M . Praveen Kumar

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Technical Lead/WMS expert/Technical Engineer

Proven Technical & WMS application expertise in a career of 7+ years

Technically & functionally strong with various Warehouse Management Systems.

Responsible for full SDLC of next-generation software, from initial requirement

gathering to design, coding, testing, documentation and implementation.

Rendered consultancy services to WMS systems of Nike at critical times in areas

w here there were no experts.

K nown for excellent client-facing skills, have participated in proposals and

p resentations to share the knowledge gained and/or to improve the current

p rocedures. Apart from the project assigned tasks, I also look out for different

solutions that can help business/the project team to make use of a cost-effective

solution with increase in productivity.

A consistent, f lexible and a loyal team-player. Action-oriented and have got the

commitment to stay with the assignment/any critical issue until i t is

completed/resolved.

P rofessional Experience

Notable Achievements:

? In the long term assignment in Supply chain management, gained good knowledge in

t he area of Inbound, Planning, Outbound, Shipping and data links external/internal to the

system. Apart from the assigned project, deliver the role as consultant for Korea/Japan

W MS systems.

? Closely worked with Korean biz in co-ordinating releases and production support with

an award winning achievement for Biz to hit on shipments which were expected to be a target

for the year ahead.

? Closely worked with BI team on data integration of AS400 ~ MS SQL Server via

I nfosphere Change Data capture.

? With eagerness to learn new technologies, I was also involved in major data

i nterchange functionalities as below

? Data interchange between

? AS400 ? L inux servers via SSH protocol

? SAP ? AS400 servers

? Involved in reverse engineering of planning module and suggested on the appropriate

solution for a system with minimal documentation.

? ZPL preview- proposed the use of an unused available feature that would increase

p roductivity and cut costs for the customer by 20%

? Defined new quality standards and procedures for better quality performance and

reliability.

? Developed & implemented a tool via VB script enabling request/solution t racking

received over e-mails

Performance Food Group ( HCL Technologies) A pril 2014 ?Current

? Involved in leading a team of developers for delivering development projects.

V F Corp-Belgium (Wipro Technologies) M arch 2013 ? April

2014

? Purchase Order Management in JBA - Involves supporting Business in their daily

operations and also identify the root cause & solution for operational issues.

N ike-Technology team & XPDS 5 WMS (Wipro Technologies) October 2012 ? March

2013

? Due to cross-functional knowledge, technical knowledge and having worked as a

l iaison between various teams, I accepted to take the role in scrum team to accommodate

clients to balance their budget pressure.

? Involved in full SDLC and also play a role of Technology advisory within the team.

? Apart from the above roles, serve as one of the consultants for the BI reporting team

and Korea WMS system expert.

N ike-Technology team & Support W MS (Wipro Technologies) April 2011 ? October

2012

? Development/maintenance of different environments/products for the application team

& B usiness.

Involved in Development & Implementations of sprints where the Application team has lack of

k nowledge of the native platform.

? Involves assisting/resolving queries related to all the WMS applications used by Nike

W MS. The various applications maintained for Nike are XpDS 5, SAMPLES, N LS, JAPAN,

K OREA WMS systems.

N ike-Korea W MS (Wipro Technologies) August 2009 ? April

2011

? Release coordinator and Team Lead for production support, delivering services to

Korea business. Performed the role of analyst to gather requirements and design the

new software.

? Ini tiated new practices to change from a reactive support mode to a proactive mode.

T he operations support team is now forecasting issues which the operations may face

i n the future.

Nike- Samples & NLS WMS (Wipro Technologies) March 2008 ? August

2009

? Developed & delivered a major functionality in the Planning module which was

appreciated by customer for the quality and performance.

? Mainly involved in Application development/maintenance, Testing, Implementations

and was the Onsite Release coordinator. Additionally supported the Warehouse

operations in Belgium.

N ike-Korea W MS (Wipro Technologies) February 2007 ? March

2008

? Involves supporting Business in their daily operations and also identify the root cause

& solution for operational issues.

? Proactively provided new tools to the customers; that were very helpful for the Korean

BSA?s and got commendations/gifts for the same.

E ducation

P SG College of Technology, Coimbatore

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication Engineering.

S kills

Technical Skills:

AS400 - SQL, Query manager, CL, RPG, DDS, Robot, Secure File

T ransfers (sFTP) on SSH protocol, FTP

L ansa - Development tool

XML - Basics with certification.

T urnover - Change management (basic administration)

VMC - BPM (basic working knowledge)

Infosphere CDC - Administrator

PKMS

Non-technical Skills:

? Warehouse Management Systems functionality

? Agile Software development (Scrum)

? WebEx

T rainings & Certifications

PKMS J uly 2013

XML Basics November 2012

AS400 RPG 3.2 October 2011

AS400 LAN 3.1 May 2010

AS400 LAN 2.2 April 2009

Self-learning VB scripts March 2008

Retail 101 May 2007

Software Configuration Management Sep 2006

Software Reviews and Testing Sep 2006

Veloci-Q 101 Sep 2006

AS400 Course and Real-life lab Sep 2006

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