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Pavan Hukkeri

Seattle,WA

Summary

Pavan Hukkeri An accomplished senior SAP Technical leader specialized in enterprise level full-life cycle global SAP Implementation and Integration, bringing 16 years of experience in achieving ambitious goals in challenging SAP environment. Diligent, forward-thinking and adaptable to dynamic company, customer and project needs. Successful at motivating teams to meet demanding timelines.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

SAP Techno Functional Leader

SAP, SAP BIZ System, Zulily
01.2013 - Current
  • Provide subject-matter expertise for processes, operations, new initiatives, and enhancements
  • Design and develop proof-of-concept and prototypes to help illustrate approaches to technology and business problems
  • Designing complex cost-effective solutions regarding Reliability, availability, manageability, performance, and security and compliance
  • Drive system enhancements (internal or external), process changes, reporting changes, SOX controls and present solutions to stakeholders
  • Create detailed system design, architecture and end user documentation to define work delivered by the team and to support solution maintenance and future enhancements
  • Fit and Gap study, Prototyping and hands-on Configuration of the system and Design, develop and deliver custom solutions that are efficient and reusable across the enterprise (Custom reports, enhancements, interfaces, SAP, Web Services, Restful, Odata, ABAP Object oriented programing, JSON API, HTTP, EDI, IDOC, XML and FILE/FTP)
  • SAP Custom development (RICEFW) trained & supported the Zulily staff during go-live and Postproduction support
  • Support Project Manager on managing, tracking, and forecasting of solution development
  • Technical lead as well as developer and managed all internal Agile & Waterfall ABAP developments projects:
  • SAP ECC Implementation: As Technical lead performed Fit and Gap study, Analysis, Design, Development, testing and postproduction support, modules FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-GL, FI-AA, SD(OTC), MM(PTP), BW and SAP ECC Is-Retail
  • Design, Develop and test custom reports (Object oriented programing) reports, BAPI, Enhancements, Client Proxy (inbound and outbound Rest/ HTTP), and FILE/FTP interfaces
  • Design and develop EDI and IDOC interfaces to integrate electronic payments, Indirect procurement, FI Account receivable, Accounts Payable and Procurement modules, developed interface for Incoming Invoices, Inventory movements, Articles and Purchase Order/Change
  • S4/HANA FIN: As Technical lead performed Fit and Gap study, pre-migration checks for custom code for HANA simplification
  • Implemented various OSS notes, business function activation, Applied OSS Notes and adjusted all the SAP Standard objects using SPAU and SPDD resolution
  • Accelerated ABAP Custom code using SQL Monitor (SQLM), ABAP Test-cockpit (ATC), SQL Performance Tuning Work list (SWLT)
  • Developed ABAP CDS View and ADMP method and extensively reuse them in OOABAP program and reports to get performance benefit of HANA and Fiori Dashboard for AP Approvals
  • Integration project with Third party systems: Coupa, Livingston, Chrome River, Blackline, Workday & Ceridian and interfaces with Banks Wells Fargo and bank of America to process payments, electronic bank statements
  • Integration project with Internal systems: Technical Lea d in integrating Zulily In house systems (SCS/FSC) to process inventory receipts, Purchase orders, Invoice & Consignment data extensively worked on OOABAP objects and Restful API(Json)
  • Zebra Zulily Project: Working on a project to define, align and implement one set of business processes, across all the subsidiaries of the company an online consumer product website/vendor Self-service (VOIS/EDI/Commerce Hub) is being designed and integrated with Zulily backend at this time playing a key role in estimating work and defining its integration architecture with Zulily backend
  • Among the other things, this requires developing B2C & B2V applications Utilizing SAP advanced Object-oriented programing (OOABAP) for Zulily
  • SAP AWS Migration/DATA Arching: Worked on development of custom data extractor, set standards for technical and functional data Archiving, System migrations between different hosting service providers – Inhouse, third party and AWS
  • SAP BW/BPC Implementation: Worked on implanting data transfer and built custom extractors to push the data to BW /BPC systems and COGS Bridge
  • Tools short term planning and Metric: Worked on various self-driven initiative project to implement inventory sync process to reconcile inventory between legacy system site & SAP and designing Custom tools and Alerting process to Monitor critical failed jobs, PO Metric, monitoring tool for Restful API Inbound/Outbound, failed IDOCs and reprocessing of failed IDOC’s.
  • Identified and implemented cost-saving measures, best practices to drive quality in SAP project delivery.
  • Led cross-functional teams to successfully complete IT projects and Established and enforced project timelines and deadlines...
  • Managed various internal projects to meet deadlines and business requirements, updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
  • Wrote, updated and maintained project documentation, Business process documents, SAP system architecture

