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SAPSCM Expert has provided SAP / management consulting
services for ten plus years. In his current role he is responsible for managing
the delivery of SAP projects and contributing to practice & business
development. He has subject matter
expertise in supply chain planning & optimization systems, process
re-engineering, electronic procurement and other package based solutions. His
clients span across manufacturing, life sciences, telecom and retail sectors. He
is passionate about providing leadership to ERP driven organization
transformation initiatives.
Some of the salient
points of his experience are:
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Five
full cycle SAP implementations in various roles
such as Project manager, Integration consultant, solution architect, design
lead and design team member
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Thought leadership in SAP and supply
chain arenas
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Implementation experience in SAP SCM
which includes PP, PP-PI, APO & MM
modules
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Working knowledge of SD, CO, QM, & SEM/ BW modules
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Knowledge of best practices in supply chain planning and manufacturing
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Industry knowledge in Manufacturing (Steel, Chemicals, Textiles), Life
sciences (Pharmaceuticals,
Biotechnology), Telecommunication
and Retail sectors
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Business development expertise in SAP
based transformation projects
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Masters
degree in Industrial engineering
& management, Bachelors degree
in mechanical engineering
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Certified
in SAP, Ariba and Project management
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Published white paper on Integrated supply
chain planning
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Speaker at SAP Insider conferences
RELVANT EXPERIENCE:
Biotechnology - (
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Responsible for deploying SAP APO to handle the
client's supply chain planning requirements
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Scope of the project includes demand planning, supply
planning and detailed production planning processes using APO-DP, SNP and PPDS modules
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Responsible for all project management activities
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Managing a team of over 15 members including consultants
and business team members
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Operating with business process owners and supply
chain leaders
Industrial Automation – (Functional
Team Lead for Backoffice), Sept 2005 - Dec 2006
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Responsible for managing multiple projects in the functions
of foreign trade, manufacturing systems and supply chain planning
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Provided solution architecture to the future state
supply chain design using SAP APO
spanning across Demand planning, Supply planning and Inventory
management processes
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Architected SAP integration with shop floor
manufacturing execution system.
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Managed a team of over 20 members across 4 tracks.
Operated at business process owners and leaders of supply chain and
manufacturing
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Liaison for facilitating communication & design between
the global and local north American teams
Retail (Consumer products and Apparel) – Integration
& Deployment April 2005 - Sept 2005
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Member of the team responsible for managing solution
integration of a large scale supply chain transformation project involving
multiple technology platforms and processes
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Managed the deployment of purchase to pay and finance
to manage process streams for one of the business units at this client
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Technology platforms for solution integration include
SAP Retail, SAP APO, Manugistics and
Windchill.
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Established strategy, approach and operating model
for accomplishing solution integration across multiple technology platforms and
processes
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Provided the framework to build consensus across
several large teams to accomplish an integrated supply chain solution
Pharmaceuticals – Consultant Feb 2005 - March 2005
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Identified opportunities for improving the efficiency
of supply chain processes in anticipation of huge demand from the launch of new
drugs
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Focused in improving demand planning, supply planning,
costing and quality management processes
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Recommended SAP based planning solutions compatible
with CGMP environment
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Provided an approach for integrating SAP systems with
external systems
Retail (Apparel and Footwear) – Solution Architect / Project
Manager Nov 2004 - Jan 2005
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Solution architect & Project manager for the
design of a custom supply planning
optimization tool as a ‘bolt on application’ to SAP - Retail system.
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The solution was aimed at determining the optimum
production factory based on cost, time, tooling, trade regulations etc.
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Provided functional design and technical design for
custom development. Provided estimates, direction and project management
methodology to an offshore
organization for undertaking the custom development of the solution.
Telecommunications – Consultant Sept 2004 - Oct 2004
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Provided project management framework to run multiple
IT projects in parallel. Developed a solution that used IT tools and work
processes combining with best practices for running projects. Provided
direction to the client in using ‘Enterprise Architecture’ tools like ARIS for
process modeling and integrating Aris with SAP-Solution manager to drive IT
projects
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Conducted facilitated sessions and gathered business
requirements of various user groups for implementing Electronic Procurement
process. Used Ariba-Buyer as the technology platform. Translated the user
requirements in to technical specifications and guided the programmers to code
business rules using SCHEME to support the workflow and approval process.
