Project Manager
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EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Certified SAP SCM Manufacturing Consultant, hands on in SAP PP module,
having nearly 20 years of SCM Manufacturing experience which includes
13+ years into SAP hands on consulting with 5 years into SAP Project
Management and Program Management.
Current Employer TriQuint and past worked with IBM, Deloitte
Consulting, Accenture, Yash Technologies and GAIL. SAP Implementation
Industries: Automotive, Life Sciences, Oil &Gas, Chemicals and Hi-Tech
Industries SAP Product Development accounts: Automotive & Industrial
Equipment, Pharmaceutical, Chemical Industry, and CPG and IS Oil & Gas
Upstream & Downstream.
SAP Application Maintenance sectors: Automotive and Pharmaceutical
Industries.
Clients served: Medtronic, Thomson Reuters, Caterpillar, Johnson &
Johnson, John Deere, Checkpoint, Cephlan, AGCO, TriQuint and SAP AG.
Key Skills: SAP Project Management, SAP PP, PP-PI, Secondary: SAP PM, QM,
MM and Product Costing.
Qualifications and Certifications:
B. Tech (Chemical Engineering) from JNTU Govt. College of Engineering,
India
MBA (Operations Management), India
Managerial Essentials and Leadership Essentials from Harvard Business
Publications, US
Certified SAP SCM Manufacturing Consultant from SAP AG, Woldorf,
Germany
PG Diploma in Industrial Pollution Management from National Institute
of Environment, India
Executive Business Management program from IIM Calcutta (non-
certification), India
Attended 35 hours PMI workshop
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Managerial tasks
Preparation of project plans and Budget/resource/estimates planning
for the project
Taking interviews for the building team and arrange necessary
trainings for team
Assign work to team based on project plan & Maintain daily tasks
People Management, Communication, Quality, Risk, Procurement and
Integration management
Technical tasks
Conducting RFP workshops and presenting proposals
Conducting Business Blue Print workshops, Gap analysis and preparing
To-be Blueprints
Configure system according to client requirement
Developing Reports, Forms, Interfaces, Conversions and Enhancements
Testing cut over and Go-Live and Application Maintenance Support
Methodologies:
ASAP, ASCENDANT, EVD (ASAP+add on) and ADM for SAP implementation
Projects.
RUN SAP for Application Maintenance Support Projects.
Tools used for Implementation projects:
. Project Management: SAP Solution Management, Project Estimator,
Scoping checklist.
. Document Management: eRooms, SharePoint and Solution Manager.
. Business Process Model Content: ARIS Repository
. Business Process Modeling Tool: ARIS, Industry Print
. System Admin&Landscape Management: Solution Manager
. Configuration& Development: Solution Manager, BC sets
. Change Request: SAP Solution Manager, iHeat
. Data Conversion: Informatica
. Testing: HP Quality Center, eRoom assets
. Role Management: Role Manager.
. Training: RWD Uperform.
Tools used for AMS Support Projects:
. CA ticketing tool, GRS, Solution Manager for ticketing and iHeat
for change request.
Dec 2013 to Till Date TriQuint Semiconductors
Role : SAP Functional Team lead, Onsite Coordinator for PP
module
Team Size : 10
Work Location : Portland OR USA
Nature of Project : SAP AMS, Merger and Development
Role and responsibilities:
. SAP PP Business Systems Analyst, Onsite Coordinator and SCM modules
Team lead
. Project Management and People Management activities for resource,
scope, Budget, time, risk, communication and quality
Managing Following activities:
. Onsite Coordination & support to SAP PP, QM, SAP - MES interface,
Rapid Response
. Helping Merger activities
. Completing Projects on time.
. Conducting requirement gathering workshops, prototype, design,
develop, test and prepare SAP PP, SA-MES interface user documents.
. Working with Technical Team and MII Development team to resolve High
Priority issues
. Configuration., Customization, modify RICEF development objects as per
client requirement
. Meet business process owners and understand their current business
process and capture their requirements and expectations from the new
SAP system to be implemented.
. Analytically review their current business processes and map them to
the global standard process designed to manage the supply chain
transactions and the related activities within the Production Planning
function of the organization.