Technical Lead

SAP, IGATE Corporation
01.2012 - 01.2013
  • Supervised architecture, design and implementation of company-wide platforms and applications.
  • Investigated system issues and implemented resolutions to reduce downtime.
  • Researched and adopted new technologies to add value to existing offerings.
  • Advised management, business and technical staff on solutions using specific domains or technology.
  • Drove technical initiatives for large enterprise systems to align with long-term business strategies.
  • Enhanced interfaces to promote better functionality for users.
  • Led several DevOps teams engaged in software development for enterprise applications.
  • Enhanced interfaces to promote better functionality for users

Technical Lead

SAP, St. Jude medical, Inc
01.2012 - 01.2013
  • Leading team of 10 consultants at offshore and 3 consultants at onshore
  • Developed more than 5 inbound and outbound interfaces (File/Proxy/EDI-Idocs) in SD(OTC/QTC) Module
  • Analyze, Design, Develop, test and document Reports (Object-oriented programing), Involved in Data migration & Conversion process, developed few LSMW applications.
  • Account for technical solution Conducted Technical Specifications Review and ensured all documents meet and adhere to client to ensure all documents meet and adhere to client standards
  • Lead and coordinate with offshore teams and manage handoffs with an onsite/offshore model
  • Develop & produce status reporting; routinely communicate project issues, progress indicators and risks.

Senior SAP ABAP Consultant

Nike
01.2009 - 01.2012
  • 35 months
  • Supported multiple engagements with Nike, serving as SAP ABAP Developer and collaborating across SAP Implantation lifecycle to design, develop, test, and launch best-fit technical solutions
  • Projects:
  • SAP Implementation: Played integral role in two SAP ERP implementations for Nike with focus on ensuring low total cost of ownership (TCO), including initial evaluation of SAP enterprise services as a solution for Nike SAP / non-SAP integration worked extensively in SAP SD (QTC), FI-AP/FI-AC, customized and enhanced SAP IDOCS for Sales order, Delivery, Goods Issue, and Invoice and various reporting and Customized SAP standard objects as per business requirements
  • SAP IDOC technology to integrate Nike Sales order and Purchase orders through development of cross-instance SAP application
  • SAP Upgrade: Served as key contributor in SAP R/3 – AFS 3.0 to ECC 6.0 – AFS 6.3 upgrade
  • Process Stabilization: Supported efforts to stabilize existing implementations for Nike emerging market operations in Argentina and Brazil, including enabling of Nota-Fiscal Electronica and e-invoice functionality; earned formal letter of appreciation from Argentina unit
  • Agile/DevOps practices for SAP engagements throughout the project lifecycle; design/code SAP IT applications; analyze/design/build/test new components, or enhancements, to existing application modules; perform in-depth evaluation to identify/assess complex problems and develop solutions for various Nike business process in QTC/OTC, PTP, WM and B2B application Leveraged ABAP object oriented programing, BADI, Proxy Class, SAP EDI, ALE, , Enhancement Framework (Kernel-BADIs, Implicit and Explicit Enhancements), pricing routines, VOFM, Reports (Object-oriented programing), User Exits, BTEs, classic BADI’s, BAPI, RFC, technology to integrate Nike business process to cross-instance SAP application.

Technical Lead consultant

SAP, Wipro Technologies
01.2006 - 01.2012

CRM Technical Consultant

SAP, Colgate-Palmolive
01.2009 - 01.2009
  • SAP CRM: Designed and programmed UIs for the CRM 7.0 solution using IC Web-client, for BP Master
  • Data creation, and for Marketing Development Fund module, and Trade promotion Module developing new interfaces for
  • SAP CRM 7.0 module and gaining expertise in CRM module customization
  • Objective of this project was delivering solutions for SAP ECC/CRM application integration within a global team
  • Design, develop, test and document Interfaces, Enhancements, BSP, Web Dynpro Applications
  • RFC, BADI, BAPI & Web services in CRM, CRM reporting with WEB UI reports as well as interactive reporting using ALV, CRM Middleware, WSDL -Web Services creation & consumption
  • Account for technical solution and product quality of client deliverables.

Techno/Functional Consultant

SAP, Bacardi Martini
01.2008 - 01.2009
  • SAP - Implementation of SAP ECC/SD/MM/EWM/APO and XI
  • Business requirement analysis, Create business requirements documentation, functional specification creation and testing
  • Gathering requirements from users and perform gap analysis between requirements and SAP
  • Conduct Internal Code Review using project custom checker and SAP tools
  • Identified best practices and suggested continuous improvement plan for project methodology and deliverables
  • Mentored, managed and supervised team of 8 consultants and various onsite and offshore programmers
  • Design of Technical/Functional specification develop and unit test for objects related to OTC, PTP and HCM

SD/ABAP Development Consultant

01.2006 - 01.2008
  • Weyerhaeuser, Federal Way, Full-life cycle ECC 6.0 – Implementation, Modules SD, MM, FI, EWM, PP
  • Participated in design walkthroughs conducted by functional owner alongside assigned staff to readily identify first gaps and seek clarifications Managed priorities, deliverables and strategized day-to-day actives as team lead
  • Implemented EDI/IDOC interface for Sales order, Purchase Oder, Inventory Movements, Delivery, Shipments, Invoice/Billing and payments
  • Trained & supported the staff of the FI department during go-live
  • Developed SD/FI/MM related reports, Smart form and customer enhancements.

