SUMMARY
Business Analyst/Project Management Lead with overall 9+ years of experience in Manufacturing, Distribution, Healthcare and Automotive industries.
Education -Bachelors in Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications
Competencies –
Requirements Gathering and Validation, Use case/Test case( Regression and Integration)
preparation, Requirements Traceability, Business process and system process Mapping and
documentation in Microsoft Visio, Data Analysis, Project Management, Microsoft PowerPoint
Presentations, SAP MM/WM, ABAP.
General Skill Set
Over 2+ years of experience as a Project lead/ Project Management Over 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst Over 9+ years in SAP with 7+ years of hands-on Configuration experience in SAP MM and ABAP Over 1+ years of experience in SAP WM Over 5+ years of experience as a Team lead in On-Shore/Off-Shore model( where I was based at onsite) for both support and development projects Experienced in all the phases of ASAP Methodologies ( SDLC) from project preparation to Go-live. Proactive and Resourceful problem solver Design, Development and Unit/Integration/Regression testing for RICEF objects Good understanding on SAP SD Module especially MM-SD integration scenarios like MM-SD third party ship direct .Experience in Vendor integration with SAP via EDI and EAI. Good Experience in Inventory management and Purchasing processes ( third-party, external Procurement- Stock Transports, requisitions, info records, release strategies, master records, output determination) in SAP. Excellent communication, analytical, interpersonal, and presentation skills; expert at managing multiple projects simultaneously. Expert in tools MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint ,MS Outlook, SharePoint, eroom, MS Visio and MPP, clearcase . Good knowledge and relevant experience in developing Project Plans with focus on WBS Elements, Manage dependencies, Schedule, Status Reporting and Risk and Issue Logs Good Knowledge on Work Estimation and Work Allocation Confidential,US (Vance, AL) Jan ‘12 to June’12
(Industry – Automotive manufacturing)
Technical Environment - SAP R/3 ECC 6.0
Role – Lead SAP Business Analyst/Project lead
Responsibilities
Lead SAP related business requests for process improvements and enhancements. Interaction with Business Team leads and users in the Warehouse and the plant. Did Gap Analysis between AS-IS Business process and To-Be Business Processes for logistics processes Involving Receiving, Picking, Putaway, Order card process from warehouse to Plant line consumption, Call part process from warehouse to plant consumption Complete Kanban Replenishment process for the order cards and call parts Attended the 3 days Business Requirement Analysis Training arranged by MBUSI Prepared detailed AS-IS and TO-BE business and system process documentation (both Visio and PPT). Prepared high level Project Plans with dependencies and Milestone items Provided work allocation to individual Project Resources Developed weekly Status reports on Project Status, Work Accomplished, Work Planned, Key Risks and Key Issues Prepared integration test scripts Confidential,US (Montgomery, AL) Sept 2011 to Dec 2011
(Industry - Automobile manufacturing)
Technical Environment - SAP R/3 4.6C, SAP R/3 ECC 6.0
Role - Lead SAP IT Analyst
Responsibilities
Worked as an SAP MM Business Analyst for SAP Upgrade Project , stabilization project for business process improvement between HMMA( Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama) and Glovis( HMMA warehouse) Prepared the business requirement documentation and also SAP Mapping Document for Design of the new interface for sending order cancellation in real time to Glovis system via EAI. Prepare Integration test plans and responsible for overall deployment Gap analysis on the existing multiple processes between SAP and Warehouse Analyze and revise processes related to information that is sent from HMMA to Glovis ( warehouse) and troubleshooting to maximize efficiency Prepared checklist for Pre and Post Go-live ( including some of the batch jobs) Worked extensively on writing business process documents, integration test plans and testing various business processes for Upgrade project from SAP 4.7 to SAP ECC 6.0 Created requirements analysis and design phase artifacts using MS Visio Confidential,US (Dublin, OH) June 2008 to Sept 2011
(Industry - Healthcare logistics distribution of medical and pharmaceutical products)
Technical Environment - SAP R/3 4.6C, SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, SAP CRM, UNIX, Doc Direct
Role – SAP IT/Business Analyst/SME/Project lead
Responsibilities
Worked as Subject Matter Expert for a year in RUN/BUILD - SAP MM/PP Team handling day to day activities and resource project request. Represent changes in weekly change Control meetings. Conduct and document weekly status meetings. Prepared the T-minus for MM/PP activities to deactivate 2 plants from production for pilot go-live of medical business transformation (MBT) project. Worked as a SAP Business Analyst for Medical Business Transformation(MBT) Project for a year Requirement Gathering and validation from business users/IT Team for To-BE processes for Customer service portal extracting material master data from SAP. Worked with tools - CRM based Clarify system, Rational Defect logging system, ITG and SharePoint. - Conducting the \'As Is\' study and designed the \'To Be\' Processes and also carried out ‘Gap
Analysis’ before Customizing
- Worked on re-designing of the Sales report from Aspire/IAspire (This involved change in the
design of the data structures since the source was changed from ETL to MDM.
