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Sharma Kameshwara

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Last update: 17.03.2023

S 4 HANA Consulting - O2C, S 4 HANA SME RDS, Project Management

Graduation: MBA Marketing & Computer Management
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: English (Full Professional) | Hindi (Native or Bilingual)

Keywords

SAP HANA SAP Applications

Attachments

kameshwara-sharma-o2c.docx

Skills

  • SAP experience 20+ years; implementation, Greenfield, Brownfield and rollout experience
  • Experience of S/4HANA in O2C Space with SAP Activate, worked on 4 Greenfield Implementation’s & 1 Brownfield/System Conversion Projects
  • 10 ECC end to end Implementation’s, Extensive hands-on experience working with all OTC processes and functionalities 

Project history

04/2021 - 03/2023
O2C Lead
Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group, USA
Industry: Media & Entertainment
Project: S 4 HANA 2020 Greenfield Implementation
Role: O2C Lead
Duration: April 2021 - March 2023

Details:
* Conducted and driven Business Process discussions and workshops
* O2C Business Process design for Music & Merchandize
* Configured All O2C Processes for Music what includes Org Structure Definitions & Assignments
* Matching Business Processes with Current legacy Processes
* Involved in Critical developments for Music
* Enhancements done for Business Processes involving Orders & Deliveries with external &
Business Partner Legacy Systems
* Configuration considerations for Music & Output and other developments involving IDoc's & EDI.

04/2020 - 12/2020
Project Manager
Advanz Pharma Ltd.

Advanz Pharma Ltd., India
Industry: Pharma
Project: S 4 HANA 2019 Brownfield Implementation
Role: Project Manager
Duration: April 2020-Dec 2020

Details:
* Project Management of ECC to S 4 HANA 1909 Conversion
* Defined Implementation Strategy
* Lead Project through all phases of Activate methodology and Project Go-Live in time and Budget

01/2018 - 04/2018
S 4 HANA SME RDS
Garima Global Pvt. Ltd.

Garima Global Pvt. Ltd., India
Industry: Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Components
Project: S 4 HANA 1709 Greenfield Implementation
Role: S 4 HANA SME RDS
Duration: Jan' 2018 Till Apr' 2018

Details:
* Hand Holding Project Management of S 4 HANA 1709
* Defined Implementation Strategy

12/2016 - 08/2017
S 4 HANA Expert Consulting - O2C
Finolex Industries Ltd.

Finolex Industries Ltd., India
Industry: Pipes & Fittings, PVC Resins
Project: S 4 HANA 1610 Greenfield Implementation
Role: S 4 HANA Expert Consulting - O2C
Duration: Dec' 2016 Till Aug 2017

Details:
* Worked on Process Validation with Delta & GAP's Identification.
* Organization structure & O2C Configurations
* Settlements Management, Product Allocation for Finolex Dealer Network
* Emphasis is on Quality and Reporting functionalities, KPI's through Fiori Apps,

08/2016 - 12/2016
O2C Lead Consultant & SME RDS
Kenya Tea Development Holdings Ltd.

Kenya Tea Development Holdings Ltd., Kenya
Industry: FMCG, TEA
Project: SAP A2O RDS Implementation
Role: O2C Lead Consultant & SME RDS
Duration: Aug' 2016 Till Dec' 2016

Details:
* Laid the design and guidelines to be followed in the course of the Project.
* Actively involved in the discussions on organization structure design with the client.
* Designed the Tea Auction Process with Standard Functionality in SAP for KTDA which constitutes
75% Sales.
* System Configurations and Design done for all the Tea Processes from O2C perspective

08/2016 - 12/2016
S 4 HANA Lead Consultant & SME RDS
Thai Union Frozen Products PLC.

Thai Union Frozen Products PLC., Thailand
Industry: FMCG, Frozen Seafood
Project: S 4 HANA 1511 Greenfield Implementation
Role: S 4 HANA Lead Consultant & SME RDS
Duration: Aug' 2016 Till Dec' 2016

Details:
* Worked on Scope of the Project with respect to O2C Space
* Worked on the POC and lay further scope for process validation with delta & gap leading
towards global template rollout for Europe.
* Proof of concept based on new functionalities of Rebates & Settlement management, Walkthrough
on SAP Best practices.
* Conducted Workshops to the SAP Partners and Thai Union Team on conducting Solution Walkthrough
workshops, deliverables and Phase wise activities to be performed as per S 4 HANA Activate
Methodology.

