Candidates About

 

Premnath Elangovan

SAP Technical Lead, Tech. Solution Architect

Professional Summary:

·          13 years of IT experience with 12+ years of Solid SAP Experience with Team Management, Technical Leadership, 3 Full Cycle Implementations, ABAP Development, Implementation, Integration, Release & Chance Mgmt, Prodution Support Experience with deep understanding of Business Functions

·          Expert Knowledge in SAP Client-Server Architecture, SAP Industry Solutions – IS(Utility), IS(Retail), IS(Media), SAP OData Services, Distributed Systems and Relational Databases – RDBMS

·          Scrum Alliance: CERTIFIED SCRUM MASTER – Agile methodology, principles & development process

·          Excellent interpersonal communication skills with good analytical and problem solving skills

·          Interface solutions with Vistex, SalesForce, Ramco ERP, TIBCO, DataStage, COGNOS, Busines Objects

 

Education:  

Master of Science in Computer Science (M.S),                                                                        Aug02 - Dec04

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

 

Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering (B.E),                                                             Apr98 - Apr02

University of Madras, Chennai, India

 

Key SAP Skills:

·         REPORTING, ALV, INTERFACES, RFC AND CONVERSIONS

·         SAP OOABAP, OData Services, Webservices

·         Enhancement Framework: USER EXITS, BADI, ENHANCEMENT SPOTS

·         SAP SCRIPTS, SMART FORMS, ADOBE FORMS

·         BAPI / RFC, ALE/IDOC, LSMW, DATA MIGRATION, ECATT, SQxx QUERY

·         SAP XML/JSON Conversion, Transformation and Parsing, SAP SOLMAN

·         USER ADMINISTRATION, PROFILE MANAGEMENT, TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT – STMS

 

Technical Skills:

Ø  Programming languages    : C, C++, Pascal, FORTRAN, COBOL, VB 6.0, Java 2.0, ASML, OpenGL.

Ø  Operating system               :  UNIX, Windows, MS-DOS, Linux

Ø  RDBMS                              : SQL Server 7.0, ORACLE 8.0, JDBC.

Ø  Tools                                 : Macromedia Dream weaver MX, Rational Rose, LEX & YACC, BLAST, Maple

Ø  Environment                       : Health / Life Sciences, Manufacturing (IC Chips, Home Appliances, Food and 

  Beverage), Technology, IS – Retail, IS – Utilities, Banking and Finance

 

Membership at Professional institutes:

·         Member:  Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Honor Society for Computing Sciences, USA

·         Member: Bronco soft, Computer Game Development Organization, Computer Club at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA

 

Trainings:

·         SAP ABAP/4 concept & programming language training with development, testing & perfomance management

·         SAP Logistics module (SD, MM, PP, FI, HR) training for functional business knowledge

 

SAP Project Experience:

 

Client 1: Delta Air Lines                                                                                                                   Dec16–Present

Atlanta                                                                                                                 

 

Horizon - SAP-HR-Implementation

Project Role: Technical Lead – SAP HCM

Personnel Administration (PA), Organizational Management (OM), Payroll Interfaces

 

Project Responsibilities:

Technical Design, Architect, SAP HCM Technical Implementation, OData Services for UI5/Fiori Apps

 

Client 2: Macy’s (Systems and Technology)                                                                                        Jul16 – Dec16

(Atlanta & New York City)                                       

 

M360 – SAP      (FMS, S/4 HANA)                                                                                       

 

Project Role: Technical Lead - SAP

Project Responsibilities: Design, Architect, Manage Technical Solutions – SAP Retail Implementation

Client 3: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Publishing & Digital services)                                                       Oct15 – Jun16

Boston, MA           

          

SAP 2.0 Implementation Project                                                                                  

Project Role: SAP Technical Solution Architect / Technical Integration Lead

Project Responsibilities:

