SUMMARY:

• Certified SAP Solutions Consultant (SCM & Logistics) with over 18 years of SAP business transformation experience and managing information systems including last 16 years of full life cycle implementation and support of cross functional SAP applications for large scale ERP transformation S/4 HANA deployment programs across Australian federal government, state government and private sector organizations. Also, a senior ERP specialist with extensive domain knowledge in diversified, large scale, complex business environments specialized on supply chain management/procurement processes covering both manufacturing and services industries. Expertise stated on numerous ERP platforms and has strong business analytical skills with emphasis on business process improvement, re - engineering.
• SAP areas of expertise stated in Implementation and customer support primarily on SAP SCM space (EWM, MM, LE, SD, WM, PP, QM, PM) covering full 14 end-to-end SAP green-field implementations, including 8 SAP MM green field implementations and 4 SAP ARIBA (Cloud based eProcurement & Invoicing platform) implementations. Has strong configuration and SAP BAU support across all SAP SCM modules with experience on last 5 major SCM implementation on SAP S/4 HANA platform.
• In depth Supply Chain & Procurement business process domain expertise in Warehousing and distribution, Transportation, Energy & Utilities, Aviation, Cement & Mining, Process meat manufacturing, Beverage & Frozen confectionary Manufacturing, Electricity, Hospitality and IT sector business verticals among other FMCG Industries.
• Experience using SAP EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) technologies to exchange messages across SAP and non-SAP applications specifically for processes in SAP procurement and invoicing space utilizing technologies such as ALE, IDOC’s, RFC & tRFC etc.
• Strong understanding & experience in Integration across SAP logistics and financial (FICO), SAP & non-SAP Data migration and ETL tools (Extraction, Transformation & Loading)
• Extensive domain knowledge and experience across public sector procurement policies & procedure framework, financial delegation & governance in public sector, contract management and category management framework, and supplier enablement and on-boarding (using business tools such as Tender link, AusTender, LEX, SAP VIM, ARIBA etc.)
• Experience in business process improvement, process re-engineering and process mapping, system/ SAP enhancements, change impact analysis and change management initiatives.
• Experience in facilitating F2S workshops, conducting business process audits, delivering end-user for major organizations with large SAP foot print.
• Develop project plans and implement projects in accordance with agreed scope, budgets and timeframes. Experience in adoption of latest IT tools and methodologies including SAP ASAP, SAP Solution Manager /SOLMAN, PMBOK, ISO 9001, SOX, HPQC, LSMW, QTP, SERVICE NOW, OVSD, JIRA, Remedy, SAP Query, SQL, RPG/400, AS/400 and DB2 Environments.
• 8+ Yrs in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) in analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, support and maintenance of ERP and other software applications.
• Extensive experience in SAP ABAP debugging, end-to-end system testing from test planning, execution, to defect management and resolution through various testing phases.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

SAP Logistics Consultant

Responsibilities:

• As a SAP Functional consultant for Operational Procurement and Inventory Management (OP&IM) stream of the project, In addition to MM solution configuration, I was responsible also for defining business processes through deep dive functional workshops, validating and updating process flows to align with SAP best practice business processes, identifying process gaps(where relevant), assisting SAP user sessions, and compiling and validating SAP user materials during the Deploy stage of the project (followed SAP Activate methodology).

Confidential

Lead SAP Supply Chain/Logistics Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible in configuring end to end operational procurement & Inventory Management solution, and carrying out necessary enhancements on recently went live SAP BAU environment. Activities include business process mapping, gap analysis, configuration, testing, process documentation (on SAP Solution Manager), user, data migration, cut-over tasks & dress rehearsals, hyper care support plus developing business change requests (BCR) for identified SAP enhancements across SAP SCM and EWM (Extended Warehouse Management) space.

