SUMMARY:

• Confidential has 19 plus years of professional experience in operating and consulting organizations implementing and managing IT Projects, Solutioning, Designing, Architecting, Requirement gathering and managing project deliverables & timelines from Initiation to Completion.
• Confidential played roles of Project Manager, Program Manager, Senior Business Analyst, SCRUM master managing Project timelines deploying Agile methodology.
• Confidential is experienced in gathering requirement, designing, architecting big IT Dot Net Cloud Development Projects on AWS / Rackspace, implementing, managing & migrating client from third party tools like i2, Manugistics, SAS, SAP and/ or integrating with third party tools and SAS forecasting procedures. Played role of Subject Matter expert SCM architect for CRM,.
• SME professional with extensive experience leading/integrating PMOs and coordinating and managing concurrent complex projects from inception - to-implementation involving large cross functional matrix teams comprised of technology (internal/vendors) and senior level business professionals (500+), from various lines of businesses (e.g. engineering, procurement, compliance for regulatory and audit, accounting, finance, legal, human resources, product development, front-office trading, middle-office risk management, and back-office operations). Experience in selection, implementation and integration of software packages into legacy systems.
• Demonstrated success in managing people using proven influential leadership, management and superior communication skills.
• Ensure Project Life Cycle (PLC) structure (initiating, planning, executing, monitoring/controlling and closing) and Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Waterfall and Agile are clearly understood by project team which ensures stakeholders are aligned and delivering tasks on-time and on-budget.
• Hands on experience with coordinating the gathering of business/technical requirements (review sessions), business process modeling, managing SDLC: requirements, analysis, design, build, managing full testing life cycle, financials and implementation. Excellent training skills used for project client presentation/training, mentoring/coaching business users and technologists on PMO and process governance, best practices and methodologies.
• Conducted internal PMO Governance audits to ensure compliance.
• Experience in action-driven meeting facilitation (minutes, dashboards and tasks) with developing and managing strategic objectives. Strong knowledge of PMI Project Management framework and the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
• Big 4 consulting experience with IBM as employee and as subcontractor with Confidential

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• MS Project
• MS Office
• MS Visio
• SAP APO 3.0 (Demand Planner, Supply Network Planner, Production Planning/Detailed Scheduling, GATP Module)
• SAP R/3 SD
• PP
• MM i2 Supply Chain Planner (APS) Tech (I) and Tech (II) i2 Demand Planner
• Adexa Demand Planner/Plant Planner/Supply Chain Planner & SAS Programming.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project / program manager

Responsibilities:

• Led a team of 50+ (off-shore and on-shore) comprised of Project Managers and Business Analysts.
• Developed Financial Program Budget Tracker and process for capturing and managing the SOWs, Timesheets, and Invoices for budget forecast estimates, cost benefit analysis and tracking actual financials for Enterprise Program. Facilitated elaboration sessions for business requirements gathering (BRD) and design (Wireframes) with Development Leads, Data Base Engineers, Business Analysts, Business Partners, Software Architects, and Graphic Designers.
• Managed project financials and project risks through weekly gathering and analyzing of development work streams project status and compiling Executive Summaries to senior management and managed MS-SharePoint and Discovery repositories.
• Utilized HP-Quality Center (QC) for supporting and managing defects and impact upon Release during the Testing Life Cycle (TLC) for Systems Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) as part of managing Releases, from end-to-end. Identify risks and issues and perform follow-up with Information Technology for remediation.
• Facilitated weekly Senior Management project strategic meeting as part of PMO function across multiple work streams for project health checks and strategic direction (managed meeting agenda, meeting minutes and project status dashboards).
• Design and requirement gathering workshops for integrated Cloud ERP application for Supply Chain management, Planning & Execution. Lead and architect HRMS ATS / CRM products and processes based on SOA architecture using web service API and WCF rustful services.
• Manage complete SDLC projects, Agile and Waterfall based Development of HRMS Application as Product owner with onshore and offshore teams of 40 plus developers, Business Analysts, DBA and IT Infrastructure professionals.
• Define Project deliverables, timelines, project cost / budgeting & Product Management of Global Application.
• Architect Supply Network Planning, Demand Planning, Production Planning applications, bench marking against applications liks SAP SCM, ATS like Taleo, brass ring, HRMS - Workday, SAP Successfactors, PeopleSoft HRMS, CRM systems like Salesforce.com SAP CRM, and many others.
• Conduct SCRUM, manage agile based application development. Conduct sprints and daily SCRUMS. Software testing with Testing tools like Mercury Test Director, Rational and other tools
• Manage IT security and Rackspace and AWS infrastructure architect and team to support.
• Designing and manage building of reporting Interface for ERP reporting for Qlikview for financial reporting for multi company, SAP Business Objects. Cognos and internal report tool based on SSRS and dot net.
• Manage Data Center vmware maintenance of internal and external customers.
• Manage Virtualization infrastructure and VMware application implementation and maintenance projects.
• Manage Cisco Networking infrastructure project and team resources.

