KUMAR SANTOSH

Senior SAP Professional

Tel: +7-909-***-****

Email: acgsst@r.postjobfree.com

** ***** **** ** ***** professional experience with client base in Sweden, Russia, France, US & India

** *ears of SAP & 4 years of domain industry experience

Working Experience in Sweden, Russia, UK, India & Estonia

Currently working in Russia’s biggest food industry as Director, IT

Worked with IBM, Cap Gemini, Ericsson, Schweppes Cadbury, Phillip Morris, Meridian Telecom, UK

& Produkty Pitania (Mcfoods)

SAP certified in Materials Management, Trained in SAP APO, SAP SRM from SAP India

SAP Experience in Telecom, Oil & Gas, FMCG and Food industry

Functional Expertize in Supply Chain Management, Advance Planning & Optimization, Procurement

Logistics and Warehousing

Good knowledge of European, Russian, Indian & CIS market

SAP factory support at Ericson Plant for one of the biggest RBS (Radio based Manufacturing) plant in

World, Gävle Stockholm, Sweden

Excellent Communication, Client Interaction, Presentation & Problem solving skills

PMP : Project Management Professional training from PMI Chapter, Bangalore, Nov 2007

SAP - MM : Certified in SAP Materials Management Siemens, Bangalore, Nov 2006

Training Certification in APO SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization, SAP India Bangalore, Oct

SAP - APO : 2008

SAP - SRM Training Certification in SAP Supplier Relationship Management, SAP India Bangalore, June 2007

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Master of Business Administration from Stockholm School of Economics,

MBA : Sweden 2001 - 2003

B.Tech : Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering with Distinction, MAMI, 1994 - 1999

Director, IT Produkty Pitania (Mcfoods), Kaliningrad May 2013 - Ongoing

Produkty Pitania group of companies: is the biggest producer of frozen convenience foods in Russia and Eastern

Europe. Produkty Pitania is one of the largest investors of food processing industry in the Kaliningrad region. Company

Turnovers US$ 250 million annually and projected to US$ 400 next year.

IT transformation strategy, SAP package selection, program budget & estimates, work plans, staffing, change

control, business migration, org change management, managing stakeholder expectations and the overall SAP

project.

Responsible for the design, implementation, execution & support of the SAP at all levels of industry across

multiple sites and geographies

Responsible for new implementations & support for SAP, 1c and other platforms.

Accountable for deployment of Project within timeframe and budget

Ensures technologies’ products and services meet objectives within planned schedule and budget.

Responsible to minimize the downtime for all locations

Facilitates individual growth and development of IT management, setting objectives, performance standards and

priorities, coaching and acting as role model on IT approaches and account leadership.

Build and lead a high performing team that rationalizes and maximizes

IT cost reduction and negotiations for all IT related operations

Tools : SAP, 1c, Factintelligence, Delphi

IBM, Sweden – Ericsson client, Sweden December 2009 – April 2013

SAP Senior Professional

IBM: is an US multinational technology and consulting corporation. One of the top IT company in the world. The

company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century.

The annual turnover for IBM is more than 100 billion US$.

Leading the Supply process and IT support (SPIS) based out in Ericsson head office, Stockholm

Responsible for Global factory support and Solutioning for new roll-outs

Conducting training for world’s biggest RBS (Radio based station) factory at Gävle Plant, Sweden

Involve in end-to-end new roll-outs, enhancements and Implementations of new Modules for Ericsson

Outsourcing strategy set-up for offshore team in India, Philippines and Egypt.

Tools : SAP MM, APO gATP, Support for other modules

IBM, India – Ericsson client, Sweden March 2008 – December 2009

SAP Lead

Ericsson AB: is a Swedish world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment and related services to mobile and

fixed network operators globally. It is one of the few companies worldwide that can offer end -to-end solutions for all major

mobile communication standards. Ericsson turnovers US$ 40 billion annually.

Looking after the Smooth operation of the MM & SCM module of the client for optimizing its Business Process.

W orking as coordinator for SCM module (APO, SNC, EM) reporting to ITM and System Manager.

Functionally focusing on the support and new development on the APO g ATP and Solutioning.

Identifying the training needs of a client for training purpose at all levels.

carrying out trainings and presentations for the clients and end users

Involved in end -to end rollouts for new locations

Developed training material & support wikis for end users.

