Summary of Experience and Qualifications

Big Four consulting and Fortune 50 industry experienced Data Management Leader and Program Head specializing in the enterprise master data management suite of products. Offering a unique combination of technical architectural design leadership, data governance organization set up and program management qualities par excellence. Experience leading many mid size to large teams in several high profile projects including mergers and enterprise systems integration. Have implemented world class master data management solutions utilizing tools such as SAP Net weaver BPM portal, SAP MDM, Informatica MDM and have assessed new tools such as SAP MDG for Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Cleansing, Data Conversion, Data Validation, Approval Workflows etc. Hands on manager with the ability to provide high level design and direction to project teams to carry forward, utilizing previous configuration and functional design experience in MDM and SD modules of SAP. Heavy experience of partnering with the business and getting their requirements translated into quality solutions by leading functional and development teams. Excellent leadership, project management, program management, business development, business analysis, performance reporting, business support, quality management, user training, communication and client management skills.

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Senior Manager

Role Description:

• Engagement Head for brand new MDM implementations and ad hoc tool suite upgrade projects
• Educate clients on the criticality of the data governance concept and lead them through initial negotiations with their vendors so that they could package together the best in class suite of products based on their business needs and future vision
• Proposed the end to end architecture utilizing Informatica MDM suite of products and recommended a robust solution to meet their business needs
• Help coordinate with the other downstream system teams which could potentially have a stake in the project in the future

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Senior MDM Management Architect

Role Description:

• Performed as an advisor, project head and a hands on solution architect for some major clients looking to implement master data governance and data management products. Provided my expertise in designing high level end to end MDM process solutions including developing a data governance framework and helped guide the project delivery team to produce a quality solution
• Chief architect for a brand new MDM implementation in the Latin America region in the insurance/finance Industry where I was involved in tool selection and initial negotiations with the vendors. Implemented best in class MDM tool suite consisting of SAP, BODS, ESB, Replication Server and IBM suite of middleware products
• Designed Informatica MDM solution for Customer and Product domains for a major retail client with a complex business model consisting of 31 data source systems. Led efforts around activities such as data profiling utilizing Informatica Data Quality IDQ and Address Doctor AD , data modeling, match rules and structuring of the Trust Framework for match/merge functionalities such that only the best quality data got inserted into the central data repository

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IT Lead Master Data Management

Role Description:

• IT Manager twelve direct reports in the high profile Project Harmonization initiative, the purpose of which was to integrate the master data book of record for the different Coca Cola companies/businesses into one enterprise system. Phase one scope of the project was the implementation of the SAP MDM workflow tool for centralized data maintenance across the enterprise such that one customer is able to buy products from any of the companies without the users having to enter the same customer multiple times in the various systems for different products
• Supervised my team to design a new partner structure for CCR to make sure there is consistency across CCE Coca Cola Enterprises and CCNA Coca Cola North America and made sure that all partner interaction related activity was captured via the standard SAP functionality of partner functions, which is the Industry best practice
• Led and facilitated a series of workshops with the business in the assessment of the list of account groups in both CCE and CCNA and compared these with those configured in the Coke global template. Tried to align them as much as possible for uniformity across the board in my to be design recommendation white paper document such that the new book of record would contain a new clean list which catered to all business needs
• Recommended a short list of harmonized core fields which would be included in the new single point of entry information which needed to be the same to operate as one business
• Assisted the executive committee and project stakeholders in coming up with the MDM tool selection criteria which included ratings for all important functionality and then organized demos with all the vendor companies and facilitated those meetings such that the best decision was made
• Manager for the Sales and trimester incentive structure project four direct reports in SAP CRM utilizing the new Territory Management functionality offered by the tool such that all their employee incentive programs were driven automatically based on the World Class solution I provided. The project involved the flow/mapping of data between Basis legacy order to cash system , SAP ECC, SAP CRM, SAP HR and SAP BW systems

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Lead Specialist Data Management Organization

Role Description:

