SUMMARY:

• SAP Functional Consultant with experience of Implementation, Pre - Sales, Supply Chain Modeling, Requirement Gathering, Post Production Support, in Automobile, FMCG, Pharmaceutical, Retail and Steel.
• Currently working as the Strategic Sourcing SAP Ariba Specialist driving solution design, development, testing, and implementation activities
• Working as a liaison between the Procurement and IT team for evolving business requirements to be successfully translated into technical requirements.
• On-Demand exposure in Ariba Sourcing -RFI/RFP, Contract Workspace, Spend Analysis, Core Administration, Spend Analysis, Template Design.
• Designed the Project templates based on the variables like Routing for approvals / negotiations, access control and conditions and the business need of each project.
• Helped organization to achieve a reduction of 30% in the turnaround time for sourcing events using SAP Ariba for Contract Management, Sourcing and Spend analysis.
• Designed the Contract Process Flow for the Indirect Procurement team integrating SAP Ariba and DocuSign.
• Successful stint as a Supply Chain Process Consultant with Consulting firms in the previous roles for major Supply Chain / IT Projects.

SOFTWARE SKILLS / TOOLS/ TECHNIQUES:

• SAP Ariba
• SAP APO/ SNC/MM
• Solution Manager
• HPQC
• SharePoint
• MS VISIO
• MS EXCEL
• 5 Why Technique.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Managing, organizing, planning and delivering projects and/or programs to effectively develop and manage procurement initiatives, vendors and strategic sourcing projects to drive overall Procurement savings strategy for Supplies, Packaging, Utilities.
• Conducted SAP Ariba Sourcing and Contracts hands on training for multiple teams .
• Responsible to make sure all Sourcing events and Contracts are created and completed through SAP Ariba.
• Working with the IT team to resolve Change Requests in SAP Ariba, based on the evolving business needs
• Provide System Administrative support including managing Groups, Roles, Permissions
• Configuration of the Sourcing Templates for the Distinct Sourcing needs per categories.
• Leading Digitization of the Sourcing and Contract management process resulting in reduction of maverick spend, increasing internal compliance and increasing spend under management.
• 6-Step Sourcing Methodology to analyze expenditure base, identify cost reduction projects, perform market analyses, recommend and execute short- and long-term sourcing strategies with defined risk/benefit analysis, and conduct competitive sourcing events.
• Develop, issue and analyze RFI and Request for Proposals (RFP) in conjunction with the Business Owners and other stakeholders.
• Part of the Supplier Relationship Management Program with key suppliers including metrics, performance goals, and improvement initiatives
• Designed the Contract Process map for the Indirect procurement team.

Confidential

Supply Chain Planning Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked for the seamless integration of the Business Processes in the new IT environment.
• Closely worked with the technical team to resolve the issues and working on new customizations.
• Site visits and lead multiple workshops at Germany plant with end users for implementing world class Supply Chain best practices.
• Responsible for Configuration Management of the Process Documents, Design Documents and the Requirement Specifications.
• Risk Management through timely and effective resolution of the issues.
• Worked for building Organizational Capabilities by building Knowledge Repository for Supply Chain Excellence

Confidential

Supply Chain Process Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Conducting & facilitating multiple workshops for business requirement gathering.
• Lead & applied Ascendant methodology for a technology enabled business transformation.
• Lead responsible for Risk Management on project. Maintained the SLA’s for raised issues and giving proper documentation across the tools used by Confidential and the Client.
• Responsible for maintaining the Supply Chain KPI’s at the standard level.
• Designed & developed various Functional Requirement Specifications based on business requirements.
• Managed the complete QA-Test cycle for responsible business objects from designing business scenarios to test cases, scripts & execution.

Confidential

Supply Chain Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated & conducted multiple workshops with power business users to gather and establish As-Is Supply Chain Processes.
• Identification of Stakeholders for Cross functional requirement gathering from members in Procurement, Raw Material Planning, Purchasing and Shipping.
• Responsible to update tasks & activities in project plan & in PMO meetings from Supply Chain team perspective.

Confidential

Supply Chain Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Driving the management team for regular meeting cadence and discussions for base lining the business processes.
• Establish KPIs for the supply chain like Cost to sales Ratio, Damage Ratio, People to Sales Ratio and Cycle time of Order Processing

Confidential

PLM Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the team of PTC and Confidential to do a requirement analysis at the client for the PLM (Product Life Cycle Management)
• Exhaustive comparison of the available vendors in PLM and SWOT analysis for each of them.
• The analysis served as the pre-sales pitching activity for the PLM in Confidential Mumbai Involve the management team in the meetings and discussions for base lining the business processes
• Inventory classification, cost benefit analysis and facility planning were the major achievements of the assignment
• Requirement analysis of -Facilities, Information, Transportation & Inventory for Tele-Retailing.
• Designing a Centralized Distribution Facility:
• Lay out & Storage System based on ABC Classification & Order picking approach
• Reduced bull whip effect