Project Manager
Resume:
Summary:
- PMP® Project Management Professional, MBA - Supply Chain Management, Bachelor’s Degree in Computers.
- 12 full life-cycle end-to-end implementations, 6 roll-out implementations for SAP MM/IM & CIN Module and 2 solution developments.
- More than 11 years of experience in SAP implementations in application areas of Procure to Pay, Materials Management, Inventory Management, Materials requirement planning, Logistics Enterprise Structure and Execution.
- Experience of working as Project Manager, Project Lead, Integration Manager, Cut-over Manager, Team Lead as well as Subject Matter Expert for MM and IM capacity in projects.
- Experience of working in various industry verticals such as Pharmaceuticals, Life-sciences Chemicals, Construction (EPC), FMCG, Distribution, Retail, Real-Estate, Electrical and Wholesale & Distribution.
- Experience of working in SAP ECC 6.0 and S/4 Hana.
- Experience of Scoping and Resource Planning for various projects as pre-sales activities
- Strong integration knowledge with other SAP modules like SD, QM, FI/CO, PP, APO for planning, VIM (Open Text) etc.
- Experience of Solution development for the Pharmaceuticals and Electrical verticals in SAP R/3.
- Experience of training at the authorized Training centers for SAP as well as trainings at various client places.
Current Position:
Currently working as a Senior Consultant with Idhasoft Inc./ Katalyst Technologies.
Project Details:
1.
Project: Orora Landsberg. (September 2014 till Date)
Role: Lead MM/ 3PL Logistics (IM)/ Planning Senior Lead Consultant.
The Client is headquartered in Australia, having its distribution business for many commodity and custom Packaging products. The implementation includes standardization of various business processes across the client’s companies/ divisions and interfacing SAP with its current landscape
Roles Includes:
• Business Blueprinting and finalization of processes like Direct & In-Direct Purchases, Subcontracting, Purchase Pricing, Third Party purchases, Master Data Management & Governance, 3PL Logistics (IM) including inventory movements, stock transfers, physical inventory & cycle counting etc., Materials Requirement Planning related processes for direct and in-direct materials.
• Integration with VIM for invoice management.
• Conduct Client Workshops for process finalization
• Manage Change Requests
• Analysis and finalization of customized developments required.
• Functional Specification development
• Status reporting
• Configuration & Unit Testing
• Conversions of Purchasing Master Data objects like Open Purchase Order, Source List, PIR, Material Master, Vendor Master, cutover inventory etc.
The project includes implementation of MM, SD, FI, CO, PP, ABAP, BW, Logistics (IM), ECS, FSCM modules.
Following are the implementations during the tenure at Deloitte Consulting:
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Project: Illumina. (June 2014 - August 2014)
Role: SAP MDM Senior Lead Consultant.
The Client is headquartered in San Diego, providing flexible solutions for DNA sequencing and other life-sciences related applications. The implementation includes developing standard Global Template for various processes.
Roles Includes:
• Standardizing processes for new master data request.
• SAP Master Data Management for material master and vendor master data.
• Conduct Client Workshops for process finalization
• Manage Change Requests
• Analysis and finalization of customized developments required.
• Functional Specification development
• Status reporting
• Configuration & Unit Testing
• Conversions of data objects like material master, vendor master.
• Integration with SAP SRM for master data.
The project includes implementation of MM, SD, FI, CO, PP, ABAP, BW, Logistics (IM), ECS, FSCM, SRM, MDM modules.
3.
Project: Cytec - Spec. Chemicals/ Aero/ Industrial Materials. (June 2013 – May 2014)
Role: Source to Settle Senior Consultant.
The Client is headquartered in the USA, having its business across Specialty Chemicals, Aerospace and Industrial Materials Industries. The implementation includes standardization of various business processes across the client’s companies and interfacing SAP with its current landscape
Roles Includes:
• Business Blueprinting and finalization of procurement processes like Direct & In-Direct Purchases, Subcontracting, Purchase Pricing, Third Party purchases, resale materials purchase etc.
