Birla Natesan

• Birla Natesan is an experienced SAP S/4 Hana and Commerce Solution Architect and Delivery Lead, specialized in delivering digital transformation projects to Fortune 500 clients across the US.
• Experienced in delivering Order-To-Cash, Warehouse Management, Inventory Management, B2B and B2C Commerce solutions with complex synchronous and asynchronous integration scenarios.
• Expert in creating value proposition with a solution design that champions better end-user experience.
• 23 years of IT experience with 18 years in SAP Order-To-Cash, e-Commerce and web implementations.
• Experienced in planning, architecture, solution design and cut over activities of multiple full lifecycle SAP and Hybris implementation projects.
• Skilled in performance tuning and optimization of SAP S/4 Hana and Hybris applications.
• Hands-on interface solution design experience with CPI, PI / PO, Proxies and IDOC.
• Architected, designed and managed solution delivery of multiple SAP digital transformation projects with successful e-commerce and mobility implementations.
• Extensive knowledge on SAP Fiori, mobility and web architecture.
• Expert in providing innovative digital solutions to solve real-world business problems.
• Experienced in SAP Order-to-cash and Procure-to-pay processes.
• Experienced in mobilizing supply chain management processes to improve the efficiency and transparency of Warehouse, Inventory Management and Transportation Management functions.
• Extensive functional and technical expertise in WM, LE, IM, MM, SD, Purchasing and Logistics processes.
• Effective leader in managing FRICEW deliverables in the SAP technical space.
• Proficiency in team building, capability development and pre-sales support.
• Experienced in Agile development methodology.
• Hands-on experience in Java and ABAP.

• PwC - UNFI Business Transformation Project, Providence, RI, 03/23 - 05/24, Order Management & Digital Commerce Solution Architect, UNFI is one of the largest wholesale groceries and food distributors in the US. They currently have several legacy systems for Order Management, one for each division of the company. UNFI is embarking on a business transformation journey to modernize their IT landscape, which includes replacing the current landscape of multiple OM systems with a single consolidated OM system, streamline the business processes in order to make it efficient, reduce operational cost, and build additional capabilities to serve their customers better. Additionally, UNFI is enhancing their digital commerce capabilities using SAP Commerce Cloud., Lay out pros and cons of different off-the-shelf OM software products in the market, Solution design of B2B Commerce store with a specific focus on Order-To-Cash processes., Help UNFI choose the right Order Management system that fits their need, Help define future state core OM flow with detailed design workshop sessions with business teams, Help define digital commerce strategy and identify key OM dependencies, Map existing business process to future state core Order-To-Cash processes, and identify any gaps., Identify data and integration dependencies with other workstreams such as Pricing, Trade and Promotions, Procurement, Inventory Management, Master Data Management, Warehouse and Logistics
• Interstate Batteries - TITAN Project, Dallas, TX, 12/21 - 02/23, SAP S/4 Hana and Commerce Cloud Solution Architect, Interstate Batteries (IB) is the largest wholesale battery distributor in the US. IB had embarked on project TITAN, a business transformation program to replace a dozen legacy systems with a full suite of SAP solutions, including S/4 Hana, Commerce Cloud, EWM, GTS and ATP., Solution design of major B2B Commerce and Order-To-Cash processes., Design and implementation of Truck Load rules and Optimization, SAP pricing integration with Commerce Cloud, SAP shipping method and level of service integration with Commerce Cloud, Map current business process to SAP Order-To-Cash process, and identify any gaps and customization requirements., Work closely with product owner and business SMEs to understand business requirements and translate that into functional and technical specifications., Functional and Technical Solution Design of Material Master, Customer Master and Sales Order interfaces to legacy systems and to and from Commerce Cloud., Story grooming and provide clarifications and guidance to the development team., Led the team with performance tuning and optimization effort that resulted in faster response time to business-critical Commerce Cloud functions.
• Boeing - PART Page, Seattle, WA, 01/18 - 12/21, SAP Commerce Architect / Lead, Boeing Global Services (BGS) continues to make enhancements and improvements to their B2B website (PART Page), which is being utilized by their commercial airline customers worldwide. This is a business-critical website that brings $1B in revenue for Boeing, hence it has a very high visibility from Boeing Leadership. The objective of this project is to deliver enhancements and defect fixes in a monthly sprint cycle with zero new defects., Design and architect major functional and integration enhancements., Spearheaded design and development of DataHub de-commissioning project that saved Boeing multimillion $ in IT expenses., Led the team with performance tuning and optimization effort that resulted in faster response time to business-critical PART Page functions., Work closely with product owner and business SMEs to understand functional requirements and translate that into high-level technical specifications., Design and mapping of Hybris data model to replicate SAP Master data into Hybris., Technical design and development of Customer Master and Material Master replication using Hot folder integration., Technical design and development of synchronous RFC integrations between SAP and Hybris., Provide direction and guidance to Hybris and ABAP development teams., Conduct multiple code reviews for every sprint., Establish standards, coding practices and deployment processes for the team to follow., Team building, mentoring and delivery management., Hands-on Hybris and ABAP development.
