JAYAPALA HOTTEGOWDA

• Operational Stewardship: Optimize business operations in Danaher.
• IT leadership: Anticipate and align with business needs in Danaher.
• Entrepreneurship: Deliver Competitive advantage for Danaher Business.
• Road maps creation for enterprise applications and strategy execution
• Project Management and Execution
• Business Analysis and Reporting
• Quality Assurance and Testing
• Budget and Resource Management
• Training Management for SAP CoE and Core Business Teams
• Road maps creation for enterprise applications and strategy execution
• Business Requirement/Business Priority Alignments
• Establishing relationships with Customer Service, Logistics, Technical Service, Finance workstreams and super users in US and global countries.
• Collaborating with business users in Customer Service, and other departments, gaining a deep understanding of business processes and requirements and work on designing, developing, and testing system solutions to address business requirements in alignment with the global solution template.
• Managing implementation projects in alignment with Cepheid IT’s methodologies and governance model.
• Collaborating with other IT teams to ensure solution designs are well integrated and aligned to the overall enterprise architecture.
• Advising Business Teams on ways they can improve their use of the SAP solutions.

Important Achievements:

· Implemented SAP S/HANA private Cloud System in Cepheid and Pall Corporation Operating Companies.

· Implemented SAP RAR Revenue accounting and reporting.

· Implemented SAP Sales and Service Cloud applications for presales, ecommerce, and marketing activities.

· Implemented Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for Customer Service and financial process.

· Implemented SAP S4/HANA Advanced Variant Configuration for Customer Instrument Shipment process.

· Implemented S4/HANA AATP and PP/DS process.

· Rolled out SAP S4/HANA to Several Danaher go direct countries.

· Implemented S4/HANA Global Tarde Services and SAP – process Weaver transportation management systems.

· Implemented Important S4/HANA bolt on applications; Vertex, HighRadius and SAP Vistex

· Implemented important interfaces, SAP Gateway system, SAP CPI and SAP PI and PO.

· Implemented Important add on systems; GHX EDI, Bill Trust, Invoice ware, BPC and EDICOM. And 3PL Systems.

Other Achievements:

· Established robust Application Change Control Process.

· Established very good Application Maintenance Process (AMS).

· Established efficient data governance process.

· Implemented comprehensive IT Compliance and internal audit process.

· Developed efficient global SAP CoE Team in onsite and offshore.

· Implemented Scrum and agile methodology for projects and enhancements.

• SAP SD/SM/PS/PM/MM/APO/CRM/S/4HANA
• Working in SAP ECC/S/4HANA implementation project for Electrolux North America region (USA, Canada, and Mexico), leading and facilitating design work shops, and assessments and planning sessions
• As part of project blueprinting, successfully completed fit gap analysis
• Currently working in solution discussion, documentation and prototyping process
• Preparing functional specifications/business flow charts
• Working in cross functional areas, looking after end to end process and understanding how it fits together in SAP SD/MM/SM/CRM/Hybris/APO modules
• Making recommendations on implementation of the SAP applications, as well as integration with third party systems and making recommendations on what other complementary software may enhance the SAP investment
• Effectively communicating the solution and value to all the key stake holders such as the business and IT clients as well as the team both onsite and offshore
• Conducting work effort estimation and develop work plans SAP Application implementation
• Liaising between the Electrolux IT and Electrolux Business teams as well as external parties like Electrolux customers, banks for the SAP support and project implementation
• Ensuring the SAP governance and best practices in the projects.

