Siva N Gandu Email: add1dp@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/siva-gandu-49327a2/ Ph:832-***-**** Houston, TX

SUMMARY

• An independent SAP and S/4HANA MM, WM, SD, PM, PP, Master data, Vendor Master, EDI, SCC and Logistics functional consultant with 20+ years of experience in designing and developing end to end solutions for business problems utilizing variety of tools in different environments serving in large multinational organizations like IBM Global Services and HP

• Industry experience in Chemical, Aerospace and Defense, Health Science, OIL and GAS, IS-Retail, Consumer, Electronics, Food and Beverage industries

• Involved in 10 complete life cycle of system development, starting from conceptualization to configuration and implementation of new and migration of SAP Projects including mergers and acquisitions

• An integration expert and a SME in the areas of SAP MM, SD, PP, PM, LES, SAP WMS, 3PL, FICO Account payable, IDOCS, Ariba and EDI, Master data and S/4HANA

• A strong background in systems analysis, design, data modeling and system integration of make to deliver and logistics execution areas

• An expert in SAP functional analysis and configuration of SAP MM, SD, MRP, WMS, SAP Master data

• Highly equipped with business knowledge and the ability to work with end users in requirements gathering, preparing functional specifications, work with developers and testing

• An excellent communicator who possesses a strong team work ethics and motivator of fellow team members

• A Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)by the APICS organization SKILLS

Strategy

• Industry Expertise: Retail, OIL & GAS, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Consumer Electronics, Hi-Tech and Logistics Distribution, Consumer Manufacturing, Chemicals, Food and Beverage and Retail, HealthCare and Pharmaceutical and Aerospace

• Process and Functional Skills: SAP functional experience in SAP Master data, Material Management, Contracts, Outline Agreements, Accounts Payable, Sales and Distribution, Warehouse Management Systems, Transportation Management Systems, Logistics Execution Systems, Radio Frequency, Mobile Execution, SAP Blueprint, Business Design, Yard Management, Cross docking, TRM, IS-Retail Expert, IS-OIL, EDI integration, PIDX, CIDX and ISA95 Standards, Ship ERP, SAP Data Services, BizTalk, Gentran, Web Methods;

• Packaged Applications: Configuration of SAP MM, SAP SD, SAP WMS, SAP Yard Management, Handling Unit, S2L, EWM, MRP, SAP S/4HANA business Suite, Ariba

• Cross functional: SAP FICO, EDI, IDOCs, Portal design for Logistics, 3PL, SAP SRM, SAP BW, ER studio, S/4HANA 1511/1610/1709

• Technical Skills: Debug SAP ABAP, Interface design and Master data interface mapping

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Date Company Name Role

Mar 2017 – till now Echelon Services Inc., Houston, TX, USA Principal Consultant Nov 16 – Feb 2017 Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P., Subject Matter Expert – SAP Houston TX USA MM PP

May 14 – Oct 16 HCL Axon Solutions, New Jersey, NJ USA Managing Consultant Jul 10 – Apr 14 Echelon Services Inc., Houston, TX USA Principal Consultant Aug 06 – Jul 10 IBM Consulting, USA. Managing Consultant Dec 01 – Aug 06 Hewlett and Packard (HP), Houston, TX, USA Senior System Analyst Dec 98 – Nov 01 Liveware IT Consulting, Houston, TX, USA Senior Consultant SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Company Olin –S/4HANA 1709 – Implementation

Duration November 2019 – Till date

Position SME – S/4HANA Plant Maintenance/ Procurement/ Logistics/WMS Responsibilities

• Advice on Process Improvements Global Template in the areas of IM, WMS, PM, Procurement, Logistics business in implementation of S/4HANA 1709

• Analyze requirements and design solutions in IM, WMS, PM and Procurement integration

• Material and procurement master data migration from SAP ECC to S/4HANA

• Prepare workflows, training materials and train trainers Lead in integration and UAT testing and advocate business

• Implementation support and on-site assistance for go-live

• Participate and resolve issues in integrated and business user testing in IM, WMS, P2P and PM areas

Company BP (Oil & Gas) – L48 S/4HANA 1610/1709 – Implementation Duration March 2017 – November 2019

Position SME – S/4HANA Procurement, Inventory Management and PM Responsibilities

• Prepare and present the process improvements with S/4HANA 1610 Best Practices to the business in P2P, Inventory Management, Plant Maintenance (PM), MRP and Ariba Sourcing

• Identify the Gaps in the design and suggested simplified solutions to save cost and time

• Deliver S/4HANA designs, configuration, and implementations in P2P, IM and PM areas and Vendor Master (Business Partner)

• Migrate SAP Plant Maintenance data from Maximo to S/4HANA (Technical Objects, PM Plans and Open Work Orders)

