Objective:
To lead this project with a conviction for an on Time, on Budget delivery. With my rich strategic management and people skill along with IT & IS (SAP) skill, I am confident to achieve this implementation doing extensive value addition.

Profile:
I am a seasoned Business/Management Consultant with a rare combination of techno-functional skill set. I am a Business Process Analyst with strong business acumen and experience working with all levels of business stakeholders such as IS/IT, Finance, HR, Sales & Marketing and Operations.
I take total ownership of my assignments and target to deliver a project to the fullest satisfaction of the Project Sponsor and Stake holders. I possess good personality and professional profile with good interpersonal skills. I am confident to play an effective role of \'bridging the gap\' between the Corporate Managers and the Technical team and get the project delivered on time and on budget. My current project is at a near closing stage and will be available to start with very short notice.

MS Skills:

• Advance experience in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) version 2003 and comfortable with 2007
• Advance experience in MS Office (Visio) version 2003
• Advance experience in MS Project 2003
• Intermediate experience in CorelDraw and Photo Shop
• Intermediate experience with Snag-it v 8.2.3
• Updated documents according to upgrade from R/3 to ECC 6.0

Project Management Skills:

• Hands-on Project Management experience of leading full life cycle TetraPak project in Africa ($ 6.5 m) Achievement includes on time completion of the project - from feasibility report to pan Africa distribution channel (dry, chill & frozen) networking to brand launch
• Proven knowledge of PMI Process Groups; Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling & Closing
• Current working knowledge of PMBOK methodologies and processes
• In-depth understanding of departments/function resources, priorities and policies and its application to project activities and tasks
• Proven management skills, with ability to juggle projects, priorities and delivery results with large scale enterprise environment
• Excellent ability to assemble cross functional teams (Requirements, Development, QA) and foster common understanding and collaboration

Corporate - Functional & Corporate Skills:

• Exposure of Sunshine Act and Medical Data Trascript.
• Crystal clear communication skill ‘One to One’/ ‘One to All’ negotiation and counseling knowledge.
• Proven written/oral communication & inter-personal skills for interacting in a multi-cultural environment
• Excellent people, vendor negotiation and contract management skill set
• Experience of capital, operational and project budgeting & forecasting
• Excellent ability of team building and motivating skills
• Strong business acumen coupled with SAP BI skill set
• Naturally creative - able to visualize any project from concept to commission stage.
• Developed, managed and executed business plan for brand (Strategic Market Planning & Budgeting - P&L) in Multinational Companies viz. Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser etc.
• Brand Management - positioning, packaging, launch, product life cycle and growth tasks. Consumer & Trade promotion (above and below the line),
• Media - Agency dealing (concept, design, creation) and planning
• Direct Response Media & Multi Channel Marketing - concept to execution
• Franchise Management - implementation of uniform corporate philosophy (Marketing, Financial, Human Resources, Health & Safety et. el.)

SAP Skills:

• SAP Experience that includes Sap BW (3.5, 3.1C, 3.0B) and BI (7.0), SD, CRM, FICO, MM, SRM, UniCenter tool etc.
• Worked as Business Analyst, demonstrated experience in requirement gathering, created test plans, end user training, and specification and implementation documentation as part of the post-production support.
• Experience in process engineering, designing/creating/configuring Info Source, Transfer structures, Transfer rules, Communication structures, Info Objects,
• Update rules, Operational Data Store, Info Cubes in ETL Process.
• Experienced in extension and activation of Business Content.

Career Profile

Confidential- Oshawa Currently
Project Manager - Business Process Re-engineering for IT Procurement Department
Environment: Project Management Methodology PMBOK 3. Various integrated educational software
Achievements:

