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Ankush Gawande

Independent Consultant

Industry Experience

Airlines/Aviation

Food Production

Information Technology/IT

Semiconductors

Location Supported

Germany

India

Singapore

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

Languages Supported

English

Skills

  • Functional consultant
  • ERP

Product Specialization

  • Oracle ERP Cloud
  • Oracle E-Business Suite

About

This is Ankush Gawande having an extensive 10 years of experience in ERP space primarily in Oracle Applications SCM subject matter area. Have been extensively involved in functional consulting within the Distribution (Purchasing, iProcurement, Inventory, AME, iSupplier, Order management) of Oracle Applications - Oracle E-Business Suite (eBS) for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).
Had been involved in consulting with end-users to analyze and understand user needs, objectives, desired features, and input/output requirements, also have client facing experience.
As an SCM functional consultant have progressive experience in implementations as well as support & enhancement projects

Top Project Highlights

Oracle EBS R12.2.6 implementation

Title – Oracle SCM Functional Consultant Client – VIAVI Solutions Inc. (USA) Role – R12.2.6 Purchasing, iProcurement, iSupplier, AME, Inventory implementation Responsibilities: • Was responsible for handling implementation of Oracle SCM modules majorly from P2P track including Purchasing, iProcurement, iSupplier, AME, Inventory. • Client was on EBS R11.5.10 system & re-implemented EBS R12.2.6 version. • Worked in the capacity of SCM lead in Procurement track for this implementation, engaging with the business track lead & dependent module leads, outlining requirements, working with technical resources for achieving the CEMLI components, system configuration, documenting MD050, BR100, TE040. • Delivering CRP1, CRP2, SIT sessions to business users. Resolving post session user queries, issues. • Conducting user training sessions. • Outlining, co-ordinating and working with business on pre-cutover, cutover, post cut-over activities. • Providing post go-live support

Oracle iProcurement, Purchasing, AME implementation (R12.1.3)

Title – Oracle R12 iProcurement, AME Specialist Client – OmniVision Technologies Ltd (USA) Role – iProcurement, AME, Purchasing Implementation Consultant Responsibilities: • Worked in the capacity of iProcurement, Purchasing, AME Offshore Functional Specialist. • Was involved in all the major activities in the project phases like requirement analysis, design, setup/development, documentation, testing & would be providing post-go-live support. • Have imparted user training on the fundamentals, working & managing approvals through AME. • Engagement Phases: Requirements Analysis, Design, Setup/Development, Documentation, Testing & Deployment, User Training, Post Go-Live Support

Oracle SCM implementation (R12.1.3)

Title – Inphi-Rambus Oracle R12 Implementation Client – Inphi-Rambus – US Role – Offshore SCM Lead, INV, PO, iProc, AME, OM Specialist Responsibilities: • Functional Implementation & Support Consultant (Offshore Lead) • Assisting in designing solution for Inventory and Order Management modules with constant communication between on-site functional lead and client. • Implementing Oracle Purchasing, Oracle Inventory, Oracle Order Management and Oracle iProcurement. • Assisting and supervising development of data migration tool for selected seeded objects for data migration activity • Providing extensive documentation for each process for all modules.

Employment

Senior Functional Lead (Company: HCL Technologies Limited)

2018 - Present
  • Project # 01 Title – Oracle SCM Functional Consultant Client – VIAVI Solutions Inc. (USA) Role – R12.2.6 Purchasing, iProcurement, iSupplier, AME, Inventory implementation Duration – Jan’18 – Till date Responsibilities: Was responsible for handling implementation of Oracle SCM modules majorly from P2P track including Purchasing, iProcurement, iSupplier, AME, Inventory. Client was on EBS R11.5.10 system & re-implemented EBS R12.2.6 version. Worked in the capacity of SCM lead in Procurement track for this implementation, engaging with the business track lead & dependent module leads, outlining requirements, working with technical resources for achieving the CEMLI components, system configuration, documenting MD050, BR100, TE040. Delivering CRP1, CRP2, SIT sessions to business users. Resolving post session user queries, issues. Conducting user training sessions. Outlining, co-ordinating and working with business on pre-cutover, cutover, post-cut-over activities. Providing post go-live support

Senior Business Analyst (Company: Jade Global Software Services Limited)

