Candidates About

 

             Shiva Prasad Javali              PMP|SAP|CSTE

·      19 years of IT with 14 years in SAP. QA, Functional, Test Automation, Testing co-ordination in ERP/SAP Upgrades, System Integration, AMS, SAP 4.6, 4.7, 5, ECC 6.0 EHP 6 in Manufacturing, Telecom, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Insurance, Food & Beverage & Paper & Pulp domains.

·      Test Management - Drive execution of Testing strategy by working closely with Business users & technical teams, gather Business requirements, defining detailed scope for Test plans, tracking deliverables, managing multiple Projects from initiation, planning through execution, cutover, go live and closure. Handling issues, risks, report metrics, KPIs, leveraging the processes, tools from PMO, communicate to project Sponsors.

·      Testing Coordinator for Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)- Functional, System Testing, UAT, coordinated with Accenture (Manila & India) testing teams. Gathered business test requirements broadly categorized as Regulatory (GxP) and Non-Regulatory in the Order to Cash Cycle & termed as Process Scenarios and Interface scenarios (for Legacy systems using EDI GIS systems).

·      Test Lead - Developed Functional & Testing Specifications based on the business requirements and interaction with the SMEs, developers and End-users for different countries like UK, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Mexico, Brazil etc. Configured & tested different OTC cycles for business scenarios like Domestic orders, Export orders, Sample orders, Back order Processing, Return orders, Nota Fiscals.

·Team member - Unit/Integration/Functional/Regression testing of Web portals based on Java, HTML, ASP &.Net technologies for Nutrisystem, leading UAT sessions for Empire BCBS for Provider, Broker, Customer Web portals, IV & V experience in Rational Robot & RTM, Win runner, MQC/HPQC, ALM, Regulatory/Non-regulatory test execution, EDI ASC transaction sets (834/835, 837, 276/277, 997/999) for BMS.

·      Change Management & Defect tracking using Track IT, HPQC, Configuration Management Rational Clearcase & cccHarvest, SAP Solution Manager for ALM, ITutor for End User training.

·      Offshore Delivery - Identifying resources, engage & manage external resources & Offshore delivery team, maintain vendor relationships, SLAs.

·      People Skills - Strong process orientation, communication & presentation skills. Solid project management skills, methodologies & best practices, strive for continuous Improvement, mentoring team members & leadership, conflict resolution, drive towards long term business goals.

·      Managed Testing strategy & execution for 5 Full cycle Implementations, Rollouts covering US, Canada, PR, Europe, overseeing issues, processes, release mgmt & rollback plans.

·      Test execution & documentation during SAP Upgrades with BW, APO landscapes, using Panaya SAP Upgrade tool, Co-ordinate with BASIS, on maintenance tasks, Sandbox setup, System refreshes, Emergency & Adhoc support. Experience with Infrastructure, Networks, Cloud based hosting environments.

·      Testing experience in SAP SD/LE interfacing with MM, WM, FI/CO, CAS Trade Promotions, CRM, Vistex implementations (IP, Commissions, BBs, Rebates), EDI GIS covering OTC (Inquiry, Quotation, Order, Delivery, Invoice, Commissions), Pricing, Billing, Transportation planning, MDM, BoM. Complex integration projects & third party system integration like CAS, Lean Logistics (for domestic freight), Cargo Smart (for Ocean freight).

·      Testing experience in EDI Implementations covering 846 (Inventory snapshot), Custom Invoice 810/880 for Canada Customs Dept for cross country stock movement reporting, 940/945, 943 (WH Stock Transfer Shipment Advice), 944 (Receipt Advice) from 3PL locations and direct plants, PO & SO acknowledgements 850, 855, 856 ASN, 889 Tactics/Promotion changes to Brokers, 214s.

·      Basics of APO GATP, PS (WBS, CATS), VC, VMI, Sage MAS500, Vendavo, Vertex, HANA, Fiori, SuccessFactors, Qlik, SAP EAM, Open text & ECM. Handled Cross functional BI, BW projects. Trained in Informatica, Cognos and Business Objects.