05/2014 - 05/2015
Logistics Lead Consultant
SAP Mission Control Centre

SAP Mission Control Centre Australia & New Zealand
Industry: NA
Project: SAP Support Operations (MCC) - Max Attention Customers & Premium Engagement Services
Role: Logistics Lead Consultant
Duration: May' 2014 Till May' 2015

Details:
* Worked as part of SAP India MCC, Resolve the issues Raised by the SAP Customers which include
Business Impact analysis and Expert advice to Max Attention Customers.
* Liaised between the teams in APJ and EMEA to resolve the issues, task is to take ownership for
critical and complex incidents of SAP customers and drive the problem resolution and providing
of a workaround where possible so that the customers core business processes are up and
running as soon as possible. Worked with varying teams by communicating, discussing on various
Customer requirements pertained to different Modules which includes SAP Product support.
* Provided support the Mission Critical Issues pertained to Implementation, Upgrade and SAP Max
attention clients.

03/2014 - 04/2014
MYGST Logistics Test Manager
Malaysia GST

Malaysia GST
Industry: NA
Project: GST Malaysia
Role: MYGST Logistics Test Manager
Duration: Mar' 2014 Till Apr' 2014

Details:
* Studied all SD Processes from SAP Best Practices taking Malaysia specific processes with
Malaysia GST Applicability.
* Designed Pricing Conditions, Procedures according to the new requirements of MYGST. Designed
Tax conditions,Tax applicability, Account keys and determinations as applicable for MYGST.
* Work with Product teams for appropriate code changes necessary, Organize Testing forall
scenarios where the changes were made, Document and release the same for the Customers.
* Prepared Blueprint Document as per SAP Standards, what needs to be followed in all the
Implementations where MYGST is applicable including SAP Notes etc.

09/2013 - 02/2014
Solution Architect & Quality Assurance Manager
PT Cakratunggal Steel

Client: PT Cakratunggal Steel, Jakarta, Indonesia
Industry: Mining & Mill Products
Project: SAP A2O Implementation with RDS Best Practices
Role: Solution Architect & Quality Assurance Manager
Duration: Sep' 2013 Till Feb' 2014

Details:
* Deployed RDS for Indonesia, Planned System landscape and Solution Manager. Set up standards
for Documentation, Collaterals for the Project at all Phases and Quality review.
* Planned Solution Walkthrough sessions, conduct daily update meetings to discuss and arrive at
the Requirements, Gaps, WRICEF Objects.
* Prepared Test Cases for all the testing Phases viz. Unit, Integration and UAT Planned Unit
testing, Integration Testing as well as Core team meeting with the Steering committee
regarding the Solution design.
* Organized the Preparation of Blueprint Document as per SAP Standards and sign off.

04/2013 - 08/2013
O2C Lead Consultant
AGCO Corporation

Client: AGCO Corporation, USA
Industry: Agriculture Machinery
Project: SAP RDS Best Practices Implementation
Role: O2C Lead Consultant
Duration: Apr' 2013 Till Aug' 2013

Details:
* Understand theclient requirements and formulate the Implementation Support Strategies from
Offshore. Drove the offshore activities and liaised between Onsite and Offshore teams for the
Objects to be delivered.
* Participated in the workshops to arrive at the As-Is and To-Be processes
* Organization Structure setup alongwith SD Configurations
* Pricing
* Outputs & Developments

11/2012 - 03/2013
RDS SME, O2C Lead Consultant - POC
Philips India

Client: Philips India
Industry: Lighting
Project: SAP RDS Implementation with 14 country Template deployment
Role: RDS SME, O2C Lead Consultant - POC
Duration: Nov' 2012 Till Mar' 2013

Details:
* RDS Project with Standard O2C Processes POC and RDS Methodology deployment for global Template
Implementation leading to Considerable reduction on the Maintenance Spend for Philips.
* Organized Workshops with Philips Management on all the Modules Scope and special emphasis on
Sales & Distribution Processes for POC
* Laid groundwork on the Global Template Preparation for Philips, worked closely with Solution
Architect, Management and the Module leads to plan the Global Implementation procedure and
Processes to be followed.
* Participated workshops to make the Local Teams understand the RDS Design and the solutions
provided with respect to All SAP Process.
* Organized &Conducted Solution walkthrough sessions to understand Clients Business process and
suggest SAP Best practices to be followed for the given scenarios, advise on the standards to
be followed for the Template Rollout.

