SUMMARY:

• Over 20 years, Kavitha Krovi has built a remarkable career in SAP Technologies. Managed successful execution of various global fast - growing, large-scale SAP digital transformations.
• Throughout career, helped high-profile enterprises and Big-4 consulting companies includes Confidential, South West Gas, Confidential, Deluxe, Confidential, PG&E, Confidential, EarthLink, Dell (public/private clients), Accenture (Dow Chemicals, BP, GM, Timken) to name a few.
• Empowered wif hands-on 15+ SAP Global Transformation programs and 9+ years of S4 HANA green-field implementations experience ranging from $125+M to $5M.
• 15+years full cycle design and configuration experience of SAP ECC, SAP APO, Demand, Supply, FICO, Treasury, Cash Management, SD, MM, PP, FSCM, CFIN, Hybris, BRIM, SCM, Revenue, Billing CI, CC, CPQ, C4C, CFM and payment card projects/programs.
• Owns19+years of extraordinary SAP Finance architecture and functional experience. Deliver complex technology solutions, road maps, capabilities, finance business process integration, functional designs, infrastructure, security, and payment card solutions.
• Gained 20+ years of SAP consulting and professional services experience. Successfully completed projects wifin the scope and quality. Managed a team of SAP practitioners and served as the decision maker for the operations. Long standing track record of delivering finance projects on-time and wifin budget.
• Result-oriented Customer-Centric Product Manager, built and manage sustainable critical products for SAP Technologies and services. Generated innovative Product growth ideas, asses, deliver best-in-class products, features, cohesive product roadmaps, vision, strategies, priorities, goals, metrics, Continuous Improvement Processes and Change management.
• An action-oriented people manager. Demonstrated 15+ years of history of best-in-class talent. Led key improvements and new ways of working for the people team worldwide. Achieved operational excellence. Hire, coach, mentor teams on performance management, conflict resolution,, employee relations and policy/compliance. Directly handle and managed global and diverse 50+ project members. Manage Medium to large size, heavily matrixed and multilayered teams cross functional, business, onshore/offshore technical, infrastructure, security, basis, architecture and vendors teams.
• Thought Leader wif innovative ideas and turned many ideas into reality. Won numerous s.
• Activate, ASAP, Agile, SAFe, Scrum, TOGAF, Zachman, PRINCE2, ITIL/ITSM, SDLC, EDLC, Waterfall
• MS office suite MS Project, MS SharePoint, MS Teams, Power BI, HP (Quality Center Service Manager) ServiceNow, Solution Manager, Rally, Clarity, JIRA.
• Utilities, Automotive, Food, Transportation, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Chemicals, Supply Chain, Fashion, Finance, Banking, Commerce, Manufacturing, Retail, Insurance, Media.
• Wifin 3 years of joining Confidential, honored wif EIMAgine dat’s . The CEO highest honors. The Innovation is for Technology Innovation Novelty Ideas, Creativity, Original Thinking, Outstanding and Contribution to Confidential Company Values, Goals, Benefit to the Company (ROI) and Competitiveness.
• Managed full lifecycle (evaluation, requirements, budgeting, pilots, testing, development, delivery, deployment, and maintenance), multi-year and enterprise class COTS package, custom, regulatory, compliance and energy consumer projects. Designed project metrics, dashboards, and reporting mechanisms to facilitate decision-making for C-suite business executives to the workstream line management.
• CIO Advisory Services: A Senior technology, digital and Architect leader. Deliver Application Value Management, Enterprise Architectures, Portfolio Optimization, Change Management, Core Modernizations, Business process mappings, Technology Road Map, Vendors negotiations, IT strategies. Excellent Articulate, Written and Presentation skills. Experienced in CIO, Management level proposal presentations.
• Portfolio Management:Lead client’s implementation and continuous improvement of portfolio management frameworks, governance, structure, progress, prioritization of demands, funding initiatives, resource capacity and interdependencies. Manage and drove closely wif Change Management teams to integrate appropriate change management plans wifin the program. Influence and champion the development and application of processes, tools and techniques.
• Budget/Cost Management: Manage budget and project level financial management for all the clients I worked for. Liaison between Internal Audit and Finance Executive Leadership. Guide continuous improvement efforts from opportunities identified by lessons learned and other feedback. Tasks performed: Regular status reporting, budget planning etc.
• Product Management: Drive rapid SAP Product’s prototypes and improvements. Champion and deliver product decisions dat drive value daily, actionable plans, pros, cons, issues, obstacles, risk mitigation, dependencies and value associated wif user experiences, features and enhancements. Vast experience in product delivery and execution: Manage design, build and test of user stories; release planning. Lead Large-Matrix Product Scrum teams includes Product Owners, business, functional, cross functional, technical Leads and Developers & Managed Service providers. Enforce Process improvements, Product/Sprint Backlogs, quality enhancements, service delivery and best practices.
• Solution Management and Architecture: Performed rigor and depth analysis of existing client’s landscape architecture and deliver strategic initiatives, To-be Enterprise Architectures, software design, customer insights, capacities, Digital/Cloud/AI/ Data Strategies, Operating Model. Defined desirable, feasible, viable and sustainable largescale business solutions dat meet customer’s fixed/variable demands over time. Developed Solution Vision, Solution Roadmap, and Solution capabilities. Worked closely wif portfolio business leads, stakeholders, customers, solution Architect, and Solution engineering teams.
• People Management:Strong Verbal, Influence, Problem-Solving and Negotiation skills. Set project leadership directions. Cope ambiguity and drive consensus. Pioneer and managed matrixed people of large teams. Manage the performance of my teams includes hiring, set/evaluate goals, vision, feedback, coach, inspire, continuous learning,, service development, team dynamic issue resolutions. Implemented IT project resource management policy, standards and guidelines. Lead resource planning, assessment, on-boarding and transitioning of resources of the projects. Lead the forecast on capacity over the organization's planning and budgeting cycle, new business proposals and capacity and demand issues.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Hershey, PA

