Venkatesan Balakrishnan (Bala) * Cerrito Pl,

(Cell: 650-***-****) Redwood City, CA 94061.

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OBJECTIVE

Business Supply Chain Management Application IT Manager

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

18+ years of IT experience in Business Requirement gathering, Analysis, Design & Development, Configure Setup, Testing and Maintenance of Oracle ERP.

Deep understanding and Implementation experience on Oracle Supply Chain Modules like OSFM, WIP, MSCA, INV, CST, Quality, BOM, PO, OM,SS, Isupplier Portal, MRP, VCP/CP/ASCP, Oracle Demand Planning (ODP),Production Scheduling, Manufacturing Scheduling.

Experience in data conversion on INV, OSFM, WIP, PO, BOM, CST, ODP and MRP modules through Oracle Open Interface tables. Experience in using SQL Navigator, TODD, SQL Plus, SQL Loader and Discover Admin& User Edition.

ERP Project Management Experience - Managed Internal and Offshore team members and Successfully Completed Projects on time, on budget.

Proficient in Product Presentations & Demos and Training Material preparation. Organized Customer Advisory Meetings and interacted with Senior Management.

Advanced skills in developing, documenting and maintaining operational policies and procedure, including designing and documenting Process Flows.

Excellent written and verbal communication, strong analytical and problem solving skills, fast learning skills, project management and leadership skills.

Experience to work in a team environment with Business Users, IT Staff and various levels of management.

Hands on Experience in Configuring Oracle Application Modules and involved in Product Life cycle development process.

Experience in using Serena version control, Service Now & UniCenter Ticket Application.

Experience in Semi-Conductor industries and its Business Process. Instrumental in re-defining process in the B2B Transaction flow.

Experience in Working with IT Contract Vendors& Programmers on Production Support and new projects; Ensured Documentation and Change Control process is followed.

Experience in full life cycle implementation and provided custom solutions

Experience in Project Management and managed few implementation projects

Understand Business Requirement and translate it into Oracle Application Functionalities

Education and Certifications

BS, ME (Industrial and Operations Research), University of Madras. India

MS, Manufacturing Engineering, University of Madras, India

CPIM (Certification in production and Inventory Management by APICS),US

‘Data Base Systems and Concept’ Certification from UCSC Extension, CA, US

Working on Project Management Professional Certification PMP-PBA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA 04/2020 - Present

Supply Chain Planning PTM track – Senior Business Analyst

Gilead Sciences has upgraded from Oracle 12.1.1. to 12.2.8 version. At the same time one more Business has migrated from 12.2.5 to 12.2.8. I was involved in Plan to Make Track User Acceptance testing in Advanced Supply chain Planning, Production Scheduling Modules. I was also working with PLM group (boundary application) during the UAT and Pre-Production testing.

Some exposure in to Kinaxis and Demantra Modules during testing. Gilead went live in 2nd week of April and Now I am Supporting planning application. I was involved in implementing Oracle Manufacturing and ASCP/PS Modules.

Working on Oracle Process Manufacturing modules in creating recipes and formulas which is created through Agile

Create Production Batches with some custom enhancement features to support PS module

Work on ASCP Modules in Supply Planners Work bench and PS Modules on clinical Trial Business.

Co-ordinate with Kinaxis group which feeds supply data into ASCP and PS

Work with Demantra team for demand management.

Vaivi Solutions, Santa Clara CA 05/18 – 02/2020

Supply Chain Planning – Senior Business Analyst

Vaivi Solutions is a spinoff from JDSU and they were implementing R12 12.5.6 from 11.5.10 Oracle ERP. I was involved in implementing Oracle Manufacturing and ASCP/MRP Planning Modules. We went live in 12/19 and currently in post go live support mode. The following are the Key accomplishment in this project.

Used Configuration Snapshot to migrate and setup the application related setup for Manufacturing and Planning Products.

Implemented INV, BOM, WIP, MRP, Costing Modules and involved with users training and Testing.

All the new features in R12 12.2.6 has been demoed to the business and whatever feature they like was implemented like Lot Expiry, Material Status control etc.

Extensively used HPQC for Testing and obtained users approval before going to next cycle.

All the reporting needs including OBIEE testing reports requirement was handled and demonstrated to users.

