Sap Manager

Hrudaynath Godghate

Seeking senior level challenging assignment in HR Technology,Consultancy, Solution Architect, Programme/Project Management,Account Manager with an organisation of repute Professional Summary

An astute professional with 20 years of experience in HR professional with Application Implementation, HR Technology strategy formulation and Project Management.

An effective communicator and motivating leader with strong coordination, organizational and analytical skills. Keen customer centric approach with zeal to attain business excellence. Core Competencies

HCM Implementation, Change Management and Transformation

Managed multiple data migration projects from legacy application to Target SAP Application for Employee master/ payroll data

Drawing project plans for managing it in complex environment. Design and create best in class Solution concept.

Managing projects in Global environment including India, USA and UK covering all phases of the project Proposals (Commercial and Technical) / Planning, Program setup, Blueprint, Realization, Go- Live and Support.

Experience on working on many presales pursuits / client presentations on Implementation, Template Rollouts and Application Maintenance Support projects in SAP domain to global clients.

Experience in various roles such as Project Manager, SME, Functional Team Leader, Lead Solution Designer.

Understanding of Onshore / Offshore model and related impacts on expenses, revenues and margins.

Formulating solution design and implementation HR strategy based on the IT Road Map

Ability to bridge the gap between Technical and Functional teams in IT / SAP HR Projects

Strong skills in Business Process Reengineering (BPR) and Process designing. Experience in post implementation functional support and process management Strong conceptual and analytical skills

Creation of RFP response documents expertise in writing and reviewing of the detailed technical responses.

HR Product demonstrations for key business stakeholders, typically HR Directors / Managers as process of presales.

Ensure all correct Architecture and Solution Plan adhere as per the standards. Career Contour

Duration: Sep 2013- Till date

TCS -London

Role : UK-Europe HR - Lead

Over all Responsibility.

Managing SAP HR-Centre of Excellence (COE).

Presales RFI and RFP for UK/Europe region.

Managing deliverables and Service delivery of the existing client on SAP-HCM cloud solution.

Contribution in SAP-HR cloud product development and enhancement.

Business development in Europe and UK.

Implemented SAP-HCM (Payroll, Time and Portal) UK’s Largest Restaurant chain.

Member of Global Roll out Team at UK’s leading retailer.

Success Factor-EC integration with on premise SAP-Payroll for leading Engineering support services Organisation.

HCM-Lead managing BAU and Projects tracks at leading Bank.

Managing Business stakeholder for large transformation program

Framing HR Road maps(Cloud, Hybrid cloud approach) in various engagements

Leading Solution Architect team in various project. Duration: June 2019- Till date

Projects: HR Transformation Program

Client: Leading Telecom of UK

Deliverables/Responsibility

Manage project business case.

Preparing RFP and ensuring that it is in line with the client Road Map.

Managing and coordinating various Agile squads from technology stream.

Vendor and Stakeholder Management.

Project Management of HR Success Factor Transformation Duration: Jan 2016-June 2019

Projects and Transformation Program

Client :Leading Bank at UK

Deliverables/Responsibility

Manage two streams for support and Project

Support existing Bank Landscape of on premise SAP Payroll, On cloud SF and support 100+ interface in upstream and downstream.

Aligning solution with the overall IT roadmaps.

Leading stream of transformation of integration and data migration for the transformation program of Work Day implementation

Managing Workday Data Migration program

Duration: April15- Jan 2016

Project Undertaken:

SF implementation: On Boarding, Recruitment, Employee Central and on premise SAP Payroll. Client :Leading Engineering support services Organisation. Deliverables/Responsibility

Plan, design and execute complex company level solution configuration

Contribute in delivery of Success factors and SAP HCM to have solution in line with the over-all architecture.

Ownership of Integration and interface solution from cloud to on premise

Formulation of Integration and Data migration strategy Duration: Mar2014- April 2015

Project Undertaken:

TCS-On Cloud SAP –HCM implementation

Client: UK’s most famous restaurant and pub brands. Deliverables/Responsibility

Plan, design and execute complex company level solution configuration..

Participate in workshop to arrive solution based on best practices.

Collaborate with IT development team to assure overall solution is suitably translated into effectual and robust implementation.

Prepare and present test plan, technical presentations, lab reports, analyst briefings plus white papers to respond to different storage solution areas.

Duration: Feb 2013- August 2013

Independent Consultant

Project Undertaken:

One-HR an SAP HR consolidation for UK and 20 countries. Client:UK’s Largest leading Bank with 1,30,000+ employees Deliverables

Providing extensive support coverage with an onsite/offshore model.

Handling data migration activities involving vendors, internal client team members team.

Formulating Testing strategy and implementing the same

Conducting integration testing and closure of the issues during the integration phase related to Data migration and Configuration

Design strategy and execution of the 200+ Interfaces in the SAP-HR instance Duration: May 2011-Jan 2013

Hexaware Technologies

Role : Senior Technical Architect

Project Undertaken:

SAP-HR UK and Payroll Implementation and Support in SaaS environment. The project mainly focused on data migration from payroll legacy application data to the target SAP payroll. Integration of People Soft employee master data to SAP Payroll data through ongoing interfaces Client: UK’s Largest leading Electrical Retailer with 20,000+ employees Deliverables

Providing extensive support coverage with an onsite/offshore model.

Drawing entire Project plan based on the IT Road map implementation

Creation of detailed process map to fit To-be in SAP HCM.

