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• Work with Takeda Pharmaceutical client as a senior solution Architect for the rollout of Ariba Buyer, Invoice Management and guided Buying in 55 plus countries.Work with client & product vendor to finalize the technical landscape, environment approach and release management• Conduct business process review meetings, requirement gathering workshops, set up fit /gap meetings with product vendor and business users and translate the requirements into Ariba technology specs• Prepare the technical specification document outlining the technical landscape, Organizational structure (Purchase organization, company code, purchasing unit, business unit), modes of Integration, Ariba functionalities, data structure• Configure Ariba solution with correct approval workflows by defining the nodes, conditions and approver groups or look up tables for requisition, Receipts, Invoice, Invoice reconciliation and any other approvals• Define receipt logic, invoice related tolerances, invoice exceptions, accounting combinations and system parameters. • Define master data requirements for user data, supplier data, accounting data, commodity data, purchase org data, company code data, purchasing unit data, payment terms data, tax data, Ship to & bill to data, relation entry data etc.• Alignment and adaptability of the solution with all other major systems like SAP/ERP, PI, HR system etc.

• Worked as a Senior Solution Architect for Reckitt Benckiser for the multi country roll outs of Ariba Buyer and Ariba Invoice Management modules Understand the pilot design and prepare technical build and cutover plan for multi country rollouts• Update the design documents for country specific requirements• Lead the functional team to enable build activities such as integration of Ariba solution to ECC system (JDE), data collection, data upload and approval flows configuration• Enable users in Ariba by uploading the user details and assign relevant groups for access restrictions• Define the master and transactional data scheduling and cutover strategy

• Worked as a senior solutions Architect for client AstraZeneca.• Work with client & product vendor to finalize the technical landscape, environment approach and release management for Ariba projects.• Conduct business process review meetings, requirement gathering workshops, set up fit /gap meetings with product vendor and business users and translate the requirements into Ariba technology specs• Prepare the technical specification document outlining the technical landscape, Organizational structure (Purchase organization, company code, purchasing unit, business unit), modes of Integration, Ariba functionalities, data structure• Configure Ariba solution with correct approval workflows by defining the nodes, conditions and approver groups or look up tables for requisition, Receipts, Invoice, Invoice reconciliation and any other approvals• Define receipt logic, invoice related tolerances, invoice exceptions, accounting combinations and system parameters. • Define master data requirements for user data, supplier data, accounting data, commodity data, purchase org data, company code data, purchasing unit data, payment terms data, tax data, Ship to & bill to data, relation entry data etc.• Alignment and adaptability of the solution with all other major systems like SAP/ERP, PI, WDP, HR system etc. • Prepare test strategy and approach, set of re-usable scripts that could be used across various roll-outs• Handle a testing team of Test Manager, Test Lead and Testers for UT, SIT and UAT• Define and perform cutover Activities to migrate the configurations and data entities into production• Formulate Data Migration Strategy to identify and migrate active POs• Data cleansing, data conversion, preparation of data import CSV files and upload in Ariba• Design and maintain the accessibility of Ariba application on different platforms and devices like ipad and mobile• Design and maintain workflow for single sign on (SSO) with a two factor authentication process

• Analyze Business model of customer & Provide suitable Supply Chain solutions through configuration/modeling the i2 product as per the customer need.• Implementation, Upgradation, modeling enhancements & support of Factory Planner/Supply Chain Planner Product for Hi-tech, metal sector, automobile, FMCG etc.• Carry out pre-project activities like project plan, effort estimate (duration) & manpower requirement. • Responsibility of doing the root causes analysis & provides solutions for customer problems.• Interacting with development team for enhancement solutions in the product.• Provide extensive training of i2 Product to functional end users/Planners.• Close engagement with clients- Infineon Technologies AG, Caterpillar Inc., Lenovo Beijing, Cypress Semiconductor, Timex Ltd. Philippines, Samsung Electronics, LG, On Semiconductor, Tata steel, Essar Steel & Asian Paints Ltd.

• Co-ordinate with MPS (Mahindra Production System) for work study, facility layout, MOST, Process flow charts & production schedules to determine efficient utilization of workers & equipment.• Implements methods for improving the productivity by eliminating all types of waste.• Work with production associates to resolve manufacturing & quality problems related to methods, processes, tooling, equipment & product design.• Monitor output of line & improve line efficiency through line balancing, capacity planning.• Implement best practices of manufacturing (Lean manufacturing, TPM, Kanban, 5S, SMED, Kaizen, FMEA) on shop floor.• End user in SAP R/3

• Capacity planning, line balancing, production schedule to improve the productivity. • Development of activities for assembly line transfer from Switzerland.• Implementation of Lean Manufacturing methodology (Single Piece flow system, Kanban system, 5S, SMED, Standard Work, Visual Management).• Process control using SPC techniques, FMEA, Quality Tools.

• During development period, carryout changes in assembly line as well as robotic programming. Later on I was responsible to achieve the daily production target.• Maintain the inventory of in-house as well as bought out components of chassis & use two bin system, EOQ for effective inventory management, Vendor Development.