CHANDRIKA GUMMALURI
Flemington,NJ
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
IT Project Manager
Pyramid Consulting – Campbells Soup Company
12.2023 - Current
- Responsible for leading 2 or more manufacturing operational sites for the pilot projects and roll outs at each site for Supply chain SAP Integration and Workday Integration initiatives
- Working with plant leads and operators for managing the project timelines and deliverables
- Managing the IT deliverables using SDLC method by partnering with IT and business stakeholders to achieve successful delivery of project within budget and schedule
- Gathering project requirements and collaborating with Business and cross functional teams for creating and drafting integrated project plan and get the approvals from stakeholders for all project deliverables
- Managing the dependencies and the critical path activities to complete the milestone items using MS project plan
- Performing Risk Analysis with teams and tracking the mitigation plans
- Manage the Change Requests from Business and analyze the impacts via a change log
- Update and Monitor the MSPO (Microsoft Project online) for project updates and provide project updates weekly to PMO leadership
- Working with 3rd party vendors for the SOW creation for new requests
- Manage project budget for tracking actuals vs forecasting on purchase orders/requisitions and vendor invoices
- Managing weekly status calls and cadence calls with internal and external team and present the upcoming milestones on the project status and steerco leadership.
IT Project Manager
KForce Inc , Humana
10.2022 - 09.2023
- Responsible for leading Agile implementation for developing integration of a Central Medicare System with Humana for processing claims and encounters program for Pharma/Dental that has multiple releases with hybrid framework and deliverables using organizational standards
- Led a Cross functional team consists of different modules for the execution of the integrated project deliverables using Azure DEVOPs network infra model within project schedule and cost
- Gathering project requirements and collaborating with Business and cross functional teams for creating and drafting integrated project plan and get the approvals from stakeholders for all project deliverables defined in key deliverable matrix
- Managing the dependencies and the critical path activities to complete the milestone items using MS project plan
- Driving the Agile ceremonies for sprint planning, Daily stand ups, Sprint Demos and Retros
- Work with Product owner and scrum team for user stories based on the business needs and changes for the Humana Encounter Reporting Operations application
- Performed Risk Analysis with teams and logged the Risk responses with mitigation plan for each of the risk identified
- Prioritized the risks with low, medium and High risks and assign a risk response owner for each risk using a risk impact assessment matrix
- Worked on the Change Requests from Business and analyze the impacts via a change log
- Monitor the ADO tool (Azure devops tool) for managing user stories and track the updates on the flow of the stories to execution to closure
- Monitor the board column updates (Kanban board updates from team and following up to synch up with project plan)
- Stakeholder management – Facilitate stakeholder meetings to analyze the stakeholders' requirements and dependencies to align with project plan and get the approvals
- Worked with 3rd party vendor for the SOW completion of the user stories and manage the amendments
- Created and presented weekly status project dashboard to relevant stakeholders and senior leadership for in progress and completed milestones on the project status.
Project Manager
JSR Tech consulting - Johnson & Johnson
Raritan, NJ
11.2021 - 10.2022
- Responsible for leading business supply chain portfolio integrated projects and driving the Data operations for various business units such as Pharma, consumer, vision, and Med Device
- Applying the business strategies towards project objectives to meet the business needs
- Owning the project deliverables for requirement gatherings, Scope definition and implementation of business needs
- Managed the execution of the business requirements for Data transformation operations in GXP controlled structure with integrating and transformation of the data from different SAP interfaces to S4HANA under HYBRID model
- Identifying the deliverables (GXP/non GXP) and work on integrated project plan for dependencies of the cross functional using MS Project plan
- Worked with an ETL (Data analytics) team to identify legacy source system data and transform to target systems
- Created and maintained the integrated project plan with dependencies milestones defined, and timelines to track and measure the progress of each task created
- Used JIRA to define and track user stories and prioritize the stories for backlog grooming
- Present the weekly status reporting to stakeholders and senior leadership
- Conducted the Risk management to identify, manage, monitor the risks with updating the risk register to track the risks through entire project with Green, Amber and Red indicators
- Escalated to the senior management for the unknown risks that became the issues during the execution of the project
- Align and collaborate the status from multiple workstreams into one consolidated report for tracking the deliverables to measure the success of each project
- Ensured compliance with company policies, procedures, and external regulations throughout the project lifecycle
- Identified areas for improvement in existing processes and proposed innovative solutions to optimize performance.
IT Project Manager
Bravens Inc - Reckitt Benckiser
Parsippany, NJ
06.2020 - 10.2021
- Leading integration of supply chain new warehouse management system Logistics for multiple sites for Health & Hygiene and nutrition products for end-to-end SDLC framework following an SAP implementation and development of the new WMS template system end to end using Hybrid model
- Owning the project deliverables and working with different delivery partners CSV team, SIT test team, and UAT team to execute the project plan within master project deadlines and budget
- Created the key deliverables matrix for each site in regulated GXP environment and oversee all the project activities that are completed on time and validated with CSV partners
- Performed and Monitored the Risk analysis and risk management – log the risks and monitor them throughout the project
- Used the risk logs and led the meetings for regular follow ups for any risks that are happened and executed appropriate risk control measures by using the mitigation plans
- Participated Daily scrum, sprint planning and Reviews for the iteration planning
- Manage and direct the work within the team to meet the toll gates and check points to move to next phase
- Manage the Data Migration activities through all the environments
- Worked with 3rd party vendors for the identified project milestones towards completion as per the SOW
- Work business PMO to enable the project management activities from project initiation to closing
- Coordinate with cross functional teams to estimate and sequence the activities for in scope systems with a proper action tracker that aligns with master schedule plan
- Managing the change requests and GO live readiness activities and updating the scope items
- Participate weekly project status meetings and present the project dashboard for status and risks and upcoming activities.
