SUMMARY:

• HiI am grown from SAP Subject Matter Expert / Business Functional Analyst, Systems Integrator, to Solutions/Design Architect, Project/Program Manager, and worked at different levels in specific to SAP ‘Sales & Distribution’, Supply Chain and ‘Logistics’ functional areas, integrating extensively within all those interfacing areas of other SAP modules including MM, FI, PP, PS, PM, QM, and number of external third party & Legacy applications as needed for enterprise business operations.
• Currently working for last 8+ years as ‘Enterprise Global SAP Solution Architect’ and responsibilities including global enterprise level end - to-end process definitions (As-is & To-be) designs, for all the value streams and linking the business through technology requirements, member of Architecture Review Board (ARB - that makes the decisions for Hardware/Software requirements), DRB (Design Review Board - Decisions for system standard vs custom developments), CCB (Change Control Board), Risks & Issues Panel, GRC Panel (Governance Risks and Compliance) inputs, ITLT (Information Technology Leadership Panel - greater than $300K decisions) inputs, among others responsibilities.
• I have worked extensively for 23+ years on global SAP projects, including current position of ‘Enterprise Global Solution Architecture’ and technical design, Planning and Deployment, production support, as Business/Functional Analyst and Systems Integrator for delivering SAP solutions including but not limited to Project/Team Management, working on new sales proposals, SOW (Scope of Work), Scope Change Management, Team Building and management.
• I have strong functional experience as I worked for different industry verticals in the multiple functional capacities prior to working on SAP, after Master's with Business Administration (MBA-Marketing). This rich industry experience has really helped me all through to understand very complex business processes while designing & delivering the SAP client requirements/solutions.
• Successfully completed the “SAP S/4 HANA 1809 Logistics Certification Training Program” with SAP partner.
• SAP Professional with 23+ years of SAP experience from SAP v3.1h to SAP ECC v6.0, SAP S/4 HANA, working with all SDLC project stages as Global Enterprise SAP Solution Architect, Project/Program Manager, from project SOW, detailed business requirements gathering & determination, business blue Printing, gap analysis, issue resolution, solution/functional designing & process re-engineering, technical designing, configuration, custom code specifications, training, realization, multiple layers of testing, cut-over, roll-out to real-time production system and post-implementation support. This is also backed by multiple years of strong domain industry experience.
• Currently working for last 8+ years as ‘Enterprise Global SAP Solution Architect’ and responsibilities including global enterprise level end-to-end process definitions (As-is & To-be) designs, for all the value streams and linking the business through technology requirements, member of Architecture Review Board (ARB - that makes the decisions for Hardware/Software requirements), DRB ((Design Review Board - Decisions for system standard vs custom developments)), CCB (Change Control Board), Risks & Issues Panel, GRC Panel (Governance Risks and Compliance) inputs, ITLT (Information Technology Leadership Panel - greater than $300K decisions) inputs, among others responsibilities.
• Successfully completed the “SAP S/4 HANA 1809 Logistics Certification Program” with SAP partner.
• Experience in managing different sized upgrade, enhancement projects, multiple full cycle implementation projects involving onshore & offshore team structure to optimize the project costs in most economic and efficient lowest possible budgets. This also involved with Solution Architecting and designing of the overall projects.
• Strong functional business process understanding, that is supported by strong Domain Experience of more than a decade with multiple industry verticals prior to working on SAP, including Pharmacy, Electrical, Electronics, Software as Service, Repetitive Manufacturing, Real Estate, Distribution, and Consumer companies after Master’s with M.B.A. (Marketing) .
• Successfully led medium/small global teams through complex program and met project goals with tough schedules and within budgets. Played design/solution architect role on global SAP assignments and including but not limited to Solution Designing, project planning, budget management, team planning and staffing, management & team communication, training, testing, change/scope management. Vertical and horizontal, project team status meetings, steering committee meetings and status updates, risk assessment & mitigation and regular periodical SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis of the project situation.
• Worked extensively with client pursuits (project proposals), oral presentations, time & cost budget estimation and staffing plans. Multiple project experience with global delivery model involving client teams, offshore functional and development teams.
• Strong working experience on SAP solutions for different Process Industries including Pharmaceutical, Diagnostics & Medical-supply, Medical Disposables, Tele-Communications, Oil & Gas, Automobile, Railroad, Electrical, Food Processing, Steel/Mill-Products, Real Estate, Agriculture and Consumer Companies. This involves make-to-stock (repetitive manufacturing), make-to-order, order-to-engineering, and high-volume warehouse environments.
• Worked as a Solution Architect, Subject Matter Expert (SME), Functional Analyst, Applications Designer, Functional Architect, Trainer, Knowledge Specialist, Instructor, Facilitator, Integrator, Team Lead and on-site PM.
• Expertise in designing the SAP solutions knowledge in Sales and Distribution (SD), QTC, OTC, SD-Pricing, SD-ATP, SD-Output, SAP-Logistics, SD-Transportation, SAP-Foreign Trade, and proficiency in all the SD interfacing areas of MM, PS, WM, PP, PM, QM, SM and FI involving extensive custom enhancements development work using user exits, routines/formulas and enhancement spots.
• Experienced in leading medium/small global teams through complex client programs and goals while implementing the designed solutions. Very detail-oriented, delivery-focused and able to motivate teams and providing detail documentation has been one of the core competencies.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY - PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - SAP:

