Solution Architect for S/4 Hana Transformation projects with over 15 years in the IT Industry and 24 years overall. Experience with Large Scale Global Implementations for Fortune 100 Companies with key roles such as Delivery Lead, Global Workstream Lead, Business Process Architect.
Experienced in Project Management while providing end-to-end solutions and leading through all phases of large-scale Implementations and multi country roll outs. Managed Teams of over 50 resources from multiple workstreams.
Expertise in Materials Management, Ariba, Supplier Relationship Management & Ariba Strategic Sourcing.
Solution Architect for S/4 Hana Business Transformation and S/4 conversion deals managing the end to end slutioning, staffing and pricing estimates. Also, expertise in S/4 Hana assessments with number of clients with focus on Purchase to Pay.
· Working as part of a High End Europe SAP COE and Solutioning Team comprising of Program Managers and Directors.
· Led End to End Solutioning for several S/4 Hana Deals within the European Cluster supporting 11 countries.
· Provided expertise for S/4 Hana Deals involving Procurement & Ariba.
· Developed complex end to end estimates using Capgemini’s proprietary estimation tools.
· Engaged with multiple teams and towers within Capgemini to complete the end to end solutioning.
· Led multiple S/4 Hana Assessments with Customers for Brownfield & Bluefield conversions using Capgemini Proprietory Tools.
Ariba Architect for multiple integration projects between John Crane & Customers. This included developing the Flight Plan for Customers, Business Process Design, Development and Customer Integration. Other Platforms included Tungsten for EInvoice Integration.
· Developed the Ariba Flight Plan together with Business Sales Leadership.
· Led Design Workshops with the Business and documented Business Process Flows and Process Design.
· Developed Functional Design documents for technical development work.
· Led Integration meetings with external stakeholders and the Ariba Technical team.
· Led the Unit , Integration and User Acceptance Testing phases with the Business.
· Configuration of the Cloud Integration Gateway and the Ariba Customer Relationship Setup.
· Managed integration issues between SAP & Cloud Middleware and Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway.
· Managed Catalogue integration with the External Stakeholders.
· Developed innovative solutions including a Idoc Error handling tool for resolution and automation.
· Handled Cutover , Deployment and Go Live Activities.
· Post Go Live activities including Metrics Reporting.
Project Manager for a S/4 Hana 1709 Roll Out with enhancements to Procurement & Finance functions and Fiori Apps for a Mid Sized Chemical Company.
Global Workstream Lead for the 140 Billion Merger of Dow & Dupont and the divestiture into 3 companies including separate business entity for the Agriculture business.
Managed the Requisition to Pay workstream for the complex split of SAP systems and processes including SRM & Sourcing into three separate entities. This included the splitting the configuration and data from 4 separate production environments for multiple diverse businesses.
Project & Accomplishments:
• Led a team of Functional & Technical resources through Design, Build, BIT & USAT using Agile methodologies
· Successfully led a complex data migration process for a billion dollars in purchasing spend using a State-of-the-Art Table migration process with a third-party service provider.
· Managed the Design, Build & Testing of multiple SAP systems including an ECC 6.0 Upgrade with over 1200 Test Script executed with 30 testers globally.
· Resolved complex cross module integration issues with PM, PP, PS & FI modules.
· Developed complex reporting and data reconciliation capability on HANA Data in Hub which could reconcile thousands of lines of transactional data within seconds.
· Managed a complex AG Business divestment including handling of complex Tolling and Country Specific Business processes.
Business Process Architect (MM , SRM & Ariba ) for a 40 Billion Merger project between Tyson Foods & Hillshire Foods.
Global Workstream Lead - Requisition to Pay module for the consolidation of systems for Dupont involving SAP ECC, SAP SRM & Ariba Network.
Managed the Requisition to Pay workstream for the complex split of systems and processes including SRM & Esourcing into three separate entities . This included the splitting the configuration and data from 4 separate production environments for multiple diverse businesses.
Project & Accomplishments:
• Managed the workstream through key phases such as Design & Build, Enterprise Testing, Integration Testing & UAT.
• Handled Deliverable planning while keeping key project metrics such as SPI / CPI on track.
• Managed over a 100 Deliverables including, Process Design, Technical Design & Config Rationale.
• Designed & Developed a complex approval workflow process in SRM & ECC with Integration to the HR Minimaster.
• Designed a developed a process for Vendor Managed Inventory.
• Implemented the SRM UI Add On with UI5 Development & Fiori Apps.
• Managed Testing with execution of over 700 test scripts across 4 regions.