• Participate and resolve issues in integrated and business user testing in P2P and PM areas Company Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P (Chemicals and Refinery) Duration November 2016 – February 2017

Position

SME – SAP MM (Materials Management), PP/QM (Production Planning and Quality Management)

Responsibilities

• Responsible for MM, WMS, QM and SCM Data gathering and load into SAP

• Responsible for SAP designs and implementations in P2P, WMS, and PP, MRP and QM areas

• Identified the Gaps in the design and suggested simplified solutions to save cost and time

• Streamlined the data load process from legacy system to SAP

• Prepared and presented the process improvements with SAP Best practices to the business Company Boeing Aerospace and Defense (Manufacturing) Duration July 2016 – October 2016

Position Lead, Source to Pay (SAP implementation evaluation) Responsibilities

• S/4HANA on premise 1511 assessment on for Procurement, Contracts, Outline Agreements and Inventory Management

• S/4HANA assessment for integrated Network Procurement Process for A&D solutions

• S/4HANA assessment for Integrated Procurement and Manufacturing, MRO and Project Systems

• S/4HANA assessment for Procurement and Financial Integration with Material Ledger

• Prepared and presented the assessment results with Gap analysis to the business Company CSL Behring (Bio Therapeutic Manufacturing) Duration May 2016 – June 2016

Position Lead, Source to Pay (Assessment and proposal for S/4HANA implementation) Responsibilities

• Responsible for Source to Pay RFP presentations on S/4HANA and MDG proposal

• Architecture Proposal for complete Source to Pay Solution including the Master Data with SAP MDG, Ariba Procurement, Ariba Sourcing, Ariba Network and S/4HANA

• Prepared and presented session to client on Direct Procurement with S/4HANA and MDG

• Prepared and presented session on Indirect and Service Procurement with Ariba Integration

• Prepared and presented session to client on Inventory Management Company Boeing, Seattle, WA

Duration April 2016 – May 2016

Position Lead, 3PL Solution Blueprint

Responsibilities

• Lead 3PL Workshop for requirement gathering with several teams and across the globe

• Prepared workshop materials for discussion on Master data, Receiving, Shipping, Inventory Management and EHS and Export compliance check

• Identified the Gaps and action items to resolve the issues for blue print

• Proposed required interfaces between London Distribution Center (Aero WMS) and Boeing One SAP system

• Developed process flows based on the requirements from Workshop

• Identified the Receiving to Shipping processes and sub-processes for designing the solution

• Lead and coordinated with other work streams like P2P, OTC, RTS, GTS for comprehensive solution

• Responsible for preparing blue print documents and recommendations for the realization phase Company Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Rochester, NY (Pharma Manufacturing) Duration January 2015 – July 2015

Position Lead, SAP MM, PP, MRP, WMS and Logistics

Responsibilities

• Conducted US and ASPAC requirement workshop and question and answers sessions

• Identified the common requirements of J&J and Ortho Clinical Diagnostics in Procurement, Inventory and Warehouse management, Integration of MII and SAP PP, MRP, WMS, SD, MM and Vendor and Material Master data

• Analyzed AS-IS J&J SAP application design and documents in P2P and SAP WM areas to identify the GAPS and remediation required for OCD business processes

• Designed the changes required for Lift and Shift System approach for separating the OCD from Johnson and Johnson Environment

• Lead and coordinated WRICEF documents deliverables from Offshore team Company GE HealthCare, Arlington Heights, IL (Pharma Manufacturing) Duration September 2014 – December 2014

Position Lead SAP MM, PP and MRP, S2L, WMS Consultant (Integration project) Responsibilities

• Conducted US and Canada user requirement question and answers sessions

• Identified the GAPs from Global Template implemented in UK) for Nuclear and Non-Nuclear drug products

• Prepared integrated High-Level Design packs for P2P, PP, MRP, S2L and SAP WM including Handling Unit to fit the requirements into existing template and proposed enhancements for the GAPs

• Applied all the regulations for the packing and dispatching drug products in the High-Level designs which leads to detailed design

Company Allergan (Actavis), Rockaway, NJ (Pharma Manufacturing) Duration August 2015 – April 2016

Position Lead, SAP P2P Data Migration for Reverse Integration (Merger and Acquisitions) Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinated P2P WRICEF documents in the Direct and Contract Purchasing deliverables from Offshore and Onshore teams

• Leading P2P Data migration from Legacy systems to SAP for Allergan and Actavis merger project

• Prepared Data Objects Migration Document to map source and target systems data

• Guided the Data Service ETL tool to prepare load file for Material master, Vendor master, Source list, Purchase Info records, BOMs, Material Characteristics, Batch master, Inventory and Open POs

• Designed load programs in SAP to load the data from the load files using IDOCs and LSMW

