SUMMARY

• Over 26 years of professional experience with more than 16 years of Consulting experience in SAP R/3/ECC, 3 years of Ariba PTP/P2O as Program Manager, Delivery Lead and Functional Consultant. Hands on experience of 9 full cycles of live SAP implementations which is inclusive of 2 Ariba PTP projects (end to end) and also worked on post go live support.
• Over 7 years of Project Management of large scale accounts as Delivery lead, involved in Onshore/Offshore management, Coordinated and seamless two - in-a box delivery, multi geography roll-outs, Business Development initiatives involving RFP proposals, complex program management skills and interpersonal skills involving business clients, PMO IT stake holders and third party implementation partners etc.,
• Extensive experience all aspects of the project including planning, execution, Delivery and issue/risk management
• Experienced in all phases of a system's life cycle including project planning, conducting design/blueprint, configuration, testing, training, data conversion, and post-implementation support
• SAP-SCM solution Architect and Lead- Doing mentoring, career guidance and competency tracking of MM consultants within SAP-SCM practice.
• Excellent Knowledge on SAP- MM Purchasing configuration, MRP, External Services Management, STO’s, Account Payables, Logistics Invoice Verification, Taxes, General Ledger postings of inventory management, Goods Movement transactions/postings and knowledge of Ariba P2O, Contracts, SIPM, Invoice Pro etc.,
• Knowledge of Syclo Mobility Products-Inventory Manager and Work Manager and SAP Fiori
• Knowledge of ARIBA PTP/P2O and knowledge of ARIBA and SAP ECC integration
• Working knowledge of S/4 HANA - Enterprise Management version for Procurement
• Extensive knowledge of integration of SAP MM with PP, SD, FICO(Taxes configuration) modules and ARIBA PTP/P2O
• Excellent knowledge of designing interfaces with legacy systems and 3rd party systems
• 10 plus years of domain industry exposure in Auto/Manufacturing
• Mixed Industry exposure on Life Sciences/Pharma, IS-Aero, Logistics and Hi-tech, IS-Oil and Gas, IS-Utilities verticals in the consulting space(ERP-SAP)
• Excellent knowledge of PMO tools- ASAP methodology, PMP and C2.0, Microsoft EPM and Change Management tools- HP and Mercury Test Director
• Trained on Project Management Professional(PMP) by Cognizant Academy and Confidential Leads(week long training)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

RDBMS & Tools: Oracle 7.x, Forms 4.5, Reports 2.5, Lotus Notes, S/4 HANA

O/S: Windows NT, MS-DOS

ERP: SAP R/3 4.5B, 4.6C, ECC 6.0, ARIBA PTP and Ramco Marshal-Sales&Logistics

PMO: Microsoft EPM, Cognizant 2.0, ASAP

SAP Modules: MM, QM, FI/CO, (AP and Taxes), WM and SD, TM

Tools: ABAP Workbench, ABAP Query, CATT

Testing Tools: Mercury Test Director (HP), Quick Test Professional

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SAP Process Expert

Responsibilities:

• Conduct Business Blueprint workshops and gather requirements around mobility requirements and Ariba P2P requirements. Requirements for posting inventory transactions using a hand-held mobile device
• Coordinate with Business clients, IT PMO stake holders, Third Party IT vendors, Consultants/Solution Architects of external systems on project/delivery tasks
• Conduct Blue Printing Workshops for Inventory Management to design them for mobility transactions using SAP Syclo Inventory Manager and indirect procurement requirements using Ariba PTP
• Requirement gathering and Business Requirement approval
• Manage Deliverables documentation and tracking
• Manage “To-Be” solution
• Execute Design ‘walk-through’ with Business and stake holders
• Work on Functional Specifications and other deliverables
• Track RICEF requirements and Technical Spec
• To work for integration and Regression Testing in HP Quality Center and change management process for the entire project

Confidential, Oklahoma City, OK

SAP Process Expert—Procurement/Ariba

Responsibilities:

