SUMMARY

• IT and Supply Chain Lead with 10+ years of hands - on experience in heading Information Technology (IT), ERP project management and Supply Chain domain for multinational manufacturing corporations.
• Experienced in manufacturing and supply chain processes from sales order entry through production to shipment of finished goods, Material management, sourcing.
• Designed and implemented new warehouse with SSI-Schaefer racking system for approx. 40000 SKUs and implemented best practices of Supply Chain processes by Integrating Demand Planning, Sourcing, and distribution.
• Led inventory optimization projects dat reduced inventory from $12 million to $9 million in 8 months.
• Configuration (MM/IM, PP/MRP/KANBAN, WM, CP) / Testing/ Implementation of SAP R/3 at client site, - 2 full life cycle implementation in MM/P2P/S2P/ PP/Capacity Planning, Integrated MM/PP with FICO, Knowledge of SD, PDM, PLM module integration.
• Cleaned up, Maintained data integrity of Material/Vendor/Customer Master Data/Chart of Accounts/Valuation class. Managed data integrity through purging & eliminating redundant corrupted data. Wrote policy, procedure to keep up the quality of data.
• SAP MM: Implemented & Configured business solution in SAP/MM - procure to pay, subcontracting, invoice verification, inventory management, consignment, physical inventory and stock transfers.
• SAP PP: Configured various Production Order Types, established order type dependent parameters, and associated selection profiles, MRP, Forecast Profile, and Maintained Schedule Margin key. Configured Default Work Centre, Shift Grouping, Default Capacity, Capacity Planner, Profiles, Setup type key, Wage group, Suitability, Control key.
• Monitored & Improved KPI, Key Performance Metrics/Score Card for supply chain, manufacturing variance, labor efficiency, overhead, inventory using BI tools - Crystal Report & Business Object.
• Post Implementation Support of SAP R/3 for PP/MM/IM/Capacity Planning, Engineering module with Master Data, BOM, Work Center, Routings, Production Planning, MRP, Production Control & cross-functional integration.
• Excellent communicator; leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate TEMPeffectively with client executives and their respective teams.
• Expert in agile and waterfall project management methodologies. Able to manage large project teams and known for high-quality deliverables dat meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• ERP (Baan & SAP PP/MM)
• Oracle DBA and Oracle application Development (D2K)
• SQL-PL SQL
• Lotus Domino
• MS-office
• MS Visio
• MS Project
• LAN
• VPN
• SAN
• WordPress
• Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server
• Inventory optimization
• EOQ
• ABC & XYZ analysis
• Optimization of Lead times
• ROP & Safety stock data visualization and data cleansing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, East Hanover NJ

Sr. SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led SAP support project for WIP (work in progress) clean-up in SAP PP module
• Managed entire PLC (Project Lifecycle) including process gap analysis, drafting project charter, resources allocation, ETL( Extract, Transform and Load) data, testing at development server and implementation at production server
• Extensively worked on Production and Process Orders, Batch Management, Recipes, Task lists, Material requirement planning (MRP) and Bill of material (BOM) to accommodate Consumption based planning, Lot sizing procedures.
• Strong background in production planning, inventory management, demand planning, stock transfer, Inventory process including End-User Training.
• Conducted workshop and supply chain best practices, sales and operations planning & MRP.
• Existing Legacy data models are replaced by new SAP’s Standard data Models.
• Act as liaison between customers and internal departments to ensure dat the requirements and the goal are accomplished.
• Provided business analysis activities as required throughout the software development methodology life cycle.
• Documented client's existing business and information systems environment and their future direction.
• Responsible for Business Requirements development according to established Project Management Standards.
• Responsible for managing project timeline, cross-functional teams, and inter-departmental communication.
• Maintains Project Plans and tracking logs as appropriate.
• Manages the change request process during the Project Life Cycle.
• Responsible for identifying project priorities with customers and communicating priorities to internal team.
• As scrum master, led team to develop solutions in Java and Pega PRPC, document business specifications, test cases, and system design, and facilitated scrum meetings.
• Individual responsibilities for requirement analysis using Application Profiler, Architect and design using Application Accelerator, Rally and RACI Management.
• Manage scope, cost, schedule, and contractual deliverables. Define project phase deliverables, determine task assignments, identify resource requirements, and coordinate the project activities adhering to project deadlines.
• Manage all project resources, including subcontractors; establish TEMPeffective communication plan with the project teams including project team leads, business analysts, developers, business managers, and sponsors.
• Provide accurate, point-in-time project status including accomplished activities, planned activities, risks and issues to different level management and PMO.
• Manage requirements at the project level and facilitate requirements gathering sessions for systems, enhancements, and integrations as needed.
• Provide day-to-day direction to the project team and lead TEMPeffective meetings during the course of the project including requirements gathering, functional designs, systems testing, training, and deployment sessions.
• Control and mitigate risks and issues throughout the project and escalate them to the appropriate management for resolutions.
• Ensure TEMPeffective change management throughout the project.
• Attend and contribute planning sessions with the PMO.

