SAP HCM/SF

Professional Summary

Mr. Gopal has Around ** years of experience in the Human Resources functional domain. He has performed varying HR/functional roles as a domain HR Associate to SAP HCM functional lead. For the last 8+ years, he has been involved in SAP implementations and support activities for clients in varied industry segments. He has good communication/interpersonal skills, is a self-motivated quick learner and a natural team player.

Industry Experience

Manufacturing

Pharma

Services

Auto Ancillaries

Information technology

Fast moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)

Education

Supply Chain

SAP Lifecycle experience

Implementation

Technical Upgrades

Rollout

Change Management

Migration

Support

Training

Cutover & Gap Analysis

Client Interactions

HR Business Process Owners

HR Executives

Client/Project steering committee

SAP Technical team members

Offshore & Onsite coordination team members

Core Competencies

Configuration Management, Conversion Strategy, System Integration, Interfaces, Resource Planning, Business analyst & Business Process design, End User Training

SAP

SAP R/3 Versions 4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0, EHP5, EHP6 & EHP7

Methodology

ASAP, SAP Solution Manager

Modules

SAP BI, SAP HR (PA, OM, BN, TM, PY, ESS, MSS, e-Recruitment), SAP-SuccessFactors, SAP-FI – Travel Management.

HRIS

HRIS System Implementation, Organization Management, Personnel Administration, Successfactors HCM, Payroll, Talent Management, HCM Process Design, Portal, ESS/MSS, Functional Specs.

SuccessFactors HCM / Workday

Employee Central, Succession and PM/GM modules.

Tools

ABAP WebDynpro used in ESS, AdHoc Query, SAP Query, LSMW, IDOC, Visio, MS Office/Project, eCATT

Projects

Nike (Hillsboro, OR) Feb 2015– Till date

Project Gpay

SAP HR Functional Consultant (Implementation & Support)

Nike Human Resources helps attract the world’s most innovative people to the company and creates programs to help them thrive. Nike’s Global Human Resources Team includes experts in talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, employee relations, talent planning and more.

Responsibilities

Requirement gathering and analysis

Configuration and Customization

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Documentation including Business Blue Print (To-Be), Configuration Document, KDS and end user training documents

Change Management activities includes Training and developing material for new futures.

Environment

SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Modules

Successfactors Employee Central and Succession

Employee Central

Data models, RBP, Users, Visibility, Users permissions, Employee files, portlet, Proxy and position.

Succession

Succession org chart, Matrix Grid,permissions,visibility control, planning info, Nomination settings and succession setting, development plan and career paths.

Altria (Richmond, VA) May 2014– Dec-2014

SAP HR Functional Consultant

Project AMS Altria

Altria Group is the parent company of Philip Morris USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, John Middleton, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, Nu Mark and Philip Morris Capital Corporation.

Responsibilities

Requirement gathering and analysis

Configuration and Customization

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Documentation of all activities includes BPM, UAT, Functional and technical specs.

Environment

SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Modules

OM, PA and TM.

Organization Management

organizational structure encompassing Organization Units, Jobs, Position, Assignment of Cost Centers

Personal Administration

Enterprise structure, Personal Structure and Payroll Area

Info group for end-to-end personnel actions

Time Management

Work Schedule (WSR)

Absence Quota and Counting Rules

Public Holiday Calendar

CATS

Time Evaluation

IBM (MRF) (Chennai, India) Sep 2011– May 2014

Project MRF AMS

SAP HR Functional Consultant

MRF Limited is engaged in manufacturing, distribution and sale of rubber products including tires, tubes, flaps, tread rubber and conveyor belts. MRF is the largest manufacturer of tires in India. IBM was involved in implementation of SAP for HR, FI, SD, MM, QM, PP and BI.

Responsibilities

Requirement gathering and analysis

Configuration and Customization

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

EHP6 and Support Pack upgrade.

Documentation of all activities includes BPM, Functional and technical specs.

Roll-out for locations during union agreement.

Year-end activities

Environment

SAP R/3 EHP6

Modules

OM, PA,TM,TEM,PY,ESS,PD,SF & Interfaces

Organization Management

organizational structure encompassing Organization Units, Jobs, Position, Assignment of Cost Centers

Personal Administration

Enterprise structure, Personal Structure and Payroll Area

Info group for end-to-end personnel actions

Time Management

Work Schedule (WSR)

Absence Quota and Counting Rules

Public Holiday Calendar

CATS

Time Evaluation

Successfactors

EC/PM/GM

RBP,User,Visibility,Instances

Employee files

Data models

Positon, data, Workflow groups, Portlet permissions.

Performance and Goal management templates.

