Gowtham Kumar

• · Bachelor of Engineering (CSE) from Gitam University in 2013.

Leclerc - Implementation Project

• Worked as Vistex Techno Functional Consultant
• Implemented Trade Promotion Management for optimized revenue
• Worked on Calculation Flow Setup Under Agreement Which is used to Create Calculation Runs.
• Configured the calculation Buckets.
• Designed and Configured complex deduction setup.

WMG Acquisition Corp. - Upgrade Project (ECC to S4)

• Upgraded the ECC Vistex pricing procedure to Vistex V/4 Calculation procedure.
• Configured the Calculation Buckets.
• Worked on Calculation Flow Setup Under Agreement Which is used to Create Calculation Runs.
• Worked on Rights and Royalties, Advance Recoupment Scenarios, Liquidation Cases, Billing Due List, Overages Scenarios.
• Implemented Revisions & Master Agreements to create Rebate Agreements & Deals from one place.
• Worked with different phases for project alignment – like Status ow changes, Overlap check on Master Agreement, Calculation bucket, New Reports, changes in Transaction Register and Claims.
• Enhanced the Calculation Run creation to create Multiple Calculation runs for each Agreement.

Zuellig Pharma - Implementation Project

• Implemented Vistex Deals in SAP Sales Order Scenarios.
• Enhanced Evaluation BADI to apply the benefits based on the Customer Eligibility.
• Worked in Vistex Routines during Pricing Evaluation (601,602).
• Created Multiple Deal Scenarios like Regular benefits, Addons, Addons with Restrictions, Cross Order Scenarios, Return Order scenarios.
• Implemented Flexible Groups, Flexible Group Evaluation for Group Benefit Scenarios.

Ecolab - Support Project

• Responsible for deliver the support tickets and Change Request’s in Revenue Management.
• Handled P1, P2 and P3 tickets by responding and resolve within SLA period.
• Review new business requirements and deliver those as part of the monthly enhancement process.
• Implemented Claims load indirect sales which was received from 3rd Party applications like Flex, I-Series, Price Rights.
• Integrated Indirect Contract pricing by creating Agreement Request through EDI’s and post it to Agreements.
• Responsible for the Daily claim load job and month-end activities to monitor and run the accruals & settlements job.

Product Details

Go-to-Market Suite (GTMS) - Vistex Asia Pacific Pvt. Ltd.

Vistex Go-to-Market Suite® (GTMS) is an enterprise-class, modular-based application that
helps to drive revenue, control spend, and influence behavior. GTMS is specifically
designed to offer unprecedented visibility into program performance, providing
unparalleled insight into the management of entire programs, and provides end-to-end
insights into overall program effectiveness while driving topline revenue and improving
bottom line profit.

• Conducting meetings with Product Architects to gather and verify the requirements.
• Design/code complex objects like status flow, document partners, change documents,
  Hierarchy, flexible groups
• Involved in Technical Analysis, Design, Testing and Development of the Applications Like Agreement, Tracking, Period Variant and Period Profile
• Report to senior management with respect to status, release, and cutover activities
• Interact with onshore consultants to gather feedback and suggestions for the product
• Oversaw the testing, deployment, and post-go-live support phases, ensuring successful integration and minimal disruption to business operations.
• Responsible for the SAP PQ (Product Quality) process
• Mentor Junior team members, conduct trainings
• Involved in Performance Tuning in Code and Code Reviews of team members
• Conduct knowledge transfer sessions regarding new features and functionalities to
  functional consultants
• Responsible for Work Manager, a concept that atomizes job scheduling across different
  areas
• Developed complete end to end Period Variant application

SAP Incentives and Paybacks Module - Vistex Asia Pacific Pvt. Ltd

The complexity of rebate programs is growing, and so is the need for rebate management.
Unique business requirements should be addressed by a robust solution. Vistex is an
embedded solution within SAP that uses the same master data and G/L accounts. It can handle complex supplier and customer agreements; that are not available with the standard SAP configuration.

• Hands on experience Configuring, implementing, and testing of SAP Vistex product includes various applications such as Agreements, Claims/Transaction, Billbacks, Chargebacks, Sales Rebates, Purchasing Rebates, Sales Incentives and Data Maintenance to validate and verify application functionality and performance.
• SAP Vistex Pricing procedures, using condition technique, Condition Types, Access
  sequences, and condition tables as per the test case requirements and setup.
• Understanding the Client requirements and & designing the technical documents.
• Develop Objects as per the project standards.
• Resolve Performance issues of code using performance tools - SQL Tracer, Runtime Analysis and Code Inspector and performance tips.