06/2012 - 10/2012
SD Lead Consultant
BM BOVESPA

Client: BM BOVESPA, Brazil
Industry: Stocks & Securities
Project: SAP Implementation
Role: SD Lead Consultant
Duration: Jun' 2012 Till Oct' 2012

Details:
* Understood the client requirements and formulate the Implementation Support Strategies from
Offshore with respect to Sales & Distribution.
* Drove the offshore activities and liaison between Onsite and Offshore team for the Objects to
be delivered.
* Participated in the Blueprinting workshops to arrive at the As-Is processes, Preparation of
Detailed Process Documents to facilitate and plan the Configuration and Developments.
* Delivered the developments in agreed time as per the Project Time frames.

02/2010 - 06/2012
SAP SD & CRM Lead, Client Partner
Schneider Electric

Client: Schneider Electric, Australia
Industry: Electrical Switches & Equipment Manufacturing
Project: SAP & CRM Global Template Implementation
Role: SAP SD & CRM Lead, Client Partner
Duration: Feb' 2010 Till Jun' 2012

Details:
* Understood the Global Template Rollout requirements and identify the Gaps locally with respect
to Core Design. Organized Business Transformation Workshops with Schneider Electric Team to
Clipsal Australia to get the solution rollout for Australia.
* Conducted the Sales & Distribution, CRM Process design harmonization with the current Business
practices and Designed new processes under Global Rules.
* Identified the Gaps and addressed them with work around and developments, liaised with Partner
Companies in getting the Configuration and Developments done, Planned and executed Local
Integration, Local Quality and Regression testing in different Systems, managed the Testing as
Test Manager in various systems.
* Trained the Trainers for a smooth acceptance of the solution enterprise wide.

06/2011 - 05/2012
SAP SD Lead & TM Consultant, Country Manager
DHL Courier & Cargo

Client: DHL Courier & Cargo, Germany
Industry: Global forwarding
Project: SAP Global Implementation 196 Country Rollout
Role: SAP SD Lead & TM Consultant, Country Manager
Duration: Jun' 2011 Till May' 2012

Details:
* Worked on the Cluster -2 Asia Pacific region Country Rollouts and Template Rollout Management.
Participated in workshops to arrive at the As-Is processes, Preparation of Detailed Process
Documents to facilitate and plan the Configuration for Global template Processes and Global
rules.
* Worked as the part of OTC Team, worked on Business Partner replication Strategies form CRM to
ECC and to SAP TM, deriving data from approximately 1200 Legacy systems across the globe.
* Conducted project preparation work performed along with Data requirements and Harmonization
plans for Pilot and Local Country implementations.

11/2008 - 01/2010
Senior Consultant - SD, MM, PM & CS
United Utilities

Client: United Utilities, United Kingdom
Industry: Utilities
Project: Support & Major Projects
Role: Senior Consultant - SD, MM, PM & CS
Duration: Nov' 2008 Till Jan' 2010

Details:

* Worked as the part of AMS support for United Utilities with a team of 22 Consultants including
4 ABAP Consultants.
* Liaise between Onsite and Offshore teams for Support Issues and SLA's, weekly reporting on the
Issues and Resolution and Monitor the Tracking, Negotiate the Time and Money aspects of major
and Minor Projects, Induction and KT to newly inducted team members.
* As part of the Module specific responsibilities, new Processes were created, Programs were
designed to address new requirements, testing and sign offs taken. Actively participated in
negotiation with the onsite Manager and the Client Manager for the Projects done.

