SUMMARY:

• Have managed Full lifecycle and Greenfield SAP implementation projects, involving preparing for Business Blue print, requirement, Gap Analysis, Development, testing, training and post - go live support using ASAP implementation methodology across industries.
• Have extensive work ex in and out with working with Senior leaders of Organization as CIO and Senior Directors for driving organizational IT objectives
• Implementation S4 Hana
• Expert in Agile/SCRUM, Waterfall project management methodologies and ITIL methodology.
• Good in Process Definitions & Process Simplification, Effort estimations, Costing, Proposal.
• Leadership qualities and Team Management & Project, Delivery, Create the Onsite/Offshore model for Consulting Business
• Expertise in Handling of End-to- End implementations, Roll out, Enhancements, Support, Consolidation and Upgrade and Product development projects
• Have expertise in Plant implementations/roll-outs for Pharma/life Sciences clients in US for validated environment.
• Have implemented OTC over HANA systems.
• S4 Hana Logistics Solution Architect, have implemented S4 HANA Logistics in high tech industry.
• Well versed with S4 HANA sales capabilities and have implemented S4 HANA sales solutions. Been working on S4 HANA Simple Logistics capability.
• Have work ex in leading sales designs for retailers as Walmart, Target, Best Buy, EBay and Penske. Have designed iTunes sales for Apple.
• Have crafted/led designs with Inventory Management (IM) and Warehouse Management (WM), PP (Production Planning), PI (Process Integration) synchronizing them with OTC. Hands on work ex on Plant Maintenance (PM)
• Leadership qualities and Team Management & Project, Delivery, Create the Onsite/Offshore model for Consulting Business
• Have designed and led SAP communication with various other systems / interfaces communicating via Middleware.
• Designed solutions for Confidential GSP business. GSP business deals with Confidential major online retailers as EBay and Walmart.
• Strong understanding and experience in OTC configuration as well as the integration of SD, MM, PP & FI in 4.6B, 4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5.0 and 6.0 Version. Managed variety of projects, including SAP and custom application implementation, conversion, enhancements, upgrades, interfaces and support.
• Excellent consulting skills interfacing with all levels of the organization to understand desired functionality and exceed client expectations. Strong team builder and coach, adept at inspiring confidence towards high-performance committed to quality.
• Well Versed with tools like HPQC, QTP, JIRA, Service Now, HP OpenView Service Desk (OVSD), Radar and Espresso of Apple Inc.
• Have worked on SAP implementation in coordination with Vistex, Vertex and Sabrix, Content Server (Document management System).
• Formerly engaged with “Apple Inc. ” at Sunnyvale California and ‘Isuzu Commercial Trucks of America’ at Anaheim, California.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Florida

Principal Consultant/Solution Architect

Environment: S4 HANA Implementation

Responsibilities:

• Lead logistics blueprinting effort for six legacy ERPs with business team across multiple geographies viz. US, Europe and Asia for S4 HANA implementation.
• Created S4 HANA implementation strategy for placing logistics business processes on S4 HANA.
• Crafted project plan to chart out various stages of implementation and project to meet timelines.
• Conducted in depth client workshops for requirement gathering for Logistics with participation across business functions.
• Lead fit gap analysis.
• Worked closely with leadership & business teams to create a master data management and migration strategy from six different ERPs (e.g. ECC, Siebel, SAGE, BAAN, Oracle, SAP one).
• Adhered to SAP best practices to provide ideal business solutions, thus scaling down on customizing and leveraging S4 potential to maximize client value creation and clipping off unrequired expenditure.
• Designed Master data templates and transformation rules for each legacy data element for new S4 Hana movement.
• Designed solutions for intricate legacy business processes for future S4 system.
• Conducted an initial system walkthrough to introduce SAP landscape and to provide familiarity with the system.
• Conducted one on one sessions with the business SMEs to work on requirement detailing.
• Conducted playback sessions for business to reaffirm understandings leading to requirements sign off.
• Updated progress to Director IT for tracking project timeliness.

Confidential, WC

Principal Consultant/Solution Architect

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 SAP DEV, QA, PRD landscape

Responsibilities:

• Lead logistics blueprinting effort with client business team with two different sites.
• Conducted in depth client workshops for requirement gathering for Logistics with participation across business functions.
• Led initial understanding and deep dive sessions for business to log every minute business requirement in areas like Order to Cash (Retailers, Wholesalers & Distributors), Returns & Complaints, Credit/Debit Memo Processing, Cross company sales order processing, Drop Ship, Procurement of Goods, Subcontracted Manufacturing, Inventory Management
• Conducted an initial system walkthrough to introduce SAP landscape and to provide familiarity with the system.
• Conducted fit gap analysis for requirements.
• Conducted one on one sessions with the business SMEs to work on requirement detailing.
• Mapped intricate and site-specific processes to the existing SAP practices and thus simplying the solution.
• Conducted playback sessions for business to reaffirm understandings leading to requirements sign off.
• Updated progress to Director IT for tracking project timeliness.

