Vikram J Singh

acoxj6@r.postjobfree.com SAP Ariba P2P Techno-Functional Consultant

+1-309-***-****

Profile Summary

. 7 years of IT experience including 4.5 years in Ariba P2P (Procure

to Pay).

. Have extensive knowledge in design, development and maintenance of

Ariba modules - Buyer, Invoicing, Contracts and Analysis.

. Experience in Ariba implementation & customizations and integration

with other systems

. Good communication skills, interpersonal skills, self-motivated,

quick learner, team player

Education

Degree: Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Mechanical Engineering

College: B.M.S College of Engineering (VTU University), Bangalore

Years: 2003-2007

Percentage: 77.66%

Professional Experience

. Working for IBM India Pvt Ltd from December 2007 till date.

. In Client-facing (onsite) role since 3 years.

Promotions

1. Promoted from band 6A (Associate System Engineer) to 6B (Senior System

Engineer) in 2011

2. Promoted from band 6B (Senior System Engineer) to 7A (Senior

Consultant) in 2014

Project Details (in chronological order)

Client 1: AT&T

Project 1: Basic 8

Duration: 1 year (From February 2008 to January 2009)

Technology: C, C++, Unix

Overview: AT&T is a US based Telecommunication giant. Basic 8 is the

application which provides provisioning and maintenance of toll-free

numbers.

Responsibilities: Application Developer and tester.

Contribution:

. Coding change requests as a part of development activity.

. Preparation of test cases and executing them as part of testing the code

changes.

Client 2: Caterpillar Inc

Project 1: My Supply Cabinet (MSC) using Ariba

Duration: 4.5 years (February 2009 to August 2013)

Application: Ariba 8.2, Ariba 9r1

Ariba Modules: Ariba Buyer, Ariba Invoicing, Ariba Contracts, Ariba

Analysis

Technology: Java, AML (similar to XML), AQL (similar to SQL), DB2

(database), Ariba (ERP tool)

Overview: Caterpillar Inc manufactures earth moving equipments. Caterpillar

uses Ariba Buyer for their procurement activity. Ariba Buyer is an ERP tool

that helps buyers to perform their procurement activity. They also use

modules like Invoicing, Contract Compliance and Analysis

Responsibilities: Onsite Lead, Package solution consultant, Application

Developer and Tester.

Contribution:

. Design and development of various aspects of Ariba like approval rules,

Scheduled tasks, Invoice exceptions, IR engine, Integration events, work

flow changes, triggers in amls etc

. Experience in integrations with external systems like SAP, Data

Warehouse, Lognet, CAPS, Mfgpro, Ezopen

. Extensively worked on invoice processes like invoice pushes to Accounts

Payable, invoice exceptions, IR engine

. Worked on the logic to have different VAT rates for different purchases

for UK region in 2009

. Worked on integration of Ariba with SAP in 2009 for Mexico, China and

Singapore

. Worked with Ariba Inc for the implementation from Ariba 8.2 to Ariba 9r1

in 2011

. Assisted in Unit testing, System testing, System integration testing,

User Acceptance testing (UAT) during 9r1 implementation

. Post go-live support including fixing the issues post implementation of

9r1

. Worked on roll out of a facility - Shrewsbury in UK in 2011

. Worked on design and development of flat file structure of sending files

to external systems like Accounts Payables and Data Warehouse

. Assisted in service pack upgrade from SP13 to SP22 in 2012.

. Worked for MACH1 5.0 release for Ariba-SAP system in 2012

. Worked on a pilot project called Spend Radar for analysis of spend in

2013. Interacted with Data Warehouse and Business Objects teams for this

project

. Took care of most of the onsite delivery manager tasks while my manager

was away twice on maternity leave

. Lead and managed team while at onsite

. Involved in checking health of application by monitoring logs

Ariba & related skills:

o Ariba Buyer: Purchase Requisition - Catalog/Non Catalog, Purchase

Order, Receipts

o Ariba Contract Compliance: Hierarchical types, Contract types, Release

and without Release contracts, Receivable, Invoiceable contracts,

Amount & Quantity contracts

o Ariba Invoicing: Standard invoice and Credit memo, ASN invoice,

Invoice via Eform, Invoice Entry, Invoice Exceptions.

o ASN (Ariba Supplier Network): Experienced in handling orders and

invoices from ASN

o Possess good knowledge on Eforms, Approval Rules (Simple Rules, Chain

Rules, Filter Rules, Constraint Rules), Scheduled tasks, Integration

events

o Experience in Java (core), AMLs

o Exposure to Unix commands, SQL Queries, Javascript

o Exposure to ticketing tools, Peregrine and Remedy

o Exposure to HP ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) tool

SAP: Posses good knowledge on the below topics pertaining to Material

Management module

o Master Data (Material master, Vendor master, Info record, Source list)

o Purchasing processes like purchase requisition, RFQ, purchase order

o Inventory management procedures like goods receipt, movement types,

goods issue, transfer postings, stock transfer, stock transfer order

o Logistics Invoice Verification: standard invoice, credit memo,

subsequent debit, subsequent credit

o Outline agreements: Contracts and Scheduling agreements

o Special procurement: Consignment and Sub contracting

o Material Requirement Planning (MRP), Quota arrangement

o Automatic account determination, Split valuation

o Pricing procedure

o Release Strategy

o Physical Inventory

o Batch management

Project 2: Caterpillar HRMS (Human Resource Management Systems)

Duration: 1.5 years (August 2013 till date)

Applications: Kronos, LMS Saba, Stellent, Imagenow and several other

applications

Overview: Caterpillar Inc manufactures earth moving equipments.

Caterpillar's Human Resource team uses several applications like Kronos

(for time keeping), LMS Saba (for internal training), Stellent (for content

management), Imagenow (for storing employee hiring, performance etc related

information).

Responsibilities: Onsite Lead, Application Developer and Tester.

Contribution:

. Coordinating work between onsite and offshore.

. Code changes (Deployments, enhancements and bug fixes)

. Investigation and solving of tickets.

Training

. C, C++, Java at NIIT

. Testing Concepts including tools like QTP, Rational at IBM India

. ISTQB training at IBM India

. Sun Certified Java Programmer training at IBM India

. SAP MM from Reliance Global Services

Certifications

. Foundation Level Certificate in Software Testing from ISTQB

. SCJP (Sun Certified Java Programmer) from Sun Microsystems

. C, C++, Java from NIIT

Awards within IBM

. Best of IBM Award, 2011

. Service Excellence Award, 2011 (IBM)

. Outstanding Contributor Award, 2012 (IBM)

. Certificate of Appreciation, 2013 (IBM & CAT)

. Extra Mile Award, 2014 (IBM & CAT)

. Top Contributor Award, Q1, 2014 (IBM)

. Top Contributor Award, Q2, 2014 (IBM)

. Top Contributor Award, Q3, 2014 (IBM)

Other Awards and Recognitions

. Best Student of the Year, Class 10, 2000-01

White Papers submitted within IBM

. ERFx

. E-Reverse Auction

Personal Information

Location: Peoria, Illinois, United States

Date of Birth: 30 June, 1985

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