SAP S/4HANA PM/EAM Solution Architect

RAMARAO CHALLA

SAP PM/EAM Functional Consultant S/4HANA Asset Management & Integration (MM · FI-CO · PP · QM)

Midrand,Johannesburg South Africa • *******.********@*****.*** +27-74-461-**** •

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

SAP PM / Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) techno-functional consultant with 16+ years configuring and integrating the maintenance system of record across asset-intensive, heavy-industrial operations. SAP Certified Associate in S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition – Asset Management, plus PP, QM and IBP. Strong integration breadth across PM–MM and PM–FI-CO, with 3+ end-to-end S/4HANA implementations (Hitachi Energy Greenfield, Amara Raja rollout, BASF S/4HANA 1809 rollout) and prior sustained on-site delivery in the USA (Regal Rexnord global rollout; Interstate Batteries USA blueprint). Deep in master-data governance (equipment hierarchies, functional locations, maintenance plans, task lists, BOMs, failure codes, measuring points/counters), ETL-based data cleansing, business analysis, RICEFW specification, UAT design and third-party/SI vendor management across dispersed sites. Holds a valid B1 visa, is ready to travel to Texas at short notice, and is available immediately for full-time on-site delivery.

NOTE ON THIS REQUISITION

These posting lists eight distinct SAP specializations (FICO, MM, SD, Plant Maintenance/EAM, Project Systems, EHS, Joule/Business AI, Transportation Management), with explicit 8+-year requirements called out for SAP PS, SAP MM and SAP FICO. My core specialization and 16+ years of depth is SAP PM/EAM techno-functional consulting, with working integration exposure into MM and FI-CO rather than primary configuration ownership of those modules. I'm submitting this CV on that basis — the alignment table below is honest about where I map strongly to the PM/EAM ask versus where I do not meet the standalone MM, FICO, PS, SD, EHS, TM or Joule requirements, so the team can place me correctly if this requisition is being used to source for multiple module specialists.

REQUIREMENT ALIGNMENT — SAP PM/EAM CONSULTANT (TEXAS, USA)

JD Focus Area

Ramarao Challa — Evidence

SAP Plant Maintenance / EAM (core module listed in posting)

16+ yrs SAP PM/EAM techno-functional consulting; kept S/4HANA the maintenance system of record for work management, cost capture, compliance and equipment lifecycle across multi-plant operations at WEINERT, Hitachi Energy, Amara Raja, Coca-Cola bottling and Regal Rexnord.

SAP MM (posting requires 8+ yrs standalone)

PM–MM integration across every engagement — spare-parts catalogues, procurement-for-maintenance, reservations against work orders — but not as a standalone MM configuration owner. Honest gap: does not meet the 8-year standalone MM requirement as stated.

SAP FICO (posting requires 8+ yrs standalone)

FI-CO integration awareness only — capital-asset settlement, maintenance cost capture and cross-module cost-object linkage from the PM side. Honest gap: not a FICO functional consultant and does not meet the 8-year standalone FICO requirement.

SAP Project Systems / PS (posting requires 8+ yrs standalone)

No direct SAP PS configuration experience to date. Honest disclosure rather than overstated fit.

SAP SD

No direct SD configuration experience; exposure limited to general order-to-cash awareness from cross-functional programme work.

SAP EH&S (Environment, Health & Safety)

No direct SAP EHS module experience. Safety-adjacent work has been process/compliance-level within PM (e.g. permit-to-work coordination), not EHS configuration.

SAP Joule / Business AI

No hands-on Joule implementation experience; general awareness of S/4HANA Fiori and generative-AI capabilities from recent S/4HANA delivery.

SAP Transportation Management (TM)

No direct SAP TM experience.

B1 visa-ready, short-notice travel ("ready-to-fly")

Holds a valid B1 visa; available immediately and ready to travel to Texas at short notice.

On-site delivery, Texas, USA

Prior sustained on-site delivery in the USA — Regal Rexnord global PM rollout (USA/Germany/Italy/Netherlands, Jan 2016–Jan 2020) and Interstate Batteries USA blueprint engagement (2022); comfortable with long-duration on-site assignments.

Overall SAP experience & implementation count

16+ years; 17 full-lifecycle SAP projects across Greenfield, Brownfield, RISE/GROW and template rollouts.