Confidential, COLUMBUS, OH

PROJECT MANAGER

• Senior Project Technical SAP SCM Manager
• Managed information gathering which ensured successful migration, decommission, functional and user testing, for production, development, and quality assurance, for applications, servers, and databases, for Windows, Oracle, SAP and critical applications, in order to quickly streamline and relocate a major Data Center, where additional requirements were constantly added as a result of a dynamic environment. Utilized effective Risk Management skills.
• Design and requirement gathering workshops for integrated Supply Chain processes.
• Deployment optimization building RICEF objects.
• Configure SNP, Deployment, ECC, PPDS…
• BW Infocubes and Demand Planning data mart related configuration. Process chains set-up and other configuration.
• Set configuration for CTP, GATP with PPDS order conversion of ATP tree - ensure consistency with PPDS planning. GATP - RBATP , PRODUCT ALLOCATION, CTP AND BOP
• Set up PPDS environment for PPDS Planning using PPDS Heuristics and appropriate planning procedure for MLATP.
• Project Management and Project Planning- ensuring timelines and deliverables.
• CIF issues and SNP Planning Books configuration
• Safety Stock Planning.

Confidential, MEMPHIS, TN

Project Manager

• Project Manager in Project Management Office (PMO).
• Managed Release Calendar for weekly reporting to senior management of all projects within Supply Chain Management Technology. Participated in weekly Workstream status reporting meetings and managed PMO.
• Resource Management for Program, including resource analysis/forecasting, and resolution of contentions.
• Analysis of current design with custom PPDS heuristics and planning procedures.
• Blueprint some custom enhancements related to PPDS order generation.
• Demand Planning and configuration of planning area and SNP heuristics.
• Statistical forecasting with univariate and Multi Linear Forecasting for retail products.
• BW Infocubes and Demand Planning data mart related configuration. Process chains set-up and other configuration.
• Set up PPDS environment for PPDS Planning using PPDS Heuristics and appropriate planning procedure for MLATP.
• Block planning and integration with trim optimization tool called greycon through BAPI's.
• Set configuration for CTP, GATP with PPDS order conversion of ATP tree - ensure consistency with PPDS planning. GATP - RBATP , PRODUCT ALLOCATION, CTP AND BOP
• Project Management and Project Planning- ensuring timelines and deliverables.
• CIF issues and SNP Planning Books configuration and data upload using BAPI's with Greycon and through Forecast X.
• Safety Stock Planning.
• PPDS SNP integration.
• Project Documentation, Testing and Training.
• Supply Chain performance and Analytics like Inventory levels and lead time, Order Fill rates, Supply Chain Inventory turns and similar performance reports.
• Supply Chain Modeling and What if decision making simulations.
• BW Infocubes and Demand Planning data mart related configuration. Process chains set-up and other configuration.
• Set configuration for CTP, GATP with PPDS order conversion of ATP tree - ensure consistency with PPDS planning. GATP - RBATP , PRODUCT ALLOCATION, CTP AND BOP
• Set up PPDS environment for PPDS Planning using PPDS Heuristics and appropriate planning procedure for MLATP.
• Project Management and Project Planning- ensuring timelines and deliverables.
• CIF issues and SNP Planning Books configuration
• Safety Stock Planning.

Confidential, PITTSBURG, PA

SCM PROJECT Team LEAD

• Requirements Gathering for MTO and MTS products.
• Provided project governance to multiple development workstreams for managing project development, project reporting (requirements, system development specifications, high-level/low-level designs, development, project risks, SIT and UAT) and various PMO coordination and metrics
• Blue printing workshops to ensure proper retrofit the environment with current SD/ GATP environment.
• Building Demand Planning area for Product allocation using GATP, feeding Multi linear forecasting feed into APO.
• Setting up of data-mart (Info-objects, Info-cubes, Source systems), master data upload through BAPI's. set-up process chains for background jobs in DP.
• SNP CTM Engine configuration and integration with GATP PPDS.
• Integrated planning scenario with different SCM modules with configuration.
• Set up PPDS environment for PPDS Planning using PPDS Heuristics and PPDS Optimization with appropriate planning procedure for MLATP.
• End to End Integration with MM for ensuring deliveries and goods movements.
• Set configuration for MLATP, GATP Product Allocation at finished product and component level and with PPDS order conversion of ATP tree - ensure consistency with PPDS planning.
• Project Management and Project Planning- ensuring timelines and deliverables.
• Project Documentation and Training.

