EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:
More than 10 years of experience in the supply Chain. Worked as a Sr. Consultant in Supply Chain Management, Application Implementation and Organizational Change Management in a business process improvement capacity. Worked in more than 8 full life cycle implementations of APO Industries: TME, CPG, Biotech, Pharmaceutical, AFS, Automotive, High Tech, and manufacturing.

EDUCATION:

• MS Computer Science (Supply Chain Management)

• BS Manufacturing Engineering (Operations Research)

TRAINING:

• Trained In FI/CO, SD, MM, and PP SAP 4.6C By Supply Chain consulting
• Trained in APO DP and SNP 5.0 version
• Trained in APO 3.0a 4.1 version
• Introductory training in 4.7 enterprise edition

EXPERIENCE:

Project Name: HMH APO New Design Enhancement project
Confidential,Duration (06/2009) - Tilldate
Role: APO Manager
Systems: SCM 2007, Business Objects

• Manage the Planning project for DP
• Manage 7 sub projects under a DP Future state project
• Develop the Upgrade project plan and assign tasks to consultants
• Review the project milestones and set targets for the respective teams
• Create best in class forecast accuracy and Waterfall effect report using DP,BW, Business Objects and Crystal reports
• Develop the Future state Design using APO DP for 4 divisions and manage expectation of the client
• Resolve conflicts between the team by communicating meetings and brainstorming exercises
• Create Risk mitigation plans for upgrade
• Fine tune the resource plan and resource utilization and present status to management
• Chair the steering committee meeting

1) Project Name: Spares and Service parts planning
Confidential,
Role APO Project Lead
Duration (09/2008) - (03/2009)
Systems: SCM 2007, SNC

• Manage the Planning project for DP and SNP
• Prototype new functionalities in DP ,SNP, SNC and tollgate to the Business users
• Prototype the Planning using Duet for Demand Planning
• Test the scenarios for Planning sheets
• Create a New Planning sheet corresponding to Demand Planning key figures
• Edit the Planning sheet refine data with complex macros and load the results back to Demand Planning
• Work with Planning sheets selections for Characteristics
• Design the Install base forecasting process for Leading indicator forecasting
• Training the Global Planners in APO functionality using uPerform
• Determine the parts forecast for failure rates of Warranty parts
• Configure SNC for customer collaboration and vendor collaboration.
• Design the mechanism to input service levels in Safety stock planning
• Facilitate Best industry practices and critical design changes in Global DP Design
• Study the Custom safety Stock calculation logic and prototype the APO Standard Safety stock algorithm and demo to business
• Design the netting logic in SNP for CTM run
• Successfully manage the go live of the APO project.
• Design reports for KPI and metrics using Corporate Business Objects.

Project Name: APO Workflow
Confidential,
Role APO Planning Subject Matter Expert (Asia, North America and Europe)
Duration (03/2008) - (09/2008)
Systems: SCM 5.0

• Scoping the APO DP and SNP Enhancement project for Applecare
• Prototype new functionalities in DP and SNP and tollgate to the Business users
• Create and prioritize requirements lists in SCM 5.0
• Map the existing Global forecasting process and identify GAPS
• Facilitate Best industry practices and critical design changes in Global DP Design
• Study the Custom safety Stock calculation logic and prototype the APO Standard Safety stock algorithm and demo to business
• Understand the CTM Netting Logic and create training documents for Global SNP Planners to understand the calculations

Project Name: Vanguard Project
Confidential,
Role Demand and Supply Team Lead (Canada, North America and Europe)
Duration (05/2007) - (02/2008)
Team Size Project: 100+ Module: 10
Systems: SCM 4.1 SCM 5.0

• Lead the process mapping workshops and requirements gathering sessions for SNP Capacity Planning
• Design processes for Long and Short term Planning using APO, DP, SNP
• Create the design for new Demand Planning area and merge the old planning area data into new ones
• Facilitate the Workshops for transition of Characteristics to Navigational Attributes.
• Redesign macros and BW data flow and technical design.
• Use the ASAP methodology and Solution manager for Implementation.
• Participated in Integration test cycle 1, 2 and 3 and issues resolutions in APO and R/3
• Create Complex Advanced Macros for Street Date change automation.
• Create macros for Model spreads based on the automatic assignment of models based on Forecast volume
• Implement the R/3 LTP run for capacity planning and create hierarchies for reporting
• Build relevant master data for R/3 LTP simulation MRP run.
• Advise and train Client team in creation of process chain for APO.
• Work on processes to create and standardize the master data relevant for Product groups, Plant, BOM, Classification, Routing and transfer to APO via CIF.
• Worked on standardization of APO master data, Product, Resource, PDS
• Work on SNP Heuristics for Planned order generation and requirements calculation
• Infinite Capacity Planning with SNP Heuristics strategy
• Re fine design and processes for Canada APO Conversion by creating BW design specs to automate the conversion activities in contrast to manual processes
• Create batch jobs and process chains
• Get well versed with the WHV new SAP processes for transports and change requests creation
• Validate Transports and test configuration
• Create design for SNP Capacity Planning reports, FAT and Tollgate to users

Project Name: US Demand Planning Phase 2 project
Confidential,Role: APO Lead Onsite
Duration (11/2006) - (05/2007)
Team Size Project: 10+ Module: 10
Systems; SCM 4.0, SCM 5.0

• Lead the US Demand Planning S&OP enhancements project
• Create project plan and prioritize the key enhancements for Sales and Operations Planning
• Configure the Rules based GATP to work with SD for Product Substitution
• Configure the Product Allocation in GATP to work with DP
• Demo and present to the client of the new design in GATP
• Reengineer the statistical forecasting models and process
• Create the design for integration of Siebel demand in APO DP and create custom macros
• Build
• Introduce the Life Cycle planning and management process
• Simulate the What If simulations from DP to SNP for S&OP
• Worked on Deployment and TLB
• Worked on the SNP Planners for Demand and Supply meetings as the Chair person
• Re Design the Online reporting programs for Product Line reporting
• Work with Client on APO requirements and resource Plan
• Design processes for global forecasts aggregation and Sales and Operations planning and design the BW staging architecture
• Work on standardizing best business practices for S&OP processes

Project Name: Demand & Supply Planning
Confidential,
Role APO Sr. Consultant
Duration (04/2006) - (11/2006)
Team Size Project: 100+ Module: 30
Systems; SCM 5.0
Collaborative Project (PG&E, ACCENTURE and SAP America)

• Create prototype for APO DP and SNP
• Characteristics based forecasting for both Units and $’s
• Design Planning Books and Data views
• Create BW design for data flow for Consumption history (PM Orders)
• Extract test data from R/3, load to infocubes, and load to Planning area
• Configure Planning books and Data views
• Work on Processes for Statistical Forecasting at SKU level and Collaboration at a Higher level in $’s
• Defining the complex Aggregating and Disaggregating of the key figures by means of Proportional factors
• Create Advanced macros and Alerts
• Configure the CTM profile to cater to the Replenishment Planning
• Simulate the Normal and Advanced Safety stock methods in SNP
• Facilitate workshops for requirements gathering
• Full configuration of the prototype to seamlessly integrate with the existing R/3 design
• Refine requirements and work as Subject Matter Expert for the Prototype design
• Guide Accenture and SAP consultants in Prototype designs and analysis
• Guide PG&E Planners to decide the Operations calendar, Supply Chain Process To BE models , Levels of Forecasting and Collaboration with Finance and Materials Planning
• Toll gate and Demo to the steering committee by means of a Conference room pilot (CRP)
• Proficient with the ACCENTURE Delivery model and Documentation standards.