Tamil Selvaraj

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TAMIL SELVARAJ Technically competent, client focused Functional professional and Solutions Architect with hands-on experience in spearheading SAP SD implementation/migration projects, mentoring teams and delivering excellence consistently SUMMARY PROFILE ➔ Technical prowess in SAP backed by over two decades of experience in Sales & Distribution allowing in-depth knowledge of the module, skills in reverse engineering and de-bugging, and conforming of feasibility ➔ Competent in analyzing at transactional and data levels, and handling customer requests with ease for implementation, support, green field projects for a wide array of industries including Pharma, Oil, Automobile, Aviation and Healthcare ➔ Cooperative and patient listener with exceptional interpersonal skills, ability to mentor teams to handle higher responsibilities thereby creating organizational assets and motivating teams to deliver on commitments without delay ➔ Solution Architect well versed in responding to clients’ varied queries, designing solutions and managing client expectations supported by knowledge of C++ and OOP languages enabling deeper understanding of functionalities and debugging ➔ Team Management style involving nil micromanagement – assign tasks, provide regular support, follow-up regularly, and ensure availability of resources to ease and complete deliveries on time ➔ BE [Electronics & Communication] from Madras University [1991] ➔ Certifications: o o o o EDUCATION OVERVIEW Certified SAP Functional Consultant in mySAP Supply Chain Management [2005]. C_TS462_2020 - SAP Certified Application Associate – SAP S/4HANA Sales [2020]; Discovering SAP Business Technology Platform - Record of Achievement - Foundational Level WatchGuard Certified Sales Professional [2005] CAREER SNAPSHOT LTIMINDTREE LTD. [ERSTWHILE MINDTREE LTD.] Sep 2020 – Jun 2024 Client: Wolters Kluwer; Role: SAP SD Lead Aug 2022 to Jun 2024 ➔ First resource identified as SAP Consultant after multiple levels of client assessment entailing subject knowledge, client interaction style etc, for the pioneer SAP Project for the company ➔ Hands-on in enhancements / Incidents / Change Requests related subjects. ➔ Supported the business related to SAP Sales Contracts, Billing Plan, Credit Management, Business Partner, IS-Media Product Masters and Release orders, Credit/Debit Memos, Returns, IDOCs, File System, Interfaces etc,. ➔ Independently handled Sales Module in Rollout project for new geographies. Enhanced the Sales Contract Renewals program & Contracts report, Pricing Routines to by-pass the renewal cap surcharge. Prepared the test scenarios and validated and executed the testing successfully. ➔ Wherever there is no, or little documentation exists, I could use my program debugging experience to understand the functionalities. ➔ Played a key role in automation of the Sales Contracts renewals and Renewal Reminders ➔ Closely working with Solution Architects, Leads, Key Business Users to provide solutions. ➔ Experienced in an SAP system which is integrated with multiple downstream systems like Salesforce, STO etc with PI as middleware and addressed incidents/issues raised. ➔ Accountable for preparing End User manual on frequently occurring issues, executing control run on contracts creation, and sending renewal reminders and suspension execution and automating manual activities consuming time and causing errors ➔ Work on special assignments such as business automation and jobs maintenance – involved in preparation of specific processes to reduce SR, management of ticketing tool, tracking/weekly reporting of team progress and adherence to SLA ➔ Mentoring of team, and ensuring smooth progressions of tasks and completion of assigned tasks as expected Client: Husqvarna Group; Role: SAP SD Consultant Jan 2022 to Jul 2022 ➔ Managed maintenance, Hyper Care period support and rollout in France – interacted with teams and helped close several open points as requirements were not exactly addressed – was brought on board to address these areas ➔ Successfully closed all open issues identified during hyper care period of the rollout. ➔ Worked on issues related to Price, FORMS, reports etc. ➔ Prepared a process manual for business users. ➔ Closely connected with users in understanding the issues for fixture. ➔ Helping the support team. Client: Philips; Role: SAP SD Consultant Sep 2020 to Dec 2021 ➔ Supported in Intercompany, Drop Shipment scenarios. ➔ Supported the different phases of the project to perform Unit Testing, addressed issues raised during SIT and Hypercare periods. ➔ As part of CI track, worked in Enhancements, Incidents and support activities. ➔ Independently support the Rollout of Labels project across all business units. ➔ Supported Brexit (Testing), CI Track (Enhancements / CR), Obelix (Testing), Nobel (Testing, Bug handling during SIT, Hyper Care support), ZHUHAI (Hyper Care support), Beacon (Roll out) RENAULT NISSAN TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS CENTRE (I) LTD. (RNTBCI) Jul 2013 – Sep 2020 Client: Mitsubishi Motor Korp Industries [MMKI]; Role: SAP SD Consultant ➔ Handpicked resource for the new alliance partner (MMKI) in recognition of my extensive SAP experience, analytical and problem-solving skills, and patience for learning; assigned dual role for demonstrating technical expertise during reverse KT ➔ As Functional Consultant, Worked in Enhancements/ CR’s related to Pricing, Reports. ➔ As part of production support, Monitoring the jobs and ensure the quick action on failed jobs. ➔ Interacting with Indonesia business users on requirements and production issues and worked on fixing them. ➔ Key Contributions: Despite prior knowledge of SVF technology, ensured prompt delivery of project by enabling a technical person to study/deliver the job; handled language challenges of interacting in Japanese by using Google