
• 2 long serving support engagements
• Currently working as a SME for Supply Chain Planning, Manufacturing and Distribution domains in Confidential Technologies, for their Global Oracle Transformation program - Responsible for Overseeing, Architecting and Approving Module design, Build/Approve Process Flows/Maps, Evaluate and Approve true gaps, Approve Functional/Technical designs, Lead CRPs
• Onsite and Client facing experience in multiple geographies
• Worked on R12/11i Implementation and Rollout Projects
• Experience in managing multiple Oracle Applications Rollouts for Supply Chain Planning, Manufacturing, Distribution and Logistics
• Demonstrated experience in finalizing Solution Blue Prints, Requirements Gathering, Business Process Analysis and Re-engineering, Gap Analysis, Application Design, Configuration, Module Setup, and Test Script Generation, Work Around solutions/Customizations.
• Demonstrated ability to gather, relate, and assess data, providing recommendations by applying business knowledge and critical thinking skills.
• Strong understanding of business processes in the industry domains of Manufacturing, Healthcare, TMT, C& IP
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and proven ability to learn new technologies quickly and effectively.
• Have in-depth functional knowledge and experience in SCM, Manufacturing and Distribution Modules. (Oracle Inventory, Bills of Material, Work In Process, MES, Costing, Quality, Advanced Supply Chain Planning, MS/MRP, Capacity Planning, Order Management (Advanced Pricing, Shipping), Purchasing (iProcurement, iSupplier, Supplier Scheduling), Warehouse Management, Enterprise Asset Management)
• Excellent communication & stakeholder management skills. Accomplished communicator skilled in building and strengthening relationships across functions to drive cohesive, strategic operations.
• Good user training skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Oracle E-business: Oracle SCM & Manufacturing and Distribution Modules. (Oracle Inventory, Bills of Material, Work In Process, MES, Costing, Quality, Advanced Supply Chain Planning, MS/MRP, Capacity Planning, Order Management (Advanced Pricing, Shipping), Purchasing (iProcurement, iSupplier, Supplier Scheduling), Warehouse Management, Enterprise Asset Management)

Tools: MS-Office, MS Visio, Remedy, Clarify, Service Now

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Lead Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Business consulting with client's core team and Process Owners to understand in depth about the client's b usiness processes and client's system architecture.
• Provide strategic guidance to improve and enhance client business processes and systems, help them align with industry best practices for competitive advantage and accomplishment of long term goals
• Modernize client’s existing legacy processes and systems, help them embrace latest technology platform, systems, processes and ideas.
• Analyzing the functional/technical requirements and extracting those requirements of architectural significance
• Facilitating future design sessions/workshops, performing fit/gap analysis, and provide application capability roadmaps
• Lead in formulating solution structure which will meet the various requirements, balancing the goals and constraints on the solution against the Enterprise direction
• Communicating the architecture - making sure that everyone understands the architecture by avoiding different viewpoints of architecture/solutions
• Review of all Configuration, Architecture and RICE related design components
• Help in establishing integrations with other Enterprise applications, 3rd party, and legacy systems
• Assist in establishing the Data/Configuration Standards (Enterprise & Local)
• Support the Business Process to ensure the alignment with enterprise Business Process Architecture
• Help in identifying and resolving issues identified during project execution

Modules Involved: R12.1.3 MES

Confidential

MMI Boulder

Responsibilities:

• Project Kickoff up till Discovery Recommendations
• Requirements discussion with process champions and documentation
• Demonstration of key features of Oracle MES as applicable to Confidential Process/MMI
• Study, Analysis, Review and Documentation of AS-IS and TO-BE processes
• Fit-Gap analysis and documentation
• Discovery Evaluation, Solution Recommendations and Documentation
• Project Timeline, Effort & Cost estimation for implementation

Modules Involved: R12.1.3 INV, ENG, BOM, WIP, Costing, ASCP, Order Management, Advanced Pricing, Purchasing, Quality

