Santosh

SAP ARIBA and S/* HANA Senior Consultant

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Current Role Description

SAP Sourcing and Procure to Pay Senior Consultant – Ariba and S/4 HANA

Skill / Experience Summary

Having 14 years of accomplished experience in consulting, designing and leading SAP Ariba, SAP S/4 HANA, SRM, SLC and MM highly integrated projects for multiple industry verticals including Manufacturing, Banking, Pharmaceutical, Retail & Aeronautical.

Worked on 8 Implementations projects - covering various facets of SAP Pre-implementation, Implementation and post implementation activates.

Have good experience as a business representative to handle SAP Ariba and S/4 HANA business transformation projects

Having Global Project Experience, worked on Onshore – Offshore Models, Rich and varied experience of working for Singapore, US clients, UK clients, Europe (France, England, Italy & Iberia) clients and Asia Pacific clients (Australia, China, & India).

Certified as SAP Solution Consultant–Procurement & Catalog content Management with SAP from SAP AG Germany.

Certified as Participant in SAP Business Workflow with SAP from SAP AG.

Worked at client places – Singapore, UK, USA, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai

Received Achiever Award from client Johnson and Johnson Consumer, UK for MM Solution Implementation.

With an Experience in SAP Ariba, S/4 HANA, CLM/Sourcing, SLC, and Material Management have exposure to other modules like Interface, Workflow & Financial Accounting.

Worked as Managing Partner in reputed Textile firm “SS Textiles”, India (2001 – 2003), responsible for Managing -Manufacturing, deliverables, distribution and purchasing process.

Technology Experience

Over 15 years of SAP experience with all project stages including Project scoping, requirements definition, business Transformation, gap analysis, business process designing, issue resolution, configuration, custom code specifications, training, Cutover planning and execution, go-live assistance, Rollouts, Up gradation and post implementation support.

Software

SAP ARIBA, S/4 HANA 1809, SAP R/3 4.6c- ECC6.0., SAP eSourcing / CLM

Tools

Mercury Test Director, Mercury Quality Center, Documentum, Solution Manager, win shuttle Uploading tool, Remedy Action Request System

Domain Experience

Manufacturing sector, Banking, Service industries

Management Experience

Expertise Knowledge & Experience with Requirement Analysis, Process definition, Solution Design, Training Teams, Maintaining Knowledge Repositories, timeline determination, staffing plans.

Business Development

Resource Planning, building project portfolio, Creating Solution Demos & Best Practices for various clients in SAP practice.

Education Summary

Degree and Date

Institute

Major and Specialization

M Tech (2005)

(1st Rank VTU)

PESCE, Mandya

Computer Integrated Manufacturing

BE (2001)

Siddaganga Institute of Technology Tumkur

Industrial Engineering and Management

Training (certification) / Continuing Education Summary

Program or Course

Coverage

Dates

SAP Procurement /Catalog from SIEMENS, Chennai, India

Solution, Configurations of SRM Procurement & Catalog Content Mgmt. With My SAP SRM 2005

Aug 2007

SAP Workflow from SAP Bangalore, India

Build SAP Business workflow, usage, Reporting, Web Scenario with-SAP Business Workflow, workflow enhancements

Nov 2007

SAP Functional and Technical skills

Involved in Many SAP S/4 HANA, Ariba implementation and Upgrade projects at all different phases.

Experience in Business discussion, requirment workshops,Scoping with Business design documentation, Realisation, Testing, Training, cutover planning and go live activities

Technical /Functional SAP Ariba,S/4 HANA projects analysis, planning and execution

Represent Business for scoping Sourcing and Procure to Pay process, requirment finalisation and execution with 3rd party /Product licenser

Customization experience in various areas of SAP Ariba Upstream & Downstream Process, Ariba Network, Ariba Catalog, S/4 HANA modules.

Integration ( Master and Transaction data) configuration between ARIBA, S/4 HANA

Integration setup between SAP Ariba to SAP S/4 HANA and other ERP system using CIG and Native connection etc

SAP Ariba upstream and downstream,Ariba Network, S/4 HANA, Reference Data workbook preparation, Workflow development, interface developments, Lagacy transaction data upload,Testing, Training, Cutover activities

Supporting business for the post implementation of Ariba,S/4 HANA functionalities.

Expertise in Solution Manager.

Gap Analysis and resolution.