Confidential, MINNEAPOLIS, MN

IT Business analyst senior SCM functional lead

• Batch management & R/3 Configuration to enable GATP for Availability Check with Shelf Life
• SD/GATP order management configuration with Product Allocation configuration
• Configuration DP planning area to transfer Allocation Qty- with all related DP configuration.
• GATP with Rules Based ATP Configuration for Product and Location Substitution.
• SNP optimizer and Deployment.
• Setting up ECC and SNP related Master Data. Collaborative Demand and Supply Planning
• Supply Demand Planning process Design and Configuration.
• Integration with GTS and SD Module.
• Upgrade from SCM 4.1 to 5.0
• Project Management and Project Planning- ensuring timelines and deliverables.
• Core interface - set up of IM
• Supply Chain Modeling and What if decision making simulations.

Confidential

Senior IT BUSINESS CONSULTANT

• Configure in Variant Configuration environment - PPDS heuristics, Strategy profile, DS Planning board and PPDS related work.
• Background PPDS jobs set up /run and debug the release.
• Transfer of Classes and Characteristics in Variant Configuration.
• Perform PPDS Block planning related Configuration.
• Build PPDS Master data for Block building - Block Basis definition, Reference Cycle and Blocks.
• GATP configuration to generate production orders when stock on hand is not available.
• GATP with CTP for Make to Order configuration.
• GATP with Rules Based ATP for Make to Stock.
• DP data mart and SNP related data check, functional configuration design for uploading data through BAPI's
• Create Process Chains, BW infocubes and Bex Reports.
• Implemented Product Interchangeability after the go-live.
• Recommend best practices for running CTM and achieve performance stabilization.
• Set-up prototype in PPDS for running shelf life planning.
• Implemented Block Planning and CDP.
• Deployment planning using CTM engine.
• Project Management and Project Planning- ensuring timelines and deliverables.

Confidential, CANTON, OH

Functional consultant

• Analyze the existing configuration and provide expert advice in refining the SCM process related to SAP SCM - DP/SNP.
• Evaluate and configure DP and SNP from impact justification of various R/3 process.
• Configure business scenarios prototypes for SNP and DP - set up data- mart.
• Forecast profiles for Uni-Variate and MLR.
• Configure SNP for managing change number from R/3 for APO master data changes transferred from APO.
• Build functional design for BAPI data uploads.
• Set-up simulation scenarios for evaluating additional/new business
• Sub-contracting related configuration.
• Set-up master data transfer and user defined enhancements to use CTM planning.
• Set-up integration models.
• Debug CIF related issues and build user exits.
• Deployment planning using fair share logic and CTM deployment plans.

Confidential, DALLAS, TX

Functional consultant LEAD

• SNP configuration to set CTM process - set up master data for planning in CTM using PPDS master data.
• Set - up Interval planning in CTM with full master data transfer and integration with R/3 MM/PP/SD and PPDS
• Set up PPDS Planning with product heuristics for products whose demand falls in PPDS production horizon and configure CDP to do block planning based on grades for continuous bucket, set up Characteristics and class type and blocks.
• Send PDS and test PPM's for PPDS master data.
• Rules Based GATP for CTM engine.
• Configuration of Collaborative Demand and Supply Planning with Internet transaction server.
• Set up R/3 configuration for MM and PP compatible with SAP SCM/APO.
• PPDS master data setup - run proof of concept for Optimization in PPDS relating to set-up times.
• Safety Stock Planning - Advanced method and static method.
• Deployment and Production Planning.
• Building BAPI's interface for legacy data upload.

Demand Planning

Confidential

• Blue printing for full APO suite
• Set up prototype for Presentations to CIO and Director IT for findings and solution
• GATP
• Develop prototype on SCM/APO 4.0 and migrate to SCM/APO 4.1
• Realization for DP involving configuration and integration to BW - Infocubes, planning areas, Planning books, macros alerts, Characteristic Combinations and related DP configuration.
• Setting up Data mart and process chains and BAPI's.
• CTM configuration and data integration with R/3
• Safety stock planning using advanced method Beta service level.
• Set-up Alerts Standard SDP alerts and also macro based alerts.
• Ensure master data configurations for CTM and configure CTM profile.
• Bucket oriented planning using CTM.
• Ensure dates consistency between APO and R/3.
• Debug CIF for transaction data.
• Deployment planning

Confidential

FUNCTIONAL CONSULTANT LEAD

• Configure GATP check for specific configuration as regards scope of check, rules based GATP and Product allocation.
• GATP configuration with CTM engine, configure scope of check
• Product Allocation
• Safety stock planning using advanced method Beta service level.
• DP set up Data mart and process chain maintenance.

