Manager Project

Lakshman Vurukuti ********.***@*****.***

Project Manager 484-***-****

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Summary

A highly organized and results driven professional with 16+ years of experience and 11

years as project and program management.

Quick to understand new business objectives / processes and adept at working under

pressure to meet time-sensitive deadlines.

Consistently demonstrate strong leadership, simultaneously to multiple project teams

including defining the financial objectives and key themes, identifying cause and effect

linkages among strategic objectives and defining measures that inform management of

their progress and implement strategy and educational concept development.

Extensive experience in working closely with Product owners, Directors,

Implementation Managers and VPs in client facing roles.

Proficient at team leadership and comprehensive project planning, for start-ups and also

well-established companies.

Experienced at relationship development and consensus building among teams, cross-

functional managers, third party vendors and executives.

Experience in using tools like Rally, Jira, TFS, MS Project and MS Excel to generate

various reports about team performance and metrics for the executive management

Prepared complex project plans using MS Project.

Prepared and presented PMO status updates to the Executive Management and steering

committee.

Excellent knowledge of project management principles, practices, techniques, and tools.

Managed project budget, scope of work, various business and IT stakeholders, resources,

quality and timeline of the project from inception through closure.

Expertise in preparing Test Plan, Test Cases, Test scripts and Traceability Matrix with

extensive experience in manual and automated testing.

Experience in conducting various tests such as functional, regression, integration, back

end testing, system testing and User Acceptance testing. Expert in conducting UAT.

Proficient in using Test Management Tools such as Test Director, Quality Center,

Rational Test Manager and Microsoft Test Manager for Test Planning, Requirement

Management, Defect tracking and Reporting.

Experienced in Onshore Offshore coordination, Walkthroughs, Defect Reviews, Change

and Enhancement Request Management, Strategy Planning, Go No-Go meetings.

Solid troubleshooting and analytical skills.

Flexible and enthusiastic to travel.

Possess good communication skills, self-motivated, proactive, task and idea oriented and

can quickly adapt to new technologies/processes/ methodologies.

GE Lufkin Industries – Lufkin, TX

Dec 2014 to Till Date

Project Manager

Manage a portfolio of project and program management services (analysis, execution,

delivery) for the enterprise (not just related to IT)

Ensures that investments and initiatives in project management services are aligned with

business strategy and priorities

Collaborates with business unit leaders to develop and manage project budgeting and cost

estimation, resource allocation and reallocations

Prioritizes projects based on changing functional needs, resource capacity constraints,

risk exposure and interdependencies

Monitors the delivery of business objectives and client experience for the PMO

Ensures adoption and implementation of project and program management methodology

and oversees project coaching

Communicates status of the project to all stakeholders in business units and head of

multifunctional shared services group

Work with 3rd party external service providers to harmonize project management

methodologies

Recent projects:

ERP Consolidation - Migrate 800 plus users from existing ERP system to Oracle 11i

Joined project just prior to user acceptance testing when contract project manager was

unexpectedly pulled off project

Quickly ramped up on project timeline and assumed responsibility for a multitude

of project management tasks from assisting running the testing, task

tracking, project communication, project plan maintenance and running multiple

meetings including steering meeting with executives

Project budget of $2.5M and core project team of 30 resources with extended team of

approximately 65 resources

Microsoft Dynamics Upgrade- Upgrade Solomon to Dynamics SL

Internal project manager working with 3rd party vendor on upgrade

Responsible for scope, schedule, budget, communication, change management, status

reporting and intermediary between consulting firm and internal users

Consumers Energy, Jackson, MI

April 2014 to Dec 2014

Project Manager

Communicate strategic process decisions and plans, program status, and issues and

workarounds in order to achieve alignment with the top level of the business, function, or

region

Lead internal or external programs with significant complexity and risk, providing

feedback on programs, and conducts post-project evaluations

Represent the needs of the business, function, or region on an ongoing basis to drive

process improvements

Collaborated with operational teams and business stakeholders to gather business

requirements, supporting the design of new or improved processes of significant

complexity, and understand business/customer impact.

Led efforts to utilize standard project management and quality improvement

methodologies in process improvement approaches

Lead cross-functional (local and remote) teams through the successful completion of the

software development cycle, from product conception to final delivery, utilizing an

Agile/Waterfall hybrid methodology and participated in post project evangelization.