User Training Manual (buisiness process procedures), Test Script Preparation and Training

Scoping and execution of Migration activities

Experience in Various tools - Mercury Test Director, Mercury Quality Center, Documentum, Solution Manager, Remedy Action Request System

Competency:

Experience Profile – Key Projects

Project #1

Client

Orica Limited - Singapore

Period

Oct 2017 – Till Date

Role

Solution Architect - SAP ARIBA, S/4 HANA ( Sourcing and Procure to Pay )

Scope of the project

Global Implementation and Business Transformation Project

Responsibilities

Early involvement and scoping Ariba and S/4 HANA functionality (Procurement, Catalog, Source to contract and, Supplier collaboration Business process)

Workshops with Business stakeholders for presenting the global template functionality and record the gaps

Finalization of Business rule for standardization and add value of best practice

Prepare Business process design documentation

Supplier onboarding in Ariba Network (planning activities, finalization of Potential suppliers, execution of onboarding in waves with assistance of business representatives and Ariba regional onboarding team)

Build Business Process flow diagrams, process steps, assign task executables and Job assignment in solution manager

Integration between Ariba and SAP S/4 HANA (Using Native and CIG platforms)

Impact evaluation & approval of Custom enhancement demands.

Realization phase – Configure Ariba, S/4 HANA with Fiori Apps

Test execution (Planning and execution of Unit, Integration and User acceptance testing)

Cutover and data migration activities – Finalization of Manual configuration requirement & Data objects in cutover scope, working with data team to finalize data sheets, Perform pre and post cutover activities

Hyper care and Go live support

Project #2

Client

Glaxosmithkline (GSK)

Period

July 2015 – Sep 2017

Role

Business Analyst - SAP MM, SAP ARIBA

Scope of the project

Roll out Functionality to India, Bangladesh & SriLanka Entities

Responsibilities

Scoping

Workshops for presenting the global template functionality and record the gaps

Detail design documentation (including local config, Business change and impact )

Integration between Ariba and SAP ECC

Initial Training for Super users

Realization

Testing

Cutover and data migration activities

Hyper care and Go live support

Project #3

Client

TARGET Corporation, Canada

Period

Dec 2014 – May 2015

Role

SAP Ariba and ECC Senior Consultant

Module Worked on

SAP ECC 6.0, ARIBA downstream /Upstream, Ariba network, Ariba catalog

Scope of the project

Implementation of indirect procurement process using SAP ECC and ARIBA

Responsibilities

Involved in Ariba network and SAP ECC integration using Ariba integration tool kit.

Coordination between Business stakeholder and service provider

Ariba Buyer, SAP PI, Ariba tool kit and ECC configuration and testing

Monitoring the key deliverables

Project #4

Client

Emirates Télécommunications corporation, Abu Dhabi UAE

Period

Sep 2012 – Aug 2014

Role

SAP Senior Consultant

Module Worked on

SAP Source to contract (Supplier Relationship and Contract Life cycle Management)

Scope of the project

Global Implementation for 18 countries

Responsibilities

Business AS IS process, Requirement Gathering, to be process discussion – Workshops and Scoping.

Process and Solution Validation sessions with stake holders

Blue print Documentation, Business reviews, IT review, Product design review, Sign off

Realization activities – Enterprise setting, integration with SAP Contract life cycle Management, SAP SRM and other non-SAP system, workbook preparation and import, configuration, custom interface development, scripting, workflow development, Integrating SAP systems with Enterprise portal, building security profile and access

Developed Custom interface to Integrate SAP to Non-SAP systems like Oracle, Sun.

Developed custom report to analyze the complete contract life cycle (Involved stake holder departments, time taken to complete the milestone, SLA, current contract status etc.

Custom Mail notification

Approval rule and process setup

Workflow developments to build shopping cart and tender document approval process.

Integration developments with non-SAP Legacy system to migrate the master data and transaction data

Core team member and End user training and testing activities

Unit and multiple round of System integration testing (SIT0 and SIT1) to verify the complete end to end business process activities of respective operating company

Uploaded active contracts and Master data (Material, suppliers and Product categories as part of cutover activity

Supplier on boarding and training

Project#5

Client

TARGET Corporation, USA

Period

Aug 2011 – Sep 17th 2012

Role

Ariba and MM Senior Consultant

Module Worked on

SAP ECC 6.0, ARIBA Procurement, Ariba network, Ariba catalog

Scope of the project

Implementation of complete indirect procurement using SAP ECC and ARIBA Component project

Responsibilities

Business requirement discussion (Workshops), Scoping, Preparing Business design Document with respect to Global blue printing.

