Manager Management
Resume:
Pradeep Ramamurthy Mobile:
ab2jx6@r.postjobfree.com
Summary:
Pradeep is a seasoned SAP Professional with over 9.5 years of experience in
configuration, development and project management. He has completed several
global SAP implementations using ASAP Methodology and has deep expertise in
SAP MM, SRM, Supplier Portal/Supplier Network Collaboration, EWM/WM,
Logistics Execution, MRP, Inventory Management and Batch Management with
cross-functional exposure to FICO, HCM, EAM, CRM and SD.
He has hands on experience in SPRO configuration nodes, SAP ABAP, ALE-IDOC,
ABAP Webdynpro, Workflow (Process Controlled and Application Controlled),
BRF(Business Rule Framework), PI-ABAP proxies, BI Extractors, MDM Data
Manager and Solution Manager.
He has extensive experience in project management and solution
architecture, and has worked through various aspects of project life cycle
from business case development through implementation, design, delivery,
and deployment. Other roles he performed includes preparation of project
plan, cost estimation, requirements gathering, system configuration,
feasibility analysis (Proof of Concept), manage cut-over activities/testing
and post Go-Live support. He has expertise in staff management, budget
management, risk management, issue management and scope management. He is
adept in SAP ASAP, Agile, Scrum and Waterfall methodologies.He is
conversant with SAP SIGMA & SEI-CMM Level 5 quality procedures.
Achievements and Qualifications:
. Won ACE awards for excellence in client service from Southern
California Edison
. Won the "Best Newcomer for ERP India" award for the third quarter '06
from SAP Labs
. Won the "Pursuit of Excellence" award from Satyam Computers
. SAP Certified SRM(Supplier Relationship Management) 7.0 Professional
. Sun Certified Java Programmer(SCJP 1.4)
. Pursuing Project Management Certification from CALTECH, California
. Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical & Electronics) from SSN College of
Engineering,a Top-Tier Engineering School in India
. Recipient of Fellowship Award from State Government for the Bachelors
Final Year Project
. Demonstrated history of successful strategic planning, relationship
management, business process improvement, issue resolution and
implementing complex technology solutions spanning various
industries.
. Exemplary leadership qualities and the ability to work with cross-
functional teams from varying backgrounds while implementing team
values.
. Detail oriented individual who exemplifies professionalism and an
ability to manage multiple projects and tasks.
Work Experience:
. SAP Supply Chain Lead, Southern California Edison, US
September 2010 - Till Date
. Specialist Senior, Deloitte Consulting LLP, US
May 2010 - September 2010
. SAP SRM Solution Architect, Cignus Solutions, US
August 2008 - April 2010
. ERP-Consultant, Cognizant Technology Solutions, India
December 2007- July 2008
. Sr.Software Engineer, SAP Labs, India
July 2006 - November 2007
. Software Engineer, Satyam Computer Services Ltd, India
April 2004 - June 2006
Projects:
Role: Process Team Manager and Supply Chain Lead
Client: Southern California Edison, LA-US.
September 2010 to Till Date
. Process Team Manager for SRM and EWM deployment leading the technology
enablement successfully through design, implementation and Post Go
Live stabilization.
. Managed the onsite functional and technical team. Prepared Project and
cutover plans, cost estimation, risk assessment and mitigation plans,
Milestones and target completion dates. Engaged stakeholders and
busines users to ensure that the process design is ratified and
accepted.
. Performed a major role in SAP Integration with Open Text. The solution
involved integrating Shopping cart, RFx, Auction, PO and Change order
PDF copies to Open Text which offered a huge benefit of eliminating
thousands of paper copies and retaining the change order history.
. Led a team of cross functional experts which includes members from
Supply Chain, Finance, Accounts Payable, Procurement and Tax to
redesign the Sales Tax accrual and payment process for SCE's dynamic
business needs and complex procurement strategy. Proposed various
reports and processes to identify exception scenarios that cause tax
discrepancies.
. Involved in protoyping PO and Preq approvals on blackberry which was
part of IT Org usability initiative.
. Involved in the evaluation process for e-sourcing/CLM, Spend
Performance Management and Ariba for sourcing and supplier credit risk
analytics.