Confidential

Enterprise Global SAP Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Worked as ‘Global Enterprise SAP Solution Architect’ under ‘Enterprise Architecture’ team for a Farmers Owned Global Agriculture Company involved in the business of Agriculture, Energy, Oil & Gas, Food & Nutrition Ingredients among others.
• Worked on Enterprise Level Architecture redesign including the SAP Solution across the enterprise for end-to-end process re-engineering.
• Worked on Energy division related Pipeline Revenue Solutions, Rack Pricing Optimization Solutions
• I was part of the SAP S/4 evaluation team, working for the Enterprise level decisions for the feasibility and selection process and determining ROI.
• I was part of the ARB (Architecture Review Board) for analyzing and approving the requested landscape/system changes and additions.
• I was part of the CCB (Change Control Board) for addressing & approving the required requested changes including PRICEFWs.
• I was part of the ERP team for analyzing and approving the requested changes.
• The job responsibilities are including and not limited to above listed areas.
• Involved with SAP S/4 1809 Global template for entire enterprise implementation in multiple phases thru SAP Activate methodology.

Confidential

Global Price Protection (PP) Solution Process & Designer

Responsibilities:

• Global Distribution Company in Technology Components - Distribution thru Supplychain, including ‘Assembly Production’ facilities and supports diversified industry verticals across the global customers.
• Worked on Vistex-Price Protection for Confidential -Vendors, for redesigning the technical solution, involving different components of SAP-Supply Chain, Logistics, OTC and Inter-Company, to streamline the end-to-end integration for creating the seamless IP (Incentives & Paybacks) processes.

Confidential

SAP SD Design & Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Global Technology Company that powers the global world travel & hospitality industry.
• Worked on this Greenfield implementation transformation project from SAP ECC 6.0 to SAP S/4 HANA. Worked on different work streams for re-designing and incorporating new requirements within SAP-SD, SAP-PS and SAP-FICO.
• Worked on the global professional services technology client for re-designing/consolidation of multiple Billing document types and Output types replacing with the global design to work for all global customer/company code requirements and standardizing the Output format-SmartForms to work for all current/future requirements.
• Involved in multiple work streams for designing and implementing additional business requirements while working with the concept of ‘Lift & Shift’ from current ECC v6.0 system to the new SAP S/4 HANA system and using SAP-ChaRMs for the change management process.
• The Agile-Sprint-Scrum project methodology process is being used for this green field implementation process.