• SAP Technical development of interfaces & objects for integration of Sales Force Dot Com with SAP
• Design, Architect, Lead & Drive technical integration of SFDC ECRM with SAP ECC and SAP CRM systems via APACHE CAMEL middleware system
• SAP Web Service and WSDL administration using SOA Manager and SAP standard WS admin tools
• SAP System Integration & Synchronization with ALE / IDOC distribution, inbound receipt and monitoring
• SAP IDOC, Partner Profile, Port, RFC Destination, Process Code, Message/Basic Type administration
• SAP ECC – SAP CRM Product, Accounts and Vendor master data replication
• SAP ECC – SAP CRM – Solution Quotation, Provider Contract administration, ECC Order replication
• SAP ECC Integration with LOGPRO, ARIBA, ESKER, SABRIX, Royalty and other systems
• SAP GRC – Compliance, Monitoring, Cut-over and Fire Fighter activities

 

Client 4: Thomas & Betts (Manufacturing)                                                                                          Jul15 – Oct15

Memphis, TN              

 

SAP HCM Interface Project                                                                                           

 

Project Role: SAP HCM ABAP Technical Lead

Project Responsibilities:

·          SAP HCM technical development of interfaces and objects – Health, Vision & Dental providers

·          Design, Architect & Drive technical interface solutions in SAP HR – Personnel Management

 

Client 5: Delta Air Lines (Travel & Entertainment)                                                                              Nov14 – Jul15

Atlanta, GA                     

  

Access Interface Project                                                                 

Project Role: SAP ABAP Development Lead / Team Lead (Onsite/Offshore)

Project Responsibilities:

• Lead Onsite-Offshore Team members in technical development of interfaces and objects
• Design, Architect & Direct technical team in driving results & provide mentorship for direct reports
• Develop Interfaces for Universal Air Travel Plan ticket management system of Delta Air Lines
• Implement IDOC processing in posting Sales Order – Credit Memo & Debit Memo on ticket sale
• Endeavour TRAX / TIBCO interfaces from SAP to external RAMCO/PMI/Endeavour systems to post PO, GR & GL documents in SAP and send Invoice information back to external systems

 

Client 6: Tractor Supply Company (Manufacturing, Imports & Sales)                                              Aug14 – Nov14

Nashville, TN              

          

Access Interface Project                                                                                                 

Project Role: SAP ABAP Technical Architect

Project Responsibilities:

• Develop Import PO Interface for Clear Track TMS Management system of Tractor Supply
• Implement User Exit for Ship Not Before, Ship Not After Date, Delivery Lead Time Calculation
• Implement Transit Time logic, Movement Type logic for Import PO from Clear Track system
• Develop Delivery Date recalculation report for user provided new Ship Not After Date

 

Client 7: World Bank (Banking & Financial Services) – Washington D.C

 

HTML5 / Flex Integration with SAP using JSON technology                                                                 Jul13 – Jul14

Project Role: SAP ABAP Technical Team - Lead Developer

 

Project Responsibilities:

·         SAP OOPS Development - Operations Portal New – Implement requirements - Functional Analysis & BA

·         Object Oriented Class Library - Operations Portal SAP Interface Design, Management & Maintenance

·         SAP Structure to JSON conversion, Transformation and Parsing functionalities – Class Interface

·         SAP Support - Operations Portal New – Support portal issues from new development

 

 

 

 

 

ILAP Design Review & Optimization SAP Project                                                                                 May13 – Jul13

 

ILAP (Integrated Loan Administration Platform) is a mission critical application that supports the management of the Bank’s loan portfolio under an appropriate fiduciary control framework. 

 

ILAP is custom built using SAP ABAP and Net Weaver technology (Enterprise Portal - NetWeaver 7.01).  The combined applications have about 5 million lines of custom code and approximately 1000 custom tables in SAP.

 

Project Role: SAP Technical Team Lead (Lead, Guide & Mentor – Jr. ABAP Team Members)

 

Project Responsibilities:

Manage & Lead the team in Technical Design Review and Code Review of ILAP SAP R/3 Objects with regard to performance, SAP Enterprise Portal Integration, Memory, Session Handling, Locking and Database/query.

