PROFILE SUMMARY:

• Total experience of 17 years - 14 years SAP (9 years AD, 5 years AM)
• 9 years of rich experience in managing SAP projects - Implementation, Enhancement, Upgrade, Rollout, Support
• Certified in Project Management (PMP), ITIL (Foundation), SAP SCM-MM
• 3 years of experience in automobile manufacturing (procurement, inventory management, BPR) and field service.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering large scale SAP engagements across Utilities, Manufacturing and Pharma industry sectors in various front-ending roles
• Release planning and management while building consensus amongst all stakeholders
• Excellent client service and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain outstanding client relationships
• Ability to manage multiple engagements and competing priorities in a rapidly growing, fast-paced, interactive, results-based team environment
• Excellent analytical, organizational and project management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work extended hours as needed and travel on a regular basis to client sites as required
• Experience of working in a global environment and leading multi-culture teams
• Self-starter with the ability to independently resolve issues and deliver results
• Possess top notch academic credentials from India’s best engineering and business schools

KEY SKILLS:

• SAP Project / Program Management
• SAP Solution Architecture
• SAP Business Solutioning
• SAP Supply Chain Management consulting (MM-WM)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Onsite Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• The objective of this program was to implement process improvements in back office functions of Supply Chain, HR and Finance by enhancing USFP (US Foundation Program) SAP applications and also apply Enhancement Pack (EHP) upgrades for all SAP ECC, SRM, PI and Portal applications. Also implemented HRSP 2015 for Confidential USFP-SAP ECC application.
• Responsible for release planning, estimation, business solutioning, solution delivery, testing and change request management.
• The purpose of the Separation program was to facilitate decommissioning of developments done Confidential ’s SAP systems for Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) post it’s demerger from Confidential .
• The purpose of the Data Extraction program was to support integration of Confidential with Confidential through migration of historical and master data from Confidential ’s SAP systems to Confidential ’s native ERP systems.
• Responsible for program planning, estimation, business solutioning and solution delivery
• Led Confidential teams (60 Confidential ) across Planning, Design, Build, Testing and Cutover phases
• Led Confidential onsite teams (40 Confidential ) across multiple projects in HR and Finance for various process improvement initiatives
• Prepared program estimates, solution architecture for application upgrades, SAP application roadmap
• Managed change requests - impact assessment, estimation, solution delivery
• Prepared the SAP solution architecture and program estimates for Confidential divestiture by Confidential to Confidential
• Led Confidential onsite teams (30 Confidential ) through Design, Build, Testing, Cutover and Post Go-Live Support
• Managed offshore program delivery (150+ Confidential ) for the 1st Release of a very large scale business transformation program to implement SAP across back office functions of Supply Chain (Inventory & Warehouse Management, Fleet Management, Procurement and Accounts Payable), Record to Report (Finance, Controlling, Non-Utility Billing, Front Office Integration) and HR (Org/Personnel Management, Time, Payroll & Benefits Management).
• Played multiple roles of Offshore Delivery Manager, Business Solution Architect, Change Control Manager and Transition Manager (Application Development to Application Support) for multiple SAP teams sized at 200+ Confidential (spread across US and India) responsible for program estimation, build planning, delivery, change impact assessment, etc.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led an onsite-offshore team of 25 SAP consultants (FICO, PS, SD, MM-WM, PM-CS, HR, ABAP) for application development from Hyderabad GDC.
• Resource Planning (Offshore staffing, coordination with Brazil Delivery Manager for onsite resourcing)
• Rollout planning (defining tollgates, milestones and deliverables) along with client project manager
• Project Execution (requirements analysis, solution prototyping, business blueprinting and realization)
• Project Monitoring and Control (weekly planning and progress tracking, metrics reporting to client)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• SAP MM consulting for SAP implementation at Jamshedpur plant, involved in:
• As-Is and To-Be documentation
• System configuration, custom development and testing for business processes mapped in SAP
• Conducting end user & Data migration from legacy systems to SAP
• Production support after go-live

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• AMS Delivery Management to help the client transition from a staff augmentation mode to a managed services mode by setting up an onsite-offshore delivery model with a 25 member team of SAP functional / technical SMEs spread across US, Europe and India to support business users in FI, CO, SD, MM, WM, PP, QM modules for
• Incident resolution - 100% SLA compliance for On Time Response, On Time Delivery, First Time Right
• Execution of change controls (application enhancement)
• SoX Compliance support and application validation as per FDA regulations
• SAP Security and Application health check and monitoring
• Development and execution support of SAP regression test scripts
• Also developed a custom SLA reporting tool for SAP enhancements delivery

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led AMS Solution Delivery for SAP MM-WM modules to stabilize and broad base service operations to support client businesses across Europe, North America, South America, and India. I was actively involved in:
• Leading solution delivery for Incidents (achieved 100% SLA every month) and SAP enhancements, winning “best documentation team” multiple times
• Leading solution delivery for monthly Patch Releases (delivery of SAP enhancements through analysis, estimation, design, development, unit testing, integration testing, user acceptance testing and documentation)
• Managing Knowledge Transition from Application Development to Application Support team after roll outs