Confidential

SAP Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Worked on global design with ‘Integration & Architecture’ team addressing all the System Landscape including integration design patterns within Confidential -SAP project.
• This involved Legacy landscape, SAP Landscape and Middle Layer technologies.
• More than 1600 + legacy systems need to be addressed in multiple releases, where most of the legacy processes will be getting on to Confidential -SAP system landscape there by retiring related legacy systems.
• In addition to general SAP & Legacy landscape architecture & integration solutions, I was specifically assigned with Demand-to-Deliver (DTD) value stream processes for about 80+ integrations-interfaces, Enhancements, Workflows; involving multiple domains of Supply (Supply SAP-MM, Distribution & Logistics SAP-SD), Logistics, and GTS), Manufacturing & Quality Management. Also involved with the domains of Customer Engagement (SAP-SD), Enterprise Asset Management (SAP-EAM), and Product & Service Delivery (SAP-PS) for integration patterns with DTD processes and Service Management (SM) processes.
• Involved with the initial designing of Material Master and processing of ECO (Engineering Change Orders) & its’ integration from legacy Manufacturing/Engineering Systems to Confidential -SAP.
• Worked on the finalization of the ‘Global Standardization’ of email templates for the ‘Workflow Approval’ process, and its’ integration in both offline & online modes.
• Worked on Global Output requirements across all domains, and scope of ‘SAP-ECC Variant Configuration’.
• Worked on initial end-to-end User Scenarios & Testing Scenarios to cover all the L4 (Level-4) processes and integration within the Confidential -SAP System landscape involving Inner Ring/Middle Layer/Outer Ring systems.
• Worked on initial P-S-D (Processes-Systems-Data) model to address the integration of systems, processes and data.

Confidential

SD Pricing Expert

Responsibilities:

• Leading Global Food Distributor & Supplier: Confidential is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare, educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home, with more than 80b+ ( Confidential 45b + newly acquired US Foods 35b +) in turn over annually.
• Working as ‘ECC-SD’ Expert on ‘Catalog Re-Design’ solution architect project assignment. The design architecture involving SD-Listings & Exclusions using very complex ‘Condition Technique’, Customer Hierarchy, Material Determination with huge complexity to deal with for 80 OPCOs/Distribution Centers and (75+ more coming in with Confidential.
• Approximate customer base of 425000 with more than 25000 product offerings.

Confidential

Logistics Lead

Responsibilities:

• Leading Global Paper & Pulp Manufacturer & Supplier (First biggest in USA and Second in the entire world): Working as ‘Logistics Functional Lead’ supporting their ongoing SAP-enhancement projects involving configuration, solutions architecture, design & development, and continuous support of live production system including Ocean Shipments and Foreign Trade.
• The activities include configuration, planning for the standardization and big global template implementation of SAP IS-Mill system to include all the 10 mills, 12 Plants and 15 Converting Centers/Central warehouses into the future SAP landscape involving other existing external systems, Baan, Bpix, and other multiple mill systems and home-grown processes.
• Configured, designed and implemented new 2013 ’Canadian Taxes’ for Canadian states of British Columbia (BC) and Prince of Edward Islands (PC)
• Managed all the Master Data requirements (MDM) to support the individual assignment requirements.

Confidential

Principal Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implemented the global template for integrating the new Japanese operations into the Global SAP Servers by re-designing the global solutions to meet the needs of Japanese market requirements.
• This has optimized their operations in terms of costs by 2/3 of the current system and thereby enhancing the Marketing and service efficiencies considerably in Asia Pacific region.
• Heavy localization has been deployed as per Japanese business requirements and the required Japanese solutions architecture enhancements and custom developments have been designed, developed and deployed successfully in the OTC processes.
• Complex Customer specific re-activated carbon processes were specifically developed for Japanese market requirements involving SD, MM, WM and PP modules.
• This assignment was operated through multiple teams from USA (Global support team), Off-shore (Bengaluru, India-Configuration & Development), and different locations from Japan-Tokyo (Central operations), Osaka (Sales Office), and Fukui (Production facility).
• Customer Master Design, configuration including data loading activities.
• Vendor Master Design, configuration, and data loading activities.
• Involved in localized credit management design and configuration as per the Japanese market requirements. Localized payment terms were designed and configured.
• Involved in all the 3PLs mapping to the Storage Locations and the design accommodated the geographical business requirements and configuration was completed to support data loading activities as part of the MM/WM processes.
• All the new Output forms are developed in SAP SmartForms and the configuration completed to support required Output Determination.
• All Master Data was monitored as part of the PM activities unit tested, integration tested, user acceptance tested and loaded into the production system as part of the Cut-over activities.
• Master Data team and the entire super users’ team were trained including all the SAP users were trained as per the training schedule as part of the preparation for the go-live.
• Security Profiles were defined, and authorizations are assigned/tested as per the business and security requirements.
• Successful go-live was scheduled with the production support and after go-live production-system enhancements.

