Resume of Chandra Shrimali

SAP HCM (Talent Management) / Nakisa /Open Text Specialist

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SUMMARY

• 13+ years of experience in HCM consulting with overall experience of 9+yrs in SAP HCM/Talent

Management modules as an SAP certified solution consultant

• Hands-on capabilities include Blueprinting, Configuring, Support, Testing and Go-live support for

SAP HR modules covering – Organizational Management (OM), Personnel Administration (PA),

Personnel Development, Performance Management (MBO) EHP-4 EHP-5, Succession Planning

(with Nakisa 3.0 SP2), LSO, E-Recruitment (EHP3/EHP4/EHP5) ESS,MSS (Functional),Payroll

(including PAE)

• Experience of 8 SAP HCM projects; with 5 full life cycle implementation projects from blueprinting

to post go-live support conforming to Accelerated-SAP methodology and 2 maintenance &

Production support and 3 global roll-out projects

• Multiple implementation experience on business process reengineering, customizing,

configuring, integrating, go live and support with Global Rollouts and specific country templates

• SAP Certified consultant for Nakisa Talent Management products, Org Chart, Org Modeller and

Succession Planning

• Hands on experience of Open Text EFM (Employee File Management)

• 3 full life cycle implementation experience for Nakisa OrgChart/Succession Planning/Org

Modeller (V1.1, V2.1 SP1, V3.0 SP3)

• Experienced with the following SAP R/3 versions: 4.6C 4.7 ECC5.0 and ECC6.0

• Good knowledge on SAP and External third party interfaces

• Very strong knowledge on SAP Standard / Bespoke reporting, Ad-hoc Query & SAP Query

• Rich exposure on developing training documentation, training materials, business process

procedures and end user documentation

• Profound HCM business process knowledge and a proven track record in all natures of

international SAP projects. Played roles of a Lead Consultant and Managing Consultant in

various engagements across the Americas, UK and Europe

• Excellent team player and collaborator; highly committed to timely and quality client deliverables;

excellent presentation, interpersonal and communication skills

• Excellent knowledge of defect management and tools (ALM/HPQC/Test Track etc).

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Domain experience:

• Around 7 years of experience in Human Resources processes. Worked across different sectors

Hospitality, Utilities Sector, Service Industry Banking Industry and Public Sector as HR

professional

Key Responsibilities Handled:

• Conduct and lead Blueprint workshops to analyse business design, solutions, and reengineering

process

• Co-ordinating with Project manager and business process owners to understand and define the

overall application and technical requirements

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• Communicate with clients to identify methodology and road map phases of SAP HR

Implementation

• Articulate to the clients the SAP HR business processes

• Determine the HR business processes requirements and project scoping

• Determine the technical tasks involve in the configuration stages within the SAP IMG nodes

• Identifying and communicating any technical issue that may surface to possibilities and this

includes impact on other SAP application/interfaces too and incorporating the changes in the

solution to work around the issue

• Report directly to the Project Manager for Status, Deliverables, and project milestones

• Assist project manager in defining how the application will be operationally supported in

production

• Communicate with business to gather HR data elements both pre-requisites and co-requisites in

Data mapping and conversions

• Coordinate with the other Project Leader to communicate HR integration points with other SAP

main modules

• Conduct HR module workshop to cross train team members to other HR sub components and or

User’s procedure

• Provide SAP configuration guidance to the client's team member

Professional Membership:

• PMI (Project Management Institute)

SKILLS

SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Company United Utilities (For Logica-CGI)

Duration February 2013 to September 2013

Position HCM Lead- Nakisa Succession Planning 3.0 and Self -Services (ESS/MSS)

and Open Text

Background

Leading a team of HCM consultants for greenfield implementation project at Utility Sector.

Responsibilities

following are the main duties as HCM Talent Management Lead:

Advice client business team about best practice across industry about talent management

implementation strategy and common business processes.

• Discuss and understand business requirements, Propose Talent Management solution

from overall HCM implementation prospective.