S4 HANA Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Industry: Food, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Retail.
• S4 HANA Green Field Four-year MS Azure Cloud ERP transformation program.
• Work closely wif ERP PMO Director and IT director.
• ERP portfolio includes: Record-to-Report, Procure-to-Pay, Quote-to-Cash, Logistics, Supply Chain. Environment: SAP ECC, FSCM, Cash Management, S4 Core, ECC 9MMS, SD, PP, QM, FI), Master data Management, Solution Manager 7.2, EHS, CFIN, BRIM, PLM, TPM, DME, Success Factors, Ariba, PO, BW, BOBJ, SCP, Fiori, SAC - SAP Analytical Cloud.
• Lead the large-scale global deployment of S4 HANA strategic initiatives and implement using scaled agile methodology (SAFe) and waterfall approach. Phase-1: Mexico Go-Live, Phase-2: NA and Canada, Phase-4: other Global countries. ERP Transformation of SAP ECC business processes to S4 HANA (1809/1909).
• Manage global template and Mexico release. Work closely wif local Mexico VP Manufacturing, Business Partners teams and Plant Operations teams on Global Sap Manufacturing design and configuration. Manufacturing transformation priorities, SAP Planning, Production, Quality related Master Data requirements, functional roadmaps, standards, build, data migrations, unit, functional, UAT and deployment tasks
• This transformation will drive significant business value through capabilities, process improvements, digital transformation strategies, implement Manufacturing, Supply chain, Quality, Plant Maintenance, Finance, Global Trades, Revenue Recognition, payment cards, Fixed Assets, Accounts Receivables, Account Payables, Treasury, Credit and Collections.
• Lead BPD workshops. Closely work wif the business and functional users to define scope, obtain/refine business requirements, custom programs, RICEFW, detailed designs, Functional, Technical configuration specifications, testing requirements and specifications
• Manage child SAP projects, prioritizing work and coordinate multiple projects in parallel.
• Collaborate and work wif various internal and external teams includes, Enterprise, Solution Architects, engineering, cross-functional, enabling teams, developers, application maintenance, other IT technical. Deliver presentations and documents for workshops, final read-outs, business requirements, BPD reviews, RICEFW rationalization, CCB reviews, Integration of Monument systems, business, and functional requirements. Performed management level presentations and proposals presentations etc.
• Oversee and deliver Project timelines, budgets, scope, resource prioritization, integrated master schedules, milestones, detailed tasks, gates, cost, work estimations, vendors management, RFP, SO, PO, release schedules, quality, RAID, manage risks, mitigation plans, communications, MS SharePoint site management (Folder creation, documentation etc), status reports, governance, OCM, CA PPM Clarity Timesheet, Resources, Project Management, Services Now, metrics, status, conduct PM, Steering committee meetings etc.
• Manage Agile Sprints/PI planning, SCRUM teams, governance, Rally Portfolio /Capacities /User stories /Task assignments.

