Pramod Kumar Ananthula
Tracy,CA
Summary
Over twenty years of experience in IT industry backed with expertise in project management, agile management, release management, business analysis & application design, development, configuration and quality assurance in SAP S/4 (ERP) and various technologies and platforms & outstanding career performance records and strong leadership. End-to-end management of Programs & Projects involving various technologies, Customer/Vendor Relationships & Delivery models. Managed the offshore delivery of work for McKesson with the vendors and monitoring of the vendor engagement w.r.t the service level agreements as per the statement of work. Complete life cycle implementation experience working on SAP ECC/SAP SCM/ATTP/ S/4 Hana/SAP NetWeaver & SAP Vistex MDM for various clients with Onsite, Offshore and Nearshore Delivery models. Experience in Project, Program Change Control management & Release management Responsible for Thought Leadership, Budgeting, Revenue targets, Customer engagement, Business Solutions and PMO activities with a focus on PM/Agile Safe Scrum/Kanban methodologies, best practices, procedures, metrics & templates.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Release & Deployment Manager/Global Process Owner/Cutover Manager
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
KY
11.2020 - 10.2025
- I worked as a Release Manager for Global 1ADM SAP S/4 transformation project implemented across APAC & EMEA involving 25 locations/plants.
- Been a Global technology Release & deployment process owner and part of the process advisory group (PAG) to improve process efficiencies across the application delivery and release process in ADM Produced KPIs in service now applications.
- Implemented standards and procedures across ADM managing the monthly releases and production support releases and emergency releases.
- Created Power BI reports from Azure Devops to identify KPI’s for monthly releases and major releases & also created dashboard reports in ADO for major releases and monthly releases.
- Monitor progress of the releases and scheduled release check point meetings across the globe involving teams in different geographical regions.
- Well versed with SAP Solman/ChArm tool and was accountable for the retrofit from N to N+1 landscape to keep the environment in sync & and played a crucial role in developing the retrofit report to the change owners.
- Managed several off-cycle releases and project releases and supported the change management process during the cutover and hyper care.
- Created cutover plans for many releases both SAP and Non-SAP applications.
- Managed releases related to EDW project involving SAP Datasphere/Databricks/Power BI/SAP BTP/Cloud ALM.
- Contribute to the definition, development, and tracking of effective metrics and improvements that drive better operating performance for the Product Team.
- Lead strategic cross-functional planning, prioritization, and execution by working with product managers, engineering leads, and stakeholders to create program plans, including roadmaps, dependency identification, and resourcing plans.
Project Manager
BackRoads
CA
01.2020 - 06.2020
- Working currently as a project & release manager for Backroads IT.
- Setup process with the ERP vendor and management of biweekly releases and better alignment with Backroads IT strategy and goals.
- Worked on multiple initiatives related to Go-To-Market (GTM) for Backroads business needs.
- Successfully implemented DeDupe project which eliminated manual processes by the business and improved business efficiencies and financial gains for the marketing teams.
- Evaluation of various VOIP vendors to replace the existing PBX based telephone systems at Backroads & recommended best proposal for the Backroads business to increase the cash flows on a YoY basis.
- Proposed a solution to replace the case management function for Guest focus team from Backroads ERP to more efficient Sales force case management, bringing all the case management into one unified platform.
Scrum Master/ Integration Manager/ Enterprise Readiness Manager/SAP Integration Analyst
McKesson
CA
04.2006 - 12.2019
- I worked as a Scrum Master for e-commerce McKesson Specialty customer portal which has a YoY growth rate of 10% revenue in specialty pharma drug sales.
- Complete understanding of the portal and backend SAP architecture for any guidance to the Java and SAP development teams.
- Create major and minor release schedules/calendar for the ecommerce portal with CI/CD integration using Jenkins for the front-end Java related code base for deployment manageability/visibility & well versed with GitHub repository and the implementation details.
- Interface with Business/product management/Marketing/Customer service teams on an ongoing basis and set priorities for the scrum team both short term and long term.
- Served as a servant/leader role and responsible for the team to be brought into an agile model and optimized into a more stable and sustainable agile model of delivery.
- Used Confluence products (Jira) extensively and setup a standard process for the team to allow for greater visibility and ease of use and created Burndown charts, Velocity charts, Sprint reports & CFD dashboards/burn down charts for effective agile operations and reporting.
- Conducting Iteration Planning meetings/Scrum Daily meetings/Product demos/Retrospective calls on an ongoing basis.
- Improved the agile management based on the feedback received during retrospective calls and aligned with the organizational Safe framework being adopted at McKesson.
- Worked and successfully played a major part in the RXC Crossroads (RxC) Integration project where in the existing 3PL (RXC) clients were migrated into McKesson’s Specialty SAP instance.
- Played a significant role in mapping of the new 3PL clients business processes into the existing McKesson 3PL clients which include Fulfillment model/Non-Title to Title model and exclusive non-title model.
- Managed the McKesson Specialty DSCSA project involving Tracelink integrations per the DSCSA Act.
- Successfully collaborated with Business stakeholders and IT scrum teams to lift and shift the existing business processes of 3PL clients from JBA into SAP platform with minimal business impacts both from SD, FI, LE, IM & WM in SAP.
- The existing 3PL client migration list includes Aqua/Olargen/OctaPharma/Kaleo/Noden/Novo/Evus/Opko/Noden/Cerocor/Metuchen/ Takeda (Baxalta)/Bioverativ/QOL/Aclaris/Servier Etc.
