Senior Program Manager - SAP/ERP
Ola Electric
Keywords
Skills
functional environment, Rentals, Re-commerce, SAP, SAP SBP/PBF, SAP BPC, SAP SRM, SAP MM, SAP Fund Management, SAP HCM, SAP S/4 HANA, 3 SAP S/4 HANA End to end experience( 1 - Cloud, ERP, HANA, Cloud, DSN, SAP EWM, SAP Implementation, SCRUM, Agile, Traditional Waterfall, SAP Enterprise Portal, SAP PBF/SBP, SAP BI, digitization, buildout, SAP Ariba, API, KAA, SAP Project Manager, SAP SCM, SAP R / 3, SAP NetWeaver, Enterprise Portal
Project history
10/2020
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06/2022
10/2020
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06/2022
Program Director
Ola Electric
Project: Ola Electric Mobility Pvt. Ltd. SAP S/4 Hana Cloud - Ext (1909) Implementation
Period: Oct 2020 to Feb 2022
Client Description: Ola Electric Mobility Private Limited provides transit services. The Company
offers platform to work with driver-partners, cities, vehicle manufacturers, battery companies, and
others to make technologies cost-effective and viable in daily mobility. Ola Electric Mobility
serves customers in India.
Role: Program Director
Responsibilities:
* Ensuring effective:
* Implementation of SAP S/4 HANA Cloud for Ola Electric in record 11week aggressive time line
* Implementation of SAP Ariba - Sourcing for Ola Electric in record 11week aggressive time line
* Implementation of SAP Ariba - DSN (Digital Supplier Network) for Ola Electric in record 11week
aggressive timeline.
* Implementation - SAP EWM, Sourcing & Procurement, Finance, Production Planning, Quality
Management, Sales & Distribution. (SAP S/4 HANA 1909 - CLOUD (EXT) version.
* SAP implementation with a high level of satisfaction and acceptability across all business
hierarchies from top management to end users
* Rollout project - New Business Entity.
* Integration Project - S/4 HANA with multiple commercial bank. Order Management System.
* SAP AMS long time support handling.
* Monitoring:
* Program's budget
* Risks and issues and taking corrective measurements
* Performance, effectiveness and efficiency of specific core business processes
* "Business continuity" during the change
* Coordinating the projects and their interdependencies
* Managing and utilizing resources across projects
* Working on standardizing processes across all business domains
* Harmonization among all business units
* Facilitating documentation of details of AS IS business processes and traits of the trade
* Contributing towards:
* Educating business team members on best practices employed globally within the industry
* Eliminating difficulties users face in their daily routine of operations
* Maintaining awareness of users' expectations with the new system
* Approving TO BE business processes in alignment with the company's culture, environment, legal
requirements and processes
* Identifying, documenting and testing new scenarios
* Defining the benefits that will realize the strategic objectives of the program
* Developing the benefit realization plan
* Maintaining overall focus on benefit realization
* Defining and tracking the key performance indicators for benefit realization
* Advising the program manager on whether the outputs and outcomes will lead to the realization of
the benefits
* Working on preparing affected business areas for transition to the new way of working.
Potentially implementing new business processes
* Optimizing the timing of the release of new deliverables into business operations.
Period: Oct 2020 to Feb 2022
Client Description: Ola Electric Mobility Private Limited provides transit services. The Company
offers platform to work with driver-partners, cities, vehicle manufacturers, battery companies, and
others to make technologies cost-effective and viable in daily mobility. Ola Electric Mobility
serves customers in India.
Role: Program Director
Responsibilities:
* Ensuring effective:
* Implementation of SAP S/4 HANA Cloud for Ola Electric in record 11week aggressive time line
* Implementation of SAP Ariba - Sourcing for Ola Electric in record 11week aggressive time line
* Implementation of SAP Ariba - DSN (Digital Supplier Network) for Ola Electric in record 11week
aggressive timeline.