• Lead business and IT meetings for extracting data and transformation rules based on the Data Governance rules

• Executed Data migration in four different cycles before go-live and resolved issues Company Marathon Petroleum, Oil & GAS Midstream Company, Texas City, TX Duration June 2014 – August 2014

Position Lead SAP MM and WMS Consultant, Marathon Alpha project

(Merger and Acquisition BP and Marathon)

Responsibilities

• Coordinated the cutover activities like setting up printers for SAP Warehouse Forms and data conversions

• Integrated SAP PM, MM and WMS processes for SAP WMS implementation

• Prepared and advised the transactional data entry for the black-out period

• Resolved Hyper care issues for SAP WMS implementation in Galveston Bay Refinery

• Identified goods issue process gaps and provided the solution to resolve them Company Halliburton, Oil & GAS Upstream Services Company, Houston, TX Duration September 2012 – April 2014

Position Principal SAP MM and Master Data Lead Consultant, SAP Battled Red Team Responsibilities

• Streamlined the Master data flow from external system to SAP as Master Data object through SAP Business Objects/Data Service Tool using IDOCs

• Applied Data Governance rules to create a Well Master record as a customer object

• Prepared functional specifications and worked with development team to implement end to end solution

• Automated the update tasks for SAP Equipment data, Material Master and sales pricing records

• Expertise in integration of SAP Master data and SD, MM and PM helped to deliver the project on time

• Analyzed, designed and implemented solution to Master Data requirements for the OIL and GAS Wells information in SAP to utilize in the Halliburton Sales and Logistics processes Company Spectra Energy, Oil & Gas Pipeline, Houston, TX Duration June 2012 – September 2012

Position

Principal SAP MM, WMS and Master Data Migration - Lead Consultant, SAP Streamline

Project (SAP Migration)

Responsibilities

• Worked on implementation of SAP Streamline Project to integrate Spectra business processes with SAP Project Systems, SAP CLM, SAP SRM, SAP PM and SAP MM and Master data migration

• Leading SAP MM team to integrate with other processes and provided technical expertise

• Prepared the Functional Specifications for SAP MM, SRM and PM Master Data Integration and provided the SAP functional expertise to development team

• Resolved integration issues with SAP project systems and account payables made system ready to go-live within a short time

Company Newell Rubbermaid, Leading Consumer manufacturer, Atlanta, GA Duration June 2011 – May 2012

Position

Senior SAP MM and WM Functional Consultant, SAP Europe EPC Implementation

Responsibilities

• Worked on implementation of SAP Logistics Execution modules for Newell European EPC business model and Master Data Integration

• Configured SAP P2P, WMS and designed and implemented 3PL interfaces

• Translated the custom designed warehouse functionality including RF screens into various European languages

• Executed and helped business for integration test scenarios using HP Quality Center tool

• Site coordinator for SAP preparation and go-live activities of European warehouses

• Integrated 3PLs with SAP Logistics functionality goods receiving, issuing, shipping using ShipERP

• Resolved complex issues and made system ready to go-live within a short time Company ExxonMobil, Oil Company, Houston, TX (Midstream Chemicals) Duration December 2010 – June 2011

Position SAP SME Data Integration and Interface design Responsibilities

• Prepared and reviewed the Master data models for SAP enhancements and interfaces aligning with corporate strategic data and integration standards

• Used ER Studio, TOAD for SAP data analysis and Data modeling

• Prepared and reviewed PIDX, CIDX and ISA95 standards for interface mappings for SAP IS-OIL, SAP SCM for Oil movements and Chemical manufacturing process functionality on shipping, process order, SAP Master data, and nominations and ticketing

• Prepared Business Process modeling for chemical manufacturing and quality management Company Bridge Stone, Tire manufacturing Company Nashville, TN Duration July 2010 – November 2010

Position Senior MM/WM Design Architect, Global Template (Migration and Integration) Responsibilities

• Assessment of implementing Logistics execution solution for various types warehouses like 3PL, IM based and SAP WMS with ASRS including Master Data integration

• Decision making with interface design with SAP and Biz Talk and leading the effort to finish functional specifications for development and implementation for SAP Master data integration

• Lead the development and configuration effort for SAP WM and logistics objects

• Lead the integration effort between SAP MM, SD, FICO Accounts Payable and Logistics modules, and suggests the simplified solutions for complex scenarios Company ACE Hardware, Leading Retail Hardware Company, Chicago, IL Duration January 2009 – June 2010

Position SAP PTP Team lead, IS-Retail SAP Implementation Responsibilities

• Lead designer and Architect for the SAP Master data, Purchasing, Account payable and Logistics

• Responsible for design and development of all MM and logistics area requirements for SAP IS – Retail implementation