November 2011 to Dec 2013 IBM, US
Project# 4 Medtronic
(July 2013 to Till to date)
Role : SAP Functional Team lead, Onsite Coordinator for PP
module
Team Size : 40
Work Location : Minneapolis MN USA
Nature of Project : SAP AMS and Development
Role and responsibilities:
. SAP PP Onsite Coordinator and SCM modules Team lead
. Project Management and People Management activities for resource,
scope, Budget, time, risk, communication and quality
Managing Following activities:
. Onsite Coordination & support to SAP PP, PM, QM, MII and Product
Costing
. Working with Technical Team and MII Development team to resolve High
Priority issues
. Configuration., Customization, modify RICEF development objects as per
client requirement
. Meet client's business process owners and understand their current
business process and capture their requirements and expectations from
the new SAP system to be implemented.
. Analytically review their current business processes and map them to
the global standard process designed to manage the supply chain
transactions and the related activities within the Production Planning
function of the organization.
. Handling Integration issues with other modules coordinators.
Project# 3 Thomson Reuters
(May 2013 July 2013)
Project stage : Proposal stage
Role : SAP Project Manager (Delivery Manager)
Team Size : 120 (ramp up stage)
Work Location : St Paul, MN USA
Environment : SAP
Role and responsibilities:
. Preparing SAP AMS Transition Strategy for prospective client.
. Preparing Staffing plan and analyzing it with past history of client
data.
. Interviewing resources and staffing in the project.
. Preparing Project plan
. Coordinating with Sr. Management and other project management team to
. Reviewing Solution
. Service Transition
. application list - rebase lining - scope
. transition plan validation
. network connectivity - Engage network team
Project# 2 Caterpillar
(Apr 2012 to May 2013)
Role : SAP SCM Team lead, SME for PP module
Team Size : 20
Work Location : Peoria IL USA
Nature of Project : SAP implementation
Role and responsibilities:
. SAP PP SME and SCM modules Team lead for 3 sites
. Project Management and People Management activities for resource,
scope, Budget, time, risk, communication and quality
. Managing Following activities:
. Conducting Requirement Gathering workshops
. Documentation of Business process maps & Functional Specification
document for customization in system.
. Configuration and Customization of SAP system.
. Assist technical team in development activities by translating
business requirements.
. Perform extensive and end to end testing of the all business
processes and development objects in the new system prior to GO-
Live using appropriate tools and process and ensuring they meet the
business requirements.
. Meet client's business process owners and understand their current
business process and capture their requirements and expectations
from the new SAP system to be implemented .
. Analytically review their current business processes and map them
to the global standard process designed to manage the supply chain
transactions and the related activities within the Production
Planning function of the organization.
. Find and design appropriate solutions for the processes that do not
fit into the global design and prepare business process document
for them.
. Carry out configuration of the SAP system, as per the business
process design document, for the processes that do not fit with the
global standard processes but which are required either due to
regulatory requirement or other business necessity.
. Write functional specification documents for development objects
which may include interface with different SAP and non - SAP
systems, reports and legacy data uploads, etc.
. Assist technical team in development activities by translating
business requirements into appropriate terms and language that they
understand the best.
. Perform extensive and end to end testing of all the business
processes and development objects in the new system prior to GO
Live using appropriate tools and ensuring they meet the client's
business requirements, prepare Strategy for Cutover and Data Upload
related to Production
Project# 1 Johnson and Johnson Crossroads
(Nov 2011 to Apr 2012)
Role : SAP PP SME
Team Size : PP 20 (10 in USA and 10 in in India)
Work Location : Piscataway NJ & Rochester NY USA
Nature of Project : SAP implementation
Role and responsibilities:
. Conducting Business Blueprint workshops
. Identifying gaps and proposing solutions
. Preparing Functional Specification Documents to developing RICEF
objects
. Configuring SAP system as per Detailed Processes Design documents
. Testing the system, Change management
. Cutover activities
Sep 2010 to Nov 2011
Yash Technologies
Project : John Deere (US, Brazil and India)
Job role : Project Manager
Duration : Sept 2010 to Nov 2011
Project size : 124 (15 in USA and 10 in Brazil rest in India)
Nature of Project: AMS, rollouts and Implementations. John Deere is
considered to be the largest SAP landscape in the world with 150 million
transaction per month and 25000 SAP users.
Job role involves
. Managed John Deere Global AMS projects, Development Projects and
Rollouts.
. Managed 3 individual projects for Agricultural Automotive, Forest
Equipment and Water Divisions along with ongoing implementations at
various places.
. Planning for project development activities with individual project
managers for respective projects.
. People, cost and Project Management
. Identifying various activities for different phases of project and
assigning tasks to resources and monitoring them.
. Daily, Weekly and months review calls with client.
October 2008 to Sept 2010
Deloitte Consulting, US
Designation: Manager - Enterprise Applications
Worked as Project Manager for APO development project & ARIS deployment
project and Team Lead & SME for SAP PP and APO modules.
