SUMMARY:

• Over seventeen years in SAP consulting in Senior Management and Leadership roles in with a proven track record in successfully managing and leading large multidisciplinary cross - functional project teams and IT organizations in various industry verticals and environments.
• Proven ability to manage people, processes and projects, a seasoned professional with a valuable blend of management and technical skills
• Hi-tech, Pharmaceuticals and Life sciences, Food, Beverages and Agriculture, Automotive, Chemicals, Oil and Gas, Printing Solutions, Electronics, Aircraft and Defense, Airlines and Media and Entertainment
• Managed large projects for data migration, data governance, data stewardship, data quality, data transformation, cleansing and standardization for large scale SAP Projects
• Developed Project Plans, Risk Mitigation Plans, Communication Plan, Managed Tasks, Resources and timelines
• Managed commercial and contractual aspects of projects (scope, timelines, resources and budgets)
• Building Teams, Establishing Processes, Procedures, Best Practices and Documentation Standards, establishing KPIs
• Strong collaboration, facilitation, and conflict management skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills in a fast-paced environment
• Coordinated and collaborated with cross-functional/work stream leads in requirement gathering, planning, problem solving, issue resolution
• Managed client relationships at various levels
• Managing third-party vendors/integrators
• Managed project(s) that are complex through all phases; set guidelines for Integrated Project Plans; manage resource estimates/levels across the project, review and provide timely feedback to senior management, and evaluate project team staff
• Liaison between business, technical, and other project teams, Client BPOs, Delegation and overall responsibility for managing teams and deliverables
• On-site/Off-shore Coordination, Resourcing Plans and Budget Management
• Collaborated with Cross-functional teams to execute decisions on various topics such as scope, schedule, resource allocation, etc
• Worked with PMO to establish KPIs holding teams accountable to goals, budgets, timelines and SLAs
• Conducted review meetings to monitor progress, address issues, risks, etc.
• Data Management
• Data Migration/ETL Processes
• Extraction - Working with Legacy teams to understand Legacy Data Systems, Defining Data extraction timing, data cuts, etc
• Cleansing - Defining Cleansing Strategy, Working with Legacy Data Owners and Data Services/Technical team to drive towards achieving 100% clean data in SAP
• Load - Managing Load routine development, testing. Defining Development Standards and ensuring adherence to the same
• Validation - Defining Data Validation Strategy, Developing Validation Plan and Managing Data Validation through multiple test cycles and finally during cutover
• Master Data Archiving - Strategy and Execution
• Cutover Planning and Execution
• Enterprise Data Management - MDM/MDG
• Developed master data organizations for data management services (create, change, delete, archive, standards, cleanse, authorize and manage) across operating companies for Master Data Objects - Customer, Vendor, Material
• Working with BPOs and Data Owners to develop Enterprise Data Management Strategy, Data Governance Policies. Developed Data Standards
• Provided functional direction and assistance to the delivery team in designing the client business model,
• Provided functional assistance in developing data standards & data management processes across client's worldwide businesses, coordinate stakeholder buy in and sign off of all data standards and data management processes
• Managing scope changes and issue resolution
• Status reporting to stake-holders, senior management
• Ability to engage C Level presentations and Stakeholder Management
• Pre-sales support
• Big4 experience

SAP MODULES,TOOLS,METHODOLOGIES:

Modules: SD, MM, PP, FI/CO, SM, SRM, GTM, TM, SCM

Tools: LSMW, BODS, BODS on HANA

Methodologies: ASAP, A2O, RDS

Professional Experience:

SAP Master Data Mgmt/Migration

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed Data Migration Strategy, Data Quality Management-Guidelines and Approach, Data Profiling and Cleansing Plan, Data Validation Plan and Approach
• Creating Data Migration Project Plan, Data Cleansing Approach and Data Validation Approach and Processes around them
• Worked closely with Legacy Data Owners driving data profiling, cleansing to ready data for Migration
• Coordinated with developers to build and deliver load objects
• Coordinated with BASIS team to build MOCK Load clients