Biotechnology - Solution Architect May
2003 - Aug 2004
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Lead solution architect for the implementation of Sales and operations planning across four business units. The scope of
solution included WW Demand planning,
Collaborative demand planning, supply planning and revenue planning processes.
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Worked with client leadership team, functional groups
from operations, sales,
Marketing and finance to gather requirements
identify gaps and build a consensus
for an integrated solution design. Used SAP R3/BW/SEM/APO technologies to
build
an integrated solution for supporting the
S&OP process.
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Provided direction to the client on the design of
planning organization and the associated roles. Recommended venues for
centralization of planning functions
Chemicals – Design Lead Sept 2001 - Jan 2003,
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Key design role for SAP-PP PI module at a large
chemicals manufacturing client with an organization scope of 7 business units
across 20 manufacturing sites. Provided leadership and hands-on experience for
all the activities from Blue print through realization, testing, go-live &
Production support. Managed a client team of
7 – 10 members in different phases of the project
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Configured the MRP system to suit the needs of
several product families. Integrated MRP with Sales and Distribution module for
providing ‘Available to Promise’ functionality.
Provided thought leadership on the project in handling the complexity of
MRP, Subcontracting, ATP and the Integration points of PP with CO-PA, WM, QM,
MM and SD
Industrial Fabrics - Team member May 2001 - July 2001
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Key member of the design team for Production Planning
Module Implementation. Involved with requirements gathering, gap analysis,
configuration, testing and training for the major components of PP
functionality.
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Developed interfaces between PP module and Shop floor
system. Managed a team of 3 members
Steel
- Team lead Nov
2000 - April 2001
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Team lead for Data migration effort. Lead the effort on Migrating SAP data to a
custom-built data warehouse. Provided the client with data migration strategy,
Project Plans that helped them to make decisions on data migration. Developed
and maintained other Project Management deliverables. Managed 3 resources
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Production support activities of PP/MM/QM modules to
custom built interfaces between SAP and Process automation (VAX systems).
Conducted facilitated sessions to gather extraction requirements for
PP/MM/QM/WM modules. Guided the coding team to write ABAP code, tested their
programs for compliance with specifications and helped the client to sign off
on design.
Telecommunications - Team member April 2000 - October 2000
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Helped the business team gather business requirements
for electronic procurement application i.e Ariba
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Focused specifically in the area of work flow rules
Chemicals – Design Lead Nov
1998 - Feb 2000
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Lead the PP-PI design team for deploying SAP in
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The scope included the full life cycle and all of the
sub modules in PP suite
Electronics - Team member May 1998 - Aug 1998
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Coded SAP-ABAP/4 reports and guided several
performance tuning tasks, Implemented OSS corrections. Worked on Setting up of
Information Structures in SOP and coordinated several ABAP programs for data
transport between Information Structures.
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Design and Development of Management Information
systems, homegrown MRP systems, Guided and worked on BPR projects for a Textile industry
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Developed design for increasing the rate of
Production through Hydraulic Automation of a chuck for Automobile ancillary industry
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Taught courses in Industrial engineering, Business
management and computer science at Bachelors level
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SAP-SEM
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SAP-APO – Demand Planning
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SAP-APO – Supply Network Planning
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SAP – Workplace (Portal)
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SAP SRM – EBP
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SAP – Solution Manager
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Ariba Buyer
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Upgrade training for SAP Production Planning
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Facilitated Session Leader
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Engagement & Project Management
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Executive presence
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SAP Certification in Production Planning module
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Ariba Certified Engineer (ACE)
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APICS – Basics of supply chain
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Master of Science – Industrial Production
& Management
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Bachelor of Engineering -
Mechanical Engineering
< Can be provided on request >
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ERP : SAP R/3
3.x /4.6, mysap- EBP /
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Packages : Ariba , Aris
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Operating Systems
: DOS, UNIX, Windows 95, Windows NT
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RDBMS : ORACLE
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GUI : Developer 2000,
Visual Basic
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Other Packages
: VISIO, AutoCAD, MS Project
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LANGUAGES
: C, SQL, JAVA, PL/SQL, PASCAL,FORTRAN, BASIC,
HTML, XML, SCHEME, ABAP
PUBLICATIONS
& PRESENTATIONS
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White paper on Integrated business planning – Nov 2004
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How to run shop floor using SAP Production planning - Jan 2007, SAP
Insider
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Tips and Techniques to configure SAP MRP - Jan 2007, SAP Insider