Project Manager

Accomplished IT executive with 14 years of SAP consulting experience and a strong specialization in Project Management. Results-oriented, decisive leader with proven success in managing multimillion-dollar SAP and business transformation projects, blending together the right mix of analytical skills with technical expertise, management fortitude and common sense. Expert at turning around failing projects, helping companies regain control over their project when milestones are lost, missed, or otherwise ignored. Gained a keen understanding of the significance of cultural aspects in both corporate and project environments. Excel in dynamic, demanding environments while remaining pragmatic and focused. Gained expertise by working for U.S. consulting leaders like Accenture/IBM/Deloitte with structured consulting and delivery methodologies.

Core competencies:

• SAP Program Project Management SAP Practice Development
• Off-Shore / Near Shore Delivery Outsourcing AMS SLA's
• Project Turn Around and Special Situations Global Roll-outs Upgrades
• Methodology Tools / Deliverables Account budgeting and planning
• Solution Development RFP expertise
• Staff -Development People Management
• Worked for Big 4 firms like Accenture, IBM.
• Contract Negotiations Partner Management
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life cycle and all its phases.
• Expert in gathering and documenting user and business requirements and an expertise in business process analysis.
• Comprehensive knowledge of System Change Management, Risk Management and Version Management processes.
• Worked on AMS Team Development, Production Support and Transition of Project from Development phase to Production Support phase.
• Analytical, methodical, and resourceful approach to problem solving, identifying root causes and bringing solutions to the table to meet short and long-term business, financial, and system requirements.
• Ability to communicate with technical, functional and senior management audiences. Adept at multitasking across several assignments.
• Strong team player with ability to work in very high pressure situations.
• Using project management tools like MS-Project for planning, scheduling and status reporting.
• Technical Team lead experience. Experience in management of offshore projects from onsite.
• Experience in System analysis, design, development, implementation and testing.
• Extensive Testing expertise at various levels program testing, process testing, Integration testing
• Worked on New implementations, Upgrades in the latest Netweaver platform that implemented ERP and BW/BI/BO for multiple clients.
• Experience in working closely with Vendors selections, Define project Scope, writing SOW, Negotiating Cost for multiple Phase Implementations, also negotiating with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors for reduce project cost to have better ROI.

PROJECTS:

Confidential

Position: SAP Transition Manager

• Plan, Execute project transition from Development phase to Production Support mode.
• Responsible for quality review of deliverables and documentation from Implementation team and prepare AMS teams for post go-live support

Confidential

Position: Middleware Project Manager

• Develop, Maintain and Execute Project plans for Common Services Interface CSI .
• Responsible for Cost, Scope, Schedule and quality measurements of projects.
• Work with clients to identify business requirements and lead CSI teams in planning and executing project tasks to deliver solutions.

Confidential

Position: Data Migration / DataMart Manager

• Develop Maintain and Execute Development Cutover plan for developing complex financial reports for C level Management.
• Project involved Data cleansing and Migration from SAP and other systems.
• Extract Data from multiple sources like SAP, T1, Siebel and other sources into BO to Datawarehouse for Revenue reporting and future custom reporting of Single View of Customer.
• Integrate Data flow across multiple sources into one single source of Reporting.
• Extract Master and Transactional Data for multiple company codes.
• Modules involved are SAP FICO, SD, MM and SAP BW/BI.

Confidential

Position: Project Manager

• Accountable for successful Planning, Execution, Monitoring, Control and completion of complex IT Implementation.
• Coordinate Production Releases with multiple departments across the nation.
• Develops project Plans including work breakdown structure, Project milestones, critical path analyses, Risk management Plan, Cost/benefit analysis, Resource Planning/Resource Loading, budget costing.
• Responsible for handling multiple projects at the same time.