• Build Nakisa Talent Management (Succession Planning) and OrgChart on latest version

3.0 SP3

• Design appraisal system across the organisation for different processes i.e. yearend

appraisal, midyear appraisal, PIP, 360 feedback.

• Design self-services ESS/MSS (For Talent Suit) and make necessary changes to front as

per client’s requirements

• Prepare / deliver configuration documents and Functional Specification Documents

• Coordinate with other sub module consultants (Portal /OM/PA/Payroll) to discuss overall

solution and integration check

• Help project manager to prepare estimate for built activities and build details project and

cutover plan

• Preparing system demo on complex issues / requirements for business to understand

better

• Co-ordinate and lead off-shore team for developments / configurations delivery. Help and

guide off-shore team to understand solution.

• Plan and involve in POC (Proof of Concept) for EHP6 ESS/MSS and HR renewal pack 1.0

for future road map for client.

• Open Text (EFM) troubleshooting and PCR design.

Technology Methodology: ASAP, PMP (PMBOK), RDS

Company State of Guernsey (For Logica-CGI) – Channel Iceland

Duration October 2012 to February 2013

Position Lead HCM Consultant- E-Recruitment (EHP 5) and ESS/MSS

Background

Lead HCM (E-Recruitment) Consultants for greenfield implementation project for Sate of Guernsey

Responsibilities

• Understand business requirements and design best practice solution

• Discuss and understand business requirements give solution from overall prospective.

• Design e-Recruitment solutions for the internal / external candidates

• Design look and feel and branding requirement for the State Of Guernsey for all user

interfaces across recruitment application

• Design and configure ESS for personal data / time sheet / address / bank details / family

details /communication and pay slip

• Design and configure MSS (process & forms for position request / transfer

/promotion/vacancy)

• Prepare / deliver configuration documents and Functional Specification Documents

• Coordinate with other sub module consultants (Portal /OM/PA/Security/Basis) to discuss

overall solution and integration check

• Help project manager to prepare estimate for built activities and build details project plan

• Configure e-recruitment system as per business requirement

• Design e-Rec security

• Interface with external career site for external publication of jobs

• Virus scan interface set up

• Create test scripts and complete unit testing

• Complete System Integration testing and fix the bugs

• Help client for UAT and fix bugs in UAT

• Post-go live hyper care support

Company Department Of Health Northern Ireland

Duration March 2012 to September 2012

Position Managing Consultant- E-Recruitment (EHP 5), Performance Management (EHP

5)

Background

Leading a team of talent management consultants for greenfield implementation project.

Responsibilities

Following are the main responsibilities I am performing as HCM Talent Management (E-Recruitment /

Nakisa OrgChart/LSO and Performance Management) Managing Consultant:

• Understand business requirements and design best practice solution

• Discuss and understand business requirements give Talent Management solution from

overall prospective.

• Design common recruitment solution and strategy across all 14 trust of Department of

Health, Northern Ireland

• Design Nakisa OrgChart tool to align business requirements. Nakisa implementation with

latest version SOVN 3.0 SP2 and STVN 3.0 SP2

• Design solution and integration of LSO

• Design appraisal system across the organisation (Different templates for different groups

of population. i.e. Doctors/Nurses/Ambulance drivers etc.)

• Prepare / deliver configuration documents and Functional Specification Documents

• Coordinate with other sub module consultants (Portal /OM/PA) to discuss overall solution

and integration check

• Help project manager to prepare estimate for built activities and build details project plan

• Preparing system demo on complex issues / requirements for business to understand

better

• Co-ordinate and lead off-shore team for developments / configurations delivery. Help and

guide off-shore team to understand solution.

Company MeadWestvaco (MWV) Richmond VA, USA

Duration August 2010 – February 2012

Position Functional Lead (Performance Management EHP 4 / Succession Planning /

Nakisa OrgChart/LSO/ECM) and Self-Services ESS-MSS/Open Text (EFM)

Success Factors (Dismaintaining)

Background

Full life cycle Implementation Project.