• Initiated Business Process Re-engineering
• Collected processes, procedures and historical information
• Identified project stakeholders
• Determine project objectives
• Developed project charter
• Developed preliminary project scope statement
• Developed Strategic Purpose and documented the same
• Mapped, Planned and Analyzed as-is process
• Developed Management Plans by gathering requirement details, logistics details
• Built a cross functional team
• Created WBS & WBS definition
• Mapped the process flow
• Created activity models & process models
• Developed Schedule & Budget
• Determined roles and responsibilities
• Identified risks - qualitative and quantitative
• Developed final PM plan and performance measurement baseline
• Simulated & performed Activity Based Costing
• Identified value added process
• Designed & Blueprinted to-be Process
• Did benchmarking of the process
• Designed & Validated to-be process
• Performed trade-off analysis
• Implemented Re-engineering Process
• Evolved Implementation Plan
• Prototype and simulate Transition Plan
• Initiate training programs
• Implemented transition plan with coordination with various stakeholders viz. Faculty, Students Lab Assistants and Vendors to negotiate best price of the required software for the approaching education year
• Monitored & Controlled the implementation
• Constantly measured against Performance Measurement Baselines
• Determined variances and judged if they warrant corrective actions or a change
• Communicated performance details to the stakeholders
• Creating KBs on vendor management applying the Six Sigma methodology for continues improvement
• By initiating on-going measurement
• By regularly reviewing performance against targets
• Creating KB documents based on input from Faculty members and SMEs
• Documenting implementation of Six Sigma methodology to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defect and errors and variation in the procurement system.
• Implementing Change Management methodology in the department for smooth transition in the system flow. Developed plans for seamless integration with other functional departments.

Confidential. Melville/Markham Mar ’08 - Jan ‘09
SAP BI Project Management Office/Coordinator
Environment: SAP VIM Ana, SRM - P2P, FICO - B2R, C2M, DP, Share-point, Web service, CA

• Worked closely with other implementation team members and business SMEs and Power users
• Developed strategies and mapped workflow for required knowledge transfer to approx 1,600+ End & Power users.
• Jointly worked on designing, building and deployment of SAP Project and Portfolio Management functionality
• Executed responsibility of other related processes for all project types
• Assisted the Project Director for the deployment of Project Systems and related SAP capability to Power users and End users using the GPT business readiness methodology
• Assisted the Project Director to organize the project data conversion effort required for mock and product data loads.
• Acted as the voice of the business to troubleshoot and frame up issues, summarize business requirements, identify needed changes, and launch functionality enhancements.
• Assisted the Project Director for the integrity of end user documentation including training materials, job aides, startup guides, process checklists and metrics.
• Interpreted business requirements and existing global blueprint and was involved in documenting the recommendation and implement functional changes to meet those requirements.
• Cross training on SRM and FICO modules.
• Did trouble shooting and walked through to users for creating Shopping Carts for Indirect Purchase
• Guided the managers for approving and generating PO for catalogue and non-catalogue items
• Helped Power users on Capital purchasing and generating Direct Invoice transaction.

Confidential. Newark, DE Feb ‘07 - Jan ’08
SAP Project Manager/ Coordinator
Environment: SAP R/3 4.6c, Share-point, Web service, SD, MM, FI/CO, ABAP, Windows NT and UNIX

• As a part of the BW implementation team, involved in gathering user requirements and data modeling using ERM, star schema concepts.
• Blueprinted path for uploading master and transactional data from files and SAP as the OLTP source. Worked extensively on administration workbench (RSA1). Customized InfoObjects, InfoSources and InfoCubes.
• Worked extensively on standard and custom defined LIS, LO, and FI-SL extractors.
• Installed relevant SAP business content and used Account Receivable InfoCubes for analyzing Due Dates for Net Payment Analysis, Days Agreed and Days Taken and Overdue Analysis.
• Setup periodic jobs for delta data loads and rebuild statistics / aggregates.
• Worked extensively on BEX analyzer and BEX browser. Developed flexible queries using filters, navigational attributes in BEX analyzer to facilitate data analysis in a drill down or summarized way to give detailed levels of information.
• Involved in performance tuning of queries by maintaining aggregates for info cubes. Developed basic cubes for Account Receivable Transaction data, DSO (Days Sales Outstanding) and Current Period Sales.
• Used ODS to stage the data before transferring the ODS contents to the InfoCube. Done DOS reporting to give details of schedule line items.
• Worked closely with the Web developers as a Visual Composer in WAD. Worked jointly in developing concept for the Canadian web site. Did content management for the same.

