KANDASAMY SARAVANAN

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SENIOR MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

Seeking assignments in Supply Chain, Warehouse, Purchase, Store, MRP Planning and Vendor Development with technology driven organization in IT, Consulting & Manufacturing sector PROFILE SUMMARY Focused, results driven professional with over 14 years of SAP experience & a reputation for consistently meeting the most challenging organisational goals with unequalled success. Well-demonstrated ability to develop & implement highly successful short & long term strategic plans, routinely completing operations on time & within budget. Diligent, detail oriented, excels in multi-tasking in a fast paced environment. Expertise:

Material/Business Process Management Inventory Management Tender Management Procurement/Purchase Operations Bin Card/FIFO/ ABC Analysis Spares Parts Management SAP R/3 (MM/WM Module)/ERP Implementation Vendor Management Cost Rationalization Warehousing / Distribution Management ISO–9000/Six Sigma MRP Planning Deft in managing SAP Life Cycle involving sizing, implementation, upgrade & performance tuning; in-depth understanding of mapping client’s requirements & custom designing SAP solutions for SAP solutions/products. Holds the distinction of working closely with all levels of management within the company to determine needs, develop strategies and plan and provide procurement sources in support of those needs. Distinctions of implementing various Six Sigma Black Belt projects. Expertise in streamlining the system and procedures for effective cost control & ensuring ready availability of materials to meet the targets. Deft in managing all procurement activities using a range of contracts and contract management techniques & providing management information as appropriate. Skills entail:

- SAP Logistics business process Solution architect with 12+ year experience in SAP.

- Experience in SAP End to End to Implementation (3) and Rollout (15+), Support & Enhancement (2)

- Played Project Manager role in 3 Projects (1Implementation, 1 Enhancement, 1 Support)

- Created the Business use cases for Machine learning.

- Domain experience in Auto, Steel and Textiles Machinery Manufacturing Industries. CORE COMPETENCIES Strategic Planning: Working closely with all levels of management within the Company to determine needs, developing strategies, planning and providing procurement sources in support of those needs. Supply Chain Management: Sustaining the existing network & managing the supply chain for the items and ensuring timely distribution of the merchandise.

Logistics / Transport: Managing logistics operations, appointing new transporters and C&F agents, entering rate contracts & finalizing contracts for transportation. Inventory / Materials Management: Monitoring availability of stock, making appropriate arrangements to ensure on time deliveries. Managing staff, business planning, financial reporting including annual budget and expenditure plans. Vendor Development: Developing vendors for all services required. Improving supplier performance through the supplier performance appraisal and supplier pre qualification programmes. Purchase / Procurement / Sourcing: Developing a sound sourcing strategy & implementing key contracting / procurement strategies. Tracking results / assessment and taking corrective action plans periodically. Gathering industry wide data & analysing the same for benchmarking.

Training & Development: Conducted training sessions for stores and purchase personnel on essentials of ISO-9000 / Business Process to ensure complete migration from legacy systems. ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE Since Jun’20 – Till Date with Wipro Ltd, Chennai

Jun ‘20 –Till Now – Project Manager & P2P Lead –Chennai Client: Apple Inc

Project: Hi Tech Manufacturing – Implementation, Enhancement & Rollout Role: P2P Lead –Offshore

o Conducting workshops for requirement gathering, Understanding the business requirement & preparation of busi- ness blue print documents.

o Led preparation of Configuration documents and Functional specifications for development objects/ reports. o Assist in the identifying & preparing unit test scripts as well as integration test scenarios o Coordinate with Technical Team to complete testing on all various objects & Interfaces for all development, test and production systems

o Currently working on HANA Global design template preparation in P2P module. Role : Project Manager

o Project resourcing, job description, interviews, etc. o Lead 12 members team

o Lead Unit Testing and Integration Testing exercises o Managed day-to-day testing effects across multiple regions including test planning, execution, and defect resolution.

o Coordinated all testing initiatives, including but not limited to, script writing, testing plan, support schedules, status calls and metrics, kick-off meetings

o Defect resolution process definition and standards. o Manage team of SME/super users and business analysts in the support of testing. o Implemented quality standards and audit requirements Nov’08 – Dec’19 with Infosys Ltd, Chennai

Projects Handled:

Project Manager (Projects) & MM/WM Consultant – Mar 2019 – Dec 2019 Center of Excellence – SME – Machine Learning Use Cases in Logistics – Nov 2018 to Feb 2019 Project Manager (Enhancement) & Solution Architect Logistics track – Apr 2017 – Oct 2018 Project Lead and WM Consultant – Oct 16 –Mar 2017

Procure to Pay Solution Architect & Project Manager – Nov 14 – Sep 2016 Offshore Functional Lead (MM/WM Track)- Jan’12-Sep’14 SAP MM Consultant (at Client Location): Oct’12-Nov’12 SAP IM/WM Consultant: May’12-Aug’12

Data Migration Lead Consultant Feb’12-Apr’12

EDM Lead (Enterprise Data Management) – Offshore Lead: Feb’09-Jan’12 Mar ‘19 – Dec’19 –Project Manager (Projects) & MM/WM Consultant – Chennai Client: Toyota Material Handling

Project: Manufacturing of Material Handling Equipment – Support, Enhancement & Projects Role: Project Manager (Projects) - Offshore

o Project resourcing, job description, interviews, etc. o Lead team of up to 15 individuals to provide the following deliverables o Scope Document

o Project Plan

o Management of change requests

o Lead Unit Testing and Integration Testing exercises o Managed day-to-day testing effects across multiple regions including test planning, execution, and defect resolution.

o Coordinated all testing initiatives, including but not limited to, script writing, testing plan, support schedules, status calls and metrics, kick-off meetings

o Defect resolution process definition and standards. o Manage team of SME/super users and business analysts in the support of testing. o Implemented quality standards and audit requirements. Role: MM/WM Consultant:

o Conducting workshops for requirement gathering, Understanding the business requirement & preparation of business blue print documents.

o Led preparation of Configuration documents and Functional specifications for development objects/ reports. o Assist in the identifying & preparing unit test scripts as well as integration test scenarios o Coordinate with Technical Team to complete testing on all various objects & Interfaces for all development, test and production systems

o One of core member for S4 Hana Global template preparation in P2P module. Nov ‘18 – Feb ‘19 –SME – Centre of Excellence - Chennai Client: Infosys

Project: Internal Project – Machine learning Use Cases in Logistics Track Role: SME

o Developed Chat Bot POC for Truck Tracking and showed the demo to Ford Client for their Russia requirement Project o Developed Lean Smart Warehousing mobility solution POC o Developed Mobility solution for customer identifying the duplicate auto spare parts Apr ‘17 – Oct ‘18 – Project Manager (Enhancements) & Solution Architect – Logistics - Chennai Client: Ford

Project: Global Logistics Spares Parts – Support and Enhancement Role: Project Manager (Enhancements)

o Collaborated with functional leads on gathering business requirements from users. o Reviewed and approved solution designs.

o Owner for Application development technical processes. Provide process training to development team. o Provide detailed estimates for projects for design and development. Validate estimates from consultants. o Weekly development meeting with the team to monitor progress. o Monitor development defects. Provide input to drive process improvements as necessary. o Liaison to Basis organization to coordinate infrastructure changes. o Estimate annual development resources, timelines and budget. Role: Solution Architect – Logistics

o Conducting the team meeting on regular basis and review the ticket status and critical issues. o Monitoring and Resolving of day-to-day production support issues in areas of Logistics module. o Providing the solution and support to the team for Root Cause Analysis, Solution Recommendation and Problem tickets area.

o Automation of regular Job Monitoring Activities. o Interacting with users for more information same time meeting, mail and phone. o Preparation of Training Manuals.

o Conducing the knowledge share sections with in the team on weekly basis. Oct’16 – Mar 2017 Project Lead and WM consultant - Pune Client: BHP

Project: Warehouse Mobility Functionality –Enhancement Role:

Project Lead and WM Consultant

o Leading a team of 12 members worked closely with onsite and offshore team for the delivery of the objects and escalation management as per need

o Conducting workshops for requirement gathering, Understanding the business requirement & preparation of business blue print documents.

o Led preparation of Configuration documents and Functional specifications for development objects/ reports. o identifying & preparing unit test scripts as well as integration test scenarios o Coordinate with Technical Team to complete testing on all various objects & Interfaces for all development, test and production systems

o Organising weekly team meetings to inform the team of time lines, and appraising the progress and successes of the Potential issues, to keep the team focused on the deliverables. Nov’14 – Sep 2016 Project Manager - Procure to Pay Solution Architect, Pune Client: Nissan Auto Inc.