* Implementation - SAP EWM, Sourcing & Procurement, Finance, Production Planning, Quality
Management, Sales & Distribution. (SAP S/4 HANA 1909 - CLOUD (EXT) version.
* SAP implementation with a high level of satisfaction and acceptability across all business
hierarchies from top management to end users
* Rollout project - New Business Entity.
* Integration Project - S/4 HANA with multiple commercial bank. Order Management System.
* SAP AMS long time support handling.
* Monitoring:
* Program's budget
* Risks and issues and taking corrective measurements
* Performance, effectiveness and efficiency of specific core business processes
* "Business continuity" during the change
* Coordinating the projects and their interdependencies
* Managing and utilizing resources across projects
* Working on standardizing processes across all business domains
* Harmonization among all business units
* Facilitating documentation of details of AS IS business processes and traits of the trade
* Contributing towards:
* Educating business team members on best practices employed globally within the industry
* Eliminating difficulties users face in their daily routine of operations
* Maintaining awareness of users' expectations with the new system
* Approving TO BE business processes in alignment with the company's culture, environment, legal
requirements and processes
* Identifying, documenting and testing new scenarios
* Defining the benefits that will realize the strategic objectives of the program
* Developing the benefit realization plan
* Maintaining overall focus on benefit realization
* Defining and tracking the key performance indicators for benefit realization
* Advising the program manager on whether the outputs and outcomes will lead to the realization of
the benefits
* Working on preparing affected business areas for transition to the new way of working.
Potentially implementing new business processes
* Optimizing the timing of the release of new deliverables into business operations.
02/2016
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05/2020
Senior Project Manager
Phoenix Business Consulting
02/2016
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05/2020
Program Manager
Phoenix Business Consulting
Project: Aurore Pharma/Aurore Life Science SAP S/4 Hana Implementation (On premise)
Period: Feb 2019 to May 2020
Client Description: Aurore Life Sciences is a pure-play API manufacturer with a diverse portfolio of
capabilities in delivering efficiencies to generic players globally.
Role: Program Manager
Responsibilities:
* Directed program's budget
* Engaged in managing risks and issues and taking corrective measurements
* Steered efforts in coordinating the projects and their interdependencies
* Monitored and utilized resources across projects
* Carried out business meeting to understand the pain point of the business user
* Established the best practice methodology using standard tools and technique of the project
development phases
* Facilitated detail level of task allocation (using WBS and work item level) within the resource
as per the skill sets
* Conducted daily stand-up and project status meeting and mongering the project progress very
closely
* Ensured effective preparation of the project risk document
* Provided the expert support (either technical or functional) if needed
* Pivotal in presenting the part of deliverable to the business honor understanding his feedback
within the development phases and act accordingly for the smooth progress of the project
Project: Kenya Airport Authority (KAA)
Period: Feb 2018 to Jan 2019 (SAP HCM, SAP SRM Implementation - Production Support)
Client Description: Kenya Airports Authority is the owner and operator of nine civilian airports and
airstrips in Kenya. Kenya Airports Authority was established by an act of Parliament in 1992, by the
ruling Kenya African National Union government
Role: SAP Program Manager
Period: Feb 2019 to May 2020
Client Description: Aurore Life Sciences is a pure-play API manufacturer with a diverse portfolio of
capabilities in delivering efficiencies to generic players globally.