Project #3
Project : Checkpoint
Job Role : SCM Team Lead & SAP PP SME
Duration : 1 year
Team size : 5, overall 25
Nature of Project: SAP implementation
Job role involves:
. Worked as Team Lead
. Successfully conducted Business Blueprint workshops for PP, APO,
MM, SD modules.
. Developing Prototypes and presenting to client.
. Responsible for team deliverables and people management.
. Configuring system
. RICEF objects development.
. RFP preparations, Proposals, client presentations for further
business with Checkpoint
Project #2
Project : APO DP Industrialization Solution
Job Role : Project Manager
Duration : 13 months.
Project size : 15 (7 from India and 8 from US)
Nature of Project: Asset Development for CPG industry.
Job role involves
. Identifying gaps in business processes and scenarios and developing
them in asset
. Integration with CRM, BI with SCM Demand Planning
. System landscape, eRoom setup
. Planning for project development activities
. Budget planning
. People and Project Management
. Identifying various activities for different phases of project and
assigning tasks to resources and monitoring them.
Project #1
Project : Johnson and Johnson Crossroads.
Job Role : PP SME and Master Data Team
Duration : 10 months.
Team size : 10.
Nature of Project: Implementation (System Integration)
Job role involved
. Conduction Baseline, Cluster1&2 workshops
. Understanding requirements from Business.
. Creating Business Process Design.
. Preparing Process flows.
. Preparing customization rationale.
. Customizing development and testing servers according to
Customization rationale
. Preparing Functional Designs for Conversions, Forms and Interfaces.
. Testing of the processes and development objects.
March 2006 to Sept 2008
Accenture
Designation: Team Lead (Systems Analyst)
Project #3:
Project : Cephalon, US
Job Role : SAP PP SME, Team Lead for 2 PP, 1 Basis and 1 FI/CO
consultant at US onsite
Delivery Lead at offshore for 3 months
Duration : 9 months
PP team size : 3; overall 12
Nature of Project: Application Maintenance.
Job role involves:
. Acting project delivery lead and On-site Coordinator for
Development of Enhancements, Reports, Forms and Interface objects.
. KT from Implementation partner, Parallel Support and Support
takeover
. Supervised a team consisting of 2 PP, 1 Basis and 1 FI/CO
consultants
. Customized SAP Business Process as per client requirement
. Solving Tickets for smooth running of SAP PP-PI module.
. Change Management for SAP development objects.
. Responsible for overall delivery Onsite and Off-shore for Technical
and Functional
Project #2
Project : AGCO Globe
Duration : 7 Months.
PP team size : 5
Nature of Project: Implementation (System Integration)
AGCO is world's 3rd largest Agricultural Automotive and Equipment
Manufacturer
Job role involved:
. Understanding requirements from Business.
. Creating Detailed Process Designs for Manufacturing Processes (R/3
PP and APO).
. Preparing Process flows.
. Preparing customization rationale.
. Customizing development and testing servers according to
Customization rationale
. Preparing Functional Designs for Conversions.
. Preparing Functional Designs for Forms.
. Testing of the processes and development objects.
Project #1
Project : Accenture Global Manufacturing Business Solution
(Mission Critical System)
Job Role : SAP PP SME, SAP PM and Project Lead
Duration : 9 Months
Project Team Size: 50 (40 from India and 10 from Spain)
Nature of Project: Asset Development for Automotive & Industrial
Equipment.
Job Role involves
. Project Lead for AGMBS project for resource and budget planning.
. Planning for AGMBS PP module development activities with Accenture,
Spain Counterpart
. Core Technical area in AGMBS are MTO, MTS, MRP, MPS, variant
configuration, skid packing, nest planning, Discrete, REM and
Engineering Change Management etc.
. Show case AGMBS systems to many prospective clients and won 5
projects in 2008.
. Participated in Proposals and presales presentations.
. Promoted AGMBS as accelerator and repository for implementation
projects
June 2005 to March 2006
Yash Technologies
Designation: Functional Consultant.
Project #1
Title : ChemOne - Product Development
Client : Internal - Asset development for
Chemical Industries
Team Size : Total: 8 Module (PP-PI): 1
Understanding the growth potential in the SMB sector, SAP had identified
channel partners who would handle implementations/developments of
preconfigured solution offerings. ChemOne is a product that is developed by
Yash Technologies to cater to the Chemical Industry.
Responsibilities:
. Conducting RFP workshops and demo presentations in Proposals to
clients.