Confidential, Boston, MA____ Nov ‘05 - Dec ’06
SAP BI PMO Coordinator & Business Analyst
Environment: SAP R/3 - 4.6C, ABAP/4, Oracle 8.0 on Windows NT Server

• Up-gradation Project. BW 3.5 to BIW 7.0.
• Developed a program to transfer the data from legacy system to SAP R/3 System for Sales order VA01, Sales enquiry VA11, Purchase order ME21, Purchase requisition ME51. The tables used were VBAP, VBAK, VBRP, VBRK, KNA1, LFA1 and MARA.
• Purchase Order uploading (SD) & Purchase Orders that were still open (or partially delivered) on legacy system, when switch over happened on legacy system to SAP and then was received in SAP System.
• Coordinated between Oracle data processing and SAP data upload teams. Documented the critical path process. Wrote program transfer reports for Purchase orders and Purchase requisitions changing which in turn termed as batch programs.
• Mapped blueprint for data transfer from legacy system to SAP R/3 System for Sales order VA01, Sales enquiry VA11, Purchase order ME21, Purchase requisition ME51.
• Modified SAP standard layout sets with the print program for Order confirmation (RVORDER01), Inquiry (RVORDER01), Purchase Order (MEDRUCK) and Invoice (RVINCOICE) to suite the client requirements.

Confidential. Toronto Jan ‘05 - Sept ‘06
Business group with multiple companies.
Project Consultant

• Identified various missing links in the business process.
• Did the corporate restructuring of each company in the group.
• Set working procedure for each company
• Re-organized the reporting hierarchy of each designation
• Wrote job description for each position
• Streamed line the purchasing system
• Studied the competition and created a high standard of customer service by counseling and training the staff members.
• Did feasibility study of the hotel business and suggested to dispose it off after doing some renovation.
• Gave a modern outlook to the group by creating a professional theme and support of media advertisement.

Confidential, Toronto Jul ‘04 - Dec ‘04
IT Project Consultancy
Project Manager

• Developed concept for the website for their client ‘African Icon’.
• Wrote Business Plan for the event to be held in Canada, USA & UK.
• Designed mobilization plan for various elements involved in the event.
• Described role definition for various volunteers and Office bearers.
• Developed POP and in-store merchandising literature for the promotions
• Analyzed Market Research and presented new merchandizing ideas to the client.
• Presented the sales forecast and viability analysis for new products.
• Conduct Financial Analysis of each product category to meet budgetary goals of each leg of the event.

Confidential, Toronto Jan ‘03 - Jun ‘04
Producer and distributors of drinking water
Project Management Consultant

• Identified, analyzed and developed new product opportunities.
• Developed short term sales plan and achieved a 9% volume growth and 5% revenue growth in Mar-Sep 2003 period.
• Developed concept for trade presentations and programs and supported the execution during trade shows in Mississauga (Jul 2003), Brampton (Aug 2003), Markham (Mar 2004) & Toronto (Jul 2004).
• Introduced an improved sales and merchandising tactics to the Sales and Marketing staff and interacted effectively to counsel through the changing phase.
• Worked closely with designing firm to develop contemporary packaging design for its products at the market place.
• Supported the launch with a compact media advertising initiatives which resulted into a successful brand creation.
• Analyzed and presented the summary of A. C. Nielson data report on a weekly basis to the top management for regulating the market trend and proper positioning of my client.
• Developing the corporate website and other corporate I.D.

Confidential, Toronto Nov ‘01 - Dec ‘02
I.T. Educational & Consultancy Company
Management Consultant

• Communicated effectively with employees, clients and suppliers to enforce values, policies, and procedures for NAT.
• Assisted the Directors in recruitment, selection, orientation, training, coaching, counseling, disciplinary, and communication programs.
• Formulated functional strategic plans and development of methodology for reviews.
• Assisted the Directors in preparing and completing action plans based on the yearly and periodical budget also overviewed audits to determine system improvements.
• Researched and sourced new vendors and maintained relationship with current vendors.
• Developed a system for defining direct marketing financial objectives through estimating requirements. Also developed a system for annual Marketing budget preparation.
• Effectively did estimation, forecasting, and anticipating direct marketing requirements, trends, and variances. Document the same for future analysis and work.
• Generated business by developing catalogues, organizing distribution, creating outdoor advertisement etc.

Confidential. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Sep ’00 - Jun ’01
Multinational CPG; brands - Lysole, Airwick, Harpic, Dettol etc.
Country Manager

• Formulated and executed high profile re-launch of Jik to make it a defined brand leader. The launch was executed in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda with a high impact program (including an unusual launch event), rapid distribution plan and merchandising thrust with the help of Advertising Agencies.
• Budgeted yearly sales and marketing growth targets, human resource planning and community development programs, re-structured distribution network
• Registered a volume growth of over 34% and profit growth of 22% in selected product group and designed strategy to compete against of Reckitt brands from all over the world.

