SUMMARY:

• Confidential specializes in procure to pay processes. He has over 17 years of experience of which 12 years he has been employed with Big 4 Consulting firms.
• Confidential has implemented procurement/payables best practices, performed spend analysis, developed Confidential strategy, streamlined vendor management, aligned IT strategy with business strategy, planned ERP implementations executed full life - cycle implementations & implemented governance for major Retail, Communication/High Tech, HealthCare, Education, Manufacturing & Federal clients.
• He has performed wide range of implementation roles which includes leading Process Design workshops & Requirement Gathering sessions, leading Development & Testing phases and managing the PMO using proven methodologies & tools.
• He has 14 years of E2E implementation experience with Oracle EBS and have performed till date 10 full life cycle implementations.
• Confidential has extensive functional/technical, integration and conversion experiences in Oracle Applications(11i/12) & Maximo 7.0. He has hands-on functional expertise in Financial & Supply Chain processes specifically in Order to Cash & Procure to Pay.
• As a solution architect he has sized end to end solutions worth over 15M dollars. Confidential has utilized his procurement expertise for several Management Consulting initiatives particularly in the merger & acquisition (M&A) space.
• He has been acknowledged as an SMS in Confidential implementations.
• Confidential brings with him strong IT development management (with offshore model) & program management experiences using proven methodologies, tools.
• He has a proven track record in sales pursuits, responding to RFI/RFPs.
• He has successfully managed relationships & expectations with key client personnel like SVPs, VP, CPOs & Directors during sales & delivery cycles.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ORACLE APPS(R11i/12): PO, iProcurement, AP, OM, Advanced Pricing, AR, Inventory, GL, Advanced Procurement, Contracts, Punchout, iSupplier, Vertex, AME, Supplier Scheduling, e-Commerce Gateway, MS/MRP, Oracle Workflow, Application Developer, Oracle Business Accelerators, OBIEE/A, SOA & System Administration.

MAXIMO 7.0/7.5: Purchasing, Maximo Enterprise Architecture(MEA) SOA.

TOOLS: PL/SQL, Database Package & Procedure, SQL*LOADER, SQL Plus, SQL Navigator/Toad, APPWORXGentran Confidential Translator, Unix(shell scripts), DataStage 6.0/7/5(an ETL Tool), FORMS, REPORTS 6iDiscoverer.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Procure to Pay Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements using the Spend Category analysis matrix
• Defined Procurement catalog processes
• Configured the requisition & the PO approval hierarchies
• Defined and configured usage of ASLs and Blanket Purchase Agreements for inventory items
• Configured EBtax to calculate recoverable and non-recoverable tax on the PO lines implementing complex VAT and Canadian tax rules
• Defined effective Supplier score carding process by using Supplier Lifecycle Management
• Defined the UAT test scenarios and validated them with the key end users
• Planned the test cycle executions and defined success criteria
• Managed offshore team for developing RICE objects
• Advised on policies, procedures and procurement governance

Confidential

Procure to Pay (P2P) Project/Process Lead

Responsibilities:

• Evaluated processes in the procurement & payables department
• Defined and configured Approval hierarchies, Requisition process
• Streamlined the return processes
• Defined Procurement catalog process
• Reconciled over $30M of accruals; streamlined the Accrual Reconciliation & month-end process
• Defined the Supplier onboarding for Oracle Sourcing/iSupplier/ Confidential
• Defined usage of ASLs and Blanket Purchase Agreements
• Advised on spend analysis and ways to leverage them for sourcing and supplier management
• Defined effective Supplier score carding process by using Supplier Lifecycle Management
• Advised on policies, procedures and procurement governance

Confidential

Program Manager/ Oracle P2P Process SME

Responsibilities:

• Managed the core Maximo business team to finalize business processes, requirements and testing execution approach
• Managed the Data Conversion team to define the data cleanup and migration approach
• Managed the PaSTA team (scheduling application) for building integrations to Maximo
• Streamlined processes in the procurement department
• Streamlined vendor management & vendor return processes
• Defined & coordinated interface solutions between Oracle R12 Purchasing/iProc. and Maximo (e.g. Requisitions, POs, Receipts, Vendors, Items)
• Defined test strategy and phases including performance testing
• Defined and managed the cutover execution during go-live
• Defined business KPIs which were monitored after Go-Live

Confidential

Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• As an Confidential SME assessed Confidential capabilities, and implemented Confidential transactions related to P2P solutions like 850, 855, 856, 857, 860
• As a Program Manager implemented an Enterprise wide application which would cater to the needs of the Product Life Cycle and Benefit management
• As a P2P Process lead (Oracle EBS R11i)
• Streamlined processes across several procuring departments
• Defined and configured Approval hierarchies, Requisition process, Tax process and Month-End financial close processes
• Performed spend analysis by categories
• Streamlined vendor management & vendor returns processes
• Led discussions with Comptroller and Corporate Finance team on KPIs and Executive reporting
• Developed Migration Execution strategy & plan for a major health plan client
• Developed Risk Assessment Framework used to perform risk analysis of the future state process flows; Model Office toolkit package