Encore Oracle Implementation

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Established myself as a key process consultant for DTB track in this Global Oracle Implementation
• Was completely responsible for the Design, Requirements study and Testing execution of Supply Chain and Manufacturing functions for Demand to Build track
• Was completely responsible for the customizations involved in Demand to Build track
• Supported all CRPs (CRP1, CRP2, CRP3 and CRP4) across EU
• Lead end to end testing of Demand to Build modules during SIT and UAT testing phase.
• Driven the conversion data validation calls for all CRPs
• Lead Train the trainer (TTT) sessions and Imparted user trainings in Demand to Build and other process trainings
• As a part of Cut over and Go-Live activity have driven the Configurations & Setup validation activity in Production environment. Also have driven the conversion data validation activity.
• Ensured a smooth Go-Live

Modules Involved: R12 INV, BOM, WIP, Average Costing, ASCP, MS/MRP, Demand Planning, Order Management, Procurement, 3rd Party system interface

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Key Process Consultant for SPE track in this Global Oracle Implementation
• Lead implementation of SCM, Planning and Manufacturing modules
• Supported all CRPs (CRP1, CRP2, CRP3 and CRP4) across regions
• Supported testing phases SIT and UAT
• Driven the conversion data validation calls for all CRPs
• Prepared the maximum number of User Procedure Documents (UPDs)
• Imparted user trainings on SPE and other process trainings
• As a part of Cut over and Go-Live activity have lead the Configurations & Setup validation activity in Production environment. I have also lead the conversion data validation activity

Modules Involved: R12 INV, BOM, WIP, MES, Costing, ASCP, S & OP, Demantra, Order Management, Procurement, WMS, SoD, 3rd Party system interface

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managing a team size of 12
• Involved in Estimation, Project Plan, Staffing, Ramp up, SOW preparation, Resource allocation and Utilization, Progress Status reporting to the client and to the internal management
• Lead implementation of SCM, Planning and Manufacturing modules
• Involved in Documentation review
• As an SME involving in Analysis phase for definition of Roles and Responsibilities based on the SoD (Segregation of Duties) and Conflicting functions to comply with SOX.

Modules Involved: 11.5.10 INV, ENG, BOM, WIP, MES, Oracle Shop Floor Manufacturing, EAM, ASCP, DRP, Order Management, Procurement, WMS, Sourcing, Release Management, Costing

Oracle Production Support

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Effectively managed Small to Medium sized teams across different Business Units (BU)
• Maintained weekly metrics which contains critical data like Total SRs, Critical SRs, Resolved vs. Pending data, Resolution time - efficiency graph, Root Cause & Problem SRs, Repetitive SRs, etc.
• Effective Customer communication through regular client calls covering all major activities & issues which include Weekly metrics discussion, Monthly client communication, Month end and Period close communication, TAR Support communication, PMO Calls for patching etc.
• Resolved numerous Critical Functional and Technical Issues in Manufacturing and Distribution Modules
• Established WAR rooms during every month end to smoothen period closing process which is a very important business activity for Confidential
• Provided lot of trainings pertinent to the domain for effective knowledge transition.
• Has always been for the team, helped them to resolve complex critical issues and has led from the front.

Modules Involved: 11.5.9 INV, BOM, WIP, Quality, MS/MRP, Capacity Planning, DRP, OM, PO, WMS

Oracle Production Support

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Understand dependencies, time lines and Project Scheduling
• Resolution of Functional and Technical Issues in Manufacturing and Distribution Modules System Problem Resolution (SPR)
• Create and Manage TAR’s with Oracle Support
• Period End closing support
• Critical Support during Q - Close, Year End Close and during Release.
• Systematic approach towards problem solving
• Understanding of user’s requirements through effective communication and suggested workarounds accordingly
• Quickly gained understanding of the Legacy Systems, Various Interfaces and their mapping with Oracle to prepare team for overall support.
• Done various setups that arise due to Critical Business requirements
• Maintain Incremental Documentation revisions for Setups.
• Participated in Change Control calls to move the setups and fixes from Test to Production instance.
• Participated in Global Closing Call, Emergency CC, TAR Call etc.
• Effective Knowledge Transition to PST, End users and Cross-teams.

Modules Involved: 11.5.9 INV, Purchasing, Order Management