• SAP OTC/P2P/APO/CRM/S/4HANA
• Projects Name: Implementation, Support and Enhancement
• Implemented S/HANA using Activate Methodology successfully.
• Configured the S/4HANA to business process requirements. Designed and developed S/4HANA application to meet the custom requirements for various business scenarios in SD/CS/PS/PM/MM Modules.
• Designed and developed Fiori application for user requirements.
• Extensively worked on data transfer and system conversion, landscape transformation for S/4HANA.
• Successfully Conducted blueprint workshops/demos to gather business requirements and helped the client familiarize with ECC processes.
• Performed process design, gap analysis and mapping of business processes in ECC.
• Configured order to cash (OTC) processes; inquiry, quotation, master data objects, Pricing procedures, sales, billing, shipping, transportation documents availability check, copy control, item categories, credit management, outputs and bill of materials (BOM).
• SM functionalities: serial numbers, equipment’s (on loan and rent), notifications, task lists, debit and credit memo requests, outbound and return sales orders, service contracts, third party and in-house repairs, contracts etc.
• Successfully completed the implementation and data migration process following strict compliance with the ASAP methodology.
• Implemented ECC and Vistex rebate and settlement management.
• Created material pricing dashboard for CIO and CFO use.
• Responsible for Material and Vendor Master Conversion strategy and execution.
• Configured ECC enterprise structures: plants, storage locations, purchasing groups, and purchasing organization and sales areas.
• Configured released strategies for purchase orders and contracts.
• Configured SD/MM prices determination process and the output management process.
• Created functional specifications for the release procedures of Purchase Orders and Purchase Requisitions.
• Configured Vendor Master including creation of account groups and partner function, vendor evaluation and confirmation.
• Configuration of message types, access sequences, message determination schema for Output Control of purchasing documents.
• Configured and defined the warehouse management system, defined storage bin coordinates, stock placement and removal strategies.
• Worked on configuration of warehouse activity monitor with all the critical parameters and creation of variants to run different job reports in background, and assignment of the variants / reports to all user profiles.
• Configured physical inventory procedures.
• Hands on SAP Testing experience using HP Quality Center (QC) & HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) with various modules in SAP ECC.
• SAP Work soft: in implementation and support projects, involved in all test cycles for the execution of key deliverables testing. Helped in the management of defect tracking and resolution processes.
• Experience with the following EDIs: Invoice 810, Sales Order 850, Purchase Order 855, ASN 856 etc.
• Conducted studies pertaining to the reviewing of existing SAP ECC and SAP APO application system to meet current and projected business needs.
• Written descriptions of user needs, SAP APO program functions, and steps required to develop or modify SAP APO systems.
• Analyzed SAP ERP/APO user requirements, procedures, and business problems to improve existing process in the systems.
• Conducted configuration and design studies and prepared concept and design specifications to implement SAP APO new modules like APO SNP and GATP.
• Prepared SAP project-phase plans and SAP implementation schedules.
• Carried out broad and complex assignments requiring comprehensive knowledge in the field of specialization and of the organization to develop recommendations to change policies or procedures pertaining to SAP ERP/APO systems.
• Configured business process in SAP; SCM, APO (GATP) and ECC, MM/SD.
• Monitored the completion of SAP projects including planning, assigning, monitoring and reviewing progress and accuracy of work, and evaluating results, etc.
• Provided direction and guidance to other members of the team to achieve project/team goals and make successful deliveries.
• Evaluated improvements and possible modifications of existing SAP connected systems such as Web focus, Cisco CCX, MES and SAP CRM systems as needed.
• Demonstrated continuous effort to improve SAP ERP/APO operations, decrease turnaround times, streamlined work processes, and worked cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.

• Organized, participated or coordinated end-to-end execution of Order Management, Sales and Distribution solutions, related projects and technology implementations. Introduced best practice and process improvement ideas.Defined systems strategy, developed systems requirements, designed and prototyped SAP solutions for TAMKO business requirement.
• Provided subject matter expert solutions and configured SAP application hands on SAP SD/MM/SM/APO/CRM.
• Provided process expertise and solutions in Service Orders, Invoicing, Supply Chain integration, with knowledge of Pricing, Contracts, among others for the SAP Order to Cash area and integration with other SAP Modules and non-SAP tools.
• Worked with business counterparts on delivering solutions based on Best Practices, business processes and SAP expertise. Analyzes business requirements and translated them into design.
• Provided training, mentorship and ongoing support of SAP OTC to IT and business stakeholders.
• Lead multiple design activities, from requirement analysis to systems, application and process design specifications, implementation and support.
• Provided expertise for the estimation and financial analysis for projects.