Confidential

Sr. Manager, Implementations, Financial Systems

Responsibilities:

• Planned for R12 upgrade project and formalized the RFP process
• Designed process model to analyze overall process health of the acquired companies
• Markview 6.4 upgrade project: Upgrade Markview (scanning application) from 5.0 to 6.4
• Finalized the SOW with the 3rd party implementer (170 Systems)
• Led the process workshops to gather requirements from the key business users.
• Defined the End To End solution between Oracle AP & Markview6.4
• Hands on involvement in the Markview Infrastructure design & procurement
• Led teams of ETL developer during the design, development and testing phase
• Created End To End project plan for the engagement and manage the project to the plan
• Strategic Employer Initiative: Define solution to automatically track student associations with Employers (Strategic Accounts) to determine appropriate discounts for Tuition, Resource and Assessment invoice types
• Oracle Cash Management(R12): Delivered on time and within budget the Oracle Cash Management for Desktop Deposit & Credit Card transaction reconciliations

Confidential

Maximo Integration Architect

Responsibilities:

• Designed the End To End integration solution utilizing the Maximo Enterprise Architecture(MEA) between Maximo 7.0 & ERP applications
• Defined object structures in Maximo 7.0 like ITEMS, Companies, PRs, POs
• Designed & implemented real time outbound interfaces like ITEMS, Purchase Requisitions using Publish Channels in MEA
• Designed & implemented real time inbound interfaces like Vendors, Purchase Orders using Enterprise Services in MEA
• Defined integration controls, migration components & object definitions for the E2E integration solution
• Developed Integration solution template and integrated with other systems using Datastage (an ETL tool)
• Defined & executed test scripts for the solution

Confidential

Manager, System Integration & Technology, Supply Chain

Responsibilities:

• Streamlined processes of 18 procuring departments and one payable department
• Configured Purchasing & Payable modules
• Defined & coordinated interface solutions using ETL as the integration tool
• Defined Approval hierarchy, Requisition process, P-Card, SG Agreement, Tax, Month-End Close Processes
• Conducted Conference Room Pilot
• Streamlined the vendor management process
• Led discussions with Comptroller and Corporate Finance team related to Business Intelligence strategy including Balanced Scorecard, KPIs and Executive reporting
• Managed a team of 30 people including client personnel
• Managed relationship with key client personnel CPO, Comptrollers & Department Directors (equivalent to SVP)

Confidential

Functional Lead

Responsibilities:

• Finalized catalog management solutions e.g. Punchout
• Implemented Business Intelligence reporting covering all aspects of procurement analytics across retail stores & DCs
• Involved in the selling of iProcurement deployment project for over $1M

Confidential

Functional Lead

Responsibilities:

• Configured Punchout for Catalog Management
• Configured iSupplier Portal, e-Commerce gateway
• Supervised the definition of a Procurement Organization for indirect procurement
• Defined the Electronic Invoicing Solution (EIS)
• Defined policies, procedures and procurement governance
• Finalized spend analysis
• Managed the design and delivery of Business Intelligence reporting
• Managed a client team of 10 personnel

Confidential

Process/Design Lead

Responsibilities:

• Conducted Process Workshops, CRPs in the SCM workstream
• Gathered detailed requirements & identified gaps
• Configured Order Types & Order Cycles & Advanced Pricing
• Managed 32 complex processes across OTC/CRM/Finance workstreams
• Estimated over 180 design components
• Instrumental in securing the Analyze & Design phase

Confidential

Procure To Pay Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Structured the software selection/RFP process
• Defined BI strategy including Executive reporting for procurement metrics
• Defined spend analysis, P&Ps, Vendor Management process
• Assessed Confidential capability
• Evaluated functionalities of software packages (Ariba & Oracle JDE 8.12 & Oracle iProc R11i)
• Estimated end-to-end solution worth $15M (including HW/SW)
• Coordinated the infrastructure outsourcing estimations
• Managed relationships with key client personnel CPO, VP of IT & Directors

Confidential

Procure To Pay Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Architected the S2P integration solution
• Assessed Confidential capability & Business Intelligence (DBI) requirements/tools for sourcing analytics
• Assessed the functionality of Oracle iProc (R12) and Ariba
• Presented the S2P assessment to the senior client personnel CPO, VP of IT & Directors

Confidential

Development Manager

Responsibilities:

• Planned, Estimated & Ramped Up the dev team
• Managed dev team of (30+ resources) both onshore/offshore
• Spearheaded the development standards
• Solution QA’d the FDs for interfaces, extensions, reports
• Finalized Confidential test approach