Vijay Ramalingam 

Oracle E-Business Suite Implementation Specialist

vjaqua@gmail.com

7147684280

 

Background		15 years of experience in IT Industry in the areas of design, coding, analysis and implementation of wide range of applications   Over 12 years of experience in Full cycle Implementation, Upgrade, Design, Development, Interface, Conversion, Production Support, Training, and Quality Testing Oracle E-Business Suite Strong Expertise in Oracle ERP Applications (E-Business Suite 11i / R12) – Order Management (OM), Shipping (WSH), Inventory (INV), ASCP, GOP, Purchasing (PO) Advance Pricing (QP), Bills of Material (BOM), Work in Progress (WIP),Warehouse management (WMS), Accounts Receivables (AR), Accounts Payables (AP),General Ledger (GL) Oracle Workflow, iProcurement, Oracle Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Oracle Alerts, System Administration. AIM Methodology - Good Business knowledge to provide ERP solutions with Oracle Implementation methodology. Involved in many process mapping / requirement analysis with the business process owners. Compiled many BR, MD and TE Documents Have experience of working on Multi-org and Global single instance implementations.   Extensive experience in Requirement Capturing, System Analysis, Software Design (Data Modeling) and Architecture, Development and Implementation (complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)) of Software Applications.   Excellent Clarity in ERP Concepts, CRM, Enterprise Logistics and latest technologies.   Project Management experience involving project planning, execution and resource allocation.   Extensive experience in Demand and Supply Planning, Balancing, Logistics, Procurement, Inventory and Intercompany   Thorough knowledge in database architecture, process flow diagram, Data flow diagram   High analytical skills to involve in business requirement process for implementation of Oracle Applications
Professional Highlights		Oracle R12.2 Essilor of America, Inc , Dallas, TX	Application Implementation Specialist- Oracle eBusiness suite R12.2 implementation.- OM, INV, PO, GL, AP, AR, iProcurement, Costing Oracle 11i (11.5.10) upgrade Business Process Reengineering
		Oracle 11i (11.5.10.2) Bell Micro Latin America, Miami, FL	Oracle Functional expert. Helped business implement Oracle 11i applications for Supply chain and distribution modules.
		Oracle 11i (11.5.8) GE Aero Derivatives and Packaging Services, Houston, TX	Lead-Supply chain and Manufacturing. Impact analysis and assessment of Oracle ERP modules on addition of new chart of accounts and management entities INV, OM, PO, Costing, WIP, BOM, PJM, ASCP, MRP, QA, WMS, ENG
		Oracle 11i (11.5.10.2) GE Energy Services, Atlanta, GA	Lead consultant- Supply chain. Involved in solution design and implementation for GE Energy Services 11i instance
		Oracle 11i (11.5.9) GE Energy Services (Parts Business) Atlanta, GA	Functional consultant: Enhancement and support for Supply chain and Manufacturing modules (Oracle Applications 11i) for GE Power systems
`		Oracle 11i Implementation India	As a functional lead migrated Distribution modules including Order Management, Inventory and Purchasing of Oracle Applications 11i from 11.0.3 to 11.5.8.Also implemented the India-Localization of Oracle Applications
		Oracle 11i Implementation India	As a functional lead implemented the Distribution modules including Order Management, Inventory and Purchasing of Oracle Applications 11i Responsible to Capture Functional & Technical requirements in evolving multi org scenario.
		Oracle 11.0.3 Implementation India	As a functional lead in a full life cycle ERP implementation project from business process re-design to post implementation support in the areas of Inventory, Purchasing, BOM, WIP
Education		Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics

 