Modules: O2C, P2P, FICO, TM. SCM, TM, GTM

Global Data Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developing Data Migration Strategy, Data Quality Management-Guidelines and Approach, Data Profiling and Cleansing Plan, Data Validation Plan and Approach
• Creating Data Migration Project Plan, Data Cleansing Approach and Data Validation Approach and Processes around them
• Working with Legacy Data Owners/BPOs providing direction on Data Profiling, Cleansing, Transformation rules
• Working with developers and team leads to accomplish tasks, testing, loads, etc to ensure timely completion of assigned tasks
• Managing Integrators/Vendors and contractors
• Resources - interviewing, onboarding, exit, allocation, etc.
• Tasks - Drive towards timely delivery, driving quality standards, etc.
• Conducted weekly meetings to review progress, issue resolution, etc.
• Driving Quality Standards in documentation, development, etc
• Facilitating requirement gathering sessions between SAP functional teams and legacy BPO’s leading to the creation of Functional/Technical Specifications, Data Mapping, etc
• Working with and facilitating Data Cleansing and Data Validation Sessions
• Managing development tasks, resources, timeline, etc
• Managing multiple load cycles through project lifecycle
• Working with cross-functional teams
• Interfacing with BASIS to build Data Migration clients, transport management, load schedules, etc
• Managed Master Data Archiving
• Developed PoC on Data Archival and presented to Global Steering Committee
• Developed Data Archiving Strategy, presented to the PMO to secure approval
• Managed select resources to a plan to successfully execute
• Interfaced with Testing teams
• Developed Data Migration Cutover Project Plan, assisted in cutover activities
• Status reporting to the PMO

Tools: BODS, HPQC, MS Project, MS Office

Sr. Managing Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Providing leadership and guidance for Global SAP rollout project
• Developed Data Migration Strategy, Data Quality Management-Guidelines and Approach, Data Validation Plan and Approach
• Facilitated requirement gathering sessions SAP functional teams and legacy BPO’s leading to the creation of Functional/Technical Specifications, Data Mapping, etc
• Defined and Implemented Processes, Procedures and Standards to be followed during Data Migration Project Implementation
• Worked with Cross-functional team and Client BPOs AND SME’s in implementing the strategy and successfully drove data validation process
• Established KPI’s to hold holding work-stream leads accountable to goals and timelines
• Managed Data Quality, Data Cleansing and Validation Process in ECC and downstream systems like salesforce.com, BOI, ODS
• Ensured Data Integration with Salesforce.com - Mapping, Cleansing/Transformation between ECC and Salesforce.com
• Lead several workshops and town-hall meetings to present DATA QUALITY APPROACH, DATA VALIDATION PLAN to bring about business alignment on the approaches
• Ensured that the data migrated was CLEAN, TRUSTED, VALIDATED and business ready
• Provided Weekly Status report to Program Manager, Project team, etc

Tools: BODS ( Data Services ), LSMW

Confidential, Long Beach, CA

Responsibilities:

• Developed Data Migration Strategy and Approach for staggered rollouts of different BU’s - US/Canada and LATAM rollouts including Brazil, Argentina and Mexico
• Developed Data Migration Project Plan for staggered go-live
• Advised on ETL tools, supported vendor evaluation efforts
• Requirements gathering and finalization of Conversion inventory

Confidential

Data Migration Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Took over a project mired in delays and cost over-runs and quickly turned around and drove to Confidential
• Revamped Project Plan and implemented robust strategy to manage global rollouts effectively.
• Re-planned resource allocation, downsized to a lean efficient team
• Designed and developed Data Migration Strategy, Processes and Procedures to successfully manage multiple island roll-outs
• Successfully developed and managed global roll-out templates and project plan
• Managed cross-functional teams, legacy data SME’s, object inventory, resource allocation and time-line
• Managed Legacy Data Cleansing and Data Extraction
• Implemented process changes to eliminate delays, increase efficiency and mitigate risks
• Defined and implemented leap-frog approach aimed towards smoother transitions between different business units/islands phasing cutover and go-live to enable smooth transitions between the phases
• This ensured effective use of resources saving considerable time and money
• Enabled ON-TIME delivery and lowering costs.
• Successfully delivered 8 BU go-lives ON-TIME
• Status reporting
• Planning end-to-end Data Migration And Cutover plan

Tools: BODS, LSMW, BDC

Confidential, New Haven CT

Responsibilities:

• Setting and managing client expectations and allaying apprehensions
• Requirement gathering and Spec creation
• Managed Development team, cross-functional team supporting development and client testing team
• Managed testing - Unit, functional and UAT
• Established Sign-off process and executed the same
• Status reporting

