1. Phone: 859-536-1508
Email: tejas_kulkarni@yahoo.com
VINAY KULKARNI
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
• SAP Senior Solution Architect with TWELVE Years of Experience in SAP.
• PMP certified.
• Complete FLC experience in projects and involved in Requirement gathering, Blue print development, Design-
phase, data mapping, Build-phase - Configuration and Functional / technical specs, Functional Unit testing,
Integration testing, UAT, Defect management, Training and Go-Live, Hyper-care support, Production support /
AMS.
• Team Lead managing a team of over 25+ core technical/functional consultants in an on-site / off-shore model,
several stakeholders from client including SMEs, process owners, IT counterpart- multi-location, multi-culture
environments.
• PS Experience - Solution Architecting, process consulting and application development - Project structuring,
Planning, Budgeting, Scheduling, Execution, Progress monitoring by milestone trend, earned value analysis, WIP -
Result analysis, Asset under construction, periodic settlement - cost center, profitability segment, Investment
management.
• PM Experience – Business Consulting - configuration/ support - Notifications, maintenance orders, maintenance
plan, equipment calibration, procurement of external service, work clearance management, permits, measuring
points, MRO, EAM.
• CS-SM Experience - Service notifications/ orders- for service, installation, warranty, order settlement, Warranty
management, Resource related billing configuration, external service procurement.
• FICO - Internal orders, CO-PA, settlement, Cost center accounting, Activity types, SKF,RA, GL, Bank accounting,
AP.
• Good understanding - Order to cash cycle, Procure to pay cycle, Plan to deliver, Record to report.
• Domains worked - Automotive, Engineering, Hi-Tech, Oil &Gas, Consumer Products / functions - Design and
Product-Tool development in cross-functional team, Project engineering, Production-maintenance, Quality Control.
• Worked on various tools - SAP Solution manager for implementation and issue tracking, HPQC for requirement
management in end to end implementation, MS Visio for Process Solution map and flow diagram in
implementation and Business re-engineering, Test Director for regression testing, Panaya for SAP Upgrade project,
SAP Tutor for training, Remedy for AMS.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/7
ERP: SAP R/3, ECC, 4.6c, 4.7 / IS-Utilities
Tools: LSMW, Report painter
MS Office: MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, MS-Visio, MS Projects
Modules: PS, CS, PM and FICO
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Solenis / Ashland Water Technology, KY (@ Tech Mahindra ) Aug 14 - Present
Solution Architect and Onsite SAP Applications Delivery Manager (SAP SD, MM-VIM, PP, QM, PM,
FICO/PS, HR, BW, BASIS,EHS, ABAP + Bolton applications)
Transition and Support
Ashland Inc. is a diversified group and AWT is a separated from parent company. This project has objective of
transitioning the current Applications and Infrastructure to a new vendor.
Responsibilities:
• Project involves Discovery, Transition and Migration, Steady state phases.
• Resource planning, preparing project plans in MSP for knowledge transfer, presenting and discussing plans
with client senior management to get their buy-in.
• Co-coordinating meetings with client SMEs for knowledge transfer, handling additional responsibility of lead
consultant for FICO/PS, PM, QM, modules.
• Strategy planning and details for Migration of landscape , applications , prioritizing criticality
• Planning Test strategy and prepare testing plan with client Test lead ,
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• Managing offshore team for knowledge transfer, team preparations -questions, knowledge capture
documentation.
• Identify gaps in the available documentation of business process procedures and work with team to address it.
• Weekly project plan update for Discovery, Transition and Migrations plans, identify project risk and build
mitigation plans.
Environment: ECC 6.0
Glaxo SmithKline, NC Nov 13 - Jun 14
Team Lead (PM, PS, PP, QM, WM)
Roll-outs and Enhancements
Glaxo SmithKline is one of top five leading company in pharmaceutical and consumer products.
Responsibilities:
• Participate in roll-out planning resource and other activities - data extraction, validation, role preparation and
testing.
• Co-ordinate with team for preparing test scripts preparation, testing, tracking defects in HPQC10.
• Managing the process to assess gaps and develop action plans to address these gaps.
• Develop robust project risk management plans to ensure timely delivery, testing.
• Facilitate data migration workshop preparations, upload strategy, data validation check lists.
• Managing development activities for the gaps - identify requirements, co-ordinate with functional / technical
teams to develop requirements, facilitate testing, defect resolution.
