1. DATTA CHOUDHARI, PMP,CSCM
Mobile : 9885771120 , Email : dachoudhari@gmail.com
Professional Summary
PMP Certified SAP Senior Advisory Consultant having 10+ years of experience in SAP Implementation,
Rollout, Upgrade and AMS projects.
Worked in different client facing roles as Team Leader, and Offshore Coordinator in projects like
Publishing, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, and Public Sector industries.
Well experienced in leading cross-functional teams, creating an effective team environment, building
strong relationships, solving problems and issues, resolving conflicts, managing resources in a matrix
environment, and communicating effectively at all levels of an organization.
Fifteen years strong industry domain, functional process knowledge in global manufacturing environments,
including Strategic sourcing, Category -procurement, inventory management, production planning,
material requirements planning, supply chain & logistics functions.
Worked with PMO for project management activities- ISO audits, CMMI quality process audits and project
documentation and PMI best practices.
Well experienced in people management activities –career planning, counselling, appraisal and feedback,
leadership development and team building activities.
SAP Experience:
Company: YASH TechnologiesPrivate Limited. Since May, 2015- present
Role : Project Leader & Team lead (MM/SD/FICO)
Project : Stanley Black & Decker –Sweden ( Roll Out )
Responsibilities:
Performed SAP gap analysis, developed enhancements to meet client needs, and worked with team to
create project plan components for SAP implementation
Worked with client to determine business requirements.
Conducted project weekly meetings to update status
Balanced the efforts required to complete a project.
Assigned tasks to individual teammembers.
Managed project team and resolved issues.
Took corrective actions as necessary when any shortcomings are identified.
Ensured that project is appropriately planned and executed.
Configured SAP Materials Management module; assisted Business Process Experts with SAP
Functionality.
Planned and coordinated Unit Tests & Integration Tests for business processes ( MM/SD/FICO)
Final preparation & Key User Training and documentation.
Company : IBM India Private Limited April 2012 -May 2015
Role : Project Leader/Off shore Coordinator & Team lead (MM/WM/SD/SRM)
Projects (4) : SAP Implementation / Upgrade/ AMS /Roll Out
BritishAmericanTobacco( BAT,UK- Implementation),HSE-HealthServicesExecutive,IrelandUpgrade
( SAP4.0 B to ECC 6.04 ),AtlasCopcoInc,Belgium,State of SouthCarolina, USA
2. Responsibilities:
Executed projects within acceptable level of time , budget, scope and SLA agreements .
Revised project plans as appropriate to meet the changing needs and requirements of the projects.
Managed day to day operational issues of the projects.
Reviewed deliverables prepared by team members before presenting to stakeholders.
Planned and prepared in advance various cross functional shared service engagements.
Proactively managed projects risks with mitigation plans to have minimum impact on deliverables.
Ensured project documentation –complete, with current version and stored on share folders.
Tracked, analyzed and reported project metrics – resource utilization, budget, defect management,
productivity on regular basis with program managers.
Created and applied Lessons learned for the projects executed and updated organization repository.
Mentored project teams for effective use of project management processes, methodology & templates use ,
deliverables metrics.
Ensured compliance with Organizational IT policies, tools throughout the project.
Company : NTT Data Global DeliveryServicesLimited February, 2004 – April, 2012
Role : Project Lead & Team Leader (MM/WM/SD)
Projects (6): AMS, SAP Tao Testing & Implementation
General Electric (W&PT),USA, Edison Mission Group, USA,Exxon Mobile Corporation, USA,
Hitachi America Inc, USA,RAS AL KHAIMAH FTZ Authority, UAE,Pearson Technologies, USA
Responsibilities:
Making sure that all SAP solutions are resilient, fit for purpose and supportable.
Collaborating with colleagues both within and outside the IT organization.
Delivering of projects within time scales and budgets.
Solving complex, interrelated problems at a strategic level.
Managing SAP projects concurrently.
Managing SAP projects utilizing the SAP project management tools.
Giving guidance and support to teammember’s right across the board.
Making key design and delivery decisions.
Leading SAP solution implementation at a detailed level.
Project Tools:
Following tools utilized during various project executions.
SAP Implementation Guide , SAP Library
SAP Service Market Place (Customer Notes (OSS), EHP,SPs update .
SAP Project Solution Manager
Microsoft project MSP-2010
HPQC & Triole tools
Microsoft Office (Advanced Excel, Word& Power Point ).
3. Industry Experience: January 1988 –January 2004
Companies:
Wipro Ltd, Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co.Ltd, LG Electronics Pvt. Ltd, Videocon International.Ltd
Role: Manager (Procurement & Supply Chain)
Projects executed in strategic procurement and supply chain environment
Domestic & Foreign vendor development activities for various categories of raw materials. Semi-
assemblies.
Global vendor consolidation reduced 30 vendors.
Lead Time Reduction: Lead times reduced by 22 % globally.
Import Substitution : 32 types of products removed from Import list
Backward & Forward Integration: Under Mergers and Acquisitions ,Flyback Transformer and Tuner
components in-house production introduced .
Contracts & Negotiations -executed and revised under global conditions.
Category Management implemented in the procurement module.
Qualification:
Senior General Management Program ( SMP) : Indian Institute of Management (IIM Kolkata )
Graduate Diploma in Materials Management: Indian Institute of Materials Management, (IIMM, Mumbai).
Bachelor of Engineering( B.E. Electronics ) : Amaravati University , (MS),1987
International Certifications:
PMP (Project Management Professional), PMI, USA
CSCM (Basics in Supply Chain Management), (CPIM Program) APICS, USA
Professional Affiliations:
IIM : Indian Institute Of Management , Kolkata – SMP05 –Club Member
IEI : Institute of Engineers, Kolkata – Life Member
IIMM : Indian Institute of Materials Management, Mumbai : Life Member