Confidential

SAP Procure-to-Pay (PTP) Lead

Responsibilities:

• As the SAP Senior PTP Consultant for the SAP S/4 HANA implementation, I was responsible SAP solution configuration, hyper-care support for recently gone-live SAP S4/HANA New Zealand operation for the SAP Operational Procurement, Strategic sourcing and Inventory Management streams of the project. Also, accountable for customization and configuring SAP ARIBA eProcurement Cloud platform SRM application - SLP (supplier lifecycle and performance management) component for both Confidential (Australia) and Confidential (New Zealand) businesses. SAP VIM (Open text vendor invoice management solution) workflow changes to reflect latest financial delegation & non-PO invoice approval for Confidential (Australia) business operation.

Confidential

Senior SAP Logistics/Procurement Specialist

Responsibilities:

• As part of this exercise, I’m responsible for conducting process study on exiting procurement governance/policy framework, category management framework, identify detail business requirements, perform business process mapping (as-is and to-be) and perform gap analysis, determine changes to current business practices and delegation framework, documenting system & off-system processes and procurement SOP’s, business process modeling on SAP Solution Manager, solution configuration, standard FIORI Apps enablement, technical integration requirements, data management strategy, identify process re-engineering activities and business change impact within SAP ARIBA/S4 functionality across Source-to-Pay business scenarios and process mapping and configuration of SAP EWM.

Confidential

Senior SAP digital transformation Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Airservices is a federal government organization providing servicesto the aviation industry with telecommunications, aeronautical data, navigation services andaviation rescue firefighting services . Airservices manage 11 per cent of the world’s airspace where there are more than four million aircraft movements carrying more than 156 million passengers annually.

Confidential

SAP Functional Lead/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• As the SAP Functional Team Lead, was responsible for identifying business process gaps, process enhancements, and performance improvement activities across entire supply chain covering both inbound, outbound operations at DHL warehouse complexes (3PL logistics provider) located across in multiple distribution centers within the country.
• Responsible for carrying out and releasing SAP configuration activities, managing SAP regression testing tasks, liaising with subject matter experts in the potential areas of business change to deploy and manage the change, train the shop-floor SAP users affected in the business, manage enterprise-wide communications and organizational change management initiatives until the proposed change is successfully implemented. Among other deliverables, building integration between SAP & Non-SAP applications to receive PO’s, ASN, GRN, Invoice, Sales orders inbound and outbound deliveries via SAP EDI technologies was a key deliverable.

Confidential

SAP Business Process Lead

Responsibilities:

• As the SAP Business process lead for the eProcurement implementation project, I was leading the as-is process study for all the key business units covering both Network Services and Asset Management divisions within the business including branches major projects, capital programs, transmission services, civil constructions, vegetation & inspection services, inventory, fleet and fire services among others. My process study also covered the 4 major procurement portfolios (network equipment, network services, indirect procurement and ICT). This as-is study was for a period of 6 months and involved more than 40 SME’s across the business covering both upstream sourcing and downstream procurement including invoicing and payment.
• Was working with the System Integration (SI) partner to transfer these complex and highly decentralized process domain expertise into the Ariba solution design by mapping end-to-end business processes, identifying technical & functional design gaps, workflow message setup and define SAP VIM (Open text Vendor Invoice Management solution) invoice approval mechanism, evaluation configuration on existing SAP SRM 7.0 solution, carrying out Ariba product capability analysis, performing solution design, technical integration design, solution build and testing activities for source to contract, contract management and procure to pay business scenarios within the business.

Confidential

Lead SAP Consultant - Procurement & Logistics

Responsibilities:

• Caring out end-to-end System /Regression testing and User on Freight processes for inbound and outbound shipments processing, cross-docking and for internal Warehouse shop floor processes in SAP EWM, including Management of Handling units and Transportations units (HU’s and TU’s), Good receipt, Put away, Printing pick slips and pallet labels, Repacking, Breakdown and transport labels, Delivery confirmation, load planning, stock removal,good issues, Posting changes/stock transfers & physical inventory, Warehouse returns, Stock write-off etc.,.
• Provide business control guidelines with zero tolerance of violations to maintain business Integrity on proposed SAP SCM processes during the post go live and business transition phases.
• Identifying process enhancements, proposing solutions and working with the project management, development and business teams throughout the new processes are established.
• Other Pre and Post Go-Live support and Enhancements on EWM, MM, LE, SD, PM modules.