Environment: ECC 6.0.
Pratt & Whitney Canada, Montreal, QC / India Feb 12 - Oct 13
Solution Architect (PS-CS-PM-CO)
Upgrade/Enhancements
Pratt & Whitney Canada is one of the leading manufacturers of air craft engines and provides after market
services.
Responsibilities:
• Pre upgrade assessment. Upgrade from 4.6 C to ECC 6.0. This involves various modules -SD, PP, HR PS, PM,
CS, FICO.
• Developing the test strategy - script coverage, recording the test results, creating - tracking defects, issue
resolution in Panaya tool.
• Worked on MRO, Warranty management, PM-SM orders and settlement, CO-PA, Internal order, Project
accounting - WIP, settlement, project reports.
• Organize workshops for test script preparation; gather valid data from business team, test execution and defect
tracking.
• Coordinating the offshore work for Upgrade (15 plus functional and technical consultants) and managing
multi-country PWC business teams - Canada, USA, UK, Singapore.
• AMS - Resolving production issues- billing, COPA, performance analysis - improvement.
• Setting up a new company code and GL upload.
Environment: SAP 4.6, ECC 6.0.
Chevron Pipeline Ltd., Houston TX Apr 11 - Nov 11
Project Lead - PM, MM, FICO
Chevron Pipeline is part of Chevron group and this project objective is to configure SAP system for
compliance to US Government regulation standards.
Responsibilities:
• Preparing project plan with deliverables /milestone using MS Project.
• Planning the As-Is workshops and preparing the PM Questionnaire for these workshops specific to Oil Industry
domain, get it reviewed from client.
• Conducting the As-Is workshops and documentation - key findings - Gaps and Opportunities, process flow
diagrams.
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• Participating in the To-Be workshops with Business process owners.
• Guiding the team for the To-Be documentation, Work with team for the detailed Blue print, identify the RICEF
objects referring the Gaps, Working with Blueprint Design Track lead for BBP review, Participating in
walkthrough for BBP.
• Getting the BBP sign-off from business process owners.
• Planning and conducting the CRP - Conference Room Pilot for different functionalities / processes, driving the
offshore team to incorporate the inputs.
• PM configuration - Notifications with catalogues for Inspection, environment monitoring, breakdown,
preventive, PM orders, WCM - Lockout/tag out, confirmation, external service procurement, FMEA of
equipments, MTBF/MTTR analysis.
Environment: ECC 6.0.
Al Rostamani Group, Dubai Jul 10 - Mar 11
Lead Consultant (PS/CS-FICO)
Implementation
Al Rostamani group is in trading business and real estate management. They import consumer electronics products like
air conditioners, coolers, their installation and service.
Responsibilities:
• Creation of Master Data for SAP PM for Functional and Technical Objects/Task lists/Maintenance plan,
Service Notifications.
• Created various types of Orders, like Planned Order, Service Order, Break down Maintenance Order,
Refurbishment Order, Schedule Maintenance Order, maintenance plan, measuring points for test equipments
etc.
• Creating service material, installation order from sales order, RRB.
• Project profile configuration, cost planning, external service for projects.
• CO Configuration - General Controlling, Cost and Revenue Element Accounting, Overhead Cost Controlling,
Cost Center Accounting; and Internal Orders.
• Created primary and secondary cost elements, Cost Center Hierarchies, cost element groups, cost centers.
• Managing Scenario Testing, UAT sessions and sign-off.
• Design cut-over strategy and data migration - guidance in master data cleansing, upload and validation.
Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0.
Elsag Datamat, Italy/Australia/Malaysia Mar 10 - Jul 10
Lead Consultant (PS/FICO/CS)
Roll out
Elsag Datamat is part of Ansaldo STS, which provides transportation solutions including signaling systems.
Responsibilities:
• In Internal Orders setup status profile for order type, maintained settlement rules, internal order planning, and
budget profile and also set up tolerances for budget cost. Configured settlements distribution cycles for actual cost
distribution.
• Data extraction, validation, test uploads.
• Running test scripts, Security role testing, defect resolution and tracking.
• Conduct training at client locations - Australia, Malaysia and India.
• Provide post-go live support.
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0.
DEWA Dec 09 - Mar 10
Senior CS Consultant
Enhancements
DEWA is an utility service provider. This project is about enhancements and interface development.
