SUMMARY

Professional Experience:

1. Present Employer – Confidential,Boston Exp. – 3.6+ Years

Confidential,is a US-based, mid-sized company that offers a broad range .We specialize in helping businesses and government agencies get the most from their applications, infrastructure, and business processes so they run at their best, stay running, and are built to adapt to new directions.
Keane has a strong SAP practice division with capabilities in almost all the regular modules of SAP as well as the many of the new dimensional products.
Designation – Team Lead
SAP Module – Project Systems
Total SAP Experience – 7.0 + years
Tenure – 1st Dec, 2006 till date.
Job Responsibilities –

• Working as Project System / CATS / Business Forecaster (customized module) at the client location.
• Conduct / attend meetings with client to understand the requirements and full fill the same in SAP.
• Lead / co-ordinate the offshore team and their activities.
• Provide periodic reporting on various activities carried out in that time frame.
• Manage the minor projects which are being executed in the custom module of Business Forecaster.

Proficiency in SAP –

• Worked in configuration of various project structures plus the creation and maintenance of the data like WBS Element, Network, Activities, Milestones etc
• Created standard templates comprising various project structures.
• Well versed in Mass Change of objects in PS using CNMASS and also other tools like the LSMW’s.
• Worked in various types of cost and revenue planning in projects
• Worked extensively on CATS module of SAP.
• Integration with other modules like CO, SD, MM etc.
• Worked on budgeting and investment management.
• Worked on information systems / reporting.
• Worked in Period end closing activities such as RA and Settlement.
• Business Forecaster is a customized module based on project systems, used for forecasting projects.
• Familiar with custom object developments and related documents like functional specifications, technical specifications etc.

Major Assignments Completed –

• Fixed / Variable Cost Split in Customer Projects.
• In the existing design the customer projects used to get settled to PSG and it had just costs and revenues.
• As part of business decision it was decided that project cost should be split in to fixed and variable.
• For this worked with business team and identified the demarcation of fixed and variable costs.
• Once identified segregated them in to two groups of cost elements.
• In the RA made the necessary configuration changes so that it identifies the two sets of costs separately.
• Created Settlement allocation structures (network and the WBS Element) and PA transfer structures accordingly.
• Used costing sheets to get the split because labor charges (time entries) were neither completely fixed nor completely variable.

• Changing the PoC Calculation for Customer Projects.
• Existing PoC calculation was taking in to account the W/H Taxes, Selling Agent Commissions and other miscellaneous taxes in to account.
• Due to this the revenue recognition was either overstated or understated depending on the billing.
• Changes made in RA configuration to eliminate those taxes and commissions from PoC calculation.
• This lead to more accurate revenue recognition.

• Implementing Time sheet process to one of the SBG’s plus bringing in approval process for the other one.
• New Data Entry Profiles were created as per the requirements.
• Corresponding changes were made to the field selections, settings and display screens.
• New authorization objects were created for selective time entries.
• Laid down the new approval processes plus prepared training materials for users.
• Interacted with business super users from requirement gathering through blue-printing till the testing, user training and go-live activities of the project cycle.
• Also was a part of the Roll-Out team that did the activities of SAP roll-outs to various customer sites like Belgium, Japan, Malaysia and India.
• Creating / extending the configurations pertaining to Project Profile, Network Profile, various parameters for networks etc.
• Data conversions activities from the legacy system to the SAP instance.
• Derived a methodology for the cost / revenue carry over for the on-going customer projects during the cut over.
• Developed various new custom reports to satisfy the reporting needs of local entities.
• Preparing the training manuals for the users on basic PS functionalities in SAP and their usage.

2. Previous Employer – Confidential,India, Bangalore Exp. – 1.6+ Years

Confidential,a part of Specialty Engineering Business of Smiths Group plc, is the world leader in sealing technology having a Centre of Excellence in India. The basic products are mechanical seals, sealant systems and power transmission couplings. The major customers are refineries, petrochemical, chemical process companies and various rotating equipment OEM’s spread across the globe.
The Central Projects Group (a part of International Projects Div.) is focused on the strategic international projects delivering project management solutions across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Designation – Project Engineer – Central Projects Group
Tenure – 2nd May, 2005 to 30th Nov, 2006
Job Responsibilities –

• Up-selling in Project Management for Sealing Solutions
• Strategic techno-commercial Planning of a Project
• Project Team Building and preparation of the Project Coordination Plan
• Decision on the right product or technology mix to be promoted
• Decision on sourcing and pricing strategy for the project
• Bidding for Mechanical Seals, Sealant Systems and Couplings –
• Review of the project specifications
• Application Engineering - Selection of techno-commercially best suitable products through engineering calculations
• Pricing of the products and submission of techno-commercially competent proposals for the bid
• Technical clarification and price negotiation with the customer to win the order or contract
• Order / Contract Finalization
• Attending project kick-off meetings for technical clarifications
• Have an experience of attending KOM in Japan for one of my projects.
• Carrying out thorough contract review to resolve any techno-commercial discrepancies in the Purchase Order or Letter of Intent
• Project Scheduling and Order Processing
• Preparation of project schedule considering the delivery deadline
• Resources allocation (capacity planning) ensuring to meet the project delivery schedule
• Order uploading to Order Management System and loading the order on specific manufacturing centre
• Coordination of Drawings Approval Cycle with OEMs/EPC –
• Getting GA drawings done through CAD team, internally approving and submitting the drawings to the customer for approval
• Coordinating and expediting the drawings approval cycle with the OEMs / EPC
• Ensuring timely preparation of manufacturing drawings from CAD team
• Follow-up of the Project Schedule and Coordination with manufacturing facilities (JC U.K., JC Italy, etc.) to ensure timely delivery of the products
• Project Documentation and Handover
• Compilation of project related documents which helps the customer (end-user) to retrieve the project related data in future
• Preparation of SPIR (Spare Parts Interchangeability Record) document to ensure optimum inventory levels at the customer’s end
• Hand over of the project to the Local JC office to handle the after market
• Commissioning Support

3. Past Employer – Confidential,Bangalore Exp. – 1.9 Years
TEIL is one of the major steam turbine manufacturers of India and the first to get ISO 9001:2000 certifications for turbine manufacturing. The plant is located at Peenya Industrial Area in Bangalore of Karnataka state.
Designation – Mechanical Engineer – Purchase DBO & UBO
Tenure – 11th August, 2003 to 30th April, 2005
Job Responsibilities –

• Sending Enquiries
• Retrieving the specifications / design details from technical department.
• Sending out the RFQ’s to various suitable vendors.
• Reviewing the Offers
• Do the initial review to check the offer is in line with the requirements.
• Sending the offers to technical department for in depth scrutiny.
• Negotiating with the suppliers.
• Collect the details of technically qualified vendors from technical department after their review.
• Do the comparison of offers made by various vendors for a particular item.
• Negotiate with short listed vendors for final prices as well as for the required deliveries.
• Order Placement.
• Preparation of purchase orders for the selected vendors.
• Issuing the PO’s to selected vendors.
• Coordination of drawing approval cycle.
• Collecting the general arrangement drawings and other relevant documents from vendors and submitting it for approval to technical department.
• Coordinating & expediting drawing approval cycle with vendors and the technical department.
• Follow-up of the Order Schedule and Expediting with vendors for timely dispatch of materials.
• Other Activities.
• Development of new vendors.
• Getting “rate contract” done with suitable vendors for frequently / regularly consuming items.

Assignments completed / Achievements –

• Traveled to Ahmedabad to one of the vendors place to ensure timely delivery of couple of items for one of the export jobs.

Education Qualification:

Master in Business Administration

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical)