Manager Sap

Ram Mantha PMP

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Senior SAP Program Manager

PMI certified professional with experience in implementing, managing and operating SAP/ SuccessFactors and other ERP applications including Salesforce, Workday, ADP. Has cross functional experience in CRM, HRIS, Payroll, FI, Engineering and Operations. Has 20+ years of experience managing people, process and technology, delivering outcome-based business value across geographically distributed organizations. Strong at helping organizations align IT strategies with their business strategy through technology applications. Deep knowledge of End-to-End HR, Payroll, CRM and Financial business processes. Has successfully led teams to deliver quality products on time and budget. Broad global experience with industry sector including Aviation, Rail, healthcare, pharma, oil & gas, utility, chemical distribution, food, retail, automotive, manufacturing, government and school boards

Key Skills and Tools

PM • SAP • ECC • RFP • HR Transformation • BPC • S/4 HANA • SFSF • SLAs • PMO • Waterfall • ADP

SDLC • Global ERP • QA/QC • Testing • Outsourcing • KPI • R/3 • Workday • Jira • SOX • FI/CO • WFS • PgM

SF • PMBOK • Ariba • P2P • P2O • BW • Functional • Configuration • Metrics • Payroll • STLC • Hybrid

Cloud • Agile • M&A • Vendor Mgmt. • O2C• Cut over • Hyper-care • HRMS • PI • SAP Activate • MS Project

Successfully led large global teams in complex M&A integrations including project planning, budgeting ($10+M), staffing, delivery, communication and scope management. Developed targeted project proposals, oral presentations, and timeline determinations.

Developed integrated global delivery models for 45 countries including offshore functional and development support- global SAP implementations, country rollouts, and post-production support.

Managed large scale ($8.5+M) software and version upgrades; implemented multiple full life cycles within ERP platforms (SAP, WD, and SFSF). Experience with reporting, integration to FI/CO

Realized > $2.6M in savings for potential fines and loss of funds by analyzing existing payroll processes, payroll audits, SOX controls, data integrity analysis and data governance that improved quality and efficiency

Strong in development of Business Process models and procedures; experience working with PMBOK, ASAP, Waterfall, Agile and other hybrid methodologies. Well versed in documentation of blueprint, test strategy, lessons learned, training etc.

Project Related Experience

Experis/ Manpower group- Sr IT Program Manager 10/2017 – till date

oSr. SAP/ IT Program Manager- Amtrak, Washington DC Oct 2017- till date

Leading the implementation of SAP Financial and budget application tool, Order to cash, BPC, P2P (Ariba on-demand) and S/4HANA. The role includes standard IT project management tasks; working with SAP Activate; managing project to completion; managing the process of definition and development of detailed requirements; develop, establish and maintain project management standards and procedures and I am also responsible for managing 25+ resources and budget of $8.5M defining project guidelines, obtaining business and information technology sponsor approvals, and coordinating resources necessary to successfully complete the project within scope, budget, and schedule. I handled multiple projects including non-SAP applications as well such as Revenue Accounting, Lease Management, and Salesforce implementation for CRM etc.

Datasys Consulting- Sr IT Project Manager 11/2016 – 10/2017

oSr. Global SAP Project Manager- Bridgestone Americas, Nashville TN: Leading the ECC upgrade to EHP7 and BW upgrade to S/4 HANA platform; involved with requirements gathering, working with external vendors, managing 20 resources and budget of $1.5M. Responsible for managing the budget and budget forecasting, keeping to the schedule and stay up to date on current projects in flight including all of SAP applications; ensuring that SAP activate methodology was followed properly

oSolution Architect/PM- Evoqua Water Technologies, Pittsburgh PA: Led the implementation of Full suite SuccessFactors, including EC, RCM, ONB, T&A (via Work Force Software), Variable Comp, Merit, PM/GM, and Global Reporting. Facilitated and managed workshops, blueprint sessions, testing effort, go-live and cut over activities. Provided regular communications to the Project team, executive briefings and led the steering committee discussions. Managed all SuccessFactors work efforts, deliverables, and budget ($1.2M); managed development of 26 integration objects as well as 3rd party payroll outsourcing and the related RICE objects.

Ernst & Young- Manager 01/2014 – 11/2016

oProject Manager - Centene Corporation, St. Louis, MO: PM Role; wins of additional $200K project for testing; managed the implementation and testing effort of T&A Workforce software implementation in Cloud along with PeopleSoft GL; cut down testing time by 30% to meet the go-live date.

oSolution Architect-Under Armor Inc., Baltimore, MD: PMO for implementation of SuccessFactors, including EC, Variable Comp, and Merit. Managed HRA and payroll process flows. Facilitated and managed workshops, blueprint sessions, testing effort, go-live and cut over activities. Managed budget of $1.2M and accounted for additional wins of $500K in next phases of work.