• Managed SAP Customer Master team in two end to end implementations/releases all the way from business planning/design to Go Live/Production support
• Led the SAP team ten direct reports in PepsiCo's enterprise wide SAP BPM Net Weaver CE workflow tool implementation Release 6.99 project, the scope of which included Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade and Pepsi Cola North America divisions. Delegated tasks as required and reviewed the functional designs for the workflows and enhancement objects for the CE BPM Net Weaver based solution. Supervised the successful implementation of the design by working closely with the development team, unit/system/UAT testing the solution followed by the training of the end users
• Provided SAP subject matter expertise to help DMO improve their existing data management processes by introducing new tools like First Logic for data cleansing to improve data quality
• Introduced the concept of the workflow portal custom launch pad which was then implemented enterprise wide to provide end users with a one stop shop for all their master data maintenance needs
• Emphasized the importance of data governance based on business best practices and personally took the role of the CE workflow enterprise wide administrator such that all requests to track status of the workflow, causes of failure, data issues and request analysis would come to me for resolution and answers
• SAP team manager fifteen direct reports for PepsiCo's enterprise level SAP dual ECC workflow implementation Release 7 project which included all divisions including all the above plus Frito Lays. Reviewed and approved RICEFW documents scripted by my team including those for enterprise change request forms and Mass Update functionalities
• Provided SAP Sales/Distribution and SAP Customer Master Data modules expertise to the wider project teams and was the main To Go guy for all business/technical resources for SAP related questions
• Led the efforts for the solution deployment by coordinating with the training and readiness team. Personally flew into many plant sites for deployment and to conduct training sessions. Provided post Go Live support by utilizing tools like Service Manager, SQL Database Developer, Quality Center and Net Weaver Administrator

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SAP Senior Consultant

Project Role Description: Led a team to conduct a thorough analysis of the client's complex pricing model and proposed solutions based on SAP's standard pricing functionality. Provided the client with five options with detailed configuration steps, impact on business operations, risk factors etc. Presented demonstrations on how the client's complex business model could be modeled into standard SAP. Conducted a thorough research on all non SAP and downstream systems which were integrated with SAP and prepared detailed reports on how the proposed SAP configuration changes would impact those systems. Set up detailed meetings with all the key stakeholders, SMEs and business/IT owners of all systems to extract information. Analyzed and assessed client's active orders, order types, pricing procedures, customer hierarchies, product hierarchies and product inclusion/exclusion listings. Made recommendations to the client to improve their pricing model

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SAP Consultant

SAP Supply Chain Senior Functional Analyst RICEFW objects design/development/testing

Project Role Description: Scripted RICEFW object design documents and produced/executed the test scripts for these. Worked with the client business managers to design security roles including derivative, composite, single and master roles. Led the effort for thorough testing of those security roles and worked with the IT security team to remove all defects and errors. Designed and created the shipment splitting/consolidation functionality.

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SAP SD/Supply Chain Senior Analyst Blueprint and project build readiness assessment

Project Role Description: Led a team brought in emergency circumstances to address client concerns around their blueprint completeness and project readiness. Assessed the project based on comparisons with EVD 2.0 methodology. Compared client functional specs and business processes/activities with EVD samples and templates. Interviewed all functional teams and made notes based on their comments to make the final recommendations. Constructed design exit and build entrance criteria. Analyzed critical business processes against business process design completion requirements. Conducted process mappings with Industry Print.

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OTC Order to Cash consultant Pricing and Order Management

Project Role Description: Configured pricing functionality including creation of new pricing tables, pricing condition types, access sequences, procedures, copy controls and designed price request forms for foodservice and retail divisions. Coordinated with the testing team on defect resolution during the unit, string and integration testing of various business scenarios. Configured special business processes in Sales like Consignment Orders, Third Party Orders, Availability Check, Cross Selling, Rush Orders, Free Goods Determination, Output Control, Text and Materials Determination. Scripted data conversion and data mapping design documents related to open sales orders, material determination, customer material information records and output determination.

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SAP Sales Distribution Analyst SD Configuration and design objects

Project Role Description: Worked on setting up and configuration of the complete sales organization structure followed by customer master data and other basic order management configuration settings including account groups, sales document types, item categories etc. Demonstrated excellent project management skills for various activities including planning, scheduling and cost estimation. Outstanding client facing and organizational skills shown by preparing performance reports/presentations for the management.

Other Experience

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OTC Senior Functional Analyst Process improvement and Go Live preparation

Project Role Description: Improved the business process of the client and helped save them thousands of dollars by streamlining the process. Helped the client resolve its inter company pricing issues.

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SAP Supply Chain Functional Consultant IS OIL enhancement module configuration updates as per client requirements

Project Role Description: Configured new shipping points for a plant and set up shipping point determination procedures. Configured IS Oil functionalities like Invoice Cycles, Escalation Procedures, Production Taxes, Quality and Down Payment Settlement.

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SAP Business Analyst Business analysis, requirements gathering, functional specs, development

Project Role Description: Reviewed and analyzed customer requirements and created functional specs as per the business requirements. Acted as the liaison between the offshore technical team and the business owners.