PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Adept at aligning strategies with people, processes and technology with holistic approach that transforms ideas into successful working realities with techno - functional expertise understanding of what is required to achieve business objectives through implementation of business system using enabling technologies.
• Total 16+ years of IT experience and 11+ years of SAP functional experience, working with a global consulting company as Logistics subject matter expert, in projects ranging from Implementation/Rollout/Upgrade/Production support with an Industry expertise of Semiconductor, Manufacturing, Auto, Aero, Industrial and Utilities.
• Possess wide breadth and depth of business knowledge and configuration experience in the Supply chain and Source to pay areas.
• Excellent track record in the design and delivery of solutions on billable engagements for Business Services projects and proposals to the required quality standards and structured methodologies.
• Efficient in providing specific direction, control and guidance to the Solution project team in order to meet project deliverables.
• ITIL® 2011 Foundation certified. Consistently delivered as Project Manager on various projects with good command on ASAP Methodology, Team Management and People Management. Possess knowledge of agile methodology.
• Successfully delivered various phases of project including Blueprint workshops, Design, Analysis, Configuration, Testing, Data Conversion, Deployment, Production Support and ownership of associated deliverables.
• Managed and worked on multiple implementations and global roll-outs across geographies including North America, Canada, Mexico, Europe and APAC regions
• Hands on configuration expertise in SAP R/3, SAP ECC 6.0, SAP MM/IM/WM. Good working knowledge of SAP PP, SD, QM.
• Strong Exposure and experience integrating MM/IM with WM, SD, PP, PM, QM and FICO.
• Excellent knowledge of ECC-SCM integration with extensive knowledge of CIF (Core Interface) and decent knowledge of SCM SNP.
• Good exposure to SRM 7.0 with working experience of SRM 4.0/5.0
• Expertise in preparation ofTest Strategy, TestPlan, TestscenariosandTestScripts.
• Extensive experience preparing and delivering end-user .
• Expertise in Data Migration from Legacy System to SAP R/3 using Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW) and ECATT.
• Experience with EDI (partner type, partner profile, message type, Inbound and outbound parameters) for purchase orders (850), order confirmation (855), order shipping notification (856), Order change (860), Delivery Schedules (862) and Invoices (810).
• Excellent working knowledge on HP Quality center, Test Director, Mercury Test Suite 8.0, Quick Test Pro, MS-Project, MS-Visio, MS Share point, eRoom
• Expertise in working with the onsite/offshore model. Thoroughly worked on Global Delivery Model and mentored team members.
• Rich experience working with Pre-sales and Engagement teams, participating and anchoring proposals for new pursuits.
• Managing engagement risk, account receivable, collaborating with clients and identifying engagement follow-on opportunities to get more business for the Organization.
• Excellent Communication, Client Interaction, Presentation and Problem solving skills with systematic approach and ability to work effectively in a fast paced environment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Milwaukee

COE Functional Lead/Manager

Responsibilities:

• Functionally managing the SAP COE projects implementation with enhancements across DP/DPS, OTC, PTP, STP, RTR and CRM tracks with a functional team of 8 at onsite and 15 resources offshore.
• Budgeting, Resource Planning, Release Planning, Requirements prioritization, design/development, testing, go-live and hyper care.

Confidential, Milwaukee

Procure to Pay Principal Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Efficiently delivered the business process design by contributing to the template validation workshops, identifying fits/gaps, and prioritizing gaps based on business need.
• Driven the high level process design and solution workshops to evaluate the process, functional and organizational solution alternatives for identified gaps. Gathered requirements and documented the BPD documents.
• Accountable for technical design integration issues and key solution design decisions. Contributed for the co-existence workshops and end-to-end process workshops.
• Developed the configuration road map for PTP based on the EBPH (Enterprise Business Process Hierarchy).

Confidential, Milwaukee

SAP Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• As a solution architect, identified integration design risks in the Blueprint phase and ensured compliance with established architectural standards for Source to Pay track processes including - Manage supply planning, requisitioning, procurement, inventory and warehouse management, receiving, supply to line, lifecycle data management, non-conforming purchased material, invoicing and supplier performance.
• Managed cross-team collaboration and key cross-functional processes to mitigate risk.
• Critically reviewed process design documents for Logistics domain and documented E2E system integration documents across teams and business processes.
• Reviewed WRICEF to ensure maximum use of SAP standard functionality.

Confidential, New York

SAP MMIMWM Track Lead/Project manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed 4 onsite consultants and team of 10 offshore consultants. Delivered the project under aggressive schedule of 6 months with 1 month of post go-live support.
• Performed overall project planning of the template roll-out and data migration. Established the project plan, resource plan, risk mitigation and back-up plan, plan and cut-over plan. Managed status communication to project team, stake holders and senior management.
• Owned blueprinting, configuration and testing of processes in procurement, inventory management and warehouse management areas with batch management, shelf life control, serialization and split valuation.
• Delivered most complex data migration objects.
• Preparation of test plan/test cases and execution of test campaigns, User kit preparation and KU .

