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Somasundar Theetha

Somasundar Theetha

Bangalore

Summary

Dynamic Oracle ERP Program Manager, a leader with strong technology, program, and project management expertise. I have strong delivery management experience spanning across application maintenance and application development. Experience in handling large, diverse, remote, and multi-skilled teams. Eighteen plus years of techno-functional experience in implementing Oracle ERP applications across industry verticals. Techno-functional experience in requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, creating functional designs, system configuration, product testing, full-cycle implementations, and production support. Six plus years of overseas working experience in the USA. Effective stakeholder management and customer engagement skills. Performed various activities, including participating in SOW creation, aggressive staffing, resource management, warranty support, induction to managed services, and timely status updates to the leadership. Day-to-day roles include project management, project oversight, and harmonizing with client business/IT teams. The role is also accountable for operational and financial indicators, maintaining project and portfolio profitability, ensuring the quality of project delivery, and maintaining customer referenceability. Understand client requirements and map them to 'off-the-shelf' product features.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Oracle ERP Functional Manager

ACCENTURE
06.2018 - Current
  • Company Overview: Major Steel Producer in USA - Manufactures wide variety of steel such as: Sheets, Slabs, Coils, Tubular Products, Tin products, coke and taconite pellets.
  • Delivery Manager for Oracle ERP Applications. Performed various activities such as change management, engaging stakeholders, third parties, managing deployments and effective timely status communication
  • Additional management responsibilities including participating in SOW creation, aggressive staffing, resource management, warranty support and induction to managed services.
  • Managing the team and ensuring seamless delivery of all the releases.
  • Managed delivery of application development, maintenance, and minor enhancements.
  • Identifying business requirements and mapping them to Oracle ERP Application functionalities.
  • Functional responsibilities include - application design, system configuration, test script generation, training end users and production support.
  • Suggest and implement process improvements.
  • Planning, designing and executing the implementation plan.
  • Support the system users to improve their productivity and application knowledge, building the super user’s confidence and competence.
  • Major Steel Producer in USA - Manufactures wide variety of steel such as: Sheets, Slabs, Coils, Tubular Products, Tin products, coke and taconite pellets.

Oracle EBS Functional Lead

ACCENTURE USA
Pittsburgh
06.2012 - 05.2018
  • Performed the roles of Onshore-Offshore coordinator, stakeholder management, SME, and lead for Oracle ERP applications.
  • Worked with internal and external business users, and developers, to assist with the implementation of new projects.
  • Assist business users during CRPs, SITs, and UATs.
  • Managing the team and ensuring the seamless delivery of all the releases.
  • Managed the delivery of application development, maintenance, and minor enhancements.
  • Client Management: Manage day-to-day interactions with client executives and sponsors.
  • Planning, designing, and executing the implementation plan.
  • Optimize the test scripts, and improve the operational efficiency of the scripts.
  • Suggest and implement process improvements.

Oracle EBS Functional Lead

ACCENTURE
10.2009 - 05.2012
  • Manage and drive project activities and serve as lead for simple to complex project tasks and/or work threads.
  • Additional management responsibilities including participating in SOW creation, aggressive staffing, resource management, warranty support and induction to managed services.
  • Managing the team and ensuring seamless delivery of all the releases.
  • Assist business user during CRPs/SITs/UATs.
  • Planning, designing, and executing the implementation plan.
  • Client Management: Manage day to day interactions with client executives and sponsor.
  • Optimize the test scripts and improve the operational efficiency of the scripts.
  • Suggest and implement process improvements.

Onshore Oracle ERP Functional Consultant

ACCENTURE
01.2004 - 09.2009
  • Identifying business requirements and mapping them to Oracle ERP Application functionalities.
  • Lead the configuration/setup, testing, training and end user support of Oracle ERP Applications.
  • Manage and drive project activities and serve as lead for simple to complex project tasks and/or work threads.
  • Worked with internal and external business users and developers to assist with the implementation of new projects.
  • Assist business user during CRPs/SITs/UATs.
  • Managing the team and ensuring seamless delivery of all the releases.
  • Managed delivery of application development, maintenance, and minor enhancements.
  • Client Management: Manage day to day interactions with client executives and sponsor.
  • Planning, designing, and executing the implementation plan.
  • Optimize the test scripts and improve the operational efficiency of the scripts.
  • Suggest and implement process improvements.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication

Skills

  • Implementing Oracle ERP Applications
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Application design
  • System configuration
  • Resource management
  • Upgrading Oracle ERP Applications
  • Supporting Oracle ERP Applications
  • Oracle E Business Suite
  • Oracle Fusion Modules
  • Order to Cash
  • Procure to Pay
  • Order Management
  • Shipping
  • Purchasing
  • Inventory
  • Warehouse Management
  • GL
  • AP
  • AR
  • Cash Management
  • Project Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Resource Management
  • Risk Management
  • Issue Management
  • Change Management
  • Release Management
  • Continuous build and integration
  • Incident Management
  • Service Management
  • Problem Management

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Timeline

Oracle ERP Functional Manager

ACCENTURE
06.2018 - Current

Oracle EBS Functional Lead

ACCENTURE USA
06.2012 - 05.2018

Oracle EBS Functional Lead

ACCENTURE
10.2009 - 05.2012

Onshore Oracle ERP Functional Consultant

ACCENTURE
01.2004 - 09.2009

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication

Somasundar Theetha