SUMMARY

• Over 15 years of experience in SAP Project Management as a Senior Project Manager and Development of various business applications with all project stages including business development, project estimating, requirements determination, gap analysis, business process reengineering, issue resolution, configuration, custom code specifications, testing, training, go - live assistance and post implementation support
• Experience in leading and delivering on-time and on-budget large, complex and high-impact IT projects and program teams within multiple industries.
• Experience in managing Agile scrum development teams as a Scrum Master and Product owner
• Strong experience in PMBOK, PRINCE2 and Agile Scrum Project Management methodologies
• Management experience with responsibilities for analyzing and establishing budgets, providing integrated cost efficient solutions, capturing revenue, effectively managing resources, and ensuring continuing team cohesion.
• Experience in IT Project/Program Management technical and business/leadership capabilities including people and team skills, resource planning, training, presentations, and mentoring.
• Excellent Communication and Customer Service capabilities including consulting with senior management and business line managers on evolving business requirements, risks and issues.
• Familiar with programming languages, Prototyping, and other application development methodologies including software Analysis and Design. Experienced in recruiting, performance development and managing large teams. Ensures consistent and timely delivery on projects/programs within a set budget.
• Strong experience in SAP Basis, Upgrade and migration to BW 7.4 on HANA
• Strong experience in SAP ECC FI CO SD MM PP SCM EWM CRM and SRM
• Strong experience in SAP BW, SAP HANA 1.0 SP7, HANA STUDIO, SLT, BODS 4.0/4.1, Data modeling and BI, SAP BI Net weaver 7.0/BW7.3/BW 7.4, SAP ECC 6.0 & R/3 (4.7, 4.6C), SAP BO XI 3.X, SAP BO 4.1/4.0 and SAP Data archiving.
• Managed 3 full life cycle implementations for different modules in SAP BI/BW which involves Development, Testing, Documentation, Requirement analysis, End user documentation, Data extraction, Data modeling, Data loading, Reporting, Production Support and reports using SAP BO 4.0 and integrating BO with BI and HANA
• Strong experience in Teradata, MDM and SAP ECC
• Strong experience with DWH and SAP BI concepts and implementation including ETL processes, Data sourcing, Data model analysis, Fact & Dimension Files, Cubes, Data snapshots and Change Delta Capture (CDC) and EDI file formats.
• Solid hands on experience with Data warehousing tools, Data Analysis, Data Mapping, Unit Testing, Migration, Conversions, and Process Documentation

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SAP HANA: HANA SP8.0, HANA STUDIO, SLT, BODS 4.0/4.1, HANA Security, HANA Modelling, HANA BW 7.4, HANA Reporting and SAP ECC 6.0

SAP Basis: SAP Net Weaver BW 7.3x SP8, Unicode, ABAP, SAP Net Weaver BW 7.4 SP9, SUM, DMO, SAP HANA Platform Edition 1.0 SP08

Business Intelligence: SAP Business Objects 4.1/4.0/3.1/XI R2/ 6.5/ 6.1X/ 5.X, SAP BI, Oracle BI discoverer, Data Integrator, Business objects Query for Excel, Crystal Reports, Web Intelligence, Dashboards, SAP Lumira and OLAP

Modules: FI CO, SD, MM, SCM, PP, SM, CRM, SRM, HR, APO, Solution Manager 7.1

RDBMS: SAP HANA IMCE, Oracle 10g/ 9i/ 8i, SQL Server 2012/2013, MDM, Teradata 8.5/ 12, MS Access, SAP BW 3.5, 7.0, 7.4,SAP R/3,SAP ECC 6.0/5.0, Net Weaver and IBM DB2

Development Tools: Visual Basic 5.0/6.0, Developer 2000, Forms 4.5/ 5.0, reports 2.5/ 3.0, Crystal reports and SSRS (SQL server reporting tool), TFS.

Languages: ABAP, C, C++, Java (J2EE), PL/SQL, SQL, XML, UNIX Shell Scripting, Perl, CGI Scripting, ASP.

