Candidates About

Ramakrishna Vajapeyayajula             

SAP SD, LE and EDI Consultant          

v SAP SD Certified Consultant

v PMP Certified

                                                                

Profile

¨       14 years of IT industry experience encompassing a wide range of skill set, roles and industry verticals.

¨       Extensive experience with analysis, design, development, customizations and implementation of software applications including ERP applications.

¨       Proficient in analyzing and translating business requirements to technical requirements and architecture.

¨       Strong database skills, Object Oriented Programming and development knowledge

¨       Experience in leading and managing teams. Handled multiple roles - Project Lead, Software Architect, Developer, System Admin, ERP Systems Analyst

¨       Good communication skills, interpersonal skills, self-motivated, quick learner, team player.

¨       Popularly known as Order to Cash - EDI Guru within the current project.

Received awards such as "Top Performer", "Gem", "Special Recognition" from Clients such as Shell Oil Company, Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical company etc and from IBM Top Leadership.

Skill Set

ERP: Functional Modules: Finance, Manufacturing, Distribution/Order Management, Warehousing, EDI

RDBMS:        Oracle 8.1, MS-SQL Server 6.5/7.0, Progress 6.3, MS Access 2000

Languages:           Visual C#.Net, Oracle SQL

O/S:             Windows NT/2000 Server, HP-UX 11.1, SCO UNIX

Processes:    IBM’s QMS (Quality Management System)

 

Key Skills

• SAP SD
• SAP IS Oil
• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
• Project Management
• Hands-on experience of EHS (Environment, Health & Safety)

 

Education:       

• Master’s in Business Administration in Marketing 1998
• Certified SAP Solution Consultant
• Certified SAP IS Oil Consultant
• Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute,2011  PMP® #1470750

 

 

 

Professional Experience

 

Oct 2006 – Till date       SAP SD and EDI Consultant                                 IBM India

 

Project 1         :           Name              : BP-NIKE USA/Mexico Implementation

Client               : BP Lubricants USA Inc.

Role                 : OTC Analyst and EDI SME

Start Date        : 01 Feb 2016

End date          : Till Date

                         

Project Responsibilities

As OTC Analyst responsible for Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of customized ERP solutions for new implementation IBM customer BP Lubricants.

As a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for OTC-EDI, responsible for Analysis, Correlation Document (CD) / Mapping design, development, testing and implementation of EDI solutions.

Responsible for managing end to end SAP Order to Cash - EDI implementation scope

 

• Work with Program leadership to define the releases and scope, identify business and technology risks and define mitigation plans to reduce the day to day business impact.
• EDI Expertise: Work with GXS (OpenText GXS) in mapping activity for BP’s trading partners, B2B integration, Connect to all of BP’s trading partners, bridging technology gaps.
  • Completed 38 trading partners 850 (Inbound Order creation) maps
  • Completed 30 trading partners 810 (Outbound Invoice) maps
  • Completed 5 trading partners 855 (Outbound Order Acknowledgement) maps
  • Completed 6 trading partners 830 (Inbound Delivery Schedule) maps
  • Completed Expeditor's maps (including 219, 220 and Invoice) maps

 

• Manage application and technical architecture technologies and acted as a focal point on identifying the rapid technology changes and realizing the benefits to the client.
• Responsible for major Data Conversions strategy, design and execution which includes from Legacy systems to SAP MDM, R/3 (P2P, Plant Maintenance, Finance) and SRM.                 
• Define and reuse the business process design templates to drive out the full set of application requirements: functional, quality, integration and security.
• Identify cross-team issues, communicate, manage and co-ordinate with appropriate teams.

 

 

Project 2         :           Name              : Eli Lilly Shapiro AMS

                                    Client               : Eli Lilly and Company

                                    Role                 : Delivery Lead Order to Cash

                                    Start Date        : 04-Feb-2015

                                    End Date         : 28-Jan-2016             

Project Description

As a Team Lead responsible for Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of customized Baan ERP solutions for new implementations and upgrades

 

Project Responsibilities

• Delivering end-to-end technology solutions in line with strategic business objectives

and priorities.

• Responsible for Customer Satisfaction and ensure that development projects are

delivered on-time, meeting quality expectations from Client.