• SAP SD/SM/PS/LE/MM/PP/PI/APO/CRM
• As a project lead, I am responsible to lead team to complete technical and administrative work in the projects.
• Solely responsible for setting up the entire configuration for service notifications, service orders, sales orders, Resource Related Billing.
• Implemented new business process (STOs, third party process and intercompany scenarios) to Asia region.
• Implemented new application: Salesforce.com and mapped it to SAP ECC through SAP PI/PO integration as part of improving pre-sales process.
• Implemented Entomo application and integrated it to SAP as part improving channel partner and revenue management system.
• Implemented Loftware system and mapped it to SAP Logistic as part of improving labels management.
• Developed new SAP tool to improve picking and packing process of deliveries.
• Implemented SAP RGX carrier add on functionality as part improving transportation process.
• Implemented SAP APO GATP functionality.
• Implemented SAP DMS system to manage documentation process effectively.
• Configured SAP APO demand planning and integrated to ECC for product forecast.
• Implemented foreign trade export license functionality.

• As a Project Lead responsible for Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of customized SAP ERP solutions for new implementations and upgrades for US customer, Kubota Tractor Corporation
• As leading SAP consultant has to work mainly in cross modules issues SAP SD/SM, CRM, MM, WM, PP and FI
• Configuring new process based on business requirement: business analysis, requirement gathering, preparing functional spec, configuring business process, coordinating with ABAPERs for developments, handling business approval process, preparing test data and testing, and preparing necessary documentation
• Configured resource related billing, dynamic Item Process Profile (DIP) to take care of separate pricing at component level and to bill its affiliates for repair
• Implemented enhancements like custom fields on the SM order, maintenance items etc
• To meet the client’s business requirements
• Enhancements of existing development objects on various levels; based on business requirement, developing and changing custom reports, output forms with custom programs, user exits, BADIs and BAPIs
• Performed unit and integration testing of new development and provided feedbacks and recommendations to technical team prior to user acceptance testing
• Application Support: business process queries, master data issues, break fixes whenever issues arise
• Attending client meeting: weekly change board meeting, weekly development prioritization meeting, business reviews, IT cross divisional meetings
• Provided SAP business analyst support including functional specification development, training, troubleshooting tickets within the SD, MM and CRM module, and a 24/7 on call help
• Creating SOW (scope of work documents) for all change requests to obtain financials approval from the business executive sponsors and financial officers for new developments
• Working on issues relating to data flow between different environments
• Working on idocs, flat files, BDC and BAPIs
• Monitoring and sending Idocs from one system to another
• Worked closely with SAP Core Team members to ensure proposed solutions integrate properly with SAP and support organization wide end-state business requirements.

• SAP SD/SM/PS/PM/LE/MM/PP/APO/CRM
• As a, , responsible for Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of customized SAP ERP solutions for new implementations and upgrades for IBM US customer: Hitachi Metals Automotive Component, Vertical 2 (HMAC)
• Project Responsibilities/Deliverables:
• Configuration of organization structure like sale org, division, distribution channel, sales offices etc
• Configuring SD Documents types including scheduling agreements and contracts, Partner functions, condition types, pricing procedures, billing documents types, account determination, output types, looking after master data related issues like customer master, material master etc
• Participating in design reviews to understand new requirements for rollout business process and fit gap analysis
• Understanding the business requirements and work with the technical team for custom development in designing and documenting test cases
• Preparing various testing scenarios for user Acceptance testing (also conducting unit testing and Co- coordinating system integration testing team
• Ensuring timely progress of development, test & implementation activities and highlighting any concerns
• Involved in troubleshooting SD/MM/CS problems through research, re-creating the problem and developing, executing and validating test scenarios, test scripts and test results
• Provided functional/technical specification to ABAP team for Development of reports / user exits
• Configured Output determination for sales document, Deliveries and Billing documents
• Gave hyper Care and super care support after role out, involved in Production and Development Support
• Worked on enhancements issues: delivery, invoice, picking list, new condition type for pricing procedure, ext
• Involved in system refreshing, service stack up-gradation activities.