Confidential

Functional Architect and On-site Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Re-designed, developed and successfully implemented varied automation processes for applying multiple layered discounts for the OTC processes.
• Pricing Procedure was added with additional Condition types and tested and implemented. The required supporting condition records were created.
• Additional requirements were designed thru pricing routines, on the condition types.
• The functional design was involved with complex SD and PS processes to get the required business functionality and the configuration had to be altered as required.
• These comprehensive system processes involving SAP-SD, SAP-PS, SAP-MM and SAP-FI modules and some of the sub-processes from the external third-party systems.
• The complex functional design was involved with multiple module processes to get the required business functionality and the configuration had completed and tested successfully as required.
• Enhancements were developed in User Exits SAPMV45A standard SAP program in the exit of include program MV45AFZZ.
• Pricing routines were also used to get additional requirements fulfilled in the VOFM transaction.
• Additional condition records were created for the newly created condition types.
• Manual processes of the current business processes were automated thru this project and ‘SalesLogix’ data was integrated into SAP thru fixing the current interfaces.
• Pricing condition type was added, and custom enhancement used to fix the problem.
• A detailed documentation was provided to augment the client ongoing support process.
• BizTalk system was integrated into SAP thru interfaces.
• Legacy systems were consolidated to automate the process to streamline the data into BizTalk and then into SAP. Vendor validation was completed before sending the data to SAP.
• Real time SAP Vendor data update was designed to BizTalk for validation purposes.
• Re-posting/re-submission process is designed thru a custom portal for missing /exception records.

Confidential

Logistics & SD Functional Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked as Functional solution design lead to architect the Confidential business processes in SAP.
• Worked on new SAP ECC v6.0 implementation for the part of Realization phase to integrate the external 3rd party PP system and re-design of whole new ‘Handling Unit Management’ as part of the PP-WM-SD-Logistics suite.
• Extensively worked on Pricing and added new custom fields to the pricing field catalog in SAP to enhance the standard functionality as per the business requirements.
• Pricing routines were added to the condition types to address the additional business requirements.
• Provided comprehensive system processes and re-designed some of the client key business processes including but not limited to ‘Shuttle Process’, HU management, Batch Management.
• Set-up Order-to-cash processes for MTO & MTS involving SD, MM and PP module processes.
• Set-up very complex Shipping including freight costing and Tax Determination procedures for SD and FI modules.
• A detailed Output Determination was demonstrated and set-up for different client requirements.
• All Master Data requirements for Pricing, Output were set-up as required for the business requirements.

Confidential

Logistics and SD Lead & On-site Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented Functional solution on this SAP ECC v6.0 - TMS (LeanLogistics - Transport Management System) integration project for the complex logistics direct ship business of the billion-dollar food processing company.
• In addition to managing the SAP-TMS (LeanLogistics - SAS: Software-As-Service) integration, the responsibilities included all aspects of the project, including requirements analysis, business process re-design, solution enhancement, configuration, enhancement system design, system testing, data conversion, EDI interfaces and production support.
• The solution involved multiple EDI interfaces including, EDI 210 (Invoice Posting to SAP), EDI 214 (Inbound & Outbound - POD/Shipping Status), EDI 940 (Warehouse Shipping Order to LeanLogistics - SAS Provider).
• Developed multiple enhancements and added development objects to accommodate the entirety of the solution for creating and posting the flat files on the portals for LeanLogistics to pick the files and further process as per the business requirements.
• The required changes in Master Data settings were configured and Master Data was updated as required to support the solution design.
• The unit testing and integration testing were successfully completed to deploy the solution.