• Identifying improvement opportunities and present them in the V&C (Valuation &

Control) meeting.

• Manage customer expectations on scope changes, ensure systematic change

management procedures to be followed & smooth transition from Go-Lives to

• Operations support phase for development projects.
• Responsible for estimating new requests, submitting within SLA, delivering the request

as per timelines.

Environment:   SAP

Team Size     : 12

 

Achievements: Received 2 times Special Recognition Award from senior management and Eli Lilly Client, for handling critical SAP support issues and meeting business needs.

 

Project 3         :           Name              : Coca-Cola India AMS

                                    Client               : Coca-Cola

                                    Role                 : SAP SD Lead

                                    Start date        : 20-Oct-2014

                                    End date          : 31-Jan-2015

Project Responsibilities

• Placed in the Lead role to actively work with client and implementation partners during

the Indian Bottlers Go-live during October 2014.

• Responsible for Business Process Review, Functional and Integration testing, Creation

of User Documentation, Key user training, Resolving issues of OTC.

• Successful in reducing the high volume of incident tickets.

 

Environment: SAP

 

Team Size: 10

 

Project 4         :           Name              : Shell Chemicals

                                    Client               : Royal Dutch Shell

                                    Roles               : Team Lead / Delivery Manager / Global SAP Application Specialist

                                    Start date        : 09-Oct-2006

                                    End date          : 14-Oct- 2015

                                   

Project Description

As a Project Lead responsible for Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of customized Baan ERP solutions for new implementations and upgrades for our IBM US, EU, AP and AM customers.

 

Project Responsibilities

• Delivering end-to-end technology solutions in line with strategic business objectives

and priorities.

• Responsible for Customer Satisfaction, Program P&L and ensure that development

projects are delivered on-time, meeting quality expectations from Client.

• Manage customer expectations on scope changes, ensure systematic change

management procedures to be followed & smooth transition from Go-Lives to

• Operations support phase for development projects.
• Responsible for estimating new requests, submitting within SLA, delivering the request

as per timelines.

 

Lead e-Router Functionality project

The eRouter project is to develop IDOC functionality for Order, Order Response and

Advance Shipping Notification (ASN) processes in SAP for SHELL Brazil.

Job Responsibilities:

• Gathering and analyzing business requirements for eRouter development
• Managing and leading SAP and BizTalk teams, working from different locations
• Managing project from initiation stage to closing for software development.
• Mitigate and communicate risk associated with operational and technical change
• Conferring with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
• Establishing a project communication plan
• Preparing project status reports by collecting and analyzing information and trends.
• Managing project work plan using up to 300 line MS Project 2010 files.
• Ensuring successful integration of project work across multiple roles.
• Making effective & efficient use of resources throughout the project
• Maintaining contact with user for purpose of prototype or design evaluation and

adherence to acceptance testing procedures

• Worked with clients on high-priority project using the Software Development Life Cycle
• Reporting to the senior project manager about the status of project, discussing the

problems facing in completion.

• Meeting Deadlines of the projects

 

Lead – Legacy & GSAP Chemicals

• Delivering end-to-end technology solutions in line with strategic business objectives

and priorities.

• Responsible for Customer Satisfaction, Program P&L and ensure that development

projects are delivered on-time, meeting quality expectations from Client.

• Manage customer expectations on scope changes, ensure systematic change

management procedures to be followed & smooth transition from Go-Lives

to Operations support phase for development projects.

• Staff Resources, monitor and control Program Cash-flows, define & manage client

Contracts, optimize resource utilization, track & control schedule variations. Control

overall cost & explore ways to increase revenue & penetrate accounts.

• Control / Detect Delivery Failures / Escalations - Monitor project delivery status from

clients, track SLA & configuration completion status, ensure performance & load test

completion.

• Performance Management of employees - Retain key performers and motivate

individuals to deliver best results and provide support to team members during times of

escalation & slips.

• Responsible for management of moderate to some highly complex solutions consisting

of multiple work streams and/or projects that support the achievement business

objectives.

• Provide technical insight, oversight, strategic context, direction and leadership to the teams involved.

 

GSAP Application Specialist - SD

• Responsible for defect-free on-time delivery, validate estimates & budgets, staff

resources, mitigate risks and tailor delivery methodologies to suit different engagement

types.

