EASWARAN VAIDYANATHAN THIRTHALA
Atlanta,USA
Summary
15+ years of experience in Management, Designing, Strategy Consulting and Client Advisory roles, guiding customers to derive maximum ROI in various SAP Projects. Wide experience in ERP(SAP) proliferating across IBP (Integrated Business Planning), GATP, aATP and SD Module with expertise in Implementation, and Production Support Projects with an experience in Managing Big size Projects/Teams. Handled and Led multiple SAP Projects through the Agile Model adapting Scrum methodology and ensuring a fool proof Delivery of Projects within the agreed Sprints. Liaised with multiple stakeholders and Teams during the course of the Projects and have a strong interpersonal skills and ability to establish rapport with others quickly. Expertise in Supply Chain Planning Concepts and Processes include Designing, Developing, Testing, Implementing and supporting Supply Chain(SD & Global Availability to Promise) encompassing the OTC process. Having strong management, administration, problem solving and decision-making ability.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. SAP Analyst
Yamaha Motor Corporation
04.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: Yamaha Motors is a Japanese Mobility manufacturer that produces motorcycles, motorboats, musical instruments etc.
- The USA office is headquartered in Cypress, CA
- Being responsible for identifying & documenting business requirements, mapping them to SAP to design the future state solution in the area of OTC and GATP
- Assisting with testing activities such as, but not limited to, creating test scenarios, cases and scripts, as well as executing unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing
- Developing a strong understanding of all the system functions within the SAP APO GATP in order to effectively support and improve the on-going Architecture
- Communicating Project/Task design, and status to ISD Management, YMUS Business Partners, or other ISD Teams and Project Members, etc
- Assist in the migration activity from ECC/APO GATP to S/4 aATP in the ongoing S/4 HANA 2023 Green Field Implementation Project and map the existing GATP logics to Advanced aATP 2023 which includes PAC, PAL, SBC, Supply Protection, Alternative-Based Confirmation, Backorder Processing, Supply Creation Based Confirmation
- Yamaha Motors is a Japanese Mobility manufacturer that produces motorcycles, motorboats, musical instruments etc.
- The USA office is headquartered in Cypress, CA
SAP Package Specialist
IBM
03.2019 - 04.2023
- As Part of the Build Team, carry out enhancement pertaining to Order to Cash process and GATP(APO)
- Responsible for Development and Delivery of optional and exceptional support of SAP suite of Solution to support the strategic growth of J&J Client including implementing and enhancing the functionalities as part of Build Team, J&J encompassing OTC flow in the area of Integration with WM., Returns, Sales Order processing etc
- Senior local point of contact for Delivery of SAP project and reports to Senior Delivery Manager(SAP)
- Adheres to, recommends, influences and sometime leads improvements to IT global processes and practices, with particular reference to SAP
- Design, Develop and Plan the Sprints, User stories, and track progress on a regular basis for various SD/OTC and GATP Projects and Uses business relationship management and other site meetings to keep the business /stake holders informed of the progress of the Project
- Onsite Position through IBM on H1B from May 20, 2022 to April 21, 2023
GATP/SD Consultant
IBM
12.2020 - 05.2022
- As Part of the Offshore Support Team, cater to the OTC/Sell/GATP Incidents reported by Business through Service Now and resolve them as per the SLA agreed upon apart from catering to Order to Cash Enhancement Requests from time to time
- Follow the incident, escalation, change management processes
- Effectively communicate with users and understand the scenarios/problems
- Good hands-on experience in solving P1 and P2 tickets
- Major contribution in GATP arena led to sponsorship to Onsite on H1B through the same account
S/4 aATP Architect
IBM