Technical Consultant

SAP, SAPzen Consulting
01.2005 - 01.2006

Associate consultant

SAP, British Physical Laboratories Group, BPL
01.2005 - 01.2006
  • 14 months
  • Support on SAP R/3 implementations remotely, ABAP runtime analysis, SQL Trace to analyzed and improve runtime performance of the existing ABAP Programs
  • Designed and developed dialog programs custom reports, Troubleshoot, maintain, and implement solutions for assigned Trouble Tickets, address problems and perform enhancements, maintenance of SAP OSS notes using ABAP, profiling and tuning of transactions, ABAP programs and SQL statements.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Telecommunications

VISVESVARAYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
2005

Skills

Strengths:

  • Accomplished, solutions-oriented SAP technical leader with extensive experience in enterprise-level, full-life cycle engagements and deep SAP implementation expertise Collaborate with distributed project and development teams, communicating effectively with senior leadership, stakeholders and developing innovative solutions to solve design challenges Collaborate with subject-matter experts and business process owners to ensure all solutions are aligned with short and long-range objectives and requirements, exceptional communication skills across all levels of organization

Expertise:

  • ABAP development
  • System Integration and Solution Design
  • SAP HANA development
  • Supply Chain Domain Knowledge
  • Team Leadership
  • Waterfall/Agile methodology of software development

SAP Applications: S4 HANA, SAP ECC, IS-Retail, AFS, EWM, HCM, CRM, SCM/APO, GRC, BI/BW, XI/PI, SAP NetWeaver Application Server, SAP Solution Manager and Redwood

Functional skills: Gathering user requirements, performing system gap analysis, designing, documenting, configuring and implementing business processes in SAP In-depth knowledge of Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay

Technical Skills: ABAP development on HANA, CDS, VDM, AMDP, ABAP Object Oriented Programming, reports (OOP ABAP), Data Conversions, LSMW, Adobe forms, Smart forms, Enhancement Framework (Kernel-BADIs, Implicit and Explicit Enhancements), User Exits, BTEs, BADI’s, BAPI, RFC, SAP Web development technologies BSP, SAP UI5 and Fiori Apps

Interfaces:

  • SAP, B2B, B2C, B2V and Third-party system Integration (ALE/EDI/IDOC, XML, Web Services, SOAP, Odata, REST API, HTTP, File, FTP and PI

Tools:

  • JIRA, Confluence, Okta, MuleSoft, Dell Boomi
  • Team building, Teamwork and Collaboration, Training and Development
  • Experience with SAP technologies
  • Project leadership

Accomplishments

  • SAP Certified Development Associate – ABAP with NetWeaver 7.0
  • SAP Certified Associate – S4 HANA and SAP ARIBA
  • Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) – Microsoft Visual C#, .NET, and Visual Studio.NET
  • Training; Development & Seminars
  • Tools Introduction to SAP Fiori ABAP Development for SAP HANA Software Development on SAP HANA (Delta SPS 09) Open SAP HANA Certificate NET310 Fundamentals of Web Dynpro for ABAP BC401 ABAP objects Developing Mobile Apps with SAP HANA Cloud Platform BC415 Communication Interface Programming in ABAP BC440 Developing Internet Application Components BC620 IDOC Interface Technology BC621 Interface development SAP PI BIT400,460, 480, 800 SAP CRM Base configuration CR100 SAP HANA HA250, HA300, HA350, HA400, HA450
  • Microsoft TFS, Jira, SAP PI, HANA studio, HANA DB cockpit, HANA Web IDE, Eclipse, Postman Microsoft SQL Server, Mercury Relay, JIRA, Livelink, Microsoft Office Suite, HP Quality Center.

Timeline

SAP Techno Functional Leader

SAP, SAP BIZ System, Zulily
01.2013 - Current

Technical Lead

SAP, IGATE Corporation
01.2012 - 01.2013

Technical Lead

SAP, St. Jude medical, Inc
01.2012 - 01.2013

Senior SAP ABAP Consultant

Nike
01.2009 - 01.2012

CRM Technical Consultant

SAP, Colgate-Palmolive
01.2009 - 01.2009

Techno/Functional Consultant

SAP, Bacardi Martini
01.2008 - 01.2009

Technical Lead consultant

SAP, Wipro Technologies
01.2006 - 01.2012

SD/ABAP Development Consultant

01.2006 - 01.2008

Technical Consultant

SAP, SAPzen Consulting
01.2005 - 01.2006

Associate consultant

SAP, British Physical Laboratories Group, BPL
01.2005 - 01.2006

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Telecommunications

VISVESVARAYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Pavan Hukkeri