Provide recommendations for the Critical iLAP SAP R/3 Objects under review to improve its Performance and Scalability. Provide estimates and prioritization schedule for the implementation of the recommendations.

 

SAP Operations Portal Project                                                                                                               Jun12 – May13

SAP ABAP Technical Team Lead

 

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) lends to governments of middle-income and credit worthy low-income countries. The International Development Association (IDA) provides interest-free loans—called credits— and grants to governments of the poorest countries. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) provides loans, equity and technical assistance to stimulate private sector investment in developing countries.

 

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) provides guarantees against losses caused by non-commercial risks to investors in developing countries.

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) provides international facilities for conciliation and arbitration of investment disputes.

 

Responsibilities:

·          Operations Portal SAP Support – gather requirements from Functional Analysts & BA

·          Operations Portal SAP Product Development – implement solution from Functional Specifications

·          Operations Portal SAP Interface Design, Management & Maintenance

·          SAP STRING to XML Conversion, Transformation and Parsing functionalities

 

Client 8: T-Systems (Telecommunications) – Chennai, India                                                           Oct11 – May12

 

One ERP Project                                                                                                              

Senior SAP ABAP developer

 

Client is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies, with approximately 129 million mobile customers, 36 million fixed-network lines, and more than 16 million broadband lines.

They provide fixed-network/broadband, mobile communications, Internet, and IPTV products and services for consumers, and information and communication technology (ICT) solutions for business and corporate customers.

They are present in around 50 countries. With a staff of some 236,000 employees throughout the world, we generated revenue of EUR 58.7 billion in the 2011 financial year, over half of it outside Germany.

 

Responsibilities:

·          Requirements Gathering, Blueprinting for SAP Objects (OOPS) – Classes, Methods, Interfaces.

·          Technical Specification Preparation from Functional Specification

·          Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Testing of SAP Objects

·          Code Review, Performance Tuning, Code Inspector checks, SQL Trace

 

Client 9: British Gas (Energy & Utilities) – Staines/London, UK                                                Feb11 – Oct11

 

Catalyst CRM Project                                                                                                      

Energy: Sourcing gas and electricity for residential and business customers in the UK and building a

              sustainable business with balanced power generation and leading gas and oil positions on the UK

              and Norwegian continental shelves

 

Storage: Storing natural gas for European energy producers, traders and suppliers and its storage facility is

              the largest in the UK, able to meet approximately 10% of the UK's current peak day demand and

              representing over 70% of UK storage capacity

 

Gas: supplies gas and electricity to UK residential and business customers, provides central heating and  

        gas appliance installation and maintenance and low-carbon and energy efficient products and services.

 

Project Role: Scrum Master / SAP CRM ABAP developer

 

Responsibilities:

·          Scrum Execution, Sprint Planning, Agile methodology implementation of project

·          SAP ISU – Development, Web UI Development Agile Execution

·          CRM / ISU Interface development

·          ISU Customer Master - Data Migration

 

Client 10: Marks and Spencer (Retail Sales & Distribution) – Chennai, India                                     Dec09 – Feb11

 

Business Foundation & Finance Transformation Project                                                                       

Client is one of the UK's leading retailers; they sell stylish, high quality, great value clothing and home products, as well as outstanding quality food, responsibly sourced from around 2,000 suppliers globally, employing over 75,000 people in the UK and abroad, and have over 600 UK stores, plus an expanding international business.

