Project Manager

Ganesh Prabhu

Ganesh Prabhu is Principal consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

He is certified Project Systems consultant, with 24 years of overall

experience, which includes rich domain experience of 14 years, across

Projects in the field of Chemicals/Construction/Engineering Consultancy/e-

learning domains. He has 10 years of SAP PS functional consulting

experience.

Ganesh has international experience of long term assignments. He has

conducted SAP PS academy course at Singapore, as a faculty. He has worked

on implementations/Re-implementation/Roll outs/Support/Training

assignments, in SAP PS. His key strengths include his rich functional

experience, knowledge of business processes across industries. He is

conversant with cross modular integration across modules like, MM, SD, FI,

CO, PP,PM and BI.

Handled following PS functionalities

. PS structures

. Cost Planning

. Revenue Planning

. Budgeting

. Progress tracking

. Material and Service procurement

. Claims and Notifications

. Delivery from project

SAP Experience

Project Experience Highlights:

Industry : Construction/EPC

Company profile : The Shapoorji Pallonji Group (SP Group) is a Mumbai

based business conglomerate in India with interests in

construction, real estate, textiles, engineering goods,

home appliances, shipping, publications, power, and

biotechnology..

(http://www.shapoorji.in/)

Project Name : BAHAAR

Project : SAP Implementation (Green field

implementation assignment)

Client Name : SPCL, Mumbai

Role : PS consultant

Duration : Jan'14 to till date

Environment : SAP R/3 Enterprise Version ECC 6.0

Scenario : Capex, Opex, Customer project

Project Experience Highlights:

Industry : FMCG

Company profile : Vadilal is an Indian entity in the field of food

products, namely ice cream and

process food. It has dominant presence in Indian market.

It has a wide

dealership network across India. It has process food

export business & has wide

variety of process food, for export.

(http://www.vadilalgroup.com/)

Project Name : ATULYA

Project : SAP Implementation (Green field

implementation assignment)

Client Name : Vadilal Industries, Gujrat

Role : Project manager and PS consultant

Duration : Dec'12 to Dec'13

Environment : SAP R/3 Enterprise Version ECC 6.0

Scenario : Investment project and Expense project

Project Experience Highlights:

Industry : Non conventional Energy

Company profile : Mytrah is an Indian entity which is having an ambitious

growth plan, ion

conventional energy sources. Mytrah has a presence in

Wind energy and has

growth plans to diversify in other non conventional

energy sources.

(http://www.mytrah.com/)

Project Name : SAP on site support

Project : SAP support

Client Name : Mytrah Energy

Role : Project manager and PS consultant

Duration : Aug'12 to Nov'2012

Environment : SAP R/3 Enterprise Version ECC 6.0

Scenario : Roll out assignment

Project Experience Highlights:

Industry : Chemical

Company profile : Croda is a world leader in natural based specialty

chemicals. Croda has market

presence in two sectors - a Consumer

Care which consists of personal care,

health care, crop care & Industrial

specialist which comprises home care,

polymers and coatings, lubricants,

and processed vegetable oils.

(http://www.croda.co.in/home.asp)

Project Name : SAP Roll out

Project : SAP Roll out - Hong Kong

Client Name : Croda Chemicals, Hong Kong

Role : Project co-ordinator

Duration : Aug'11 to Feb'2012

Environment : SAP R/3 Enterprise Version ECC 6.0

Scenario : Roll out assignment

Responsibilities:

. Client interaction

. Project co-ordination

. Delivery management

. Documentation

. End user training manuals/training

Industry : Textile

Company profile : Bhilosa Ind. Ltd. one of the largest manufacturers of

finest draw textured yarn in

India. Bhilosa has capability to

produce partially oriented yarn (POY), draw

textured yarn (DTY) with completely

automated & vertically integrated

production facility in Gujrat,

India.(http://www.bhilosa.com/infrastructure.htm)

Project Name : SAP implementation

Project : SAP implementation (Green field

implementation assignment)

Client Name : Bhilosa Industries

Role : PS Consultant

Duration : Mar'2012 to Jul'2012

Environment : SAP R/3 Enterprise Version ECC 6.0

Scenario : Investment project

Responsibilities:

. Business requirement analysis

. Business blue print review/updation

. Configuration

. Integration testing for business scenarios

. Documentation

. End user training manuals/training

Industry : Construction

Company profile : Al-Ghanim is a multi-billion dollar conglomerate with

more than 30 businesses such as, Electronics, Car

dealership, Pharmaceuticals, Insulation, Building

materials, Home furnishing, sanitary equipments and

Catering. (http://www.alghanim.com/aboutus/index.asp)

Project Name : Support assignment

Project : Post implementation support

Client Name : Al-Ghanim

Role : PS Consultant

Duration : Jan'09- Jan'11

Environment : SAP R/3 Enterprise Version ECC 6.0

Scenario : ETO (Integration with SD - Sales order and

Project)

(Integration with PP - MRP - Reservation creation,

Budgeting)

Responsibilities:

. Closing the implementation gaps

. Improving the customised report accuracy

. Offering standard SAP solutions

. Tickets handling

. Analysing new business requirements

Industry : Telecom

Company profile : Telia Sonera is a new entity formed after the Swedish

telecom giant Telia, has

taken over Sonera Telecom, Finland. It is a dominant

player in the Nordic and Baltic region. It offers

spectrum of telecom services to domestic (Fixed

line/Mobile/Broadband) and Industrial (LAN/WAN/Network

building, security, maintenance) clients.