• Boeing - Hybris upgrade from 6.2 to 1905, Seattle, WA, 05/20 - 08/20, SAP Hybris Architect / Lead, Boeing wanted to upgrade their hybris system to the latest version. This was a major upgrade project not only due to the jump in hybris version, but also because of other systems / applications upgrade., Worked out a detailed upgrade plan, Get buy-in from IT and business stakeholders., Track daily progress to ensure timely completion at each stage., Provide input to product owner and business SMEs to help them put together a regression test plan for the upgrade., Help the team resolve issues and make code adjustments, Uneventful and successful upgrade of PROD Hybris systems
• Boeing - OneSAP Program, Seattle, WA, 10/16 - 12/17, Hybris Commerce Architect / Delivery Lead, Boeing's Commercial Aviation Services division embarked on a large business transformation program to replace their 40 years old legacy systems with full suite of SAP solutions. As part of this enterprise initiative, Boeing wanted to replace their existing old-school web solution aka as 'Part Page'. Boeing made a strategic decision to use SAP Hybris Commerce as their new ecommerce platform with real-time synchronous and asynchronous integrations between Hybris and multiple SAP systems. The objective of the project was to provide better user experience and visibility of orders, quotes and return processes to their airline customers worldwide., Spearheaded technical design and implementation of Hybris commerce solution., Responsible for managing Hybris commerce deliverables., Work closely with product owner and business SMEs to understand functional requirements and translate that into high-level technical specifications., Design and mapping of Hybris data model to replicate SAP Master data into Hybris., Technical design and development of Customer Master and Material Master replication using DataHub and PI / PO., Technical design and development of synchronous RFC integrations between SAP and Hybris., Provide direction and guidance to Hybris, ABAP and Interface development teams., Team building, mentoring and conflict management., Establish standards, coding practices and deployment processes for the team to follow., Hands-on Hybris and DataHub development.
• Dow Corning - CXTP Digital - Hybris Integration Project, Midland, MI, 01/16 - 10/16, SAP Technical and Hybris Integration Architect, Dow Corning is the world leader in Silicon-based technology with sales, warehouse and operations all over the world. Dow Corning started an ambitious Customer Experience Transformation Program (CXTP) to replace their age-old website with Hybris commerce solution and SAP ECC as the backend., Responsible for the development and delivery of all backend and Hybris integration objects., Technical design of all the integration scenarios between SAP and Hybris., Work closely with BPOs and business SMEs to understand business requirements and translate that into technical specifications., Technical design of SAP → Hybris sync framework., Hybris Hot folder configuration., Establishing onshore and offshore technical delivery teams.
• American Airlines - Parts 360 Project, Fort Worth, TX, 09/13 - 01/16, SAP Solution Architect - WM, IM, SD, Mobility and External Interfaces, American Airlines is the largest commercial airline in North America with more than 900 fleets. American has embarked on a business transformation program to transition their supply chain operations from 40-year-old legacy systems to an SAP supply chain solution., Responsible for the solution design of WM, IM, SD, Mobility and External Interface solutions., Work closely with BPOs and business SMEs to understand business requirements and translate that into functional / technical specs and process flow diagrams., SAP SD Configuration and Functional Design of loan-out process - i.e., Sale of parts to other airlines., SAP WM Configuration and Functional Design of Put Away, Picking, Cycle Count, Goods Issue and other internal warehouse processes., SAP LE Configuration and Functional Design of Shipping and Shipping Consolidation process., SAP Functional and Technical Design of 'Aircraft on the Ground' (AOG) process., SAP Technical Design for 'Tooling Management System' (TMS)., Responsible for external interface design.
• American Airlines - Parts 360 Project, Fort Worth, TX, 09/12 - 08/13, SAP Technical Architect - SAP NW Gateway, UI and Mobility, American Airlines is the largest commercial airline in North America with about 900+ fleets. American has embarked on a business transformation program to transition their supply chain operations from dozens of 40-year-old legacy systems to an SAP supply chain solution., Responsible for the mobility solution design of certain WM, LE and IM processes., Technical design of SAP NetWeaver Gateway objects as REST-Full services., Work closely with BPOs and business SMEs to understand business requirements and translate that into technical specs and process flow diagrams., Provide direction, mentoring and guidance to team members.
• EMC2 - Propel R2 Project, Boston, MA, 02/12 - 08/12, SAP Technical Architect - Basis, PI, ABAP, Mobility and User Interface, EMC is a leading Storage, Cloud and Big Data solution provider. EMC started a multi-phase business transformation project to move their sales and professional services business operations to SAP., Responsible for defining technical architecture and strategy., Technology oversight of Basis, PI, ABAP Development, Mobility, and User Interface teams., Work closely with functional leads to scope out technical deliverables.
