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Lakshminarayanan Venkataswamy

Sydney,NSW

Summary

Experienced in SAP ABAP/OOABAP, BRFPlus, ABAP on HANA, and PI/PO, with significant exposure to SD, MM, FICO, Social CRM, SAP Utilities, and TPM Solutions. Certified in SAP ABAP on HANA, SAP S/4 HANA on Cloud, and SAP Cloud Platform Integration.

Accomplished track record in multiple SAP Implementation, Support, and Upgrade Projects. Adept at designing business rules in BRFPlus Workbench by discerning customer business requirements.

Proven ability in requirement gathering and proposing effective solutions. Proficient in preparing technical specifications from functional requirements and conducting detailed specification analysis in collaboration with functional specialists.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr Technical Consultant

CHED Services Pty Ltd.
02.2023 - Current
  • Designed and developed minor enhancements in UE and VPN environment
  • Conducted unit testing, system integration testing, and user acceptance testing to ensure verification of end results by users
  • Successfully delivered multiple ME's within allocated time frame, without any major incidents
  • Analyzed requirements and prepared impact assessment documents for business approval
  • Developed approved designs into respective SAP ISU and SAP ERP systems
  • Collaborated on Ehp7 upgrade project, contributing to effort estimates for SAP ERP system
  • Designed data cleansing reports for customer master and vendor master data.

Sr Technical Consultant

Origin Energy Retail Ltd.
11.2022 - 01.2023
  • Designed and developed ISU objects
  • Conducted unit testing, prepared technical specifications, and performed technical reviews
  • Interpreted user stories and translated them into technical design solutions
  • Maintained and provided daily team status updates during stand-up meetings
  • Successfully delivered multiple RFCs within specified timelines, without any incidents
  • Designed and developed advanced price change report, which included triggering advance price change letters to approximately 1,000 customers
  • Managed pricing change process, including triggering of price change letters.

Sr Technical Consultant

ANSTO BAU/Internal projects.
01.2019 - 10.2021
  • Actively engaged in Commbank integration project, responsible for sending Domestic and International payment files, as well as payroll data, and receiving bank statements and payment status files in SAP for subsequent processing
  • Worked on F110 payment run, extracting Domestic and International payment files to AL11 directory for B2B exchange
  • Completed SPDD/SPAU/SPAU_ENH activities for ECC, Gateway, APO, and BW systems as part of upgrade project
  • Successfully upgraded SAP from ECC EHP7 to EHP8, including other systems, to facilitate STP implementation
  • Re-implemented HR-Onboard process, enabling hiring and re-hiring of employees while extending functionality for both Employee and Non-Employee categories from HR-Onboard to ECC
  • Redesigned Employee Online Payment Form workflow, featuring multi-level approval process based on wage type
  • Developed semi-automated END-to-END GENTECH casing and BU container stock return process, complete with monitoring report
  • Designed and implemented consistency check report for sales orders, planned orders, and process orders
  • Resolved Business As Usual (BAU) issues, including those related to Change Requests (CRs) in SD, MM, FI, HR, and PPM modules
  • Resolved and monitored middleware issues (SAP PO 7.4 Single Stock)
  • Participated in HR onboard integration fixes, involving debugging of proxy services from SPROXY
  • Resolved major CRs pertaining to re-branding and workflow issues for June release
  • Involved in Audit report, concur program issues, and implementation of dunning process within FI module.
  • Assisted in business development activities by leveraging established networks or cultivating new connections within targeted industries.

Sr Technical Consultant

Kellogg’s Implementation
05.2018 - 12.2018
  • Designed BRFPlus rules for PLM/PPM Implementation
  • Managed Business As Usual (BAU) Objects within KEU region
  • Created Outbound IDOC for Process Order Release by implementing respective BADI
  • Enhanced stock transfer CIF process to restrict specific movement type data to APO
  • Developed Co-Pack report with component usage details
  • Constructed Compliance report for sales forecasts based on purchase orders
  • Created CDS view for SKU data report, aligned with project requirements for PPM implementation
  • Collaborated on PPDS BADI Implementation to extract Safety Stock information for Planning Book and View
  • Provided mentorship to junior team members and conducted training sessions on BRFPlus.