• Implemented the Ariba Network on Cloud CI3 with PI Integration.
Delivery Lead for a SRM 7.0 Greenfield Implementation for a Fortune 100 Chemicals Company.
Managed the Offshore Delivery for a large scale SRM 7.0 Greenfield Implementation with integration SAP 4.6 in the backend. Big Bang Go Live in 26 Countries with over 10000 Users.
Project & Accomplishments:
• Led a Team of 50 Plus resources from Functional, Technical, Basis & Security Teams.
• Handled Design workshops for Key Business processes such as Self-Service Procurement, Catalogue Management, Einvoicing, Supplier Collaboration with Sourcing & Logistics Team Members.
• Designed and developed complex interfaces from SRM 7.0 to mainframe applications and SAP Readsoft for Invoice Management.
• Developed a complex SRM Workflow approval solution with Integration to Duponts CAS / DOA.
• Managed over 200 Technical Objects with the development Team.
• Managed a large Deployment phase for 26 countries with Integration of 14000 Users.
• Successful Go Live in 26 Countries with 80000 Transactions in a single month.
Stream Lead for the Purchase to Pay Module for a Global ECC 6.0 Implementation and rollout in 21 countries.
Managed the Implementation of Purchase to Pay module for a disparate set of Businesses including challenges with Localization and Legal Requirements.
Project & Accomplishments:
• Led Global Design Workshops for European Food Major at Brussels with representatives of 11 Countries.
• Documented the Global Template Design and Identified Gaps in Key Business Processes.
• Management, Einvoicing, Supplier Collaboration with Sourcing & Logistics Team Members.
• Managed baseline and final configuration of the system for key business processes including specialty processes such as Inter Company, Intra Company, Subcontracting, Consignment etc.
• Documented Functional Design Documents for over 60 RICEF Objects including key interfaces to legacy weigh bridge applications and scanner interface applications.
• Managed Core Template integration testing with script definition and execution of over 12000 steps
• Performed Fit Gap Workshops in different regions such as NA, Asia Pac, Iberia and Latam
• Managed Localization for complex tax requirements in India and Brazil.
• Managed successful rollouts with Go Lives in 21 countries.
Team Lead for the Source to Pay Module for a Global ECC 6.0 Template Implementation
Managed the Implementation of Source to Pay module for an Industrial Tools Major involving ECC 6.0 & SRM
Project & Accomplishments:
• Participated in Global Workshops in the US with for a group of Procurement Leaders from various countries.
• Documented business blueprint in the form of QA/DB and Configuration Input template.
• Assisted with BPM modelling and ARIS – Solman Integration.
• Managed baseline and final configuration of the system for key business processes including specialty processes such as Inter Company, Intra Company, Subcontracting, Consignment etc.
• Managed Functional Design for over 72 RICEF objects.
• Managed Core Template integration testing with two cycles and User Acceptance Testing.
• Handled key interfaces with Legacy applications such as XIGN, Vertex, and VMI & Sterling Webforms.
• Managed cutover activities and Go Live Preparation...
Associate Consultant for Oil & Gas Industry SAP Support Project with specialization in SAPMM & ISOIL.
Handled Support & Technical Issues for Chevron both at US and Manila Shared Service Centres.
Project & Accomplishments:
• Underwent Knowledge Transition & Client Certification for Business Processes in the Asia Pacific Region for the MM module included areas like Purchasing, Inventory Management, IS OIL (Exchanges, Transportation & Distribution), Warehouse Management & MRP.
• Managed distribution of tickets as well as SLA’s & Reports from Remedy.
• Handled Level 1 & Level 2 Production Support for Purchasing, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management, Invoice Verification, HPM, Exchanges, Transportation & Distribution for Asia Pacific Countries.
• Handled Support Issues for custom modifications, IS Oil and Standard MM Transactions and Processes. Managed SOX Documentation for change management involved in Transports to Production System.
• Configured plants, storage locations, output types, valuation area deletion as part of helpdesk requests. Modified existing configuration as per user requirements.
• Handled interface issues with ARIBA with SAP for indirect purchase orders. Handled batch job errors.
• Performed Regression testing of SAP transactions for the Monthly Change Bundle. Developed CATT scripts to automate the testing process.
• Participated in change management and process improvement discussions.
Larsen & Toubro – Oil , Gas & Special Projects 2000-2003
Project Engineer
Tractor Engineers Ltd 1998-2000
Stores Supervisor
Precision Tube Co. 1998-1998
Export Marketing
Sonal Group of Companies 1997-1998
Procurement Engineer
Vetco Services 1995-1995
Solution Architect
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