Aravinda Sreenivas

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Management Consultant with Post Graduation in Business management & Certification in SAP Finance having total 21 years of experience. Cross industry experience with global clients in managing full SAP implementation & support lifecycle in executing transformation initiatives & optimizing business platforms in Retail, Media, Industrial, Distribution, Oil and Manufacturing Industry. Business knowledge proficiency in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Taxation helps in architecting solution across the key business process. Proven ability to work with minimal supervision, within project timelines and budget requirements

Skill Set

ERP:

Procurement: SAP Material Management: SAP Supplier Management, Strategic Sourcing, Service Procurement, Inventory Management, Order Fulfilment, Consumption Based Planned, Material Requirement Planning. Special Procurement. Invoice Verification

Finance: SAP Financial Accounting, Taxation, Payables & Receivables and Asset Accounting

Sales & Distribution: Contract & Sales Order Management, Availability Check, Revenue Recognition, Back Order Fulfilment, Delivery Process, Shipment & Transportation.

Concur Integration – Travel & Expenses Financial Posting, Master Data Integration

Education:

Post-Graduation in Business Management – 2008 ICFAI – Tripura, India

Bachelor’s in Commerce - 1998, Kuvempu University (ATNCC, Shimoga), India

Training (Certification) / Continuing Education Summary

APICS-CPIM

Participated to enhance skill on Inventory Management with APICS.

Nov 2019

mySAP Financials ERP 2005 from SIEMENS, Bangalore

Solution, Configurations of Financial Accounting, Asset Accounting, New GL

Jan 2009

SAP Workflow from SAP

Bangalore, India

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

Nov 2007

Leadership Foundation

Qualities of Leadership

July 2008

Professional Experience

Sep 2010 - to date Managing Consultant IBM India Pvt Ltd, USA

Represent IBM values in all our client engagement. Focused on recommending and applying solution.

Facilitate design, configuration workshops to capture business requirements & development of the future state design along provide configuration guidance. Support technical integration design workshops with client technical teams for interface development

Manage the project progress, collaborate with business stakeholders to draw depth of program insight with valid business cases & added business capabilities to manage sustainable changes allowing the impact to client management felt for long time.

Document project deliverables such as process design, integration functional specifications and data mapping requirements, configuration rationale, testing plans, testing scripts, and training documents

Drive smooth transition and provide roadmap for adoption of new solution including legacy systems shut down plans.

Project 1: Name : SAP Project Implementation & Support

Client : Panasonic North America

Start & End Date : June 2019 till date

Role : Project SME & Management – Finance & Logistics

1.Design & deliver solution on SAP Supply Chain process leveraging practice & knowledge of procurement, distribution, finance, accounting, and taxation to help meet business case requirements and facilitate IT decisions

2.Understanding of technologies to properly assess feasibility of migrating customer solutions from, and/or integrating with customer solutions.

3.Perform proactive measure to prevent major incident on integration and administration tasks in monitor scheduled batch jobs, with deep knowledge of procure to pay, Order to Cash, Demand planning process and the integration with SAP RAR, PP, FI-AR, FI-AP, Customer & Vendor Master

4.Defining the scope & develop a proof of concept i.e., POC of the activity & enable business to assess IT risks & effectiveness of controls.

Project 2: Name : SAP HANA Implementation & Support

Client : Evoqua Water Technologies LLC

Start & End Date : Sep 2018 till May 2019

Role : Project Lead Consultant - Logistics

Project deliverables focused on Value based consulting and incorporating specific supply chain processes driving operational improvement before the start of phase 2 implementation

Drive simplification and standardization of processes and policies across business groups, regions and bring in operational effectiveness and efficiency in Material Management, Logistics Execution

Integrate applications with each other and continuously optimize system structure to improve stability and performance.

Perform assessments of existing information systems and identify weakness of current process with new requirement and system capabilities.

Establish client value proposition that tie financial metrics, execute transformation process and strategy improvements related to supply chain and operational improvement projects as per the agreed project timelines and budgets.

