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Alekya Kandagatla

San Francisco,CA

Summary

Demonstrated success in managing Coupa Source-to-Pay modules, including user management and system maintenance. Strong collaboration skills with system administrators and developers have resulted in robust solution delivery tailored to end-users. Expertise in data analysis and procurement insights enhances decision-making processes while ensuring alignment with finance and accounting principles.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Coupa Consultant

Cognizant Technologies
, CA
06.2023 - Current
  • Acted as Coupa SME to gather business requirements; modules include Supplier Information Management, Strategic Sourcing, and CLM Standard.
  • Supported Coupa implementations for the U.S., as a Coupa Admin/P2P consultant, collaborated with the internal NetSuite/Coupa procurement team.
  • Implementation of Coupa procurement and provide functional support for Coupa - Procure to Pay and Source to Pay programs.
  • Participate in creating test scenarios, and testing the Coupa SIM application and its integration to PeopleSoft and JDE financials ERP application.
  • Manage common Coupa Admin tasks, configure content groups, enterprise, chart of accounts, approval chains, PO customization, understand requirements around requisitions, POs, invoices, and configure workflow, receipts, and tolerances.
  • Advise upon, design, develop, and deliver solutions that support best practices, business changes.
  • Responsible for maintaining the COUPA P2P global platform and supporting integrations with various ERP applications, PeopleSoft and JDE. Performed testing related to newly created or updated approval chains.
  • Experienced in procurement, invoicing, catalog management, SIM, and Coupa Pay.
  • Identified areas for improvement, narrowing focus for decision-makers in making necessary changes.

Coupa Admin Consultant

Conduent Business Services
, NJ
12.2020 - 10.2022
  • Acted as a bridge between IT, business partners, and stakeholders to meet business requirements in the design, integration, and development phases.
  • Provided regular project updates to the core team using progress matrices.
  • Engaged stakeholders to gather business process requirements, and incorporate them into technical design specifications.
  • Solved production issues related to purchasing, AP, contracts, and SIM modules.
  • Interacted with project management and business systems analysis teams to define project needs, create plans, and assist in user training.
  • Planned and executed production cutover activities, and supported post-go-live processes.
  • Formulated punch-out processes with suppliers, and enabled supplier integration.
  • Build and conduct User Acceptance Testing and training sessions for end users and executives.
  • Resolve issues in Purchasing, Invoicing, Accounts Payable, Contracts, Sourcing, and SIM modules.
  • Researched and resolved daily Coupa integration errors related to suppliers, PO’s, requisitions, invoices, payments, and remit addresses.
  • Answered inquiries submitted to the internal Coupa email support box.
  • Provided detailed Coupa training and ongoing support to buyers in the US.
  • Successfully upgraded Coupa R34 to R39.

Coupa Admin

Accenture
Hyderabad, Telangana
08.2019 - 11.2021
  • Design, build, and configure the client's Procure-to-Pay system based on identified user requirements.
  • Conduct requirements gathering workshops to identify and document the current-state process.
  • Research, debug, document, and relay all relevant issue information to the Coupa support team via the online ticketing system.
  • Maintain and enhance Coupa’s supplier enablement, purchasing, and accounts payable modules.
  • Build and maintain a relationship between the Coupa product to further help the Coupa product.
  • Prepared test cases for the implemented modules, validated the deliverables before client testing, and UAT.
  • Assisted in configuring various Coupa modules, such as Accounting, Purchasing, Sourcing, and Supplier Information Management.
  • Build and conduct user acceptance testing and training sessions for end users and executives.
  • Resolve issues on Purchasing, Invoicing, Accounts Payable, Contracts, Sourcing, and SIM modules.
  • Track progress toward project objectives by maintaining weekly project status documentation.
  • Coupa Supplier enablement and training the suppliers to use CSP and punch out supplier.

Education

MBA - Human Resources Management

JNTUH
Hyderabad
01-2019

Skills

  • HTML
  • SQL
  • People Code
  • MS Office Suite
  • MuleSoft
  • Crystal Reports
  • Integration Broker
  • MySQL
  • MS Windows 9x/2000
  • Coupa implementation
  • Procurement process
  • Change management
  • Supplier information management
  • Integration management

Timeline

Coupa Consultant

Cognizant Technologies
06.2023 - Current

Coupa Admin Consultant

Conduent Business Services
12.2020 - 10.2022

Coupa Admin

Accenture
08.2019 - 11.2021

MBA - Human Resources Management

JNTUH

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