SUMMARY:

• 15 years of consulting experience in Advanced Procurement, Supply Chain and Customer Sales and Service areas.
• Implemented solutions in Procurement, Purchasing, Inventory, Shipping, Order Management and Contact Center areas in Manufacturing, Retail, Logistics, EPC and Service Industry verticals.
• Specialize in Direct and Indirect Procurement business processes that address core business needs while reducing error rates and improving efficiency.
• Deployed Industry best practices that include Punch out Procurement, Auto sourcing, Touchless buying, Accounting automation, Document Approval automation, Automatic Supplier communications, Pay on Receipt, Recurring Invoices, Evaluated Receipt Settlements, 2/3/4 Way Matching for numerous Clients.
• Core competency in presenting point of views, advising on solution options available in Oracle E - Business and implementing them suiting Customer’s current and future business needs.

KEY FOCUS AREAS:

• Streamline P2P, SCM and CRM Business processes leveraging packaged solutions.
• Maximize business returns and value through IT initiatives.
• Create Enterprise business platforms that are productive and secure.

KNOWLEDGE REALMS:

Technology: Oracle EBS 12.1.3, 12.2.4, Oracle 11g, SQLs, PLSQL, XMLs, WebADI.

Business Functions: Purchasing, iProcurement, AME, Sourcing, Inventory, Order Management, Shipping, Receiving, Shared service Procurement, Drop-shipment, Punch out, Application Security, P2P, and O2C.

Industry: Retail, Pharma, Distribution, Manufacturing, Field Service, EPC.

Project Execution: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Procurement SME

Responsibilities:

• Presented Design options for Project based iProcurement Catalog Content Authoring and Content Security.
• Driven consensus process for Supplier Backcharges on Damaged Materials or Confidential through Oracle’s Project Deductions offering.
• Provided Proof of Vision on packaging Engineering Drawings, Specifications and Datasheets from Document Management system corresponding to Material Requisitions in Engineering systems during Confidential Pre-Award and Post-Award Supplier communication events within Oracle EBS. Concept of Revision driven re-publishing socialized with Engineering and Procurement Business teams.

Confidential

Supply Chain Lead

Responsibilities:

• Led Requirement, Fit Gap, Business Process, Solution Design, Development and Testing in Purchasing, Inventory, Shipping, Order Management modules for Europe and Asia Contract Manufacturing Business Units.
• Architected Dropship Business Process to streamline Order Entry, Booking, Dropship to Contract Manufacturer, Customer Shipping (Receipt) transactions through seeded Oracle dropship workflow process framework.
• Architected Consignment Inventory Shipping and Billing processes from both Dropship Contract Manufacturers and regular stock Warehouses to Customers across Europe and Asia geography through Ship only and Bill only Oracle order workflows with custom components for Consignment Inventory tracking.
• Conducted Proof of Concept on complex RMA process flows based on material ownership and material movement on returns. Leveraged Oracle seeded RMA flows with Return to Vendor transactions to solution the Business need.
• Conducted Solution workshops with Corporate Accounting team in US as well as the Business Operations team in UK to demonstrate the Business model in Oracle and document Gaps in Business process, Transactions, UI, Data capture, Regulatory and Reporting areas.
• Orchestrated Testing and Training sessions with User community to test/practice Order processing and transactions in Oracle. Used scenario based data sets sampled from Production data.
• Planned and executed Cutover for Open Sales Orders, Available Inventory, and Purchase Orders from existing legacy system to Oracle.
• Implemented Oracle for business use within 8 month timeframe.
• Recommended to Customer on Business Improvement Initiatives for Direct and Indirect Procurement.

Technologies: Oracle 12.1.3, XML Publisher, Discoverer.

Confidential

Supply Chain Lead

Responsibilities:

• Led Requirement, Fit Gap, Business Process, Solution Design, Development and Testing in Purchasing, Inventory, Shipping, Order Management and Advanced Pricing modules for Mexico Plant.
• Designed Integration solutions with Planning system, Weight Scale and Mobile Application platform.
• Configured and conducted CRP in areas including Domestic and Import Raw Material Procurement, Receiving, Manufacturing Consumption, Batch Production, Domestic/Export Shipping.
• Integrated Production and Shipping for Made to Order Business scenarios.
• Provided Business process for Corporate Rebates program leveraging Advanced Pricing Rebate Accruals and custom Accrual Redemption components.
• Configured Intercompany Internal Requisition Internal Sales Orders for Interplant shipping across Operating Units leveraging Purchasing, Order Management, Advanced Pricing, Inventory configurations.

Technologies: Oracle 12.1.3, XML Publisher, Discoverer.