Project 3: Name : SAP Implementation & Support

Client : John Wiley & Sons Inc

Start & End Date : Jan 2016 – Aug 2018

Role : Project Lead Consultant - SCM

Implement IS-Media SAP solution for Digital & Publication business. Track & analyse business requirements and make appropriate recommendations that will positively impact the business domain. Also, I am leading deployment and rollout of projects

Facilitated business workshop, process design, and lead delivery teams comprised of IBM and client personnel with global business perspective and objectivity.

Contributed to standardization and harmonization, application development and design, coordinated various meetings and workshops and chaired steering committee meeting on following process

oImplemented comprehensive, integrated SAP IS-Media solution enabling Intellectual Property Management for Media Product, Advertisement Management & also supporting license rights, sales, and calculation of royalties for business partners such as licensor, licensees, performers, and authors.

oImplemented new IFRS Revenue Recognition solution along with Intercompany Sales & Invoice Process.

oOptimize contracts and Shipment planning for sales and distribution of print & digital products.

oMedia master data and hierarchies for printed as well digital journal & non journal products

oDeliver optimized orders with integrated logistics execution for pick, pack, and ship processes

oIntegrate outbound operations for goods issue, and align production with demand

Project 4: Name : BAU - SAP Implementation & Support

Client : British American Tobacco, UK

Start & End Date : Apr 2015 to Jan 2016

Role : Senior Consultant

Project deliverables included Business Consulting, Assessment of IT Risks & Control to improve the existing practices of the company. Our Centre of Excellence is responsible for the realization of Regional & Global solutions i.e., the configuration, development, interfacing of SAP applications & other applications. The team is also responsible for application change/configuration management and system governance.

•Use IBM methodology, proprietary tools as well as data & process modelling techniques to create clear system specifications for the design and development of ERP system. Deliverables includes requirement gathering, Fit-Gap analysis and Scope Change documentation

•Design & document the client solutions including their business requirements & any program specifications required as per ASAP methodology.

•Liaise with clients throughout the data cleansing, mapping & conversion phase & support in data loads & reconciliations.

•Providing regular status update & early warning of any slippages or problem that may occur

•Guide as subject matter mentor to more junior members & also deliver in self-directed and independently;

•Follow applicable Standards, Procedures, Guidelines and Methodologies in the implementation.

Project 5: Name : SCEIS – AMS

Client : South Carolina Enterprise & Information System, USA

Start & End Date : July 2012 to April 2015

Role : Lead Consultant

Project delivery includes perform upgrade & Support function aiding State of South Carolina procurement business function as usual.

•Responsible to configure Organization Management, Contract Management, Inventory Management, Invoice Management, Supplier Relationship Management, and other modules as per the business requirements of the client.

•Acted as a central reference in moderating simple/complex business scenario’s and enable business with specific information to solve the scenario.

•Proactively identify and propose business process and/or system enhancements to provide additional Business capabilities with a clear Business Case in collaboration with the business stakeholder.

•Preparing Configuration Matrix with configuration list & Data, Configurations (base line and Final) and enhancements in Sourcing, SRM, MM, Sourcing Modules (including Interface with Legacy and SAP Systems) and Enhancements in SRM (BRF) and MM Workflow, Functional unit testing, accordance to the business requirements agreed.

Project 6: Name : SAP One Implementation

Client : VIACOM Inc, USA

Start & End Date : Jan 2012 to July 2012

Role : Senior Consultant

As a Senior Consultant, I was responsible for building workshops, Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of customized SAP ERP solutions for new implementations and Rollout for our IBM US customer Viacom Inc.

•Implementation of SAP SRM 7.0 in extended classic scenario which includes Self Service procurement, SUS, Service Procurement, Contract Management and Sourcing.

•Identify the Gaps in the business processes and to work on the continuous improvements.

•Have worked extensively on BRF setup for Shopping Cart and Purchase Order Approval Process.

•Configured HR organization structure from ECC to SRM using People soft Interface for 5000 users with relevant attributes

•Business configurations like setting up creation of product categories and replication of around vendors from R/3 with maintenance of their Business Partner data.