Confidential, Chandler

Responsibilities:

• Worked on multiple projects including Replatform, Supply chain transformation, M&A, Legal Entity Restructuring, Merger & Acquisition projects in close to 5 year stint with the client.
• Played the roles of Team lead, Project Manager, Program manager/Portfolio manager and Delivery Anchor across multiple projects.
• Defined systems strategy, developed systems requirements, designed and prototyped, testing,, defined support procedures, and implemented practical business solutions under multiple deadlines for various projects.
• As a program manager/delivery anchor, served as direct supervisor of IT team at client site. Responsible for project reviews, feasibility, cost benefit analysis, prioritization, initiation, execution, and closure for all project work related to the program. Managed relationships with business, IT leaders and other stake holders while handling multiple portfolios for the client.
• Played the role of supply chain lead on the Bellmont/Bellcliff Supply chain integration project to bring two new age product lines (Silicon Photonics and Perceptual computing devices) into client’s existing supply chain landscape. Developed the strategy for master data set up for the entire supply chain. Involved in configuration and testing of supply chain process across SAP ECC, SCM and SRM 5.0.
• Played the PTP/Master data lead on the Inventory Optimization project for reduction of inventory in the entire supply chain to the tune of $100M and reduction of tray CPU lead times from 5days to 1 day, between primary warehouses to sub-cons through RDCs while involving the suppliers in the entire planning process. Owned cutover plan, ECC and SCM master data, configuration and testing of procurement and manage inventory processes.
• Played PM/Functional Lead role on the $125M Qlogic’s Infiniband acquisition project responsible for bringing all their business processes into Intel’s supply chain. Established the project plan, resource plan, plan and cutover plan. Delivered multiple tracks including material structure, procurement, Order execution, inbound and outbound logistics. Designed the Fax-a-Lot/Direct shipment process.
• Played the crucial role of PM/Data migration manager on the Legal entity restructuring project that saved $100M+ tax dollars for the client. Managed team of 15 (onsite + offshore) consultants for conversion of master and transactional data. Developed detailed project IT plans, identified and managed project dependencies and critical paths. Partnered with the stakeholders to define project scope, requirements, success criteria and key deliverables. Defined resource needs, budget, etc. as required.
• Played the role of Onsite Lead/ Project Manager for the $1.4B acquisition project. Provided scalable supply chain solutions covering functional areas namely material/BOM, planning, procurement, inventory management, Accounts payable and Finance. Successfully established B2B Integration between client’s trading partners (customers) and ERP systems.
• As a MM/WM functional team lead, managed teams of 10+ consultants on the direct material supply chain/re-platform project involving consolidation of three 4.6B SAP instances into one single ECC6.0 instance. Implemented SAP for over 100 plants across various business units (Fab, Sort, Assembly/Test, Systems manufacturing etc.). Helped the client in mapping their processes to the off-the-shelf capabilities in SAP ECC by minimizing the customizations by over 90%. Managed complex data conversion efforts and successfully deployed with highest level of data quality. Designed the complex FG Auto STO process as part of end state solution involving implementation of RosettaNet PIP communications.

Confidential, Eden Prairie, MN

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Played the role of project manager on the EDI implementation (Sterling Commerce GENTRAN) and SAP enhancement project for the client.
• Responsibility in organizing, directing and coordinating and implementing all project support activities.
• Interacted with program office regarding status, scheduling, resourcing, risks and issues associated with the project. Monitored and analyzed performance data and reported results.
• Overseeing and coordinating development, implementation, testing, and activities to ensure the project remains on schedule and on-budget.
• Performed incident and problem management; conducted risk management and produced appropriate mitigation strategies for resolution of risks. Thoroughly worked with a formal change management process and change control board.

PTP (MM/IM) Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on multi-county global rollout handling complex requirements for setting up the global purchasing and financial system for the client including legal requirements of NA/Europe/Mexico and Brazil. Worked extensively on JCI specific Inter- Intra Company process for both SAP-SAP as well as SAP-nonSAP scenarios.
• Worked on implementation of SRM 4.0/EBP 5.0 in classic mode deployed across 15 countries with 5000+ users.
• Responsible for various streams including Remedy, stabilization activities like IDOC processing and Accruals and handling customer requirements. Conducted Governance calls with user community to understand their requirements and prioritize them with their consent and plan those requirements for monthly/quarterly production releases
• Led several key mini projects to address major customer requirements which are executed in parallel to the Remedy stream. Led quality initiatives for improving the deliverables of enhancements through various production releases.

Confidential, Indianapolis

MM/IM/WM Functional Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Led the Defect Resolution Team and supervised the testing in areas of MM and WM including batch management shelf life control and serialization requirements.
• Worked on wide variety of production issues which include master data, transactional data, performance and configurations across MM and WM processes.
• Worked extensively on the issues related to Workflows and issues involving change of material type and valuation class.

Confidential

SAP MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on various phases of project including Business Blue Printing, Solution designing, Data Migration, Realization and Testing.
• Responsible for processes such as Factory Ordering and confirmation, Homologation and conformity check, Licensing and Registration, Imports and Customs, Intrastat Process, Third Party process, Inbound invoicing, Factory collection process and Vehicle Logistics covering vehicle tracking, integration of operations between factory, market performance center and service providers. The deliverables included the development of a pan-brand business model offering complete visibility of vehicle information.
• Worked on IS-AUTO VMS 3.0 defining the actions, interlinking actions and action matrices.

Confidential

SAP MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the effort for the assessment of the expected impact of the upgrade to SAP 4.7.
• Part of the 5 month aggressive schedule for the technical upgrade and was responsible for MM, WM and PM modules. Thoroughly performed functional testing of these modules.
• Managed the Defect Resolution Team and supervised the testing in area of MM, WM and PM.
• Responsible for organizing, administration and execution of the test scripts for regression test and has been actively involved in fixing the defects raised during the testing.

Confidential

Functional Team member/Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Major features handled were requirement analysis, design and development of Logistics and Maintenance cycle. Managed design and development of MSP2000 integration with the Aviation module. Worked on Material management and Warehouse management product enhancements.