ADITI KATDARE

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ERP Business Analyst - Supply Chain Management

Dynamic, highly educated Supply Chain Consultant with extensive experience

in procurement, supply chain and business processes. Good understanding of

the business needs, excellent communication skills with radical & lateral

problem-solving approaches. Ability to absorb, comprehend and apply new

concepts quickly.

Professional Summary

. MBA and MS in Supply Chain Management.

. 7 1/2 years of experience in supply chain, ERP and engineering projects

. Hands on expertise with CapEx/OpEx Management, Vendor Management, and

Contract Negotiations.

. Excellent knowledge of SAP (MM) module, used for Material Planning &

Purchasing

. Expertise in documentation, testing, analyzing data, and formulating true

test statements from test data.

. Hands-on experience in SciQuest, PeopleSoft ERP systems, and the

synergistic implementation of the two software packages to form the web-

based Financial and Procurement solution for higher education industry.

. Expertise in QA Process management and in developing, analyzing and

execution of Test Cases.

. Exemplary relationship building and problem solving skills that foster

vendor trust and dependability.

. Highly capable of analyzing existing systems and business processes to

devise notable enhancements

. Liaison between technical and business teams for high profile projects.

. Highly motivated team player with excellent analytical, communication,

presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Core Competencies

Supply Chain Management [pic] Vendor Negotiations [pic] Vendor Management

[pic] Procurement [pic] Spreadsheet Modeling [pic] Strategic Sourcing [pic]

SDLC Methodology [pic] Requirement Gathering [pic] Defect tracking and

Testing [pic] Business Systems Analysis [pic] Process Improvement [pic]

Change Management [pic] ERP Systems

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

. MS, Supply Chain Management, University of Texas at Dallas, TX, USA, 2012

. MBA (Supply Chain Management), Lehigh University, PA, USA, 2009

. BS, Electronics Engineering, University of Mumbai, India, 2004

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP PeopleSoft v9.1 (Modules: Cost Center Management, Accounts Payables,

Purchasing, Asset Management, General Ledger, Vendor Management,

Expenses and Security)

SAP (Materials Management Module)

SciQuest (eProcurement Tool for Higher Education Industry)

Operating Solaris

Systems Linux

RTLinux

Software Accruent Lease Administration v8.2

Applicatio TeamMate audit application

ns Concur T&E

MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Visio, Projects)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ING INSURANCE AMERICA (CORP APPS) Nov

2012 - Till Date

Senior Business Analyst

Project - Real Estate Lease Administration Upgrade

Technology: Accruent Lease Administration v8.2, PeopleSoft v9.1 (AP, GL)

Assignment involved working with the client Project Manager in upgrading

the lease administration application, and integrating it with PeopleSoft

v9.1.

. Handled the gathering, documentation and implementation of the

requirements for installations and upgrade of the application.

. Managed cross-functional teams of Business partners, sponsors, DBA's,

Technical Security Officers and Business Users to evaluate the existing

Lease Administration application and business processes related to it.

. Managed the setup of hardware infrastructure in accordance with SDLC

methodology. Evaluated the technical mapping of the system with help of

development engineers.

. Prepared detailed documentation of inbound mapping for Lease

Administration application with PeopleSoft AP.

. Involved in User acceptance testing, user training, and production

support.

Project - TeamMate Audit Application, Concur T&E application and QTran

query

Technology: TeamMate, Concur, QTran, PeopleSoft v9.1 (AP, AR)

. Developed a Business Document Layout explaining the inbound mapping of

all finance applications to Accounts Payables in PeopleSoft v9.1,

documenting all the fields, file formats, and file extracts used in the

Record Types.

. Supported Audit application called TeamMate and documented technical

issues while testing in Development phase

. Worked on Business Document Layout explaining file format and integration

between PeopleSoft and Concur.

. Maintained and supported PeopleSoft Financials applications for the

client.

. Gathered business and functional requirements for AP invoicing and

streamline the process.

. Performed analysis on QTRAN query, a customized query for ING which

summarized all the financial information for the company. Worked on

reports from the query, analyzed the data and reported to the client on

trends as part of daily activities.