• Designed interfaces for master data, procurement, inventory and logistics areas of SAP MM, SD, Logistics from IBM Emptoris

• SME in SAP MM and Logistics EDI transactions 810, 812, 820, 832, 850, 852, 855, 856, 860 designs and IDOC processes

• Delivered simplified solutions for complex business process and integrated legacy systems like AS 400, IBM Main Frame, and JDA with SAP

• Coordinator for the development effort with offshore team and implemented on site Company Coca-Cola Company, Food and Beverage, Atlanta, GA Duration April 2007 – December 2008

Position Senior Functional Consultant, SAP Implementation Responsibilities

• Integrated SAP Logistics Execution Process with 3PL using EDI warehouse transactions

• Responsible for end to end solution from gathering requirements to go-live for Logistics processes

• Configured and developed EDI transactions 810, 812, 820, 832, 850, 852, 855, 856, 860from and to SAP for goods receipt, shipment, inventory adjustments, cycle counting and subcontracting process

• Designed IDOCs for all the warehouse processes including Inventory posting, quality management module EDI 990, 940, 204, 214, and 210

• Coordinated the Integration of SAP MM, SD and WMS, 3PL solutions and aligned with eSupply chain portal

• Worked with change management tools and mercury quality center for testing and defect management

• Defined simplified business process as per the client’s requirement by removing lengthy transactions by integrating pick, pack and repack functionalities in EDI ship confirmations Company Newell Rubbermaid, Leading Consumer Goods manufacturer, Atlanta, GA Duration November 2006 – March 2007

Position Senior Functional Consultant, SAP Implementation Responsibilities

• SAP Master data mapping for conversion from Legacy systems Material, Vendor, Customer and Equipment

• Configured and Integrated SAP SD and Logistics execution modules with Yard management and RF mobile execution and Converted mobile execution screens to fit RF device format

• Executed integration test scenarios using Mercury testing tool and also configured transportation functionality and worked with routing guide

• Resolved issues and made system ready to go-live within a short time. He worked in HUM and SUT WMS environment

Company Whirlpool, Global Manufacturer of major Home Appliances, St. Joseph, MI Duration September 2006 – November 2006

Position Senior Functional Consultant, Implementation of SAP for Delaware Warehouse Responsibilities

• Configured, tested, deployed and supported SAP WMS for one of the client's decentralized warehouse

• Integrated SAP Yard Management functionality with logistics execution

• Configuration of SAP TRM (Task Resource Management) functionality

• Set- up RF devices, printers and output receiving and shipping activities

• Participated in physical inventory and inventory adjustments Company HP, Major Multinational Hi-Tech Company, Houston, TX Duration June 2004 – August 2006

Position Senior Functional Consultant, Integration-Global Service Organization Responsibilities

• Worked on the SAP Material Master, Vendor master for implementation for a large multinational global supply organization

• Lead the effort of requirement gathering, analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of SAP WMS and 3PL interfaces with Biz Talk Server

• Hands-on configuration specialist in SAP WM, MM and Logistics execution

• He configured warehouse structure, warehouse movements to integrate inventory movements, WM activities, Sub contracting purchase orders, inventory movements and outputs for inventory issues

Company HP, Major Hi-Tech Company, Houston, TX

Duration March 2003 – May 2004

Position Senior Functional Consultant, iGSO - SAP Implementation for Americas Responsibilities

• Mapped Legacy system Master Data to SAP Master Data elements for Material and Vendor master

• Lead the effort end to end implementation of stock transport process across the world in SAP for a large global service organization

• Managed the total implementation of STO process and guided other junior members in testing, customization and support

• Directly responsible for configuring inventory management, MM Purchasing STO process, physical inventory and cycle counting and integration of WM with MM and SD processes Company HP, Major Hi-Tech Company, Houston, TX

Duration December 2001 – February 2003

Position Senior Functional Consultant, iGSO - EMEA SAP Implementation Responsibilities

• Delivered a simplified defective material handling solution in SAP for a large Hi-Tech company to handle their defective returns

• Handled the SAP Master Data requirements for each SAP business processes

• Designed an integrated process for Sub contracting Purchasing order for exchange or repair and Sales order for selling back to vendor

• Simplified custom solution using standard BAPIs and Custom ABAP programs

• Debugged custom ABAP programs and also suggests development changes

• Configured MM purchasing, logistics, release strategy and pricing conditions Education & Certifications

Doctorate in Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) India Master of Technology in Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) India Bachelor of Technology in Engineering, Acharya Nagarjuna University, India APICS – Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) ASAP Methodologies Ascendant Methodologies

SAP MM, SAP SD, SAP WMS, Logistics Execution, SAP eWM SAP S/4 HANA Business Suite with Ariba

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