Professional Summary

• Oracle Apps (R12)PROJECT MANAGER with 5 years in managing complex organisation-wide projects and total 12 years of IT experience. Successfully delivered major ERP projects to given deadlines and within budget. PMP Certified, Prince2 Practitioner, ITIL Foundation Certified, MS-Project 2007 Certified and Six Sigma Certified.
• ORACLE ERP R12 PROJECT MANAGER, Functional Consultancy/ Implementation / Production Support/ Roll Out/ Enhancement/Presales with 8+ years in managing ERP projects and total 12 years of IT experience.
• Executed 5 Full cycle ERP implementations and 6 Support projects using Oracle Applications 11i and R12(Project Management, Functional and Technical areas of Oracle Financials, Distribution, Manufacturing, HRMS & CRM modules).
• Expertise in Business Process Analysis,Oracle Application Implementation Methodology
• Experience in designing project documents viz., Project Scope Definition, Requirements Gathering, Solution Design, Conversion Strategy, test scripts, user training documents, etc., using AIM Methodology.
• Responsible for managing all aspects of the lifecycle of a project from initiation through closing including the management of project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risks. Excellent communications abilities, both written and verbal.
• Worked for Clients like Sovereign Oil and Gas Company, Shell Oil and Gas Company, Agilent Technologies, Applied Materials, and Expolanka Limited in different client location in USA, Malaysia, Singapore, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and India.
• Skilled project manager, experienced in managing multi-million dollar projects including developing schedules, identifying and managing resources, analyzing and managing risk, and working with cross-functional teams and management.
• Oracle EBS Suite R12 Project Manager with expertise in supply chain management, project/program management, MS-Project 2007, Six Sigma, software development, and quality assurance. Experience includes project plan development, integrated change control, project scope management including work breakdown structure, QA planning, assurance and control, activity definition, activity sequencing, activity duration estimating, scheduling, task assignment, cost estimating, budgeting and tracking, earned value analysis, change management, configuration management, risk management, resource planning and staff management.

Educational Qualification

• BTECH (Computer Science)
• MBA (Finance) Master of Business Administration,
• PRINCE2 certified Practitioner
• ITIL foundation certified in IT Service Management
• Software testing ISEB certified
• Risk Management (M_o_R) certified
• Project and Program Management
• Proficient in MS Project and Agile methods

SKILLS

Oracle Applications R12 & 11i (11.5.10.2, 11.5.10, 11.5.8, 11.5.7, 11.5.4, 11.0.3) Purchasing (PO), Order Management (OM), Inventory (INV), Bill of Materials (BOM), Work in Process (WIP), Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR),General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable(AP), Fixed Assets(FA), Cash Management, Costing and System Administration (SA)
Conversant on/Trained R12 distribution modules

Methodologies

AIM – Application Implementation Methodology

Business Cycles

Procure to Pay (P2P) Life Cycle
Order to Cash (O2C) Life Cycle

Operating Systems (O/S)

Linux, Sun Solaris 2.8, Windows 2000/NT 4.0/98/95

Databases (RDBMS)

Oracle 10g,9i/ 8i.

Tools/Utilities

PL/SQL, TOAD, Data Loader, Discoverer, Work Flow, Forms 6i, Reports 6i and MS-Office Tools, ECMS (Enterprise change management system), Kintana, SQL Loader, Logical Application, HP Quality management , OVSD, Remedy

Professional Experience

Client: Confidential,Nigeria Feb’07 – Till date
Company: Confidential,Bangalore, India
Project: Implementation of Oracle applications Release 12(R12) & Post Production Support
Location: Nigeria
Role: Project/Program Manager

• Studied their Requirements for all the processes to prepare POC for their critical areas in the processes
• Demonstrated Oracle Apps R12 Product Functionalities based on the scoping study and with respect to their processes at on site.
• Identification of key points for implementation teams for the client with the required documentation to support the solution designed
• Responsible for analysis, design & implementation of Oracle Applications (Financials, Manufacturing, Distribution, Custom Development) across Modules.
• Proposal preparation and suggesting the scope of oracle modules applicability based on the business process and industry line the client
• Implemented setups for Inventory , Purchasing, Order Management, General Ledger, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, Fixed Assets and Cash Management modules.
• Responsible for Onsite/Offshore co-ordination on project deliverables
• Responsible for assessment study, analysis, design of Oracle Applications(Financials, Distribution, Custom Development)
• Involved in design and developing of Data Conversion Requirements documents Financials, Manufacturing and Distribution Modules.
• Demonstrating the clients with Interlinking of activities into ERP systems and level of usage of standard functions and ease of client extensions wherever required
• Preparation of path for the functional teams for execution of project in offshore and onsite model
• Responsible for managing all aspects of the lifecycle of a project from initiation through closing including the management of project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risks.
• Scoping Study of the Customers with respect to their business needs at on site
• Requirements analysis, design and implementation of oracle applications technologies. Project management of project plan, scope, costs, schedule and quality of deliverables.
• Responsible for project team personnel management including day-to-day project team supervision, project reviews and personnel performance issues related to the project.