Confidential

Team Lead SD & Logistics

Responsibilities:

• Provided comprehensive system analysis for several current systems, manual work processes to provide a unified solution for different business processes of OTC (Order-to-Cash) to automate most of the future system processes.
• Pain Points, Opportunities and Recommendations were listed for every process and sub-process after discussing with business in the workshops.
• Detailed workshops were conducted starting with Org structure, Customer Master, OTC processes for different Sales Order types, Consignment, Pricing, Returns, FOC Orders, Sample Orders, Trade-show Orders, Inter-Company STPO, Export Orders, Third-Party Orders, Standard Billing (and Periodic & Milestone Billing) types, Other Master Data and Service Management.
• A detailed gap analysis was done to list all the pain points, opportunities and recommendations were given while designing the future state design.

Confidential

Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Functional Solution Team Lead and designed the complex ‘Country of Origin’ processes for the global client operations involving the Licensing & Regulatory requirements for multi instance client system landscape with SAP v4.7 and SAP ECC v6.0 of this Five-billion-dollar company.
• SD, PP, MM, FI and PS modules involved and custom enhancements for the country specific requirements.
• License/Regulatory Master Data was designed and created for all the countries as part of this project.
• Regulatory validation enhancements were designed, developed and deployed successfully with user friendly master data maintenance for different countries’ licensing/regulatory changes/updates.
• COO requirements were designed as part of the characteristics of batch record of the Material Master that will be fulfilling the down side business process requirements, batch determination is configured, and batch data created.
• Sophisticated labels are designed, developed and created to support WM activities and Logistics movements internationally and still fulfill COO requirements.
• Brand new Master Data was created and loaded into SAP as per the newly designed COO Tables & Data requirements, and also the existing Master Data was updated, to support the COO solution - this was unit tested and integration tested successfully.

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Team Lead S&D

Responsibilities:

• Performed on this upgrading assignment from SAP v4.7 to SAP ECC v6.0 and integrating with new SAP-Vistex functionality for the Medical/Pharmacy industry for billbacks/chargebacks functionality.
• Billbacks/Chargebacks processes were calculated to $ 1.5 billion, for the total revenues of $ 6.5 b/year.
• Worked on all Master Data Components of Billback/Chargebacks process including Memberships and Agreements/Contracts, also worked on Claims Data and gaps in the existing processes.
• Worked on Contracts Data and its Renewal Process and identified gaps to be re-engineered for SAP design solution.
• Worked as part of the SAP-Logistics team for designing complex Delivery/Shipment Processes in ECC v6.0 system involving Transportation processes.
• Designed Global unique Bill of Lading (BOL) for all the locations with varied business requirements and country specific diagnostic equipment manufacturing regulations, to be triggered by automatic Output determination and can also be created manually.
• Designed Global Unique Master Bill of Lading (MBOL) for all locations in all countries. The automatic Output process was provided with manual option and the Master Data was created as required.
• Designed and created multiple Output routines to work with different Output types to trigger Output in different business conditions automatically.
• Master Data has been designed to support these Output conditions to trigger automatically.
• A detailed comprehensive system analysis was provided for the current system processes to map to future state processes, also current manual work processes to provide a unified solution for different business processes of OTC (Order-to-Cash) including Logistics.
• Maximum possible automation was planned during re-designing & re-engineering of futurestate system processes.

Confidential

Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Solution Architect and Functional Team Lead for end-to-end Non-Freight Revenue Management billing processes involving SAP-SD, SAP-PS, SAP-FI-Cash Applications and SAP-FSCM modules.
• Re-engineering and designing of all Non-Freight Billing Business Processes of Confidential Rail-Road Company to match SAP-SD, SAP-FI-CA, SAP-FI-FSCM and SAP-PS requirements as per the business requirements.
• Legacy Landscape integration with SAP-PS for the billable component of Cost recovery processes from other Rail Road Partners and State Authorities. This will evolve in shutting down of multiple Legacy Systems and integrating with the rest of the multiple Legacy Systems with SAP-SD and SAP-PS modules.
• Completed Blue printing, Designing, Gap Analysis, Re-Engineering, Configuration, Process Re-designing & Development, including enhancements and custom developments followed by Unit Testing and integration testing.
• Order to Fulfillment (O2F) processes were implemented for both Standard Billing & RRB (both Periodic & Milestone Billing).
• Designed complex web billing (both Periodic & Milestone Billing) process with multiple Interfaces for integrating Legacy and SAP-SD & PS modules.
• Workflow was designed involving Sales Documents & Billing (both Periodic & Milestone Billing) documents for ‘Approval Process’ including multiple thresholds and for a complex Portal for using some of the Billing Processes integrating with SAP-SD.

