EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

• Over 18 years of business experience with 15 years of strong functional lead experience in Supply Chain specialized in Procure to Pay/Source to Contract process, design, implement and integrate SAP cross-functional applications to reduce cycle time and to meet customer needs. Reengineering expert to support the organization's mission and eliminate waste within P2P and S2C area. ACE Six Sigma certified in Lean technologies in the Supply Chain areas for process and business improvements. SAP experience includes configuration of MM/SRM with Public Sector, Sourcing, CLM, FICO modules based on business requirements, customer training, post implementation support, Gap analysis and design. Domains include Manufacturing, Defense, Aircraft Engine, Space Shuttle, Automotive, Pharmaceuticals, Public Sector, Oil Gas and Chemical Industry. Streamlined Business processes based on Key Performance Indicators KPI in Supply Chain areas and baseline analysis were provided for change and budget management. Highly motivated individual with excellent leadership, communication and presentation skills.
• Full Cycle SAP Implementations: 6

KEY SKILLS:

Excellent Understanding of project and program management methods and tools. Experienced in scoping, requirements gathering/definition, configuration, testing, cutover and change control process. Designed and developed functional specifications for SRM, MM and BI implementations and integrations.

SAP SCM: General understanding of Planning, Execution, Visibility and Collaboration areas within the supply chain.

• SAP SRM: Self service procurement, Plan Driven Procurement, BRF Workflow, Vendor Management, SUS, Purchase Order, Bidding RFx , Auctions, Sourcing Strategies, Pricing Procedure, Contract Management, MDM Catalog, Data Migration, Supplier Life Cycle Management on both SRM and SUS side, Bid Evaluation by Experts EBE .

SAP SRM PPS: Public Sector Functionalities include Public Sourcing and Tendering Two-Envelope Bidding , Document Builder, Records management, Grants management, Small Business Set-Asides, Central Supplier Registration, cFolder Collaboration, Smart Number configuration, Guaranteed Minimum, Line Item Hierarchy.

• SAP Sourcing/CLM: Project Management, Strategic Sourcing LTC, Tactical , Contract Lifecycle Management, Vendor Management, Workbench and Reporting, Integration with ECC.
• SAP MM : Master data management, Procurement process, MM pricing procedure, Invoice Verification, Vendor Master Setup, Release Strategy, ALE, EDI/IDOC's .
• SAP FICO: General Ledger, Product costing make-to-order, make-to-stock, make-to-engineering Period-end-closing including schedule manager , Fiscal-year-end-closing, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable.
• SAP BI 7.0 : Expert in generating BI reports using SAP standard Business Content for SRM and other Modules.
• SAP XI: General understanding of XI for cross-system processes using XML and for SRM/SUS Application.
• SAP Enterprise Portal: Standard Business Package for Portal iViews are implemented for SRM7.0 objects.

PROFESSIONAL SAP EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Role: SAP SRM Re-Engineering Lead

• Lead Blueprinting sessions for Contract Management, Solicitation to white paper/proposals to Award process, Commitments and Obligations, Invoicing.
• Functional design documents were generated for approval from stakeholders and for peer reviews, which are later, converted to high-level design reviews and for technical design documents.
• Configured the Strategic Sourcing area to publish Broad Agency BAA and Funding Opportunity Announcements FOA Announcements to FEDBIZOPS and Grants.gov
• Grants.gov integrated with SRM to accept White Paper and Proposal using Web Services for Grants and Awards.
• Bid Evaluation is done through evaluation committee setup using SRM EBE add-on functionality
• Designed Line of Accounting LOA for WBS assignment to PR.
• Principal Investigators were created based on questions configured to answer by Vendor Contact person and Program Officers were assigned to review the Rfx responses for Long Range BAA and FOA.
• Gap analysis was done for Purchase Requisition creation as for Office of Naval research the Award money needs to be committed after proposal is accepted. Standard SRM process starts with PR creation, but for ONR, Functional design documents were written to resolve the Gap whereby PR creation happens after Rfx response is accepted. Option years were added as part of pricing arrangement and line item hierarchy.
• Workflows were designed to go through chain of approvals like Department Head, Division Head, Legal, Contracts.

