Anand Agarwal

Experience

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  Soltius Indonesia

  Aug 2003 - Aug 2005

  Software Developer

  Involved in writing Report, Dialog Programming, Smart Form, and Performance Optimization. Involved in code review, unit testing, performance testing, load testing. Developed migration programs for loading Material Master, Vendor Master, Purchase Order, and Purchase Requisitions data. Involved in writing Reports, Module Pool, BDC, and SAP Script Programs (Cheque Generation and Printing Layout, Sales Invoices Generation). Classical and OOPS ALV Reports related to HR Master, Payroll data. SAP scripts forms related to Appointment letter, Full & Final settlement letter. Developed Reports in MM module which captured Inventory adjustments with Product-Cost detail, Sales Report (SD), Available Serial Numbers (PP). Classical and OOPS ALV Reports related to HR Master, Payroll data.SAP scripts forms related to Appointment letter, Full & Final settlement letter. Show less

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  Accenture

  Sept 2005 - Feb 2007

  Software Engineer

  Provide Project Specific Training and Documents to new team members. Team Mentoring while taking ownership of development objects build by the team. Worked on ALV, Classical Reporting, ALE IDOC, BAPI, BDC, LSMW, E-CATT, Smart Form, Dialog Programming, and Function Modules for SD FICO & MM SAP Modules. Wrote Technical Specification Design for Report, Interface, Conversion, Enhancement, and Forms which are related to SAP-APO SNP/DP and SAP-ECC. Used CIF interface to transfer master and transaction data between SAP R/3 and APO. Used the SAP APO to create a forecast of market demand for products and SAP APO which integrates with purchasing, manufacturing, logistics to simulate the planning and take the required actions. Worked on GATP for order promising and fulfillment checking across the whole supply chain management system. Interfaces including Material Master, Sales Order, Sales OrderAcknowledgment, Purchase Order Confirmation, Master data, Vendor Master, Deliveries & Order. Show less

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  Sapient

  Mar 2007 - Jun 2009

  Senior Consultant

  Participated in Requirement gathering session with Client Departments STS, CST-IT, Sempra-Support. Daily activity monitoring for Offshore/onsite Team. Feasibility study of business requirement, Technical Solution Designing & Developing Technical Specifications. Contributor in Project Cut-over including conversion of high volume data with minimal system downtime. Responsible for Key Deliverable Design Document for Interfaces, Conversion, Smart forms. Assigning, Tracking, Reporting defects using HP Quality Center.Writing Conversion program for Accounts/Contact/Lead/Opportunity/Sales Orders/ Service Order/ Service Contract. Leading the Technical Team for Production Support. Planning, setting up / monitoring Batch Jobs.Coordination with offshore team to resolve the failed Batch Jobs. Configuration of External List management and Target Group Creation using info sets data visualization tools. Writing End User-specific reports for Master data like Business Partners, Products, and Vendors. Show less

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  IBM

  Jun 2009 - Oct 2009

  Application Developer

  Part of Unicode Conversion Team and Issue Resolution Team. Involved in Documentation and Release Procedures. Released BOK including key learning from this upgrade. Performed SPAU/SPDD, UCCHECK adjustments for the SAP standard objects. Worked on High Priority Tickets and Enhancements of various ABAP objects. Involved in replacing obsolete code and FM to support new framework Performance Tuning & Testing SAP Application and Infrastructure component. Prepared SAP strategy for Production Environment & SAP Upgrade Environment. Followed Standard Upgrade Methodologies and emphasizing SAP Best Practice. Prepared Solution Document & Assisting Team Members during Unicode Conversion. Review the Unicode Conversion RICEF Objects done by Team Members. Used New Enhancement Framework in ECC, New ABAP Editor, New Debugger GUI. Show less

