Project Manager

Kiran Lekkala

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

**+ years of overall IT experience in managing, deploying and designing complex enterprise

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applications. 5 years of progressive SAP implementation experience in Project management and

Technical Delivery Management. 5 full life cycle SAP implementation expertise along with AMS &

Upgrade projects. SAP implementations included diversified industries including retail,

manufacturing and Oil & Gas

Strong orientation towards leadership, teamwork, adaptability to change and innovation

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developed through a rich global work experience, working with teams of diverse nationalities

and ethnicities.

Lead large SAP implementations for Target Corporation, including the blueprint, realization, cut

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over and deployments for multiple releases of SAP Financials (GL, AR, AP, TR) and SAP SRM.

Trained and well versed with PMI PMBOK knowledge areas and PM101/PM201 Project

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Management Certifications from TARGET Corporation.

Expertise in ASAP and WATERFALL Methodologies and well versed with AGILE & SCRUM

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methodologies.

Expertise in coordination of delivery teams (ABAP, BI, PI, BASIS, Security, Integration, EDW,

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People Soft, Legacy, Functional and testing) within various domains .

Technically competent with SAP architecture, infrastructure & landscape (SAP ECC, ABAP/4, BW,

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PI, Solution Manager & Data Stage).

Expertise in Data Dictionary, Classical and Interactive Reports, ALV’s, Batch Data

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Communication, Call Transactions, SAP Scripts, SMART FORMS, BAPI, BADI’s, User Exits &

OSS. Knowledge on SAP XI/PI (SLD, IR, ID & RWB) and MM, SD, FICO, IS OIL PRA.

Expertise in Resource Management, Practice & Competency activities at TARGET and

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Intelligroup (an NTT DATA Company).

● Worked for major US based clients like TARGET, TYCO Electronics, Evergreen Packaging &

Exxon Mobil.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL IT/SAP EXPERIENCE

Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN Oct 2009 – Till Date

Intelligroup Asia Pvt. Ltd., BANGALORE Apr 2004 – Oct 2009

Infoland Technologies, BANGALORE Apr 2002 – Mar 2004

Target Corporation : Project Manager

Minor Releases and BTO Dec 2013 to Till Date

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Managing the monthly releases and Support Teams across Finance Domain.

CCM Beeline Automation Apr 2013 to Nov 2013

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Kiran Lekkala

Executed end to end CCM Beeline Automation SAP implementation. To automate

functionality between SAP and Beeline for enterprise wide Contractor &

Consultant Management Indirect Procurement.

ISPA Indirect Spend & Project Accounting Apr 2012 to May 2013

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Program Services – OCM, OE & Training

External Vendor Portal

Performance Testing

Infrastructure Management

PeopleSoft HR Org Integrations

Managed different tracks of Indirect Spend & Project Accounting implementation

which enables the capabilities like Sourcing, SRM, Project accounting in SAP to

manage our indirect spend of $8B. This project was the largest SAP

implementation till date in TARGET and it will drive over $700 million in savings

over 5 years through eSourcing and procurement compliance savings.

Performed key roles in the area of Project Management like, Delivery,

Infrastructure, Testing, Co ordinator, SAP & Legacy Application Development,

Resource, SAP Practice, Vendor Management and PMO.

GTO : Global Target Organization II May 2011 to Mar 2012

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Strategically implemented end to end Target’s critical Global Target Organization

Project “(GTO II”) with an operating budget of $10 million and expected annual

savings of $70 million.

GL/AP/AR/TR Implementation R1, R1.5 & R2 Oct 2009 to May 2011

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Roles & Responsibilities

Analysis, estimation, planning, forecasting, budgeting and execution of

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realization phase, Change management and Quality control

Define the project goals, objectives, milestones and budget

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Manage the project plans, resources, budget and forecast

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Monitor the program milestones

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Oversee the delivery, risks, issues and concerns

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Provide the leadership and strategic guidance to the team.

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Leading the Project review meetings.

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Tracking the status of the project delivery.

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Resource management – Resource identification, induction and training,

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manage resource work load, movements, changes, handover/takeover

Intelligroup Inc (NTT DATA) : Principal Consultant SAP ABAP/4

Evergreen Packaging Jun 09 Oct 09

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Kiran Lekkala

TYCO Application Development & Support Nov 08 Oct 09

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DANISCO Upgrade Oct 07 Nov 08

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NISSAN Upgrade Aug 07 Oct 07

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Velsicol Upgrade Jun 07 Aug 07

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Exxon PRA Implementation Apr 04 – Jun 07

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Lead the off shore delivery teams and worked as a pure SAP ABAP/4 Technical

Consultant. Managed and delivered multiple technical upgrade projects.

Managed TYCO AMS and worked as a MM PUR Technical and On shore FICO

Technical Lead. Worked as a Technical Architect to Migrate Evergreen Packaging

legacy ERP into SAP.

Roles & Responsibilities

Analysis, estimation, planning and execution of development tasks, Change

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management and Quality control

Resource management – Resource identification, induction and training,

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manage resource work load, movements, changes, handover/takeover

Maintaining the timeliness and quality of the deliverables.

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Check whether the deliverables stick to the Quality process defined for the

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Development & Support lifecycles.

Preparation of SOP as per the SOW.

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Maintaining the Gross Margins & Bulge.

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Preparing the monthly metrics for the Client.

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Maintaining the SAL’s not less than 95%.

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Leading the Project review meetings.

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Maintaining the Client billing sheets and at the same time tracking the

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utilization of the team on a weekly basis.

Tracking the status of the objects assigned to the resources.

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Worked on the Performance issues shown by Uptimizer.

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Responsible for doing peer reviews and track the re work efforts.

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Analyze the root causes at different stages of the SDLC.

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Preparing the TDD for the Approved BRD/FDD.

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Development of RICEFW

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Majorly involved in providing the Estimates.

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Take care of Internal Quality Audits and responsible for Non Conformance

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(NCs’).

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Infoland Technologies : ABAP/4 Technical Consultant Apr 02 –Mar 04

EDUCATION & ACCREDITATIONS

Kiran Lekkala

M.C.A 1999 2002 : Master of Computer Applications

B.Sc. 1996 1999 : Bachelor in Computer Science

Certifications

PM201 and 101 Target Project Management

TSD Target Systems Development

Additional skills include:

ERP Applications : SAP ECC

SAP Net Weaver : SAP PI.

OOPS : ABAP/4 & C++

GUI : SAP GUI,

Tools : Uptimizer, Clarity, HPQC, SHAREPOINT, REMEDY

Others : MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project

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