Professional Experience/Skills:

• Overall 8 years of experience, 6.5 years of SAP experience as SAP SRM Functional Consultant with good understanding of business logic and process flow and 1.5 years of logistics & SCM experience in manufacturing industry.
• Certified SAP SRM consultant with strong domain experience in sourcing and procurement in the industries spanning Retail, Telecom, Manufacturing, Service and Construction & Mining sectors
• Extensive experience in configuring / customizing SAP SRM module with strong cross functional knowledge
• Functional consultant for SAP SRM 7.0 EHP 1 Implementation project & led SAP SRM 7.0 & SRM MDM Catalog 3.0 Upgrade initiatives
• Worked on different SAP SRM versions & implementation scenarios.
• Familiarity with SAP modules like SAP SUS, SAP NetWeaver PI, SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal, SAP E-Sourcing
• Rich experience in supporting SAP SRM and MDM applications, coordinating application deployment and other maintenance activities in an Onsite-Offshore support model.

Educational Qualification:

• Master of Management Studies
• Bachelor of Engineering

Strengths:

• Strong organizational, communication and analytical skills; demonstrated proficiency in mentoring and supporting individuals substantially reducing the learning curve.
• Proven ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Excellent client-facing skills, ability to communicate and work with people at different levels of the organization.
• Ability to handle additional responsibilities along with the regular role.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SAP SRM Functional Consultant Client: Confidential
(SAP SRM 7.0 EHP1 with Extended Classic scenario)
Location: Omaha, NE
Duration: (February 2012 - Till Date)

• SAP SRM 7.0 EHP 1 Implementation Project
• Working as SRM functional consultant for Implementation of SAP SRM 7.0 EHP1 Extended Classic scenario with Portal Independent Navigation
• Configured Self-Service procurement, Operational and Strategic procurement, Service procurement & Plan Driven procurement scenarios
• Responsible for Complex HR Organizational Structure replication from ECC to SRM system with additional enhancements to the interface.
• Implemented P-Card functionality and RFx functionality of bidding engine with offline bidding.
• Additional responsibilities included coordination during Integration testing, user training, user acceptance testing (UAT), resolving defects during integration & user acceptance testing, Go-Live preparation.
• Working on post go live support & additional enhancements.

SAP SRM /MDM Procurement Lead Client: Confidential
(SAP SRM 7.0 with Classic scenario)
Location: San Jose, CA
Duration: (January 2012 - February 2012)

• SAP SRM Production Support Lead
• SAP SRM Production Support lead for US, Singapore, Japan regions leading & mentoring team of 3 consultants
• Production Support activities primarily involves enhancements, maintenance & bug fixes for SAP SRM 7.0 with Classic scenario, SRM MDM catalog 3.0.

SAP SRM /MDM Procurement Lead Client: Confidential
(SAP SRM 3.0 & 7.0 with Extended Classic scenario)
Location: Tampa, FL
Duration: (February 2009 - Jan 12)

• SAP SRM 7.0 Upgrade Lead
• Worked as onsite functional consultant in SAP SRM 7.0 technical upgrade project and resolved various functional issues during & post upgrade.
• Project also included SRM MDM Catalog upgrade from version 2.0 to 3.0, and SAP NetWeaver EP & SAP NetWeaver PI implementation
• Involved in designing message mappings for PI interfaces for outbound POs & inbound Confirmations from Supplier, as SAP BC was replaced by PI
• Coordinated testing with number of suppliers for validating correctness of PO xml mappings
• Coordinated end to end scenario for e-Invoice testing via FTP with suppliers & business team.
• Identified & provided functional inputs for resolving issues, related to BW procurement reports, occurred due to obsolete datasources post upgrade
• Conducted key business users training on SAP SRM 7.0 prior to UAT phase of upgrade
• Worked extensively on Mercury Quality Center during system testing phase
• SAP SRM Production Support Lead
• Onsite SRM consultant for Production support leading & mentoring team of 3 consultants
• Initial production support phase involved enhancements, maintenance & bug fixes for SAP SRM 3.0, SRM MDM catalog 2.0 & a java based MDM Catalog related custom procurement application.
• Currently working as onsite production support lead for SAP SRM 7.0, handling high priority issues, maintenance , bug fixes & enhancements
• SPOC from IT side for interaction with existing & new suppliers, for on boarding & implementation of new SRM MDM internal catalogs & to resolve any issues related to PO xml files
• Presented Process Controlled workflow implementation as part of functionality upgrade
• Performed assessment on implementation of additional company codes in SRM system with impact analysis on invoicing process in R/3
• Other Responsibilities
• Worked on requirement gathering for SAP E-Sourcing project
• Worked on Asset tracking project which involved procurement of external requirements from R/3 in SRM
• Handled additional responsibility as Release Manager which involves preparing the release schedules & conducting maintenance & implementations releases

SAP SRM /MM Global Team Lead Client: Confidential
(SAP SRM 5.0 with Classic scenario)
Location: Pune, India
Duration: July 2008 - Jan 2009

• Implemented Extended Classic Scenario for SAP SRM
• Introduced Customizable fields in shopping cart and customized user attributes to meet business requirements
• Lotus notes approval integration with SAP SRM workflow
• Financial checks for Shopping cart
• Workflow based on Account assignment
• Production support lead of SAP SRM
• Leading a five member team of functional consultants for support.
• Leading deployment of SAP SRM for JCI for different countries
• Put custom checks for minimum user error and enhanced reporting.
• Managed as a lead for Europe, North America and South America and managing resources at different time zones.

SAP SRM Lead Client: Confidential
(SAP SRM 4.0 with Classic scenario)
Location: Pune, India
Duration: January 2008 - June 2008

• SAP SRM 4.0 Support Lead
• Leading team to support SRM, Supplier Self Service and catalogue management
• It included enhancements and bug fixing for the entire AT & T group
• SAP SRM 6.0 Pilot Implementation
• Partnered with SAP to implement a pilot implementation of SRM 6.0 in AT & T
• SAP SRM SUS Support Lead
• Supported SAP SUS-MM scenario. It involved all tickets and new enhancements like PO acknowledgement etc.

SAP SRM /MM Global Team Lead Client: Confidential
(SAP SRM 4.0 with Extended Classic scenario)
Location: Pune, India
Duration: July 2006 - December 2007

• Production support & testing team lead for SAP SRM & MM
• Leading team to support SRM, Supplier Self Service, catalog content & management, bidding engine & live auction cockpit modules.
• Leading team to design different scenarios through MM, QM & SD modules analysing ARIS flow diagrams & test different end to end scenarios.
• Performed HA & DR testing & provided inputs to testing team to build cases for performance testing.
• Worked extensively on Mercury Quality Center during testing phase

• SAP SRM Functional lead
• Undergone SAP training for SAP SRM 4.0 module
• Team Lead of 4 developers for internal P2P platform project
• Worked on configuring a in-house SAP SRM 5.0 system in the extended classic scenario which included system configurations, Master data replication, Organization structure creation and Controlled Extended Classic scenario
• Part of MDM Catalog COE team

Confidential

• Associate Manager (Logistics) in SCM department, primarily responsible for inventory management & logistics related reports.
• Responsible for finalizing the transportation contracts by conducting the reverse auctions using Reverse Auction Tool from FreeMarkets
• Was handling the inbound logistics for raw materials & imported coal from various ports for Captive Power Plant by road & rail route
• Responsible for managing the warehouses of all the units of Hindustan Zinc ltd..
• Worked as core end user for SAP MM module.