Responsibilities:
• Requirement gathering, preparing solution document.
• Preparing FS details, co-ordinate development with technical team.
• Writing test scenarios, co-ordinate with users about end user testing and approval.
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Environment: SAP ECC 6.0.
Applied Materials, San Francisco CA May 08 - Nov 09
Solution Architect (PS/PM/CS)
Implementation and Support
Applied Materials is leader in Hi-Tech Industry - Chip manufacturing machinery and after market service, renewable
solar energy products.
Responsibilities:
• Business process analysis and solution for Service function - Equipment installation planning, Equipment
hierarchy, equipment BOM, Install base, warranty cost tracking using Maintenance projects, profitability
analysis.
• Team management - managing issues, defects and approvals in Unit testing, Integration testing, tracking
development of conversion programs.
• Configuration - project profile, user status, RA, Settlement rule, CO-PA, Service Management, RRB.
• Validations - start and end date mandatory for wbs element - monitoring equipment validity, user fields.
• Substitutions - Result analysis keys, functional location, equipment, profit center.
• Workflow design for triggering notifications based on user statuses.
• Writing FS for - Service order creation program, auto-release of project plans, auto-teco of service order.
• Legacy data conversion - large size data of more than 10000 projects were migrated to SAP through upload
programs - develop conversion programs- uploading networks, uploading project definition, prepare validation
check list.
• Maintain Solution manager for configuration and related documentation.
• Unit / Integration testing - perform unit testing, resolve defects in HPQC, UAT - maintain UAT scripts, Hyper
care support.
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0.
GE Energy, Atlanta GA Sep 07 - Apr 08
SAP Project Manager and Senior PS/CO Consultant
Support
GE Energy is part of GE group involved in engineering projects - such as Turbines, compressors etc.
Responsibilities:
• Case monitoring and resolution - review with client manager, weekly SLA presentation to client manager and
business, managing team meeting for case progress, drive improvements.
• Issues - Business critical cases, Time sheet and CATS related issues, RA, COPA issues.
• Enhancements on Project confirmations, Result analysis, configuration - cost center groups/hierarchy.
Environment: SAP R/3 4.6c.
Nissan Automotive, India Jun 06 - Aug 07
Lead Consultant - PS-IM-SRM /EAM
Application Development
Nissan - NA is one of the leading automotive in USA.
Responsibilities:
• Application Development - Custom developed application which integrates SRM and PS.
• Investment planning and asset specification-design through IM.
• Asset procurement and construction, installation through PS.
• Asset supplier selection, bidding and contract management through SRM.
• Capturing related cost - material, labor through confirmations and periodic settlement using AUC.
• HR-CATS - Changes in holiday calendar for regular and contract employees and resetting work schedules,
Changes in output of Time in excess of standard report.
• Ticket monitoring, team co-ordination, resource management.
• Preparing weekly Remedy reports and present it to client management.
Environment: S AP R/3, 4.6c.
Telstra, India Nov 05 - Apr 06
Senior PS/CO Consultant
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Application Development and Enhancements
Telstra is one of the largest Telecom providers in Australia.
Responsibilities:
• Maintaining Investment management programs, assign measures - projects to it.
• Project planning and budgeting with budget availability control, budget distribution.
• Maintaining project structure with 3-levels of WBS structure, validations for maintaining project data, Periodic
settlement to Asset under construction.
• Time sheet entry application support - employee self service through enterprise portal.
Environment: SAP R/3, 4.6c.
Tata Interactive (Implementation), India Dec 04 - Nov 05
Module Lead - PS/DMS/CO
TIS is e-learning software system provider and part of Tata group.
Responsibilities:
• Conducting change management workshops MS-Project 2002 users, demonstrating best practices and solution.
• Type of projects - Customer projects - Fixed Price-with reward/penalty, Capital projects.
• Project structuring, user exit used for entering project information like line of business, geography, project
objectives.
• Project Planning - Date planning and cost planning - network costing, Revenue planning.
• Maintaining billing plan, milestone billing, notifications triggering based on milestone completion.
• Enhancement - Skill based resource planning and allocation - through selecting a skilled resource with search
criteria skill, competency level defined in HR and availability from PS tables.
• Project reports - Cash flow report based on revenue related milestone, etc.
• Result analysis - profit based method.
• Calculating profitability analysis based on sales order, region, LOB etc.