As a Project Lead, responsible for Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of customized SAP ERP solutions for new implementations and upgrades for IBM US customer: Hitachi Metals Automotive Component, Vertical 2 (HMAC)

Project Responsibilities/Deliverables:

· Configuration of organization structure like sale org, division, distribution channel, sales offices etc.

· Configuring SD Documents types including scheduling agreements and contracts, Partner functions, condition types, pricing procedures, billing documents types, account determination, output types, looking after master data related issues like customer master, material master etc.

· Participating in design reviews to understand new requirements for rollout business process and fit gap analysis. Understanding the business requirements and work with the technical team for custom development in designing and documenting test cases.

· Preparing various testing scenarios for user Acceptance testing (also conducting unit testing and Co- coordinating system integration testing team.

· Ensuring timely progress of development, test & implementation activities and highlighting any concerns.

· Involved in troubleshooting SD/MM/CS problems through research, re-creating the problem and developing, executing and validating test scenarios, test scripts and test results.

· Provided functional/technical specification to ABAP team for Development of reports / user exits.

· Configured Output determination for sales document, Deliveries and Billing documents

· Gave hyper Care and super care support after role out, involved in Production and Development Support.

· Worked on enhancements issues: delivery, invoice, picking list, new condition type for pricing procedure, ext.

· Involved in system refreshing, service stack up-gradation activities.

As a project lead, responsible for analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of customized SAP ERP solutions for new implementations and upgrades for IBM Japan customer: Sony Global, Japan.

Project Responsibilities:

· Learnt IBM next generation tools to use effectively to study the client business process.

· Prepared different application reports for different regions on client existing systems and business process.

· Prepared questionnaires and interviewed the client about existing business process.

· Prepared AS- IS reports for different regions which speak about client’s existing business process.

· Prepared comparison reports for across the regions to show the similarities and dissimilarities of the different business process configured in SAP ECC applications for different regions.

• SAP SD /PS/PM/LE/MM/PP/APO/CRM
• As a project lead, responsible for analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of customized SAP ERP solutions for new implementations and upgrades for IBM Japan customer: Sony Global, Japan
• Project Responsibilities:
• Learnt IBM next generation tools to use effectively to study the client business process
• Prepared different application reports for different regions on client existing systems and business process
• Prepared questionnaires and interviewed the client about existing business process
• Prepared AS- IS reports for different regions which speak about client’s existing business process
• Prepared comparison reports for across the regions to show the similarities and dissimilarities of the different business process configured in SAP ECC applications for different regions.

This is an SAP ECC application maintenance and support project, there are 5 verticals in the corporate group, and this support project handled all the vertical’s application issues. ECC/SCM landscape; SD, PP, MM, FICO, SAP POS and SAP APO.

Project Responsibilities

· Involved in production and development support, resolving daily system issues and developing the enhancements as needed to meet projects SLAs.

· Interacted with the BPO and developed SLA’s & project guidelines to run the smooth flow of support.

· Configuration of custom Item Categories for sales & delivery documents to enhance the order allocation process & to control over delivery.

· Provided end to end solution to optimize order allocation process using user exits.

· Customized pricing with delivery date, so that invoice takes most recent price.

· Responsible for gathering project metric from the entire team to give in - put to prepare monthly project health report.

· Responsible for driving configuration, documentation & initiative in the project.

· Responsible for maintaining the project folder (Project Monitoring & Control) to ensure compliance to CMMI.

This is an SAP ECC implementation project. There are 5 verticals in the corporate group; we implemented SAP ECC for Vertical 2(Coffee Day Express) in this project. ECC/SCM landscape; SD, MM, FICO, SAP POS and SAP APO.

Project Responsibilities

· Active contribution throughout the project life cycle from developing the functional specifications, detailed analysis, design, construction, integration and final implementation of SAP ECC system.

· Studied business process changes /requirements and configure SAP system to suit the requirements. This involved integration with FICO, PP and MM modules GATP.

· Configuring & building up organizational structures which include sales organization. Distribution channel, division, sales offices and sales groups.

· Involved in configuration of sales and distribution module involving sales inquiries, quotations, sales orders, shipping, invoicing process, (OTC- order to cash) quantity & Value Contracts, scheduling agreements, pricing, credit management and consignment.

