Assistant Vice President Presale & Customer Engagement
Abacus Consulting
Total years of experience :19 years, 1 Months
SAP Projects:
Implementation of SAP S/4 HANA at Gulf Specialized Works, KSA as MM Lead
Implementation of SAP S/4 HANA at Gujranwala Electric Power Company Ltd, Pakistan as MM Lead/Deputy PM
Roll out of SAP ECC6.0 (EC&O) at Olayan Descon Industrial Company Ltd, KSA as Deputy Project Manager
Roll out of SAP ECC6.0 (EC&O) at Olayan Descon Engineering Company Ltd, KSA as Deputy Project Manager
VAT Implementation at Coca Cola Bottling Company, KSA as MM Team Lead
Implementation of SAP ECC6.0 at Engro Polymer & Chemicals Ltd, Pakistan as MM Team Lead
Roll out of SAP ECC6.0 (EC&O) at Descon Engineering Ltd, UAE as MM Team Lead
Roll out of SAP ECC6.0 (EC&O) at Descon Engineering Ltd, Qatar as MM Team Lead
Roll out of SAP ECC6.0 (EC&O) at Descon Engineering Ltd, Oman as MM Team Lead
Realization of SAP ECC6.0 (EC&O) at Descon Engineering Ltd, Pakistan as MM Team Lead
Realization of SAP ECC6.0 (EC&O) at Descon Integrated Projects Ltd, Pakistan as MM Team Lead
Business Blueprint of SAP ECC6.0 (EC&O) at Descon Engineering Ltd, Pakistan as MM Team Lead
Key Responsibilities:
Project management and delivery within approved budget and timeframe. Completing project documentation (e.g. project plan, charter and status reports etc.) in line with senior management’s directives and client’s satisfaction.
Managing SAP Logistics with focus on MM implementation at assigned projects through process analysis, documentation, solution design, development/configuration, training, testing, Go-live and support.
Supervise the SAP support team as track lead. Assign tickets, guide consultants for resolution and handle clients.
Support BD in pre-sale by responding RFPs, finalizing scope, cost/time estimation, and presentations/demos.
Key Highlights:
Successfully delivered the projects as PMO by proactively mitigating risks and resolving issues (internal/external).
Implemented SAP in different functional roles i.e. Logistics, MM, QM in integration with FICO, PS, PM, PP, FM, and HCM
Exposure of many industry sectors including Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing, Process, Plant Services, Oil & Gas, Utility.
Implanted SAP S/4 HANA, ECC 6.0 (EHP5, EHP7 and EHP8) and Configured following processes:
o Procure to Pay including PO/outline agreement/subcontracting etc with release and pricing procedures,
o Inventory management including physical inventory and transfer posting with Automatic Account determination, Valuation, Split valuation and Batch Management,
o Material Requirement Planning (Consumption Based Planning),
o Logistics Execution including Inbound Delivery, Shipment Document, and Shipment Cost Document etc.,
o Development of Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, Reports, and Workflows
SAP Projects:
Support of SAP SAP ECC6.0 at Mercury MENA Group in Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Pakistan, as SAP Functional Team Lead
Key Responsibilities:
Applying change management approach in company through workshops and trainings to make SAP implementation a success story. Involving executive management till end users in developing a culture to adopt SAP with best practices.
Leading the initiatives towards continuous improvements by enhancing system’s capabilities to bring it to pace with continuously changing business dynamics.
Supervising SCM division to reduce the deficits in system and actual. Providing support against issues faced by users.
Key Highlights:
Successfully derived the change management process by convincing the senior management, middle management, and end users to promote the system and adopt SAP best practices through branding, workshops, utilizing personal skills.
Supervised Procurement and Store users and reconciled the stocks after reducing the deficit of QR 12 M.
Utilized good knowledge of different supply chain processes like direct material, indirect materials, consumables, third party services, sub-contracting, inventory management, goods movement, stock transfers, asset procurement, and consignment stock etc.
Designed and implemented SOPs for Planning & Supply Chain Departments to bridge the gap between data entry and actual transactions, which helped management to monitor operation control the losses
SAP Projects:
Enhancement Project in SAP MM at Saudi ARAMCO in KSA as Project Manager
Key Responsibilities:
Supervise and manage project team, prepare project plan and execute accordingly. Respond to business and user queries, concerns, and faults within agreed timeline.
Evaluate client’s requirements by performing business process analysis, fit gap analysis, and then propose adequate/effective solutions. Ensure complete documentation as per ASAP methodology.
Solution design phase through to the development, configuration, power user training, user acceptance testing, go live preparation, and post go live support (closing DPSRs).
Helping pre-sale team in preparing proposals for prospective clients and mentoring junior MM consultants.