• Business Blueprinting and finalization of inventory management processes for 3PL plants including Physical Inventory, Cycle Counting, inventory movements, stock transfers, stock transports etc.
• Integration with APO for production planning
• Conduct Client Workshops for process finalization
• Conducted Client meetings and business blueprinting workshops for Document Management System (DMS)
• Manage Change Requests
• Analysis and finalization of customized developments required.
• Functional Specification development
• Status reporting
• Configuration & Unit Testing
• Conversions of Purchasing Master Data objects like Open Purchase Order, Source List, PIR, Quota, Contracts, cutover inventory.
The project includes implementation of MM, SD, FI, CO, PP, APO, Transportation, QM, ABAP, BIW, Logistics (IM), PS modules. Received client appreciation for my role for various business scenarios integration as well as managing their very complex subcontracting scenarios.
4.
Project: Barco - High Tech Industry. (Feb 2012 – April 2013)
Role: Procurement Subject Matter Expert & CIN (Country India Version for Indian Taxation) Lead.
This project involved implementation for high-tech industry which provides custom visual solutions to its Customers. The implementation includes standardization of various business processes across its companies.
Roles Includes:
1. Mapping Procurement Processes as per Industry Best Practices.
2. Integration with other modules for full end to end solution development
3. Integration with MRP Planning for Make to Order Materials a very complex scenario for this Client coupled with Project Systems
4. Material Stock Transport Planning etc.
The project includes implementation of MM, SD, FI, CO, PP, APO, Transportation, QM, ABAP, BIW, Logistics, PS modules.
5.
Project: S.C. Johnson Products Pvt. Ltd. (June 2010 – Sept 2011)
Role: MM, Procurement & Logistics (IM) CIN Consultant
This project involved implementation for S.C. Johnson Products Pvt. Ltd. This implementation is complex as the company is already Live in around 49 countries and challenges were faced map Indian processes and taxation with the Global template.
1. Mapping Indian Pricing Processes for Imports, Domestic including duties & taxations.
2. Logistics CIN consultant and getting Best Practices implemented for the company in Indian taxation.
3. MRP Planning of Materials for Production and Procurement
4. Material Stock transport processing
5. Materials Management
6. Inventory Movements, physical inventory, cycle counting, stock transfers, etc.
The project includes implementation of MM, IM, SD, FI, CO, PP, APO, Transportation, QM, ABAP, BIW modules.
Following are the implementations during the tenure at IBM Consulting:
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Project: Essar Projects (I) Ltd. (December 2009 – May 2010)
Role: Project Manager
This project involved implementation for Essar Project (I) Ltd. This implementation is complex as the company is handling Engineering, Procurement and Construction projects for various industries like Steel, Oil, Power, Hydro-carbons etc for which the solution design is different.
1. Since this is a re-implementation Project of the client, solutioning mainly involves getting Best Practices, change management for the company, and removing their pain areas which is much more complex than a Standard fresh SAP Implementation.
2. Project manager for a project with more than 40 consultants
3. Another responsibility at the project is to perform the role of CIN & MM Subject Matter Expert for this project and getting Best Practices implemented for the company in Indian taxation.
The project includes implementation of MM, IM, SD, FI, CO, PS, PP, QM, ABAP, BIW modules.
7.
Project: ZEE – ITZ Cash Cards (February 2009 – November 2009)
Role: Lead MM/ IM Consultant
This project includes incorporation of four companies with very diverse businesses.
1. INTREX – Main Company
2. ITZ Cash Cards – Cash Cards, Swipe Cards for Online shopping, Mobile refills, ticket booking and much more
3. TRADEX – Barter Exchange system with over 2000 registered members
4. ITIPL – Distributor for ITZ Business and also acting member of TRADEX business
Apart from the Material management & Inventory processes also configured the country India Version related processes for TAXINN.
Additional Responsibility
The project also required QM module to be implemented for few of their products, handled QM module along with my set of responsibilities for the project.