(http://www.teliasonera.com/home)

Project Name : One solution - Wave 2

Project : SAP Implementation (End to End)

Client Name : Telia Sonera, Sweden

Role : PS Consultant

Duration : Aug'06- Jun'08

Environment : SAP R/3 Enterprise Version ECC 6.0

Scenario : Resource related billing for Head office roll out

Responsibilities:

. Business requirement analysis

. Business blue print review/updation

. Configuration/Functional Specifications

. Integration testing for multiple business scenarios

. Documentation using Solution manager

. End user training material

. Post go-live support

. Onsite project co-ordination

Industry : SAP training academy

Company profile : Genovate has SAP authorized training centers, across the

globe. Genovate conducts certification courses, across

these centers for various SAP modules.

(http://www.genovate.com/)

Project Name : SAP Solution Center-Training Assignment

Project : Training Assignment - Project Systems

Client Name : Genovate, Singapore

Role : Master Trainer - Onsite

Duration : May'06- June'06

Environnement : SAP R/3 Enterprise Version ECC 5.0

Responsibilities:

. Conducting a training program for SAP PS certification

course, in accordance with SAP training schedule.

(Target audience - Full time academy students).

Covered following training modules

. PLM200 - Project Management

. PLM210 - Project Management-Structures

. PLM220 - Project Management-Logistics

. PLM235 - Project Controlling with Work

Breakdown Structure

. PLM240 - Project Management-Reporting

Industry : Fluid handling

Company profile : KBL is an Indian corporate, having major presence in

Fluid handling systems, across

Industrial/Agricultural/Domestic sectors. It has executed

various prestigious assignments within India and across the

globe (African sub continent and Egypt)

(http://web.kbl.co.in/)

Project Name : KBL - SAP Benefit Optimization, Pune

Project : SAP Re-implementation

Client Name : KBL, India

Role : PS Consultant.

Duration : Jul'05- Mar'06

Environment : SAP R/3 Enterprise Version 4.6C

Scenario : ETO (Integration with SD - Sales order and

Project)

Budgeting, Network scheduling

Responsibilities:

. Studying the existing configuration

. Analyzing the existing business process mapping

. Suggesting the revised business process mapping, based

on development requests/operational issues

. Finalizing the revised business process

. Changing/Revising the configuration

. Unit Testing the revised configuration

. Integration Testing the revised configuration (End to

End testing cycle)

. Documentation - Configuration and User manuals

. End user training (classroom)

Industry : Power and Automation

Company profile : ABB is a leader in power and automation technologies

that enable utility and industry customers to improve

performance while lowering negative environmental impact.

The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100

countries.

ABB India has 8 manufacturing units, 26 marketing offices,

8 service centers and 3 training centers across the

country. In addition to these, the company has a channel

partner network of around 500 partners to facilitate market

penetration for its fast growing standard products and

services business.

http:// www.abb.co.in

Project Name : ABB Roll out

Project : SAP Roll out (New business units, Banglore)

Client Name : ABB Ltd

Role : PS Consultant.

Duration : June'05

Environment : SAP R/3 Enterprise Version 4.7

Scenario : ETO (Integration with SD - Sales order and

Project)

Cost planning, Budgeting, Network scheduling

Responsibilities:

. Understanding the business requirement/scenario

. Validating the existing business process mapping, viz a viz,

existing configuration

. Changing/Updating the configuration of PS module, as per the

business need

. Unit Testing the revised configuration

. Integration Testing the revised configuration (End to End

testing cycle)

. Preparation of User manual for business process mapping

. End user training (classroom)

Industry : SAP Labs

Company profile : SAP India is a wholly owned subsidiary of SAP AG. It is

the second largest development facility for SAP. SAP has

invested 20 million euros to build this facility and

currently employs over 2000 employees.

The lab holds significant ownership of the Apparel and

Footwear Solution (AFS), and also the solutions targeted at

the oil and gas sector. The lab carries out over 33 percent

of the total CRM development of SAP worldwide, which

includes contribution to SAP's CRM solution mySAP CRM 5.0.

Around 25 percent of the total ERP development work is

carried out at the labs.