Confidential

Senior SAP Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• End to End support and project work programs in SAP IS-Retail business value chain on BAU path covering Forecasting and replenishment, Sourcing & Procurement, Warehouse to store order and direct to store (DSD) order delivery and billing process, warehouse and store Inventory management and stock valuation, allocation and distribution of merchandise business processes among other P2P, O2C scenarios.
• Design and implementation of SAP Bill of Materials (Structured Articles in IS Retail) functionality in Purchasing for store/ LPO product promotions and conferencing offers (LPO: Licensee Post Offices). This covers end to end solution of Inbound and outbound DC delivery processing including SAP WM Warehouse management and Retail store Inventory Management processes.
• Involvement for implementation of SAP Webdynpro based Retail store order processing frontend solution which is accessed via Store web portal.
• End to End baseline and regression suite testing for logistics and retail space on SAP EHP6 (enhancement pack 6) upgrade project on HPQC Environment.
• Design and implementation of shelf label printing solution in SAP for all 4400 postal outlets.
• Liaise with Change control board (CCB) to facilitate SAP enhancements and process improvement activities through change requests (CR) management process.
• Master Data Configurations - Site Profile, Site groups, Listing procedures, General Assortments, Assortment types, Distribution chains, Material Groups, Merchandise categories, hierarchies, Assortment lists, planograms etc, etc among other retail master data configurations.
• Managing other ongoing SAP Enhancement and configuration activities (process mapping, gap analysis, configuration, report development, trouble shooting etc) on BAU path.

Confidential

SAP Functional Consultant (SAP Procurement-MM)

Responsibilities:

• Ongoing/project Galaxy SAP Enhancements and configuration activities (process mapping, gap analysis, configuration, report developments (Range exception, Cost approval, Packing material consumption for APC etc,), SAP support work (based on JIRA requirements) on BAU path.
• Implementation of functionality for managing Health and wellbeing/ price knockdown/Swell Items information for Articles in SAP. Some information are generated at vendors through WAF/PDF forms and processed via SAP price catalog(PRICAT) functionality.
• Implementation of functional solution to capture and maintaining packaging data for private label articles in SAP for Australian Packaging Covenant (APC). Responsible for configuring SAP to generate automatic IDOCs to publish packaging information to external sources such as GS1 Net, Vendors, DC’s and stores. Solution also involved the migration of existing data in to SAP and processing and validation of price catalog (PRICAT) messages through SAP pricate rules engine.
• Member of the team working on the project with GS1 Australia to develop a solution for publishing Article master data in to GS1Net. GS1Net is the data synchronization solution for Australia and New Zealand to enter, validate and maintain product, pricing and other trade item information in a single shared data pool managed and maintained by GS1 Australia.

Confidential

Senior SAP Consultant (MM-Procurement)

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing and designing an interface solution to SAP from COMMAND application (COMMAND is the front office sales order processing, ticketing and dispatching system used for concrete and aggregate business segments) to update PP daily manufacturing good receipts and material consumption records.
• Completed As-Is study, gap analysis, process mapping and make recommendation to the management on possible work-around solutions.
• Analyzing and designing an interface solution to SAP from QUEST Mix and QUEST Lab applications (Third party software systems being used to monitor and record quality assurance and quality controlling processes of aggregates and concrete products) to update PP Bill of materials details.
• Analysis and design of frond end Webdynpro tool to accept and validate annual/monthly sales forecast/budget records and to update relevant SAP info structures to support subsequent SOP, DM and MRP processes.
• Compilation of Business Blue Print document and obtained the sign off from BU.
• Configured the SAP system to meet industry specific business requirement for SAP PP business scenarios in SAP ECC 6 Env.