Key Highlights:
Planned all phases/activities, assigned resources, ensured quality deliverables on deadlines, mitigated risks, closely monitoring progress till closure of project.
Closed DPSRs enhancing following business processes:
o Provision of mass deletion of PRs and POs.
o Automation of “additional funds requirement” process for purchasing
o Workflow development for Bid development (including competitive development/re-development and single source development/re-development) processes
o Automation of “technical bid approval” process, Automation of “premium cost approval” process
o Workflows development in Approval Authority Engine (AAE) for Out of Kingdome PR/PO through interfacing with SAP.
SAP Projects:
Support of SAP SAP ECC6.0 at Descon Group in UAE, Pakistan, as SAP MM Team Lead
Roll out of SAP ECC6.0 (EC&O) at Descon Manufacturing Works Hamriyah, UAE as MM Team Lead
Implementation of SAP ECC6.0 (EC&O) at Descon HQ and Manufacturing Works, Pakistan as MM Team Lead
Implementation of SAP ECC6.0 (EC&O) at Preson Descon International Ltd, Pakistan as MM Team Lead
Key Responsibilities:
Manage and supervise MM team in performing AS-IS business process analysis, fit gap analysis, proposing solution design with TOBE business processes, documentations and ensuring project deliverables.
Conduct trainings and walkthrough sessions with SMEs, process owners, and core users on latest SAP standards and best practices.
Ensure MM implementation in alignment with overall project plan by sharing input with project manager, managing integration, configuring and testing MM as per agreed solutions in BBP.
Preparing master/cutover data strategies and their execution for data management and migration.
Prepare, review and upgrade the requirements while obtaining approvals from domain owners, to ensure alignment of systems, strategy with company objectives, Unit testing, regression testing, integration testing, resolve the issues and ensure solutions are properly working along with cross functional integration with other modules.
Prepare training material and conduct power users training on MM.
Write Functional Specifications (FS) document for ABAP development.
Requirement gathering propose solutions and prepare Business Blue Print (BBP). Configure SAP MM module and provide functional support to user after diagnosing, analyzing and solving issue.
Key Highlights:
Successfully lead the completion of two projects following ASAP methodology.
successfully planned and executed cutover strategies, which addressed master data, opening balances, and roles & authorization.
effectively managed extensive workflows, enhancements, process diagrams, and data transformation.
Configured Material Master, Purchase Requisition (PR), Request for Quotation (RFQ), Purchase Order (PO), Agreements, Release Procedures, Pricing, Automatic Account determination, Inventory Management, Reservation, Transfer Posting, Stock Transfer, Physical Inventory process, valuation, split valuation, MRP, Logistics Invoice Verification, Inbound Delivery, Shipment Document, and Shipment Cost Document etc.
ICT Projects:
Development and Implementation of System for Material Aquisititon, Retrieval & Transactions at Descon Group of Companies in UAE, Qatar, KSA, Oman, Pakistan, as Project Manager
Implementation of Fixed Asset Management System at Descon Group of Companies in UAE, Qatar, KSA, Oman, Pakistan, as Senior Systems Analyst
Implementation of Digital Library Express at Descon Group of Companies in UAE, Qatar, Pakistan, as Systems Analyst
Support of Project Management Systems at Descon Group of Companies in UAE, Qatar, Pakistan as Systems Administrator
Key Responsibilities:
Implement computer system requirements by defining and analyzing system problems.
Perform systems analysis, requirement gathering, processes mapping, reporting, documentation, solution design, development and implementation in cutting edge technologies.
Automate company’s business processes as assistance to Project Management Systems (PMS) for better utilization of resources and application of better control through systems like SMART, FAMS, and DLX.
Verify and validate results by testing programs. Design and monitor systems in relation to cost, time, quantity and quality.
Provided technical as well as functional support to users. Monitor and analyze software to track operating systems, applications, databases and networks for escalation of system and process incidents
Key Highlights:
Lead the design, development and implementation of System for Material Acquisition Retrieval and Transactions.
Analyzed business processes and user requirement for Digital Library Express and Fixed Asset Management systems.
Accomplished information system and organization mission by comparing results to the standards.
Research Projects:
Urdu Nafees Font for Microsoft Applications (Small Grant Program funded by IDRC, APDOP, UNDP and APNIC)
Urdu Lexicon for Nokia Applications (Sponsored by Nokia Research, China) in Pakistan as Associate Research Officer
Responsibilities:
Perform Research & Development (R&D) in the field of Computational Linguistics, Script Processing and other assigned projects.
Key Highlights:
Analyzed and standardized Urdu Nafees family font.
Performed data verification for Urdu Lexicon.