Responsibilities

Following are the main responsibilities I have performed as HCM Talent Management (Performance

Management / Nakisa OrgChart/Succession Planning/ESS/MSS) lead:

• Plan business requirements workshops with project team of business

• Prepare workshop presentations

• Understand business requirements and give best practice solution

• Discuss and understand BRD from business and give Talent Management solution from

overall prospective (OM, Performance Management Nakisa OrgChart and Succession

Planning, ESS/MSS point of view)

• Business process harmonization and optimization of Appraisal processes particularly for

flexible form design via using BADIs. Designing appraisal templates for White collar / Blue

collar employee’s appraisals. Also design goal cascading and performance improvement

plan Implementation of PMS module in EHP4 environment. This includes Configuration of

catalogue and Data Templates, Authorization etc.

• Enterprise Compensation Management processes- Compensation Plan /Administration,

Job Prising integration with Market Pay, Long Term Incentive Plans, Compensation

Statement-Design and Configuration.

• Design Learning Solutions strategy it’s and interfaces (six interfaces with Skill soft etc.)

• Design Nakisa OrgChart tool to align business requirements. Design two sets of

environment for two different set of people (HR & General users). Nakisa implementation

with latest version SOVN 3.0 and STVN 3.0

• Prepare / deliver blue print documents

• Coordinate with other sub module consultants (Portal /PA/OM) to discuss overall solution

and integration check

• Help project manager to prepare estimate for built activities

• Preparing system demo on complex issues / requirements for business to understand

better

• Co-ordination with off-shore team for developments / delivery

Company Compass Group (UK & Ireland)

Duration March 2009 – August 2010

Position SAP HCM Functional Lead- Organizational Management, E-Recruitment, Nakisa

Background

Full life cycle Implementation Project.

Responsibilities

Following are the main responsibilities I have performed as the OM/ Nakisa / E-Recruiting EHP4 Lead:

• Plan design /solution and information gathering workshops with project team of business

• Prepare workshop presentations

• Understand business requirements and give best practice solution

• Discuss current system limitation and try to help business to get rid of the problems

• Discuss and understand BRD from business and give OM solution from overall prospective

(OM, E-recruitment and Nakisa point of view)

• Prepare / deliver blue print documents

• Discuss and suggest solution on performance management / training and event

management and personal administration sub modules of SAP

• Coordinate with other sub module consultants to discuss overall solution and integration

check

• Help project manager to prepare estimate for built activities

• Preparing system demo on complex issues / requirements for business to understand

better

Data Migration:

• Preparing templates for data gathering

• Data mapping

• Functional spec preparation for migration programme

• Uploading data using Z programme

Company Misys Plc. (UK)

Duration October 2008 – February 2009

Position SAP HCM Functional Lead- PA/OM/E-Rec/ESS/MSS

Background

Application design and Enhancement Project. Environment: ECC6, Net Weaver 2004s, PA (Personnel

Administration), OM(Organization Management), ESS, MSS, E-Recruitment EHP3.

Responsibilities

As SAP HCM Functional lead (Support & Development), responsible for Supporting & building HR

system to support / implement PA, OM, ESS and MSS and E-Recruitment (EHP3) modules for the

global rollout project across 34 major countries, writing test scripts, interacting with business users to

get the requirements and helping them in performing the test scenarios.

Module: Personnel Administration

• Configuring new company codes, Personnel Areas, Personnel Sub areas, Employee

Groups, Subgroups

• Configuring the employee basic pay scale types, pay scale areas and groups

• Configuring the several info types, Infotype screen modifications country wise for all 34

countries etc.

Module: ESS

• Configuring the Who's Who with custom infoset and custom fields for all countries

• Configuring system to upload employee photos in Who's Who section of ESS

• Configuring ESS for Infotypes Personal data, Family, Bank, Address etc., and configuring

its subtypes and characteristics

• Configuring the Address infotype for the foreign address entries

Module: MSS

• Configuring the scenarios, PCRs types, PCR groups for the Manager actions Promotion,

Demotion, Transfer, Leaving, Contract & Reward changes, Org change request etc.