University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA

May 2011 - Oct 2012

Business Analyst, PeopleSoft/SciQuest Consultant

Project - Process Improvement and Change Management for "PeopleSoft -

SciQuest Integration"

Technology: PeopleSoft v9.1, SciQuest, On-Base Imaging

. Selected for training of UT-system wide learning program of PeopleSoft

integration with SciQuest and acquired functional knowledge of the

systems to improve efficiency of business processes in purchasing,

accounts payables, and vendor management modules.

. Functioned as a lead business analyst during and after the "PeopleSoft -

SciQuest UT-system wide Integration Project", and worked on process

improvement and change management during the implementation phase.

. Performed extensive Process Improvement tasks in Purchasing, Accounts

Payables, Asset Management and Vendor Management modules of PeopleSoft to

enhance efficiency of business workflow.

. Analyzed and researched cost centers for balancing budgets and

streamlining processes.

. Trained staff members in implementing the systems and assisted them in

their day-to-day operations of budgets, general ledger, asset management

and accounts reconciliation.

Future Supply Chains Solutions Ltd, India

June 2009 - Dec 2010

Procurement Specialist/Supply Chain Consultant (Procurement Department)

Project - CAPEX/OPEX Management, Vendor Management and Contract

Negotiations

Technology: MS Access and SAP - Material Management module

. As member of the centralized procurement team, managed Capital and

Operational expenses for the entire company.

. Extensively worked in procurement of commodities including material

handling equipment, security systems, IT equipment, and branding

accessories for 50 warehouses and transportation departments all over

India

. Demonstrated ability to significantly reduce procurement costs by

standardizing processes, negotiating favorable terms and streamlining

supplier channels

. Developed and presented monthly spend analytic reports for operational

expenses using SAP- MM Module.

. Eliminated redundancies and inefficiencies by standardizing procurement

processes.

. Reduced overhead costs by negotiating favorable contract structures and

streamlining supplier channels.

. Built and maintained vendor relations, evaluated vendors, managed buyer

processes, and analyzed reports

. Processed and tracked an average of 80-90 weekly purchase orders for

OPEX/CAPEX requirements.

. Recommended and worked on implementation of tracking invoices and

eliminating supplier invoice resubmissions.

Volvo- 3P, Global Purchasing, Pennsylvania, USA

Jan 2008 - May 2009

Supply Chain Consultant (Global Purchasing Department)

Project - Process Improvement for Part pricing with risks and opportunities

involved with procurement

Technology: In-house

. Analyzed and updated the Procurement processes, and provided step-by-step

guidance to the buyers about risk assessment

. Collaborated with cross-functional teams for process improvements in

facilitating smoother global communication.

. Conceptualized and crafted the entire presentations for the Project

Managers, buyers and various personnel influencing the process directly

or indirectly

. Developed the Training and Communication material to train the staff

involved in the project.

Project - Tool Designing for pre-estimation of part pricing

Technology: In-house

. Part of the team, which conceptualized the tool for pre-estimating the

part pricing.

. Developed and presented the tool design to the Vice-President of Global

Purchasing Group.

. Partnered in the analysis and deployment of the global procurement

database.

. Conceptualized events for presenting project management initiatives at

company's National Purchasing Conference.

Tata Power Co, Strategic Electronics Division, India

Nov 2004 - Dec 2006

Systems Consultant (Designing and Development)

Client - Indian Defense Sector

Technology: Solaris, Linux, Sunvts Tests, in-house defense systems

Worked on three different projects as systems consultant for clients in

defense sector

Project - TFT Workstation

. Implemented the functioning of SPARC CPU56T processor and the VME based

requirements of the whole system

. Interacted with third party vendors to specify exact requirements for

gerber layouts and fabrications and provided all the necessary details

for getting the work done

. Led the Electronics Design Group based out of Bangalore to create

schematics of circuits and testing of the PCBs.

. Completed the Manual and Technical User Guide for the entire project

. Acted as the Point-of-Contact for the companies supporting the

development of the system

Project - Test Jig for Dual Monitor Function Console

. Designed a jig for testing the dual monitor function console (DMFC)

. Completed the functional testing of the jig with the DMF Console 1 month

ahead of schedule

. Reduced the project completion time by 1 month

Project - F-COTS

. Configured 17 systems working on Linux platform

. Designed a Plot Extraction Device (PED) and Video Distribution Unit

(VDU) to read the data for Radar scanning

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