SUMMARY

Highly motivated and successful IT Solution Architect and Project Manager with over 20 years of total experience comprising IT and Business. Specialize in leadership, forming, motivating and solution architecting with SAP functional teams in complex SAP business transformation programs, with team sizes varying from 5 to 15. Has around 15 years of proven SAP consulting experience with strong focus on SAP Materials Management and SAP Warehouse Management in multi-million dollar deals for Fortune 500 companies. Has led several long, medium and short term SAP Procure to Pay process teams with technical complexities and completed them on time, with quality and within budget. Has experience of heading 75 strong SAP practice from offshore for over 2 years. Has excellent experience in handling clients across different geographies USA, European Union, UK and Asia Pac in global implementations, supports, upgrades to ECC 6.0, assessments and roll outs. Has a unique blend of business domain experience for several years on Materials Management and Quality Management. Has very strong process and SAP knowledge in Procure to Pay and also been Subject matter expert in Procure to Pay and Inventory Management. Has in depth understanding in Pharmaceutical business, Consumer Products industry, Engineering industry and Retail industry.

Recognized capabilities include but not limited to :

• Assisting senior executives in developing IT programs to support strategic business objectives and support the execution to achieve ROIs.
• At least 8 full life cycle implementations in SAP with responsibilities ranging from PM to SAP Materials Management Lead to SME.
• 15 years of extensive client facing experience as a seasoned SAP professional
• Strong understanding of integration aspects with SAP Logistics SCM modules PP,QM,PM,SD , Warehouse Management WM , Finance and Controlling FICO
• Exposure to projects with SAP BI Business Intelligence and BOBJ components.
• Proven Leadership in successfully managing up to 10 million budgets and delivery of SAP enterprise implementations from project initiation to go-live with offshore components.
• Sound knowledge and hands-on configuration expertise in Procure-To-Pay, Inventory management, Warehouse management and Quality Management areas in that order.
• Strong technical understanding in SAP technical areas WRICEFs , and can write Functional specifications and shepherd developments throughout the delivery cycle till User acceptance.
• Has worked on and led presales efforts on SAP programs that were winning deals for the past 10 years, in addition to regular delivery work in projects. e.g. contributed to 3 wins in 2013 for Abbvie
• Did multiple assessments on SAP MM/WM/PP in industries for process improvements, consolidations and change management, most of which resulted in projects.
• Excellent communication, analytical, interpersonal and presentation skills. Ability to clearly communicate roles and responsibilities to the project team and work continuously with the Leadership team to maintain morale and positive environment during trying times.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Above 4 years of experience as SAP PTP/Inventory Process/Integration Manager with IBM,USA as Senior Manager Aug 2010 till date
• Above 5.5 years in Cognizant Technology Solutions as Associate Director from January 2005 till August 2010.
• SAP Practice Head for Cognizant in Kolkata for 2.5 years in addition to project managerial roles. Headed a practice of 75 for delivery, escalation management, career guidance, mentoring and competency building. 2005 to 2007
• Four 4 years of experience in SAP consulting Materials Management module with Price Waterhouse Coopers/IBM Global Services as Advanced Consultant from Jan 2001 to Jan 2005.
• 2.5 years as a Core team member in SAP Materials Management Project Systems modules with Larsen and Toubro Limited from 1998 to 2000
• Business experience in Procure to Pay, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management and Quality Management in various front line companies in India.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Led the process area of Procure to pay in marquee clients in USA that had global implementations.

Important Assignments

• Data Lead and Procure to Pay Lead Confidential
• Handled all data objects and led the data processes across the mock data loads. Reported to CIO daily during this phase. After ensuring data stream safety, assumed PTP Lead responsibilities.
• Advisor and Subject Matter expert in PTP and lead for specific areas for Global Roll out of SAP Confidential
• Led Blueprint workshops, solutioning, design, configurations and testing for direct procurement.
• Topics handled RFQs, MRP, Consumption based planning, Requisitions, GRs, Purchase Orders, Release Strategies, Account determinations, Scheduling agreements, Subcontracting, Stock Transport Orders, Return to vendors and receipts. Functional support for Technical objects WRICEFs development from start to end.
• Also led Data mapping and load activities for PTP, for PIR, Source lists, Pricing, Vendors, Materials, and Open POs. KPIs and Strategic reporting.
• Led the Procure to Pay area for business transformation at Abbott Laboratories Confidential
• Led Blueprint workshops, solutioning, design, configurations and testing for direct procurement.
• Handled direct procurement design and configurations, with Master data, Requisitions, Purchase Orders with automatic POs , Release Strategies, Account determinations, Scheduling agreements, Subcontracting, Stock Transport Orders, Vendor evaluations, Return to vendors, Goods receipts, MRP, Consumption based planning. Functional support for Technical objects WRICEFs development from start to end. KPI and strategic reporting.
• Led the Procure to Pay process area for challenging business transformation project at Dole Food Company now Itochu Confidential
• Handled and led the Requisitions, PO Approvals, workflows, Transportation, STOs, Intercompany processes, receipts, Inventory Management, Batch management, Warehouse Management, Workflows for approvals. Led the business discussions on Asia transmission files for shipments from Asia to USA.
• Functional support for Technical object WRICEF development from start to end.
• Worked on pre sales pursuits for Abbvie for three deals in 2013, all of which were wins.
• Led the SME Forum for SAP PTP practice area for 1 year 2012 , to solve problems for all PTP projects.
• Trained clients on Abbott template and business processes of Abbott in newly formed Abbvie