Confidential

Principal Consultant/Solution Architect

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 SAP DEV, QA, PRD landscape

Responsibilities:

• Solution Architect for Confidential Inc for SAP Implementation.
• Implemented SAP solutions on HANA upgraded systems.
• Conducting client workshops for requirement gathering and discussions
• Led fit gap phase in close coordination with Business stakeholders to arrive at common business understanding
• Leading multiple modules for delivery and designing/leading the OTC processes for the implementation.
• Designed OTC’s end-to-end design for Integration of the new implementations with Confidential existing SAP landscape.
• Designed and enabled solution for Plant-to-Plant sale for Confidential North American region, termed as cross company selling. and automated the process for goods issue, goods receipt and invoice verification postings with zero manual interference.
• Designed intricate solutions for sales where in Confidential acts as a vendor for third party customers.
• Conducted detailed (Cross-Module) onsite CRP (Conference Room Pilots) programs for multiple Confidential Plant Sites and have displayed end-to-end scenario to Plant heads, Business leaders and end users.
• Conducting Plant onsite SAP 101 Trainings for multiple modules for business
• Have worked in close coordination with technical team for enabling Content Server (Document management System) functionality for Confidential North America business.
• Worked with Site and Business heads for requirement gathering for new development needs and changes to existing programs to tailor them to specific Plant needs.
• Have designed intricate design for automation of processes cutting down on Batch job dependency/Manual work for Confidential Plant sites.
• Have designed solution for Sales where Plant acts as a vendor to a customer and produces goods for them.
• Designed various output Plant specific output needs as Bill of lading, Packing list and Order Acknowledgement.
• Designed Master data migration templates along and worked on plant specific migration strategy. Worked with technical team on designing the associated programs
• Worked on cutover Strategy for whole project taking cross-functional inputs, followed up with client presentations for sign-offs.
• Have led SAP Plant Maintenance module for work order and preventive maintenance
• Have designed complex Plant maintenance workflow requirements for different order scenarios.
• Worked closely with SD, MM, WM and IM business process leads to create business process procedures.
• Designed various interface designs and plugged them to existing Confidential ecosystem.
• Lead testing strategy for Unit Testing (UT), Integration Testing (IT), Regression Testing (RT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) in HPQC.
• Leading Onshore-Offshore Models with Functional/technical teams based out of offshore locations.
• Analysing the current operations, financial analysis of costs and benefits of the project
• Efforts Estimation, Project planning using Project tool and tracking milestones
• Preparation of quality control procedures and review the deliverables in HP Quality Centre tool
• Prepare weekly and monthly status reports and make presentations
• Prepare and present work-orders, estimates
• Attending meetings with Client and Team

Confidential, Shelton Connecticut, USA

Principal Consultant/Architect

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 SAP DEV, QA, PRD landscape

Responsibilities:

• Progress Reporting to Confidential .
• Prepare and present work-orders, estimates
• Attending meetings with Client and Team
• Conduct Quality reviews of Deliverables, Review Reporting, Development of Quality
• Control Checklists, and Statistical Process Control
• Leading Ecommerce SAP Implementation.
• OTC Solution Architect for Confidential Borderfree (A leading E-Commerce organisation) acquisition.
• Crafted OTC’s end-to-end design for Integration of acquired Borderfree business with the existing Confidential SAP landscape.
• Crafted intricate interface design solutions for Confidential - Borderfree Ecommerce engines as CBMS, XBL and GSS with SAP.
• Designed SAP solutions for Borderfree’s Global Trade Solution (GTS) business
• Designed SAP solutions for Borderfree’s CBMS framework.
• Led fit gap phase in close coordination with Business stakeholders to arrive at common business understanding
• Designed solutions for Confidential GSP business. GSP business deals with Confidential major online retailers as EBay and Walmart.

Confidential, Anaheim, California, USA

Principal Consultant/Architect

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 SAP DEV, QA, PRD landscape

Responsibilities:

• Crafted/Lead architecture for Isuzu commercial vehicle Order to Invoice via online Dealer portal until truck is delivered to dealer.
• Conducting workshops with business to understand the as-is process and designing effective future business processes.
• Have designed vehicle-invoicing systems for ISUZU trucks for billing commercial trucks to US and Canada dealers.
• Worked effectively in every day coordination with Isuzu project lead at Isuzu Anaheim office location.
• Have crafted and implemented Inter-company sale process for invoicing sales made by Isuzu America to Isuzu Canada. Isuzu Canada buys Isuzu trucks from Isuzu America for Canada dealer wholesale. Configured and implemented SAP Intercompany processes from scratch.
• Designed interfaces for integrating Isuzu Dealer portal ‘ICS’ with SAP for Trucks order and Billing.
• Stand out contribution:-Designed Isuzu ‘Fleet Account Enrolment’ process and provided an error/bug free system for creating new ‘Fleet customers’ in SAP via ICS-Isuzu dealer portal.

