Ashok Kumar has over 16 years of experience in SAP MM functionality and 7+ years as a purchasing manager. He holds an ITIL certification and degrees in mechanical engineering. His experience includes senior consulting roles with Capgemini, Accenture, and IBM where he led SAP MM implementations for clients in various industries. His responsibilities included project management, requirements gathering, system configuration, testing, and issue resolution.
1. CURRICULAM VITAE Ashok Kumar.S
Mobile: +91 9160784345
SAP MM/SRM Consultant
akumar200811@gmail.com
Experience: 16 years+ Location: Hyderabad
Professional Summary
• 16+years of experience this includes 7+years of experience as
Purchasing manager and 7.10+years of experience in SAP MM Functionality.
• ITIL Certified.
Educational Qualifications:
• B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Nagarjuna University.
• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering From S.B.T.E.T, Hyderabad
Work Profile:
• Working with CAPGEMINI Consulting India Pvt ltd as Senior
Consultant from Aug 2013 to till date.
• Worked with Accenture India Pvt Ltd as Senior System Engineer from
Jul 2010 to Oct 2012.
• Worked with IBM India Pvt Ltd as Application Consultant from Dec 2007
to June2010.
• Worked with CAPGEMINI Consulting India Pvt ltd as Consultant from
Nov 2006 to Dec2007.
• Worked with Venus Technologies Ltd., Hyderabad as Purchase
Manager from April 1999 to Aug 2006.
Project Details:
PROJECT #1:
Client : Thermo Fisher Scientific
Duration : Aug2013 to till date
Role : Senior Delivery Consultant
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science. Our mission is to
enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With revenues of $13 billion, we
have approximately 39,000 employees and serve customers within pharmaceutical and biotech
companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government
agencies, as well as in environmental and process control industries. We create value for our key
stakeholders through three premier brands, Thermo Scientific, Fisher Scientific and Unity™ Lab Services,
which offer a unique combination of innovative technologies, convenient purchasing options and a single
solution for laboratory operations management. Our products and services help our customers solve
complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics and increase laboratory productivity.
Roles:
• Project Management activities like Metrics, CDART, DMS, SSR etc.
2. • Preparing RFP’s and cost estimation for solution planning on new
rollouts.
• Team management activities like ramp up, attrition reduction, moral,
aspirations & feedback etc.
• Assisting & solving issues in SAP MM, WM and RF issues which are
integrated with other modules.
• Assisting & solving issues with other SAP integration modules.
• Handling Service Delivery Role activities between Onshore & Offshore.
Responsibilities:
• Understand the business requirements, preparing AS-IS, and TO-BE
document and sign-off with users for Business blue print document.
• Setting up organization structure of material management and relevant
configuration like Purchase organization, valuation area plants, storage location.
• Finalization of various numbers ranges for material master, vendor
master.
• Creation of FS for new changes and working with FRICE team to
implement the same successfully.
• Updating the management and Client on weekly progress of project.
PROJECT #2:
Client : Anglo Gold Ashanti
Duration : Jan2012 to Oct2012
Role : Consultant
AngloGold Limited was founded in June 1998 with the consolidation of the gold mining interests of Anglo
American. The company, AngloGold Ashanti as it now, was formed on 26 April 2004. Following the
business combination between AngloGold and Ashanti Goldfields Company Ltd. AngloGold Ashanti is
currently the third-largest gold producer in the world.
Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, AngloGold Ashanti has 20 operations in 10 countries on
four continents, as well as several exploration programmes in both the established and new gold
producing regions of the world. AngloGold Ashanti employed 61,242 people, including contractors.
Responsibilities:
Onsite assignment: Service Delivery MM Lead at Johannesburg, South Africa for a period of
eight months.
• Data migration consultant (MM). Responsible for load of relevant data
objects on SAP.
• Business requirement gathering.
• The ETL tool to be used is BODS that will be managed by AGA (BCX
team).
• Identify data objects. Source to Target Mapping Templates preparation.
• Managed the fulfilment of the templates with the involved parties (BCX,
MDM and Solution Delivery).
• Functional specification preparation per data objects.
• Support the BCX team on the implementation of the extraction and
transformation steps per data object.
• Identify and document test scenarios and variants per data object.
3. • Test each data object.
PROJECT #3:
Client : Maersk Oil & Gas
Duration : Jul 2010 to Dec 2011
Role : Consultant
Maersk Oil is now produces oil from the Danish and UK sections of the North Sea, Qatar, Algeria and
Kazakhstan. It conducts exploration activities in those areas as well as offshore Norway, the U.S. Gulf of
Mexico, Brazil, Angola and Oman.
Responsibilities:
Offshore consultant assignment, been to Esbjerg, Denmark for a period of three months for
knowledge transfer.
• Handling Tickets & Tasks and responsible for closing the same within
defined SLAs (Service Level Agreements).
• Executing the analysis and resolution of production support calls.
• Raising Change Requests (CRs) and writing functional specifications.
• Preparing test data for testing CRs (Change Requests). Tested &
prepared test results.
• Configured Release procedure with classification for purchasing docs.
• Integration Testing and Issue resolutions.