Senior Managing Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project Management Oversight
• Defined project goals, scope, implementation strategy, and a project plan
• Managed Resources, Budget and Project timelines
• Facilitated requirement gathering sessions
• Managed cut-over and go-live and post production support
• Facilitated meetings with key members of Confidential ’s SAP team and evaluated business requirements
• Technical architecture, EDI, Interface Landscape, etc
• Evaluated all existing custom development objects, BI reporting needs and suggested suitable upgrade path
• Evaluated risks, initial cost and resource estimate
• Presented our discoveries, evaluations and roadmap to the Project Sponsor/Stakeholder team and won the project
• Worked with client team to understand requirements and clarify business process around EBOM creation
• Architected solution and incorporated most effective design
• Managed Delivery to automatically create/change an EBOM in PP during PGI.

Consulting Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed a team, both onsite and offshore to complete development, testing and deployment.
• Defined and developed Processes, Procedures and Project Implementation standard and monitored strict adherence to the same
• Managed RICEFW inventory and delivery of objects,
• Designed Interface Landscape between US Sugar SAP system, legacy environments and third party systems
• Data Migration
• Facilitated requirement gathering sessions
• Lead sessions to create Functional/Tech Specifications, Data Mapping, etc
• Managed Development, Testing and Load
• Managed mocks and final cut-over
• Designed and implemented complex enhancements for business processes including
• Sales Order Creation Enhancement, Delivery Creation Enhancement and
• Grower/Vendor Payment program using Dialog Programming, BAPI.
• Coordinated with business users and functional consultants to create specs and design documents

Confidential

Development Lead

Responsibilities:

• Requirements gathering, design and development of key objects in SD, SM and FI/CO, MM/PP, PLM areas
• Lead a team of developers both onsite and offshore to complete development, testing and delivery of Forms, Conversion Programs, User-exits and enhancements
• Coordinated with business users and functional consultants to create specs and design documents
• Monitored development, provided technical advice, and fine-tuned applications produced by the team.
• Issued identification and problem resolution
• Developed Data conversion strategy and led the team through Data conversion efforts including field mapping, data cleansing and data validation.
• Creates specs for Data conversion, reports and forms.
• Performed data loads - Customer, Vendor, Material, Open PO’s / SO’s
• Created and implemented Integration Test Plan and procedures and led the project team through Integration testing, Cut-over and successful go-live
• Designed and Developed SO, Delivery, PO using SmartFORMS and key interface between their Order Management System to SAP using BAPI's

Confidential

Development Lead

Responsibilities:

• Requirements gathering, design and development of key development objects in MM/PP, SD, FI/CO and BI areas
• Oversaw all development and testing, onsite and offshore, including problem identification and resolution, technical mentoring, and providing technical solutions for the teams
• Coordinated with business users and functional consultants to create specs and design documents
• Designed and developed critical interfaces between SAP and Downstream Systems, Forms and Enhancements, SSO for enterprise portal applications
• Lead Data Migration Efforts in MM area - Vendor Master, Materials and Open POs
• Created Technical Specifications based on Functional Specifications
• Co-ordinated with developers to develop load programs, LSMW objects
• Provided guidance, QA, support

Technical Project Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed the creation and delivery of development objects, primarily key inbound and outbound interfaces.
• Managed the development team onsite and offshore.
• Developed and managed Technical Project Plan, development inventory, and Quality Assurance.
• Issue identification and problem resolution.

Confidential

Development Manager

Responsibilities:

• Successfully led development of RICEF objects for both phases of the project (Logistics, FI/CO-PA).
• Managed budget, resources and project delivery.
• Successfully delivered both implementation phases on-time and on-budget.
• Lead requirement gathering sessions, creating specifications and sending them offshore for development
• Created engagement project plan and managed development teams in the US and in Shanghai, China
• Developed Data conversion Plan and performed DATA MIGRATION/Conversions using LSMW, BDC, CATT, Direct Input method.
• Key Objects included - Customer Master, Vendor Master, Material Master nd Transactional Data
• Designed and developed SAPScripts, Reports, Interfaces, etc
• Production support after go-live.
• Defined Cutover strategy and successfully led the project team mock cut-over,cut-over and go-live