• Norfolk Southern - Synergy Project, Roanoke, VA, 07/10 - 01/12, SAP Technical Architect - User Interface, Norfolk Southern is a leading rail transportation company based in Norfolk, VA. Synergy project intended to replace dozens of legacy systems with the implementation SAP HCM, ECC, SRM and E-Sourcing systems., Responsible for defining user interface architecture and strategy., Responsible for managing technical deliverables coordinating with various work streams., Lead the team thru solution design and delivery phase.
• TXU Energy - ROMP Project, Dallas, TX, 04/08 - 08/10, SAP Technical Architect - ABAP, PI and Web Self Service, TXU Energy is a Dallas based energy company that manages a portfolio of competitive and regulated energy businesses., Responsible for architecture and solution design of 7 SAP UI applications., Managed a team of 30 consultants - ABAP Developers, UI Developers, Business Analysts and ISU Functional Consultants.
• City of Dallas - Pay1 project, Dallas, TX, 06/07 - 02/08, PI / XI Interface Lead, Pay1 project replaced a 20-year-old legacy system at City of Dallas with the implementation of SAP Industry Solutions-Utilities / Customer Care System (IS-U/CCS) modules., Work with functional team to understand business requirements and translate that into technical design., Analyze business requirements and articulate interface and data exchange strategy between different systems.
• Pratt & Whitney - E-Spares & Shopping Cart projects, Hartford, CT, 02/06 - 05/07, E-Commerce Architect, Pratt & Whitney is a leading aircraft engine manufacturer. Shopping Cart application provides Pratt & Whitney a web-selling channel for its after-market businesses., Responsible for the solution design of online Shopping Cart and Order Management processes., Technical design of payment authorization process.
• Affinia Online, Chicago, IL, 09/05 - 12/05, Senior E-Commerce / J2EE Developer, Affinia online is a Re-architecture of multiple 'Affinia Group' websites into a single site using 'Websphere Commerce Enabled Portal' architecture., Requirement gathering, Analysis, Design, Coding and Unit test., Worked on Websphere Commerce customization.
• L. L. Bean, Inc., Freeport, ME, 03/05 - 08/05, Senior E-Commerce / J2EE Developer, Llbean.com and llbean.co.jp are domestic and International (Japan) online retail stores of L. L. Bean, Inc., Requirement gathering, Analysis, Design, Coding and Unit test., Rewrote the search application to implement Struts Framework.
• ECCM (IBM PC Division), Raleigh, NC, 02/03 - 01/05, Senior Software Engineer, ECCM is a trusted data source for ibm.com (both public and e-sites)., ECCM Team Lead responsible for technical delivery as per project plan and schedule., Requirement gathering, Analysis, Sizing, Design, Coding and Unit test.
• Shop IBM - ibm.com (IBM PC Division), Raleigh, NC, 01/02 - 01/03, Senior Software Engineer, Shop IBM is a web application where IBM conducts its online business in two ways., Requirement gathering, Analysis, Sizing, Design, Coding and Unit test as per project plan and schedule., Involved in developing and customizing ibm.com site.
• IBM Global Services (Prudential SCT), Bangalore, 09/01 - 12/01, Senior Software Engineer, Prudential SCT is a Re-Architecture of 401K-retirement plan on prudential site., Developed session beans and Java programs to implement business logic., Developed java programs to validate the input parameters.
• Abbey National Plc. (Cahoot - Internet Banking), Hursley, 01/01 - 08/01, Senior Software Engineer, Cahoot is an internet banking web site that provides online banking services., Written Servlets, Java programs and JSPs to handle business logic and to validate business rules., Setup a number of Scripts & shortcuts to allow fast and efficient analysis of error logs.
• Kingfisher Group Plc. (Comet - Online Shopping), Manchester, 06/00 - 12/00, Senior Software Engineer, Comet.co.uk is an Internet venture of Comet retail stores in UK., Developed a java program that monitors for incoming files and once the files are found convert them into .mpt format., Involved in writing Net.Data code and SQL queries.

SAP Order-To-Cash and SAP Commerce (Hybris), Inventory Management (IM), Warehouse Management (WM), Materials Management (MM), Sales and Distribution (SD), Logistics Execution (LE), Purchasing (PUR), Ecommerce, Supply Chain & Logistics, Warehouse Management, Aerospace & Defense, Sales & Distribution, SAP S/4 Hana On-premise 1909, Commerce Cloud (CCV2) 2105, Strong Java and Web Development Background, Java, J2EE and Spring Framework, Headless Commerce & Spartacus, ABAP, ABAP Objects, RFCs, BAdI, UI5, Web Services, OData, Mobility, HTML5, etc., CPI, PI / PO, ABAP Proxy, IDOC, S/4 Hana, ATP, ECC, MDG, CRM, SCM and GTS, E-Commerce, User Interface and Mobility Solution Development, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, SAP NetWeaver Portal and SAP Mobile Platform (SMP)