Ramakrishna Sadhu
Development Lead/Certified Scrum Master/Technical Architect-SAP Managed
Services
Austin, TX-78753
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Executive Summary
. Around 15 years IT experience(Industry and Consulting)
. 7+ years SAP management experience
. 10+ years SAP Sales and Distribution and Material Management
experience, Technical Expertise in SAP across multiple modules (SD /
MM / FI)
. Experienced in various project methodologies like ASAP and Agile
Development
. Experience includes manufacturing, retail, chemicals, media and
distribution environments having international exposure on end to end
SAP Implementations in Japan, Germany and United Kingdom
. Managed Multiple Full Life Cycle Large Scale Global SAP Projects
utilizing On Site / Offshore teams with successful On Time / On Budget
delivery of large integrated applications that meet and exceed client
expectations.
. Recognized for team leadership and cross-functional team work that
improve Operations, Efficiency, and Productivity through ERP
Core Competencies include:
. Setting up and managing Onsite / Offshore Global Development
Teams
. Strategic Planning & Business Process Transformation
. In-depth Technical Hands On Expertise in SAP -ABAP
. Excellent People and Project Management Skills
. Training & Development
. Release Management and Implementation
. Resource/Quality/Operations Management
Trainings Attended
. Completed training on Bullet Proof Manager in the year-2010 at San
Francisco (SFO)
. Completed training on Agile Methodology and got certified as Scrum
Master in Mar'11 at U.K
. In-house training in Cognizant for HP Mercury Quality Center
Education
. Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication - April 1999
Professional Experience
Organization Location From To Role
General Motors USA 29th Till date SAP Development
July'13 Lead/Certified Scrum
Master/Technical
Architect
Cognizant Technology USA June'12 26th Consulting Manager
Solutions July'13
Cognizant Technology UK Nov'11 May'12 Consulting Manager
Solutions
Cognizant Technology UK Feb'11 Oct'11 Manager
Solutions
Cognizant Technology USA 14th June Jan'11 Manager
Solutions 2006
Satyam Computer Services USA 20th Feb'05 13th June Systems Analyst
2006
Satyam Computer Services INDIA 18th 19th Feb'05 Systems Analyst
June'03
VJIL Consulting Ltd INDIA 3rd Jan2001 30th May Sr. Software Engineer
2003
Unipro Technologies Ltd INDIA 9th June 29th Software Programmer
1999 Dec2000
SAP Project Experience:
SAP Team Lead July'13 -
till date
CCA Marketing (General Motors), Austin
Project Description: The scope of the project is to blueprint the global
SAP capabilities required for Customer Care and Aftersales (CCA) to
successfully deploy and operate in complex markets such as North America
and Europe. This Blueprint includes the additional CCA-related capability
definition across end-to-end processes for Request-to-Pay, Warehouse
Management, Customer-to-Cash, and Record-to-Report.
Project Responsibilities:
1. As a Team Lead, was responsible for analysis requirement gathering and
involved with the client discussions on solution design to work on
complex interfaces, distributed the work to team and ensure the tasks
to be completed successfully.
2. Work and manage all aspects of peer verifications and quality
assurance testing before execution.
3. Resource forecast & management in CCA project.
SD/ MM/ FI/Vistex/ BW Extractors
SAP Team Manager June'12 -
June'13
Wal-Mart-Largest Retail in NA (Arkansas)
Project Description: The scope of the project involves in global roll-out
of 5 countries CAM (Central America)-Honduras (HN), El Salvador (SV), Costa
Rica (CR), Nicaragua (NI) and Guatemala (GT).The Accounts Payable system
will consists of Legacy and SAP AP system from existing process to meet CAM
PROFIT conversion requirements.
Project Responsibilities:
1. As a Team Manager, was responsible for analysis of the FI-Accounts
Payable specifications and involved with the client discussions on
solution design to work on complex interfaces, distributed the work to
team and ensure the tasks to be completed successfully.
2. Work and manage all aspects of peer verifications and quality assurance
testing before execution.
3. Leads the development planning, prioritization, execution, delivery and
support of projects and application initiatives based on business and IT
needs
4. Team building-Conduct knowledge sharing sessions and improve the
confidence on technical skills with in the team.
5. Resource forecast & management in CAM FI-Accounts Payable project.
6. Manages direct reports including staffing, training, development,
motivation, performance assessment.
7. Monitors and analyzes problems, ensuring identification and efficient
resolution. Generalizes resolutions into action plans to prevent
reoccurrence
8. Assists in the development of long term strategies and responsible for
the execution of supporting tactical initiatives to provide guidance on
parallel processing.
9. Oversees the provisioning of functional and technical support, training
and facilities as needed to support project team deployment.
SAP Team Lead/Manager June'06 -
June'12
Involved in 4 Full lifecycle Large SAP Implementations as an SAP Team Lead
Consultant. Clients include Hess Corporation (Utility Major)-NJ, Autodesk
(Largest Independent Software Vendor)-CA, Direct Brands- NY, British Gas-
U.K
Involved as an SME and redesigned some of the critical interfaces to
resolve the data and performance issues.
Solution Manager/ Integration and interface using ALE, EDI, IDOC, BAPI,
RFC/ SD /MM / FI/ Vistex / BW Extractors/ ALV Reporting / BDC Programming /
SAP Scripts / Smart forms/ Business Add-ins (BADI)/ SAP-TIBCO, SAP-JCO
through Adapters.
SAP to Share point integration using Biz. Talk adapter 3.0, ABAP Web dynpro
SAP Technical Lead June'03-
June'06
Involved in 4 Full lifecycle Large SAP Implementations as an SAP Lead
Consultant. Clients include: Saint-Gobain Abrasives- MA (Largest
Manufacturer), BASF- NJ (Life Sciences), TRW- Largest Automotive (Germany),
and Saint-Gobain Glass (Chennai). Projects managed include SAP Upgrade from
4.0B to 4.7
The scope of work at on-site involves in development of reports, Forms,
transactions and modifications to existing reports, SD/MM/FI/PS/LSMW/ AP-
Scripts/BAPI/ALE/EDI/ IDOC's and customer enhancements/modifications/bug-
fixing as per customer standards
SAP Technical Lead Jan'01
- May'03
Involved in 2 Full lifecycle Large SAP Implementations as an SAP Lead
Consultant. Clients include: KAO Cosmetics- Japan (FMCG) and Utility Major
in Sweden
The scope of the project is to integrate the SAP systems of customer at
JAPAN, Thailand & Hong Kong using on-site/off-shore model. . The scope of
work at on-site involves the Technical Specification Writing and
development of reports, Forms, transactions and modifications to existing
reports and customer enhancements/modifications/bug-fixing as per customer
standards.
Developer JAVA 2.0/VB 6.0 June'99-
Dec'00
The purchase department has to purchase various types of materials from
different suppliers on behalf of the company to feed the needs of different
departments in that company. As the requirement of materials is regular
department to keep track of the needs and materials already purchased and
to be purchased.