Project Name : SAP Labs, Bangalore

Project : SAP Labs - Test Assignment

Client Name : SAP Labs

Role : PS Consultant

Duration : Apr'05- May'05

Environment : SAP R/3 Enterprise Version 4.7

Responsibilities:

. Interacting with developer team to understand the test

cases

. Testing the test cases across the clients and across

different functional scenarios

. Logging/Resolving the defects, with details of instance,

severity

. Validating the defect closure

. Suggesting the possible value additions in the

functionality

. Functionalities tested/validated -

o Progress Analysis Work Bench

o IPPE

o Open PS

Project Name : ABB - SAP Benefit Optimization - Bangalore,

Baroda, Faridabad

Project : SAP Reimplementation

Client Name : ABB Ltd

Role : PS Consultant.

Duration : Sep'04- Mar'05

Environment : SAP R/3 Enterprise Version 4.7

Scenario : ETO (Integration with SD - Sales order and

Project)

Cost planning, Budgeting, Network scheduling

Responsibilities:

. Studying the existing configuration

. Analyzing the existing business process mapping

. Suggesting the revised business process mapping, based

on development requests/operational issues

. Finalizing the revised business process

. Changing/Revising the configuration

. Unit Testing the revised configuration

. Integration Testing the revised configuration

. Preparation of User manual for revised business process

mapping

. End user training (classroom) - Across all the project

locations

Duration Organization Designation

Apr' 2011 till date Pricewaterhouse Coopers

Principal Consultant

Jan' 2009 to Jan'11 Al-Ghanim Industries

PS Specialist

Apr' 2006 to Nov'08 Capgemini India Pvt Limited

Senior Consultant

Sep' 2004 to Mar'06 Bristlecone India Limited

Functional Consultant

Apr'2000 to Aug'04 Tata Interactive Systems, Mumbai

Project Manager

Apr'1996 to Mar'00 Kvaerner Powergas India Limited Project

Engineer

Jul'1995 to Mar'96 RJ Associates India Pvt Ltd, Mumbai

Project Engineer

Jul 1991 to Jun'95 Lubrizol India Ltd, Navi - Mumbai

Senior Engineer

(Production)

Mar'1990 to June'91 Asian Paints India Ltd, Gujarat

Assistant Engineer

Dec'1989 to Feb'90 Hico Products India Limited Trainee

Engineer

Key Responsibilities Handled

Project Management

< Effective analysis and evaluation of project for project development and

estimation of resources.

< Project management/co-ordination & cash flow analysis

< Interfacing with clients for understanding client's requirements and

providing need based solution.

< Monitoring the progress of the project and generating relevant reports.

< Value added analysis of MIS reports to facilitate decision-making.

Operation & Maintenance

< Monitoring plant operations for optimum resource/ capacity utilization to

maximize productivity.

< Conceptualizing and implementing modifications in operating procedures to

enhance productivity.

< Planning & scheduling preventive and shut down maintenance for improving

equipment reliability and minimizing the machine down time.

< Effective trouble shooting to ensure smooth operations.

< Implementing quality and safety norms.

< Production planning and inventory control

Quality Initiative

. Instrumental in implementing CMM 5 and ISO standards

Projects Handled

Publishing industry

At Tata Interactive Systems, Mumbai

< Instrumental in developing the following projects:

- Web Based Training Software (WBT) for Vitalect Inc, American Honda

Finance Corp

(Each project worth apprx. 1 million USD, appx. 150 person months

& 1.5 years

elapse time)

- CD - Based Training Program (CBT) and creation of e-catalogues for

Tata Engineering and Locomotives Company Ltd

< Few examples of successful effort estimations (won each of them)

- Vodafone - Training solution for Oracle based procurement system (was

involved in system study and visited onsite for the estimation study)

- Colgate Palmolive - Global repository catalogue solution

- Tata motors - Solution for e-catalogues (Spare parts division)

Engineering consultancy - Chemical Plants

At Kvaerner Powergas India Limited

< Successfully developed EPC Schedule in Primavera - Monitoring and MS-

Projects for the grass root level projects of

- Indo Gulf Corporation Limited (Product - Di-Ammonium Phosphate)

- Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Ltd.( Product- Iron Ore Pellets)

- Praxair India Limited. (Product-Oxygen,Nitrogen, Argon)

- Vardhamn Acrylic Limited Acrylic (Product-Fibre)

< Instrumental in developing detail Engineering Schedule in Yojana for

Reliance Petroleum Ltd (Product- Polypropylene)

< Successfully handled cost estimation project for Bharat Petroleum India

Limited

Petrochemical industry

At Asian Paints Ltd.

< Instrumental in process redesigning and reengineering for cooling tower

treatment and burner/feedstock replacement to optimize resource

utilization and enhance productivity.

professional qualifications

BE (Chemical) : Bachelor of Chemical Engineering

MFM : Master in Financial Management

Certification in Project Systems (May'2004, Siemens, Delhi)

Certified PMP (Dec'2012, Mumbai)

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