Hi, I’m
Abhijit Reddy Thumma
EDI Consultant
Seattle,WA
Summary
Experienced EDI Consultant with 8 years of professional work experience of successfully leading migration projects and implementing EDI solutions for global clients, including Fortune 500 companies. Proficient in managing diverse teams, optimizing supply chain efficiency, and streamlining processes to achieve significant reductions in order fulfillment time while ensuring seamless integration with ERP systems. Possesses strong technical skills in SAP, EDI applications, and project management methodologies, coupled with a dedication to delivering exceptional results and exceeding client expectations.
Overview
8
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Lead SAP EDI Consultant
07.2021 - 06.2023
Job overview
- Clients: 3M Company, Aearo Technologies
- Partners : Paccar, Kenworth, Volvo, Foxconn, Daimler Trucks North America, JP Morgan, etc.
- Led Migration project to migrate around 1000+ trading partners from Gentran to Sterling Integrator
- Presented weekly status reports to Cognizant and 3M Company Leadership
- Successfully implemented AS2 certificate renewal projects for over 200+ partners
- Led implementation of SAP EDI projects, streamlining processes and enhancing integration with ERPs; optimized supply chain efficiency, resulting in 30% reduction in order fulfillment time
- Developed EDI and Idoc maps using map editor and also made enhancements to Gentran Maps to improve business process time by 20%
- Performed on-call activities on weekends for production issues as part of 24/7 support to client
- Engineered cross-functional expertise in SAP SD, SAP MM, SAP FI, and network layer troubleshooting, leading to 20% increase in system efficiency and 25% reduction in operational costs
- Handled Critical Incident tickets, production monitoring alerts, problem tickets, JIRA stories and delivered them with over 95% efficiency
- Proficient with PGP Encryption and Decryption.
Capgemini Technology Services
EDI Consultant
09.2016 - 07.2021
Job overview
- Delivery Lead of migration project, migrating 7000+ partners from legacy EDI platforms to cloud-based solution
- Led team of 15+ professionals for over 2 years
- Achieved 50% faster results while requirement gathering in migration projects by writing and modifying UNIX scripts
- Developed business process in sterling integrator using Graphical Process modeler & BPML and monitored the business processes queue for 7000+ partners
- Tailored and delivered customized business process solutions to clients through management of major and minor projects
- Provided comprehensive technical and supply chain process training to clients such as Ford, enhancing their proficiency and operational excellence to reduce ASN processing time from SAP by 50%
- Primary on-call support and performed Sterling Integrator and Gentran Admin activities like restarting/Start and stopping server with less than 5% impact on business
- Coordinated with around 5 teams from different organizations involved in project
- Vendor Project Lead: Led project team, contributing over 2000 hours of value, to onboard new and existing vendors onto ERP and Integration platforms during their migration from legacy applications to SAP SNC (Supplier Network Collaboration
- Inter-company project lead: Successfully delivered critical inter-company project, having 100+ EDI Connections involving design, analysis, and implementation of complex flows in SAP and EDI
- OFTP2 Migration Project: Worked to migrate around 200+ partners from old OFTP to OFTP2 platform.
- Optimized mapping specifications by analyzing data requirements and translating them into efficient formats that met client needs.
Education
University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of BusinessSeattle, WA
Master of supply chain management
06.2024
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological UniversityHyderabad, India
Undergraduate in Electronics and Communication Engineering
06.2016
Skills
- ERP Applications: SAP, Oracle Applications, AS400, Mainframe
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Applications: IBM Sterling B2B Integrator, IBM Gentran, Seeburger, Mulesoft
- Project Management Tools and Methodologies: JIRA, ServiceNow, Frameworks on Excel, Agile/Waterfall
- Coding and Tools: C, Core Java, Python, R, Tableau, SQL
- Operating Systems: UNIX (LINUX/AIX, HP-UNIX)
- EDI Standards: ANSI X12, EDIFACT, XML, VDA, ODETTE, TRADACOMS
- Communication Protocols: AS2, SFTP, OFTP2, VAN, FTP
- Domains: Automotive, Manufacturing, Retail, Healthcare, Transportation
Additional Information - Honors
- Extra Mile Award
- Customer Delight Award
- Star Performer Award
- CLAP Award
Certification
- R-Certification from Foster business school
- Microsoft Excel
- Lean six sigma green belt
Timeline
Lead SAP EDI Consultant
Cognizant Technology Solutions
07.2021 - 06.2023
EDI Consultant
Capgemini Technology Services
09.2016 - 07.2021
University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business
Master of supply chain management
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Undergraduate in Electronics and Communication Engineering