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As a Principal Enterprise Architect and Specialist Leader, Kumaran has over 20+ years of professional services experience in implementations and digital transformation in SAP and SAP S/4HANA space. Well experienced in S/4HANA Enterprise Architecture, Roadmaps and Strategy, S/4HANA Implementation/Upgrade/Technical migration, Enhancements and Optimization, Template based Global/Local Rollouts, SAP S/4HANA Data and Analytics, Signavio/LeanIX Business Process Modelling and SAP BTP
SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain Architect: Most recently, facilitated and worked on blueprint documents for functional requirements and technical specifications relating to architecture, processes (As Is and To Be), design, and roadmaps in Planning, OTC, PTP/STP, EWM, Supply Chain, Logistic areas. Provided Solution Leadership to the team, resolved complex scenarios, and drove decisions for all processes, business, functional and technical scenarios. Experienced in building interfaces with external systems and middleware platforms from SAP S/4 using advanced level technology.
SAP Expertise: 20+ years of experience implementing SAP, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP S/4 On-Premises systems, SAP Success Factor, SAP Ariba [Spend, Business Network], SAP Hybris, and its process integration with Enterprise systems & EDI/B2B external partners. Extensively used ‘on premise’ middleware platforms like SAP PI/PO, webMethods/SAG, Tibco and cloud middleware platforms like SAP CPI/BTP, Dell Boomi, APIGEE, MuleSoft for the interfaces.
SAP S/4HANA Experience: 8+ years of experience working with S/4HANA. Most recently, led business requirements workshops with customers to design and roll out S/4HANA solution. Designed and implemented global template based on the best practices/COE and followed the templates for localization. Provided strong functional understanding of S/4HANA and SAP Integrations with legacy and middleware platforms. Understood the evolving SAP roadmap for S/4HANA and advised in S/4HANA adoption.
Functional: Worked extensively on architectural needs across the application portfolios supporting business processes: like a) Order to Cash (O2C) b) Procure to Pay (P2P/S2P) c) Manufacturing, Quality processes d) Supply Chain e) Warehouse (EWM) and Transportation management f) Supplier, Carrier, Customer and Partner enablement
Business Relationship Management: 10+ years of experience acting as the liaison between IT and the other business units in an organization.
Shop floor/Manufacturing: 7+ years of Shop floor/Manufacturing experience in a Manufacturing Industry
