Hi, I’m
Rahul Patlolla
Master Data Specialist
Hyderabad
Summary
Dynamic and detail-oriented Vendor Master Professional with over 7 years of experience in managing vendor databases and optimizing procurement processes. Proven track record of enhancing vendor relationships and ensuring data accuracy to drive operational efficiency. Expertise in analyzing vendor performance metrics and implementing best practices to streamline workflows, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to support strategic sourcing initiatives and maintain compliance with company policies. Passionate about leveraging technology and data analytics to improve vendor management processes, bringing a proactive approach and innovative solutions to elevate vendor operations in fast-paced environments.
Overview
8
years of professional experience
1
Certification
3
Languages
Work History
Opella Health care
Master Data Operator
08.2025 - 12.2025
Job overview
- Assisted in the implementation of a new master data management system, ensuring seamless transition with minimal disruption to daily operations.
- Managing the end-to-end lifecycle of Material Creation, Modification, Extension and inactivation, ensuring alignment with global data governance standards.
- Mass MD requests and performing data enrichments as per the Business Sites.
- Performing day to day activities of processing master data tickets assigned as per the relevant SOPs, Business matrix, and SLA timelines.
- Ensuring high data accuracy and data quality maintenance, validations, and alignment with company standards.
- Maintain and update the material master data in ERP systems (Unity, CEP, S/4 Hana)
- Used to maintain the regular data audits and data cleansing activity.
Carrier
Subject matter Expert
11.2022 - 07.2025
Job overview
- Worked as an SME for vendor master data in SAP ARIBA, SAHANA, and SAP/CFIN.
- Manage and coordinate the ongoing communication, maintenance, and monitoring of standard data.
- Validating mandatory documents for vendor creation ensures the accuracy and legitimacy of the vendor's information, preventing fraud and compliance issues.
- Managing vendor master creation, modification, and extension in SAP/S4HANA/S4CFIN involves managing data about suppliers within a system like SAP and other ERPs. This includes adding new vendors, updating existing vendor information, changing the bank details as per the vendor's requirements, and extending the vendor into multiple company codes as per the requirements.
- Working closely with vendors on a daily basis and assisting with planning and creating the vendor management procedures, policies, and programmes.
- Resolved vendor master-related escalations that arose from multiple teams (supply chain, vendor master, and other sourcing teams).
- Various issues assisted with, including vendor master integration, disbursement team problems, and banking, payment methods, and term-related challenges.
- Actively working on the vendor mass block/unblock, payment methods, and payment terms changes in S4/CFIN by using the LFA1 and LFB1 (LOEVM, ZWELS, ZTERM) T-codes as per the BU approvals.
- I have conducted UAT testing for all newly migrated suppliers, as well as all new country, and region suppliers, to ensure smooth vendor onboarding in Ariba/S4.
- Ensuring updates to the SOPs in accordance with the new guidelines.
- All Ariba-related vendor creation in S/4HANA, and Business Partner master data specialist.
- Actively attending global calls related to vendor master data ensures consistent and accurate information across all locations, improves vendor management, and reduces errors.
- Assisting with external and internal controls for vendor master data, internal audit inquiries for entities, and ensuring SOX control compliance as necessary.
- A comprehensive vendor master workflow system can indeed ensure FIFO (First-In, First-Out) and TAT (Turn-Around Time) adherence. This is achieved through features that track vendor onboarding, manage vendor performance, and ensure compliance.
- Supportively trained the teams in China and Japan on the ARIBA vendor master to build good teamwork.
- By using ServiceNow to raise a ticket for any vendor integration failure for the S4 team and AMS (Ariba Managed Support) teams.
- All individual vendor creations will be via ServiceNow ticket. supporting all corporate vendors, individual vendors, and exceptional vendors.
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Senior Process Executive Data
09.2021 - 09.2022
Job overview
- Handled Vendor master data activities using SAP.
- Call-back verification on the banking validation.
- Vendor validation, quality check.
- Uses T-codes XK01 for creation, XK02 for bank details update, and XK03 for vendor viewing.
Genpact
Process Associate
03.2018 - 09.2021
Job overview
- Managed all vendor-related activities. (Documentation)
- New vendor creation, vendor modification, change of bank details, updating payment terms, and vendor extensions.
- Uses T-codes FK01 for creation, FK02 for bank details update, and FK03 for a complete vendor view.
Education
St Xavier's PG CollegeHyderabad
Master of Business Administration from Finance / Accounting
01.2018
University Overview
Osmania University
Skills
SAP
Certification
completed CX Training in Carrier – 2024
Awards and honours
2023 - I have achieved Spot award for clearing the volumes in time., 2024 - I have achieved TITAN award for managing multiple activities across VMD activities. (Processing / Auditing), 2024 another TITAN award for successfully completed Ariba vendor master Transition., Achieved TEAM IMPACT AWARD for critical support to global Ariba remediation. (Removing the duplicate vendors after the ERP migration from SAP to S4)
Declaration
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Timeline
Master Data Operator
Opella Health care
08.2025 - 12.2025
Subject matter Expert
Carrier
11.2022 - 07.2025
Senior Process Executive Data
Cognizant Technology Solutions
09.2021 - 09.2022
Process Associate
Genpact
03.2018 - 09.2021
St Xavier's PG College
Master of Business Administration from Finance / Accounting