• Conduct Business Blueprint workshops and gather requirements for their procure to pay(PTP) functionalities and indirect procurement, category management and mobility requirements towards building Fiori apps and Syclo Work Manager for Plant Maintenance Work Order management.
• Coordinate with Business clients, IT PMO stake holders, Third Party IT vendors, Consultants/Solution Architects of external systems on project/delivery tasks
• Conduct Blue Printing Workshops for multiple PTP (procure to pay) cross functional processes
• Build indirect procurement solutions using ARIBA tool
• Requirement gathering and Business Requirement approval
• Manage Deliverables documentation and tracking
• Manage “To-Be” solution
• Execute Design ‘walk-through’ with Business and stake holders
• Work on Functional Specifications and other deliverables
• Track RICEF requirements and Technical Spec
• To work for integration and Regression Testing in Quality Center and change management process for the entire project

Confidential

SAP Process Expert-- Procurement

Responsibilities:

• Conduct Business Blueprint workshops and gather requirements towards procurement optimization and also Fiori mobility requirements.
• Build Prototype and POC using Ariba PTP for indirect procurement
• Coordinate with Business clients, IT PMO stake holders, Third Party IT vendors, Consultants/Solution Architects of external systems on project/delivery tasks
• Conduct Blue Printing Workshops for multiple PTP (procure to pay ) cross functional processes
• Build indirect solutions using ARIBA tool
• Requirement gathering and Business Requirement approval
• Manage Deliverables documentation and tracking
• Manage “To-Be” solution
• Execute Design ‘walk-through’ with Business and stake holders
• Work on Functional Specifications and other deliverables
• Track RICEF requirements and Technical Spec
• To work for integration and Regression Testing in Quality Center and change management process for the entire project

Confidential

SAP Onsite MM lead/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Conduct Business Blueprint workshops and gather requirements
• Coordinate with Business clients(Endo/Qualitest/Cranbury), IT PMO stake holders, Third Party IT vendors, Consultants/Solution Architects of external systems on project/delivery tasks
• Conduct Blue Printing Workshops for multiple PTP (procure to pay ) cross functional processes
• Indirect procurement solution map using SRM
• Requirement gathering and Business Requirement approval
• Manage Deliverables documentation and tracking
• Manage “To-Be” solution
• Execute Design ‘walk-through’ with Business and stake holders
• Work on Functional Specifications and other deliverables
• Track RICEF requirements and Technical Spec
• To work for integration and Regression Testing in Quality Center and change management process for the entire project

Confidential

SAP Onsite MM lead/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Preparation, Project Plan build and maintenance
• Conduct Business Blueprint workshops and gather requirements
• Coordinate with Business clients(Delta/Northwest), IT PMO stake holders, Third Party IT vendors, Consultants/Solution Architects of external systems on project/delivery tasks
• Manage overall delivery with regard to project timeline and budget
• Conduct Blue Printing Workshops for multiple SCM cross functional processes
• Requirement gathering and Business Requirement approval
• Manage Deliverables documentation and tracking
• Manage “To-Be” solutioning
• Execute Design ‘walk-through’ with Business and stake holders
• Work on Functional Specifications and other deliverables
• Track RICEF requirements and Technical Spec
• To work for integration and Regression Testing in Quality Center
• Prepare Cut over strategy and cut-over plan
• Monitor Risks, Issues & Defects using EPM tools
• Management reporting- Weekly reports, Steering Committee decks
• Monitor Smooth execution of project with less delivery issues
• Manage and fulfill client’s SAP resource requirements
• Ensuring Quality of Deliverable and manage deliverable timeline

Confidential

SAP Onsite Program Manager and Delivery Lead

Responsibilities:

• Project Preparation, Project Plan build and maintenance
• Conduct/Manage Business Blueprint workshops
• Manage overall delivery with regard to timeline
• Manage Blue Printing Workshops for multiple processes
• Requirement gathering and Business Requirement approval
• Manage Deliverables documentation and tracking
• Manage “To-Be” solutioning
• Execute Design ‘walk-through’ with Business and stake holders
• Track Functional Specifications
• Track RICEF requirements and Technical Spec
• To work for integration and Regression Testing in Quality Center
• Prepare Cut over strategy and cut-over plan
• Monitor Risks, Issues & Defects
• Monitor Smooth execution of project with less delivery issues
• Manage and fulfill client’s SAP resource requirements
• Ensuring Quality of Deliverable and manage deliverable timeline

