Management Oracle
Resume:
Samar Panda
PRINCE*,SSBB,ITIL
*****.*****@*****.***
At a Glance
PRINCE2 certified Project Manager with 12+ years of experience, successfully delivered large, complex ERP/Oracle projects. He has strong project leadership experience where he has lead large implementations with 15 countries go-live and relatively medium complexity projects with higher scope. He has lead local and global implementations at US, EMEA, LAC, APAC etc. His experience includes leading projects of varied complexities, developing implementation approach and working as hands on solution consultant on various EBS modules and data reporting.
Solid background in manufacturing management with emphasis in safety, quality, continuous improvement and on-time delivery. Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with a focus on strategic planning to improve areas of greatest concern and deliver results through successful implementation. Proficient in leveraging resources and leadership to implement best in class results. Experienced managing up to 200 non-union, union, exempt and non-exempt employees.
Strongly skilled and dedicated ITIL Expert with a superior work ethic and client satisfaction record. Widely and deeply knowledgeable in all aspects of ITIL management and coordination. Adept multitasked able to bring a high number of simultaneous projects to completion with accuracy and professionalism.
An ERP Certified Business Analyst for Finance and Procurement with Broad/deep business process experience: Supply Chain (Procurement-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash), Supplier Integration (Isupplier, Iprocurment), Discrete Manufacturing (ATO, PTO, CTO, BTO) and Warehouse Management System (WMS), Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Production Planning (MPS/MRP/ASCP).
He is expert in solution and designing various Integrations with 3rd party ERPs
(Like SAP, LAWSON, and Microsoft Dynamic ERP) to Oracle EBS.
He has working knowledge about various Reporting tools like Cognos, OBIEE, Tableau, Oracle Express Application (APEX) and Microsoft BI Development Studio 2008.
Having knowledge of SOX compliance and duty segregation. Proposed and developed various roles and responsibility in oracle application implementation in accordance with SOX rules. Have hands on experience on Implementing MOAC, OAC (CCG, PCG, TCG and AACG) in compliance to duty segregation and corporate IT security rules. Education, Certification, Awards and recognition Details Education
MBA ( Finance & Operations ), MKU University, Tamil Nadu, India
BE in Information Technology, Sambalpur Jyoti Bihar University, Orissa, India Certification
and
Trainings
PRIENC2 Practitioner
Six Sigma Black Belt
ITIL V3
Oracle Certified Implementation Specialist R12: Oracle Order Management
Oracle Certified Implementation Specialist R12: Oracle Purchasing
Oracle Certified Implementation Specialist R12: Oracle Inventory
Oracle Financial Certified
OCA (Advance Pl/Sql Programmer)
MCSA
Professional Experience
Role Summary
Twitter (2013 to Till Date ) – Program Lead (P2P,OTC,R2R)
Schlumberger – (2007 to 2013) – Business Solution Architect Lead
Sanmina-SCI Inc. (2003 to 2007) – Business Analyst Work Experience
Project Management
and Leadership
Leveraged functional, industry and ERP knowledge to develop value propositions, define project scope, budgets and schedules to balance business needs, budgets and risks. Estimated work effort, skills/resource requirements and developed high level as well as detailed project plans.
Solid understanding of implementation methodology. Experience with adopting and customizing methodology and tools to meet project objectives.
Strength in disciplined project execution through well-defined processes for all of the following dimensions of project management: Scope, Schedule, Resources, Financial, Status, Risks, Issues, Quality, Governance, Supplier. Defined, documented and instituted these processes to manage projects in a disciplined manner.
As practice manager and counselor, ensured professional development of staff. This includes ongoing coaching, mentoring, individual strength and development assessment, performance reviews and internal communication. Lead competency development and knowledge management efforts.
Functional and
Technical Expertise
As a solution architect and lead functional consultant performed business process reengineering, as-is/to-be modeling, functional mapping, gap analysis/resolution. Identified business drivers. Designed, configured, prototyped well thought out, robust solutions. Communicated solutions at all levels. Designed integration across systems, custom enhancements, reports, interfaces/conversions and rollout strategies.
The breadth of functional experience includes supply chain, procure to pay, Order to Cash, Sourcing and materials management (inventory and warehouse management), make-to-order or engineer-to-order manufacturing, Material requirement Planning, Master Production Schedule configuration. Good understanding of financial accounting and reporting.