Project meetings and status reporting. Issue, action and decision tracking in Share point

Resource management - both employees and consultants and 3rd party vendor

Vendor management. Time and cost tracking and integration point between vendor and

Sysco

Transition of applications through various SAP environments (sandbox, development,

quality) to production go live

Worked with the application team to resolve testing issues for accurate correction.

Executed test scripts, recorded problems and issues in accordance with the project's

problem and issue management plans creating a central repository for any reporting.

Participated in the release control process (when the application is transferred from the

build team to the test team) to ensure that solutions meet business requirements.

Price water Coopers (PwC) Tampa, FL

April 2013 to March 2014

Project Manager

Single point of ownership for providing Maintenance and Support for SAP & Non-SAP

applications (i.e., be responsible for correcting incidents) at different Priority and

Severity Level and will manage the progress and status of incidents

Coordinated with other Business Process teams to consolidate the sets/scenarios, leading

to better resource management and eliminated redundancies.

Facilitated checkpoint meetings/Scrums/Sprints with team's resources to communicate

deliverables, due dates and expectations throughout different testing phases.

Prepared leadership reports from SAP Solution Manager, utilizing Microsoft Excel skills

- Pivot, vLookup etc. that gave upper management and relevant stakeholders visibility.

Core ERP program is tasked with implementing a new Enterprise Resource Planning

(ERP) solution to replace SAP, JD Edwards and other applications, with Oracle

Enterprise Business Solution (EBS) software

Managed multiple projects that fell under the Boundary umbrella of applications.

Boundary applications are defined as applications that interfaced with SAP and now had

to interface with Oracle EBS

Key projects managed at client:

Offline Time Entry System - time entry system used in the field to track time and expense

that would later be uploaded to Oracle EBS

Transportation EDI - Project to re-architect the existing EDI feeds from service carriers

(FedEx, UPS etc.) from SAP to Oracle EBS

Interim Project - Project to address the interim need to communicate from SAP to Oracle

EBS and Oracle EBS to SAP due to staged rollout of countries onto EBS and the

existence of projects and WBS's on each system.

Coordinated test execution, defects resolution in SAP system/modules resulting in

meeting deliverable deadlines and release target dates.

Trained the assigned Business Process team-members/resources in using testing tools and

processes, which reduced downtime and improved SLAs.

Owens Corning, Toledo, OH

July 2012 to March 2013

SAP Project Manager

Co-ordinated and delivered all test management activities - test approach, master test

plan, test cases/scripts, artifacts, Knowledge transfer documents, on time and within budget

while meeting all quality objectives.

Coordinated setup, configuration and smoke test of vendor's hard/software for congruity.

Managed test team and resources, interacted and built working relationship with other

team leaders in the project, such as project leads, vendors and release managers.

Delivered the test project status, resolved test project issues, and ensured effective test

process improvement feedback through phone calls, emails, meetings and HPQC.

Supply Chain - Oracle transportation management (OTM) Implementation (6.1.2)

Joined project approximately half way through a 3-year implementation with a budget of

$2.1M and project team of between 5-15 resources. Previous PM and business lead had been

removed from the project along with external consultants.

Completed rollout to 17 facilities on time and budget

Currently directing team on additional functionality adoption and upgrade of system to

6.3

Clarity Project Portfolio Management (on Demand) Software - Administrator

Responsible for tool administration and implementing PMO process improvements in

conjunction with the tool

Implemented timesheet tracking in support of resource planning

Designed portfolio planning process to help clearly compare proposed projects attributes

such as cost/benefit, corporate alignment and resource requirements

Enterprise Scheduling System

Led a team mixed team of onshore and offshore developers to deliver a single enterprise

drafting system to replace six legacy applications. New application was Oracle forms based with

data integration to existing ERP systems

Project was delivered early and under budget

John Deere, Moline, IL

Oct 2011 to July 2012

SAP Project Manager

Support of the various SAP and non-SAP applications based on their current stable

versions. Also provide its support services for the future versions of applicable

applications after the stabilization phase of the respective projects.