04.2019 - 01.2020
- Implemented end to end aATP migration from ECC ATP to aATP 1909 S/4 Version for them and Led the aATP implementation for them
- Implemented transformation of ECC ATP to aATP project involving in business process understanding and identifying gaps
- Solutioned the BOP Using Gain strategy
- Worked on Segmentation as part of the Project
- Exempting Credit blocked Orders from the purview of ATP check by putting them under block
- Implemented the Product Allocation functionality
- Multiple Custom Based ATP enhancement as per the Business Needs
IBP/GATP Consultant/SD Consultant
McKesson Corporation
01.2018 - 02.2019
- The Existing Business Process of FLU Medication seasonal Program which relied upon certain Legacy systems had to be redesigned for achieving better flexibility for Business with the incorporation of IBP for Planning with an integration involving HANA, BW, ECC, SCORE(Legacy)
- Identifying and Defining Attributes for the FLU vaccine, Master Data types, Time Profiles, Planning Area
- Key figures, Planning Levels, Planning versions, Templates, Master Data and Transaction Data were interfaced from ECC to IBP and vice Versa through the SDI integration
GATP/SD Consultant
McKesson Corporation
02.2016 - 12.2017
- Involves monitoring, mentoring the team to achieve highest target and quality to strictly abide by the SLA
- Identifying early signs of issues and fixing the same
- Coordinating and regular meeting with the Scrum Master and update the team status, issues etc
- Coordinating with QA team members and ensuring all documents including EUTP is in stead
GATP/SD Consultant
McKesson Corporation
08.2014 - 01.2016
- Multiple Enhancement request was handled which includes Alternate Sourcing Enhancement
- Created a set up for additional condition table in the Access sequence to facilitate determination based on the additional criterion
- Interfaced between ECC & SCM
- Integration testing involving successful deployment of this customization/code for Connect orders
SD/GATP Consultant
McKesson Corporation
01.2014 - 06.2014
- The existing APO system was upgraded to 7.0 following expiry of Software
- Create a Development Environment in support of the SCM 7.0 Upgrade project
- Upgrade the SCM Development environment to SCM 7.0
- Execute Unit and functional testing for the SCM 7 .0 Upgrade project
SD/GATP Consultant
McKesson Corporation
03.2007 - 12.2013
- McKesson receives Orders emanating from different Ordering Systems viz Connect, ECS, Mobile devises which passes through Tandem Gateway and handled by Intermediary Front End Ordering System called FEOP
- GATP was implemented in McKesson paving way for removal of this Legacy system FEOP and all functionality was moved to ECC in conjunction with GATP Module in APO though FEOP continues to exist in the current model but merely as a Gateway
Education
Certificate of completion -
SAP EDUCATION NORTH AMERICA
Skills
- Documentation and reporting
- Agile methodology
- SAP aATP implementation
- Expertise in GATP
Certification
- SAP SD Certified Application Associate ERP 6.0 EHP4
- Certified Associate SAP S/4 HANA SALES 1909 UPSKILLING
- Six Sigma Green Belt Certified
Projects
Supply Chain Management, Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA, Sr. GATP/aATP/SD Analyst, 04/01/23, Present Johnson & Johnson, IBM, Onsite Position, 05/20/22, 04/21/23 Support Project for J&J (Offshore), IBM, 12/01/20, 05/01/22 Implementation, IBM, 03/01/20, 11/01/20 FLU Vaccine Program (Integrated Business Planning), McKesson Corporation, 01/01/18, 02/01/19
Timeline
Sr. SAP Analyst
Yamaha Motor Corporation
04.2023 - Current
GATP/SD Consultant
IBM
12.2020 - 05.2022
S/4 aATP Architect
IBM
04.2019 - 01.2020
SAP Package Specialist
IBM
03.2019 - 04.2023
IBP/GATP Consultant/SD Consultant
McKesson Corporation
01.2018 - 02.2019
GATP/SD Consultant
McKesson Corporation
02.2016 - 12.2017
GATP/SD Consultant
McKesson Corporation
08.2014 - 01.2016
SD/GATP Consultant
McKesson Corporation
01.2014 - 06.2014
SD/GATP Consultant
McKesson Corporation
03.2007 - 12.2013
Certificate of completion -
SAP EDUCATION NORTH AMERICA
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