Senior Manager Confidential

Led complex SAP implementations by leveraging Cognizant's global capabilities. Developed cost effective value propositions for clients and mobilized on-shore and offshore resources to successfully implement solutions. Audited projects for contractual obligations and assessed plans to mitigate risks. Recruited and nurtured employees in career development and becoming knowledge leaders.

Important Assignments

• Assessment of system consolidation for Mitsubishi Chemicals and Mitsubishi Polyesters with special emphasis on all logistics modules MM,WM,SD,PP,QM May 2010-June 2010
• Was the SAP MM SME as well as Project Manager for Upgrade of Boehringer Ingelheim Jan 2010 to May 2010
• Led the assessment for consolidation of Supply Chain processes SAP PP, SAP QM, SAP MM, SAP PM after acquisition of Medimmune by AstraZeneca. This led to a consolidation project subsequently for 6.5 million. AstraZeneca - Aug 2009 to Oct 2009
• Was the Program Manager for the Support, Upgrade, Enhancements and assessment projects in USA for Fresinius Kabi - Fresinius Kabi Erstwhile APP Pharmaceuticals - May 2008 to June 2009
• Project Manager for the first ever SAP CRM Call center implementation for the client - Schwans Aug 2007 May 2008
• Was MM/WM lead and also PM for the first ever roll out for Cognizant in India for a Mitsubishi Chemicals subsidiary MCC PTA India Ltd - March 2007 to Aug 2007
• Was the SAP Knowledge Transition Manager in addition to being SAP MM SME for Kimberly Clark Kimberly Clark, West Malling, UK Jan 2007 till Feb 2007
• Was the SAP MM and QM Lead for Roll out for SAP roll out to 11 countries Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Europe - June 2006 to Nov 2006

Consultant Confidential

Lead analysis, design and implementation of SAP projects. Provide subject matter expertise to PwC consultants in procure to pay and inventory management areas and developed proposals for implementation of projects. Recruited and mentored staff consultants. Imparted training in MM module to trainees.

Important Assignments

• Was the sole PTP SME with elements of mySAP SRM for the end to end SAP Implementation Confidential
• Led the team in Material Handling Tower SAP MM and WM in the Global deployment of SAP for Nestle. Established the first ever Offshore Configuration factory in Asia. Led workshops at Switzerland and Germany to shape the artifacts for the successful delivery model through configuration factory from India. Oversaw the roll out of the template in 16 countries across geographies. Added business lines like regression testing, learning and training support.
• Was the sole Procure to pay consultant responsible for business blueprinting, realization, construction, testing and post go live hyper care. Also formulated the roll out strategies and delivered the blueprint for 7 countries USA, Trinidad, Tunisia, India, Singapore, Thailand and Egypt for Procure to pay area
• Was the MM and QM lead for SAP technical Upgrade project from 4.0B to 4.6C
• Other experiences: Was a SAP Core team member for SAP MM and PS processes for the first SAP implementation for the Engineering, Construction and Operations ECO group of a 8 billion leading Indian construction company. Also rolled out the template to three different business units Larsen and Toubro Limited, a 8 billion engineering and construction giant - June 1998 to Oct 2000

PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS

• Business communications skills Confidential
• Certified in Leadership Development Program Confidential
• SAP- Materials Management Project Systems Confidential
• Publications : Co-authored a book on Cancer research Bugging Cancer Daring to Dream and its future in terms of path breaking remedies. Book was reviewed by University of Cambridge and a Nobel Laureate among others.