Project 7: Name : SAP AMS

Client : Lantheus Medical Imaging, USA

Start & End Date : June 2011 to July 2012

Role : Senior Consultant & SME

As an SME, responsibility includes Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of customized SAP ERP solutions

•As a part of SOX compliance automated Release Strategy for Purchase Requisition, Purchase Order &Service Management (including workflow approval configuration)

•Developed an interface for Auto-Creation of Purchase Order, Purchase Requisition from Maximo

•Analysing the errors, researching for root cause of errors, providing corrective

Project 8: Name : SAP Global One

Client : Royal Dutch Shell Plc, UK

Start & End Date : Sep 2010 to Dec 2011

Role : Senior Consultant

As a Senior Consultant, facilitate solution design for new Implementations, Rollouts for US & European Royal Dutch Shell PLC

•Understanding of potential impacts on functional and on cross functional processes & providing on Functional Walkthrough for the Development team.

•Writing Function specification (Reports, Interfaces, Enhancement and Forms)

•Development, Testing, Validation of the new functionality built by Sabrix (Bolton to SAP R/3) on Tax.

•Proposing changes for the functionality and design. Execution of test Cases for new functionality.

May 2006 – Jun 2009 IT Analyst TCS Limited, India

Engineering the Business process using data and process modelling techniques to create clear system specifications for the design and development of ERP system. Deliverables includes requirement gathering, Fit-Gap analysis, Scope Change documentation and splitting the same into identified RICEF (W) Objects.

Demonstrate TCS inclusiveness on our offshore deliverable. Focus a broader perspective of potential issues encountered when managing diverse teams and the strategies to overcome them with a clear understanding of the firm’s commitment

Execute client service plan on complex engagements working closely with Partners which includes SAP, Legacy architectures, Third party automation tools and System landscapes under Regulated, Validated and Controlled environments

Project 9: Name : SAP Projects & Support

Client : Eli Lilly & Co, USA

Start & End Date : May 2006 to July 2009

Role : P2P Lead Consultant

As a P2P Lead Consultant, I am responsible for Analysis, design, development, testing and resolving incidents in SAP ERP solutions for Eli Lilly & Co in their new Implementations, small projects and upgrade.

Responsible for deploying functional solution such as Proto-typing, Configuration, Coordinating with Cross-functional team and implementing system test plans, which ensure acceptable quality and integrity of the system.

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

Replicating HR data to SRM.

Setting up Middleware parameter, maintains ITS server, worked on Interface between various system landscapes.

Understanding of various SAP interface functionality and implement the solution.

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

Apr 2004 – May 2006 Manager - Logistics & IT Primus Retail Pvt Ltd, India

Collaborate with the leadership and key leads within multiple departments to add value with supply chain planning process and achieve aimed customer satisfaction.

Review and Integrate demand Planning, Sales forecasting, Distribution centre replenishment, Interplant Transfers to Inventory Operation Planning.

Perform Predictive Analysis on resources against the budgeted quantities to drive production consensus and work with key business stakeholders.

Developing business by gaining new contracts, analysing logistical problems, and producing new solutions.

Monitoring the quality, quantity, cost and efficiency of the movement and storage of goods.

Mar 2002 – Apr 2004 Distribution Executive Arvind Brands Ltd, India

Drive planning policies, Replenishment policies, Safety stock, Inventory classifications, Logistics policies, forecast policies, Lot size, Inspection timelines for each dependant and Independent requirements.

Manage demand and supply KPI’s and lead risk mitigation and escalation process to strike balance.

Implement specific requirements, such as internal reporting or customized transportation metrics.

May 1999 – Apr 2002 Administration Assistant Asian Paints India Ltd, India

Direct inbound or outbound logistics operations, such as transportation or warehouse activities, safety performance, or logistics quality management.

Recommend optimal transportation modes, routing, equipment, or frequency.

Collaborate with other departments to integrate logistics with business systems or processes, such as customer sales, order management, accounting, or shipping.

References: Available upon request`

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