Client:Confidential,Kuwait Jan’05 – Jan’07
Company: Confidential,Pune, India
Project: Implementation of Oracle applications Release 12(R12) & Post Production Support
Location: Kuwait
Role: Project Manager

• Managing and directing efforts of project members to ensure effective planning, coordination and synergy between projects.
• Implemented setups for Inventory, Purchasing, Order Management, General Ledger, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, Fixed Assets and Cash Management modules.
• Responsible for project team personnel management including day-to-day project team supervision, project reviews and personnel performance issues related to the project.
• Managing team dynamics, building team relationships, mentoring team members and delivering feedback.
• Responsibility for all deliverables of the projects. Monitoring and reviewing project.
• Managing and directing efforts of project members to ensure effective planning, coordination and synergy between projects.
• Overseeing all project execution activities such as budgeting, planning, costing, delivery, and post delivery review.
• Growing existing customer relationships with focus on customer satisfaction.
• Achieve customer satisfaction by ensuring service quality- norms and building the brand image by exceeding customer expectations.
• Requirement analysis and design. Coding of actual changes.
• Delivered project on time, on budget, and exceeding client expectations.
• Managing project, providing technical direction to all team members, and ensuring on-time delivery of project.
• Develop, implement & provide support for business application software for clients
  

Client: Confidential,Texas, USA Feb’04 – Jan’05
Company: Confidential,Bangalore, India
Project: Implementation of Oracle applications 11i & Post Production Support
Location: Texas, United States of America(USA)
Role: Senior Functional Consultant

• Conducted study on current business process and evaluated the existing system maintained.
• Gathered and analyzed business requirements. Documented functional requirements pertaining to manufacturing modules and security features.
• Reviewed the implications of the functional decisions being made during the setup process and make sure it in sync with AMAT processes.
• Writing MD.20 requirement gathering document and MD.50 Functional design documents.
• Implemented setups for Inventory , Purchasing, Order Management, General Ledger, Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, Fixed Assets and Cash Management modules.
• Provided ongoing systems support and problem resolution to end-users, including data access, query generation, report generation, etc.
• Supported Oracle business users with all business / process related questions and concerns.
• Researched application issues and provided first level support to Oracle end users
• Modules Setup and Configurations have been done in the system to meet the business needs based on the oracle functionality and oracle implementation methodologies.
• Created custom responsibilities set with the specific menus, functions, report groups and profile options to restrict the access of application security. Defined users and assigned responsibilities and profile options.
• CRP and user acceptance test (UAT) were carried out for the above modules. Trained the end users and resolve problems during UAT.

Client: Confidential,India Oct’03 - Feb’04
Company: Confidential,Hyderabad, India
Project: Implementation of Oracle applications 11i & Post Production Support
Location: Hyderabad, India
Role: Techno-Functional Consultant

• Implementation and Post Production Support modules Oracle Order Management, Inventory, Purchasing and Financials modules.
• Implementation of Change Requests (CR’s)
• BR110 processing, adding new users and linking to existing responsibilities.
• Monitoring/Canceling Concurrent Jobs, Application password resets and New printer setups.
• Testing - unit testing & integration testing along with test data preparation
• Designing and developing e-business development project, using Oracle PL-SQL and Unix shell with Oracle GEMMS modules Inventory and Sales.
• Creation of Menus, Responsibility, Request Groups, Users etc
• Documentation of all the set-ups/ Configurations for Oracle Order Management, Inventory, Purchasing.
• Integrating the Oracle GEMMS ERP backend with the Web interface.
• Analyzing business process and developing functional specifications.
  Providing user support to solve various problems occurring after the deployment.
• Lead the business process analysis and redesign for implementing a standard workflow across the organization.
• Gathered and analyzed the business requirements, Process Mapping and carried out gap analysis
• Responsible for implementing Inventory and Procure to pay cycle, Order Management and Purchasing.
• Gathering and analyzing business requirements for interface development.
• Developing the requirement and design specifications for entire workflow.
  Leading the development of system and user acceptance testing specifications.
• Developing customized bar coding solution to automate material issuance, inter-plant shipments and cycle counting in Oracle Applications, using modules Purchasing, Inventory, and Sales.
• Analyzing existing Oracle Application installation to determine scope and schedule.
• Analyzing the organizations business functions to design proposed bar coding solution.