·      Knowledge of SDLC, ASAP, SAP Activate, Agile, 6 Sigma, SEI-CMM, HIPAA, CGMP/GXP, SOX, CFR 21, SharePoint, Visio, Primavera & MS Project.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Bumble Bee Foods LLC, San Diego, CA. Dec 2008 – till date (SAP OTC –Project Deliv)

Yash Technologies/NTT Data/Boden Inc. Oct 2006 – Dec 2008 (Sr SAP Consultant)

IBM Global Services, Bangalore, India. Oct 2002 – Sept 2006 (Software Delivery).

Wipro Technologies, Bangalore, India. May 2000 – Sept 2002 (Software Engineer).

Squall Systems, Bangalore, India. July 1998 – May 2000 (Software Engineer).

 

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

 

Master’s in Business Administration, MBA, Mangalore University, India.

Bachelors in Electronics and Comm Engineering, Kuvempu University, India.

PMP Certification, PMI, USA.

SAP SD Certification, SAP AG, Germany.

CSTE (Certified Software Test Engineer), QAI Florida, USA.

Rational Robot & Team test Automation certification, IBM-Rational Corp, USA.

 

TRAINING & AWARDS

 

Siemens Authorized SAP SD Training & Certification sponsored by IBM India, Bangalore.

IBM Corporate Training for Business Objects, Informatica, Cognos.

Bravo Award for Best performance, IBM, 2003|Best Overall Performance Award, IBM, 2004.

Customer satisfaction Award, IBM, 2005|Customer Delight Award, Intelligroup Inc, 2007.

 

PROJECT DETAILS

 

Bumble Bee Foods LLC, Dec 2008 – till date. BBF (est 1899), headquartered in San Diego, CA is a leading Seafood manufacturer. With plants & 3PL Warehouses across US, Canada, Asia, it manufactures & sells canned seafood through brokers & direct customers. Went Live with SAP ECC6 in 2008, replacing BPCS (IBM AS/400). CAS (for Trade Promotion Mgmt), Vistex, BI/BO/Cognos, APO and GIS (for EDI) interface with SAP.

 

Responsibilities –

-    Work with Bumble Bee business logistics & customer service teams, understand the complex requirements, plan, design, test & manage IT solutions by configuration and custom enhancements.

-    Develop Functional specs, Test documentation, use cases, and test cycles, test conditions, detailed documentation. Assist with the functionality testing of end-to-end scenarios to verify system configuration across modules.

-    Collect metrics/weekly reports based on the CRs raised by the business users & report KPIs.

-    Allocate & track offshore team for project deliverables & timelines, change requests raised by business users, manage day to day project activities, conflicting priorities, issue escalations.

 

SAP EHP 7 Upgrade, SAP HANA Implementation, Jan 2017 – till date - EHP 7 Upgrade covering ECC SAP, APO, BI landscape. Panaya tool used to analyze and recommendations were used to remediate code, test and resolve SAP issues. Both Quality & Development systems were refreshed with Production data after SAP Upgrade. Standard ASAP/SDLC methodology was followed for project execution. BW on HANA implemented. S4 HANA is being scoped, resource allocation, design planning in progress

 

KCR Integration, Oct 2016 – Dec 2016 – M & A Scenario, merged KCR Fisheries Co business processes. Goal was to retire Prosit system & implement all business processes in SAP SD, MM, FICO. Service Order processing, Time based/weight based service items setup, IC SO/STO setup between KCR & Canada Domestic Company codes. Hybrid ASAP/Agile methodology used to manage project, cut over and go live.

 

Cost to Serve, June 2016 – Sept 2016 – Cross-functional SAP & BI project for tracking Customer Profitability beyond Gross Margin. All discounts, expenses, commissions are tracked to arrive at the cost for each customer. SAP to feed BI reports through nightly batch jobs. Qlik Sense visualization tool was used to design visual dashboards for Trade Marketing department for informed decision-making. Resulted in identifying our top 15 Customers in terms of profitability, low cost and other financial parameters. Hybrid ASAP/Agile methodology was followed for test execution, cutover and go live.