High Point:
• Interfaces: Interfaces with existing Client Systems for ONLINE backend Transactions and Reporting – Client has In-house system CVMS built to track the status and records of all the cards being activated/ used by the customer. With introduction of SAP following were the Key Interface Points built in to facilitate seamless interaction between two systems:
o Card Inventory Management & Tracking
o Payment/ Settlement to the Merchants in SAP based on the Card Utilization Report received everyday from CVMS
o Planning of Cards Inventory in SAP for self and Distributors based upon Reorder Point.
o Activation requests for the Cards captured in SAP and seamlessly integrated with CVMS
o Card Cancellation, Stolen requests captured in SAP and integrated with CVMS.
o Commission statement earned by TRADEX business to be recorded in SAP interfaced with in-house TRADEX online system.
• Merchant Settlement: It’s a process through which ITZ makes payments to the end Merchant like IRCTC based on contractual terms and Card utilization report received from CVMS. This could not be mapped as a standard MM – Contracts and payment module as Number of transactions, Amount of utilization were some of the key points on the basis of which the Commission of ITZ were decided.
Z Cycle for the whole process created with the following processes:
o Z Contracts based upon the Key terms
o Seamless interface between CVMS and SAP which runs a program in the latter based on the data received from CVMS which calculates the Commission earned and settlement amount for the day and passes related FI entries for the same.
o Extensive Use of Z-Tables wherever required to capture data to be used for their Important MIS Reporting on Commission, Discounts, Utilization Figures, Planned v/s Actuals for various periods etc.
• Reverse Inclusive Pricing Structure: Incorporation of Reverse Pricing Procedure (Tax Inclusive) for trading related activities for TRADEX business.
Responsibilities Included:
1. Lead MM/ IM Consultant for Inventory and purchasing related Activities which included:
a. Conduct Client Workshops
b. Designing the MM/ IM related Organization Structure.
c. Configuring TRADEX Related Pricing which works on Cash Component and the BARTER component of the Deal interfaced with FI to pass entries accordingly.
d. Configuring MRP Planning of Materials for Production and Procurement
e. Configuring Material Stock transport processing
f. Configuration of Materials Management, Batch Management, FIFO
g. Configuration of Procurement Processes like Purchasing, Expediting, Pricing etc.
h. Configuration of Inventory Management related processes like inventory movements, physical inventory, cycle counting etc.
i. Streamline Business Processes for Purchase & Inventory storage and its policies
2. Lead for the CIN related business processes
3. Created Project Plans for the various Project Timelines at the Initial Stages
4. Scoping for Interfaces requirements to be achieved through IDOCs or XI
5. Lead in Integration Testing Phase
6. Lead in Master Data Collection Phase.
7. Lead in Cut Over data Migration Strategy with discussions with the business for various Down Times required at the various Systems for smooth transition from legacy to SAP systems.
8.
Project: Godrej Properties Pvt. Ltd (April 2008 – January 2009)
Role: Lead MM/ IM Consultant
It is a Real Estate company where I have Lead MM/IM Team and also handled Country India Version.
High Point:
Godrej Properties is a real estate development company within the Godrej Group of businesses. At GPL, the challenge was the fact that most of their work processes are outsourced to contractors and their sub-contractors contrary to other real estate businesses. As a result, the business is able to generate excellent Revenue per head count but also needs to tightly handle, monitor and control all its contracts.
1. Running Account Bill generation from SAP for the Service Contracts created with the outsourced contractors which forms Major Backbone of the business processes.
2. Mapping of Unique Process of QRO - Quote Rate items in Service Contracts.
Achievements during the Project:
- Received IBM THANKS award for the Support provided in the Project
- Nominated for IBM Bravo award for the contribution in the Project
Responsibilities Included:
1. Lead MM Consultant for Inventory and purchasing related Activities
a. Designing the MM/ IM related Organization Structure.
b. Designing and configuring Inventory Related Processes, Batch Management, and FIFO which suits best for their project related approach of their business.
c. Configuring MRP Planning of Materials for Production and Procurement.
d. Designing and Configuration of Procurement Processes like Purchasing, Expediting, and Pricing etc.