Project Manager
Quantum Integrators Inc - Johnson& Johnson, De Puy Synthes Medical Devices, E2E
Bridgewater, NJ
10.2017 - 06.2020
- Responsible and accountable for leading End to End project management for a program Depuy International Medos international (DIMI) for implementation and Data Migration for Medical device project for MDD and EU MDR developed under ERP systems for flawless project objectives with the GxP regulated deliverables using PMBOK guidelines
- Support the role of owning project management activities from project initiation to closing and identify the process improvements throughout the program using a streamlined process of ETL from legacy Mainframe systems to multiple ERP systems
- Supported the integration of multiple systems and created a cohesive project plan to coordinate the system activities
- Adhere to 21 CFR and ISO 13485 compliance requirements
- Collaborate with cross functional groups such as IT development, ETL team, change control management, third party suppliers for overseeing all the project deliverables and tasks are successfully completed on time and under the budget
- Monitor the project status and report the project dashboards to senior leadership using Jira
- Participated in the Risk, Action, Issues and Decision log meetings and assign the ownership for the risk action items and follow up through the resolution
- Focused on business value to decrease waste and boost customer satisfaction
- Control Scope changes to the project scope and cost and implemented the most effective change management processes to keep the project up to date
- Defined project scope by outlining work breakdown structure, assessing needs and resources, determining timeline, and estimating budgets
- Facilitated business operations by generating project status reports for corrective action
- Assisted project sponsor and program manager in coordinating activities, updating team members, and managing inquiries for consistent delivery of quality products and services
- Defined and initiated projects and managed costs, schedule and project performance while ensuring the success of the project
- Supervised over the team of external and core teams for project execution to maximum productivity
- Coordinated the budget and enhanced the budget to deliver of $1.5MM for a 2-year data migration project
- Created RACI charts for roles & responsibilities for the project team
- Identified potential risks and developed strategies for mitigating them.
Project Lead
IBM
Middletown, NJ
09.2016 - 09.2017
- And support the Service express Platform application with multiple interfaces with Sales order, customer account management using SCRUM methodology
- Responsible for owning and managing the UAT testing and production support
- Review and approve the user stories and UAT testing artifacts
- Conduct daily scrums, spring planning and Demos
- Work with onsite and offshore test teams for the project execution
- Analyze the root causes and resolve the issues for closure
- Review the deployment plans for every release and approve them
- Monitor ETL jobs and status of the jobs and send the alarm tickets to development teams
- Assist with creating and closing the trouble tickets via TM management tool (AOTs)
- Maintain the ticket matrices and update the status for every week
- Served as the single point of contact for project scheduling and changes
- Maintained project safety compliance with zero lost time accidents
- Ensured adherence to user and client requirements by aligning projects specification, schedules and phase deliverables.
Project Manager
Morgan Stanley, Wealth Management
NY
04.2016 - 09.2016
- Managed testing activities with Morgan Stanley that has been requested for UAT and Regression testing for multiple programs and projects such as Investments, Lending, Deposits, Cash flows, Same day Auth, Front to Back-office activities
- Responsible for UAT test management activities of wealth management
- Review the requirements and analyze them for writing detailed test cases
- Create training materials and user guides for best practices and test strategies
- End to end testing using HP ALM for testing activities
- Implement best practices with Test Management using ALM tool
- Create and review the UAT dashboards and provide the feedback to management
- Monitor and track the test planning activities
- Track the defects and send the status to internal team
- Send the project reports and status updates to senior management
- Mitigated production issue risks by identifying potential problems and taking effective action
- Conducted core team meetings to increase communication and strengthen internal and external relationships
- Evaluated ALM tool usage and suggested solutions including changes to processes and apply the corrective measures in maintaining test artifacts
- Supervised the test team and support teams throughout the duration of project
- Coordinated the project status meetings and team meetings.
Test Manager /Project Lead
IBM Global Services
Middletown, NJ
11.2000 - 03.2016
- GIOM /IOM BVOIP program, Served as a test manager and lead the QA and UAT teams in developing and implementing test plans, test cases and executing functional, GUI, system, end to end test scenarios
- Managed test projects throughout for successful delivery
- Test Planning and deliver the projects on time and on budget
- Test management tracking for planning, executing, and tracking the test results using IBM Rational quality manager and IBM clear quest
- Provide the testing estimates for the resources planning
- Coordinate release management activities for successful deployment of releases
- Dashboard reporting for performance metrics
- Testing through the different products and assisted with Billing and provisioning the customers
- Ensure the testing methodologies are compliance with QA standards, federal regulations and customer specifications
- Transitioned software testing process to US and offshore test teams, which improved QA testing productivity
- Assigned the testing responsibilities and ensure the testing deliverables meet the deadlines as per the test plans
- Conducted formal and informal reviews with project team throughout the software development lifecycle to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules and potential issues.
QA Lead
AT&T
Middletown, NJ
08.1998 - 11.2000
- Leading QA responsibilities.
Timeline
IT Project Manager
Pyramid Consulting – Campbells Soup Company
12.2023 - Current
IT Project Manager
KForce Inc , Humana
10.2022 - 09.2023
Project Manager
JSR Tech consulting - Johnson & Johnson
11.2021 - 10.2022
IT Project Manager
Bravens Inc - Reckitt Benckiser
06.2020 - 10.2021
Project Manager
Quantum Integrators Inc - Johnson& Johnson, De Puy Synthes Medical Devices, E2E
10.2017 - 06.2020
Project Lead
IBM
09.2016 - 09.2017
Project Manager
Morgan Stanley, Wealth Management
04.2016 - 09.2016
Test Manager /Project Lead
IBM Global Services
11.2000 - 03.2016
QA Lead
AT&T
08.1998 - 11.2000
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