oProject Manager- Microsoft Redmond WA: PM for Ariba implementation; stakeholders discussions, requirement sessions, QA/QC, reviewing client data specs; leading implementation for multiple stakeholders, and managing expectations, managed budget of $8M. Integrating sourcing to product development and supply chain processes drove significant savings. Worked with various data sources to pull legacy data from, including Oracle, PeopleSoft, and Sybase etc. Experience with Ariba delivering Webservice integration via SAP PI/PO and ECC. Supported planning and designing of SAP SRM, MDG, MM & Ariba. Responsible for PO Data Load process and Cut Over activities; Catalog Load process within Ariba

oProject Manager- Tyson Foods Inc., Bentonville, AR: Managed assessment of reporting capabilities and strategies based within SAP for data analytics, KPIs and metrics. Devised new KPIs for executive summary resulting in cost savings of $750K per year.

oProject Manager- Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ: Engaged as Security Lead for implementation of SAP GRC and Subject Matter Expert (SME). Managed budget of $2.5M and accounted for additional wins of $1.7M for follow on projects.

oProject Manager- AstraZeneca PLC, Wilmington, DE: PM for the implementation of Workday HCM software suite. Managed budget of $3.7M and accounted for additional wins of $2.5M in new projects

oProject Manager- Trinseo, Berwyn, PA: The project involved audit of payroll system and existing processes (SAP, WD outsourcing to Safeguard), testing, and providing Controls recommendations, which led to process and performance improvement and subsequent technology enhancements. Helped to save the company in audit fines to the tune of $750K and projected loss of funds to the tune of $1.6M

Deloitte Consulting- Senior Management Consultant 01/2011 – 01/2014

oProject Manager- Amtrak, Washington DC: Managed the implementation of SFSF Recruiting and Onboarding suite for Amtrak, resulting in reducing time to hire process for new hire.

oProject Manager- National Grid, Syracuse, NY: Managed SDLC for SAP Overpayment Recovery Module. PMO for the implementation of Overpayment Recovery and Claims Adjustment Process; harmonized W2 process. Managed budget of $3.5M; helped recover $4.5M as claims from employees and vendors.

oPMO Lead - Cameron Corporation, Houston, TX: Global SAP Implementation to upgrade legacy SAP to ECC. Managed SAP Benefit Implementation for US, CA, UK, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America- 45 countries in all

oPayroll Lead- UIL Holdings Corporation, New Haven CT: SAP HCM Team Lead to oversee the work of all HR modules. Managed requirements gathering, Blue Printing, and Functional specs preparation; including offshore functional and ABAP teams.

oPayroll Lead- Univar, Redmond, WA: Lead SAP Payroll Configurator that designed and built the system, including all phases of ASAP methodology. Led the integration of Payroll with FI/CO, Time, T&E, Benefit and Comp modules. Led all aspects of testing. Managed project scope (Confirm and control)

ADP Inc. - Principal Consultant 08/2009 – 01/2011

Payroll Lead- BP, Houston, TX: Led the implementation and support for the SAP Payroll and Benefits module. As SME, managed testing cycles and the instructional design team for developing and delivering global training for SAP. Liaised with BP business team and other 3rd party vendors to design Business Processes. Managed client communication on project status to steering committee and key team members

CSC- Application Consultant 04/2008 – 07/2009

oProject Lead- Eclipse Aviation, Albuquerque, NM: My Involvement during Production support included supporting the end users in already existing functionalities in SAP Payroll, Benefits, PA, OM, and CATS; helping with the divestiture and spin off

oHR Lead – Delphi, Detroit, MI: As SAP HR Lead, I worked with various stake holders and c-suite executives to gather requirements for divestitures for SAP modules like OM, PA, Benefits, Payroll, and Time etc. Worked on the spin-off and carving out the SAP needs for the divestiture.

ER Systems Inc. - Management Consultant 03/2002 – 04/2008

oLead SAP Payroll Functional- Givaudan Flavors Corporation, Cincinnati, OH: My role primarily involved SAP Payroll production support; working on the “issue logs” and closing the “go-live” transition tickets effectively.

oLead SAP Functional- TBC Corporation, West Palm Beach, FL: My Involvement during Post Go-Live support included supporting the end users in already existing functionalities in SAP Payroll, Time, PA, OM, and Benefit

oTeam Lead- Erie County, Buffalo, NY: “Production support” included supporting the end users in already existing functionalities in SAP Payroll, Time, PA, OM, and Benefit; supporting upgrade from R/3 4.7 to ECC 6.0

oAudit Lead- Fannie Mae, Herndon, VA: My Involvement during “restatement” involved detailed execution oversight, status reporting, risk assessment/escalation, budgeting, and resource forecasts. Helped to analyze the GCs following GAAP principles

oSAP HR Functional- Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, FL: My responsibilities included specs for RICEFW items, interaction with Basis team for applying OSS Notes, enhancement of the already existing functionality, schemas, PCRs of SAP applications

oSAP HR Functional Consultant- Kraft Food, Northfield, IL: Involved in Full life cycle implementation from Kick Off to Go Live in the sub-modules SAP Payroll, Benefit and PA; creating Customized SAP configuration per the requirements

Education and Certifications

Certified PMP (Project Management Institute)

MS, Technology (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India)

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