2. Lead in Integration Testing Phase
3. Lead in Master Data Collection Phase.
4. Lead for Cut over and Data migration (Conversion).
9.
Project: Watson Pharma Pvt. Ltd (July 2007 – March 2008)
Role: Lead MM/ IM Consultant
This is a Pharmaceuticals company, where I have handled MM/ IM and Country India Version [CIN]. CIN related processes were especially very complex in this company since it had a mix of DTA and export oriented units where the processes are entirely different. I have also functionally managed a custom Z-Cycle for EOU related processes as SAP does not support EOU – Bond processes.
High Point:
1. Implementation of Country India Version – TAXINN Procedures
2. Implementation of Manufacturing Part Profile and adaptation of all MM Processes according to GMP Norms
3. EOU Bond Processes: One of the Client’s Manufacturing Unit got declared EOU Unit just days before Go Live. Standard SAP does not support Bond registers or EOU related processes required to be maintained for each EOU plant. Developed a complete custom Z-Process to handle Incoming and outgoing Excise and other duties in EOU Register. Successfully implemented the solution in the EOU Plant
Received Formal Client appreciation for the support provided to the Procurement Department and for the EOU Processes mapped which was not part of Standard SAP processes and which has also been acknowledged by IBM.
Responsibilities Included:
1. Lead MM/ IM Consultant for Inventory and Purchasing related Activities
a. Designing the MM & IM related Organization Structure.
b. Designing and configuring Inventory Related Processes, Physical Inventory, Batch Management, etc.
c. Configuring MRP Planning of Materials for Production and Procurement.
d. Designing and Configuration of Procurement Processes like Purchasing, Expediting, and Pricing etc.
2. CIN Consultant
3. Lead in Integration Testing Phase I
4. Lead in Cut Over for managing Data Migration Activities from Legacy to SAP Production Environment.
Following are the implementations/ Roll Outs during the tenure at Future Group:
10.
Project: MC & MCH Reclassification (Strategic Project) (February 2006 - June 2006)
Role: Project Lead
High Point:
• Handling a team of 12 people on the project and meeting the crunched deadline
• Handling of high volume data around 32 Lakh Articles during the implementation of the project.
Responsibilities:
Roll out project for New Merchandising Hierarchy consisting of following responsibilities:
1. Reclassification of Old Articles
2. Finalizing the New MCH Hierarchy.
3. Coordinating with various team members and departments during the various phases of the project.
4. Handling Promotions of the Articles getting reclassified at the Point of Sale so that the activity doesn’t impact Sales at the stores.
5. Coordinating Tax Maintenance Activities for Articles getting reclassified.
Have implemented IS Retail in other group companies as part of Roll-Outs as below:
11.
Roll-Out: Lootmart (December 2006 - March 2007)
Role: Lead MM/ IM Consultant
Lootmart is a pantaloon group company for the Fashion line of business.
High Point:
Assortment Planning & Merchandise Distribution Methods: This particular LOB’s major business running depended upon the merchandise being automatically planned/ pushed based on certain fixed percentages to its Stores.
Responsibilities:
• MM & IM related Customizing Settings for the New Company Code being created.
• Assortment Planning and Merchandise Distribution Process for Logistics
• Roll-Out the Business Processes laid down for the LOB to the business Users.
• Configuring MRP Planning of Materials for Sales and Procurement for the LOB.
• Handle the Cut Over Data Migration Related Activities
• Co-ordination between the IT Technical Team and the Business for various activities
• Handle various Process/Technical issues for the Business
12.
Roll-Out: Pantaloon Retail Holding (December 2006 - February 2007)
Role: Lead MM/ IM Consultant
PRH- Planet Retail holding is a group company of Pantaloon Group for Sports Line of Business. It deals with merchandise such as Sports footwear, clothes accessories.
• MM & IM related Customizing Settings for the New Company Code being created.
• Roll-Out the Business Processes laid down for the LOB to the business Users.
• Configuring MRP Planning of Materials for Sales and Procurement for the LOB.