Responsible for managing multiple teams that develop, implement, and maintain software

application systems which enable the automation of business processes. Prepared

business case. Created and executed project work plans. Identified resources needed and

assigned individual responsibilities.

Enforced project standards, minimized exposure and risk on projects, and ensured project

documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately. Tracked and reported team

hours and expenses on a weekly basis. Managed project budget.

Managed, facilitated and maintained all project related historical

documentation, project schedules and milestone due dates, resources requirements and

identifies task relationships.

Managed the project(s) to the project budget and includes actual and forecast budget

information in management reports. Responsible for managing various aspects of

the SAP infrastructure upgrade project including deployments, system migrations

and project planning.

Review, Analyze project plans, project status, and communicate to SAP project teams and

senior management. Managed the SAP BW components, which includes Info providers,

Info Cubes, DSO objects, Info objects, Multi Providers, Info sets.

Amerisource Bergen Corporation, Chester brook, PA

Aug 2010 to Sep 2011

SAP Project Manager

Manage projects from project scoping, sizing to implementing and supporting through

warranty period. Managed, facilitated and maintained all project related historical

documentation, project schedules and milestone due dates, resources requirements and

identifies task relationships.

Responsible for managing multiple teams that develop, implement, and maintain software

application systems which enable the automation of business processes. Prepared

business case. Created and executed project work plans. Identified resources needed and

assigned individual responsibilities.

Enforced project standards, minimized exposure and risk on projects, and ensured project

documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately. Tracked and reported team

hours and expenses on a weekly basis. Managed project budget.

Acts as the SAP Solution Manager Lead for Tata Consulting team in the Best

Buy SAP Scorpion project.

Responsible for the determination of global and local standardization of requirements.

Responsible for the design, configuration, and roadmap of Solution Manager project

Responsible for the design and integration of Solution Manager with HP ALM and other

third-party tool.

Responsible for training and the knowledge transfer of Solution Manager project use to

other teams.

Acts as an advisor and works closely with the Solution Architects, the PMO, and the rest

of the project teams on SAP Solution Manager roadmap and use.

Lead of SAP Solution Manager Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and

Run SAP Like a Factory (RSLF) efforts and knowledge transfer TCS CoE and its clients.

Responsible for SAP Solution Manager Company's center of excellence CoE strategy,

implementation, deployment, and services rendered.

Public Service Energy and Gas, Newark, NJ

Jan 2010 to June 2010

SAP CRM Consultant

CRM IS Utilities: Worked closely with CRM Security for security classifications/

controls on Account Plans and Opportunities

Identifying Account for Utility Service Processes

Processing Account and Business Agreement Data

Changing the Service Location

Configured Customer Data Overview

Configured business Process Move-In, Move-In/Out for Account

Configured business Process Move-In/Out for Premise

Configured Meter Reading Entry

Configured Business roles and designed authorizations in web UI to give the same

functionality of SAP CRM 6.0

Involved in the Contract Management, Service Management Process,

Disconnections/Reconnections

Batch Scheduling, Autopsies Batch Process, Gas Marketer Process in support project

Maximum Daily Quantity

Configured Utility Contracts and Quotations in the Interaction Center

Configured business process Locks and complaint processing in Interaction Center

Review all prepared test cases and involved in completed end to end testing of the

application

CRM Middleware: Downloading of Middleware objects related to Business Objects and

Condition objects.

Work closely with data management team Expertise in configuration and customization

of CRM Master Data (Products, Product catalog, Maintenance of Organizational units,

Positions and holders, Hierarchies, Pricing Conditions download etc)

Research In Motion, Waterloo

Dec 2007 – Dec 2009

SAP CRM Project Manager

Worked with Business Units (B.Us) in the U.S and England on configuration activities of

Business Process Operations and monitoring solutions alongside with the assistance

of SAP MaxAttention experts.

Managed SAP Solution Manager team with onshore and offshore resources operations

and ongoing support.

Worked with OCM team in planning and deployment of bringing awareness and adoption

of new SAPbusiness process monitoring, and change and release functionalities to the

business units (B.Us). Engaged with the B.Us business owners in ongoing

communications regarding the new SAP SolutionManager rollout functionalities.