CORE CAPABILITIES

SAP PM / EAM Core

Master Data, Integration & ETL

Delivery, Governance & Reporting

●Equipment Master & Functional Locations

●Maintenance Notifications (M1/M2/M3)

●Work Orders (PM01–PM04), TECO & Settlement

●Preventive & Predictive Maintenance Plans

●Task Lists, BOMs & Catalogue Profiles

●Measuring Points, Counters & Component Life

●MTBR / MTTR Breakdown Analysis

●Fiori PM Apps, Scheduling & Mobile

●Master Data Governance & Cleansing

●Equipment Hierarchy & FL Quality

●Failure Codes & Work-Order Discipline

●Certified API / IDoc Integration

●PM–MM Spares & Procurement Flows

●ETL, Data Migration (LSMW / LTMC)

●PM–FI-CO Cost/Settlement Linkage

●Bidirectional SAP CMMS Data Flows

●Business Analysis & Requirements Elicitation

●Process Mapping & Workflow Optimisation

●UAT Design & Release / Change Management

●Third-Party Vendor & Partner Management

●Reporting, Analytics & KPI Dashboards

●Benefits Realisation & ROI Tracking

●Coaching, Training & Superuser Enablement

●Multi-Site Delivery & Stakeholder Engagement

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SAP Delivery Lead — S/4HANA PM / EAM Mar 2024 – Apr 2026

Weinert Special Cables (Pty) Ltd · Brits, South Africa

●System of Record & Technical Design: Kept SAP S/4HANA the primary maintenance system of record for 4 cable-manufacturing plants; acted as conduit to the SAP COE, translating functional requirements into RICEFW specs and PM configuration/enhancement designs.

●Master Data Governance: Configured equipment hierarchies (extruders, drawing lines, stranders), functional-location structures, task lists, BOMs and maintenance-plan strategies; drove continuous master-data quality improvement to enable automation and reliable reporting.

●Integration & Data Flows: Governed SAP–complementary system integrations and spare-parts/procurement flows (PM-MM), aligning condition and operational data into the maintenance ecosystem.

●UAT & Release Management: Owned the Change Advisory Board, transport sequencing and regression gates; designed and executed Unit/UAT cycles for notifications, work orders and preventive plans.

●Reporting & Enablement: Delivered MTBR/MTTR analytics; ran P1/P2 incident triage in hyper-care; coached supervisors and stood up plant Superusers; rolled out Fiori PM apps (Manage Notifications, My Maintenance Worklist, Manage Orders).

SAP Lead Functional Consultant — PM / PP / QM Aug 2023 – Dec 2023

Accenture · Client: Coca-Cola · Johannesburg, South Africa

●Multi-Site PM Support: Supported the PM workstream across a high-volume bottling estate — equipment-master clean-up, functional-location restructuring and task-list standardisation across sites, working alongside a third-party support partner.

●UAT & Integration Specs: Designed and led Unit/SIT/UAT across Plan-to-Maintain; authored RICEFW specs for breakdown-analysis reports, MTBR/MTTR KPI dashboards and IDoc interfaces to legacy CMMS systems.

Lead SAP Consultant — S/4HANA Greenfield PM / PP / QM Dec 2022 – Jul 2023

Infosys / Appizion Consulting · Client: Hitachi Energy · Switzerland (remote)

●Greenfield Asset Management: Led requirement workshops and prototype design for S/4HANA Asset Management — equipment/FL structures for switchgear manufacturing, preventive plans for capital assets and calibration maintenance for testing equipment.

●Integration Architecture: Defined PM-MM spare-parts catalogue integration, FI-CO capital-asset settlement and PP production-line downtime tracking; produced integration functional specifications.

Senior Manager — SAP PM / PP / QM Blueprint Apr 2022 – Jul 2022

Cognizant / Argano Echelon · Interstate Batteries USA (remote)

●Blueprint & Fit-Gap: Led workshops, fit-gap analysis and prototype demonstrations for Plan-to-Maintain; designed the Fiori PM app rollout strategy for a global S/4HANA programme.

Manager — IT Production & Maintenance Systems Apr 2021 – Mar 2022

Amara Raja Batteries Limited · Tirupati, India

●Multi-Plant S/4HANA Rollout: Managed IT delivery for PM scope across battery-manufacturing assets — formation tanks, assembly lines and grid-casting equipment.