. Preparing high-level Plan for Chemical Industry.
. Business Blueprint design.
. Developing new business process procedures for All In One packages.
. Understand the business requirements of Chemical Industry, mapping
the industrial requirement in ChemOne product.
. Identifying Business gaps and gap analysis.
Project #2
Title : Chemical Best Practices Testing Project
Client : SAP AG, US
Team Size : Total: 7 Module (PP-PI): 2
Project involves testing of Best Practices for Chemical Industry and
Pharaceutical developed by SAP AG. Tested the preconfigured scenarios for
all the modules in SAP ECC 5.0 version.
Responsibilities:
. Tested PP-PI, PM, Recipe Management and EH&S.
. Installed the Best Practices Building Blocks configured through
eCATTs.
. Involved in manual testing of BP scenarios.
. Sent many OSS messages for gaps, later SAP AG has developed OSS
notes based on messages.
. Developing new business process procedures for All In One packages.
. Identified gaps and recommended the necessary changes.
Aug 1998 - May 2005
Gas Authority of India Ltd.
Designation: Deputy Manager
Implementation of PP module SAP Oil and Gas:
. Represented Production Department for implementation of SAP PP
module in GAIL.
. PP module has been implemented for mapping the requirements of IS
oil & Gas Upstream, Natural Gas, Petrochemicals and LPG and liquid
hydrocarbon businesses of GAIL.
. As a core team member, made presentations to GAIL Production
Department for explaining the benefits of SAP implementation and
importance of business requirements and participated in workshops
. On regular basis, interacted with executives of these departments
across the company for collection of business requirements.
. Prepared business blue print document.
. Participated in baseline configuration and testing.
. Created master data.
. Conducted unit, integration and UAT tests for PP and PM modules.
. Participated in User training for PP and PM modules.
FUNCTIONAL & IT EXPERIENCE
Deputy Manager (Aug 1998 - Dec 2000) Gas Authority of India Ltd, India
Responsibilities:
. Worked as shift-in-charge in Oil & Gas Upstream, HDPE and LLDPE
Polymer Integrated Off sites Plant & Storage and Nitrogen Plants.
. Handled Hydrocarbons including raw materials, intermediate products
and finished products for the whole petrochemical complex.
. Worked in pre-commissioning and commissioning of the plant and
stabilization of Gas Upstream and Downstream plants.
. Participated in Exploration and Oil & Gas Upstream Production
project preparations & planning meetings with Board and Petroleum
Ministry. Prepared required presentations and feasibility studies.
. Plant operation includes plant start-ups, shut downs; emergency
shut downs and trouble-shooting.
. Process calculations, polymer reaction start-ups, field
coordination and DCS (Distributed Control System) operation etc.
. Main Chemical Operations: Gas Processing and Cracking in Oil & Gas
Upstream and Polymerization, Separation and Drying, extrusion,
distillation, refrigeration and bagging in Oil & Gas Downstream.
Control Systems: DCS System: Centem XL, PLC: AllenBradly and TataHoneywell
and PLC System: Siemens
Equipments: Gas Cracker units, refrigeration units, towers for different
gas constituents, Continues stirred tank reactors, centrifuge,
distillation columns, rotary drier, extruder, heat exchangers, compressors,
pumps, blowers, bagging machines etc.
Nov'1996 - May'1998 VBC
Industries Ltd, India
Junior Manager (Operations)
VBV Industries Ltd.,'s main products is a Fertilizer plant.
Responsibilities includes
. Worked as Shift-in-charge for Fertilizer plant.
. Responsible for smooth running of plant includes maintaining
parameters, start-ups, shut downs, emergency shut downs, trouble
shooting, operating equipment.
. Inventory management, dispatch, process calculations, maintaining
documents including report preparations etc.
PLC System: TataHoneywell.
Equipment handled: Pipe reactor, falling film evaporator, heat exchangers,
refrigeration system, ejectors, compressors, scrubbers, prilling tower,
rotary driers, bagging units.
Feb'1995 - Oct'1996:
Stilbene Chem Ltd, India
Shift Production Engineer
My job duty includes;
. Worked as shift-in-charge for DASDA (dye intermediate) plant.
. Worked in erection and commissioning of DASDA and florescent
brightening plants and commissioning of Effluent Treatment Plant.
. Responsible for smooth running of plant, batch calculations,
process calculations, producing batches and trouble shooting etc.
preparing daily and monthly progress reports.
. Equipment handled: Reactors, pumps, reverse osmosis unit, double
drum drier, spin flash drier, blenders, various types of filters
etc.
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