Confidential

Position: SAP Successfactors Manager

• Directly responsible for account management, practice development, delivering and managing client work and resource management.
• Build and maintain relationships with prospects, existing clients as well as with software and solution partners.
• Managed day-to-day relationships with clients and help them to build the business strategies plan.
• Responsible for Project Planning, Management.
• Implement SAP Successfactors SaaS.
• Work closely with C-Level client, understand their requirement and help them to build the best practices solution for their organization.
• Project team structure involves onsite functional and multiple locations of technical development.
• Multiple third party vendors including SAP are part of project and Cutover plan was one of the deliverables.
• Work on HR related Data Extraction, Cleansing and Migration to SAP.
• Modules involved are SAP FICO, HR.

Confidential

Position: Project Manager

• Worked as Project Manager and Business Analyst for a Non-Profit's web-based application for After School Activities for High Schools and College going low income students.
• Involved in initiation, planning and execution of the project including Data migration into the new cloud based database.

Confidential

Position: System Verification Testing Manager

• Takeover an ongoing project from another implementation partner and keep it on track with significant savings to client.
• Manage SAP implementation testing for a regulated pharmaceutical client.
• Project team structure changes from existing heavy onsite model to high offshore concentration with minimal distraction to client deliverables.
• Responsible for delivering System Integration Testing SIT within one month after project start.
• Manage client teams across 3 Continents for User Acceptance Testing AT .
• Upgrade of Netweaver platform and bringing in new BO/Crystal reporting for acquired companies.
• Modules involved are SAP FICO, SD, MM, WM.

Confidential

Position: Master Data Integration Conversion Manager

• Project involved integration / retirement of multiple ERP systems and Middleware to standardize data management.
• Manage Data transformation from SAP, legacy systems to Web based Ordering system.
• Work with multiple customers in project activities, change management, training and post implementation support.
• Part of and responsible for Data Conversion tasks of cutover plan.
• Project included automatic Bex Reports to be sent to plants.
• Managed Contractors, offshore resources and client customer developers in meeting project goals on time and on budget.
• Modules involved are SAP FICO, SD, MM, WM, APO.

Confidential

Position: Master Data Training Manager

• Project is to train employees of the client on new implementation of SAP system.
• Developed and maintained project plans, issues logs, status reports.
• Utilized latest technology to reuse same data every day to train multiple sets of users across nation on the training system.
• Worked with training centers in planning, scheduling offsite training.
• Executed Data build plan to accommodate multiple class room trainings at same time.
• Modules involved are SAP FICO, SD, MM, WM.

Confidential

Position: ERP Manager

• Analysis, Planning, Design and implementation of the ETL Master Data Conversion from JD Edwards and SAP Implementation.
• Managed and Executed various Project activities such as Stakeholder Meeting, Data Architecture from Shared Data Center group, and QC activities from Centralized QC group.
• Performed Project Quality Management, Time, Communication Management, Risk analysis.
• Worked Closely with Business users in Requirement Gathering, Analysis, Process Design, Data Design, Development, Testing and Implementation of Data transformation processes.
• Coordinated various End Client issues and successfully managed the constantly emerging changes thru proper Change Control Management Activities.
• Conflict Resolution for smoother execution of the project.
• Developed weekly, monthly Project status reports to the Stake holders.
• Successfully collaborated with third party consulting companies and offshore teams.
• Modules involved are SAP FICO, SD, MM, WM.

Confidential

Position: Technical Manager

• Responsible to Create project Scope, Define Project Timelines Resource Loading based on Project Scope.
• Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, monitors, and summarizes progress of projects.
• Builds and maintains working relationships with business users, vendors, and other departments involved in the project.
• Involved in upgrade of existing software along with integration with vendor's systems. The systems included SAP ERP BW, CRM, Web, Hand held and Mainframe.
• Worked with Stakeholder, Project Management Team Communication Team to understand and create the requirement of the Project.
• Responsible of clarity Scope of projects, Identify business Solutions align Consultants for Project Execution and negotiate billing arrangements with Vendor.
• Organize workshops with Users in designing the project plan.
• Implement Project Plan including integration points with multiple external and third party systems.
• Responsible for System testing of the application before delivering to vendors.
• Modules involved are SAP FICO, SD, MM, CRM and SAP BW/BI.