 

Anova GATP Implementation, July 2014 – May 2016 – M & A Scenario, acquired Anova Foods frozen/ULT seafood business. Goal is to retire Seasoft system & implement SAP. APO GATP Implementation for real-time stock confirmation and reservation of stock/batches, interfacing with SAP SD, MM, FICO, Vistex modules. Batch Characteristics, Country of Origin feature were used. Extensive test planning, execution, UAT, Cutover planning to handle master data setup, inventory, vendor, customer setup, Open orders, AR/AP closures was planned. Dry runs conducted to ensure smooth go live.

 

 SAP EHP 6 Upgrade, Sept 13 – Mar 2014 – EHP 6 Upgrade covering ECC SAP, APO, BI landscape. Panaya tool used to analyze and recommendations were used to debug, test and resolve SAP issues. Both Quality & Development systems were refreshed with Production data after SAP Upgrade.

 

BH Customs Invoice Implementation Jun 2013 – Dec 2013 – EDI 810/880 were customized to fulfill the Canada Customs Dept requirement to transmit Stock details when IC SOs/POs/STOs are fulfilled from Blacks Harbor Plant in Canada and moved to US crossing the International borders. Custom EDI segments added to capture new custom fields like Port of Entry, Release #, PAPS# (SCAC code + Broker), Country of Origin, Customer IRS# etc. Standard ASAP methodology was followed for test execution, UAT and go-live.

 

Project Peach (COSI) Implementation, Jan 2012 – May 2012 – Utilization of Competitor’s plant (East coast) and letting the competitor use our plant (West coast), to stock and sell imitating the Consignment Process. Use of Markups, setting up Virtual plants for sales process, finance customization to enable seamless transaction processing.

 

Saddle Creek Plant Implementation, Oct 2011 – Dec 2011 – New Plant Setup, Shipping points, Storage locations, Routes and related configuration, User testing in SD, MM, WM, FICO, extensive Cutover planning to handle master data setup, inventory issues, loading items, vendors, customers, cycle counting/liquidating stock at old plant to ensure smooth transaction processing in the new plant from new year.

 

TMS Implementation, July – Sept 2011 – Integrate Lean Logistics software with SAP and enable load planning, tendering, appointment scheduling and other transportation planning tasks. Custom outputs were developed in SAP to transmit data to Lean Logistics during delivery creation and after PGI.

 

Canada Divisional Reporting, Jan – Jun 2011 – Enable flexible reporting within Canada Company code based on Business Area concept. Canada Sales Area was split into 3 sales areas by creating multiple divisions and Business Areas were assigned to create divisional reporting in BI.

 

Blacks Harbor Spare Parts Sales Implementation, Oct – Dec 2010 – Employee Cash Sales & Rush Order implementation in Blacks Harbor plant.

 

SAP Upgrade, Oct 2010 – Dec 2010 – Technical Service pack Upgrade covering ECC, BI & APO. Both Quality & Development systems were refreshed with Production data after SAP Upgrade.

 

EDI 846 Implementation, Jan – Aug 2010 – EDI 846 Inventory snapshot at plant level was implemented covering all the plants & 3PL warehouses with weekly inventory snapshots and custom reports for monthly auditing.

 

DPS Implementation, Jun – Dec 2009 – If the customer orders are prepaid, full pallets & have sufficient lead time then Customers will get DPS discount reducing the order price. Orders will be shipped directly from our manufacturing plants instead of 3PL warehouses. This in turn help us to maintain enough stock in 3PL warehouses and save penalty fines for not maintaining enough stock.

 

SAP Upgrade, Aug - Dec 2009 – Service Pack Upgrade covering ECC, BI & APO followed by Quality & Development System refresh.

 

Yash Technologies/Intelligroup (NTT Data)/Boden Inc, Sept 2006 – Dec 2008, SAP SD Consulting.

 

·   T-Mobile, Bellevue WA. SAP Technical Upgrade, May – Aug 08.

·   Hershey’s SAP Upgrade Assessment, Hershey PA, Mar - April 08.