Confidential, Kansas City, Missouri

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led ERP Implementation (Project Life Cycle), documented “As is and To Be”, developed blueprint, use cases, test plans for the functionalities of all systems use cases, conducted UAT and end user training before go live phase.
• Developed matrix to track the project progress from planning, execution, reporting and completion milestones. Managed and detailed specific tasks to internal and external project teams; technical and functional
• Migrated data; Item Master, Customer Master, closing balance for Inventory, PO, suppliers from ORACLE Database to Infor(Baan) ERP system.
• Identified the Project scope, negotiation with implementation partner, signing of service agreement
• Prepared Project charter, implementation plan, setting up project milestones.
• As a project manager, I was responsible for managing the project progress, achieving the project milestones, TEMPeffective quality of deliverables, review meeting with management & key users
• Report to steering committee on project progress, issue status, project risks and project costs
• Team management and optimal utilization of resources.
• Responsible for managing development requirements, documenting the IT requirements across various business processes as well as projects for ERP including IT infrastructure.
• Managed day to day operation aspects of a project and scope, reviewed project deliverables TEMPeffectively, applied project management methodology. Responsible for engagement reviews/check points and post deployment Lessons Learned.
• Responsible for minimizes risk exposure on various projects, ensured project documents are complete.
• Responsible for tracking and reporting development team’s status to business and IT upper management.
• Communicates and facilitate team and business meetings TEMPeffectively in a concise manner. Responsible for facilitating weekly meetings conveying relevant project information to Executive Management.
• Responsible for keeping the project team informed of changes within the project as well as TEMPeffectively keeping management abreast of any issues.
• Deliver engaging informative, well organized presentations. Responsible for resolving and or escalation of issues in a timely manner. Sensitive to difficult information when presenting.
• Provided technical leadership and direction with cross functional project teams
• Responsible for balancing the customer requirements with the effort required of onsite resources and the business.
• Developed, managed and communicated project schedules and financial status at multilevel management.
• Facilitated team meetings and communication in a global environment.
• Ensured customer satisfaction by bridging the relationship and requirements between the Services business and IT.

Confidential, Lincolnshire, IL

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project lead for Incident Management, Corrective Maintenance and change management team with associated client reporting.
• Presented Weekly Project Status reports describing the status to date, impact of issues, and getting sign off from client for any changes necessary due to issues.
• Responsible for gathering and documenting business requirements from the client, users. Guided their transformation into high level and lower level Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Workflow Diagrams for Java/JEE based application.
• Performed root cause analyses of production issues, Release Management, Batch Job Monitoring, and Hermes, App Server - Agent and Client Cluster, Web Server, Logs and database monitoring.
• Monitored and tracked realization measures by conducting post project performance audits to compare benefits estimates against actual returns.
• Facilitated and supported any and all escalated Priority I/II technical production issues.

Confidential

Logistics Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed the corporate’s IT and logistics infrastructure and led technical and functional line of responsibilities for 5 functional areas; IT, Purchase, Sales order processing, warehousing & material management
• Involved in demand-supply forecasting, inventory control, pricing and progress reporting activities
• Participated in managing inbound logistic activities, demand-supply planning, inventory control and optimized material, machinery and man power.
• Assisted in process of data collection and analysis to improve operational efficiency and maintained standardized work procedures
• Optimized material sourcing strategies and material contingency plans to maintain exact inventory
• Translate demand plan into an TEMPeffective production and inventory replenishment plan
• Controlled, managed and distributed inventory of parts and materials
• Prepared reports on material requirement analysis, planning and availability
• Performed statistical analysis as per the requirement of product and process
• Arranged shipping and managed consolidation for domestic and international deliveries considering load and shipping charges and destinations
• Developed New vendors and Strengtan relationship with existing suppliers.
• Negotiated Rate contracts with Vendors, evaluated Vendor performance to ensure cost TEMPeffective supply and quality material within specified time line.
• Developed KRA for procurement Processes and monitored by standard reporting and performance analysis procedures.
• Implement EDI for inter-company transactions (10 Baan Companies)
• Implemented “modular-warehouse-concept” e.g. flow racks or grey boxes and design inbound and outbound material flow process.
• Inventory Analysis and storage based on items movement as per category.
• Cycle Counting is done with the assistance of the ERP system and discrepancies are recorded and investigated in a timely manner.
• Directed the inbound and outbound functions like Receipts, Inspection, Storage, material Issue, Bill processing, etc.
• Annual budget planning and preparation of budget for IT & Logistics
• Negotiation with vendors for best price, service and support.
• Ensuring dat the authorization concept for users, availability of system for smooth running of processes.