• Capital projects used for new offices or facilities created - cost planning, budget with availability control,
creating AUC, monthly settlement, creating an asset.
• Creating document types for sales order, material purchase, project documentation etc.
Environment: SAP R/3 4.6c.
GE Measurement &Control, Minden, Nevada Jan 04 - Dec 04
PS Consultant
Implementation
GE Energy is part of GE group involved in engineering projects - such as Turbines, compressors etc.
Responsibilities:
• Customer projects with Engineer to order scenario, Project definition through sales order creation, project
definition - user exit- entering additional information in the new tab-fields created.
• PS workflows using various objects in the project - a. project as a object, material shipment details with sales
order no, project no. b. project definition as a object and used for liquidated damages, two weeks prior to task
due date. c. Warranty notification.
• BOM creation through COPICS and transfer to SAP using interface, transferring it to projects.
• Running MRP through projects, BOM explode, creating purchase requisitions and planned order as per
material type and manufacturing strategy.
• Project Planning - Project structuring with 3-WBS levels for product family, product/revenue plan, line item.
• Creation of project versions based on user defined status, Project Progress Analysis using milestone based
method.
• Result Analysis method used - milestone billing, Shipment of the product using option - Delivery through
projects.
• Profitability Analysis - based on characteristics like product, geography.
• ABAP - Reports - projected profitability report, project milestone variance report, revenue projection, order
report.
Environment: SAP R/3 4.6c.
Larsen and Toubro Ltd, India Jul 03 - Jan 04
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PS Consultant
Upgrade
Larsen and Toubro Ltd - ECC group is one of the largest group involved in turnkey projects world over.
Responsibilities:
• Prepare test scripts, perform testing, Work on defect resolution.
• Regression testing of all PS transactions used by business team -in the Upgrade Rehearsal server.
• Issue resolution, testing of all the ABAP objects.
• Final Preparation - Performing Pre go live checks.
• PS-BOM Interface development - Prepare functional specifications, SAP configuration, Testing the
functionality of interface - exchange of CAD data, BOM creation and transfer.
Ship Building Corporation, India Oct 02 - Jun 03
PLM/ PS Consultant
Implementation
Ship Building Corporation is the defense organization.
Responsibilities:
• Configure Document Management System, change management - material revision.
• SAP and CATIA Interface configuration.
• SAP integration with primavera software - testing of interface scenarios.
• Functional specification - workflows - drawings preparation schedule and notifying design department head
while creating project structure.
• Core team member training and documenting user manual, post-go-live support.
Environment: SAP R/3 4.6B.
EDUCATION
CGBL (Certificate of Global Business Leadership ), U21 Singpore
PMP Certification, PMI
Masters in Plastics Engineering, UDCT, Bombay University
Bachelor of Production Engineering, K J Somaiya College Of Engineering Bombay University
PG Diploma in Financial Management,Welingkar Institute of Management
Currently enrolled for Leadership and Strategy Management (TUV , India )
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PS Consultant
Upgrade
Larsen and Toubro Ltd - ECC group is one of the largest group involved in turnkey projects world over.
Responsibilities:
• Prepare test scripts, perform testing, Work on defect resolution.
• Regression testing of all PS transactions used by business team -in the Upgrade Rehearsal server.
• Issue resolution, testing of all the ABAP objects.
• Final Preparation - Performing Pre go live checks.
• PS-BOM Interface development - Prepare functional specifications, SAP configuration, Testing the
functionality of interface - exchange of CAD data, BOM creation and transfer.
Ship Building Corporation, India Oct 02 - Jun 03
PLM/ PS Consultant
Implementation
Ship Building Corporation is the defense organization.
Responsibilities:
• Configure Document Management System, change management - material revision.
• SAP and CATIA Interface configuration.
• SAP integration with primavera software - testing of interface scenarios.
• Functional specification - workflows - drawings preparation schedule and notifying design department head
while creating project structure.
• Core team member training and documenting user manual, post-go-live support.
Environment: SAP R/3 4.6B.
EDUCATION
CGBL (Certificate of Global Business Leadership ), U21 Singpore
PMP Certification, PMI
Masters in Plastics Engineering, UDCT, Bombay University
Bachelor of Production Engineering, K J Somaiya College Of Engineering Bombay University
PG Diploma in Financial Management,Welingkar Institute of Management
Currently enrolled for Leadership and Strategy Management (TUV , India )
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