Confidential, Las Vegas, NV

S4 HANA Senior Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Industry: Utilities.
• Legacy system replacement and ERP Transformation S4 HANA Green Field program.
• Capital $122.5M +O&M: $19.6M) S4HANA 1809 (on premise), C4HANA (Cloud), Hybris Cloud (Sales, Billing, Services, Marketing), Solution Manager 7.2, BW4HANA, EDW, DQM, retail and utilities best practices implementation uses Activate methodology to automate customer service, rebate programs, device lifecycle across the installation and replacement status progression, purchase orders, Meter Tracking Program, Performance, inspections for meter inventory, Meter Procurement, Campaign management, Enterprise Asset Management, Sales, Digital Media/Subscriptions process, payment card programs.
• S4 HANA modules: Finance/Record-to-Report, Procure-to-Pay, Logistics, Quote, Order-to-Cash, FICA, EDI, BRIM, Hybris-YaaS, Technical Objects.
• Manage planning, budget, strategies, owns multiple projects, scope, schedules, budget, mitigation,, integration, stakeholder management, resources, quality, risk, mitigation plans, and communications. Owns the delivery of integrated project plan, Functional Design specifications, Configurations, business requirements, architecture roadmap, data dependencies, design patterns.
• Manage Architecture for complex data and finance business processes integration landscape of S4 HANA. Manage cross-functional teams, Architecture, Data/AI Engineering, Data Modelers, SI, business SME, regulatory compliance & legal teams.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

S4 HANA Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• S4 HANA multi-year Program.
• Closely work wif ERP Directors, Sponsors, System Integrator executive Leadership/PM and Solution Owners.
• S4 HANA - ERP Transformation Green Field implementation to transition and automate Confidential ’s Digital Transformation processes Supply Chain, Fashion, Logistics, Finance, Revenue, Treasury, Cash Management, FSCM, Digital Subscriptions, payment cards, Retail, Capacity Forecast, Sales, Cost, Productivity and Supplier Performances etc.
• Deliver business case, strategic initiative roadmap, budget, detailed integrated project master schedule plans (IMS), System Integrators Selection, Vendors Management, program dependencies, manage critical paths, risk registers, stakeholder management, executive steering committee meetings, metrics.
• Managed Billing and Revenue Innovation Management (BRIM)/SAP Hybris Billing high-volume usage-based solution Project. Deliver complete vision, business requirements and project plan. This solution implements to ease the complex billing an invoicing process. Deliver End-to-End business processes to manage consume-to-cash business includes Convergent Charging, Convergent Invoicing, payments, collections.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

S4 HANA Senior Program and Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Key advisor to VP, CFO, ERP Director, Business Executives of the solution roll-out. Full accountability for Global S4 HANA solution delivery, vision and execution.
• S4HANA 1809 Global ‘Greenfield’ AWS, Finance, embedded BPC11, MDG Retail Model Company, TV Distribution solutions Best Practices Implementation. $25M+ multi-year big-bang cloud implementation S4HANA deployment for the countries (US/CA/UK/IND/AUS/MX). Modules: R2R, P2P, O2C, BW, BRIM, Solution Manager 7.2, Media Product Master, Digital Media Subscriptions, Backoffice Associates etc.
• Lead extensive technical RFP process. Lead Brown vs Green field implementation strategies. Manage entire project implementation from RFP Process, lead sales presentations, selection of System Integrator, SI on-boarding. Conducted deep-dive client benefit discussions.
• Manage and executed end to end SAP S4 HANA implementation strategies. Deliver To-be business requirements, functional configurations, and integration.
• Conduct and lead daily/weekly/monthly steering committee meetings at various levels of the organization.
• Manage resource hiring and other initiatives includes talent planning, interviews, decisions, performance management, mentoring plans, goals, career, and development.
• Evaluate SAP Commerce Cloud 1808 Finance, RAR, FSCM, Backoffice, Bank/Cash Management, Blackline Management solutions.
• Direct POC, a technical demonstration of B2B managed services wif Hybris billing, Ariba, OpenText and S4 HANA VIM and ICC components and Fiori apps. Developed secure interfaces to achieve VIM capabilities (Vendor Invoice Management), 80/20 procurement rules, governance processes to disputes, duplicates, discrepancies, invoice status, check purchase order numbers, approve invoices, and more

Confidential, Irvine, CA

Project & Technology Services Manager

Responsibilities:

• Industry: eCommerce/Retail/Manufacturers.
• Key advisor to VP and IT Director.
• Program manager for S4 HANA 1709 initiate, replaces the existing legacy systems across world-wide locations includes US, Canada, South Africa, India, and South Korea. SAP program will redesign Supply chain, Finance, Sales, Retail, EDI, BRIM, Subscriptions business processes wif a dedicated focus in Ariba, C4C Hybris, CPQ/VC, PP, CPG, EWM, BPC, Field-glass, SAP CPM, SAP ECC (SD, MM, P2P, O2C, Logistics), EDI, Solution Manager 7.2, BW/Analysis4Office.
• SAP Project Manager for SAP green field country expansion and payment card project.
• Manage direct reports 5 members onsite, 14 members across global. Manage goal settings,, performance, and career advancements. Provided informal leadership to other team members through matrixed relationships. Manage (Cut-over/Support) changes.
• Manage SAP project and budgets for vendors team, hardware, software, changes,, application development, configuration, enhancements, production issues. Manage Business Partner relationships (managed services team members).