Confidential

SAP Principal Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Providing internal and external consultancy on SAP MM/PP logistics related areas in terms of implementation and support.
• Keep abreast of the latest developments in the selected functional areas/modules and develop proposals and business cases for its implementation.
• Process improvement / review and optimization of current processes related to supply chain management business scenarios.
• In corporate SAP for new acquisitions in the group for the selected functional modules.
• Continuously interact with the top management and the end users of each business unit to ensure that systems and procedures are adhered to as per the group policies.
• Management of projects by developing project plans and implementing in accordance with agreed scope, budget and time frames. Preparing proposals for future projects.
• Institutionalized the SLA’s (Service Level Agreements) for SAP PP, MM, QM and PM modules and resolution of help desk issues through SAP Solution manager.
• Consultation work for other IT systems required for the group. Evaluate any SCM solutions for the group in selecting the appropriate vendor and best product.
• Lead the internal marketing for modules

Confidential - Colombo

SAP Project Lead + Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Carried out AS-IS study, processes mapping in SAP and compilation of business Blue print doc.
• Full SAP configuration as per the requirement of business needs including customization on setting up the Organization structure, Release strategies & procedures, Material types, Material classifications, Material groups, valuation classes, Profit centers, Cost centers, Movement types, MRP configurations (Phase II), and other MM specific IMG activities.
• Design Interface to back office SAP system from front office IDS system.
• Creation of new LSMW programs, cleansing and uploading master data and stock balances.
• Performed IDS-SAP Interface testing using IDOCs and completed baseline & Integration testing.
• Designing interface solutions for uploading MS excel based templates for generating Reservations and Purchase orders in SAP.
• Trained more than 100 end users plus power users on SAP covering all departments of the hotel.
• Managed Go-live and post Go-live support.

Confidential - Colombo

SAP Project Lead + Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Completed As-Is study, preparation of Blue Print document and obtained the sign off from BU.
• Gap analysis and make recommendation to the management on possible work-around solutions.
• Configured the SAP system to meet industry specific best business practices related to back office logistics business scenarios.
• Analyzing and designing an interface solution for automatic creation of Purchase orders in SAP, based on the Daily Perishable/Market list.
• Baseline testing, integration testing and preparation of FS for all customized reports.
• Managed Go-live and post Go-live support.

Confidential

SAP BI Techno Functional Lead (Manufacturing)

Responsibilities:

• Involved in preparing Business case, Vendor evaluation and product demo sessions.
• Requirement gathering, requirement analysis, preparation of AS-IS and project scope documents.
• Explain manufacturing sector business requirements to the KPIT consultants.
• Design report layouts, define KPI’s and related dash boards.
• Testing report layouts and data with SAP R/3 and non-R/3 information.
• Trained Power users and End users on BEX analyzer and prepared authorization matrixes.
• Assisted End users and Power users in carrying out UAT.
• Data extractions using SAP BW ETL Tools & Activation of SAP standard business content and OLAP Cubes.

Confidential

SAP Consultant - Procurement & Materials Management (MM/WM)

Responsibilities:

• Evaluated proposals and design possible interfaces.
• Evaluated vendor demonstrations.
• Completed the process flowcharts and finalized the blue print.
• Finalized business process mapping in WMS-RedPrairie system.
• Work as a functional consultant for SAP XI integration project.
• Developed XI - RedPrairie mapping tables.
• Helped project team to finalize the interface processes.
• Carried out UAT between SAP XI & RedPrairie WMS interfaces.
• Analyzing and implementing Change Requests (CRs). Preparing test data for testing CRs. Testing CRs and documenting test results.