Responsible to work with OCM teams to draft, create, and deploy an educational plan and

teaching aids for the new SAP functionalities.

Supported the technical activities of preparing educational training materials using RWD

and SolutionManager capabilities. Delivered informative presentations to business units

(B.Us) managers, business owners, employees, and other stakeholders. Delivered

educational training to end-users on new SAP functionalities.

Accountable for the creation, configuration, and administration of

Solution Manager projects for a large SAP implementation program with different and

complex SAP landscapes (N; N+1; N+2 environments) and many Go-Live dates. Worked

with CAB and emergency CAB members to ensure the change stages and approvals

related to SAP change transports.

Represented Solution Manager team in CAB meetings to ensure and notify each CAB

members of the transports management and status using SAP Solution Manager ChaRM

functionalities.

Provided training and daily support to an international SAP rollout implementation on

ChaRM/Retrofit and business process monitoring BPMon solution.

Responsible for SAP Solution Manager strategy and utilization to project teams and

production support organization.

Tracks changes to SAP Solution Manager software to maintain current configuration and

documentation.

Manually Tested inbound IDoc with T.Code we02 for shipping notification and segments

Manually tested No Charge - House order for charitable donation, Patient Assistance, etc/

Route

determination scenarios (based on carrier override at sales order entry/ No special Pricing

scenario)

Manually tested Generate Invoice-Basic Material billing through cash processing for

basic Material

St Jude Medical – Mumbai

October 2006 – Dec 2007

SAP CRM Functional Consultant

Conducted GAP Analysis to identify the functional deficits

Configured copy control settings for various transaction types and item categories.

Configured the questionnaire feature with the survey builder

Assigned the runtime framework profile, business transaction profile and component

profiles to an IC Web Client and assigned the IC Web Client profile to the responsible

organizational unit.

Configured Interaction Center (IC) Web Client settings like Transaction Launcher SAP

GUI for HTML transactions via the Internet Transaction Server (ITS) from R/3

Setup Framework ID, CIC profiles, roles, customer specific Workspaces and Action box.

Defined Conditions for Campaign Determination and Price-Determination-Relevant

Conditions

Configured setting for Marketing Plans and Campaign execution

Worked on ELM and manual upload of Contacts to Campaign Elements

Creation of Target groups and segmentation filters in Target group.

Configured Key Figure Planning in the Marketing Planner.

Configured Rebate Agreements in a Trade Promotion.

Worked on Interaction of Rebate Agreements with SAP R/3

Maintaining of Free Goods in a Trade Promotion

Rohm and Hass – Philadelphia, PA

Dec 2004 - September 2006

SAP SD Functional Consultant

Responsible for providing the 24*7 support for Rohm and Hass Business Process.

Responsible for gathering and understanding the requirements of the Customer.

Involved to resolve the issues raised by users satisfying the SLAs defined by Client.

Resolved the requests (Incidents/Service Requests) rose by users and these include the

modifications in Sales/Service transactions.

Involved to develop a small functionality in CRM is raised as Service Request (SRs).

Involving in enhancing some of the CRM standard functionality to satisfy the user

requirements in the CR document.

Handled CRM Sales, Service, Billing, Master Data, and CIC web client related business

processes.

Expertise in debugging the service process and fix the errors.

Maintain the data in Tables by entering into the tables in debugging mode.

Worked on SAP SD OTC process and support tickets.

Extensively worked on Service Billing documents that are created in CRM itself.

Good Understanding of the Incidents in the Telkom and help to solve the issues.

Knowledge and monitoring of CRM Middleware activities.

Certifications:

Certified in SAP CRM 5.0

SAP Certified Application Associate - Order Fulfillment 6.0

Trained on PMI Tools – TCS Internal Training

Certified in ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library

Qualifications

Masters in Science – Andhra University – 1996 – 98

Masters in Human Resource Management – 2004 - 06

Work Experience

Paramount Software – July 2014 – Current

Cystem Logic INC – July 2012 – June 2014

Yash Technologies – October 2011 – July 2012

TATA Consultancy Service – Dec 2007 – Oct 2011

Patni Computer System –Sep 2004 – Dec 2007

TASPARC (MPEDA, Min. of Comm., Govt. of India) – 1998 - 2004

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