- Deep understanding of business processes for 3PL and currently responsible for successful implementation of recently acquired Rx Crossroads and RXTPL systems into McKesson’s ERP landscape.
- The design includes conversion of the legacy JBA systems at RXC Crossroads to McKesson’s SAP ERP landscape. Several CMO’s and integration of receiving serialized data from CMO’s/Manufacturers.
- Expert in configuring the EDI outputs 850/855/856/861/810 and 940/945/947/852.
- Involved in ATTP serialization project releases which involves integration of serialized product from manufacturers to McKesson’s SAP ATTP solution and shipment of the serialized info to the end customers/wholesalers on the Pharma & Specialty instances.
- Managed the SAP ECC EHP7 SP12 & EHP6 upgrade project successfully without any major disruptions to the Pharma and Specialty ECC landscape which includes managing the UAT testing and validations for the end-to-end business processes within McKesson with the user community and managing the System integration testing.
- Deep understanding of SAPR/3 Basis and managed AWS cloud migration infrastructure projects & service pack upgrades for minor and major releases.
- Gather requirements from various stakeholders and manage various service objectives and releases within the ITSM framework which was adopted by McKesson.
- Played a major role in Implementing Vistex Master Data Management project implementation at McKesson Specialty instance.
- Played a major role in Implementing a 911 project for CDC H1N1 Flu vaccine Distribution project in SAP R/3 and ensured all the requirements are met with CDC’s Vtrcks system and McKesson’s ECC order management, inventory and Financials.
- I was involved with SD/MM design/implementation/deployment for GATP implementation with SAP SCM at McKesson.
- I was responsible for several initiatives during my tenure specifically in SAP OTC/P2P/FI/WM modules and partnering systems which include SAP to Acumax (iSeries) and Manhattan WMS systems and various interfaces like SFDC/SAP C2C/SAP EBP/SRM.
- Worked on important initiatives for McKesson Plasma Business/Costco Central Fill & Health Mart Central Fill/NorthStar /Health Mart Projects.
- Worked on the design of demand planning on the procurement side, which includes S&OP/SmartOps and ECC integration.
- Worked as an SAP Analyst on EAI conversion project from Web methods to WebSphere for various interfaces almost 200 + interfaces.
- Worked as an SAP Analyst for Vistex Contracts and Chargeback project, CSOS project, Genpact Proflow/Image Now/XIPAY/GetPaid and USON & Lynx integration project.
Business Analyst
Clients
San Rafael, California
04.2000 - 03.2006
- Led functional design of Digital River interface to SAP for Autodesk eStore orders.
- Specialized in Consignment process, optimizing fulfillment strategies across APAC, EMEA, and NAMER regions.
- Designed interfaces to SAP via Middleware See Beyond and TIBCO, including Open Channel Systems and Siebel Call Center.
- Configured outbound IDOC processes for fulfillment, including 850, 855, 856, and 858 IDOCs.
- Managed generation of IDOCs for serial numbers, ensuring synchronization with target application Siebel.
- Configured order confirmation and shipping confirmation outputs in SAP for various interfaces.
- Implemented SAP K2 project from unit testing through UAT, enhancing overall system functionality.
- Developed change management process using Kintana and created Infoset queries for functional groups.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics
Sir MVIT
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaSkills
- Release management
- Release planning
- Change management
- SAP Solman
- KPI development
- Cross-functional collaboration
Certification
- Received recognition for major releases and monthly releases at ADM
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Certified SAFe 4 Practitioner
- PMP certificate-Franklin Cove
- ITIL v4 Foundation Certification
- SAP S/4 Hana Certified Associate
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification
- McKesson Emerging Leadership 100 Curriculum
- Nominated for Operational Excellence Award across McKesson IT
- Received McKesson Spotlight Awards multiple times
- Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics
Key Clients
- Autodesk, Inc., CA, CA, OTC Consultant, 04/01/00, 03/31/06, Worked as an OTC consultant & involved in the functional design of Digital River interface to SAP for eStore Orders of Autodesk products., Expert in the Consignment process., Design of interfaces to SAP through Middleware See Beyond & TIBCO interfaces which include Open Channel Systems Poetic, Ereg, and Siebel Call Center., Involved in design of Fulfillment process for different geo's namely APAC, EMEA & NAMER with partners Modus Media & Vantec., Done the design of outbound IDOC's related to the fulfillment process., Configured generation of IDOC's for Serial numbers created and synchronization of these in target application Siebel., Configured output types of Order Confirmation, Shipping Confirmation, and AssetSync in SAP to different interfaces.
- KLA-Tencor, CA, CA, OTC Consultant for SAP R/3 implementation, 04/01/00, 03/31/06, Implemented the process for the SAP K2 project from Unit testing to UAT., Involved in the design and implementation of the change management process using Kintana., Involved in creating infoset queries for various functional groups., Involved in design of reports using Informatica / Brio for VAT, Use Tax Accrual, Intrastat & EC Sales list.
Timeline
Release & Deployment Manager/Global Process Owner/Cutover Manager
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
11.2020 - 10.2025
Project Manager
BackRoads
01.2020 - 06.2020
Scrum Master/ Integration Manager/ Enterprise Readiness Manager/SAP Integration Analyst
McKesson
04.2006 - 12.2019
Business Analyst
Clients
04.2000 - 03.2006
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics
Sir MVIT