Confidential, AKRON, OH

IT Business Analyst

• Blue printing & User Workshop to gather planning requirements and APO solution design from AS-IS on existing Manugistics planning system and order management process to TO-BE (expectations for future requirements of this APO implementation and gap analysis between SAP APO SNP and integration with Manugistics Demand Planning.)
• Analysis and configuration to integrate APO with Manugistics planning system and analyze the SNP equivalence of planning system to populate receipts from SNP heuristics/deployment/TLB run and requirements in APO.
• Review existing R/3 configuration for SD module ATP settings Manugistics planning system and its possible migration effort to SNP.
• Configure PPDS to run CTP for creation of planned orders when the availability check is negative.
• Analyze the landscape to review how receipts are populated from Manugistics Planning system into SNP and use of the key figures for GATP.
• Configure PP module for CTP/MLATP creating routings, BOM's and work centers.
• Configure PPDS for CTP order creation.
• Configure GATP to validate blue printing solution for Rules Based ATP, Backorder processing, CTP and Product Allocation.

Confidential, PARSIPPANY, NJ

IT Senior Business Analyst

• Blue printing and Design Workshops to gather planning requirements including DP and SNP.
• Set-up configurations for discrete optimization involving transportation lanes and PPM's for deployment optimization and SNP optimization for APO 4.0/4.1(downgrade). Performance tuning and result reconciliation.
• Safety Stock, production planning with block planning for grades and inventory planning.
• Configuring Deployment, Transport Load Builder and integrating with TPVS for transportation planning.
• Model supply chain to create a hybrid of VMI planning and sales order/forecast based planning. Special enhancement using APO 4.1 functionality "Sourcing of Forecast" with SAP Waldorf, Germany to create customized master data creation.
• Configured PP master data and activities to transfer PPM's(BOM's & Receipe's) and work centers.
• Configured MM module for automatic creation of STO's during transfer of data from APO to R/3.
• User training and solution design / development demo sessions.
• Set up APO for daily planning buckets and integrate model to the R/3 defining business system groups. Set up integration models to transfer master data and transaction data. Debug and transfer queue's for master data PPM's, material and transaction data.
• Set-up demand planning InfoCubes, planning area, CVC's, data integration with BW, forecast profile and other DP settings.
• Setting up of info cubes, InfoObjects, source system, InfoSources and info package integrating to BW for sales order history. Gone live with DP in February 2004. Setting up of initial model using excels for demo of daily buckets scenario. Setting up of the info cubes in BW for extracting planning data.
• Set-up customized tables for creation of master data relating to transportation lanes.
• Set up CIF integration model and ensure data transmission between R/3 and APO.

Confidential, GREENSBORO, NC

Techno-functional consultant

• Understand business requirement and configure SAP SD to create Standard orders. Configured SD Pricing, Output Taxes, Credit Management, Account Determination and Output Determination
• Define DC's, sales document - language conversion, customer groups, sales districts for export consignments in IMG.
• Configure SD to put orders on hold that do not meet compliance check in the third party application.
• Create test scripts, perform unit/integration/end to end testing and document results.
• Perform end-to-end integration test to ensure data transmission from SD module to the application and the results of the compliance check back to the SD module to place sales orders on 'Hold', which do not meet the customs compliance requirements.

Confidential

IT Business Analyst

• Implemented a SAS based supply chain solution customized to Confidential 's environment
• Analyze the supply chain process and the pain points in the supply chain process.
• Create customized code based on the business process using standard functions in SAS for time series forecasting.
• Setup Master Data and planning area for the SNP module. Used Supply Chain Engineer to create models/versions to the need of the individual business units to model one supply chain. Created multiple supply chain model versions to ensure with the client corrected supply chain modeling for J&J's supply chain. Optimizer profile for SNP for the use of optimizer with cost weight age in the objective function for optimization with discretization.
• Publish planning results to R/3 and run MRP in PP to generate orders.
• Gathered specific production planning & scheduling (manufacturing) requirements planning requirements by business units for creating the InfoCubes.
• Set Demand Planning DataMart for statistical forecasting using varying techniques and save those forecast on the old planning data in the InfoCubes, set demand prioritization by customer, Master Planning structure to include plannable characteristics, planning area, planning books with macros to write different period forecast and key figures for demands and errors of forecast accuracy, Master Data.
• Mass update of the products planned in APO in MM module for external planning to "XO" on MRP tab. Creation of planned independent requirements in PP.
• Configure GATP with SD module, set-up and integrate with GATP by setting ATP groups, check controls and scope and backorder processing for critical customers. Set checking horizon, business event, condition types and other check instructions in GATP.
• Configured product life cycle planning using phase-in and phase-out for new product introduction and removal of few products in the financial year 2002.
• Setup master data transfer related to resources/work centers, product, location, PPM's for SNP using CIF integration model for master data and transaction data with R/3, created PPM's for the products with new or revised PPM's which were not transferred from R/3.