Internet Technologies: JSP, XML, HTML, JavaScript, HTML, DHTML, ASP, VB Script, MTS, IIS, Java Web Server 2.0, Lotus Domino Server, EJB 2.0, Web Services.

Operating Systems: UNIX, AIX, LINUX, Windows NT, Windows 98/XP/2000/2003, Mainframes (MVS/OS390), VM ware, Citrix.

Project Management: MS Project, SAP Business by Design, SAP CCPM, MS Access, MS Visio, MS Excel, Clarity, open workbench and Lotus Notes.

ETL Tools: Informatica Power center 8.0, LSMW.

Defect Tracking Tools: HP ALM Quality Center 11.0, JIRA, Microsoft Visual Studio TFS, Bugzilla and Rational Clear Quest

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project manager for technical upgrade and Migration of SAP BW 7.3 to BW 7.4, SAP HANA 1.0 SP08, SAP ECC FI SD MM SCM SRM HR EWM and CRM modules and SAP Basis, BW portal and BOBJ projects.
• Created BI approach and strategy document. Conducted BI reporting (BOBJ, WEBI and Crystal Reports) features workshop with the business users. Developed reporting requirements framework.
• Identified and grouped the scope of BI reports out of existing reporting inventory
• Responsible for creating WBS in Microsoft Project, coordinate day-to-day tasks, status reporting, tracking/managing Change Orders and user training
• Responsible for managing the IDT, Universes, Security, Folders, WEBI and Crystal reports dashboards.
• Managed the design, development, implement, test and deploy SAP HANA solutions for end-to-end data warehousing and analytics including SAP BW, HANA and business objects
• Expertise in building HANA prototypes or client solutions with SAP HANA configuration (BW on HANA and/or HANA Studios) and integration with Business Objects reporting suite
• Good understanding of ECC tables & join relationships.
• Sound knowledge in HANA Data Provisioning, Data modelling, Security and Reporting
• Leverage SAP SLT and Business Objects Data Services (BODS) to acquire the data into SAP HANA Data Mart (Native and BW on HANA)
• Responsible for identifying, tracking and managing deliverables related to upgrade and migration of BW on HANA.
• Responsible for developing the Confidential Bottler Investment Group (CBIG) project plans for each landscape which includes Sandbox, Development, Testing, Dry Run and Production environments for Shared, Germany and India.
• Managed the BW on HANA upgrade and migration activities which includes taking the backup from IBM Data Center, Shipping the data to VS Data Center, AIX Setup and Restore the Backup, Prepare HANA landscape, Execute Pre PCA cloning and Apply log files.
• Managed the Upgrade and Migration of DMO Process which includes AIX/DB2 System Preparation, Phase extraction, configuration, checks, preprocessing and downtime
• Managed the Post upgrade migration activities, HANA specific post steps, BW post migration tasks, security processing and system validation
• Prepared the HANA sizing reports and worked with infrastructure team on Storage, Hardware and network connectivity from IBM to VS data center
• Scheduled a daily status call with the team members to track the progress of the deliverables and resolve issues
• Manage projects from project scoping, sizing to implementing and supporting through warranty period. Managed, facilitated and maintained all project related historical documentation, project schedules and milestone due dates, resources requirements and identifies task relationships.
• Closely worked with the release management, matrix groups, infrastructure, PMOQA and Business Readiness.
• Responsible for forecasting, managing, tracking, and reporting project progress, issues, budget and scope changes to achieve successful project completion, on-time and within budget.
• Worked on strategy plan, risk mitigation plan, project plan, resource hiring strategy plan. Lead the steering committee on sap process change management activities. Performed sap data archiving (SAP Data Volume Management)
• Managed the SAP BW components which includes Info providers, Info Cubes, DSO objects, Info objects, Multi Providers, Info sets.
• Facilitated meetings with the global teams - Accenture, IBM, CoE and VS to track the upgrade and migration activities.