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

SAP HANA Program & Deployment Manager

Responsibilities:

• Industry: Utilities
• Key advisor to VP, Business Executives, Sponsors and ERP Director
• Release/Cut-over/Deployment Manager of on-going SAP enterprise programs (over $40M).
• Lead cut-over preparations, plan and execution of cut-over tasks, schedules of multi-year SAP program uses SAP Project Systems Integration (SPSI), Enterprise Portfolio Planning and Management, PS, FICO, MDM, EHS, ECC, Sol Man7.1, Click-soft and Primavera.
• Lead Steering Committee meetings, daily status updates, drive decisions on the final go-live strategy, potential change-requests, risks etc.
• Manage S4 initiatives, deliver critical key financial processes includes closing financial books (in less time), controlling, general ledger, accounts receivable, reporting, optimized order-to-cash, Procure to Pay processes, streamlined financial reporting, Asset Accounting, Auditing embedded in SAP Credit, Cash Management, SAP Biller Direct, Treasury, SCM process and Black Line finance solutions

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Pre-Sales SAP HANA Program and Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Industry: Various.
• Pre-Sales Manager, responsible for Dell SAP projects and accounts (HANA, IoT, big data, mobile, and cloud).
• Deliver business case, RFP/RFI/RFQ’s, detailed RFP responses, infrastructure, product vision, go-to-market strategies, budget, staffing, road maps, prototypes, delivery models and pre-sales presentations.
• Project Manager for Dell Supply Chain and Finance SAP clients. Projects includes implementation of SCM, BRIM, APO, IBP, EDI, Ariba, Procure to Pay, SRM, Souring, Contract Management, Sales, Demand, Catalog Management, Suppliers, Spend Analytics, Network Collaboration, Purchasing, SAP FICO/ FICA, payment card solutions.
• Global SAP functional & integration manager for the new SAP HANA transition projects. Accountable for global template, business requirements of SAP FICO modules implementation. Lead infra, install, integration, security, configuration, build, test.
• Senior Manage for multi-year full cycle successful Hybris/BRIM implementations for retail, manufacture, e-commerce, and utilities clients. Landscape includes SAP CRM (on-prem), SAP C4C, Hybris Marketing, Hybris-Billing, SAP Convergent Charging (CC), SAP Convergent Invoicing (CI), ECC (FI-CA, SD), SAP PI/PO.
• Sr. Practice Manager wif 9 employees direct reports, a team of on-site/offshore global professionals. Manage resource performance processes, goals, evaluation, mentor, coach, promote, people process improvements to retooling the people.
• Closely work wif Dells’ Product, Cloud, and engineering teams on the development of product portfolios and roadmaps. Deliver Product roadmap, strategies etc.

Confidential, Enfield, CT

SAP Enterprise Architect Lead

Responsibilities:

• Industry: Finance and Insurance. Manage and Architect SAP ECC business requirements, design and configuration of the SAP FICO, SD, MM, PP modules, SAP Solution manager, SAP PI/PO, SAP CRM TOU billing, insurance business processes and solutions
• Lead efforts during projects’ planning phase to size project costs for the purposes of budget, resource planning, and cost/benefit analysis. Lead development, test and deployment tasks.

Confidential, Irwindale, CA

SAP Project Architect

Responsibilities:

• Industry: Utilities.
• Project Manager and Project Architect for ECC (Modules: FICO, MM, PS, HR, SD, PP, PS, WM, LE), PI/PO, Solution Manager, CRM, Ariba, HANA, EDI, SCM, SRM, MDM, Ariba, IS-Retail/Utilities, EAM, and GRC
• As SAP Integration Project Manager, lead overall management of SAP integration projects. Defined project planning, objectives, budget, plan, track, stakeholder register, resource management key steering committee, test planning, data conversion and cutover planning
• Deliver SCN E-Commerce Network solution powered by Ariba to leverage vendors/suppliers cloud services. Implemented matured collaborative work Processes.
• Architect and Deliver processes, business requirements, architecture, design, functional configurations for SAP FICO, BW on HANA, Finance Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Internal Orders, Product Costing and Fixed Assets
• Manage team goals, performance management,, promotions and career development.