Summary of Experience and Qualifications

• Mr. Kiran Thatikonda has over 8 years of working experience. In his career, he was involved in SAP consulting for various industries. He has sound SAP PM and SAP DMS application knowledge of diversified and complex industries
• Kiran has 6 years experience in SAP and having strong SAP skills in Plant Maintenance, Document Management System and cross functional knowledge in Material Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Human Resources and Finance modules.
• Kiran has played the roles of Consultant, Module Lead, Team Lead, Offshore Lead, and Integration Team member during various implementations. Kiran is having 2+ years functional experience in Plant Maintenance and Production planning.
• Mr Kiran has worked in Implementation Projects and Application Maintenance support Project across Industry segments ranging from Metals, Energy and Manufacturing and played key role during different phase of projects.
• Mr. Kiran has used tools like ASAP, ARIS and Remedy during various SAP implementations. Kiran was involved in designing of workshop schedules, work shop deck preparations, Blue print documentation, GAP analysis, Test strategy, template design for Intergration test cases, Test Data preparation,execution and Defect handling.
• Mr. Kiran is a SAP Certified Consultant in Asset Life Cycle Management - Plant Maintenance ECC 6.0. Kiran is Certified in Metal industry business processes from GUANXI Research institue of China.

S-MNC : Jan’2010 - Till Date

Industry: Confidential
Service Area: Enterprise Application
Service Line: SAP
Integration Team Member - 2 Months (Onsite) & 4 Months (offshore)

National Grid (US): National Grid is international electricity and gas company and one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world. NG plays a vital role in delivering gas and electricity to many millions of people across Great Britain and northeastern US in an efficient, reliable and safe manner.

Project Description: SAP Foundation Project phase 1: Business Blue Print phase

Role:
Integration Team member for National Grid (US) and Demo Client coordinator for all the modules of back office such as FI, SD (Misc Billing), HR , MM, WM , SRM and Fleet. Represented PDI (Process and Data Integration) team in various workshops bridging the gaps between Front office and back office in the areas of plant maintenance. Configured Fleet management, Front office using Plant Maintenance. Involved in the testing of Journal entry, Open Catalog Interface (PM with SRM), STO (Stock Transfer Order) testing and external service management.

Technical Environment: my SAP ECC 6.0

Previous Experience

Industry: Confidential
Service Area: Enterprise Application
Service Line: SAP
Module Lead - 24 Months

Sonneborn is the world leader in the manufacture and supply of high-purity specialty hydrocarbons. Firm\'s primary products are white oils, plastics oils, petrolatum, microcrystalline waxes, wax blends, refrigeration oils, cable filling compounds, compressor lubricants, ink oils, and petroleum distillates. Unique new products such as Sonnecone and Lilac have recently been developed for personal care formulations. Standard and custom grades are available to meet the strict USP, NF, BP, DAB, French Codex, EuP, Japanese and other pharmacopeias. Offices and manufacturing across five continents deliver service to customers worldwide.

Project Description: Re engineering for Plant maintenance and Application Maintenance support.

Role:
Module lead for Sonneborn SAP PM re engineering and SAP DMS Implementation Project. Conducted workshops, analyzed existing business processes, gathered requirements and re engineered the existing process to align with core applications of SAP PM. Daily monitoring of tickets, resolving the service request, documenting design changes - change requests are some of the AMS Activities.
SAP DMS Project: Studied current legacy system (FOXPRO) for document storage, analyzed quantity of data, rate of data increase and accessibility rate. Involved in decision making of hardware for content server for document repository. Designed data migration strategy from Legacy FoxPro to SAN (Shared Area Network) Drive. Configured DMS Application in SAP, customized new object links such Purchase order, Maintenance order and Sales order in SAP DMS.

Technical Environment: SAP 3.1i

Industry: Confidential
Service Area: Enterprise Application
Service Line: SAP
Offshore Lead - 12 months.

Wales & West Utilities, with its main offices based in Newport, South Wales, is a regulated gas distribution business with around 35,000 km of gas distribution pipelines located in Wales and the South West of England. Covering 1/6th of the UK, WWU serves a catchment area with a population of 7.4 million.
Firm\'s primary role - undertaken on behalf of \'gas suppliers\' - is to transport gas to the gas meters of homes and businesses - from the Northern Welsh border to Cornwall.
WWU does not sell gas but instead ensures that it is piped in a safe and efficient way. The company is also responsible for dealing with gas escapes, laying new gas pipes and replacing and moving pipes and meters.

Project Description: Development and Application Maintenance Support Project for all the field locations of WWU.