Confidential, Rosemont, IL

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project manager for SAP BW, SAP HANA BODS for FI SD MM SCM EWM and CRM modules and SAP HANA BI - BOBJ BW projects.
• Managed the security model, Naming conventions, folder structure for HANA 1.0 and BOBJ 4.0 and established the recommended SAP best practices for developing Universes, reports and dashboards from HANA data sources.
• Managed the Universes on top ofHANA calculation viewsand Web Intelligence reports and dashboards usingIDT(Information design tool).
• Provided technical guidance to project teams in areas of BI and Analytics
• Responsible for managing multiple teams that develop, implement, and maintain software application systems which enable the automation of business processes. Prepared business case. Created and executed project work plans. Identified resources needed and assigned individual responsibilities.
• Enforced project standards, minimized exposure and risk on projects, and ensured project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately. Tracked and reported team hours and expenses on a weekly basis. Managed project budget.
• Managed, facilitated and maintained all project related historical documentation, project schedules and milestone due dates, resources requirements and identifies task relationships.
• Managed the project(s) to the project budget and includes actual and forecast budget information in management reports. Responsible for managing various aspects of the SAP infrastructure upgrade project including deployments, system migrations and project planning.
• Review, Analyze project plans, project status, and communicate to SAP project teams and senior management. Managed the SAP BW components which includes Info providers, Info Cubes, DSO objects, Info objects, Multi Providers, Info sets.
• Managed the design, development, implement, test and deploy SAP HANA solutions for end-to-end data warehousing and analytics including SAP BW, HANA and business objects
• Expertise in building HANA prototypes or client solutions with SAP HANA configuration (BW on HANA and/or HANA Studios) and integration with Business Objects reporting suite
• Good understanding of ECC tables & join relationships.
• Sound knowledge in HANA Data Provisioning, Data modelling, Security and Reporting
• Managed the attribute views, analytical views and calculation views in HANA Data Modelling.
• Managed the Graphical method, SQL script method Calculation views, variables, Input parameters - calculated columns, currency conversion and decision tables, import, export and mass copying of information models
• Closely worked with IT and Business counterparts and stakeholders to determine feasibility of implementing business requirements for the solutions and working with the Project Management team to make adjustments to the strategy and implementation plan based on technical, resource, and timeline constraints.
• Scheduled code review meetings with the tech leads and solution architects and suggested recommendations where needed.
• Responsible for managing multi-million dollar projects, and the sap projects were delivered successfully on time within a set budget.
• Managed all sap functional core modules including but not limited to: Configuration activities, Business Process Mappings, Business Process Design, Functional specifications, Data Integration, Build Connectors to pass data back and forth and Functional/Technical Testing.
• Responsible for creating successful sap ASAP methodology project plan. Supported all team leads on critical issues for functional/technical levels.
• Worked on strategy plan, risk mitigation plan, project plan, resource hiring strategy plan. Lead the steering committee on sap process change management activities. Performed sap data archiving (SAP Data Volume Management) and managed overall project management supporting SAP HANA BI 7.0, BW 7.4, CRM, SCM, EWM and SRM, SAP Plug-ins/Add-on's and sap Hana security.
• Managed the BODS 4.1 ETL jobs. Loading the data from different source systems SAP ECC, Oracle to the target system SAP HANA
• Managed the sap data migration team, SAP Basis team & SAP BI Development Team for B2B portal on SAP ECC 6.0 implementation & support projects. Facilitate the scheduling and deployment of build and release management.