Project: Production Purchasing – Implementation

Role: Procure to Pay Solution Architect:

o Conducting workshops for requirement gathering, Understanding the business requirement & preparation of business blue print documents.

o Led preparation of Configuration documents and Functional specifications for development objects/ reports. o identifying & preparing unit test scripts as well as integration test scenarios o Coordinate with Technical Team to complete testing on all various objects & Interfaces for all development, test and production systems

o Organising weekly team meetings to inform the team of time lines, and appraising the progress and successes of the Potential issues, to keep the team focused on the deliverables. o Ensured smooth coordination with Business and Onsite Team to deliver the requirements on time. Role: Project Manager - Offshore

o Project resourcing, job description, interviews, etc. o Lead team of up to 8 individuals to provide the following deliverables o Scope Document

o Project Plan

o Management of change requests

o Lead Unit Testing and Integration Testing exercises o Managed day-to-day testing effects across multiple regions including test planning, execution, and defect resolution.

o Coordinated all testing initiatives, including but not limited to, script writing, testing plan, support schedules, status calls and metrics, kick-off meetings

o Defect resolution process definition and standards. o Manage team of SME/super users and business analysts in the support of testing. o Implemented quality standards and audit requirements. Jan’12 – Sep’`14 as Offshore Lead Consultant (MM/IM/WM), Pune Client: Alstom transportation Inc.

Project: Managed Services – Rollouts & Enhancements Role:

As Module Lead –MM:

o Leading a team of 7 members across all regions for MM module, worked closely with onsite and offshore team for the delivery of the objects and escalation management as per need o Networking with senior management and work with them for various decisions to be made at team level. o Organising weekly team meetings to inform the team of time lines, and appraising the progress and successes of the Potential issues, to keep the team focused on the deliverables. o Accountable for:

o Ensuring smooth coordination and work on various initiatives like Process governance, Quality improvement, Problem Management, Business value articulations, Internal Trainings and knowledge transfer. o Establishing credibility at all levels within the client and builds problem-solving partnerships with the client and colleagues

As Functional Consultant for Rollout Projects

o Looked after the workshops for requirement gathering for MM-WM. Understanding the business requirement & preparation of business blue print documents

o Led preparation of Configuration documents and Functional specifications for development objects/ reports. o Worked with the core team across modules to test plans, detailed test cases test steps. identifying & preparing unit test scripts as well as integration test scenarios

o Ensured smooth coordination with Business and Onsite Team to deliver the requirements on time. Accountable for the data migration team

o Coordinated all the objects required for go live. Provided Post Go Live implementation support. Analyzed and solved end-user problems

As Functional Consultant for Enhancements

o Handling MM related interfaces/batch jobs/reports analysis & testing. reviewing the functional and technical documents

o Performed unit as well as Integration testing whenever required. Testing configuration and business scenarios before handing over to business

o Networked with Business and Third Party System Users to complete testing on all various interfaces for all development, test and production systems

SAP MM Consultant (at Client Location): Oct’12-Nov’12 Client: Benteler Automotive India Pvt. Ltd.

Project: Rollout Implementation

Type: Business Study

o Understood customer’s existing business processes and preparing business cases o Identified integration points with SAP and prepared integration blue print SAP IM/WM – Senior Consultant: May 2012 – Aug 2012 Client: Analog Devices

Project: Reengineering and Change Request

Type: IM/WM Reengineering Process

o Reviewed existing Outbound delivery process and redesigned the new process. Tasked with the preparation of FS document as per redesign process and coordination with technical team to proceed further for developments. o Coordinated with Business to complete User Acceptance Testing MDM Lead – Senior Consultant Feb 2012 – Apr 2012

Client: Atlas Copco

Project: Implementation

Type: Master Data Management

o Identified MM Data Migration Objects. Interaction with Business and third party system users to understand the Master Data Structure in the existing system and Mapping with SAP Master Data Structure. o Assisted Business Users for Harmonization of Data. o Led preparation of FS documents and coordination with technical team to proceed further for development of Master Data Object Load Programs and Master Data Objects Template EDM Lead (Enterprise Data Management) – Offshore Lead Feb 2009 – Jan 2012 Client: KODAK