Role:

Offshore Lead & SRM Support consultant for WWU’s Development and Application Maintenance Support Project. Involved in activities like Ticket monitoring, Ticket tracking, Service Level Agreement watch list, Identification of RICEFW Objects, Resource requirement analysis and scheduling of Functional Specs.
Involved in activities of SRM Client copy, testing of functionality of new client, Integration testing with PM for OCI and SRM Ticket resolution.

Technical Environment: my SAP ECC 5.0

Industry: Confidential
Service Area: Enterprise Application
Service Line: SAP
Consultant - 12 months.

Tata Sponge, which has its manufacturing facility at Bilaipada (in Joda Block of Keonjhar District in Orissa), was initially set up as a joint venture company between Tata Steel and the Industrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Orissa Limited (IPICOL). It has moved on since, becoming an associate company of Tata Steel following the former’s acquisition of IPICOL’s stake in 1991.
The origins of Tata Sponge can be traced to a groundbreaking effort by Tata Steel to industrialize a backward area of Orissa. Tata Steel proposed to do this by introducing an innovative technology for making sponge iron - Tisco Direct Reduction (TDR), developed by its Research and Development Division.

Project Description: SAP ECC 6.0 Implementation for Tata Sponge Iron Pvt Ltd.

Role:
Business process study - Workshops organized with various maintenance departments
AS IS Document Preparation and Validation.
Level1, Level2 and Level 3 Trainings Scheduled, Organized and documented.
GAP Analysis and its nullification
Blue Print Document Arrival, Documentation and Validation.
Master Data Team Guidance, Templates and strategy design
UAT - UTP and ITP preparations
Realization and Cut over activities
User Manuals and User trainings
Authorizations - Roles and Profiles
Post Go Live assistance

Technical Environment: my SAP ECC 6.0

Industry: Confidential
Service Area: Enterprise Application
Service Line: SAP
Consultant - 12 months.

Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd. (BALCO) has been closely associated with the Indian aluminium industry, playing a pivotal role in making aluminium a leading metal with myriad uses ranging from household and industrial requirements to aerospace applications. BALCO is part of Vedanta Resources, a London listed metals and mining major with Aluminium, Copper and Zinc operations in UK, India and Australia.

Project Description: SAP Roll out for BALCO Plant-II (Expansion Project)

Role:

Involved in activities of master data strategy and preparation team. Master data templates design, Enterprise structure validation, Business Blue Print discussions, documentation and validation, Unit and integration testing, Cutover plan activities and post go live support. User roles, User trainings and user manual are prepared.

Technical Environment: SAP 4.6C

Industry: Confidential
Service Area: Enterprise Application
Service Line: SAP
SAP PM Consultant - 6 months.

Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd. (BALCO) has been closely associated with the Indian aluminium industry, playing a pivotal role in making aluminium a leading metal with myriad uses ranging from household and industrial requirements to aerospace applications. BALCO is part of Vedanta Resources, a London listed metals and mining major with Aluminium, Copper and Zinc operations in UK, India and Australia.

Project Description: SAP AMS Project for BALCO Plant-I

Role:

Involved in Post Go Live Activities such Hot Line support for Key users, User Re trainings, User authorizations, Incident resolutions, Re engineering activities, Audit support and Report analysis.

Technical Environment: SAP 4.6C

Industry: Confidential
Service Area: Strategy and Operations
Service Line: Manufacturing Operations
OPM Engineer - 24 months.

Odyssey Granites is a subsidary of Odyssey Industries with a wide product profile of Granites. It started with a small scale industry rised to middle scale industry in a span of decade..

Project Description: Production and Maintenance Supervisory activities

Role:

• Designing new processes for the improvement of existing ones;
• Working with other engineers such as mechanical engineers and electrical engineers, to ensure all product and system requirements are taken into account from the initial product conception to finished result;
• Working with other professionals such as accountants to manage budget aspects.
• Examining and tendering for new equipment to ensure the highest quality at the best price
• Supervising sub-contractors and workmen ensuring effective communication in order to avoid errors
• Organizing machine start-up and shut-down schedules to ensure minimum loss of production time and profits
• Designing maintenance strategies, procedures and methods
• Diagnosing breakdown problems
• Carrying out quality inspections on jobs;
• Directing, instructing and supervising maintenance technicians and fitters
• Arranging specialist procurement of fixtures, fittings or components;
• Monitoring and controlling maintenance costs;

Education

• Batchelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering

Training

• Completed training in Production Planning, Supplier Relationship Management, Six Sigma champion training, HP Quality center and Engery and Resources industry insight.

Professional Affiliations/Certifications

• SAP Certified Associate in Asset Lifecycle Management - Plant Maintenance ECC 6.0 in March’2009 exam administered in South India.
• Certified in Metal industry business process from GUANXI-China

Presentations

• Presentations in the areas of Plant Maintenance and Document Management system to various Clients

Foreign Language Skills

• English - Proficient in Business