Vivek Bhale

• Dynamic, accomplished, and results-driven professional with over 20 years of experience in SAP delivery/account management, project management, consulting, and implementation on large-scale ERP projects in SAP, non-SAP applications (.Net and IS), and infrastructure (FMS).
• Technical skills in S/4 HANA, SAP R/3 MM/PP/WM, and strong functional experience in the Automobile and Manufacturing Industry.
•  Exceptional business acumen with a strong background in understanding technologies, executing several projects, and handling projects/teams in onsite/offshore execution model with esteemed organizations.
• Capable of translating conceptual models into specific growth strategies and planning/executing multi-faceted campaigns designed to improve market share and gross revenue.
• Adroit at analyzing an organization's critical requirements, identifying deficiencies, and developing innovative, cost-effective solutions for enhancing competitiveness, increasing revenues, and improving the overall customer experience.
• Guiding the client and the solutions team to define the most effective and technical strategy to close gaps and assess solutions.
• Participate in meetings with customer or client professionals on an as-needed basis to understand their concerns and goals.
• Manage multiple SAP Projects from initiation to completion, including identifying objectives, scope, benefits, resource requirements, skills, logistics, facilities, costs, etc. 
• Defining and integrating multiple project phases into an overall project plan, executing defined work tasks, producing work products, measuring/monitoring progress against the work plan, managing resources, and assessing project risk.
• Copiously experienced in Delivery Management, Project Scope, System Study, Business Blueprint & Gap Analysis, Customizing R/3, Integration Testing, preparation of functional specifications for ABAP reports, and Integration with other modules. 
• Experience in delivering the entire S/4 HANA and SAP R/3 project implementation. End-to-end (Analyze, Plan, Build, Test, Deploy, and Provide Hyper Care Support, as well as Post-Installation Support, Rollouts, and Upgrades) 

IT EXPERIENCE

• Accenture, Mumbai 16-APR-213 to Till Date 
• IBM, India, Mumbai 12-JAN-2011 –15-APR- 2013
• Accenture, Mumbai 16-JUL-2007 to 11-JAN-2011
• Wipro Technologies, Bangalore 01-AUG-2003 to 16-JUN-2007
• Atos Origin, Mumbai 05-MAR-2003 to 31-JUL-2003
• Infosys, Bangalore 29-JUL-2002 to 28-FEB-2003
• Mahindra & Mahindra, Mumbai. 10-AUG-2000 to 20-MAY-2002

Major Responsibilities: GAP Analysis, Solution Design, Build and Testing, Cutover, Go live, and Hypercare.

Lead the Business Process transformation for APAC Countries and Japan HQ &and Manufacturing plants. Managing operations for a Global ERP implementation program of Shiseido.

SAP- Modules, S/4 HANA, SAP Fiori, Ariba, WebMethods, Success factor, GRC, Solman, MS Applications 

• Facilitate and lead fit-gap analysis via discovery by engaging with business units and other corporate systems team members such as ITD, RTR, PTP, OTC, BPC, BI, Basis.
• S4 System Changes, Vendor Coordination, Inputs from the global team on Design and build. Input from the country PM changes in the legacy system / Interfaces by local vendors.
• Project scoping, estimating, scheduling, executing, and monitoring, risk management, work plan management, human resource management, contract management.
• Provide guidance to projects and operations on the appropriate use of the platform and development solutions.
• Manage a large, diverse, and globally dispersed team of SAP Consultants & developers to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality deliverables are delivered. FSD/TSD/ UT/FUT/SIT/Regression Testing/UAT are performed. 
• Lead the transformation of SAP thru the re-engineering of extensive legacy business processes.

  Work closely with other departments to meet performance and scalability expectations for SAP environment.

• Team Size is 250 in India, and resources spread across, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. 

EDUCATION: M.E. (Mech)Prod., M.B.A (MKT)

• Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, M.E. with Production Engineering as specialisation.
• Master of Business Administration, MBA in marketing management.