Confidential

Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Master Data Team Lead and has established ‘Master Data Charter’ and ‘Master Data Governance (MDG)’ team for managing all SAP-Master Data requirements of the brand-new SAP ECCv6.0 IS-Oil implementation.
• Initiated and established the new Master Data (MD) Team and structure during realization for ongoing support and maintenance. This MDG team was trained for the future live system supporting requirements.
• Fulfilled all the MD requirements for the design of Special Logistics processes of IS-Oil Mid-stream & Down-stream activities for Delivery, Shipping, Transportation and special freight pricing.
• Successfully completed all MD Configuration, Unit/Integration Testing and User training documentation.
• Worked with the Security team on Security & Authorizations management for ‘Master Data Charter’ including but not limited to Sarbanes & Oxley requirements and business requirements.
• Designed multiple forms for automating the ‘MD Management’ & approval process using ‘SAP-Adobe Forms’; later this was implemented by a third-party company.
• This custom mobile solution was integrated with the back-end systems. This Mobile solution provides a local runtime environment for the users to perform their jobs in both disconnected and connected modes to the backend centralized SAP systems. Users can store data offline on their mobile devices and then synchronize information with back-end SAP systems as needed and when connected.
• The requirements were captured, and the design was developed and proto-typed.
• The end-to-end business process was lab tested, and also demonstrated at SAP Sapphire 2007 at Atlanta, GA.

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Logistics Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked as Logistics Lead with this global client assignment involving eight business units and about 80+ Plant/Warehouse locations. Client is an Electrical Manufacturing / Distribution company for new implementation done in four phases involving 8 platforms, 80+ Plants, 51+ Warehouses and 82+ Shipping Points including Designing and Configuring the System.
• Four-phased successful go-live roll-out process, has retired 17+ legacy systems and number of manual processes.
• Involved in blue printing, designing, configuration, development, Custom objects designing & development, Unit Testing and for integration testing of end-to-end business processes.
• Provided comprehensive and unified custom solution for a very complex Serialization Process.
• Order to Fulfillment (O2F) processes were implemented in full for both B2B & B2C and for Direct Sales to Telecommunication Industry & for Military Operations.
• Designed complex special Logistics requirements including Delivery, Shipping, and Transportation, special freight requirements and a complex Freight Determination Processes & a complex Warranty processes.
• Worked on complex solutions thru Customization & Configuration to automate the Supply Chain processes.
• A detailed documentation for Configuration, Unit & Integration Testing and User training was provided.
• Designed interfaces for the UPS owned ConnectShip system using EDI & SAP-XI technologies; SAP system will be updated for LTL shipments and small Package shipments.
• A unique, highly complex global ‘Bill of Lading’ designed & implemented for 70+ Plants & 170+ Shipping Points with multiple requirements by location.
• Created complex multiple labels and the requirements were including Linear/2D/Micro 2D and 3D barcode technologies, used high performance thermal printers and laser scanners as per the business requirements.
• Worked for an automotive company for new implementation including Designing and Configuration unit testing for the end-to-end process and provided comprehensive documentation.
• Designed OTC processes, implemented in full for both B2B, B2C, and for Direct Sales to Military Operations.
• Automotive Industry OTC order processing needs are totally different from the open market standards as the distribution and selling points are controlled by different business channel partner strategies.
• Special Logistics requirements are designed including Delivery, Shipping, and Transportation with special freight requirements, Batch Management and Serial Numbers.
• The Solutions were designed to automate the Supply Chain processes of trading partners and Military Sales for Passenger Vehicle, Commercial Vehicles and Spare Parts thru regular order channels.