Head SAP, SAP Program Manager

Chartered Accountant from India with Total experience of 29 Years – 14 years in SAP and 15 years in Business Functions.

Key Skills –

Business Understanding skills - Excellent

Leadership skills - Excellent

Project Management skills - Excellent

Relationship management skills – Excellent

Verbal and written communication – Excellent

Career Highlights:

Currently working as Associate Vice President – IT and ERP with Gujarat Gas Limited, a leading Oil and Gas Company worth 60000 Million revenue

An accomplished SAP professional with Senior Management experience in delivery of large SAP implementations with a successful track record of delivering on time and within budget

High level competency in strategic thinking and leadership with strong relationship management

Strong knowledge of Business Process and understanding of integration of technologies enables to bridge gaps between technical and business areas

Strong in building up controls and procedures especially related to Financial Control Analysis (FCA)

Design and Maintain Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) policies and procedures.

Certifications/Training:

Project Management - Prince2 Practitioner Certification

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) Foundation Certification from ITIL, TUV AG

SAP Financial Accounting Certification (TFIN50, TFIN52) from SAP A.G.

Project Management – PMP Fast Track training from PMP certified organization.

Achievements:

Leading SAP SIG - India Localization of SAP INDUS Forum to influence SAP's Product Development and quick resolution of queries raised by SAP Indian Customers.

Personal Details:

Address : C-104, Prasang Residency, B/H TGB Restaurant, PAL Road, Adajan, Surat, Gujarat, India

Date of Birth : 8th June, 1967

Languages Known : English, Gujarati, Marathi and Hindi

SAP Experience (14 Years):

Name of Organization

Period

Roles and Responsibility

Gujarat Gas Limited, India

(State owned Oil and Gas Industry,

earlier Owned by British Gas)

July 2009 till date

- Setting up SAP Center of Excellence, CoE Policy and Procedures

- Maintaining SAP Infrastructure including DR site and back up

- Strategic Planning and Budgeting

- Issue and Risk Management

- Define Department strategy to achieve Company’s Objectives

- Define Business Case, RFQ/RFP, Requirement finalization, Vendor finalization

- End to end successful SAP Projects delivery from Conceptual stage to closure

1.Merger and Acquisition of 5 Company codes in Two complex SAP Instances – 12 Months

2.SAP Fiscal year Change – from Calendar year to Financial Year – 4 Months

3.EhP Upgrade – Technical and Functional – 6 Months

4.SAP Migration Project(from overseas server to local server) - 5 Months

5.SAP ECC 6.0 with high level Quality & documentation – 18 Months

6.Customer Data Collection / Migration Project – 4 Months

SAP India Pvt. Limited, India

(SAP Consulting)

Engaged with SAP Philippines, SAP Malaysia

Feb 2007 to June 2009

Full life cycle implementation of SAP Projects:

1.Adani Energy Ltd, Ahmedabad

2.Andhra Pradesh Electricity Dist. Comp., Hyderabad

3.Infosys Ltd., Bangalore

Product Adviser, Pre-sales, Expert Consulting, Training, SAP Quality Assurance

SAP Labs India, Bangalore

Govt. Services Insurance Co, Philippines

Many land Water Services, Philippines

Manila Water Services, Philippines

Sarawak Energy, Malaysia

NTPC, Delhi, Wipro Limited, L & T

Reliance Energy Limited, India

Jan 2003 to Jan 2007

Support and Maintenance and Team Lead for end to end Projects implementation of:

1.SAP R/3 Project

2.SAP IS-U project

Non SAP Experience (15 Years):

Reliance Energy Ltd, Mumbai : Financial and Accounting, MIS, Closing Audit & Taxation

Forward Securities Limited, Mumbai : Project Financing

Mahesh C. Mathur & Co. Mumbai : Auditing and Taxation

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