Confidential, Groton, CT

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project manager for SAP HANA BW/BI, BOBJ, BODS 4.0, SAP ECC 6.0 for the GAMP PRG Projects.
• Manage projects from project scoping, sizing to implementing and supporting through warranty period. Managed, facilitated and maintained all project related historical documentation, project schedules and milestone due dates, resources requirements and identifies task relationships.
• Responsible for managing multiple teams that develop, implement, and maintain software application systems which enable the automation of business processes. Prepared business case. Created and executed project work plans. Identified resources needed and assigned individual responsibilities.
• Enforced project standards, minimized exposure and risk on projects, and ensured project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately. Tracked and reported team hours and expenses on a weekly basis. Managed project budget.
• Responsible for delivering all SAP infrastructure landscapes on time. Responsible for identifying and tracking infrastructure projects risks. Assisted Infrastructure PM with tracking and managing additional SAP program deliverables as required.
• Managed the attribute views, analytical views and calculation views in HANA modelling.
• Responsible for identifying, tracking and managing deliverables related to BW on HANA. Managing the BW on HANA implementation for HANA BI BW reports such as Master Detail, Slice and Dice, Drilling Methodology, Filters, Ranking, Sections, Graphs and Breaks.
• Managed the design, development, implement, test and deploy SAP HANA solutions for end-to-end data warehousing and analytics including SAP BW, HANA and business objects
• Expertise in building HANA prototypes or client solutions with SAP HANA configuration (BW on HANA and/or HANA Studios) and integration with Business Objects reporting suite
• Good understanding of ECC tables & join relationships.
• Sound knowledge in HANA Data Provisioning, Data modelling, Security and Reporting
• Managed the configuration activities. Review, Analyze project plan, project status, and communicate to SAP project teams and senior management. Managed the SAP BW components which includes Info providers, Info Cubes, DSO objects, Info objects, Multi Providers, Info sets and Data integration and build connectors to pass data back and forth between client and SAP.
• Managing successful test plans so that Functional/Technical Testing can successfully be delivered. Supported all team leads on critical issues for functional/technical levels. Worked on strategy plan, risk mitigation plan, project plan, resource hiring strategy plan. Communicate with business users and stake holders

Confidential, Detroit, MI

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager for SAP FI CO and SAP BI BW Optimization Blueprint. Developed the pre-project work products required for project planning, budget estimation and statement of work. Managed, facilitated and maintained all project related historical documentation, project schedules and milestone due dates, resources requirements and identifies task relationships.
• Managed the project(s) to the project budget and includes actual and forecast budget information in management reports. Responsible for delivering all SAP infrastructure landscapes on time. Responsible for identifying and tracking infrastructure projects risks. Assisted Infrastructure PM with tracking and managing additional SAP program deliverables as required.
• Managed a team of 10 consultants to conduct Inventory, MRP, Purchasing, Quality, Production and Logistics process improvement workshops, document technical requirements, establish data governance organization, cleanse data and develop the implementation plan for BI and BW

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of SAP BI BW functional consultants and developers to design, develop, and implement a custom (rental) business process. I have managed the B2B implementation effort and designed custom reports on B2B portal using ABAP Webdynpro. After the successful SAP Go-live, our team has implemented the Surge Project which fixed all the major issues which had a high Return on Investment.
• Some of the major accomplishments include hiring and retaining a team of developers with varied skills, planning and delivering projects on time and under budget, defining and implementing the SAP development standards. Approve functional specs and technical designs in SD, PS, FICO, PP, MM, WM, B2B, Portal, and Pricing areas.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for overall SAP BW data migration project management. Create, Review and Analyze sap data migration project plan, sap data migration project status, and communicate to sap data migration team and senior management.

Confidential, Southfield, MI

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager for the pilot implementation of Confidential ’s manufacturing site integration into existing SAP core model. The Glasgow, KY site is the first of 86 global manufacturing facilities targeted for implementation between 2005 and 2006. Managed the SD, MM, FICO, PP, PM and QM ‘proof of concept’ activities including requirements gathering, fit/gap analysis against the existing solution and solution presentation

Confidential, Hoffman Estates, IL

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager for SAP SRM/e-procurement project. Created and managed the work plan and resources for the implementation of Enterprise Buyer, Catalog Management, Live Auction/Bidding Engine and Supplier Communications. Liaison with the corporate level Project Management Office (PMO) for issue resolution, scope definition and deployment activities.
• Project Manager for an SAP Functionality Feasibility Study. Managed team to determine requirements, identify gaps, offer mitigation strategies and deliver implementation options for replacement of decentralized purchasing, scheduling, warehouse, inventory and asset management legacy systems. Coordinated resources and developed project schedule, methodology, project templates and final report