Confidential

Purchasing Lead

Responsibilities:

• Configured Multi-Org Purchasing and Receiving for Inventory and Expenses.
• Streamlined process for tracking and reconciling Receipt Liabilities for regular Inventory, Expense, Outside processing, Consumption advice Purchases.
• CRPed and Implemented process for Warranty Claims integrating Inventory, Purchasing and Payables through RTS and PO setups.
• Merged Suppliers across distributed locations to net business activity and pursue volume discounts.
• Setup 2 Way, 3 Way Purchasing Line Types along with Document Controls for Tolerances, Close points for Receiving and Invoicing.
• Trained Warehouse to handle UOM conversion nuances relating to Onhand and pricing while purchasing in bulk and selling in converted UOM.
• Handed out plan for Center-led Purchasing leveraging Procuring Intercompany relationship.

Technologies: Oracle 12.1.3, SQL Developer, XML

Confidential

Enterprise Architect

Responsibilities:

• Orchestrated Cutover for 50 satellite boundary systems with EBS seamlessly over the Reimplementation go-live leveraging 15 BAs, 40 Developers (incl. SOA, Sterling, Appworx) ensuring Payroll, Supplier Payments, New Hire processes cutover and function smoothly.
• Implemented Application Security - 56 Responsibilities, 15K Users through SOD matrix.
• Implemented Oracle Punch outs with Grainger, Staples, Fastenal, MoreDirect and Dematic
• Defined Integration Framework for Retrofitment and Redesign of 150 existing Integrations.
• Projected, Staffed and Completed RICEW Development in 18 weeks through JIT framework.

Technologies: Oracle 12.1.3, Punchout, FNDLOAD, SQLDeveloper, PLSQL, XML

Confidential

Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrated Proof of Vision for an Integrated US and Canada Purchasing solution.
• Defined Instance Strategy to allow iterative Build/QA/UAT
• Defined Future state Solution for US and Canada Business groups through CRP, Fit-Gaps
• Improved project timeline by 30% by iterative (FDD) Sol. Definition, Build and QA
• Optimized Cutover by 60% through automation of Data Conversion and Setups

Technologies: Oracle, Java, PeopleSoft 9.1

Confidential

Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Achieved Confidential 10% TCO reductions on Contact Center
• Rationalized Apps on Business value and running costs. Sunset 2 high maintenance & low value Apps - Symon and Vertical Reporting
• Handed a 3yr Contact Center Roadmap based on current/future needs Vs current/future products
• Achieved target of serving 10 Million Consumers during Flu season
• Improved Agent Productivity by 10% through front ending information/service requests through IVR
• Centralized Drive Thru Reporting and improved ATG and ATT service levels in the Stores.
• Addressed PCI DSS 2.0 needs by implementing secure Credit card transmission and storage for Contact Centers.
• Implemented Industry first solution to CVS that integrates Caremark Sales & Marketing and CVS Store operations to deliver Flu shots.
• Achieved 99% Uptime for Contact Center Applications with a 24x7 business window

Technologies: Oracle, Avaya IC/OA, Verint, Nuance, NICE IEX, Symon, Vertical

Confidential

Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Integrated iProcurement with Services Procurement for FP and Temp Labor line type procurement in addition to Quantity & Amt.
• Customized Oracle vanilla and Integrated OM and PO to leverage Canon’s Distribution network for Order fulfillment.
• Implemented Spend visibility for Tier 1 and Tier2 Diversity Credits across the supply chain with Corp. Customers
• Implemented handheld solution for Field Service Techs to give real-time data on Inventory and Order status and plan Service Orders
• Eliminated 4 existing warehouse resulting multi-million $ savings

Technologies: Oracle Apps 11i, R12, Forms and Reports, Workflows, XML Publisher, AIM

Confidential

Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Punch-out catalogs for 5 vendors including Corporate Express, 800 flowers, Grainger.
• Implemented iProcurement 11.5.9 to enable Indirect Procurement of Expense Items with PO Requisition Approval automation, Non-Catalog Requests with Account Generator automation.
• Implemented Sourcing Automation through ASL setup for all high value Items.
• Implemented PO Automation through Blankets and Approval Limits
• Implemented Drop ship automation integrating Telesales, OM and PO
• Implemented six sigma process improvements to maintain lean inventory
• Achieved Inventory savings of 50% by Supplies drop shipments

Technologies: Oracle Apps 11i, UNIX, PLSQL, OTN, eTRM, Metalink, AIM

Confidential

Oracle Apps Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Conducted Product research on Oracle Pick Release, Packing and Shipping functionalities
• Conceptualized and Designed integration with 3PL partners through usage of Oracle APIs
• Optimized Shipping Method for Order delivery based on Customer priority, SLAs with 3PL and shipping lead times
• Automated shipping of Deliveries based on confirmation from 3PL
• Automated Confidential reconciliation by scanning dependency on seeded components on custom inventory due to Oracle patches
• Followed Copy install files (c), Data layer install (d), App layer Generate (g) framework similar to Oracle for automatic release of custom Confidential components into Pre-prod and PROD instances with > 95% success rate
• Documented Development work following AIM - Functional Design MD50, Technical Design in MD70, TRM in DO80, Installs in MD120

Technologies: Oracle Apps 11i, R12, UNIX, PLSQL, Oracle OAF, Patch utilities, AIM.