SUMMARY

• He is a results - oriented transformational consultant with more than 17 years of client facing experience in multiple industries and sectors. He specializes in the implementation of SAP S/4 Hana Business suite for Project System (PS), Commercial Project Management (CPM), Project Portfolio Management (PPM) and Multi-Resource Scheduling (MRS) solutions that drive real benefits to the business.
• He have diversified business knowledge and experience in Utilities, Energy, Automotive, Chemical, Heavy Engineering, Pharma & life sciences, Real Estate, Tele-Communication, Retails and Petro-Chemical Industries. He applies these diverse business skills to many full life-cycle implementations, upgrades, process re-engineering, post-production support, on premise/cloud & other projects in various SAP Modules/processes - Make to Order (MTO), Engineer to Order (ETO), Procure to Pay(PTP), Plan to Deliver(PTD), Order to Cash(OTC), Idea to Offering (ITO), Record to Report (RTR) and Acquire to Retire(ATR) processes.
• He considered as a trusted problem solver and “go-to” person for any business or technical complex problem resolution.
• His clients achieve measurable benefits such as elimination of redundant systems and related processes, lower total cost of application ownership and reduced capital costs on large projects. Streamlined processes, focused change management, quality data, metrics and KPIs help Confidential ’s clients drive successful outcomes and position them for growth.
• Over 17 years of functional experience in Implementation, Customization, Configuration, Integration, User Training and Support in SAP PS, CPM, MRS and PPM.
• Extensive experience in integrating SAP with Non-SAP systems (Eg. Primavera P6, PowerPlan, Maximo, Passport, OpenText, Ms Project, Skire, etc.)
• Managed maximum of 35 team members on 6 teams from different geographical location.
• Act as senior advisory consultant to a SAP implementation team on Solution design and Project Management during critical phases on the projects.
• Experienced in leading/coordinating/delivering various phases of SAP implementation/application development lifecycle that include Project preparation, Blueprinting, Gap Analysis, Realization, Testing, Training, Go-Live and Post-Go-Live support
• Excellent communication, presentation skills, refined consultancy having extensive interaction with the business users, functional and technical leads from onshore/offshore.
• Understand business requirements and provide recommendations to implement suitable solution / functionality in SAP.
• Experience on other SAP modules such as SAP QM, SAP MM, SAP PLM, SAP IM, SAP AA, SAP FI, SAP CO, SAP PP, SAP SD, SAP SRM and SAP DMS.
• Has exposure to clients from various countries like USA, Middle East, Europe, Malaysia, Singapore, China and India.
• Has experience in writing functional specifications for interfaces, customizing reports, and working experience with conversion and transfer of master and transactional data from legacy to SAP systems.
• Experience in coordination with module leads, project managers, Super/End users, Business, ABAP team, integration lead, business analysts, and PMO, required for different phases of a Project.
• Over 13 years of experience in leading/coordinating/delivering various phases of SAP implementation/application development lifecycle that include Project preparation, Blueprinting, Gap Analysis, Realization, Testing, Training, Go-Live and Post-Go-Live support.
• Solution Design Manager for the complete Job Life Cycle process using SAP PS integration with FICO, MRS, PPM, PM, PP, SRM, SD and MM Module.
• Manage 32 team members on 5 team in the PS, PPM, MRS, SD, MM, PM, FI and CO process areas.
• Work with client counterparts to develop business process designs, requirements, and configuration/RICEFW designs
• Facilitate communication with the business leadership.
• Validate the business process design with the stakeholders
• Responsible to build integrated design of PS, MRS, SD, MM, PM, FI and CO process areas with other legacy system.
• Accurately report and monitor status of deliverables and work tasks to PMO.
• Participate in quality management reviews.
• Maintain Business Process Designs and update, as appropriate

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SAP Solution Design Lead

Responsibilities:

• Design the architecture for process configuration, including characteristics and key performance indicators (KPIs), to meet business process design and functional requirements.
• Managed the team members of 18 on 4 teams (PS, CPM, PM, SD, FICO and MM)
• Work closely with Application Architect to create the process blueprint and establish business process requirements to drive out application requirements.
• Identifying, assessing and resolving complex issues and problems - standard and non- standard.
• Interact with the client and users around specific work efforts and deliverables.
• Keep all stakeholders informed of progress against service level agreements and deadlines.
• Work with client counterparts to develop business process designs, requirements, and configuration/RICEFW designs
• Facilitate communication with the business leadership.

Confidential

SAP Solution Design Lead

Responsibilities:

• Provide expertise and direct management of Process in one or more phases of a Product and Service process life cycle.
• Responsible for the complete SAP solution for Product and Service process and integration with various legacy systems and tracking tools.
• Identifying, assessing and resolving complex issues and problems - standard and non- standard.
• Managed the team members of 12 on 3 teams (PS, MM, SD and FICO)
• Interact with the client and users around specific work efforts and deliverables.
• Keep all stakeholders informed of progress against service level agreements and deadlines.

Confidential

SAP Solution Design Lead

Responsibilities:

• Manage offshore functional and technical team.
• Responsible for deliverables such as Functional design, Test Cases & Test script for Unit testing, Integration testing and UAT.
• Provide support to user for all types of testing.
• Prepare Cut over check list, User Manual and Training materials for SAP PS, MM and IM.
• Identifying, assessing and resolving complex issues and problems - standard and non- standard.
• Interact with the client and users around specific work efforts and deliverables.
• Keep all stakeholders informed of progress against service level agreements and deadlines.

Confidential

SAP Solution Design Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead offshore PS, CPM and IM functional and technical team.
• Responsible for deliverables such as Configuration Rationale, Test Cases & Test script for Unit testing, Integration testing and UAT.
• Configured SAP PS, CPM and IM to the proposed solution.
• Provide support to user for all types of testing.
• Prepare Cut over check list, User Manual and Training materials.
• Identifying, assessing and resolving complex issues and problems - standard and non- standard.
• Interact with the client and users around specific work efforts and deliverables.
• Keep all stakeholders informed of progress against service level agreements and deadlines.

IT Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Develop holistic build and test plans for the entire program / Project.
• Develop Plans for Training preparation, Knowledge Transfer and Hand-off.
• Develop on-boarding procedure and plans.
• Detail work plan to Program/ Phase/ location/ wave.
• Develop status-reporting procedures.
• Managed maximum of 15 team members on 3 teams (Team of 5 for each plant roll out)
• Track, manage, collate, consolidate and publish status reports.
• Scope management in terms of scope change during the deployment.
• Adhere to P&G processes and iGDE methodology.
• Tune work plan of future phases through expertise and lessons learned.
• Provide support to consultants for compliances.
• Manage inter-project and inter-wave coordination and resource leveling.
• Issue management, escalation and proactive control.
• Integrate and normalize the planning activity across waves
• Measure and manage impact of issues, scope changes and constraints on the schedule and deliverables.
• Manage and maintain stable staffing needs.
• Ensures that the solutions that are to be implemented are aligned with the Business experts and Product Focus team
• Works closely with Business Experts / other groups in ensuring that the deliverables (all issue and gaps identified, developed, and resolved) for each row are met and signed off
• Manage the documentation of all the functionalities/configurations to be set up for project (i.e. Blueprint document, configuration document, Solution document, test script & others)
• Understand the Global template and localization
• Test plan creation and execution
• Assist P&G in Key User Training
• Plan and execute Knowledge Transfer to support team
• Managing, coordinating and resolving all issues and leveraging lessons
• Conduct periodic Project Team meeting to review the individual task progress and issues.