ESS

Content administrator

Users and Roles

Leave, Personal info, Benefits and Payslip query

Personnel Development

Career and succession planning

Performance Appraisal templates

Interfaces

XI interface for Time data

IBM (Chanel) (Chennai, India) Sep 2011– May 2014

Project Chanel AMS

SAP HR Functional Consultant

Chanel, Inc. is a leading luxury goods brand supporting three key businesses; Fashion; Watches and Fine Jewelry; Fragrance and Beauté. Chanel is Headquarted in New York. IBM was involved in implementation of SAP for HR, FI, SD and BI.

Responsibilities

Requirement gathering and analysis

Configuration and Customization

Documentation of all activities includes BPM, UAT, Functional and technical specs.

Interface with Ceridian and Kronos software.

Environment

SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Modules

OM, PA and TM.

Organization Management

organizational structure encompassing Organization Units, Jobs, Position, Assignment of Cost Centers

Personal Administration

Enterprise structure, Personal Structure and Payroll Area

Info group for end-to-end personnel actions

Time Management

Work Schedule (WSR)

Absence Quota and Counting Rules

Public Holiday Calendar

Payroll

Control Record for Payroll Accounting Areas

Period and Date modifier

Pay scale groups and levels

Off cycle Payroll

Finance (FI) and Sales & Distribution (SD) Integration

Interface

Functional design, configuration, project management, testing, training, security controls and expert knowledge in SAP Integration with third party payroll (Ceridian) and clock systems KRONOS.

IBM (SVKM) (Mumbai, India) Aug 2011– Dec 2012

Project Parivarthan

SAP HR Functional Consultant

SVKM, a leading 81 years old Trust running around 30 reputed educational institutions like NMIMS Deemed-to-be University, DJ Sanghvi College of Engineering, NM College of Commerce, Mithibai College in Mumbai.

Responsibilities

Resolution according to SLA.

Requirement gathering and analysis

Configuration and Customization

Documentation of all activities includes BPM, UAT, Functional and technical specs.

Environment

SAP R/3 EHP4

Modules

OM, PA,TM,PY and PD.

Organization Management

organizational structure encompassing Organization Units, Jobs, Position, Assignment of Cost Centers

Personal Administration

Enterprise structure, Personal Structure and Payroll Area

Info group for end-to-end personnel actions

Payroll

Control Record for Payroll Accounting Areas

Period and Date modifier

Pay scale groups and levels

Off cycle Payroll

Finance (FI) and Sales & Distribution (SD) Integration

Spectrasoft Technologies (Chennai, India)

SAP HR Functional Consultant

SpectraSoft is a leading Business Solution Specialist. Aligning IT for Business is the approach that we take - Business First - IT Next. SpectraSoft has developed into a specialist with this approach across all the 100+ customer engagements that we have been privileged to be involved in.

We have been able to meld together business knowledge and vertical expertise with SAP Business solution skills, to become the Partner of Choice of leading corporations for undertaking their business transformation projects

Responsibilities

End to End implementation of SAP HR projects

Gap analysis and Training.

Cutover strategies

Data uploads, validation and management

Following ASAP methodology in the project

Requirement gathering and analysis

Configuration and Customization

Change management for new practices among the End user.

Name of the client

Environment

Modules

Time Period

Ion Exchange Services Limited, Bangalore

SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Project Cobra

OM,PA,TM & PY

Jan 2011– Apr 2011

Nitta Gelatin India Limited, Cochin

SAP R/3 EHP4

Project NRich

OM,PA,TM,PD & PY

Jan 2010-May 2010

Orchid pharma, Apex Laboratires,Merchem, Parryware, Sabero, Hospira and Emmvee

SAP R/3 ECC 4.6 C,ECC 6.0 & EHP4

Project AMS

OM,PA,TM,PD,Travel Management & PY

Apr 2009-Dec 2009

Rusan Pharma Limited Gujarat

SAP R/3 ECC 6.0 (ERP in a Box)

Project Martina

OM,PA,TM,PD & PY

Feb 2009-Apr 2009 /Jul 2010-Sep-2010

TVS Infotech (Chennai, India)

SAP HR Functional Consultant

TVS Infotech is a part of $7 billion TVS group of companies well known for a century of Trust, Value & Service with a wide foot print in multiple domains. It provides comprehensive IT needs and offer the advantages of nimbleness, flexibility, longevity, commitment to completion and excellent support.

Responsibilities

End to End implementation of SAP HR projects

Gap analysis

Cutover strategies

Data uploads, validation and management

Following ASAP methodology in the project

Requirement gathering and analysis

Configuration and Customization

Name of the client

Environment

Modules

Time Period

Empee Sugars and Chemicals Ltd

SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Project SAP

OM,PA,TM & PY

Jul 2008-Nov 2008

Multivista Global Ltd

SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Project One

OM,PA,TM,PD & PY

Jan 2008-June 2008

HR Domain Experience Apr 2002- Nov 2007

As a domain HR consultant, handled below activities in HR

Monthly Payroll Processing for different categories with different periodicity

Handling and guiding the team for monthly for statutory and non-statutory reports

Entire set of time office activities, MIS reporting, End – to - end Personnel activities

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