·   STEP-UP (SAP Upgrade 4.6 to ECC 6.0) BMS Inc., Princeton NJ, Jul 2007 – Mar 2008.

·   NUTRISYSTEM INC (TekSystems vendor). ERP Testing, Horsham, PA, Dec 2006 – June 2007

 

-    Project Coordinator for UAT, coordinated with Accenture (Manila & India) testing teams, Security testing using different roles for Mexico, Brazil and European countries. Used MQC to document and defect tracking activities.

-    Gathered business test requirements broadly categorized as Regulatory (GxP) and Non-Regulatory in the OTC Cycle & termed as Process Scenarios and Interface scenarios (for Legacy systems using EDI GIS systems).

-    Developed Functional & Testing Specifications based on the business requirements and interaction with the SMEs, developers and End-users for different countries like UK, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Mexico, Brazil etc.

-    Configured and tested different OTC cycles like Domestic orders, Export orders, Sample orders, Back order Processing, Return orders, Nota Fiscals. Configured Output types, Interfaces related to Inbound/Outbound Delivery processing, Material Master/Customer Master/Pricing Extracts.

-    Requirements gathering, Fit-Gap analysis for Customer Order Management, Delivery processing (Pick, Pack and Ship), Invoicing and Cash payment Interfaces and created Functional specs for mapping the various processes relevant for interfaces.

-    Configured and tested the Web based Order tracking system from order creation, Hold for Address validation, Assign Warehouse Queue, Hold for Inventory (Initiates a Cancel and Reship, for Inventory shortage), Item substitution, WH Substitution, Re-push orders, Re-ship initiation, Push to Warehouse, Picking, Packing, PGI and Funds capture. Lead the testing and validation efforts for the production release of the existing Order Closure efforts in legacy system Sage MAS500.

 

IBM India, Oct 2002 - Sept 2006, SAP SD Consulting

·   PROJECT FUSION, Hindustan Unilever India, subsidiary of UNILEVER, USA. Jan – Sept 2006.

·   PROJECT FUSION, Hindustan Unilever India, July – Dec 2005, Transportation module.

·   Market Unit Solution (MUS), May 04 – Jun 2005, SAP 4.7, SD Support.

·   Empire BCBS, NY, Oct 2002 – Apr 2004, Business Analyst/ QA Analyst.

 

WIPRO Technologies, India, May 2000 - Sept 2002, QA Analyst/ Business Analyst

·   Weyerhaeuser Inc, Federal Way, WA, Aug 2001 – Sept 2002

·   OEI Automation (Order Entry and Invoicing), May – Jul 2001

·   S2K (System 2000) Automation, Jan – Mar 2001

·   IPAT (Integrated Process Automation Tool), Nov – Dec 2000

·   Enterprise Applications Verification and Validation, Oct 2000

·   CRN (Customer Restoration Network), Farmers Insurance, Simi Valley, CA, June – Sept 2000

 

-    Worked as Business Analyst, meeting SMEs, gathering requirements, writing Test strategy, planning estimates.

-    As QA Analyst, establishing PoC for compatibility testing from offshore, India, using Citrix metaframe.

-    As Test Engineer (Independent V &V) manual, functional, exploratory testing utilizing MSI packages for stand-alone applications and work from offshore locations. Performed Manual and Automated testing (peak load scenarios, stress & performance) using Rational and Mercury tools, responsible for Test design, Scripting, Execution, Defect Tracking and Reporting.

-    As Configuration Coordinator, using cccHarvest tool, handled production builds, code check-in/check-out.

 

 

Squall Systems Pvt Ltd, India, July 1998 – May 2000, Software Developer/Pre Sales & Support

-    Software Developer/Pre-Sales Coordinator - www.studytimes.com, Feb - April 2000, TEXTILE MASTER, Universal Textile Mills, Bangalore, Oct 99 – Jan 2000, SARR (Soil Analysis and Recommendation Reports), Zuari Agro, Bangalore, Jun 99 – Oct 99, QUOTE MAKER, Office Automation Product, Jan 99 – May 99, SPECS (Student Performance Evaluation and Counseling Software), Jul 98 – Dec 98.