The Oracle module experience includes expertise in GL, AP, AR, PO, INV, OM, WIP, BOM, ROUTING, MRP, MPS, EAM, WMS, MSCA and Human Resources (HRMS). I also have technical understanding PL/SQL, Form personalization and Workflow.
Testing environment setup - Test scripts and User Acceptance Tests (UAT). Log, view, access, monitor, follow up and close Service Requests (TARs) online - Oracle Metalink and Oracle Applications Patch Management. Designing application framework for Mergers and Acquisitions
Designing Interactive Reporting through Tableau, Oracle OBIEE console and Pivot Analysis.
This breadth as well as depth of experience enables me to lead all aspects of business and technology projects with first hand appreciation for issues and solutions as well gain respect of team members.
Projects
Release : R12
Implementation and
Post production
Support
Social Media & Data
Center
Mr. Samar working as Program Lead - EBS R12 Financial Application is responsible for
Currently managing large full life cycle Oracle EBS implementation to support procure- to-pay, Order to Cash, Clear-TO-Build and planning modules for Data Center Operations and demand management functions across Twitter POP Locations.
Leading four functional IPTs currently consisting of over 50 team members to ensure high quality work product throughout project life cycle. Defining and communicating Role : Program Lead
San Francisco, CA
implementation methodology. Developed ‘point of view’ on complex strategic issues involving purchasing, quality and receiving business processes and organizational aspects. Leading resolution of complex strategic issues across business units to build consensus.
Leveraging leadership skills and industry/product knowledge in purchasing, Order Management, revenue recognition, revenue sharing model, revenue collection, Shop Floor management, MRP / MPS to lead issue resolution at project level. Utilizing management skills and technology tools to ensure productivity in ‘virtual’ work environment with team members working out of remote sites.
Designed the 3rd party tools integration such as SFDC (Sales force Contracts to Oracle Orders upon Monetization), Teplati payment system (for Payments the Publishers), SWIFTREC Integration to Validate and manage Publisher Bank details, ServiceNow integration to Track the real time Asset Management.
Designed custom Integration between different legacy system into oracle, like workday integration for employee management, concur integration for employee expense, Mopob integration for publisher payment and niche integration for revenue sharing model.
Evaluated complex supply chain requirements for service parts including ‘supersession’ i.e. interchangeability of parts. Configuration and prototyping included parts replenishment, MRP, availability check, material determination for complex scenarios involving supersession. Led definition of organization structure. Configured inbound and outbound warehouse management processes.
Designed Custom Modules called DC Portal (Data Center portal) to mitigate Twitters unique business requirements like Consigned Inventory with Buy back options, Material Request with Approval hierarchy (Similar to Oracle Purchasing) and Ontime Schedule Job Reporting and RFIDs to Server / Rack Integrations.
Designed menu structures, security profiles as per duty segregation compliance (in adherence to OAC business Rules) and automate the MOAC. And have defined and implemented, organizational hierarchies, security profiles, security report groups, and responsibilities.
Designed corporate reporting strategy for finance and Reconciliation through tools like oracle OBIEE, Tableau and Cloud I/O.
Release : R12
Implementation and
Post production
Support
Oil & Gas Industry
Houston, TX
Schlumberger (Smith International Global Implementation) (2009 - 2011) Mr. Samar worked as Solution architect Lead and was responsible for
Lead the full life cycle implementation of Oracle EBS R12 Finance and Manufacturing modules.
Developed, modified and Executed Application Setup Documents (BR.100) for GL, AP, AR, PO, INV, WMS, MSCA, BOM, WIP, EAM, MOAC &/ OAC.
Worked on core setups, interface configurations, requirement definition, and fit/gap analysis.
Designed menu structures, security profiles as per duty segregation compliance (in adherence to OAC business Rules) and automate the MOAC. And have defined and implemented, organizational hierarchies, security profiles, security report groups, and responsibilities.
Developed, modified and Executed Test Scripts, Provided end-user support and training for financial applications.
Research, troubleshoot, and resolve issues that arise in the production system including data inconsistencies, unexpected error messages and daily close exceptions.
Ensure that any Oracle integration into other systems meets functional requirements, system compliance, interface specifications and is in direct correlation with overall IT strategy.
Successfully executed CRP1, CRP2, and UAT and provided post production support for the end users after go-live.
Provided first level support for the Finance and Manufacturing Applications, interacting daily with end users. Duties include, but are not limited to: User/responsibility maintenance
Worked on critical production issues, which includes interacting with users, Root cause analysis, Data fix and Patch Impact Analysis.