Confidential. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Feb ‘98 - Aug ‘00
TetraPak project ($5.5 M) on the bank of Lake Victoria
Project Manager

• Launched this project from concept to completion.
• Initiated, Planned, Executed, Monitored & Controlled the Implementation
• Closed this blue-chip project in budgeted Time & Finance.
• Did Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, HR, Communications, Risk, Procurement & Integration Management following PMBOK guidelines.
• Got packaging design developed of 32 SKUs by various Advertisement Agencies and established country wide logistic and distribution network - dry, cold and frozen.
• Re-did the feasibility study and obtained ‘working cap loan’ from an NGO in Tanzania.
• Lead the team of TetraPak, ABB and other hi-tech machinery suppliers, to complete the erection of the project in record time, did successful trial run and launch.
• Introduced TQM in Sales and Marketing department under ISO 9001 objective.

Confidential, Muscat, Oman Jul ‘95 - Dec ‘97
Largest dairy company of the country with international export including Canada
Marketing Manager

• Formulated and executed a plan to re-launch the company in the Middle East Market. The launch was executed very effectively in Canada, Dubai, UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia and other markets. Managed multinational Ad Agencies viz. Lintas & BBDO.
• Budgeted and monitored ATL & BTL activities to get maximum return from A&P spend.
• Introduced TQM doctrine in Sales and Marketing department
• Lead the Sales, Marketing, Production and Finance departments for ISO 9001 accreditation.

Confidential, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Sep ‘92 - Jun ‘95
Multinational CPG; Lysole, Airwick, Harpic, Dettol etc.
Brand Manager - Business Development Manager

• Achieved a volume growth in Dettol sales from 1.45 million liters to 2.00 million liters in two years time by devising various consumer pull oriented activities viz. consumer promotion, media creation & planning, in-store activities et. el.
• Launched a score of new brands and brand extensions in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries with interactions with multinational Advertisement Agencies.
• Organized market research and focus groups in a forbidden land, developed new bilingual designs of various products.

Confidential, India Jan ‘88 - Aug ‘92
India based diversified Multinational; CPG, Spirit, Aviation etc.
Marketing Consultant

• Analyzed demographic and statistical data to determine consumer behavior and their purchasing pattern.
• Developed brand marketing plan and for Kissan Products Limited, a company manufacturing and distributing processed fruit products (Jam, Jelly, Ketchup etc.) at a pan India network. Achieved projected profit, unit and volume growth in 1991, 1992.
• Implemented the marketing plan with internal and contract resources.
• Conducted various marketing research through agencies and vendors.
• Organized a number of focus groups to do SWOT analysis of various brands for developing their strategic marketing plans.
• Franchise Manager in Carbonated Beverage Division of McDawell’s, the flagship company of the group. Increased the concentrate volume sales by 167% in recorded 20 months period.

Confidential. India Sep ‘80 - Dec ‘87
Confidential - CPG, Hygienic & Dairy
Management Trainee - Brand Manager

• Joined as Management Trainee and rose to Brand Manager. Successfully re-launched ‘Rin’ a detergent bar, with an ‘A&P budget’ of IRs. 80,000,000 (C$ 2,000,000) in the Eastern Region of India. Planned and executed various sales push/consumer pull programs to achieve planned sales and profit targets.

Academics & Training

• Project Management Methodology Confidential 2009
• SAP Confidential, Toronto & Delaware ‘06/07
• E D P in New Product Launches Confidential, India 1996
• E D P in Brand ManagementConfidential, India 1994
• E D P in Strategic ManagementConfidential, India 1993
• MA (Economics) Confidential, India 1980
• BA (Hons.) Confidential, India 1978
• In-house MDP (Fin, S&D, LO, HR) Unilever, ONDP, Reckitt, UB Group, India ‘80/01
• Master Craftsmanship in Production Bandag, Belgium 1998
• Strategies for Growing Organization Sojourner, Nairobi 1998
• Creativity & Lateral Thinking, Mod I Edward de Bono, Muscat, Oman 1996
• ISO 9000 & Quality System Zain Training Centre, Muscat, Oman 1996

Activities & Interest

• Presenter of various cultural and social programs as MC.
• Board Member of York Condominium Corporation 111 with 421 apartments.
• Actively involved in Kalibari to promote the human values & systems among the new immigrants and youths.