E-Recruitment:

• Requirements gathering, proposing SAP solutions and gap analysis

• Base line Configuration of E-recruiting and TREX configuration

• Development of Functional Specifications for custom requirements

• Testing

• End User Training

• Managed a team of 6 functional consultants working on various HCM modules and XI/PI

for integration with HCM system

Company Volvo Truck Corporation (Sweden)

Duration February 2008 – October 2008

Position SAP HCM Sr. Consultant- Upgrade- OM/PA

Background

Technical Upgrade Project. SAP ECC 6.0 HR Configuration, development & Support to Volvo, UK,

Europe and America.

Responsibilities

• I was involved in a team of two functional and one technical consultant. Dividing the project

area of responsibilities and monitoring the work progress as per project plan

• Liaison with off shore Basis/technical team on day to day basis for any system

performance and SAP administrative issues

• Executing unit test and resolves any resulting issues

• Responsible for streamlining core HR business processes, and identifying redundant or

duplicate processes

• Perform risk assessment and mitigation

• Create test scripts and co-ordinate end users for stress testing before system is released

• Help plan post-training review sessions to ensure that end users are adequately trained

• Perform post-implementation QA review

• Resolve 'go-live' issues

Company Time Inc. (USA)

Duration October 2007 – February 2008

Position SAP HR Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities

• Coordinating with other modules team leader for integration points

• Updating Project manager about the project mile stones in project review meetings and

discussing various issues and their solutions, gaining approval from project manager for

best solution and implementing the same

• Customized Complete Personnel Administration (PA) component as per the Business

document: create complete enterprise structure, create all the actions with action reasons,

create action menu

• Time Management Customization: creating break schedules, create daily work schedules,

create periodic work schedules, create work schedule rules, create absence types,

absence quotas

• Integration with other SAP modules (FI Integration)

• Documentation

• Developed tech specs for technical consultant for ABAP development

• Testing and validation of ABAP development

Company ABB Inc. (USA)

Duration July 2007 – October 2007

Position SAP HR Consultant- Compensations & Benefits

Responsibilities

I was responsible for designing & configuring the Compensations and Benefits module system. Also for

Project delivery in the capacity of SAP HR Functional team. Compensations & Benefits configuration:

• Responsible for managing project (developed detailed project plans including different

activities, with agreed delivery dates and the area of responsibility)

• Responsible for all project deliverables e.g. BPP, Core team training, Base line

Configuration, Testing, end user training, data upload etc.

• Representing Mindtree in all project monitoring/review meetings with client at all levels

• Managing and monitoring the work of one technical consultant

• Responsible for dealing with client at all levels

• Analysis of existing business process

• Business Blue Print Documentation for compensations and benefits

• Compensation Management component administers the processes for merit increases,

long-term incentives and bonus plans. Configured as per blueprint

• Benefits: This process is designed to streamline the management of employee benefits

and increase the reporting capabilities. Configured according to business requirements

and as per the blueprint

• UT /UAT

• Prepared End user documentation and user training

• Post Go live support

Company De Beers Group

Duration October 2006 – June 2007

Position SAP HR Consultant- PA/PD/T & EM

Responsibilities

Responsible for implementing PA, Qualification Catalogue, Personnel Development (PD), Training and

Event Management (T & EM). Handled following jobs while implementing SAP HR.

• Analysis of existing business processes

• Requirement analysis

• Business Blue Print Documentation

Configuring PA:

• Complete Enterprise Structure

• All the Actions with Action Reasons, Set up Action Menu,Dynamic Actions

• All the info group, & assigned the same to respective Action

Personnel Development (PD):

• As part of PD implementation Configured Appraisal System (Performance Management)

• Create / change qualifications catalogue (Qualification Group Qualifications, Assigned

different Scales etc.)

• Create profiles

• Integration with PA/OM

• System testing /UAT-developed test scenario and cases for End user documentation and

user training

• Post Go live support

Company Merchants Insurance Inc.

