Project Management Professional, Ariba

Amit Mate

B*, A - ***, Valentine Apt III CHS, Opp. Jerry V Compound, Off Gen. A.K.Vaidya Marg, Malad (East), Mumbai – 400097.

********@*****.*** Phone (91-982**-*****

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

NMIMS University, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai

M.B.A. in Information Systems 2005 - 2008

University of Pune, Abasaheb Garware College, Pune, India

Bachelor of Computer Science 1996 - 1999

Project Management Institute

Certified PMP Dec’ 2010

SKILLS

ERP: Ariba 8.2, 9r1 (Procure to Pay), Xign (Order To Pay)

Programming Languages: C, C++, MS – SQL2000, Java, Visual Basic 6.0 / .NET

Databases: Oracle 8i/9i, MS-Access

Graphic Packages: Photoshop 5.5, MS FrontPage 2000

Internet Technologies: HTML, Javascript, ASP, XML, Vignette (Content Management System)

Testing Tools: HP Quality Center 9.2

WORK EXPERIENCE

J.P.Morgan Services India Pvt Ltd. Dec 2005 – till Date

Designation: Associate

October 2006 – till Date

Working with Sourcing & Procurement Services (SPS) Technology

• Currenly working on the Ariba Buyer 9r1 Upgrade Project Rollout

• Ariba 9r1 Project Lead for Asia-Pacific (11 locations)

• SPOC for global reference data file maintenance for Ariba 9r1 & Ariba Buyer 8.2

• Responsible for Catalog Management in Ariba Buyer for US & APAC. For US, responsibilities include downloading

the supplier catalogs from ASN and routing them for approval. For APAC, responsibilities include content

management and activation of catalogs.

• Ariba Buyer 8.2 Business Systems Analyst

• SME for various Business Groups to customize Ariba Buyer as per their requirement

• Handle the Sourcing Contract Compliance modules (Master Agreements, Blanket PO’s) and configure specific

invoicing rules around them for better and effective controls

• Assist the Ariba Reporting Team when performing various activities like Commodity Reclassification, Spend Analysis,

Ariba Data Enrichment (ADE Tool) on the SPARC system (Sourcing Group)

• Standardization initiatives to leverage the use of Contracts for the Asia-Pacific locations

• Writing UAT Test scripts depending on various business cases

• Responsible for Ariba Buyer 8.2 rollouts in APAC locations like Australia, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Hong

Kong, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore & Korea

• Responsible for on-site UAT Testing & Training Deliveries

• Responsible for Supplier Enablement activity on Ariba to ensure that suppliers are properly on-boarded & are able to

electronically invoice for payments. Conduct UAT’s for the same.

• Performing System Administration tasks like granting special accesses to individuals upon request

• Work closely with the Ariba Helpdesk (Level 2 Team) to identify any issues and do a root-cause investigation of the

same.

• Liaise closely with the Accounts Payable Group to identify any payment related issues. Effective co-ordination for

UAT whenever any changes are effected to our Company Set of Books to ensure that Vendor payments are not

impacted.

• Work closely with the core Technology Team for SOX Testing of the Ariba Controls during annual audit cycles

• Additional responsibility includes being the Website Content Administrator for the SPS Group’s various Intranet Sites.

Working on Vignette Tool & SharePoint Tool for the same.

April 2006 – Sept 2006

Worked with IB Technology - Jupiter in Build Management Team

• Worked on SSR - BL2 and BCU BO reports projects.

• Co-ordinating with the developers, testers and end-users to get the desired functionality incorporated and implemented

in Production. Ensure proper SIT and UAT signoffs are available

• Ensuring adherence to the TCOE framework

Dec 2005 – April 2006

Worked as a ‘Productivity Analyst’ for the FX Ops Department.

• Conducted a detailed study of the Retail Processing in FX Ops and how it could be optimized to minimize manual

intervention by automation and interfacing PEGA – TSS – IRFE link.

• Preparing SERs by getting the inputs from users and escalating the same to FX Project Office for further feasibility

studies.

• Assisting the SMEs in validating FTE saves vis-à-vis any system enhancements.

• Worked on preparing an initial capacity constraint model by predicting volume increase vis-à-vis Productivity

standards for the effect of Program Trading on London Branch Interbank Processing.

HDFC Bank Ltd. May 2002 – Dec 2005

June 2004 – Dec 2005

Worked with the BPRG (Business Process Re-engineering Group)

Responsibilities as follows:

• A functional interface between the user group and IT/Vendor for core systems development.

• Documentation of the entire workflow of the modules – vide a Functional Specification

• Guidance/Clarifications and follow up with technical consultants to ensure adherence to the work flow design.

• Testing of the modules and implementation of the same.

• Providing functional expertise of the modules to the end users – through training and post implementation handover

and support

• Enhancing the system capabilities by raising new requirements.

• One point support for all functionality related issues for users.

May 2003 - May 2004

Worked in the Stock Exchange Dept with a view to understanding the daily processes & activities involved in the trading of

various stocks & commodities.

Accordingly, liased with the vendors to get a suitable system developed for the Bank to facilitate data exchange between NSE,

which was designed as per NSE's guidelines in sync with their existing system.

May 2002 - April 2003

Joined as an Executive Trainee and involved initially in general banking operations encompassing Operative accounts, viz.,

Current, Savings, Overdraft accounts, their maintenance and monitoring of Deposits.

Tata Infotech Ltd. Dec 2000 – Oct 2001

Worked with the iGEMS (Ideas, Generation, Evaluation, Monitoring System) Team of Products Division

Responsibilities as follows:

• Conducted Technical and Business analysis for a in-house product to be launched shortly. The project concluded with

the preparation of business plan for the product.

• Conducted the business feasibility analysis for in-house product “SafeLife”

• Conducted the Technical and Business Analysis for a new software product initiative. A business plan for this product

initiative will be prepared at the end of the project.

• Website maintenance of the ‘iGEMS’ Intranet Portal

Tata SSL Ltd. Sep 2000 – Dec 2000

Worked as a Project Intern. Responsibilities as follows:

• Worked on a Project for implementation and testing of “Payroll System” which had been developed in Powerbuilder

6.0 and MS-SQL Server.

• Developed a system (prototype version) for conducting an in-house “Customer Satisfaction Survey” using Developer

2000 & Oracle

PERSONAL DETAILS

13th June, 1979

Date of Birth:

Nationality: Indian

Marital Status: Married

Languages Known: English, Marathi, Hindi

Passport Number: G6235437

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