Durga Rao N

Hyderabad, India . (M)+91-939******* . Email: adi31a@r.postjobfree.com; linkedin.com/in/rao-nippuleti-61706318

Education

Qualifications: B.Sc.(Chemistry) From Andhra University

PG Diploma in Logistics and SCM from NISIET, Hyderabad

MBA -Vinayaka Missions University

Languages: Telugu & English-Fluent

Hindi, Tamil and Kannada-Working Knowledge

Professional experience

Profile Extensively worked in USA at multiple projectsand also briefly at Africa, Accomplished and Dynamic Techno-Management Supply Chain Professional with Expertise gained thru 30 years of Professional career. into Manufacturing, Procurement and Logistics roles Experience spans end to end Value chain of FMCG, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals business in domain And Technology consulting, Leadership roles .Successfully performed Multiple Management roles in IT Functional Management . Led teams from diverse cultural and language backgrounds. Understands how technology could be aligned with the direction of the business, and is able to look at technology from the customer perspective to work for the business.

Key Skills Business Leadership and JD Edwards ERP IT Functional Supply chain areas covering Project Management, Business Delivery, Business Processes improvement with sound domain knowledge on

Order Management, Procurement, Inventory, Pricing and Transport Management.

Proven acumen in collaborating with cross-functional teams including stakeholders, Customers & end user’s teams, Development Teams (On-site/Offshore teams, Contractor/Sub-Contractors and Vendor & Third-Party members)

Involved in JD Edwards implementation for India, Africa, Dubai and USA providing training to the team members in Supply Chain functional areas.

Career History

USA Onsite Projects March 2013 – August 2018

With KPIT- Leading IT services provider As Senior Manager

Weatherford–Houston, USA - Weatherford is well known Oil Exploration Organization

Project Details

Duration: May – August 2018

Project: X Dock

Role: Principal OTC Functional Consultant

Environment: Platform: JD Edwards Enterprise One v9.0

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Consolidation of shipments from various sourcing points to Destination point in Other countries. Worked with 3P Logistic providers (DB Schenker),SOA integration teams and Client Functional BA’s to have data sync between Weatherford and 3rd party systems on Shipment receipts, acceptance and consolidation.

Hill-Rom –Indiana, USA- Medical devices /Hospital Beds Manufacturing company

Project Details

Duration: Mar – April 2018

Project: Knowledge Transition

Role: Transition Functional Manager

Environment: Platform: JD Edwards Enterprise One v9.0

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Worked with Onsite Client BA’s from Functional perspective of Sales and Distribution, Configurator, Advance Pricing. Procurement and Inventory areas.

Transitioned the mentioned functional areas to Offshore folks on time.

Thermofisher Scientific –California, USA - A fortune 500 company Specialized in Life sciences and Lab Equipments

Project Details

Duration: Aug2017 – Feb-2018

Project: Lightening-I (B2B Ordering/EDI Interfaces)

Role: Principal OTC Functional Consultant / Coordinator

Environment: Platform: JD Edwards Enterprise One v9.0

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Configuration of EDI interfaces for PO Acknowledgement, ASN and Invoicing

Confidential Project, Co-ordination with Comergent E Commerce, Ariba, Liasion and Oracle Fusion Middleware Teams to track order processing on B2B model. Configurator Led Configuration of EDI, Scheduling jobs and Co-ordinated with European, Singapore Order processing teams

Praxair USA / CANADA- A Fortune 500 company Manufactures, distributes Industrial and Medical gases

Project Details

Duration: February 2017 – July2017

Project: Roll Outs

Role: Principal Functional Consultant / Coordinator

Environment: Platform: JD Edwards Enterprise One v9.0

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Coordination with Business and conversion teams.

Identifying gaps in Legacy systems and necessary approach for data sync with JDE.

Study business applications to understand the Customization implemented based on the inputs given by the client and also through self analysis,Documenting Customization in the form of User Manual

Scope of the project includes JD Edwards Sales & Distribution.

Monitored testing teams of end to end OTC areas

Cardinal Health Care –Columbus,Ohio- Leading Health care provider

Project Details

Duration: September 2016 – January 2017

Project: Support of Cordys

Role: Onsite / Offshore coordinator

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Defining and setting up the processes and Methodologies for IT functioning

FDA controlled environment, Document validation and control is more thrust and rigorously seen area.

Supporting Customized JDE applications with Interfaces of Manugistics for planning,

DSI-Tran collector for Inventory. Standard process of Purchase, AR /AP and GL.