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  Infosys

  Oct 2009 - Mar 2014

  Project Manager / Technical Architect

  Experienced Managing the Delivery with a team size of more than 37+ people. Worked as an Onsite Solution Architect with Price Water Cooper, McKesson-PPS Implementation, and Swiss Re. Managed large transformation projects with geographically dispersed and distributed teams.Effectively Managed Client expectations and Consistency Delivery with High Quality. Played a leadership role in Project Management, Managing Onshore/ Offshore delivery model, Project Operations - Monitoring Profitability, Streamlining Processes, Customer Satisfaction, Prepared, Tracked Project Plans, Quality, KPIs, Risk Management, Status Reports, Resource Planning, Work Effort Estimation, Project Resource Management, StakeholderManagement. Experience with PMBOK, Agile Methodologies (SCRUM, KANBAN) with Enterprise-Level Application Development, Acquaintance with LEAN Manufacturing Model.Worked on Pre-Sales Proposal Deck, Requirement Gathering, FIT-GAP Analysis, Implementation, Code Review, Deliverables Documents. Show less

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  Gulfstream Aerospace

  Mar 2014 - May 2016

  Scrum Master / Solution Architect

  Worked as Solution Architect with Gulfstream Aerospace – Long Term ContractWorked as an Onsite Solution Architect with Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (Support & SustainmentTeam). Was responsible for Delivery Management from Client and Implementation Partner Perspective (HCL Technologies). Worked on Data Conversion & Migration strategy from Legacy systems using traditional DBMS (MSSQL SERVER and Oracle Database) using SLT (SLO), SAP BODS, SDA, and DXCtechniques. Worked on building information models in SAP Hana for data objects using Attribute views, Analytical views for fact-based tables, and Calculation views for complex objects such as Sales Order /Billing summary, Top 10 Opportunity/Quote Summary, Inventory status. Master data, transaction data replication between CRM and ECC. Worked on CTI using Avaya dealing with Queue Management, Case management, Surveys, Report published in SAP BW while measuring the call center statistics. Worked on Hybris interfaces for data migration from ECC to Hybris using PI WRT to Customer master / Product Master data. Show less

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  Omkar Packaging Industries

  May 2016 - Jul 2018

  Founder

  Started this company back in 2016 to address supply issues related to packaging industry.Responsibilities to manage the product from concept, to design, sample production, testing, cost, product promotion, support product-related issues. Managing product design and circulating product choices with end clients. Work with end customers while improving their product experience and usage by enhancing the product feature (changes to the product and demonstrating new ideas and concepts). Prioritizing, Sequencing, Optimization pre/post-production, and generating reports related to production, sales, stocking. Researching vendors' quotes with pricing, price negotiation, contract negotiations, quick turnaround with desired quality.Monitor product standards and Quality Control processes to acquire desired quality targets during the production cycle. Generate weekly/bi-weekly product release report by compiling the data from production teams.Product Marketing & Promotion via online business B2B portals like Indiamart, Tradeindia, Justdial, Alibaba, Industrybuying, Indiantrade, etc. Show less

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  McKinsey & Company

  Jul 2018 - Nov 2019

  Senior Project Manager

  Worked in OHI, MM&A BU with Mckinsey Knowledge Center – Long Term Contract.Estimating & planning resources in a cost-effective fashion. Release Product Development Plan (WRT to Sprints & Releases), Product Road Mapping with a strong background in product management and software development Coach individuals, interactions over processes, and tools to make sure it adds value to the system and improve the efficiency of the development team. Following Agile Methodology, because requirements will change with time (Market Trends) & based on user inputs (System, Stakeholders, Customers), adapt the changes without breaking cadence of the team. Take weekly demonstration call with stakeholders/sponsors to ensure interactive development are aligned to end customer needs and collect feedback/suggestion from them. Build and maintain a relationship with the stakeholders & conflict resolution within the team. Clearly communicate the business requirements to the development team so that the product development team is aligned with business needs. Construct the user stories based on initial business requirement and product designs Create & Maintain Product Backlog, prioritize the features in the Product Backlog before the sprint. Forecast the numbers of deliverables possible in an iteration using backlog tracking. Arranged daily stand-up meetings, facilitate meetings, schedule meetings, and decision-making processes to ensure there are no impediments for the scrum team Practice Agile techniques on daily basis, e.g. user Stories, continuous integration, ATDD, TDD, testing. Ensure timely product delivery with zero escaped defects. Show less