- Prepare various Interface and Enhancement Design documents for PTP processes
- Worked on tech upgrade project as an SAP MM Lead/Project lead( from Wipro) for a year where prepared functional/Integration test cases for various PTP processes like Third party ship direct, 850 PO outbound to Vendor, 855 PO acknowledgement inbound, 861 GR acknowledgement to Vendor, Print PO from SAP, email PO from SAP.
- Reported Metrics for long running jobs in form of bar excel charts and PPT before and after
Go-Live.
- Part of Cut-over strategy and Planning
- End user training and documentation of user manual, training materials
- Worked extensively on understanding of the processes and documenting the same.
- Developed work estimates using standard Work Estimate Template- Distributing the Work Items to simple, medium, complex buckets. Weekly status reporting to Project Manager
Confidential,US (Atlanta, GA and Austin TX) – TCS Feb ‘06 to Apr ‘08.
(Industry - Retail – Home Improvement Products)
Technical Environnent - SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, SAP BW, Test Director
Role – SAP MM Functional consultant/Business Analyst
Responsibilities
Worked in a development project where did requirement gathering and documentation for various processes in SAP SD and MM and BW Reports End user training and documentation of user manual, training materials Design, development and testing of functional specs for RICEF objects Requirement Analysis and created functional requirements document for Partner profile setup for sender/receiver system and configuration of IDOCS. Propose Value-Add solutions to the Client Development of ABAP Queries Configured Output types for Purchase order for print and email. Confidential,India (Mumbai) – TCS June ‘05 –Jan ‘06
(Industry - Manufacture and distribution of confectionaries)
Technical Environnent - SAP R/3 4.6C
Responsibilities
Worked as an SAP MM functional consultant and Tech module lead for Procure to pay, Inventory management, Invoice verification with PO and without PO( MIRO and MRBR) and processing blocked POs Involved in impact analysis for all the 29 SAP Systems of Cadbury Company for the Fiscal year Period Change from 13 to 12.
- Created an inventory list of all impacted objects (Reports, Scripts, Routines, Module Pools,
Interfaces and Tables) in R/3 .
- Provided estimates on work hrs required.
- Lead the team to fix the impacted objects, unit and functional testing
Experience in research and analysis of OSS notes required for modification of standard objects for material master , inventory, purchasing for Fiscal Periods change impact from 13 to 12
Functional Design, and testing for RICEF objects Confidential,India (Mumbai) Nov ‘04 to May ‘05
Technical Environment - SAP R/3 4.6C
Responsibilities
Functional Design, development and testing for various RICEF objects Worked on LSMW for data migration from non sap to SAP environment Troubleshoot the data mapping issues and fix the issues Involved in Integration testing for Procure to Pay(PTP) processes for standard purchase order, third party. Designed, developed and tested Shipping labels for the warehouse Designed batch schedules for goods movement process from warehouse to SAP. Designed, configured 856 Vendor ASN and 861GR Acknowledgement. Configured Partner profiles, ports for inbound and outbound data from SAP Configured new plants in SAP. Prepared detail documentation on new plant bring up processes. Responsible for revision of many old documents as the system was upgraded to SAP ECC 6.0 Confidential,India (Mumbai) Mar ‘03 to Oct ‘04
( Industry – Software development)
Technical Environment - SAP R/3 4.6C
Responsibilities
Understanding the business requirement from the business user, preparing functional specs and technical specs. End to end deployment of various RICEF objects in SD /MM/PP. Example- Contract billing Report, Stock Inventory Report, purchase order for all the invoices Designed/Developed data Dictionary objects like Tables, Views, Structures, Match Codes, Domains and data Element Developed Sapscript for Purchase order, Shipping label through Zebra printer Designed and developed LSMW for Vendor master data, material vendor data from legacy system to SAP