Role: Program Manager
Responsibilities:
* Directed program's budget
* Engaged in managing risks and issues and taking corrective measurements
* Steered efforts in coordinating the projects and their interdependencies
* Monitored and utilized resources across projects
* Carried out business meeting to understand the pain point of the business user
* Established the best practice methodology using standard tools and technique of the project
development phases
* Facilitated detail level of task allocation (using WBS and work item level) within the resource
as per the skill sets
* Conducted daily stand-up and project status meeting and mongering the project progress very
closely
* Ensured effective preparation of the project risk document
* Provided the expert support (either technical or functional) if needed
* Pivotal in presenting the part of deliverable to the business honor understanding his feedback
within the development phases and act accordingly for the smooth progress of the project
Project: Kenya Airport Authority (KAA)
Period: Feb 2018 to Jan 2019 (SAP HCM, SAP SRM Implementation - Production Support)
Client Description: Kenya Airports Authority is the owner and operator of nine civilian airports and
airstrips in Kenya. Kenya Airports Authority was established by an act of Parliament in 1992, by the
ruling Kenya African National Union government
Role: SAP Program Manager
08/2017
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12/2017
Project Manager
Project: SAP S/4 HANA BI/BW - Migration - Monroe County, USA
Period: Aug 2017 to Dec 2017
Client Description: Monroe County is a county in the western portion of the state of New York, in
the United States. The county is along Lake Ontario's southern shore.
Role: Project Manager
Project: New York State Homes and Community Renewal- NYSHCR - SAP PBF Implementation.
Period: Oct 2016 to June 2017 (SAP PBF/SBP 1.0 Implementation)
Client Description: New York State Homes and Community Renewal (NYHCR) preserves housing
affordability and works with many private, public and nonprofit sector partners to create inclusive,
safe, "green," and resilient places to live in New York State. Role: SAP Project Manager
Project: City of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Period: Feb 2016 to Sep 2016 (SAP PBF 8.1 Implementation)
Client Description: In 1985, the Phoenix City Council established the Phoenix Arts Commission to
"preserve and enhance the natural beauty of Phoenix, its cultural and artistic heritage and to
encourage the proliferation of the arts in all facets of the public and private sectors."
Role: SAP Practice Head/Delivery Manager
Period: Aug 2017 to Dec 2017
Client Description: Monroe County is a county in the western portion of the state of New York, in
the United States. The county is along Lake Ontario's southern shore.
Role: Project Manager
Project: New York State Homes and Community Renewal- NYSHCR - SAP PBF Implementation.
Period: Oct 2016 to June 2017 (SAP PBF/SBP 1.0 Implementation)
Client Description: New York State Homes and Community Renewal (NYHCR) preserves housing
affordability and works with many private, public and nonprofit sector partners to create inclusive,
safe, "green," and resilient places to live in New York State. Role: SAP Project Manager
Project: City of Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Period: Feb 2016 to Sep 2016 (SAP PBF 8.1 Implementation)
Client Description: In 1985, the Phoenix City Council established the Phoenix Arts Commission to
"preserve and enhance the natural beauty of Phoenix, its cultural and artistic heritage and to
encourage the proliferation of the arts in all facets of the public and private sectors."
Role: SAP Practice Head/Delivery Manager
12/2010
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01/2016
Solution Architect cum Project Manager
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
12/2010
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01/2016
SAP Program/Delivery Manager
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
Project: Los Angeles Community College District, USA
Period: March 2015 to Jan 2016 (SAP PBF Implementation)
Client Description: Over the past seventy-seven years LACCD worked as educator to more than three
million students. LACCD educates almost three times as many Latino students and nearly four times as
many African-American students as all of the University of California campuses combined. Eighty
percent of LACCD students are from underserved populations.
Role: SAP Program/Delivery Manager
Period: March 2015 to Jan 2016 (SAP PBF Implementation)
Client Description: Over the past seventy-seven years LACCD worked as educator to more than three
million students. LACCD educates almost three times as many Latino students and nearly four times as
many African-American students as all of the University of California campuses combined. Eighty
percent of LACCD students are from underserved populations.
Role: SAP Program/Delivery Manager
10/2013
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03/2015
Project Manager
Project: GE - Oil & Gas - SAP Implementation & Support Project
Period: Oct 2013 -March 2015 (SAP MM, SRM MDM & SAP HCM Implementation & Support Project)
Client Description: GE is a world leader in advanced technology equipment and services for a wide
array of activities related to the oil and gas sector.
