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Sameer Karbotker

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Last update: 04.03.2019

SAP APO (DP/SNP/GATP) & SAP IBP Consultant with 17+ years of experience

Graduation: PGDBM Supply Chain management, Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: English (Full Professional)

Attachments

Resume_Sameer_Karbotker_SAP_APO (20190304).doc

Skills

Summary:
• 17.5 Years of total experience in Supply Chain Management with 11 years of experience in SAP APO full life cycle (E2E)
implementations, upgrade, & post-support projects. Expertise in SAP APO DP/SNP/GATP & SAP IBP.
• 6.5 years of experience in managing supply chain operations for a leading FHP motor manufacturing company.
• Worked across various industries e.g. Glass Manufacturing, Consumer Electronic, Pharmaceutical, Industrial Products &
Solutions, Food Product Marketing, Agribusiness Industries.
• Extensive experience in business analysis, blueprinting, design, modeling, development and implementation of SAP APO
applications.
• Good understanding of SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) concepts that are relevant to successful implementation of APO DP. Good understanding of SAP ECC PP, MM, SD Modules and integration with SAP APO.

Experience
Sr. Consultant SAP APO at DXC.Technology from Aug 2016 till date
Areas of Expertise: SAP APO DP/SNP/GATP & IBP
Working as Business Process Expert in leading Glass Manufacturing company and roles involves improving the supply chain process in the area of Demand Planning, Supply Planning and GATP. Improved forecast accuracy by 30%.
Working as APO expert in leading consumer electronic company and role involves helping business with APO DP and GATP processes.
Previously worked in Leading sporting goods retailer, imaging company in SAP APO area.
SAP IBP Certified consultant and have gained expertise in SAP IBP module by attending SAP trainings, self paced training developed by SAP Learning Hub and with handon working in SAP IBP system. Built system demo for IBPS&OP for presales activities, POC and internal training.

Sr. Consultant - SAP APO at IBP from Mar 2011 to Jul 2016
Areas of expertise : SAP APO - DP/SNP/CIF.
Rolled out global template for leading pharmaceutical company in France and Nordic countries.
Build a global template in the areas of Demand Planning & Supply Network Planning for leading bearing manufacturing company. Designed a Sales and Operation Planning process.
Worked in Implementation, Roll out and support of SAP SCM DP/SNP Modules for a leading Indian food marketing
company.

Consultant - SAP APO at Infosys Technologies Ltd. from Dec 2007 - Mar 2011
Areas of expertise : SAP APO - DP/SNP/PPDS.
Worked as a consultant for Projects cum Production support for a large multi national client from the business of
crop protection and seeds business.
Worked as a consultant for template roll out for a leading consumer goods company. The areas of work involved
Requirement Gathering (M&M), Design, Testing including support for Hyper care, End User Training and Hand
over project activities to clients IT Partner

Production Planning & Control at Crompton Greaves Ltd. from Jul 2001 to Dec 2007
Worked in various areas in a FHP Motor Manufacturing Company such as Production, Engineering, Quality & Vendor Development
Was responsible for Production Planning & Execution, Manufacturing facility design, process planning , installation and commissioning of Motor assembly line in Motor industry.
Worked as SAP Core Team member for PP Module Implementation Project and subsequently as End User.
Was key member in implementing CGPS (Crompton Greaves Production System) at Crompton Greaves. CGPS includes,
• Implementation of MOST (Maynard Operations Sequence Technique - Motion study) across plant to establish a shift output at various machines / assembly line.
• Implemented MPSS (Manpower Planning and Scheduling system) at Crompton Greaves. The system is used to track manpower utilization, plant capacity utilization across company.

Project history

  • Project name : Business Process Support
Jul 2017 – Present
Project description
Client: Panasonic Batteries (Leading Consumer Electronic Company)
Role: SAP APO Expert.
Project Description: The role is to support business in planning processes and also perform the improvements in SAP APO system in the area of SAP APO – DP and GATP
  • Project name : Business Process Re-engineering for Supply Chain
Aug 2016 – Present
Project description
Client: AGC Ltd (Leading Glass manufacturing company)
Role: Business Process Expert.

Project Description: The objective of the project is to evaluate the existing AGC Business process and work towards improving the current business process in Demand Planning and GATP area of SAP APO 
  • Project name: Implementing new SCM 7.0 features
Oct 2016 – Dec 2016
Project description
Client: Agfa-Gevaert (Leading Imaging company)
Role: SAP APO Expert.
Project Description: The objective of the program is to implement new SCM 7.0 features for AGFA Graphics Business
  • Project name: SAP APO Implementation Program
Aug 2016 – Sep 2016
Project description
Client: Decathlon (Leading sporting goods retailers)
Role: SAP APO expert working on developments.
Project Description: The objective of the program is to implement SAP APO Solutions for Decathlon Business 
Contributions:
Worked on writing functional specifications for Decathlons custom requirements in the area of SNP
  • Project name: Pfizer NORDIC Roll-out Project
Aug 2015 – Jul 2016
Project description
Client: Pfizer Ltd. (Leading Pharmaceutical company)
Role: Lead Supply Chain Planning Team for R14 Nordic Project & SAP APO Consultant to support ‘Supply Chain Planning’ processes.
Project Description: The objective of the R14 NORDIC Deployment program is to roll out the Pfizer’s Global Template into WBB, PCH & other Business in Nordic Region. Scope of the project involves the integrating SOM, Distribution, Supply Chain & Finance Process into Pfizer’s Global Solution. The countries involved Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
  • Project name: Legal Entity Alignment Project
Dec 2014 – Aug 2015
Project description
Client: Pfizer Ltd. (Leading Pharmaceutical company)
Role: SAP APO Consultant.
Project Description: At the start of year 2014, Pfizer began operating in a new commercial structure of the GIP, VOC and GEP businesses. This program is to split single legal entity into two separate legal entities for GEP and GIP-VOC Business. The split of legal entities is for better planning and costing. The countries involve France, Netherland and Portugal in Europe wave 1. The existing Pfizer DP and SNP solution is rolled out for new legal entity.
  • Project name: SKF Unite Program
Dec 2012 – Nov 2014
Project description
SAP Template build and Roll Out - As a SAP APO Consultant for Forecast to Fulfill Track, responsible for developing a global template for Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning modules of SAP APO at Client Location
  • Project name: GCMMF (AMUL)
Apr 2011 – Nov 2012
Project description
Client: GCMMF (AMUL) (India’s leading food product marketing company)
Role: SAP APO Consultant / Team lead for 5 modules (8 consultants)
Project Description: GCMMF (Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation) is an Indian dairy cooperative responsible for milk for milk products. The scope includes implementation of SAP ECC, SAP SCM & SAP BW systems in 2 phase manner. Worked in Implementation, Roll out and support of SAP SCM DP/SNP Modules.
  • Project name: Roll-out/Support - Syngenta
Oct 2008 – Mar 2011
Project description
Client: Syngenta Ltd.
Role: SAP APO Consultant
Project Description: Syngenta is a global leader in Agribusiness specialized in crop protection and seeds business. The scope of the project includes roll out for SNP, implementation for DP Solution and a production support.
  • Project name: Wella Integration
Dec 2007 – Sep 2008
Project description
Client: P & G.
Role: SAP APO Consultant
Project Description: P & G is a global leader in consumer goods. The scope of the project includes integration of Wella business in P&G. The standard P&G template was rolled out into Wella.

Local Availability

Only available in these countries: Belgium
Within Belgium - no restriction of travel.
Outside Belgium - Max 4 days a week onsite and 1 day from remote location.
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