Coherent Corporation, Santa Clara CA Dec ’16 – 05/18

Supply Chain Planning – Senior Business Analyst

Coherent acquired Rofin Corporation which is running on SAP system. Main role is to implement Oracle Manufacturing in their US & Europe Plants. Successfully converted 4 Manufacturing sites (East Granby, Plymouth, Devens and Tucson) into Oracle from their Legacy systems like ManMan and SAP. The Main role is to work with Coherent and Rofin Business and implement Oracle Manufacturing and Planning Modules. Involved in Gap Analysis, CRP, UAT and Training session and Support these Organization after go live. In addition to the above projects, I was also involved in small in-house project implementations and production support for Existing Coherent Organization. Extensively worked on ATO Model setup and Star Item creating using Sales order and Bills of Material Modules. Working on in-house MES tools (cumulus) to perform Manufacturing and Inventory transaction in Oracle. Working on ASCP and PS Modules for Europe Operation. Managing two technical resources and One Analyst

Shutterfly Inc., Redwood shores, CA 94065 Jan ’16 – Nov’16

Oracle Supply Chain Business Analyst & ASCP Consultant

R12.2.5 VCP (Value Chain Planning) Upgrade – ASCP/Collaborative Planning

R12 EBS Reimplementation-Purchasing/MRP/Costing/OM/WMS/MSCA/Inventory/BOM/Agile PLM

Upgraded VCP to R12.2.5

Configured ASCP and Collaborative Planning Modules

Implemented R12 SPWA 12.2.5.1 (Supply Plan Work Area)

Trained users on ASCP Workbench and SPWA (supply planning Work Area)

·Developed WEBADI for MRP Forecast upload and Item attribute update using XML templates.

Supported Agile PLM/Oracle EBS integration and planning percentage management

Assisted Business users with data migration validation, reporting requirements and user testing

Configured BOM with ATO, PTO Model and Option Class and Use these BOMs during Sales Orders creation process. Trained users on More4apps to update Planning percent in Bills of Material.

Good Knowledge in using Toad & SQL’s on Oracle Application tables.

CISCO, 125 W Tasman Dr, San Jose, CA 95134 (Employer - WIPRO Technologies Limited)

Oracle Supply Chain – Senior Business Architect

Feb 2015 – Dec 2015

Lead TAA application Product Enhancements and production support Government Customer orders. The Trade Agreements Act (TAA) is a requirement for US Government procurement that all products supplied on a contract valued greater than $203,000 be manufactured or substantially transformed in TAA-designated countries. To support this application as part of TAA team I am working closely with business and IT team in resolving all the TAA application related issues. For this project I mainly used OM (Oracle ERP 11i and Oracle release R12) module and TAA custom application. Understand the integration between other custom application like CCW / B2B and Order orchestration. Working on new enhancement and introduced few new features like export and email functionalities on few User Interface Reports. Work with offshore and on site developers on new projects in developing new features and other migration of codes and Users Acceptance Testing. Knowledge in using Quality Center and Kintana. Managed IT projects with onsite and offshore developers and Internal Business Users. Attended a training on Kinaxis Product to support Cisco ASCP Plan.

Seagate Corporation, Scott Valley, CA 95066 (Employer - WIPRO Technologies Limited)

Oracle Supply Chain – Senior Business Architect

April 2014 – March 2015

Reimplementation/R12 Upgrade on Supply Chain Modules and Distribution Modules. Involved in Business Requirement gathering for this upgrade and created BR100 setup document for application. Configured Inventory, WIP, BOM, CST and MRP application in R12 instances like CRP1, CRP2 and SAT instances,

Managed a team of technical off shore resource on OM related custom development work and migrated the new RICEF objects into various test instances.

Team Lead for SIT Orchestration for manufacturing product and build integrated test cases and scenarios and uploaded the same in HP Quality center. Executed OM and Costing related test cases in CRP2 and SIT. Work with Other groups like OTC and Accounting group in successful execution of integrated test cases.

Google Inc, Mountain view, CA 94043

(Employer - WIPRO Technologies Limited);

Oracle Supply Chain – Senior Business Architect

July 2013 – Jan 2014

Implementing new features and supporting customized application with deep functional and configuration knowledge in Oracle Manufacturing and Planning Modules. Gather requirements, create design documents, and perform impact analysis for application changes, Plan and organize tasks, report progress, and manage and coordinate with inhouse and offshore consultants for implementations. Provide recommendations for new features and detailing the design solution and conduct proof of concept before coding. Recommend business process improvements in supply chain Management. Specific contribution on the following projects and features

Backlog Management custom UI to display ASCP promise date and allow users to manipulate sales order planning priority and promise date so that ASCP will work on this new Demand priority.

Fiber Planning and Supply Chain Operation: Automated Inventory and BPO Release and Receipt transaction using excel input. Transactions are played in 7 different Organizations.

End Assembly Substitute and Component Substitute Modeling: Planning BOM recommendation and working of oracle constraint plan demonstrated and POC conducted.