• Manage team, including development and mentoring in ensuring quality standards
• An ability to build positive relationships with internal teams and external clients/

vendors.

• Capable of leveraging communication and negotiation skills to effectively manage

quick-turn client requests

• Project Plan, Execution and reporting are one of the main goals in this profile.
• Selected by General Managers of Royal Dutch Shell to take on Delivery Manager role

based on solid Delivery management success.

• Job Profile involves creating a Requirement Spec for each module and allocate those to the team.

 

Lead - Legacy systems

• Working under ‘Shared model’ and Supporting SD functionality across all regions,

SEOP (Shell European Oil Products), SOPUS (Shell US), SOPE (Shell Eastern

countries) and so on relating to Master data, SOP (Sales and Operations Planning),

Transactional issues, Customization etc.,

• Analyzing and resolving the Incident and change tickets relating to SD and interfaces

with other modules.

• Contribution to the Project:
  • Worked under ‘Shared model’ and Supporting SD functionality across all regions,

SEOP (Shell European Oil Products), SOPUS (Shell US), SOPE (Shell Eastern

countries) and so on relating to Master data, SOP (Sales and Operations Planning),

• • Transactional issues, Customization etc.,
  • Accountable for estimating and delivering of GDMTs (Global Demand Management

Tool), involves changes < and > 5 days.

Provide run and maintain support (bug fixes, resolve issues, etc) and in completing

user requests (enhancements, small requests, etc). Analyzing and resolving the incident

and change tickets relating to Sales and Distribution, interfaces with other modules.

• • Handling issues related to EDI, IDocs and interfaces like TAS(Terminal Automation

system), CROSS, e-Serve etc.,

• • Accountable for resolving the severity issues.
  • Providing details to the technical team in case of bug-fixes, enhancements.
  • Testing of Business processes and follow-up with the customer for resolution of issues.
  • Accountable for preparing Test Design Documents (TDDs) for automation of testing by
  • Central Testing Tool team.

 

Environment:   SAP

Team Size     : 32

 

Achievements: Received 4 times “Top Performer” Award from senior management and SHELL Leadership, for handling critical changes and high volume of changes during a single quarter and also providing training to the new joinees and transferring knowledge.

 

Oct 2004 – Oct 2006               Associate-IT Consultant                  ITC Infotech

Project Description

As a Project Lead responsible for Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of customized Baan ERP solutions for new implementations and upgrades for our ITC Ltd.,

 

Project Responsibilities

• Involved in ITC Limited Development & Functional support project in SD.
• Extensively involved in Timely completion of routine activities, such as authorization issues, master data maintenance, configuration issues, dealing with cross-functional issues, efficient coordination and communication with the users, prompt corrections to enhance accuracy and training the users at Head office and at various branches all over India.

Environment:   SAP

Team Size     : 20

 

Training:

• SAP Order fulfillment Certification in SAP SD -SAP AG, Germany, 2003
• Project Management Professional in Project Management
• Project Management Institute, India, 2011
• Lean Six Sigma, IBM India
• SAP Delivery Lifecycle for Project Managers, IBM India
• GBS Big Data – Using big data to transform an Enterprise course, IBM

 

References: Available upon request

 

Functional Experience

 

April 1998 – Oct 2004     Assistant Manager-Sales                        Carrier Aircon Ltd

• Setting up Sales targets for the Hyderabad region Channel partner maintenance in Hyderabad
• Using the pre-sales information to plan and evaluate the marketing and sales strategies.
• Study the competition to promote the market of our products Taking care of pre-sales, sales and after-sales activities Product promotions through Seminars, Presentations etc.,
• Worked for the highly competitive consumer goods industry with a clear understanding of domestic and industrial markets.
• Responsible for the day-to-day management and establishing relationship with the clients.
• Part of SAP Implementation core team closely working with SAP implementation partners.

 

 

Oct. 1993 to July 1996       Junior Sales Officer       M/s Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd., (NFCL)

                                                                                                       

 

• Developing the market in the rural areas.
• Channel partner management in the region
• Support of NARDI (Nagarjuna Agri, Research & Development Inst.,) Participating in promotional activities such as audiovisuals.