●Master Data Governance: Established equipment/FL master-data standards, task-list libraries and maintenance-plan templates; supported TM1/HME budget-integration awareness.

●Capability & Access: Delivered train-the-trainer programmes, developed dedicated plant Superusers and governed user profiles, roles and access across the multi-plant landscape.

Lead Business Analyst — IT Production Planning Apr 2020 – Mar 2021

BASF · SAP S/4HANA (1809) Rollout · Global

●Process & Master Data Ownership: Owned PP-PI processes and master data in a live S/4HANA production environment at a leading chemical company, supporting maintenance-adjacent production scope.

Lead Business Analyst — SAP PM / PP / QM Jan 2016 – Jan 2020

Regal Rexnord Corporation · USA / Global (DE, IT, NL)

●Global PM Rollouts: Led requirements, design and configuration for discrete-manufacturing plants across the USA, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands — equipment hierarchies, preventive plans and work-order processes.

●Multi-Site AMS: Provided post-go-live application management across the global PM landscape — incident resolution, enhancement pipeline, continuous improvement and Work Management process-compliance tracking.

EARLIER EXPERIENCE

Business IT Lead — SAP — OLAM Information Services Ltd (Food Processing), USA Jun 2015 – Dec 2015

SAP support and process delivery across MM/PP/QM master data and production processes.

Business IT Lead — SAP — RAK Ceramics India Pvt Ltd, India Oct 2013 – Apr 2015

Led SAP functional delivery and support for ceramics/sanitaryware manufacturing — MM/PP/QM master data and production processes.

SAP Operations Manager — Stefanini IT Solutions · Client: Gerdau Steel, India Mar 2013 – Sep 2013

Managed SAP operations and support delivery, coordinating teams and ensuring production-system stability.

Project Lead — Tech Mahindra (Mahindra Satyam) · Client: Chevron Oronite, Singapore Nov 2010 – Mar 2013

Led SAP project teams across implementation and support, managing delivery, stakeholders and cross-module integration.

Senior Consultant — SEAL Infotech · Client: Sameer Africa Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya Aug 2009 – Oct 2010

Delivered SAP functional consulting across MM and logistics processes in manufacturing settings.

Functional Consultant — Satyam Computer Services · Client: Valvoline Cummins, New Delhi, India Dec 2007 – Aug 2009

SAP functional configuration, testing and support — foundational MM/WM/QM expertise.

SAP Consultant — Stride Software · Client: Cooper Automotive Ltd, Panchkula, India Jul 2007 – Dec 2007

Early-career SAP consulting (PP/QM) supporting configuration and master-data activities.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

B. Tech, Mechanical Engineering — Acharya Nagarjuna University

Certification

Relevance

SAP Certified Associate — S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, Asset Management

Core PM/EAM role requirement

SAP Certified Associate — S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, Production Planning & Manufacturing

PP–PM integration depth

SAP Certified Application Associate — Quality Management with SAP ERP

QM–PM process overlap

SAP Certified Associate — SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP)

Planning & supply-chain breadth

DELIVERY HIGHLIGHTS

●17 full-lifecycle SAP projects across Greenfield, Brownfield, RISE/GROW and template rollouts (SAP Activate / Fit-to-Standard / ASAP / Agile).

●Multiple E2E PM implementations plus support, rollout and AMS engagements across cables, batteries, tyres, FMCG, food-processing and specialty chemicals.

●Sustained on-site delivery in the USA: Regal Rexnord global PM rollout (2016–2020) and Interstate Batteries USA blueprint engagement (2022).

●Geographies: South Africa · India · USA · Germany · Italy · Netherlands · Switzerland · Singapore · Kenya — onsite and remote.

●Industries: Heavy Electrical (Hitachi Energy) · Batteries (Amara Raja) · Tyres (Sameer Africa) · Special Cables (Weinert) · FMCG/Bottling (Coca-Cola) · Industrial Components (Regal Rexnord) · Chemicals (BASF / Chevron Oronite).

●Experienced in long-duration on-site delivery within structured SI / programme-governance models.

LANGUAGES & WORK AUTHORIZATION

Languages: English (fluent / business). Based: Midrand, South Africa — Availability: Immediate. References: Available on request.

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