Tools : SAP MM & APO gATP

IBM, India – Kraft Foods client, US August 2007 – March 2008

SAP Senior Consultant

Kraft Foods Inc.: is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in North America and the second largest in

the world after Nestlé SA. Kraft turnovers around 5 billion US$ annually.

Understanding the Blueprint of Kraft Project, Europe.

Configuration/ Maintenance of Material Master and Vendor Master Data.

Preparing Functional Specs from MM functional prospective for the technical requirement to execute.

Involve in Regression Testing for MM and SRM

Developing Training Materials for end user for new roll out at North America.

Recording the navigation of MM Transactions using the UPerform tool.

Unit Acceptance Testing for Kraft catalyst.

Composite testing done for Kraft catalyst, NA.

Control testing for Catalyst.

Tools : SAP R/3 MM, SRM & UPerform

IBM, India – Colgate Palmolive client, US April 2007 – August 2007

SAP Consultant

Colgate-Palmolive Company: is a US multinational consumer products company focused on the production,

distribution and provision of household, health care and personal products. Turnover worldwide 4.5 bill US$.

Solving the incident raised by the client side within SLA.

EBP Portal and R/3 Backend system interface for SRM includes shopping cart creating, component planning etc.

Creating shopping cart on Portal [http] and maintaining in R/3 backend system

Tools : SAP SRM Portal and SAP R/3 backend

Cap Gemini, India – Total oil & Gas client, France January 2007 – April 2007

SAP Consultant

Cap Gemini: is a French multinational corporation and leader in consulting, technology and outsourcing services. It is

one of the largest management and IT consulting company in the world. Turnover is around 13 billion US$ worldwide.

TOTAL S.A: is a French multinational integrated oil and gas company and one of the six "Super major" oil companies in

the world. Turnover is around US$ 200 Billion.

SAP support for materials m anagement

Solving the tickets raised by the client side on severity basis within SLA

Identification the training needs of a client for training purpose at all levels

Developed training material & support aids for end users

Tools : SAP R/3

August 2003 – December 2006

SAP, Supply chain Consultant Meridian Telecom, UK - Moscow

Meridian Telecom LLC: is a High-Tech industry. Meridian Telecom envisages in three main lines of Business and

turnover is US$ 700 million : a) IP telephony [Cisco system equipment] b) Mobile phones [Fly brand] c) Project

Consultation [Aptech]

Part of SAP implementation team from business side

R/3 execution for materials management

Responsible for Inbound and Outbound Logistics

Initiating, Monitoring and completing the Procurement Cycle

Optimizing the Procurement process from Onshore and Offshore to achieve the desire and targeted result

Market research on price, quality and service of vendors

Involve in meeting and negotiation with Suppliers

Tools : SAP R/3 & Legacy System

November 2002 – August 2003

Project Planning Manager for SCM Philip Morris, US - Russia

Mercury Group: is a leading direct distributor in Russia. This group is one of the biggest FMCG in Russian market have

US$ 1.5 billion projected sales turnover in the year 2002.

Project Planning for the viability of new product to be launched (MS Project)

Vertical and Horizontal coordination of project.

Analysis and coordination of project from the point of Sales, Marketing, Legal, Logistics and Production.

Analysis of cost of goods produced and launched.

Tools : Excel, Access, Windows, MS Project

June 1999 – November 2002

Purchase & Logistics Manager Cadbury Schweppes Group, UK - Russia

Continental Beverages Company: was a franchise partner of Cadbury Schweppes and Virgin group, UK. The company

launched Schweppes brand & Virgin drink in Russian Market. Annual turnover of 8 billion US$ worldwide.

Planning for quantity to be produced based on current stock and turnover

Responsible for Inventory management

Control on movement of transaction, Inventory maintaining report

Daily stock status, participation in physical inventory process

Responsible of Purchase of goods from Onshore and Offshore

Control on movement of goods and transport expense

Arrangement of Customs and Freight

Tools : Excel, Access, Windows

SAP Supply Chain Management (Logistics, Procurement, Material

Specialized in : Management, APO gATP)

Management Skill, Gel in Cross-cultural work environment, Communication,

Strengths : Client centric

Language Known : English, Russian (Fluent), Hindi, Swedish (Basic)

Passport Detail : Indian valid passport

Marital Status : Married

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