 

Project Role: SAP ABAP Technical Lead

 

Responsibilities:

Support, Bug Fix and Enhancement of RICEF objects related to the business modules

·          IDOC Interfaces

·          Master Data

·          Promotion Planning, Procurement

 

Client 11: Mentor Graphics Company (Media & Entertainment) – Chennai, India                                     Jul09 – Nov09

 

Revenue Book Date Project                                                                                             

Sr. Developer FICO module

 

Client is a leader in electronic design automation. They enable companies to develop better electronic products faster and more cost-effectively. Their innovative products and solutions help engineers conquer design challenges in the increasingly complex worlds of board and chip design. The company was founded in 1981, headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon with approximately 4,425 employees in over 70 offices worldwide and its Revenue in last reported 12 months is about $800 million

 

Project Role:

 

Responsibilities:  

·       Global Crossing /IPass

·       Bank of America, prior day statement file upload

·       FI Automated posting of P-Card statements into GL

·       Cash In Advance clearing flag

·       Auto clearing behavior problem - OSS note

·       Negative amounts to Service Port interface

·       Month End Reconciliation Report

·       LSMW – DATA MIGRATION: Asset with Capitalization / Book Value Load

 

Client 12: Astra Zeneca (Pharmaceutical) – Chennai, India                                                                Sep08 – Jul09

 

Finance Transformation Project                                                                                      

Client is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. Backed by a strong research base and extensive manufacturing and commercial skills, the company provides a powerful range of products for six important areas of healthcare - gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, cancer, respiratory, neurosciences and infection. With its headquarters based in UK, Client has its R&D facilities based in Sweden, USA, Japan & India.

 

Project Role: Sr. Developer FICO module

Project Responsibilities:

·         Understand FI module and perform Techno-Functional role in resolving technical issues

·         APAC technical upgrade from its SAP ECC 5.0 to the latest SAP ECC 6.0 using SPAU / SPDD

·         Auto Accrual for Open PO and GR Non Valuated

·         Expense & Advance Request upload from CRM system

·         PR Release Strategy Enhancement: EXIT_SAPLEBND_001 (M06B0002)

·         Non-stock purchasing model enhancement

·         Scheduling Agreement and Purchase order and Amendment smart forms

·         Sales User exit: MF45AFZB (USEREXIT_CHECK_VBAK) make fields mandatory

·         Material Forecast – user interactive report, Credit Note / Debit Note – Tax Invoice SAP Script forms  - VF03

 

 

Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, San Diego, California                                                                                   Jun07 – Aug08

 

Genesis Project – Technical Lead (Full Cycle Implementation)                                   

Bumble Bee® Foods was founded in 1899. Bumble Bee employs over 1,000 hard working men and women and is an international company selling canned tuna and salmon throughout the world under the Bumble Bee Label and in Canada under the Clover Leaf brand name.

Bumble Bee has canning facilities in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; and Santa Fe Springs, California. Over the years Bumble Bee has transformed its plants from labor intensive production lines to automated lines. By keeping up with today's technology, Bumble Bee is able to provide a quality product at a competitive price. When consumers see the "Bee" on a canned seafood product, they can be assured it means premium quality seafood.

 

Responsibilities:

SAP ABAP Technical Lead in a Full Cycle SAP implementation project

Role includes SSCR & User Administration, SAP Security (SU01 & User Profile) and STMS

• RICEF: Cuts Report, Inspection Result Report
• RICEF: Legacy System > SAP - Goods movements to process orders interface
• RICEF: Legacy System > SAP - Goods receipt against process order interface
• RICEF: Legacy System <> SAP - Miscellaneous goods movements interface
• RICEF: Bank ACH payments file to BOA (NACHA) interface
• RICEF: Journal Entry Spreadsheet upload interface - transaction F-02 monthly upload
• RICEF: Master Data - Material Master Conversion
• RICEF: Master Data – Customer Master Conversion
• RICEF: Master Data – Partner Functions Conversion
• RICEF: Master Data – Customer Credit Conversion
• RICEF: Master Data - Vendor Master Conversion
• RICEF: Master Data - Pricing Conversion
• RICEF: Master Data - Customer Material Info Record Conversion
• RICEF: Master Data - Vendor Material Info Record Conversion
• RICEF: Master Data  - BOM & Recipes Conversion
• RICEF: Master Data - A/P vendor open items Conversion