03/2008 - 11/2008
Senior Consultant - SD, MM, PM & CS
United Utilities

Client: United Utilities, United Kingdom
Industry: Utilities Industry
Project: Upgrade & Implementation
Role: Senior Consultant - SD, MM, PM & CS
Duration: Mar' 2008 Till Nov' 2008

Details:
* Conducted project planning and support with respect to SAP SD & MM for upgrade Project to ERP
6.0 and during Implementation, Implementing the Configuration Values for SAP SD, MM, PM and CS
Modules. Conducted workshops to arrive at the as-Is Scenario and Designed the To-Be Processes
as part of Blueprint Phase, identified the Gaps and resolution, Timelines planned for Gap
resolutions.
* Drafted organization Structure proposal and finalization with respect to all the above modules
for Water, Waste Water, Electricity connections.
* All Configuration considerations, Developments, Reporting functionalities were designed and
executed as per the end-to-end Solution planning.
* Performed Unit, Integration & Regression testing conducted along with the Core Team for the
acceptance of the Business Solutions.
* Conducted training to the Trainers and involved in Post go live support, Configuration and
Developments for new requirements.
* Created New Service Orders to cater to the Services provided by United Utilities. Created New
DIP Profiles for Standard and Non Standard Scenarios of Water, Waste water, Electricity and
Multi Utility Customers. Created and determined from Services Perspective in line with the
Sales and Distribution Partner Functions.

08/2007 - 02/2008
SD Lead
Badve Group of Companies

Client: Badve Group of Companies, India
Industry: Automobile
Project: SAP ECC Implementation
Role: SD Lead
Duration: Aug' 2007 Till Feb' 2008


Details:

* Actively involved from Project Preparation Phase and the Business Blueprint Phase,
Participated in the AS-IS Study and helped the Core Team prepare various Process Documents,
Discussed the Clients requirements in conjunction with the AS-IS Document and Gap Analysis,
TO-BE Process was formulated and Sign Offs Taken to start the Base Line Configuration.
* Finalized the Organization Structure for Sales and Distribution Module, Definition and
Assignments were made in line with the Business Requirements.
* Pricing was done to cower the Various Business Process Scenarios of Badve Group of Companies
using the Country India Version, to facilitate this New Condition Tables, Condition Types and
Access Sequences were created.
* Reverse Calculation Logic Used for Dealer Sales on MRP, For Intercompany Sales Transactions
like Input Sales and Trading, Routines were used to extract the Taxes to be passed on to the
Inter Company and Trading Partners.
* Basic Settings were made for Availability Check and Transfer of Requirements as the Clients
Business runs mostly on Scheduling Agreements with Delivery Schedules.
* Implemented simple credit limit check. Made the developments to accommodate the Supplementary
Invoicing process which is a typical Retroactive Billing functionality; Counter Number
Generation for the Delivery at the Customer Location was done.

11/2006 - 07/2007
SD offshore Lead
DeLaval GMBH

Client: DeLaval GMBH, Germany
Industry: Supplier of systems and products for milk production
Project: SAP Support
Role: SD offshore Lead
Duration: Nov' 2006 Till Jul' 2007

Details:

* Lead the Offshore team of 6 Team Members, have adhered to the project SLA's, motivated the
team of Consultants to resolve the issues in Stipulated Time frame.
* Made the changes and proposed enhancements to the existing system upon requirements. Resolved
the support related issues within the stipulated time frame.

06/2006 - 10/2006
SD Lead
Areva Transmission & Distribution

Client: Areva Transmission & Distribution, India
Industry: Transformers & Switchgear Manufacturing
Project: SAP ECC Implementation
Role: SD Lead
Duration: Jun' 2006 Till Oct' 2006

Details:

* Participated in AS-IS Study and Analysis, Got the approvals from the Core Team and Business
Process owners for the TO-BE processes for the Sales and outbound logistics.
* Prepared the definition and assignments with respect to sales and outbound Logistics. Defined
the payment terms as per the business need.
* Defined Pricing Procedures for the various business Requirements with the Help of Condition
Tables, Condition Types and Access Sequences.
* Configured sales document types, delivery and billing Documents, derived from standard SAP
document types. Configured Item Category, Item Category Group and Determinations Relevant to
Areva's Business Process and the Delivery Item Categories.
* Defined schedule lines. Defined copy controls for Document, Item and Schedule lines. Checked
and transferred the availability and transfer of Requirements to accommodate the complex
process of Transformers, Switchgear Processes. Prepared the incompletion log and determined
account for various transactions of sales to postings in COPA.
* Determined shipping point and output determination and design of forms.