Key Skills and Knowledge	ERP Software	Oracle E-business Suite 12.2, 11.5.10 Supply Chain: Order Management  - Advanced Pricing, Shipping Execution, Configurator, Advanced Planning, GOP Manufacturing: Inventory, BOM, WMS, Mobile Supply Chain Application, Configurator, Inventory, Bills of Material, Forecasting, Budgeting, Cost Accounting, Process Reengineering, MRP, DRP, PJM, BOM, WIP, Quality, Engineering, MRP, ASCP, RLM Procurement: Purchasing, iProcurement Financials: GL, AR, AP  Others:   Alerts, Workflow, System administration, HRMS, AOL, Flexfields Testing Tools: HP QC
	Databases	Oracle    (8i, 9i)
	Languages/Tool	PL/SQL                          Developer 2000	SQL Loader                    Workflow Builder	SQL * Plus                      VB, C, C++
	Web Technologies	EJB                                  Servlets	JSP                                  JDBS	Java Scripts & HTML
	Operating Systems	Sun Solaris	Windows (XP/2000/NT/98/95)	UNIX
	Industry Knowledge Areas	Supply chain planning   Inventory Management   Engineering / BOM / Cost	Order Management   Manufacturing	Procurement   Financials

 

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Essilor of AmericaAug’07 – Present

Oracle Applications Implementation Lead

 

§ Oracle Functional Lead for Oracle E-Business Suite implementation that included Finance and Supply Chain modules(GL, AP, AR, INV, PO, OM, iProcurement, DRP, ACP, GOP,BOM)

§ Solution architect for Distribution centers with core Oracle applications and 3rd party WMS systems (PKMS) – end to end solution for Order to Cash cycles for Lens distribution centers

§ Managed multiple projects supporting Supply Chain operations and Customer Support

§ Designed and implemented DRP solution involving home-grown Forecasting tools

§ Heavily involved in Business requirement gathering, Design and implementation for various internal projects amd enhancement requests

§ Designed custom Pick ticket extraction, Pack/Ship Confirm packages.

§ Designed and implemented 3-node Intercompany Invoicing for shadow transactions

§ Converted 80 labs into Oracle with custom Procure-to-pay and Order-to-cash designs

§ Conducted POC for ASCP with ATP rules/scheduling for accurate demand/supply patterns

§ Documenting High Level Gap Analysis (BR010), Business Requirements Mapping (BR030), Functional Specification documents (MD050), Configuration document (BR100), Conversion Data Mapping (CV040) and  Test Scripts (TE020)

§ Reviewing Test Scripts based on business requirements. Plan, execute and monitor the CRP cycles in development instances in Oracle ERP

§ Conduct solution design working session and solution demonstration lab activities which include configuration, development of test scenarios, and testing to confirm viability of the solution.

§ Created test scenarios and developed test plans to be used in testing the business applications in order to verify that client requirements are incorporated in to the system design. Assisted in analyzing testing results throughout the project.

§ Reporting and Tracking Defects using Bug Tracking tool HP Quality center

§ Develops, maintains, and upgrades manual and automated test scripts and test plans for each application.

§ Assists in providing time estimates for project related tasks.

 

Bell Micro Latin AmericaFeb’07 – July‘07

Oracle Applications Functional Lead

 

·   As a Functional Lead, involved in upgrading Oracle SCM modules from 11.0.3 to 11.5.10.2. and solution designs based on GAP analysis

·   Responsible for requirements gathering, Gap Analysis, CRP, Functional designs, technical reviews

·   Functional design for mapping client’s business processes to 11i functionalities for Oracle modules- OM, Inv and Purchasing interfacing to 3^rd party tools

·   Customized Workflow to meet Order management (Standard outbound and RMA) scenarios.

·   Introduced Advanced Pricing features for various  Business processes

·   Demostrated WMS functionalities to meet Distrubution Centers’ requirements

·   Deliverables: BR100 for 11i- OM, Inv, PO. Functional Specs(CF250) for Order management  Workflow.

·   Review and approval of Technical documents( MD200) for RICE components (reports, forms, WF) and Test Scripts TE020

·   Conducted CRPs

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GE Aero Derivatives and Packaging Services, USA Nov’06 – Feb‘07

Oracle Applications SCM Functional Lead

 

·   Oracle applications Lead involved in implementation / enhancement of Oracle INV, PO and OM. 