. Analyzed, designed and implemented performance improvement
enhancements which reduced the average response time for all the major
transactions in supplier portal including POWLs and thereby enhancing
the user experience
. Key contributor for integrating CRM solution with Supplier Portal, and
worked to assist with their critical integration design elements.
. Actively involved in defining the AOR matrix for SRM and Supplier
Portal Capital Funded project. Conducted workshop and training
sessions for inducting new members to the team.
. Worked collaboratively with FI team to manage and resolve Supplier
Portal Invoice payments issues
. Architected the IDM user provisioning solution which centralized
business partner creation and user provisioning for Supplier Portal,
SRM and CRM systems
Role: P2P & SRM Lead.
Client: Sysco-Houston, US.
May 2010 to September 2010
Implementer: Deloitte Consulting LLP-US
. P2P Lead for prototyping the solution and modeling the business
processes. Involved in configuration and testing of SRM and MM related
SAP nodes for meeting milestones.
. Coordinated with client counterparts to prepare the visioning
documents using Solution Manager for Strategic Processes like
Sourcing, Category Management, Contract Life Cycle Management,
Supplier Certification and Supplier Portal.
. Advised client on the Integration test strategy and actively involved
in validation of the scripts for integration.
. Worked extensively with the cross functional teams in coordinating the
status and progress of the pre-testing and variation testing
initiative.
. Designed the process flow for B2B interfaces involving EDI and XML
communication structure.
. Conducted collaborative knowledge sharing sessions between onsite and
offshore teams.
Role: SAP SRM Solution Architect
Client: Southern California Edison - LA, US.
August 2008 to April 2010
Implementer: Infosys Technologies -US
. Instrumental in evaluating SRM 7.0 capability and business benefits
for the client. Key resource for gathering functional requirements and
design process flow and project initiation document.
. Collaborated with SAP ramp up coach to setup the sandbox and resolve
critical issues related to Purchase order and contract replication.
. Managed the delivery of RICEFW objects including defect resolution
during development integration testing and FAT phases.
. Analyzed the Business requirements and proposed the design for Contact
Person creation process for Bidders and vendors using SAP CUA and
IBM's Identity Data management.
. Performed technical and functional cutover activities.Identifed,
raised and implemented OSS for business critical issues encountered
during SRM 7.0 pilot setup.
. Designed and implemented process controlled workflow for shopping cart
and RFX approval which is currently being used by various business
units for technical approval process.
. Maintained org structure and performed master data
replication.Configured RFx and Auction templates and mapped the text
types for data transfer.
. Coordinated with MDM team for the extraction of ECC contract to MDM.
. Maintained functional specifications and configuration notes using
solution Manager.
. Played a major role in preparing the training materials and conducted
multiple workshop sessions for the super users.
Role: SRM-ABAP Offshore Lead
Client: RaboBank, Eindhoven-Netherlands.
Dec 2007 to July 2008
Implementer: Cognizant Technology solutions-India
. Interacted with the clients to gather business requirements, and
prepared high level technical design documents.
. Managed the project deliverables, conducted weekly status report
meeting to discuss and resolve timeline, workload and delivery issues.
. Enhanced the functionality of the Shopping cart, RFx, Auction,
Sourcing Cockpit, Purchase Order, Contracts and Confirmations creation
using BADIs and enhancement spots.
. Developed custom program for org structure attributes update, at
department and postion levels, and delivery address update at business
unit level.
. Developed ALV Report to display procure 2 pay information. The report
included the receipt, invoice and payment information and search
capabilties on department, document number, posting date and personnel
numbers.
. Modified SAP standard workflow templates to include custom approval
and evaluation steps for Shopping and RFx documents.
. Modified the catalog items data using Data Manager.Created interfaces
for XI and BI Extractors.
. Utilized Solution Manager 4.0 for defect tracking and version
management.
. Conducted Code reviews to meet the client specific coding standards
and performance optimization.
Role: Sr.ABAP developer
SAP LABS India Pvt.Ltd.
July 2006 to November 2007
. Interacted with the Solution Management team to gather Requirements
and Prepared design documents for business process flow.
. Developed function modules and subroutines for pricing of the
Commodities and Inventories.