Role: Project Manager
Period: Oct 2013 -March 2015 (SAP MM, SRM MDM & SAP HCM Implementation & Support Project)
Client Description: GE is a world leader in advanced technology equipment and services for a wide
array of activities related to the oil and gas sector.
Role: Project Manager
10/2012
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09/2013
Technical Architect
Project: Liberty Group Ltd - South Africa
Period: Oct 2012 - Sep 2013 (SAP NW Portal, SAP HCM, SRM- Implementation)
Client Description: Liberty Life is one of the Leading Life Insurance and Investments Group. Liberty
life is integrated in all aspects of the South Africa economy, from being one of the biggest private
property owners in South Africa to sport sponsorship and a wide range of community projects.
Role: Technical Architect
Period: Oct 2012 - Sep 2013 (SAP NW Portal, SAP HCM, SRM- Implementation)
Client Description: Liberty Life is one of the Leading Life Insurance and Investments Group. Liberty
life is integrated in all aspects of the South Africa economy, from being one of the biggest private
property owners in South Africa to sport sponsorship and a wide range of community projects.
Role: Technical Architect
12/2011
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09/2012
Project Lead/ Technical Architect
RITES Ltd - Government of India
Client Description: Liberty Life is one of the Leading Life Insurance and Investments Group. Liberty
life is integrated in all aspects of the South Africa economy, from being one of the biggest private
property owners in South Africa to sport sponsorship anda wide range of community projects.
Role: Project Lead/ Technical Architect
life is integrated in all aspects of the South Africa economy, from being one of the biggest private
property owners in South Africa to sport sponsorship anda wide range of community projects.
Role: Project Lead/ Technical Architect
05/2011
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11/2011
Team Lead
Project: ArcelorMittal- Luxemburg
Period: May 2011- Nov 2011(PHOENIX II-Implementation)
Client Description: ArcelorMittal is the world's leading steel company, with operations in more than
60 countries. Which is the leader in all major global steel markets, including automotive,
construction, household appliances and packaging as well as sizeable captive supplies of raw
materials and outstanding distribution networks.
Role: Team Lead
Project: Telecom New Zealand (TNZ)
Period: Dec 2010 - April 2011 (SRM upgrade)
Client Description: Telecom Corporation of New Zealand -- known as Telecom New Zealand, or simply
Telecom -- is one of the largest telecommunications and IT service providers in New Zealand,
alongside rivals Vodafone and Telstra Clear.
Role: Team lead
Period: May 2011- Nov 2011(PHOENIX II-Implementation)
Client Description: ArcelorMittal is the world's leading steel company, with operations in more than
60 countries. Which is the leader in all major global steel markets, including automotive,
construction, household appliances and packaging as well as sizeable captive supplies of raw
materials and outstanding distribution networks.
Role: Team Lead
Project: Telecom New Zealand (TNZ)
Period: Dec 2010 - April 2011 (SRM upgrade)
Client Description: Telecom Corporation of New Zealand -- known as Telecom New Zealand, or simply
Telecom -- is one of the largest telecommunications and IT service providers in New Zealand,
alongside rivals Vodafone and Telstra Clear.
Role: Team lead
02/2010
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12/2010
PES Engineer
Paritas Software Solution Pvt. Ltd.
Client Description: PES Engineers, one among the oldest and largest Engineering firms, undertakes
the execution of engineering and construction projects. PES Engineers, are involved in the
construction of major Government and Private Hydroelectric, Nuclear and Thermal Power Plants across
pan India.
Role: Project Lead
the execution of engineering and construction projects. PES Engineers, are involved in the
construction of major Government and Private Hydroelectric, Nuclear and Thermal Power Plants across
pan India.
Role: Project Lead
02/2010
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12/2010
Senior Consultant - SAP
Paritas Software Solution Pvt. Ltd.
10/2008
-
02/2010
Consultant - SAP
Lapp India Pvt. Ltd.
11/2007
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10/2008
Associate Consultant
JKT Consulting Ltd.