Confidential

SAP Onsite Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the Project Planning for the Knowledge Transition Phase
• Conduct Business Process workshop for Line Maintenance Work Packaging, Hangar Management and Engine/Rotables maintenance in SAP MM/IM/WM area and Service Recovery (Shortage Management and material expediting)
• Coordinate with Business clients(Delta/Northwest), IT PMO stake holders, Third Party IT vendors, Consultants/Solution Architects of external systems on project/delivery tasks
• Manage overall delivery of IM/MM/WM modules with regard to timeline and budget
• Conduct Blue Printing Workshops for multiple processes around Inventory Management, Warehouse Management and Service Recovery
• As-Is process flow documentation
• Requirement gathering and Business Requirement approval
• Manage Deliverables documentation and tracking
• Manage “To-Be” solutioning
• Execute Design ‘walk-through’ with Business and stake holders
• To document Functional Specifications (HLD’s )
• To document RICEF requirements
• Validate Technical Specifications (DLD’s)
• Prototyping of design and show casing the “proof of concept” with Business
• Unit testing in Sand-box
• Prepare Test plans, Test scripts in HP Quality Center
• To work for integration and Regression Testing in Quality Center
• Prepare Cut over strategy and cut-over plan
• Functional specs for Data migration objects from legacy application
• Monitor Risks, Issues & Defects
• Monitor Smooth execution of project with less delivery issues
• Manage and fulfill client’s SAP resource requirements
• Ensuring Quality of Deliverable and manage deliverable timeline
• Management reporting- Weekly reports, Steering Committee decks

Confidential

SAP Project Manager and PTP lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the Project Planning for the Knowledge Transition Phase
• Manage Onshore-Offshore SAP resources
• Responsible for overall delivery
• Multi geography roll-out APAC and Europe- Management of Delivery
• Conduct Blue Printing work shops
• Prepare Communication Strategy
• Prepare Testing Strategy
• Prepare Test plans, Test Reports
• Prepare Roll-out strategy and Roll-out plan for mini releases
• Monitor Risks, Issues & Defects
• Monitor Smooth execution of project with less delivery issues
• Worked on Purchasing Module Configuration for Purchasing sub module, Release Procedure for Purchase Requisition and PO’s, Output determination during their Asia roll-out
• Worked on Intercompany and Intra Company Stock Transport Orders
• Worked on new Master Data requirements like Material and Vendor Master Data and Source List
• To document Functional design for a custom application
• Manage and fulfill client’s SAP resource requirements
• SAP Staff augmentation project tracking
• Managing the Remedy ticket flow for the support issues
• Conducting periodic meetings between offshore-onsite teams
• Managing Team Building activities
• Managing Training Requirements of resources
• Recruitment, Appraisal of resources
• Running Customer Satisfaction Survey
• Reporting weekly, monthly and Quarterly Metrics data to client Management team and Cognizant Executive Management
• Risk Management
• Ensuring Quality Deliverable consistently
• Liaise and coordinate with Account Managers for Business Development
• Management reporting- Weekly reports, Steering Committee decks

Confidential

MM Delivery Lead onsite

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the implementation of Brazil Taxes for the Brazil Affiliate as Solution Architect- SAP MM/FICO modules
• Requirement Gathering and Solution Design with heavy configuration at Taxes, Tax calculation procedure and AP, MIRO space
• Manage the Change Management Process to FDA compliance
• Manage 12-member SAP resources
• Prepare SAP Testing Strategy
• Prepare Test plans, Test Reports
• Monitor Risks, Issues & Defects
• Implement Onsite-Offshore testing model
• Managing the Trouble Tickets and Change Request Flow
• Co-Ordinate with the teams for the early resolution of fixes
• Client Interfacing
• Managing the SLA’s by close follow-up with various teams
• Reporting the ticket status and SLA performance to the upper management
• Manage Resources, Resource Allocation and movements
• GBIP- Global Business Integration Project- Template based roll-out for EMEA- involved in testing for MM module
• Project release Coordination involving multi geography (Zone 1-US and Zone-2 EMEA, Zone-3 APAC and Brazil) module leads, IT PMO, Business clients and solution architects and third-party system vendors.

Confidential

Project Lead/Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the project as the Solution Architect
• Module covered was Sales and Distribution and Materials Management
• Understand the existing business scenarios
• Prepare the strategy for migration from Legacy to Ramco Marshal
• Prepare the testing plan and test cases
• Established detailed cutover plan to include Technical, Functional and project management tasks