EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

• Confidential is a logistics and supply chain expert with rich experience in areas of Engagement management and SAP consulting.
• His has total SAP experience of 14 years in diverse roles. He brings to table variety of skills as SAP Logistics Expert, Solution Architect, Engagement Manager, Service delivery manager, Transition Manager, and Team Lead.
• He has served variety of industries: Beverages, Pharmaceutical, Life sciences, offshore drilling, Automotive Manufacturing, Wholesale distribution and Consumer Electronics.
• He has been part of full - cycle implementations, Multi site deployments and Application Development & Support projects.
• He has experience in all project phases i.e. Business Blueprinting, Realization, Final Preparation, Go-Live and Post Go-Live Support.
• As SAP Engagement Manager Confidential has worked internationally in multicultural work environments and managed large teams at Client site in complex environment.
• He has managed complex engagements with multiple project teams across international geographies and time zones simultaneously.
• As SAP Solution consultant he possess rich experience in design, blueprinting and Deployment of SAP MM /WM. In SAP MM/WM he has worked on solution designing, business requirement gathering, proposing options with merits and demerits, SAP MM/WM configuration, functional specification preparation for RICEFW objects and Integration testing for the components under Purchasing, Inventory Management and Invoice Verification.
• Apart from SAPMM /WM he has good understanding of integration points with SAP FICO, SD, DSD and QM.
• He has also helped his clients in solution architecture and helped them redesign their interfaces with third party non-SAP systems.
• This involves variety of tasks involving Business cutover activities, integration testing, System configuration, Master data support and post Business Cutover activities.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Atlanta

SAP IM/WM Deployment

Responsibilities:

• Managed multiple deployments at various warehouse locations of Confidential bottler to kick start the ERP system usage and establishing the application landscape readiness. Elements of this work included working with multiple teams of Client IT and business team to complete the BCO task list and educating the client in the SAP processes, as well as its best practices for the industry.
• Top level reporting of critical issues during Business Cutover, to all stakeholders.
• Guided master data team for changes and system readiness.
• Designed cutover steps for SAP warehouse rollouts.
• Modification and implementation of RF transactions for various rollouts.

Other Technologies Used: HPALM, Sharepoint.

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Transition Manager

Responsibilities:

• Directed working sessions with senior management leaders in the client organization to identify, clarify, and confirm new business processes relevant for business Transition from deployment to client support team.
• Coordinating with various functional teams KT planning and scenario documentation.

Confidential, Chicago

SAP Tower Lead

Responsibilities:

• Managed entire business Critical SAP applications for Confidential from Applications Support and new projects perspective.
• Lead SAP organization(ECC all modules, SRM, Basis and Security) and made end to end plans for catering to existing support requirements and anticipating the future change requests.
• This role involved day to day interaction with senior managemnet of Client IT and Business.
• Won additional project work related to integration of client’s legal system to SAP ERP. This was in addition to current application support.Elements of this work included integration from procurement and AP perspective for Client’s legal team.This project was successfully delivered.
• Provided value driven leadership to Confidential leads and resources (both employee and external contractors). Ensured focus on business value by moving up high business value items.
• Part of Leadership team and collaborated with Infrastructure leads on common topics.

Confidential, Santa Ana, CA

Procurement Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Managed deployment of core procurement solutions for North America operations for one of the largest wholesale Distribution companies in North America.
• Responsible for identifications of gaps in the core solution for North America and working with multiple teams for closure of Gaps.
• Unique aspects of solution were 3 way consignment which was a custom solution and vendor sub ranges.

Confidential, Santa Ana, CA

P2P Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Designed Interfaces, Linking SAP MM Services with HR CATS
• In his role of Procurement specialist with fortune 100 client, wholesale distribution giant Confidential was instrumental in delivering successfully, which was integration with SAP MM services and SAP HR CATS.

Confidential

Service Delivery Manager, Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Directed offshore team as SDM for client sites spanning across US, UK and Middle East in all Key business areas of Inventory Management, Procurement, and Plant Maintenance, Finance, Sales, Basis, Net weaver and security.
• The work involved Planning, coordinating, facilitating and prioritizing the work assigned to offshore team and assuring timely deliverables.
• Solution Development: Lead solution design and rollout of Energy Path solution which is Confidential Proprietary tool for offshore drilling industry.
• This was a complete offshore delivery for multiple clients.
• Work involved direct and close interaction with Client senior management on regular basis with no onshore resource.
• The team comprised of shared pool of resources for multiple clients.
• Directed the Logistics consulting team through the blueprint phase of implementation project.
• Coordinated and conducted an assessment exercise to scope the implementation effort and timeline based on the business needs.
• This effort involved meeting with high executive officers from the client to agree to a blueprint and to agree with the strategy to achieve the goals.

Confidential, Houston

Procurement and Inventory Management Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for E2E implementation of Inventory Management and Procurement functionality form Blueprint to post Go live support.
• This was a global SAP Implementation of Confidential .
• Elements of this work required the management and facilitation of business requirement gathering interviews/workshops with business users to determine existing business processes, future requirements and explain future process flows based upon best practices.
• Part of this effort required assessment of new RICEFW objects required to be developed and creation of Functions specs for same.
• Offshore drilling is a complex business and Confidential was instrumental in developing the solution on SAP side, which involved Rig move, PO workflow and stock transfer.

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SAP Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead team for creation of Functional specs for development objects like reports, interfaces, conversions, forms and enhancements.
• SAP configuration changes required for business needs.
• Prepared master and transaction data for prototyping.
• Creating verification test scripts for business users.
• Created Unit test script and subsequent string testing for various Development objects.

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SAP MM/WM Lead

Responsibilities:

• Ticket management and efficient coordination with the Front Office so as to deliver objects on or before time.
• To ensure that there are null/minimal breaches in the SLA.
• To develop and groom team members to take up higher roles and responsibilities.
• Adhere to the quality processes of both Confidential and Confidential and to track KPI’s constantly.