Interface Design from Peoplesoft Employee master data to the target SAP-Payroll

Coordinated Data mapping, cleansing activities and data loading using ETL

Managing data migration and mapping exercise from Peoplesoft to the target SAP-Payroll

Configuration of SAP-payroll and allied Pensions,loans and Year end functionality with local legal & statutory compliance requirements

Participate in User Acceptance Testing

Ensuring successful parallel runs of payroll for two pay periods before Go-Live Significant Achievements:

Contributed in Process rationalisation during the Blueprint stage. Successful on time within budget implementation

Smooth data migration, data cutover, Inbound /Outbound Interfaces between SAP-Payroll and People Soft-HR

Senior Consultant at Infosys Technologies-London: Duration Sep 06 – Apr 11 Project Undertaken:

Project Title: Supporting the HR instance all across globe includes PA, OM Time,Enterprise Portal

,Talent Management,LSO and Payroll UK,Namibia and Australia Client: World leader in finding, mining and extracting the world's metals and minerals (Rio Tinto) Duration: Feb’09 –Apr 11’ Role: Subject Matter Expert (SME) Deliverables:

Providing extensive support coverage with an onsite/offshore model.

Resolving all production support issues of the UK region specifically on UK-Payroll and the customized Namibia Payroll adhering to the Service Level Agreement (SLA).

Handling customization, configuration and testing for managing new changes /additional requirements and change requirement.

Conducting testing and implementing support packs released by the SAP. Project Title: Project was aimed at migrating from the People Soft SAP-HR -ERP application to SAP-HR environment.

Client: A large global Swiss specialized chemicals company which markets seeds and crop protection.

Duration: Mar08’–Jan09’ Role: Offshore Track Lead

Deliverables:

Handling conceptual designing and planning phase followed by the phase involving detailed design & implementation.

Understanding and gathering requirements from SAP configuration team to ensure that data conversions fulfils business requirements and end-to-end quality of data migration process for the legacy systems using ETL.

Managing data migration and mapping exercise from Peoplesoft to the target SAP-HR.

Providing technical and functional inputs to the team.

Key responsible for SAP HR transformation program delivery (end-to-end) Project Title: The project was aimed at SAP implementation for all modules and providing production and Support Maintenance & Enhancement for client Client:UK’s Leading Health and Care Retailer

Duration: Feb’08-Jan’09 Role: Subject Matter Expert (SME) Deliverables: Implementing smart pension scheme from the effort estimation to the post go-live support. Project Title: Application Rationalisation Exercise to design HR-Application Road map Duration: Dec’07-Mar’08 Role: Solution Expert

Client: USA’s leading Telecom giant

Deliverables:

Recommending an end-state landscape for each business process area.

Participating in as-is understanding workshops of the legacy applications and conducting workshops of the To-Be workshops which aligned with the Corporate IT strategy Road map of the SAP-HR.

Providing architectural validation of the end-state landscape.

Considering in-flight and future initiatives for business process and application changes. Project Title: Support and Maintenance comprising of all the sub modules Personnel Administration, Organizational Management Payroll and Benefits, Tax and Garnishments, Training and Time, having around 300k employees across the globe and all employees are maintained under the SAP-HR.

Duration: Sep’06-Aug 08 Role: Project Manager

Client:- Leading global telecom in the USA and service provider operating in six segments Deliverables:

All Offshore deliverables and Monitoring and ensuring timely delivery of solutions

Data mapping and Data migration of the acquired company from legacy application to SAP target system using data load tools like LSMW/ BDC

Setting Tasks and Performance measures for team members

Resource Planning and Selecting a team with required skills and competencies

Providing the Technical and functional inputs to the Offshore team members

Review and validation of the key deliverables from Offshore

Ensuring adherence to all QA measures for all the project deliverables

Adhering to all internal process of the CMM level for the project Significant Highlights at Infosys

Played pivotal role in building SAP-HCM practice at the Pune-DC(India)

Team member of the Presales and successful in winning project worth 3+ millions

Multiple roles like SME, Project-Manager, Consultant and Mentor

Appreciation by the Top Management being part of successful implementation

Delivered successful HR-IT Road map in record time which was accepted and appreciated by client Sep’05-Aug’06 ~ TATA Technologies (TTL), Pune, India Team Lead Project Title: Green Field Implementation of HR module includes PA, OM, Time, ESS, MSS and Payroll Duration: Sep 05’ Aug 06 Role: Team Lead

Client :- Large global player in the field of coated steel, steel building solutions and related building products Deliverables:

Preparing BPQ and CIT for Personnel Administration OM, time and payroll unit and development testing, Integration testing. Functional inputs for development of forms and Reports and ESS.

Performing functional unit testing and reviewing deliverable contents including business process procedures BPPS and unit test and integration test scenarios.

Translating requirements into test conditions and expected results for product, performance, and user acceptance testing.

Significant Highlights:

Implementation completion in record time

India Payroll Go live without any issues and smooth post go live support

Appreciation by the Top Management on successful on time implementation Jul’99-Aug’05 ~ GAIL (India) Ltd. New Delhi Deputy Manager (ERP-HR) Significant Highlights:

Successfully implemented web-based e-HRIS package at largest biggest work-centre.

Lead Auditor for ISO & EMS implementation in the biggest work center of the Organization

Provided value added services to the internal customer with the existing IT Infrastructure.

Rated as High Performer for consecutive 3 years

Dec’98-Jul’99 ~ Think Software and Services, Mumbai,Recruitment Executive Significant Highlights:Managed Recruitment of Software Professionals in record time. Scholastics

Masters of Management Studies in HRD form VESIMSR Mumbai, India.

B.E. in Electronics from RKNEC, Nagpur, India.

Certifications

SAP HCM certified (ECC 5.0)

EMS (ISO 9002)

Underwent training on HR-408-UK Payroll specifics at SAP, London.

SF EC certified

Personal Dossier

Nationality: British

Languages Known: English, Hindi and Marathi.

References: Would be furnished on request

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