PROJECT #4:
Client : Deutsche Börse Group
Duration : Nov 2008 to Jun 2010
Role : Consultant
As one of the world’s leading exchange organizations Deutsche Börse Group provides investors,
financial institutions and companies access to global capital markets. Our business covers the entire
process chain from securities and derivatives trading, clearing, settlement and custody, through to market
data and the development and operation of electronic trading systems
Our reliable systems and our integrity as a neutral provider form the basis of our business philosophy.
We operate to the most exacting standards to create products and services to meet the needs of
international financial markets. As a listed company we work to create value for our customers and our
shareholders.
Responsibilities:
Offshore consultant assignment, been to Frankfurt, Germany for a period of Three months for
knowledge transfer.
• Project activities though the various phases.
• Preparing AID documents.
• Configuration of pricing determination process.
• Responsible for troubleshooting the issues in the system and providing
support.
• If necessary follow up with SAP AG / Local SAP help desk for resolution
of messages raised in OSS.
4. • Handling Enhancement, bug fix and configuring issues of SAP to meet
client’s business requirements.
PROJECT #5:
Client : Kraft Foods Catalyst
Duration : Dec2007 to Oct 2008
Role : Consultant
Kraft Foods Inc. is North America's largest food and beverage company. It is the second largest in the
world. Kraft Foods' core businesses are in beverage, cheese and dairy, snack foods and confectionery,
convenience foods and cereals.
Catalyst is the name of Kraft’s multi-year program to streamline and standardize – to integrate - how it
works throughout the company and do business with customers, suppliers and other external partners.
Catalyst helps Kraft business to simplify and harmonize their processes with integrated way of working. It
provides better information within Kraft, with Customers and with Suppliers. It provides the capabilities to
grow the business, strengthen sales execution, reduce cost and eliminate redundant work. It replaces 50+
major systems with one integrated platform.
Responsibilities:
Offshore consultant assignment, been to Chicago, USA for a period of one month for knowledge
transfer.
• Actively engage with the core team by participating in the business
process discussions.
• Prepare the detailed Business blue print document as per the
requirement.
• Guide the junior consultant in preparation of the unit tests script and
execution.
• Configured Material Master Records, created Material groups Purchase
Groups.
• Configuration of purchasing scenarios – Subcontracting, Consignments.
PROJECT #6:
Client : Astellas Pharma Ltd.
Duration : Nov 2006 to Dec 2007
Role : Consultant.
Astellas Pharma Inc, a pharmaceutical major based out of USA, having spread across other locations like
Canada, Brazil and Japan with an annual turnover of over $9 billion. It has specialized in areas like
Cardiology, Urology, Immunology, Dermatology and Anti-infective.
Implementation for US Astellas is done on onsite – offshore model with around 16 members in SAP team
and with a total team size of nearly 45 people (2007).
Responsibilities:
As part of the team, been to Chicago for three months and handled following processes during the
implementation:
• Involved in preparing the Business Process Document (Blue Print)
across the organization in consultation with the various senior operation managers and core team
members. Thereafter converting it To-Be processes in SAP.
5. • Configured the system as per the requirements and conducted unit
testing and integration testing activities.
• Configured the release procedure with classification for purchasing docs.
• Prepared the end user and business process manuals for reference,
guided the end users at respective locations for day to day activities.
• Provided core user training Onsite and assisted them in providing the
end user training to end users in company.
• New Purchasing, Inventory Management & Invoice verification concepts.
• Validation and upload of master data & Cut over data using LSMW.
• Post Go-live support and issue resolution.
Non SAP Experience:
• Worked in VENUS Technologies Ltd., Hyderabad from April 1999 to Aug
2006 as Purchase Manager
Client Description:
VENUS Technologies, a manufacturing company located at Nacharam, Hyderabad is leading MCC,
PCC supplier to various domains like Power plants, Cement industries, Paper industries, Pharma &
Chemical process plants.
Responsibilities:
• Interaction with the customer for the technical specifications.
• Procurement of Raw materials, consumables, spares.
• Setting parameters for vendor evaluation.
• Receiving & Weighing the materials after all loses and rejections.
• Inventory checking – records and physical.
• Estimating & costing of the orders.
• Testing, installation and commissioning of the Panel.
• Design, Manufacturing & Material Handling.
Training Programs Attended
Team Building & Leadership Qualities
Professional Effectiveness Program
Personal Development Program
Achieving Business Excellence
Effective Customer Satisfaction
Soft Skills Learning Program
Professional Efficiency Training
6. Key Strengths, Skills, and Abilities
Strong team builder and leader in a customer service environment.
Excellent ability to communicate effectively & efficiently with both customers and staff.
Proven ability to manage a complex business in a multi-tasking environment.
Technical know - how - Product & Process.
Efficient Project Management.
Proven track record in job.
Ability to influence business and create win-win situation.
Personal Information
Nationality : Indian
Marital Status : Married
7. Key Strengths, Skills, and Abilities
Strong team builder and leader in a customer service environment.
Excellent ability to communicate effectively & efficiently with both customers and staff.
Proven ability to manage a complex business in a multi-tasking environment.
Technical know - how - Product & Process.
Efficient Project Management.
Proven track record in job.
Ability to influence business and create win-win situation.
Personal Information
Nationality : Indian
Marital Status : Married