Arpita

SAP Solutions Architect, IT Program Manager
47 years oldOther technical positionsCome from United States Living in Guangzhou
Language: English
Mandarin: a little

Accomplished IT professional and SAP expert with 15+ years solution design and system configuration experience in SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, and non-SAP system deployment for various industries: A&D, Technology, Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, and Manufacturing. Core expertise in Materials Management (MM) and Procure to Pay (P2P) processes, along with cross-functional knowledge through areas of Supply Chain, Logistics, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Ariba across all elements, systems integration, data migration, configuration, complex enhancements, and customizations. • SAP Materials Management (MM) • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) • Fiori UI/UX • Master Data Governance (MDG) • Business Process Optimization • SAP S/4HANA System Configuration / Master Data Setup / Best Practices • Data migration strategy • Inventory Management • Project / Program Management

SAP Solutions Architect, IT Program Manager
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Jan 2019 - Sep 2023(5 years)

▪ Designing and configuring SAP system to meet business requirements and collaborating with other teams to ensure end-to-end process integration - Conducting blueprinting sessions, creating functional design documents, and approving technical designing documents ▪ Supporting PTC Windchill implementation and Data Migration of all parts and products from S4 and Legacy systems to PTC Windchill for BSA program. ▪ Defining and managing master data quality, transformation, mapping, and validation rules making sure all compliance policies procedures are followed ▪ Supporting data migration/conversion activities such as extraction, transforming, migrating, validating, de-duping and reconciliation of data in SAP ▪ Managing aspects in the development/implementation of systems, coordinating with cross-functional teams on the delivery of SAP and other IT application systems ▪ Driving innovation and integration of modern technologies and quality initiatives into projects and activities as key SAP MM subject matter expert ▪ Defining scope, schedule, and quality of system implementation, major/minor enhancements, and ongoing maintenance of existing applications, identifying and manage program resourcing ▪ Leading business requirement workshops, collaborating with technical team to design/build/test and deploy cross-functional solutions ▪ Creating and changing requirement document, functional design document, configuration document, source to target mapping, data model, process flow diagram, data definition document, test plan, test scenarios needed for implementation ▪ Approving third-party Functional Design Specifications and all system changes under purview in application landscape ▪ Managing large global team of functional and technical resources ~30 System Integrators (SI) and 3rd Party vendors, ensuring adherence to established SLA’s, incident reduction and management, business relationship management ▪ Conducting and documenting Root Cause Analysis of production system failures to minimize future failures ▪ Direct incident management – Analysis/Debugging of errors/issues, Service Request management involving configuration/recent changes, problem management ▪ Raising SAP OSS notes and leading working sessions with SAP Max for urgent issues and Major Issues

SAP P2P MM/IM Team Lead
Scientific Drilling International
Oct 2017 - Jan 2019(a year)

▪ Performed SAP system configuration changes for MM module to stabilize SAP ECC6.0 / S4 Simple Finance 1503 On-Premise implementation; Supported Upgrade Project from ECC6.0 EHP7 to ECC6.0 EHP8 ▪ Implemented comprehensive master data quality program for the MM process ▪ Performed data conversion, migration, and validation using various tools - Participated in testing and debugging activities and documented test results and issues - Conducted knowledge transfer and training sessions for users ▪ Advised and assisted business units with focus on systematic improvement around business processes ▪ Master data: Creation of material master, vendor master record, purchasing info record, Source list ▪ TUT/FUT/UAT test data creation: Quotation, Purchase Requisition, Purchase Order, STO, Goods Receipt, Invoice

SAP P2P Team Lead - Business and Technology Integration Architecture Specialist
Accenture Technology
May 2017 - Oct 2017(5 months)

Project: ProjectONE Tesoro Corporation & Western Refinery S/4HANA and Ariba Implementation - Full lifecycle transformation from SAP ECC to S/4HANA driven on continued focus and optimizing highly integrated refining, marketing and logistics system. Focused on supporting systems integration for Tesoro’s $6.4bil acquisition of Western Refining. ▪ Facilitated user workshops with management and stakeholders to gather requirements and identify gaps ▪ Analyzed business requirements into user stories and Functional Design Specifications in accordance with approved IT Architecture ▪ Reviewed Technical Design Specification (TDS) with technical team before development ▪ Performed and documented system configuration for Enterprise Structure and procurement processes

Sr. SAP SCM Consultant
Vallourec USA Corporation @Petroplan
Feb 2017 - May 2017(3 months)

▪ Worked with global business leaders to define scope and prioritize development for enhancements and customizations ▪ Created Functional Design Specification and worked with ABAP developers to implement solution ▪ Facilitated user acceptance testing to ensure business requirements were met by solution

Sr. SAP SCM Consultant
Raytheon @GeoLogics
Jan 2016 - Feb 2017(a year)

Project: Source to Pay (S2P) Payment Terms Optimization - Finance determined there were major financial opportunities and assurance of regulatory compliance by automating the assignment of optimal and required payment terms to purchasing and invoice documents. ▪ Technical expert and lead for the implementation of enterprise solution to meet the objectives and goals as defined in the Payment Terms Optimization project plan ▪ Kicked-off design workshop discussions with Finance and Procurement for fit and gap analysis ▪ Created Functional Design Specification; Developed and executed test scripts using HP ALM ▪ Streamlined communication to stake holders and leadership through multiple channels, including emails, regular meetings, weekly project reports, etc.

SAP MM Functional Consultant
Stanley Black & Decker @Convergys/AMEX
Jan 2012 - Jan 2016(4 years)

▪ Performed configuration setup of organization structure and Purchasing document types: Plants, Storage Locations, Purchasing Organizations, Purchasing Groups, Purchase Requisition, Purchase Orders, Setting of Document Type, Source Determination ▪ Collaborated with developers to define scope, limitations, and development ▪ Documented and performed functional unit testing, and integration testing

SAP Business Analyst
Alon USA/Paramount Petroleum
Mar 2008 - Jan 2012(4 years)

▪ Responsible for full life-cycle implementation of SAP ECC 6.0 MM module: Project preparation, business blueprint, realization, final preparation and go-live & support ▪ Set up of organization structure related to Materials Management & their respective assignments including plants, purchasing organization, purchasing group, master data and various business processes ▪ Documented FDS based on business requirements and provided functional knowledge transfer (KT) to on-shore and off-shore technical resources

Pricing Analyst – Software
LexisNexis
Apr 2006 - Jan 2008(2 years)

▪ Researched analytics in support of Global Pricing Projects and prepared slides and documentation ▪ Provided appropriate pricing strategies, recommended improvements, and implemented as approved ▪ Built and maintained relationships with operations and sales teams to gain additional understanding of market trends and seasonality ▪ Provided consultation and guidance on pricing solutions to internal and external customer base by utilizing intra-company and market tools to develop pricing proposals

Roosevelt University
, Accounting/Business
Sep 2002 - May 2004(2 years)

Studied Finance, Accounting, and Business classes.

DePaul University
, Undergraduate Studies
Aug 1999 - Jun 2002(3 years)

Undergraduate coursework