Release : R12
Implementation and
Post production
Support
Oil & Gas Industry
Houston, TX
Schlumberger (Omni Seals Implementation) (2010-2011) Mr. Samar worked as Solution architect and was responsible for
Have Implemented Finance and Inventory/Manufacturing modules.
Lead for Inventory Interfaces Transaction resolution.
Leading costing interface maintenance and improvements.
Support team members to achieve resolution of issues, requests and enhancements.
Librarian role to promote and validate the use of standards, and assure change accuracy for code corrections.
Knowledge transfer handling for documentation and expertise purpose with the Offshore Analysts.
Onsite Lead Analyst and data collector to pass and corrections and fixes with the Offshore Team.
Quality Assurance responsible for discreet manufacturing modules. Release : 11.5.10
Implementation and
Post production
Support
Oil & Gas Industry
Houston, TX
Schlumberger (Dynadrill Implementation) (2008-2010) Mr. Samar worked as Sr. Principal Consultant and was responsible for
Worked closely with external vendors in setup and functional gap analysis,
Identified required RICE components and guided the team to deliver the components.
Created inbound, outbound interfaces and conversions for PO, INV modules
Responsible for Month end closing and nightly Batch jobs.
Developed, modified and Executed Application Setup Documents (BR.100) for PO, INV,BOM, WIP
Trained Business Users and involved in documentation of user support documents
Monitor and fix errors in interfaces, research the reason for errors, fixing the issue and reprocessing data.
Gathered end-user specifications and work with Development team to deliver system customization and enhancement requests.
Worked on critical production issues, which includes interacting with users, Root cause analysis, Data fix and Patch Impact Analysis.
Gathered requirements from users/gap analysis, setup of the application and training users/developers with the use of application functionalities, worked with other functional applications lead with regards to setup/patching issues and also working with the DBA and developers to identify and address custom needs of the client.
Participate in workshops with clients in the design, configuration, and conversion of the financial management application.
Performed systems integration testing and support user acceptance testing
System Set Up for PO, INV,BOM, WIP and Designed the RMA interface to external system
Oracle Application:
11.5.10
Implementation and
Post production
Support
Oil & Gas Industry
Schlumberger (Pathfinder Implementation) (2007-2008) Mr. Samar worked as Principal Consultant and was responsible for
Involved in the full life cycle implementation of Oracle EBS Financial and Manufacturing modules.
Developed, modified and Executed Application Setup Documents (BR.100) and worked on core setups, interface configurations, requirement definition, and fit/gap analysis. Dubai, UAE
Assigned employee-user responsibilities, menu structures, security profiles
Defined and implemented, organizational hierarchies, security profiles, security report groups, and responsibilities.
Provided end-user support and training for INV, BOM, WIP and have Developed, modified and Executed Test Scripts for INV, BOM, WIP and Provided documentation tailored to company needs.
Research, troubleshoot, and resolve issues that arise in the production system including data inconsistencies, unexpected error messages and daily close exceptions.
Ensure that any Oracle integration into other systems meets functional requirements, system compliance, interface specifications and is in direct correlation with overall IT strategy.
Wrote the Test Scripts (TE.040), Setup Documents (BR.100) for INV, BOM, WIP Release : 11.5.9
Implementation and
Post production
Support
Electronic Industry
Chennai, India
Sanmina-Sci Corporation (2003 -2007)
Mr. Samar worked as Business Analysts for Oracle EBS. Responsible for setups in Account Payable, Purchasing, Inventory, Bills of Material, Costing, Order Management, Shipping and Pricing areas. He was actively Involved in..
Analysis of current business processes and definition of new processes within Oracle Application.
Business requirements mapping for PO, INV,OM, WIP Etc.
Super users training and documentation for end users training.
Discussion moderator to get agreements on scope and reachable implementation steps for Procurement and Inventory modules.
Requirements assessment Analyst.
Organization structure mapping from scratch for Inventory and Purchasing purposes.
Moderator and guide for CRP’s, UAT and go-live processes working with Purchasing and Inventory teams.
Deliverables: MD050, BR100 documentation and Workflow diagramming.
Oracle SR holder.
Agreements on customizations and scope within Oracle Standard Functionality.
Data conversion coordinator for Supplier, Locations, Organizations, Carriers and ASL.
Categories and Catalog definitions.
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