• Handle the Cut Over Data Migration Related Activities
• Co-ordination between the IT Technical Team and the Business for various activities
• Handle various Process/Technical issues for the Business
13.
Roll Out: Home Town (July 2006 - January 2007)
Role: Lead MM/ IM Consultant
Home Town is a pantaloon group company for home décor Line of business. It is a one stop store for all merchandise required while renovating a house.
High Point:
Third Party process development.
Responsibilities:
• MM & IM related Customizing Settings for the New Company Code being created.
• Roll-Out the Business Processes laid down for the LOB to the business Users.
• Configuring MRP Planning of Materials for Sales and Procurement for the LOB.
• Handle the Cut Over Data Migration Related Activities
• Co-ordination between the IT Technical Team and the Business for various activities
• Handle various Process/Technical issues for the Business
• Sales Process Flow – For Third Party Processing
14.
Roll Out: ConvergeM (July 2006 - November 2006)
Role: MM/ IM Consultant
ConvergeM is a pantaloon group company for the communications line of business. It deals in mobile phone, mobile accessories, and recharge cards.
High Point:
Bar code enabled system: This is a very important feature for Retail industry, since all the merchandise flow for the company totally depends upon scanning the Barcodes attached on the merchandise. The project involved extensive application and support of Barcodes through SAP. Also developed a Barcode generation program, the output of the program which is text file is integrated with Third Party software to generate Barcodes to be attached to the merchandise.
Responsibilities:
• MM & IM related Customizing Settings.
• Roll-Out the Business Processes laid down for the LOB to the business Users.
• Handle the Cut Over Data Migration Related Activities
• Co-ordination between the IT Technical Team and the Business for various activities
• Handle various Process/Technical issues for the Business
• Merchandise Distribution
• Replenishment planning using reorder point strategy
15.
Roll Out: ETAM (June 2006 - September 2006)
Role: MM/ IM Consultant
ETAM - France is a pantaloon group company for the inner wear Line of Business (LOB).
High Point:
The major process integrated for the company was Consignment Process, where the standard SAP consignment process hardly fulfilled the company requirements. Developed a Z-cycle to overcome major hurdle which was Contract maintenance against the vendor for every Merchandise category and not Material wise.
Responsibilities:
• MM & IM related Customizing Settings.
• Roll-Out the Business Processes laid down for the LOB to the business Users.
• Handle the Cut Over Data Migration Related Activities
• Co-ordination between the IT Technical Team and the Business for various activities
• Handle various Process/Technical issues for the Business.
Following are the implementations during the tenure at Siemens Information Systems Ltd as Techno Functional Consultant:
16.
US Vitamins (February 2005 - April 2006)
Role: Lead technical consultant for the SD implementation at US vitamins
High Point: Development of highly complex Sales Documents Layouts and Reports
Responsibilities Included:
1. Created various Interactive Reports and Layouts using SAPscripts and Smartforms, User Exits, Module Pool Programming. Made use of various Data Migration Tools like BDC, LSMW, and CATT. Handled various Basis Activities required during various stages of the Project.
17.
Hindustan Polyamides and Fibers Limited (HPFL) (September 2005 - January 2006)
Role: SAP Lead technical Consultant.
High Point:
Developing a whole Z-Cycle for Exports-Imports Scenario (EXIM) which was very critical to the client’s business processes.
Responsibilities Included:
• Created various Interactive Reports and Layouts using SAPscripts and Smartforms, User Exits, Module Pool Programming. Made use of various Data Migration Tools like BDC, LSMW, and CATT. Handled various Basis Activities required during various stages of the Project.
• EXIM Module (Z Module): Includes Created a full Transactional Cycle for Imports/Exports Scenario.
18.
Panacea Biotech Limited (September 2004 - December 2004)
Role: Technical Consultant
Responsibilities included for the project
• Off-Site technical support for Panacea Biotech Limited implementation Project.
• Developed many objects including Interactive List Processing, Layout Designing using SAP Scripts and Smart Forms, User Exits, Use of Function Modules.
Personal Details:
Date of Birth : February 15th, 1983.
Visa Status : H1B (US Visa)
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