Confidential

Role: SAP Sourcing Upgrade/CLM Implementation

Environment: SRM 5.5, Portal, ECC6.0-MM, SAP Sourcing 7/ CLM 3.0

• Organized and facilitated Business Process workshops to define as-is and to-be processes for Procure-To-Pay/Sourcing processes involving representation from 5 manufacturing sites from different geographical locations.
• Managing a staff of seven analysts and consultants in the design, development and support of key Contract Management and Procurement business unit applications platforms.
• Business Agreement were received after multiple blueprinting sessions to streamline Tactical and Strategic Procurement process in Sourcing Application whereas Operation Procurement were carried out in SRM/MM application.
• Implementation of Enterprise Sourcing with RFx process, Contract LTC , Supplier and Spend Compliance

• Facilitated 180MM Category Capital/Indirect Material spend through SAP eSourcing tool in FY 2010.
• Facilitator of relationship with Legal and Strategic Sourcing team, aiding in the develop of a collaborative relationship and process standards using CLM module in SAP Sourcing 7.0
• Liaison with the corporate level Project Management Office PMO for issue resolution, scope definition and deployment activities.
• Documented detailed design and performed all application configuration and development workflows, scripts and reports .
• Worked with PI resource for integration with ECC 6.0 Master Data, RFx and SRM For Contract Spend
• Workbench customization was added based on User Management
• Create UDO for enhanced requirements to capture data or for approval process
• Training Content and Process Development responsibility for Project Management, RFX and Contract Lifecycle Management modules in SAP Sourcing
• Generated analytics for total-value analyses that move beyond just price factors.
• Worked with General Counsel, Procurement departments in generating 15K CLM contract documents and loaded successfully in Contract Generation Word Server.

Confidential

Project : FI Cal

Role: SAP SRM Lead Consultant ECC6.0, SAP SRM 7.0 and PPS 3.0 Extended Classic Scenario

Environment: ECC6.0 / SRM 7.0, Portal/PPS-Funds Management

• The Financial Information System for California FI Cal Project is a business transformation project for state government in the areas of budgeting, accounting, and procurement. The project will prepare the state systems and workforce to function in an integrated financial management system environment.
• Business Design Acceptance Meetings were conducted for Blue Printing of complex Procurement requirements.
• Created procurement strategies that control expenses while improving levels of service
• Configured End to End module for direct and indirect procurement including the Shopping Cart creation with Cost Center/ Internal Order/WBS, Shopping Cart using Catalog items, Workflow for Requisition and Purchase Orders, Sourcing using RFx, Purchase Order creation in SRM and copy to ECC, Confirmations in SRM and Goods Receipt in ECC, Invoice verification and Payment processing in ECC.
• Design of out of box Procure to Pay prototype for State of California based on a set of requirements provided.
• Prototype Design were implemented for various add-on functionalities like c-Folders, Records Management, Document Builder to display for California State based on their requirement for Supplier Collaboration, Clauses and Claims.

Confidential

Role: SAP SRM Lead Consultant ECC6.0-MM, SAP SRM 7.0 and Public Sector Add-On 3.0 Implementation: Extended Classic Scenario

Environment: ECC6.0 / SRM 7.0, Portal/PPS-Funds Management/CLM

• Business Design Acceptance Meetings were conducted for Blue Printing of complex Procurement requirements. Understand KPI of UN In the procurement areas and deliver strategies to streamline the process.
• Create complex Shopping Carts with pricing arrangements, hierarchical line items, mixed use line items, optional line items, as well as commit funds upon release of Shopping Cart.
• Set up of Solicitation/Bidding scenario using Two Envelope process that includes the following functionality: Creation of a prequalification questionnaire to screen prospective suppliers prior to an RFx response creation a tender fee that blocks access to the RFx until paid an earnest money deposit submission by a supplier as a bid guarantee a two envelope response process that separates the supplier technical quote from the price quote for separate evaluation by the buying organization and a multiparty verification process to provide for a timed opening by designated evaluators of the technical response and the price response.
• Responsible for setting up the Plan driven procurement for valuated and non valuated materials to procure using the SRM PPS functionality in SRM.
• Set up Document Builder to create customized terms and conditions for UN procurement documents such as Bid Invitations, Contracts and purchasing Documents with build in regulatory compliance features FAR UN Clauses and procurement documents thereby reducing the cycle time required to approve the documents.
• Delegation of Authority was implemented using the new SRM7.0 Workflow configuration BRF
• SAP Contract Life Cycle management were implemented with standard integration for all contract types to eliminate document builder integration with SRM. Contracts were created and routed to approvals based on Document types. Collaboration with external vendors was also implemented. Workbench, Dashboards and Reporting were added for reporting visibility to Suppliers and also to manage workload.