· Defining and assigning number ranges for sales, delivery and billing documents.

· Configured pricing, condition types, consignments, billing, shipping documents and rebate agreements etc.

· Defined Pricing Procedure using condition techniques based on distribution channel and created access sequences for specific division with relevant discounts.

· Creation of test scenarios for unit testing and integration testing for all ECC and APO business processes and getting the sign-off after successful completion of testing.

· Prepared functional specification for output form for all sales related enhancements / reports.

· Prepared end user training document (EUDT) and conducted training to end users.

· Tested all SD/MM related ABAP developments.

· Documented the SD/MM and APO Configurations.

• LE/MM/PP/APO/CRM
• This is an SAP ECC implementation project
• There are 5 verticals in the corporate group; we implemented SAP ECC for Vertical 2(Coffee Day Express) in this project
• ECC/SCM landscape; SD, MM, FICO, SAP POS and SAP APO
• Project Responsibilities
• Active contribution throughout the project life cycle from developing the functional specifications, detailed analysis, design, construction, integration and final implementation of SAP ECC system
• Studied business process changes /requirements and configure SAP system to suit the requirements
• This involved integration with FICO, PP and MM modules GATP
• Configuring & building up organizational structures which include sales organization
• Distribution channel, division, sales offices and sales groups
• Involved in configuration of sales and distribution module involving sales inquiries, quotations, sales orders, shipping, invoicing process, (OTC- order to cash) quantity & Value Contracts, scheduling agreements, pricing, credit management and consignment
• Defining and assigning number ranges for sales, delivery and billing documents
• Configured pricing, condition types, consignments, billing, shipping documents and rebate agreements etc
• Defined Pricing Procedure using condition techniques based on distribution channel and created access sequences for specific division with relevant discounts
• Creation of test scenarios for unit testing and integration testing for all ECC and APO business processes and getting the sign-off after successful completion of testing
• Prepared functional specification for output form for all sales related enhancements / reports
• Prepared end user training document (EUDT) and conducted training to end users
• Tested all SD/MM related ABAP developments
• Documented the SD/MM and APO Configurations.

This is SAP ECC application implementation Project, there are 5 verticals in the corporate group, and we implemented SAP in Vertical 1 Coffee Day Fresh N’ Ground. ECC/SCM landscape; SD, PP, MM, FICO, SAP POS and SAP APO.

Project Responsibilities

Role in this project was to analyze, configure and develop the business processes in-order to offer suitable solutions to the business problems/requirements.

· Conducted workshops and meetings and coordinated across business departments to impart the knowledge about the business process requirements.

· Recommended SAP best practice processes based on technical and business study to satisfy Company’s business process requirement.

· Identified the gaps, recommended workarounds, and custom enhancements to fill the gaps.

· Actively involved in defining business organization structure of Sales & Distribution management in SAP ECC Enterprise structure. Defined number ranges for customer master record and the sales documents.

· Managed Cut Over, post implementation support and troubleshooting, follow-up on initial user problems and resolving them by making required changes.

· Played a key role in unit test scenario preparation, integration, user and performance testing, and documentation.

· Configuration of various account groups as per customer classification, and defined partner functions, Maintaining Partner Determination Procedures in various objects such as customer masters, sales document header & item, delivery and billing docs etc.

· Configured sales, billing, shipping, credit management, consignments documents etc.

· Configured customer and material master objects, contract management process.

· Mapped third party order processing, subsequent delivery and billing process.

· Created of pricing procedures, condition types, access sequence and condition tables.

· Prepared unit and integration of testing plans. Executed testing plans and recorded results.

· Mapped inter-company sales/stock transfer process.

· Prepared and evaluated the user training documents.

· Tested development objects across the business process.

• As SAP ECC and Non-SAP implementation business process integration coordinator in
• IT application implementation projects.

• Worked as IT applications business process integration power user in IT applications implementation projects and IT related business programs
• Trainings:
• ERP: SAP R/3 ECC 5.0 Version (Sales and Distribution) from SAP authorized training center Siemens Information System LTD.