Deloitte-Top class consulting firm Clients –Calumet Specialty, Indianapolis & Birch Box, Manhattan

Project Details

Duration: Apr 2013 – June 2016

Project: Implementation / Reengineering

Role: Distribution Lead Functional Consultant / Coordinator

Environment: Platform: JD Edwards Enterprise One v9.0/9.1

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Conduct Business process analysis workshops, requirements determination, mapping, GAP analysis, configuration, work around, testing, user training, documentation, go-live, post production support and enhancements in the areas of Order to Cash- Configured various type of Ordering Process-Regular / Inter branch / Inter Company / RMA / Credit / Sample Orders, EDI-Order Acknowledge, Inventory transactions and Invoicing. Inventory- Defined commitment process, Cycle counts and time to time solving Integration related, Transportation, Carrier / Vehicle/ Route / Rate / Shipment setups and support, Advance pricing- defining complex groups, Schedules, Adjustment Names, Free goods, Rebates, Discounts etc, Work Order Processing, Order to Cash integration with Finance- AR AP GL,Procure to Pay-Configuring Approval process, Receipt routing and Project based Purchasing .

User Training, Prepared Testing plan, scripts and schedules for UAT, Integration testing.

Provided Post Live support, Reengineering and enhancements which including writing Functional specifications, technical specifications, configuration changes, testing and system documentation. Assisted Technical consultants in understanding project requirements and assisted them in defining new functionality and Business Function changes.

Inventory Stabilization, Work order process design and SOW preparation for further implementation design.

Scope of the project includes JD Edwards Sales & Distribution, Manufacturing,Inventory and Finance.

IBM GBS Clients- Saralee- Chicago and J&J-New Jersey

Project Details

Duration: Mar 2009 – March 2013

Project: Depuy Synthesis / Supporting Applications

Role: Onsite / Offshore coordinator

Environment: JD Edwards Xe, World A7.3

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Defining and setting up the processes and Methodologies for IT functioning

Created functional specification documents in consultation with business towards data pushing from JDE Via web methods to Siperion systems.

Understanding other interfaces requirements, creating test scripts, testing etc

Scope of modules include Order To Cash,Procure To Pay, Procurement,Inventory,Pricing

Satyam Computers –BP/Castrol- India &Dubai, Align Technology-USA, Lafarge-Nigeria.

Project Details

Duration: Dec 2006 – March 2009

Role: Project Lead

Environment: JD Edwards World A7.3, V8.1, XE

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Defining and setting up the processes and Methodologies for IT functioning

Supported Indian and UAE operations which included adherence to SLA.

Prepared functional specs for new and customized reports, and testing of reports in QA environment

Scope of modules included O2C,P2P,Inventory,pricing,Manufacturing and finance.

Accel frontline Client-HPCL,India- HPCL is fortune 500 and Asia’s largest JDE implementation

Project Details

Duration: March 2005 – March 2006

Project: Parivarthan

Role: Functional Consultant

Environment: JD Edwards XE

Project Scope & Responsibilities

It was Roll out across all India Locations

Handled Rollouts, Trained the users and Post Live support

Entire suite of JDE applications implemented.

Supported OTC, Pricing, Procurement, Inventory and Transportation modules

DOMAIN EXPERTISE

Green Asia Impex Pvt Ltd- Leading Spices Imports and Exports company at Guntur, AP since Oct ’19.

Role: DIRECTOR.

It is promoted by Group of NRI’s and responsible for operations- Processing of Red Chili, Cumin, Procurement, Coordination with Shipping Liners and Overall supply chain and administrative functionalities .

Gulf Oil Corporation- Leading Chemical Manufacturing co.,

Duration Apr-Oct 2006

Role Logistics Manager

Sector Pharmaceuticals.

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Headed Purchase & logistics departments. Responsible for Inbound and outbound Material flows, preparing production schedules in align with production team, RM/PM planning with procurement and stores team to have lean inventory systems for different Pharma stream molecules. Wastage Control. Item Cost estimates etc. for different Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients range.

Reckitt Benckiser India Ltd- Fortune 500 UK Multinational FMCG.

Duration 1990-2004 ( 14 Years)

Role Procurement Supervisor, Tehcno-Commercial Supervisor, Manufacturing Supervisor.

Sector FMCG, Chemicals

Locations Hosur, Hyderabad, Gurgaon. Across India.

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Led and monitored manufacturing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API’s)-Triclosan, Ibuprofen, Sucralfate, Para Choro Meta Xylenol, Aroma Chemicals, Food Chemicals and it’s yields, quality systems and safety.

Led the commercial matters on contract Manufacturing-Conversion, P to P basis

Vendor Development and Strategic procurement of Raw and Packaging Materials

Implementing cGMP practices

Involved in Green Filed projects setting up in Himachal, J&K states

TRAINING: Trained on following and certificates awarded on ERP Oracle JD Edwards Modules

1.Warehouse Management 2. General Accounting

3.Organization and Chart of accounts Setup 4. Fixed Assets Accounting

5.Transport Management 6. Inventory Management

7.Procurement for SCM

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