translator ➔ Handled a testing situation with little test details by recommending usage of production environment with Master data – interacted with System Owners and Infrastructure Team to deliver quick testing and data ➔ Visited Japan for KT and during reverse KT, demonstrated quick understanding of the complex structure of business automation and strict standards of coding in adherence to IT governance rules and practices Client: Alliance Accounting Reengineering [ALCOR]; Role: SAP SD Lead ➔ Accountable for SD and AR modules that support Business’s daily transactions, leading a 5 men team handling projects worldwide – RNTBCI caters to localization needs of Renault & Nissan in various research/business/automotive technologies ➔ Manage functional, technical and testing aspects of the maintenance and customization projects, triage/address incidents raised by business through incident management system, and handle enhancements/change request management ➔ Worked in configuration related to Enterprise structure, Partner Function, Sales Documents in Roll out projects ➔ Worked in SAP File system to receive, process and send master and transactional data ➔ Prepare functional specification and maintain test cases in Quality Center, work on Interfaces with 3rd party applications for data transfer and ensure delivery of quality outputs without delay and deviations ➔ First personnel of the project – visited France, interacted with vendors at France, handled Knowledge Transfer sessions, gained their confidence, brought in the project to India and has since then been handling the project ➔ Significantly reduced downtime from 5-6 hours to an hour by identification and fixing of bugs proactively; also brought down the failure of batches from one/day to one/month by applying the knowledge of each batch and their functionality PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS PVT. LTD. Principal Consultant May 2012 – Jul 2013 Client: Migration and roll out for Reliance Industries Ltd. Aug 2012 to Jul 2013 ➔ Functioned as SPOC for Master Data Migration for the module handling key complex parameters entailing Business Partner, Material and Price – interacted with business to understand requirements ➔ Prepared migration rules and consolidated KDS for TO BE masters, functionally supported technical team in development and testing of the migration program, and implemented the Business Partner functionality for customers TCS Advisory Consultant May 2010 – May 2012 Client: ERP implementation in SAP for Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India Ltd. (MHRIL) Oct 2011 to Apr 2012 ➔ As Lead SD consultant, led a team of 4 to handle MHRIL’s Timeshare and Resort Operation project; implemented INDRA (a Spanish third-party application) based TMS product for resort operations (Reservation, Check in, Check out etc.) Client: L3 support for whole GMR group catering to all sectors for GMR Bangalore & DIAL May 2010 to Oct 2011 ➔ As Sole SD Consultant, played a crucial role in the Delhi Airport India Ltd. (DIAL) Consolidation project where applications at Delhi Airport were integrated into the GMR group server – responsible for SD module and ensured successful go-live ➔ Worked in SkyBilling & AeroBilling for Aeronautical Billing ➔ Completed the SAP configuration (earlier completed in 9 months by competition) in just 3 months, successfully carried out SKY Billing integration (a 3rd party aero-billing application) and penned an article on Trading Practices at GMR to Knowmas RENAULT NISSAN TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS CENTRE (I) LTD. Sr. Tech Lead Dec 2008 – Apr 2010 ➔ Visited France to facilitate migration project ➔ Managed an SAP project for importers and delivered it on-time; functioned as SPOC for Interface Management; member of FAR (Functional Assessment Representation) including all module heads for the CMMI 3 level project ➔ CMMI Dev V1.2 Maturity Level 3 project: As CMMI captain, successfully coordinated all SAP projects to meet CMMI requirements defined by the company – bestowed with certificate of appreciation for my contribution VERIZON DATA SERVICES INDIA PVT LTD. Sr. Analyst May 2008 – Dec 2008 ➔ Preparing the Functional Specification as per BRD and Supporting the technical team on Developments and perform unit testing. ➔ Supporting the business in production issues. IBM INDIA PVT. LTD. Advisory Consultant Client: Global SAP implementation Support for Shell UK ➔ Supporting the IS-OIL based system. ➔ Interacting with BizTalk team in issues related to data from/ to Downstream system. ➔ Handling ticket related to production issues Aug 2007 – May 2008 PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS PVT. LTD. Consultant Client: SAP implementation for Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd., ➔ Implemented the SAP for textile division and Chemical division ➔ Deployed Sales process with Pricing, Credit Management, Serial Number, Taxes, Client: SAP implementation of Ranbaxy Fine Chemicals Ltd., New Delhi, ➔ SAP Implementation for three business segments ➔ Deployed sales process with Pricing, Credit Management, Batches, Taxes, SIS Client: GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd., ➔ SAP Implementation for Greenfield Airport ➔ Worked on SkyBilling to capture revenues from Airlines through AODB system Feb 2006 – Aug 2007 SECURE NETWORK SOLUTIONS INDIA PVT. LTD. Manager [Business Development] Dec 2002 – Aug 2005 Sales & Marketing Networking and Security Solutions with CISCO, CheckPoint products and solution UNITY ELECTRO SYSTEMS (P) LTD. Business Development Engineer Sep 2001 – Nov 2002 Sales & Marketing Networking, VOIP and Security Solutions with CISCO products and solutions CONFIDENT ENGINEERS Marketing Engineer Jul 1995 – Aug 2001 Marketing Executive Aug 1991 – Jun 1995 Sales & Marketing Diesel Captive power equipment’s DEEBEE POWER SYSTEMS PVT. LTD. Sales & Marketing Diesel Captive power equipment’s