Process and Solution Validation sessions with stake holders

Local Blue printing Phase – Documentation, Business reviews, IT review, Product design review, Sign off

Preparing Configuration Matrix with configuration list & Data, Configurations (base line and Final)

Ariba configuration, Reference data workbook preparation and upload, defining site rules, templates, conditions, approval process configuration, notification mail template modification

Ariba Network Buyer configurations (Company profile, Transaction rules, Business end points, Notifications, payment profile etc.)

Ariba contract authoring clause library and template setup

User groups, role and access setup as per business requirement

Ariba master and transaction data integration with ECC system, Custom developments in integration and field mapping

Configuration and Enhancements in MM Module (including Interface with Legacy and SAP Systems)

Functional unit testing, accordance to the business requirements agreed.

Involved in preparing the Project process documents viz Configuration, BPP,Functional test process

Integrating ARIBA BUY, Supplier network, Ariba discovery and ARIBA Catlog

Integrating HR data from People soft system to SAP System

Supplier registration using the Ariba system

Testing – Integration testing, User acceptance and Regression testing preparation.

Importing legacy contracts in Ariba system

Preparation for Cutover – Conversion design and Documentation

Project #6

Client

Hewlett-Packard

Period

Jan 2011 – July 2011

Role

SAP Material Management Consultant

Scope of the project

Russia - Implementation

Responsibilities

Requirement gathering and Local blueprint documentation

Realization activities (Base line and Final configuration)

Enhancements

Testing

Cutover Activities

Project #7

Client

Abu Dhabi Tourism, UAE (SAP-GD)

Period

June 2010 – Nov 2010

Role

SAP Supplier Relationship and Material Management Consultant

Module Worked on

SAP MM ECC 6.0,SRM 7.0

Scope of the project

Implementation

Responsibilities

Business requirement discussion (Workshops), Scoping respect to Base line template process.

Design phase – documentation,Business reviews, IT review,Product design review, Sign off

Construction Phase –Configurations,Organisation setup and Replication, enhancements (including Interface with 3rd party tolls and Workflow setups), Unit testing accordance to the business requirements agreed.

Testing – Integration testing, User acceptance and Regression testing

Project #8

Client

C.KrishnaihCetty&Sons, Bangalore (SAP-GD)

Period

May 2010- June 2010

Role

SAP MM consultant

Module Worked on

SAP MM ECC 6.0 EHP4

Scope of the project

Implementation

Responsibilities

MM Configuration as per BBP (Purchasing documents, pricing, output, release strategy, Inventory management) and performing Testing

Providing on Functional Walkthrough for the Development team

Supporting Development team for REICF objects like forms, Reports and Performing Testing’s with Client

Project #9

Client

SAP Labs, India (SAP-GD)

Period

May 2010

Role

Functional Validation consultant

Module Worked on

SAP MM ECC 6.0 EHP4

Scope of the project

SAP Functional validation on new functionality (Rebate)

Company

Capgemini pvt ltd

Responsibilities

Validation of the new functionality built by Vestex (Bolton to SAP R/3) on Rebates settlements.

Execution of test Cases for new functionality.

Proposing changes for the functionality and design

Project #10

Client

Lamprel, Dubai (SAP-GD)

Period

April 2010

Role

SRM and MM Consultant

Module Worked on

SAP MM ECC 6.0 EHP4,SRM 7.0

Scope of the project

SAP Product Demo in Client place ( Dubai )

Company

Capgemini pvt ltd

Responsibilities

Involved in the presale activity with SAP MENA – Dubai team to prepare and present the SAP Product demo at client place

Preparation of storyboard as per client over view business requirement provided.

Preparation of presentation documents, System walk through recordings, and required setups.

Project #11

Client

ITC, India (SAP-GD)

Period

April 2010

Role

SAP MM Consultant

Module Worked on

SAP MM ECC 5.0 –ECC 6.0 EHP4

Scope of the project

SAP Upgrade demo

Company

Capgemini pvt ltd

Responsibilities

Presented the session on Delta functionality from ECC 5.0 – ECC 6.0 EHP4 .

Run Workshop on the fitment of Delta functionality for existing functionality.