11/2005 - 05/2006
SD Lead Consultant
Whirlpool Home Appliances

Client: Whirlpool Home Appliances, Hong Kong
Industry: FMCG, Home Appliances
Project: SAP Support
Role: SD Lead Consultant
Duration: Nov' 2005 Till May' 2006

Details:

* Conducted the SD Processes Review of HK, Unit testing and Integration testing done taking all
scenarios of Shanghai and Hong Kong, for all the Processes and cross functional scenarios
taking into Consideration Regional Changes, Local Changes or Country Specific Changes.
* Carried out the document changes after post Go Live taking the Client Dependent and
Independent Changes.
* Worked on the Order Tracking System. Configured the pricing condition techniques by using
condition table, condition type, access sequence, pricing procedure.
* Changes/Additions carried out for Procedures according to the requirements, this includes
major changes carried out for standard Pricing Procedures and restructuring them as per the
new requirements.
* Mapped various condition types for Rebates in Pricing to Value fields as per the specification
of the client. Scheduled line changes as per the requirements taking into consideration
Movement Types, Returns Orders, which Includes Standard Order Returns and Consignments.
* The Purpose is to have the Returned goods to a different storage locations then the ones which
were defined in Implementation. Performed the credit management w.r.t. Payment Terms taking
Partial Payments and installments. Reviewed the changes made to reports viz. Logistics,
Rebates etc. to suit the new needs of HK.
* Setup the shipping process by configuring shipping point determination for new locations.
Configured the shipping conditions. Determined the shipping point and goods receiving points
along with determining the route. Configured the settings for Foreign Trade and Transportation
Points.

06/2005 - 05/2006
SD Lead Consultant
Whirlpool Home Appliances

Client: Whirlpool Home Appliances, China
Industry: FMCG, Home Appliances
Project: SAP Support
Role: SD Lead Consultant
Duration: Jun' 2005 Till May' 2006


Details:

* Conducted the SD processes review of Whirlpool Shanghai for all the Processes and cross
functional scenarios.
* Configured pricing condition techniques by using condition table, condition type, access
sequence, pricing procedure.
* Created, Change new Pricing Procedures using condition technique as per the business
requirements from time to time, which includes adding new condition types to existing
Procedure, calculation formula changes. Performed rebate processing.
* Maintained the service contracts inside and outside warranty periods and Revenue generation
vis-à-vis account determination and postings.
* Mapped various condition types in pricing to Value fields as per the specification of the
client (CO-PA).Created Reports and used queries for retrieving data according to requirements
from time to time viz. Logistics, Pricing, Rebates and Discounts.
* Configured credit management and payment terms complimenting to this scenario. Performed
account determination for various Transactions of Sales to postings in COPA.
* Led the setup the shipping process by configuring shipping point determination for new
locations. Configured the shipping conditions and performed the shipping point and determined
the goods receiving points along with the route determination.
* Configured the settings for Foreign Trade and Transportation Points.

04/1998 - 04/2000
SD Consultant
Nectar Laboratories Ltd.

Client: Nectar Laboratories Ltd., India
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Project: SAP 3.1H Implementation
Role: SD Consultant
Duration: Apr' 1998 Till Apr' 2000

Details:

* Participated in Business Requirement Gathering, this includes my interaction with concerned
department heads at various levels to get the data to formulate the process using Q&A Data
base.
* Participated in AS-IS Study and Analyzing, Got the approvals from the business for the TO-BE
processes for the application of SD Module.
* Actively involved with the implementation of SAP R/3 3.1H for the Company.
* Handled customization, Configuration and implementation of SD Module and configuration of
enterprise structure.
* Implemented the pricing procedures relevant for Nectars sales process considering sales from
factory, Sales from depot, Taxes and Excise using India Localization menu CIN 2.1 A.
* Defined Document types, item categories and schedule lines. Performed the availability check
and transfer of requirements. Performed credit management and worked on consignments, stock
Transport orders.
* Setup shipping process by configuring shipping point determination considering the Sales from
Factory and Sales From the Depot. Defined the loading groups and configured the shipping
conditions. Actively determined the shipping point and goods receiving points.

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