Forecast for Planning BOM with Demand Class correctly consumes Sales Order Demand Class

Supply Chain Portal – Customization on Ez-demand Forecast, Ez-sales Order and Inventory Transaction, Record consumption, Sales Order Pick Release and Capitalization

Work in Process and MES move and completion transaction Automation for Google Glass

PO Receipt reversal (Correction Transaction) through Receiving Interface Tables

Planning BOM and Product family BOM configuration and testing for ASCP Plan use

Oracle Supply Chain –Senior Business Analyst April 10 – June 13

Bloom Energy Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Implementing and supporting Business with the deep understanding and configuration knowledge in Oracle Manufacturing Modules. Understands business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements and recommends solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals. Provide recommendations to address and resolve business issues for a specific business group. Recommend business process improvements in supply chain Management. Define and Develop and Implement Quality assurance practices and procedures. Create test plans, test cases, test scripts and performs functional testing. Instrumental in upgrading R12 12.0.3 version to 12.1.3 with in-house resources.

Gather requirements, create design documents, and perform impact analysis for application changes.

Plan and organize tasks, report progress, and manage and coordinate with consultants for implementations.

Create and maintain system documentation.

Expert production Support on Oracle Supply Chain Modules like ASCP, MRP, WIP, MSCA, INV, BOM, CST, Purchasing, Supplier Scheduling, iSupplier Portal and OM.

Implemented MSCA application for Inventory, Shipping and WIP transactions

Managed R12 upgrade projects for SCM projects and went live without major issues

Implemented new products like Supplier Scheduling, ISP and Collaborative planning. Demonstrated constraint-based planning and MSCA application

Period end closing, Physical Inventory and Cycle count setup and maintenance of the same.

Conversant with Oracle Supporting tools and individually resolve the issues without even creating an Oracle help desk ticket for most of the issues.

ERP Manager- Manufacturing July 09 – Mar 10

Sony Electronics, San Diego, CA 92127

Managing IT Consultants and Contractors for day to-day Oracle Application Production Support and individually leading few projects for its completion and go-live. Define and Develop and Implement Quality assurance practices and procedures. Involved in defining Quality Standards and worked with change control management in approval process. Work with other project management managers to ensure the software development process has an appropriate level of testing.

24/7 Support on Oracle Supply Chain Modules like MRP, WIP, INV, BOM, CST, PO and Order Management for Sony Lap-top and TV Manufacturing Plants.

Successfully Completed MRP Workbench related Custom Report to capture committed and planning purchase Receipts from approved Vendors.

Successfully completed a project on transferring QOO Engineering BOM information to Oracle Application BOM. (Ftp file transfer and Interface design)

Major involvement in reconfiguring responsibilities and user security level setup

Resolved long running ‘Calculate End Assemblies’ MRP program by suggesting changed MRP option setup to ‘Demand and Supply Schedule Items’

Managed small and medium projects and delivered with in time with in Budget

Developed Automated Test Scripts using HP Quality Center (QTP)

Exposure to HP Project and Portfolio Management Center - Change Control and Project management Application.

Sr. Application Systems Analyst Apr 08 – June 09 Finisar Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Manufacturing Team Lead for the acquisition of Optium Business and configured the setup in Existing Oracle System. Work with Business Users in understanding the new requirement and suggest IT solution. Work closely with Demand Planning Group on their Forecasting and reporting requirements. Modified Item, Product and Geography Hierarchy for Finisar Sales and Operations Forecast Demand Plans. Troubleshoot and diagnose data flow and business logic as they impact business.

Production Support for Oracle Supply Chain Modules like ASCP, MRP, ODP, WIP, INV, BOM, CST, Oracle Quality and Order Management & Purchasing.

Work with Business Users to understand the Business issue and resolve Issues.

Analyze Business Process and develop and configure new process.

Maintain Trinity Planning Data Analyzer for Item, Demand and Supply Queries

Maintain Discoverer Reports and create new reports for Demand Planning Group

Work with DBA group on new code migration and Oracle Alert resolutions

Interact with offshore business users and developers on production issues.

Managed Optium Integration projects on new design, conversion and migration

Work closely with Oracle Support on TAR Issues. Own custom codes and fix the product related issues with internal development team.

Senior Principal Consultant, Consultancy Services, Apr 07 – Mar 08

Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA 94065

Successfully Implemented Oracle Manufacturing at ‘Atheros Communications’ with Oracle OSFM, WIP, INV, BOM, CST, ASCP and Purchasing Modules. Followed AIM methodology and created documents using MD40, 50, 60, BR100. Co-ordinate with offshore Oracle development team on data conversion and migration activities. Analyzed Business process and suggested alternate ways of setting up Business process in Oracle Application to narrow Gaps. Closely worked with Demantra Implementation team to setup Chipset Planning BOM and defined Item Categories and helped them to bring the Global Demand into Oracle ASCP.

Manage a team of 3 off shore Development Resource and one Business Analyst on Oracle Manufacturing.

Data Conversion on Item, BOM, Routing and Cost through Open Interface. Used Data Loader to import Approved Supplier List, Sourcing Rule and Assignment set.