·   Impact analysis and assessment on all Distribution and Manufacturing modules (INV, OM, PO, BOM, ENG, WIP, QA, WMS, MRP, ASCP and Costing modules) on restructuring Chart of Accounts

·   As a functional lead responsible for Requirements gathering, Gap Analysis, CRP, Conversions, Functional designs, technical reviews / peer reviews, SIT, UAT, Cutover tasks for the Business process reengineering / chart of accounts restructuring project

·   Drove the company to common business processes after the merger of different companies and restructuring of chart of accounts

·   Provided vanilla solutions and eliminated few of the major existing customizations as part of the restructuring project

·   Prepared AIM BR100, MD50, BP080 to document the requirements, setups and future business process

·   Prepared test scripts(TE020) and participated in multiple rounds of CRPs.

·   Coordinated with offshore team for techincal development work

·   Prepared training material for the desined business process and trained superusers located in multiple locations. Used Mp-Online and teleconferencing tools for training.

·   Identified and resolved existing bugs in the system, improved the data consistancy

·   Led CRPs and Q&A (training) sessions to familiarize users with workings of the system.

 

 

GE Energy –Installation and Field Services, USA Nov’05 – Nov‘06

Oracle Applications Functional Lead

 

·   Functional Lead – SCM Track, involved in implementation of Full life cycle implementation of Supply Chain modules-Order management, Purchasing and inventory with Italy Localization and Oracle Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).

·   Functional lead for the implementation of Order Management, Advanced Pricing, Inventory and Purchasing modules – Conducted Requirements gathering, Gap Analysis, CRP, Conversions Functional designs, technical reviews / peer reviews, SIT, UAT, Cutover tasks

·   Developed BP 80 and BR 100 Document for all distribution modules (INV, OM, PO)

·   Setup of order management by designing order & line transaction types, processing constraints, price lists, order modifiers & profile options. Setup of sales order header & line defaulting rules.

·   Designed integration of Order Management with Account Receivables by mapping invoicing sources, revenue accounts and AR transaction types with OM transaction types.

·   Design Order Import and Customer Import process, processing constraints, Credit checking rules, Default rules, Payment terms, profile options, lookup codes and Order transaction types.

·   Mapping 3^rd party Shared Services: Apex (External AP system), SSP5 / iProcurement (Purchasing system for indirect purchases), SABRIX (tax engine)

·   Functional input for developing Global interface for legacy to Oracle modules, conceptualizing the design (Web methods, esMatrix)

·   Order entry & order booking - Use defaulting rules & processing constraints to help through order entry.

·   In advanced Pricing defined various modifier types including discounts Surcharge, freight types, formulas etc

·   Successfully demoed proto types of custom attribute mapping and custom formula mappings to address complex pricing requirements for Qualifiers and Modifiers in Advanced Pricing.

·   Responsible for working with the technical development team to make the required modifications to Oracle’s PO Requisition Approval workflow and PO Approval workflow. Implemented the approval hierarchies in Oracle PO for requisition/ Purchase Order approvals, Sourcing rules, Approved suppliers list (ASL), & Quotations.

·   Setup PO Item Categories and Item flexfields.

·   Responsible for various setups across the Purchasing module including approval hierarchy, document types, positions, jobs, approval groups, approval assignments, various descriptive and key flex fields. Spearheaded the functional requirements for integration between various systems/interfaces including the requisition and the purchasing interfaces.

·   Set Up of Item Templates & Item Categories.

·   Team lead for setting up Purchasing center in Spain for I&FS-Europe roll out: involved in CRP through UAT

·   Imparting functional training to users and super users.

·   Prepare and execute a suitable conversion strategy keeping in line with user requirements and IT requirements of a single instance. (To assist in elimination of duplicate items definition etc.,)

·   Documentation of Setups for TEST and PROD instance and obtain the approvals from Global team prior to performing the setups in the instance highlighting the site level profiles and set ups.

·   Set ups for Conference Room Pilot (CRP) for Business Champions and core team members

·   Document interface, views and report requirements and testing of customizations. Perform User Training.

·   Set-ups for UAT and registration of all custom components during UAT in Test instance.

 

GE Energy Services– Parts, USA Apr’04 – Oct‘05

Oracle Applications Functional Lead

 

·                  Functional consultant – Up gradation roll outs for Parts business of GE Energy Services.