SAP ABAP/OOABAP and SAP PI/PO Consultant

PROMAX SAP SFDC Implementation
04.2017 - 04.2018
  • Designed Utility class to eliminate redundancy in Business functions for project integration
  • Participated in Statement of Work (SOW) preparation through discussions with customer regarding project requirements
  • Led requirement gathering process and prepared functional specifications
  • Implemented and integrated with third-party system by creating technical specifications
  • Facilitated communication with both customer and offshore team, ensuring clear understanding of AS-IS and TO-BE implementation
  • Ensured successful delivery of project interfaces and PI integrations
  • Provided daily status updates to relevant stakeholders
  • Tracked and monitored development progress, while maintaining delivery quality through code reviews
  • Managed timely delivery and obtained proper sign-off by presenting working objects to customer
  • Effectively resolved defects in timely manner through thorough testing and review cycles.

SAP Techno Functional Consultant SAP ABAP/OOABAP, SAP BRFPlus and SAP Social CRM

CENTERLINK_SAP_CHILD_CARE Implementation
03.2015 - 03.2017
  • Designed end-to-end business process for endorsements and prepared functional specifications
  • Managed complete Hold payment process, including stay orders and S107 orders, Create Overseas Entity, and oversee Court appeals process in CACE
  • Designed business rules within BRFPlus workbench
  • Handled configuration tasks
  • Led and oversaw BRFplus design for multi-case scenarios, Formula 1-6, inflation calculations, Formula Determination, BP and CASE consistency checks, Overpayment processes, Eligibility assessment, End-to-End RML, and assessment process for CSSR
  • Took responsibility for fixing defects related to BRFPlus and addressing process-related issues using HPALM (HP Application Lifecycle Management)
  • Created transport requests using Solution Manager and analyzed and resolved BRFPlus transport-related issues.

SAP ABAP Consultant

STN_SAP_UPGRADE
11.2014 - 03.2015
  • Led ABAP team in major upgrade project from ECC 4.6 to ECC 6.0
  • Assigned tasks to team members and provided reports on work completion to manager by end of each day
  • Worked on SPDD and SPAU to adapt or reset Dictionary objects and standard programs as required
  • Adapted or reset custom programs by understanding business requirements
  • Replaced all obsolete syntax, function modules, and statements with latest relevant equivalents
  • Conducted basic-level checks on all objects using tools like SLIN and UCCHECK
  • Utilized code remediation tools to replace syntax and function modules in custom programs
  • Conducted remote comparisons to identify differences between old and latest system programs
  • Performed code optimization and carried out performance tuning on custom programs.

SAP ABAP/BRFPlus Consultant

ISUZU NA CORPORATION Implementation
06.2014 - 10.2014
  • Developed Reports, Module Pool Programs, and RF Programs
  • Worked on RFC (Remote Function Call) and BAPI (Business Application Programming Interface)
  • Conducted root cause analysis, defect analysis, and bug fixing in ABAP programs
  • Created interfaces to extract Japan engine sales details from legacy system
  • Worked on VMS (Vehicle Management System) and Warranty Module
  • Developed warranty assignment program
  • Implemented creation of Purchase Orders (POs) from Purchase Requisitions (PRs)
  • Designed and implemented RF program in Warehouse Management (WM) for inbound delivery processes
  • Generated Shipping Labels using Adobe forms
  • Provided offshore support for development and implementation tasks
  • Performed code optimization and fine-tuning for enhanced performance
  • Analyzed requirements and delivered technical specifications for development
  • Participated in client calls and provided daily updates on object development progress.
  • Frequently inspected production area to verify proper equipment operation.