Key Role:
* Instituting & executing high level project & program strategies, making high-stake decisions and
overcoming complex business challenges using experience-backed judgment, strong work ethics and
irreproachable integrity
* Creating & sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters the development opportunities and
motivates the high performance amongst the team members
* Developing SAP project & program baselines & controlling the same with respect to cost, resource
deployment, time overruns & quality compliance to ensure satisfactory execution of projects
* Defining the program governance (controls)
* Supporting technical implementation of SAP Systems entailing mapping of business requirements
(As-Is & To-Be Analysis), & contributed towards change management
* Collaborating with:
* Clients & stakeholders while keeping them informed of progress and issues in order to manage
expectations on all requirements and deliverables
* Corporate level Project Management Office (PMO) for issue resolution, scope definition and
deployment activities
* Business, IT, different level of leadership during project execution; presented status to the
executive team; discussed issues & resolutions
* Multiple product development teams, component SMEs / Owners and Project Managers
* Actively participating in review meetings with the team to discuss about the progress of projects
as well as for identifying gaps and suggesting effective solutions for the same
* Mapping client's business requirements and translating these requirements into functional
specifications, services, and custom solutions with successful project execution
* Providing Corporate training for different SAP modules
Accomplishments:
* Acknowledged for implementing:
* SAP S/4 HANA Cloud EXT @ Ola Electric in my leadership in record 11-week timeline
* SAP ARIBA - Sourcing @ Ola Electric in my leadership in record 11-week timeline
* SAP DSN (Digital Supplier Network) @ Ola Electric in my leadership in record 11-week timeline
* SAP S/4 Integration with multiple bank (HDFC, AXIS, ICICI & YES).
* SAP S/4 Integration with OMS (Order Management System)
* SAP S/4 New Business Entity Rollout.
* SAP S/4 Integration with MES & PLM.
* SAP EWM Implementation.
* Essayed a stellar role in:
* 20 SAP End to end Implementation Project experience
* 9 SAP support Project experience
* 5 - SAP S/4 HANA (4 On premise and 1- Cloud) Implementation hands-on Project experience
* 2 - SAP ECC to SAP S/4 Hana Migration project experience
* 2- Rollout Project experience
* 10 - Years of solid experience in Program/Project management
* Ensured effective implementation of SAP Project in Public Sector (7 end-to-end SAP Implementation
includes Government of India, Government of United States, Government of Kenya, Government of
South Africa)
* Played a key role in delivering number of SAP project (Implementation, SAP S/4 HANA - CLOUD & On
Premises Migration, Support & Upgrade) using SCRUM, Agile & Traditional Waterfall method
* Facilitating management of resources at different geographies as part of Global Delivery Model
(GDM)
* Facilitating Presales - RFP design and presenting demo.
* Played a key role in implementing 8 end-to-end projects with different SAP module like SAP
Enterprise Portal, SAP PBF/SBP (Public Budget Formulations), SAP SRM, SAP HCM -6 Implementation,
SAP BI/BW and got opportunity to work for:
* Government of India - RITES (SAP HCM)
* Government of United States. (SAP PBF)
* Government of South Africa (SAP SRM) & Last but not the least
* Government of Kenya (SAP SRM)
* Instituting & executing high level project & program strategies, making high-stake decisions and
overcoming complex business challenges using experience-backed judgment, strong work ethics and
irreproachable integrity
* Creating & sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters the development opportunities and
motivates the high performance amongst the team members
* Developing SAP project & program baselines & controlling the same with respect to cost, resource
deployment, time overruns & quality compliance to ensure satisfactory execution of projects
* Defining the program governance (controls)
* Supporting technical implementation of SAP Systems entailing mapping of business requirements
(As-Is & To-Be Analysis), & contributed towards change management
* Collaborating with:
* Clients & stakeholders while keeping them informed of progress and issues in order to manage
expectations on all requirements and deliverables
* Corporate level Project Management Office (PMO) for issue resolution, scope definition and
deployment activities
* Business, IT, different level of leadership during project execution; presented status to the
executive team; discussed issues & resolutions
* Multiple product development teams, component SMEs / Owners and Project Managers
* Actively participating in review meetings with the team to discuss about the progress of projects
as well as for identifying gaps and suggesting effective solutions for the same
* Mapping client's business requirements and translating these requirements into functional
specifications, services, and custom solutions with successful project execution
* Providing Corporate training for different SAP modules
Accomplishments:
* Acknowledged for implementing:
* SAP S/4 HANA Cloud EXT @ Ola Electric in my leadership in record 11-week timeline
* SAP ARIBA - Sourcing @ Ola Electric in my leadership in record 11-week timeline
* SAP DSN (Digital Supplier Network) @ Ola Electric in my leadership in record 11-week timeline
* SAP S/4 Integration with multiple bank (HDFC, AXIS, ICICI & YES).