Presented a Demo on OSFM Move Transaction, Complete Transaction and Material Issue transaction with Collection Plan using Oracle Quality.

Testing and data validation during CRP1, 2, 3 and User Acceptance Test cycles.

Implementation of ASCP product with OSFM/WIP modules in 11.5.10. Customer went live with Unconstraint Plan.

Defined Model BOM for Chipset and Chips relation at Atheros Implementation in ERP instance (BOM) for Item Hierarchy for Demantra.

Trained End Users on the Implemented solution and other setup in ASCP and OSFM

Successfully Implemented Oracle Modules like Purchasing, Inventory, WIP, and Order Management for ‘Herbalife International’ Los Angles. Scope of this project is to remove third party Distributor Management custom application and implement Oracle Order Management Standard Process at their Mexico Plant. Prepare As-It-Is business document for their US operation and implement the same solution on their Global sites. Study the existing setup in different sites and implement standardized process by removing the customization and other third-party application.

Managed one consultant and completed Mexico implementation 3 months.

Mexico Operations team started using Oracle Min-Max planning

RD50 Business Requirement on OPS/Logistics

GR40 Global Requirement document has been compiled for their Global rollout

Third Party organizations, Quick Response Centers – warehouse operations, transaction processing, and shipping transactions were closely studied.

Business Application Manager Nov 05 – April 07

Marvell Semiconductors, Santa Clara, CA 95054.

Production Support for Oracle Manufacturing Modules like OSFM, WIP, INV, CST, BOM, ASCP, OM and PO. Support existing Business Systems configuration and suggest new business process on new requirements. Change control and maintenance of Functional Specification and testing scripts. Work with the Business Users on the new features of WIP, OSFM & ASCP Integration in 11.5.10. Involved in customizing OSFM and ASCP process flow and prepared a custom program on Wafer Start with the Available Wafer Lot in Sub Inventory. Instrumental in converted a Testing Floor which was using MES (Work Stream) software to Oracle OSFM application.

Manage a team of 3 Business Analysts supporting manufacturing activities at Santa Clara, Singapore and Malaysia sites.

Working with B2B Sub Cons like AMKOR, FORTRON, SPIL for WIP implementation

Develop and implement new process and functionalities on business requirement

Implementation of ASCP product with OSFM/WIP modules in 11.5.10.

Exposure in using Oracle Open Interfaces in INV, OSFM, BOM, WIP & PO Receipts

Maintain Custom Application ’Item Master Maintenance’ to create and update items, BOMs and network routings for semi-conductor business.

Project management activities on ERP Integration on their new take over companies

Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA 94065. April 99 – Oct 05

Principal Product Analyst / Senior Quality Project Lead, Senior Support Analyst

Lead ASCP Quality Assurance/Testing team with onsite and offshore engineers. Manage and execute system and certification testing projects on the new product features. Experience in writing High level Test Scenarios, scripts and executed these scripts. Instrumental in development of automated test scripts using Win Runner.

Comparison exercise on JD Edward products SNO, Production Scheduling products with Oracle ASCP & Manufacturing Scheduling Products.

Product Management team member for WIP / OSFM Product and prepared many business requirements and collaborative documents. Work closely with Inventory, Purchasing and WMS and ASCP Product team on joint development of new functionalities. Involve in Design Review and testing meetings and manage product release dates. Individual Contribution includes development of new features using OA Framework and Java technologies for OSFM Job UI and Workbench. Responsible for maintaining and updating user’s guide, Product release notes, TRM and implementation Guide on Manufacturing and ASCP Products.

Managed global testing on System and Certification testing activities.

Prepared view let demos explaining new product features for internal and external customers for self-learning.

Organized and resolved implementation issues with regular follow up involving Dial in to customer instance and teleconferencing with consultants.

Drive the design team in the new designs process and manage the projects.

Assisted Sales Team in preparing Product Feature Slides and Demos.

Team lead for Xilinx Wafer Receipt automation project through Open Interface.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Electronics Division. July 86 – July 97

Production planning manager

Instrumental in developing MRP application for Material and Production planning department needs. Work with Central Planning group on monthly production forecasting and scheduling activities. Work with Electronics assembly manufacturing and testing department based on priorities and expediting the completion. Work with engineering group and work on BOM correctness and ECO process. Work with Imports department on imported consignments and clearance activities through clearing agents. Successfully implemented many customer Orders with project management and shop floor execution skills.

Managed two manufacturing engineers and two supervisors

Work with National Laboratories for MIG welding of their Heat sinks in process improvement projects

Metrology department and Quality Assurance Department co-ordination

CNC machine tape preparation needs for turret punch and component locator

Import and Export policies familiarization for their import needs

Training new Engineers and Supervisors on shop floor execution

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