. Developed a dialog program to include Commodity Future in Treasury
transaction.
. Created Enhancements using BADIs for fetching the commoditity price
from market data feed webservices.
. Developed a report to calculate Net Present Value (NPV) for
derivatives such as options and Futures and display the NPV value
along with the prevailing interest rates and volatilities.
. Designed webdynpro ABAP screens for Kayak applications and time
management on demand solution.
. Developed Objects Using Switch Framework.
. Solved the Messages raised during MIT and User Acceptance Testing.
. Created a BAPI for Foreign Exchange Scenario for Customer Event
conducted by SAP Labs India.
. Conducted Performance Analysis using the tools ABAP Runtime analysis
and Statistical Data Analysis.
Role: ABAP Developer
Client: Sony, Europe.
May 2005 to June 2006
Implementer: Satyam Computer Services Limited-India
. Developed Report to compare G/L Account to its Profit Center: This
report will provide the end user with the ability to compare on a
daily basis its G/L Account to its Profit Center. This report will
pull data from both the BSIS and BSAS table, to show both debits and
credits.
. Developed Report to display the expenses for a particular month and
for the corresponding year, this is based on the profit center,
company code, period etc.
. Developed a BDC program for FI module to upload Asset Master Data
using transaction AS01.
. Developed procurement workbench to display information such as
material demands based on sales orders, inventory levels, and on order
stock. The report output included the capability to create purchase
order based on the material demand/availability information.
. Developed BAPI interface to send customer information and contact
information from ECC to external
system.
. Involved in Performance Tuning to improve the communication between
the application and database by reducing the frequency of database
SELECT calls made to the same table and, changing inefficient
programming techniques.
Role: Java Developer
Client: Macquarie Bank Limited, Sydney-Australia.
August 2004 to April 2005
Implementer: Satyam Computer Services Limited-India
. Involved in development of Global Clearing System- a real-time multi-
currency client accounting system that plays the role of the Clearing
Engine
. Interacted with the clients during various phases of the project.
. Analyzed the specifications provided by the clients and prepared
Software Requirement Specifications document
. Prepared High Level and Low level design documents using Rational Rose
and Microsoft Visio, created Sequence diagrams, Activity diagrams and
Use case diagrams
. Designed web pages using Java server pages technology and HTML for
General Ledger Posting, Tax Invoice Report, Open Statement and
Collateral statement reports
. Designed web pages for Option Exerciser and Trade creation
. Created business logic using Java having Jakarta STRUTS 1.1 as the
Framework technology.
. Created YODA -a report status monitoring application which displays
the list of reports
Processed by a each user or user group at a particular point in time
along with their status
. Conducted knowledge transfer sessions to the new team members.
. Involved in Testing - unit testing, integration testing & System
Testing.
Role: Java Developer
Satyam Computer Services Limited-India.
April 2004 to July 2004
. Involved in development of Effort Tracking Tool - an integrated tool
which keeps track of the Resources, Efforts and Cost required for the
Commercial Fixed Bid Projects as well as the Time & Material Projects
in a Company
. Prepared User Requirements Document and Software Requirement
Specifications document.
. Prepared High Level and Low level design documents using Rational Rose
and Microsoft Visio, and created sequence, activity and use case
diagrams.
. Designed web pages using JSP and HTML technolgies and developed screen
validations using java script.
. Developed business logic using java STRUTS 1.1 for calculating the
deviation between estimated resource utilization and actual resource
utilization and the overall productivity at different phases of the
projects
. Involved in the creation of Database tables and JDBC connectivity
. Involved in Testing - unit testing, integration testing & System
Testing.
System Experience:
Software / Products: SAP ECC, SAP SRM, SCM EWM, SAP R /3, SAP MDM, RF
Scanners
Development Tools / Languages: ABAP, Java/J2EE, SQL
Hardware / Operating Systems: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, UNIX
Middleware / Databases: Oracle, DB2, SAP BW
General Tools: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio,
HPQC, IBM Rational Functional Tester (RFT)
Training:
SAP Materials Management
SAP Supplier Relationship Management
SAP Extended Warehouse Management
SAP FICO
SAP ABAP
SAP PI
Java/J2EE, STRUTS
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