·                  Oracle 11i modules –Inventory, Purchasing, OM, Advance Pricing, BOM and ASCP

·                  Gathered business requirements by interacting with primary user of the proposed system

·                  Documentation, SIT, and Production - Cutover activities.

·                  Bullet proofing quarterly releases.

·                  Involved in requirement gathering and setups of OM and advanced pricing

·                  Mapped the documented business processes with Oracle Application

·                  Setup inventory organizations, items, templates, transaction types, cycle count etc. in INV module

·                  Setup workaday calendar, bills, departments, resources, alternates, routings etc. in BOM module

·                  Established outside processing and setup the production lines for various jobs in WIP module

·                  Setting up shipping parameters, exception, picking rules, pick slip grouping rules and release sequence rules

·                  Analysis, estimation of development, coding and documentation for new enhancements

·                  11.5.9 up-gradation activities.

·                  Analyzed gaps and found alternate ways to implement the required business processes

·                  Logged, debugged and followed up with TARs for relevant issues

·                  Developed and executed test scripts during conference room pilot along with other functional teams for Quaterly enhancements.

 

Various Clients- Manufacturing, Supply Chain and DistributionJun’01 – Mar‘04

Oracle Applications Functional Lead

 

·               ERP URS Mapping and Gap Analysis for Purchases, Inventory management and Order Management.

·               Code realization and testing of data conversion and migration data into Inventory, Purchase and Order Management Modules using open interface tables.

·               Workflow customization: Order line level discount hold based on exceeding limits against sales person/discount master.

·               Developed inventory status report which gives the item status for all the items within a category set, quantity, unit price, planner, category set, category, on hand quantity and quantity. This report can be run for a particular organization or across all organizations for a particular category set by passing different parameters.

·               Form customization: Localized tax codes' derived value based on precedence to appear as tax groups in purchase order shipment level.

·               Report customization: Demurrage report: It is an analysis report to capture the difference in the standard & actual discharge rate.

·               Invoice print customization: Submitted with a print request should recognize the item grouping (defined in item definition) and print it as heading.

·               Green Channel Process to facilitate faster processing of purchase proposals - suggested to use the Blanket Purchase Order option for meeting this requirement

·               Customized Pack Slip report. Importing of shipping information based on ship confirmation details.

·               Led CRPs and Q&A (training) sessions to familiarize users with workings of the system.

·               Complete setups for UAT and Production.

·               Instructed users in best practices for Purchasing implementation

·               Module Lead in migrating OM/PO/Inv modules to the business process flow, Configure the Order Management, Inventory, Purchasing modules of Oracle apps 11i

·               Studying client processes, developing AS-IS and TO-BE maps, assisting in implementation.

·               Responsible to Capture Functional & Technical requirements in evolving multi org scenario.

·               Analysis of customizations and enhancements: evaluate design, quality, stability and maintainability of custom code (pseudo logic) developed to fill gaps between standard Oracle Applications functionality and business requirements. Recommend and implement solutions as needed

·               Functional input for Interface Designing

·               Successfully tested ATP & scheduling as part of an enhancement to existing processes.

·               Worked closely with Data Base Administrators to identify and resolve Apps performance issues.

·               Application Consultant for INV/PO/BOM/WIP /MRP

·               Involvement in the full life cycle of the Project commencing from AS-IS, TO-BE, Setups, CRP, UAT & Go-Live.

·               Use of Oracle AIM advantage for Fast Forward Implementation for integration and testing.

·               GAP analysis and resolution for Oracle Distribution (Inv/ PO) and Oracle Manufacturing (BOM/WIP/MRP).

·               Documented all GAP and their resolution/ Recommendation.

·               Implemented WIP with outside Processing (OSP) for handling the Contract Manufacturing

·               Prepared Setup/Configuration documentation

·               Mapping / deployment of the BOM, Engineering & WIP responsibilities and support in mapping Planning, Quality & Costing responsibilities.

·               Legacy data porting through the interface tables for BOM, Routings & Open WIP jobs.