Confidential, Seattle USA

Lead SCM Architect for Rollouts, Enhancements.

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 SAP DEV, QA, PRD landscapeProject & Role Description

Responsibilities:

• Leading team of SCM analysts for implementations and enhancements
• Managed end to end implementation cycle for a implementation/changes and enhancements
• Have been involved right from the requirement gathering for various business/client requirements.
• Followed Confidential ’s all processes to ensure quality and timely delivery of the team deliverables
• Involved in review meetings of requirements and have contributed heavily in ensuring and capturing every minute detail of the requirement.
• Have been engaged with Confidential for requirement gathering, risk analysis, Security details, guiding business communication for the end users, and impact analysis of change.
• Working in a multi vendor model and successfully Leading, Guiding, Coordinating, Managing changes/implementations.

Confidential

SCM and TMS Architect--- Implementation, Rollouts and Enhancements

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 SAP DEV, QA, PRD landscape

Responsibilities:

• Involved with all the upstream and downstream team managers and team members for syncing in the implementation as per business requirements of Confidential .
• Have been managing end-to-end implementation cycle for a change/implementation.
• Have been engaged with client for requirement gathering, risk analysis, Security details, Guiding business communication for end users, and impact analysis of change.
• Working in a multi vendor model and successfully Leading, Guiding, and Coordinating, Managing changes/implementations.
• Have been involved in the creation and review of functional and technical specification processes and documentations
• Have keenly worked through the entire implementation life cycle of a change from requirement gathering to go live stages.
• Worked on various facets of Transportation management system (SAP TMS) viz.

  Transport planning points, Routes and route determination, Shipment types, Shipment cost types and its numerous assignments, Shipment cost, Pricing for shipment types,Settlement of Shipment cost via service agents

Confidential, Delaware, USA

Lead Architect Supply Chain Management (SD and MM).

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 SAP DEV, QA, PRD landscape

Responsibilities:

• Leading team of sap consultants of varied modules and working directly with client IT heads.
• Implemented intricate third party and intercompany scenarios and an amalgamation of both in SAP ECC.
• Worked on requirements gathering with clients and in turn mapping in SAP.
• Incident management- Incident tickets Resolution
• Problem Management- Problem Tickets
• Release and Deployment Management- Transport Movement to Production
• Change Management- Small Bug Fix- Product life cycle change
• Event Monitoring- SAP Background Job
• Coordinating and executing resolutions on SD, and CS (Customer Service) modules.
• Impart training to end users to minimize “How to” type notifications
• Facilitating end user training and business acceptance testing and preparing user manual.
• Ensure proper documentation for enhancements/modifications to be maintained in knowledge management portal
• Demonstrate standard SAP functionality, which can be implemented to streamline business process
• Effective coordination with other modules consultants in overlapping areas
• Project lead for entire project and managing team activities for smooth functioning of the Project.
• Implement development/functional enhancement to meet changing business scenarios of customers
• Thoroughly understanding and Managing the traffic between legacy systems and SAP landscape

Confidential

Lead Architect SAP Sales and Logistics

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 SAP DEV, QA, PRD landscape

Responsibilities:

• Lead consultant for the project.
• Mapping the Sales and Distribution enterprise structure in SAP in different SAP landscapes.
• Set up the baseline and initial configuration for the project.
• Preparation of the Sales and Distribution Configuration document.
• Preparation of Enterprise structure document client.
• Effectively coordination for SD-FI and MM integration for implementation.
• Provided specific inputs for enhancements and business specific scenarios mapping.
• Effectively and diligently coordinated in the design of the cutover templates for transferring legacy data into SAP application for various modules.
• Extensively worked on the LSMW process of template creation and SAP creation of prominent master data in SD viz. Customer Master, Credit Master, Customer hierarchy and have executed them to precision for transferring useful data into SAP.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Supply Chain Management (SD & MM) Consultant.

Responsibilities:

• Hands on experience on highly customized SAP Logistics and Supply Chain Management Processes of Novartis, which required deep understanding of the processes of the client and in turn added value to the knowledge
• Executed highly intricate Unit and Integration testing in for Novartis environment which asked for through understanding of client specific processes
• Coordination with client team for smooth execution of Screening
• Upgrade activities closed well before the stipulated time frame.
• Making the documents meet the Swiss law compliant for Novartis to qualify for stringent pharma governing law of Switzerland.