SAP ABAP/OOABAP and SAP BRFPlus Consultant

CENTERLINK_SAP_AGED_CARE Implementation
01.2013 - 05.2014
  • Developed program to create payment statements for specific month's service
  • Created report to display leave balance and leave transactions for care recipient throughout financial year
  • Developed program to showcase retro claims for service and retro event details for care recipient in particular month
  • Crafted program to validate event details for care recipients and save this data in table
  • Implemented classes and methods to be called from BRFPlus Procedure Call Expressions
  • Designed Smart Form for printing total number of care recipients and total amount received by service for given claim month
  • Worked on integration aspect of project, specifically integrating CRM and BRFPlus using BADI (Business Add-In)
  • Developed and maintained major module of project related to BRFPlus, taking responsibility for resolving defects during testing phase
  • Successfully resolved defects and performed bug fixes during SIT (System Integration Testing) and FUT (Functional Unit Testing) within committed timelines
  • Prepared Techno-Functional documents for business rules developed in BRFPlus
  • Coordinated with onsite team from offshore
  • Conducted end-to-end scenario testing for test cases in CRM WEB UI
  • Identified errors in UI screens and assisted technical team members in rectifying them
  • Proficiency in using HP-QC and actively participating in CRM testing activities.

SAP ABAP/BRFPlus Consultant

PB SNC SALES Support
03.2012 - 01.2013
  • Supported and customized SNC (Supplier Network Collaboration) application based on customer requirements
  • Conducted root cause analysis, defect analysis, and bug fixing in ABAP programs
  • Developed Smart Forms to display customer and sales order details.

SAP ABAP/BRFPlus Consultant

J&J VISTAKON RUN TIME SUPPORT
12.2010 - 03.2012
  • Created ALV reports to display sales order details for clients located across various locations
  • Utilized BDC (Batch Data Communication) program to upload sales order data from legacy system to SAP R/3 using flat files
  • Developed Smart Forms in output to track and record rejections or damages against materials for each sales order
  • Successfully converted SAP scripts to Smart Forms and made necessary adjustments
  • Modified various layouts, which included incorporating logos, resizing columns, and adding standard text elements to align with specific requirements in MM and SD modules.

Education

B.Tech - Computer Science

SRM University
India
06.2010

Skills

  • SAP ABAP/OOABAP
  • SAP S/4 HANA on cloud certified
  • SAP ABAP on HANA certified
  • SAP PI/PO
  • SAP CPI certified
  • SAP BRFPlus
  • SAP ERP/CRM/ISU
  • Devops
  • Agile
  • Scrum Master certified (Wipro certification)

Additional Information

Thirteen years of experience with Wipro Technologies.

Personal Information

Title: SAP Architect/Technical Consultant

Timeline

Sr Technical Consultant

CHED Services Pty Ltd.
02.2023 - Current

Sr Technical Consultant

Origin Energy Retail Ltd.
11.2022 - 01.2023

Sr Technical Consultant

ANSTO BAU/Internal projects.
01.2019 - 10.2021

Sr Technical Consultant

Kellogg’s Implementation
05.2018 - 12.2018

SAP ABAP/OOABAP and SAP PI/PO Consultant

PROMAX SAP SFDC Implementation
04.2017 - 04.2018

SAP Techno Functional Consultant SAP ABAP/OOABAP, SAP BRFPlus and SAP Social CRM

CENTERLINK_SAP_CHILD_CARE Implementation
03.2015 - 03.2017

SAP ABAP Consultant

STN_SAP_UPGRADE
11.2014 - 03.2015

SAP ABAP/BRFPlus Consultant

ISUZU NA CORPORATION Implementation
06.2014 - 10.2014

SAP ABAP/OOABAP and SAP BRFPlus Consultant

CENTERLINK_SAP_AGED_CARE Implementation
01.2013 - 05.2014

SAP ABAP/BRFPlus Consultant

PB SNC SALES Support
03.2012 - 01.2013

SAP ABAP/BRFPlus Consultant

J&J VISTAKON RUN TIME SUPPORT
12.2010 - 03.2012

B.Tech - Computer Science

SRM University

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