Confidential

Project Leader + SAP Consultant - Production Planning & Controlling (PP)

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for carrying out detailed study on current state analysis (end-to-end) including livestock slaughtering, carcasses processing, butchering, cutting & raw meat processing, grading, mincing and bowl chopping, casing, smoking, cooking, cold meat processing, weighing, inspecting, quality controlling, packaging and distribution across all 3 stages, raw meat, semi-finished and final product processing.
• This study also included identifying process gaps and built workaround SAP solutions to meet customer requirements. leveraged the standard SAP planning tools such as demand management, SOP and LTP. Performed detail study on different MRP methods, forecasting tools and Sales & operational planning activities in SAP and preparation of business case for the client in order to deliver POC.
• Preparation of business blue print, action plan, project management plan and aap analysis report.
• Setting up master data and established relevant SCM processes.
• End-to-end SAP system configuration, unit testing and base line testing. trained power users and end users.

Confidential

Team Lead + SAP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Understanding business requirements, preparing AS-IS, and TO-BE documents
• Complete Configuration of MM Module
• Develop FS for custom developments using SAP tables & structures and prepare Auth.matrix.
• Preparing user manuals and imparting to first level support BU IT coordinators.
• Go-live preparation and post go live support.
• Analyzing and implementing Change Requests (CRs). Preparing test data for testing CRs. Testing CRs and documenting test results.
• Simplified the invoice verification process at the shared services center by streamlining and re-engineering the logistics procurement process and GR/stock receiving procedures at client sites.
• Configure and set up outbound Purchase order IDOC for 3rd party/external procurement vendors.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Compilation of operating procedure manual covering all logistics related business scenarios.
• Cleansing of existing SAP master data such as info records, contracts, Bill of materials, routing timings, cost centers and historical transaction data like open sales orders, reserved stocks/ stock reservations, undelivered goods receipts, open PO & reservations etc,.
• In corporate drip loss, acceptable operational wastage/damages in to the standard Bill of material (Krest factory) to capture the actual cost of the product and to reduce the inventory variances.
• Process of executing material scraping, material requisition, quotation creation and vendor sub contracting processes were re organized, development of a production yield analysis tool.
• Include the Customer Code in the ERN note and remove the billing block restriction at order level to speed up the return order creation process and to minimize delay in creation of credit notes.
• Activate Raw material and Finished goods quality inspection procedure in SAP
• Fulltime on site for power users and end users with their real time business scenarios.

Confidential

Project Leader

Responsibilities:

• Map R&D functionality in SAP to determine the values in new product development and product value re-engineering and trained users on SAP workplace massaging tool.
• Build a procedure to capture raw material and finished goods issues to R&D dept and quality labs in SAP to reduce the production variances as well as to reduce cost center issues.
• Streamlined the process of production confirmation to avoid component deletion at the time of back flushing to make sure it captures actual material cost of the product & maintain accurate stocks
• Introduction and implementation of new role based authorization matrix.
• Introduction of tolerance limits for credit checks at delivery level for better credit control and cut down the delay in delivery time
• Development of daily stock status analysis to minimize the short supply of materials.
• Streamlined the physical inventory verification process, review and set up PO released strategy.

Confidential

SAP Team Leader (MM, PP, QM, PM Modules)

Responsibilities:

• Management of projects including preparing project plans, resource allocation, drawing up schedules, monitoring progress, managing project timeline & milestones, preparing estimates and proposals for future projects.
• Process improvement / review and optimization of current processes using the selected modules.
• Lead the internal marketing for modules.
• Coordinate with the SGiT help desk on follow-up for issue resolution.
• Post Go-live support for manufacturing and retail sector companies of the group.
• Incorporated new acquisitions in the group for the selected functional modules.

Confidential

ERP Consultant/Core Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Identification of each BU related manufacturing business processes & compilation of AS-IS doc.
• Optimization and mapping of pre Identified processes in blue print stage into SAP functionality.
• Making configuration enhancements for SAP PP module in REM Make-to-Stock environment.
• Collate and upload master data using LSMW and trained SAP project team on LSMW.
• Carrying out Baseline testing and Integration testing for end to end logistics business processes .
• Harmonizing reports and layouts as per user requirements and align with SAP standard reports.
• Member of the material master data harmonizing task force across the group.
• Coordinating with ABAP team for planning and specifying new developments and creation of FS.
• Developed PP related materials and conducted user s.
• Go-live and post Go-live support.