* SAP S/4 Integration with OMS (Order Management System)
* SAP S/4 New Business Entity Rollout.
* SAP S/4 Integration with MES & PLM.
* SAP EWM Implementation.
* Essayed a stellar role in:
* 20 SAP End to end Implementation Project experience
* 9 SAP support Project experience
* 5 - SAP S/4 HANA (4 On premise and 1- Cloud) Implementation hands-on Project experience
* 2 - SAP ECC to SAP S/4 Hana Migration project experience
* 2- Rollout Project experience
* 10 - Years of solid experience in Program/Project management
* Ensured effective implementation of SAP Project in Public Sector (7 end-to-end SAP Implementation
includes Government of India, Government of United States, Government of Kenya, Government of
South Africa)
* Played a key role in delivering number of SAP project (Implementation, SAP S/4 HANA - CLOUD & On
Premises Migration, Support & Upgrade) using SCRUM, Agile & Traditional Waterfall method
* Facilitating management of resources at different geographies as part of Global Delivery Model
(GDM)
* Facilitating Presales - RFP design and presenting demo.
* Played a key role in implementing 8 end-to-end projects with different SAP module like SAP
Enterprise Portal, SAP PBF/SBP (Public Budget Formulations), SAP SRM, SAP HCM -6 Implementation,
SAP BI/BW and got opportunity to work for:
* Government of India - RITES (SAP HCM)
* Government of United States. (SAP PBF)
* Government of South Africa (SAP SRM) & Last but not the least
* Government of Kenya (SAP SRM)
11/2007
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10/2008
Module Lead (SAP NetWeaver Portal)
JKT Consulting Ltd.
Project: SAP HCM Implementation - India Bulls, Gurgaon, India
Period: Nov 2007 - Oct 2008 (SAP HCM - Time management, Travel management, Pay Role & ESS/MSS -
Implementation & Post support project)
Client Description: Indiabulls is India's leading Financial Services, Retail and Real Estate Company
with a Pan India presence. Indiabulls offer ease, convenience and reliability in all products from
securities to consumer finance, mortgage to real estate development.
Role: Technical Consultant (SAP Enterprise Portal)
Period: Nov 2007 - Oct 2008 (SAP HCM - Time management, Travel management, Pay Role & ESS/MSS -
Implementation & Post support project)
Client Description: Indiabulls is India's leading Financial Services, Retail and Real Estate Company
with a Pan India presence. Indiabulls offer ease, convenience and reliability in all products from
securities to consumer finance, mortgage to real estate development.
Role: Technical Consultant (SAP Enterprise Portal)
Local Availability
Only available in these countries:
India
I am in Hyderabad,Telangana, India and holding US V1 VISHA valid till April 2025.
Immediately available for any suitable oppertunity any where in the world.
Thank You.
Kind Regards,
Kundan Kumar
+91 8978 40 3939
Immediately available for any suitable oppertunity any where in the world.
Thank You.
Kind Regards,
Kundan Kumar
+91 8978 40 3939
