Freddy Lazarus James

Garland, TX

Profile Summary

SAP Certified Solution Consultant having 21+ years of business and IT experience which includes 13 years of experience in SAP CRM and SAP SD modules in diverse Functional roles as a Lead, SME, Architect, SAP CRM/SD Competency Lead, Project Manager and Program Manager

Successfully managed End to End SAP Projects adhering to Project Delivery Timelines, exhibited good relationship with stake holders, clients and coordinated well with the onsite and offshore teams

Experienced in leading and handling business pursuits globally and contributed a great deal of success in winning the work in many multimillion projects

Extensive hands on experience in the Design and Configuration of SAP CRM, SAP CRM IPM and SAP SD modules in many large challenging SAP implementations

Participated in Global SAP Full life cycle Implementations representing Capgemini and SAP America in leading roles

Possess Good knowledge and expertise in the Business processes:

Order To Cash (OTC), Pricing, Credit Management, Delivery processes, Picking and Packing, Logistics Execution, Transportation, Billing, Customer Rebates, SAP SD Variant configuration, ATP, SAP CRM to SAP ECC integration, Campaign Management, Customer Segmentation, Lead, Opportunity, Sales Agreements, Contracts Management, Organization Management, SAP CRM Billing, CRM Pricing and Transaction Tax Engine (TTE), Accrual Engine, Warranty, Repairs, Installed Base and Service Order Processes, GIS integration with SAP CRM

Sales Order management Processes (Standard Sales Order, Rush order, Third party sales, Cash sales, Cross selling, Returns order, Consignment orders), Combined Delivery, Transfer Order, Split delivery, invoice, Invoice split)

Industry Experience: Media Entertainment, Automotive, Electricals, Garments, Plastics, Logistics, Transports, consumer products, Government Services, Grantor Management and Farm Services, SAP HANA On premises and SAP HANA on Cloud

Worked in US Federal Project after getting the US Government Federal Security clearance from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Worked for large engagements like: United States Department of Agriculture ( Federal Government), Warner Brothers, Lionsgate, Hubbell, Invest tools, Cadbury Europe, Premier Foods UK, Transport for London ( UK Government)

Result oriented, highly motivated, quick learner, can adopt quickly to challenging situations and an excellent team player

Technical Skills

ERP Modules :SAP CRM, SAP CRM IPM, SAP SD, SAP Solution Manager, SAP IS Utilities, MDM, C4C, SAP HANA

Automated Tools: Mercury QTP, HPQC, JIRA

Languages :C, C++, JAVA

Operating Systems & Office Tools :Windows, MS-office, MS Project, Excel, Power point, Visio

Experience

Senior SAP Solution Architect / Manager

SAP America / Ark Solutions Inc

June 2013 - Till date

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Worked for SAP America and completed successfully an end to end Media Industry project which involved Business analysis, Solution proposal, Process improvement, configuration and delivery

Closely worked with SAP product development teams in Germany and India designing new functionalities and applications for Media Industry solution

Conducted Blueprint workshops and prepared Blueprint documents

Participated in project bids and pursuits

Provide process recommendations and suggestions for the improvement of the SAP future state system

Worked closely with Senior C level executives in understanding the Business needs and provided POC’s, process recommendations, Risk analysis and design improvement documentation

Planned, monitored and delivered high level results adhering to quality standards and project timelines

Participated in Steering committee meetings, conducted project team meetings, stake holder meetings and presentations

Assisted and worked with senior executives of the client project team on Project Reviews, Project presentations, planning, training and established good communication within the team members

Supported SAP America to provide demos on new dimensional SAP products (C4C, SAP HANA cloud) to the clients and helped them to analyze and evaluate system performance issues

Project Lead / Manager

Capgemini

June 2006 – June 2013

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Project Management:

Responsible for managing and providing quality deliverables on time as documented in the Project plan

Worked as Competency lead for SAP SD and SAP CRM modules, helped in recruitment process, training and lead many SAP CoE activities and initiatives

Managed and delivered SAP projects successfully working with multicultural teams spread globally in different time zones

Participated in Steering committee meetings, conducted Workshops, Designed solutions, lead and conducted Project presentations and Product demos to many clients

Maintained good rapport with Senior executives within the organization and clients

Provided project plan, resource allocation and estimations

As a competency leader helped the Organization in developing Transition plans for new hires and cross functional training initiatives

Managed many projects simultaneously and worked on internal Organizational initiatives as a Program manager

Helped in the initiatives for establishing good and effective communication means between onshore/Offshore teams

Proactively planned and trained resources in order to cater for the future Project needs

Presales and pursuits:

Throughout my career in Capgemini I had worked on highly challenging environments spanning the Business units of USA, UK, Europe and India across teams in Project Management, presales, bid management and CoE ( Center of Excellence)

Delivered outstanding results in adverse situations with minimal hand holding and supervision and been recognized and awarded many times

Been part of the Global SAP pursuit team and worked on many high value Project pursuits globally and been instrumental in winning the Projects

Managed and coordinated in maintaining SAP Demo systems, been initiative in updating new processes, enhancements and improvements

As a pursuit lead had worked closely with different teams spread across geographical locations and maintained good and effective means of communication

Worked as a lead on many complex project RFP’s ( Request for Proposals) and

RFI’s (Request for information) and coordinated with multiple teams to deliver them on the required time

Participated in many Discovery meetings, conducted workshops, presented Demos and worked on proto types along as required by the Senior management team

Been a SPOC and successfully managed Functional and Technical team to work on Proto types even in short time frames

Updated my skills by learning new SAP Product offerings and provided Project recommendations with the latest solutions and got appreciation from the clients

Driven the SAP Go-To-Market initiative within the M&E practice, Innovation and Industrialization through solution offerings, accelerators and POC’s

Assisted the Bid management team in many complex and high value bids

SAP Consultant

Vesoft Technologies

May 2003 – June 2006

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Responsible for supporting SAP systems for clients, Troubleshoot and resolve support issues

Writing Functional specifications for requirements

Testing, training and continuous process improvements

Manager

Petra Engineering

Aug 1998 – March 2003

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Manage the Custom software development team on .NET and Java applications

Design, Develop and support Customized soft wares for Access control and monitoring systems

Assistant Manager

Zion systems

Oct 1994 – July 1998

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Web page development

Internet solutions and networking

Trainee Engineer QA

Southern structural Limited

June 1993 – Sep 1994

Education

Master of Science in Materials Science from Anna University, India

Bachelor of Science in Physics

Certifications & Trainings

Certified SAP CRM Solution Consultant, by SAP

PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments) by APMG

Brain Bench Certification in Java 2/ Java 2-Non GUI/Java script/HTML2

Project Engagement Management Trainings

Attended PMP Training, Agile and Scrum Master trainings

In Memory Data Management conducted by SAP

Introduction to SAP HANA Cloud platform by SAP

SAP Business suite powered by SAP HANA

Introduction to SAP Fiori UX by SAP

SAP S/4 HANA Deep dive by SAP

SAP Cloud for Customer training by SAP

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Mobile #: 818-***-****

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