Project: Rollout Implementation

Type: Rollout Implementation (Russia, USA, Canada & Israel) & Upgrade Dec’06-Sep’08 with SEZ P. Ltd (Reliance Group), Navi Mumbai as Senior Manager – Logistics & Material Role:

o Understood business process and evaluated workflow to design solutions (As-Is and To-Be Analysis and Freezing) o Developed strategies for establishing quality standards & implementing quality control systems to enhance quality of products

o Established KPIs /quality objective for materials management function and defined SLA’s for suppliers/vendors as a Departmental Coordinator for process audits

o Coordinated with Govt./Custom Authorities for statutory approvals/Licenses, Clearing of consignments in coordination with the clearing agency

o Negotiated with the supplier to deliver products well within the scheduled time on the most competitive rates and payment terms

Apr’04-Nov’06 with Ispat Industries Ltd., Raigad as Asst. Manager – SCM (Stores) Highlight:

o Independently handled Six Sigma Project for reduction in truck/tanker turnaround time for inbound logistics & receipt cycle improvement

o Holds the credit of:

o Coordinated IBM Consultants in improvement initiatives for inventory management and TAT for Inbound logistics within supply chain management

o Overseeing development & implementation of the online Accounting System in SAP for bulk raw materials o Implementing inventory control measures to reduce obsolete stock, keep tab on slow-moving items, and achieve reduction in inventory management cost

o Administered development and implementation of the E-BUY Portal o Steered initiatives for formulating MIS reports relating to material management, cost savings/vendor quality assurance operations & transmitting the same to the top management for facilitating decision making process o Played a key role in proposing system of classification of inventory into obsolete, non-moving, and slow-moving, working towards reducing unused parts and spares through implementation of JIT (Just in Time) and Desktop Buying

Apr’02-Mar’04 with Rajsriya Automotives P. Ltd., Hosur as Senior Engineer - Materials Role:

o Conducted inventory analysis A/B/C, FSN, lead time, vendor rating and development with regular inventory verification of stock items with review systems ROL/ROQ

o Handled transportation contracts with qualified service providers on most competitive terms for timely and cost effective delivery of merchandise

Apr’01-Mar’02 with Kaashyap Radiant System Ltd, B’lore as Software Engineer Role:

o Steered efforts for conducting gap analysis, assess scope of studies & suggest solutions through ERP. o Pro-actively participated in the Software Development for implementation and customizations of SAP MM & other ERP Tools

Aug’95-Mar’01 with Lakshmi Automatic Loom Works Ltd. as Superintendent – Materials (Spares) Role:

o Administered vendor performance for procurement of quality material o Functioned as a Group leader for monitoring and dispatch of spare parts, making of performa invoice, order registration, etc.

o Carried out forecasting, demand analysis, indenting and scheduling of spare parts & consumables to increase service ratio and reduction in back order & stock-out

o Led maintenance of selling prices, client’s payment position and priorities o Attended customer complaints & drawing up action plans Highlights:

o Distinction of:

o Reducing Truck Turn around Time from 9 hours to 3 hours o Introducing Bar Coding System in Warehousing at Ispat Industries o Establishing Milk Run System between organizations to suppliers in logistics o Registering cost reduction of minimum 20% in capital purchase o Successfully:

o Developed business process for material management at NMSEZ in association Wipro Business Consulting Group

o Achieved success in computerisation of inventory and physical tracking of all development, in process and finished products, material and equipments

EDUCATION o M.B.A. from Madurai Kamaraj University – 2000

o B.E. (Mechanical) from Bharathiar University – 1991 CERTIFICATIONS o Six Sigma Green Belt: 2005

o SAP- MM Module: 2009 (Internal)

o ISO Documentation: 2007

o SAP – SD Module – 2010 (Internal)

o S4 HANA – Procurement – (Internal)

Rewards o Won the First Prize in the Ford Hackathon Event conducted at client place in 2018. o Best Recruiter Award for Campus Interview Recruitment in 2018. o Won the First Prize in the Infosys Project Management Hackathon Event in 2019. PERSONAL DETAILS Date of Birth 21st May 1970

Address Flat No. 506, No. 3, Sindur Pushpavanam Apartment, Alwarthirunagar, Valasaravakkam, Chennai - 600087

Languages Known English, Hindi and Tamil

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