Duration January 2006 – September 2006

Position SAP HR Business Analyst - PA, OM

Responsibilities

• End to End business solution mapping of Enterprise, Personnel and org. structures

• Configuration of PA, OM

• Development of Functional specifications and testing

• Configuration of Appraisal templates, catalogues and categories in PMS

• PMS Process configuration starting from objective settings, interim and regular appraisals

and remote appraisals

Company Axima BV (Netherlands)

Duration April 2005 – December 2005

Position SAP HR / TM Analyst

Responsibilities

Configuration, Testing and Go Live Activities:

• Set up Daily Work Schedules and Variants, which was then transferred into the Planned

Working Time Info type

• Participated in the setting up of various time related infotypes such as Absences and

Leave Quotas

• Generated quotas using Time Evaluation for annual leave, sick leave, absence types,

rounding rules, counting rules, and deduction rules for work schedules

• Responsible for creating Public Holiday Calendar, Daily work Schedule, Period Work

Schedule along with Rules

• Assigned Counting Class to period work schedules

• Set up Daily Work Schedule Variants

• Created Holiday Calendar for all the locations, and Generated Work Schedule

• Created Absences & Attendances elements and setup Time Constraints

• Defined absence quota types, setup base entitlements for quota generation and deduction

rules

• Defined rounding rules for absence quota

• Generated quotas for annual leave, and sick leave

Company Volvo Trucks Corporation (Sweden, UK)

Duration October 2004 – March 2005

Position SAP HR Consultant- Organizational Management (OM) and Personnel

Administration (PA)

Responsibilities

Organizational Management (OM) and Personnel Administration (PA). Duties include:

• Defined Objects, Defined plan versions, Defined relationships between objects to model

reporting structure

• Assigned cost centres to the organizational units

• set up the structure organizational key to define additional authorization checks

• Assign relationships between different objects like tasks & positions, jobs & positions,

positions & org units

• customizing the account assignment for cost centre at department level

• Defined enterprise structure, personnel structure and assigned them

• Prepared test plans and scripts and resolved configuration issues from system testing

• Analysis of data conversion requirements and guidance on data mapping, conversion rules

and best practice approach

• Performed configuration changes in Personnel Administration. This included new additions

to the Personnel Structure, creation of new dynamic actions, new personnel actions and

new subtypes for various info types

• Participated in the design and documentation of interface specifications, work with

developers to test and ensure system requirements are met

• Data mapping and analysis of legacy system

• Performed go-live support for the client

Company Logistics BV

Duration May 2004 – September 2004

Position SAP HR business Analyst- Organization Management (OM)

Responsibilities

I was involved in the project at the second phase of the project. I was placed at the ODC (Offshore

Development Centre). I was closely working with two senior HR consultants in this project. Organization

Management (OM):

• Creating organization objects like organization units, positions, jobs etc. as per the blue

print

• Creating relationships

• Cost centre assignment to organization units

• Define enterprise structure / personnel structure

• Helping senior consultant in preparing test plan / script and resolving the configuration

issues

• Creating personnel structure and assigned them

• Helped preparing end user training documents

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Date Company Name Role

Feb 13 to Till date CGI Talent Management Solution Lead

Oct 12 to Feb 13 Logica Talent Management Lead Consultant

Mar 12 – Sept 12 HCL AXON Managing Consultant

Cognizant Technology

Aug 10 – Feb 12 Functional Lead

Solutions North America

Cognizant Technology

Oct 08 – Jul 10 SAP HCM Functional Lead

Solutions UK

SAP HCM Sr. Consultant / SAP HR

May 04 – Sep 08 Future InfoTech. Ltd. (UK)

Consultant

QUALIFICATIONS

Level Subject College / University

Degree Civil Engineering The M S University of Baroda

TRAINING

Attended

• SAP HR Advance Training for ECC 6 .0 with new modules

ESS, MSS and E-Recruitment in 2008

• STVN Training (NAKISA) from SAP Academy London UK in

2009.

• Project Management Course from Cognizant Academy /

Skillsoft (PMBOK). PMP

• ECM and LSO- EHP4 training at Cognizant in 2010

• Pension Auto Enrolment-2013

• Success Factors Goal and Performance Management by

Success Factors Academy in July 2013

• Attended webinar on Employee Central (EC) of Success

Factors

• Attended webinars on SAP Fiori

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