Project #12

Project Name

Shape the Future (TCS)

Period

Oct 2008 To Jan 2009

Client

Johnson & Johnson Consumer, UK Jan 2009

Role

Team Lead – MM Consultant, United Kingdom

Scope of the project

Implementation (ITALY –Release 2B)

Company

Tata consultancy Ltd

Project Name

Shape the Future

Period

Feb 2009 – May 2009

Client

Johnson & Johnson Consumer

Role

Team Lead – MM Consultant, United Kingdom

Scope of the project

Implementation (Iberia –Release 2C)

Project Name

Shape the Future

Period

Jan 2009 – Feb 2010

Client

Johnson & Johnson Consumer, United Kingdom

Role

Team Lead, United Kingdom

Module Worked on

SAP MM

Scope of the project

Post Implementation (Europe)

Company

Tata consultancy ltd

Responsibilities

Attending workshops with business to finalize the requirement, process and preparing the FIT-GAP docs ref to the Base line template.

Setting up the MM and WM org structure.

Purchasing and Inventory Document setups

Release Strategy for Internal and External Documents (including workflow approval configuration)

Pricing procedures, output determination

Invoices: Tax codes, Gross and net postings, Invoice reduction, unplanned delivery costs, exchange rate difference treatment Automatic settlements, Vendor specific tolerances.

Worked on Data migration activity using LSMW for the Master data upload.

Developed an interface with Logistic service providers ( DHL system )

Extensively worked on creating Functional Designs on the REICF objects for the ABAP Development to bridge the GAP between SAP Standard & Business Requirement.

Involved in development of test scenarios/test cases and resolved issues at unit testing and Functional Acceptance test.

Prepared training documentation for various functionalities and end user training.

Analyzing the errors, researching for root cause of errors, providing corrective solutions, and suggesting for preventing actions to avoid recurrence.

Establishing & monitoring the processes for Change Management and Quality Management.

Providing technical solution for the issues which arise in SAP MM, WM,Workflow modules

Worked as Onsite coordinator at client place

Providing Value addition to existing system design and business process.

Automation of test script executions, to reduce the Test time drastically, by integrating SAP with testing tools like QC and Hp –QTP.

Project #13

Project Name

Global Business Integration Project (TCS)

Period

May 2006 – May 2007 & Oct 2007- Sep 2008

Client

Eli Lilly and Company, USA

Role

Team Member and onsite coordinator ( USA)

Module Worked on

SAP MM (4.6C,ECC 6.0), SRM 5.0

Scope of the project

Post Implementation support, Technical upgrade

Company

Tata consultancy ltd

Responsibilities

Establishing & monitoring the processes for Issue Management, Change Management and Quality Management.

Managing the knowledge, process, and configuration.

Providing strategic and tactical direction.

Providing technical solution for the issues which arise in SAP MM and SRM modules

Determining the resource requirements and hiring the required resources for the project.

Conducted Internal Knowledge sharing session on SAP – MM, SRM Modules to build the competency of Internal team Members.

Worked as onsite coordinator at client place (US – Indianapolis).

Project #14

Client

Subhiksha Retail Private Ltd (TCS)

Period

Jun 2007 – Sep 2007

Role

Team Member

Module Worked on

SAP MM

Scope of the project

End to end Implementation

Company

Tata consultancy ltd

Responsibilities

Involved in Gap analysis and discussion with Client to overcome the situation.

Requirement gathering and business process analysis

Configuration and customizing the system as per Business requirements.

Interface the Data from retail system (3G) to SAP.

Data Migration – by using LSMW, BDC and WINSHUTLLE system

Project #15

Company

SS Textiles

Period

Mar 2001 to Feb 2003

Responsibility

Provide functional leadership in Procurement Process & ensure Proper Service Levels are achieved while implementing Cost effective processes

Managing the deliverable

Assess the performance of vendors based on various criterions such as; percentage for rejections, quality improvement rate, timely delivery, credit terms etc.

Assisted Vendors for better material planning and material availability & involved in identifying the bottleneck areas, which would affect the production of finished goods, to reduce the production cycle time and to attain high yield

Employment Summary

Dates

Organization

Role

Nov 2017 – Till Date

ICON Consulting Group, Singapore

SAP ARIBA Solution Architect

June 2015-Nov 2017

HCL Technologies

Project Manager

Dec 2014 -Jun 2015

TARGET Corporation

Business Integrator

Sep 2012-Aug 2014

ISYX Technologies- EMKE Group, UAE

SAP CLM Senior Consultant

Feb 2010- Sep 2012

Capgemini Consulting India pvt ltd

SAP Senior Consultant – SRM, MM, Ariba and Sourcing

May 2006-Feb 2010

TATA Consultancy Services Limited

SAP Functional Consultant – Material Management & Supplier Relationship Management

Mar 2001 – Feb 2003

S S Textiles

Procurement Manager

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