2014 - 2017
  • Project # 01 Title – Oracle SCM Functional Consultant Client – FormFactor Inc. (USA) Role – R11i Purchasing, iProcurement, Inventory, Order Management BAU Support/Enhancements Duration – Apr’17 – Nov’18 Responsibilities: R11i Functional Support & Enhancements on Oracle P2P & O2C processes Assisting users with BAU issues, pro-actively reported issues identified Provide consultation to business on pain points, scope of process improvements to effectively leverage the existing features of ERP package. Working on user change requests to allow implementation of add on functionality. Assisting users with testing of implemented functionality, advising and documenting standard processes to follow Interacting with users to understand the issues and maintaining quick turnaround time. Coordinating with DBA and technical teams on dependent activities & ensuring timely delivery of assignments and issue resolution. Engagement Phases: P2P/O2C Functional Support, Design/Setup/Assist in Development/Testing/Documentation of add on functionalities, accommodating change requests to existing setup. Project # 02 Title – Oracle R12 iProcurement, AME Specialist Client – OmniVision Technologies Ltd (USA) Role – iProcurement, AME, Purchasing Implementation Consultant Duration – Oct’16 – Jan’17 Responsibilities: Worked in the capacity of iProcurement, Purchasing, AME Offshore Functional Specialist. Was involved in all the major activities in the project phases like requirement analysis, design, setup/development, documentation, testing & would be providing post-go-live support. Have imparted user training on the fundamentals, working & managing approvals through AME. Engagement Phases: Requirements Analysis, Design, Setup/Development, Documentation, Testing & Deployment, User Training, Post Go-Live Support ___________________________________________________________________ 4 Project # 03 Title – Inphi-Rambus Oracle R12 Implementation Client – Inphi-Rambus – US Role – Offshore SCM Lead, INV, PO, iProc, AME, OM Specialist Duration – May’16 - Aug’16 Responsibilities: Functional Implementation & Support Consultant (Offshore Lead) Assisting in designing solution for Inventory and Order Management modules with constant communication between on-site functional lead and client. Implementing Oracle Purchasing, Oracle Inventory, Oracle Order Management and Oracle iProcurement. Assisting and supervising development of data migration tool for selected seeded objects for data migration activity Providing extensive documentation for each process for all modules. Project # 04 Title – Oracle P2P Functional Support Client – BlackBerry-Good Technologies Corp. (USA) Role – Oracle R12, Purchasing, iProcurement, AME, iExpense, AP, BAU Support/Enhancements Duration – Jan’15 – Apr’ 17 Responsibilities: Functional Support on Oracle P2P process Assisting users with BAU issues, pro-actively reported issues identified Working on user change requests to allow implementation of add on functionality. Assisting users with testing of implemented functionality, advising and documenting standard processes to follow Working on approval workflow related issues, implementing requests for approval list modification as per business requirements Working on issues pertaining to iExpense, iProcurement and AP modules Attending weekly status meeting with business users and discussing on existing issues, sharing expertise on potential issues and their resolutions Interacting with users to understand the issues and maintaining quick turnaround time. Coordinating with DBA and technical teams on dependent activities & ensuring timely delivery of assignments and issue resolution. Assisting users with quarter end activities and related issue resolution. ___________________________________________________________________ 5 Engagement Phases: P2P Functional Support, Design/Setup/Development of add on functionalities, accommodating change requests to existing setup. Project # 05 Title – iProcurement, AME, Purchasing implementation Role – iProcurement, AME, Purchasing specialist Client – Inphi-Cortina Systems Ltd (USA) Duration – Feb’15 – May’15 Responsibilities: Assisted onsite lead with designs, guides technical team to help them be on track of the requirements & collects daily updates. Contributes towards the project plan, risk plan, test plan and cutover plan, BR100, MD050 documentation. Assists business and IT team with the development of test cases Supports business test cycles, coordinating CRP, UAT, end user training. Works towards timely fixing of issues in deliverables Project # 06 Title – Oracle iProcurement Enhancement/Customization Role – iProcurement, Purchasing Specialist Client – RagingWire Data Centers Ltd (USA) Duration – Jul’15 Responsibilities: Requirements gathering & analysis, identifying issues/gaps in existing system & recommending clients with suggestions on best practices for smooth application functioning. Assisting technical team with the functional design MD050, approach, process flows as per the client approved requirement specifications. Performing functional testing on the developed components & end-to-end testing to achieve smooth inclusion of the customization. Framing & sharing test documents with clients TE040. Assisting clients in UAT. Preparing standard procedure documents for user training. Project # 06 Title – Oracle UPK Specialist Client – HID Global Inc. (USA) Role – Oracle UPK development/upgrade Duration – Jul’14 – Dec’14 Responsibilities: ___________________________________________________________________ 6 Was responsible for creating UPK content of different business processes and set-ups pertaining to above modules. Testing of O2C business flow as per the business requirements. Was involved in assisting team in end-to-end data creation and testing of functionality setup pertaining to SCM area. Oracle User Productivity Kit Have worked in Start-To-End phases involved in Oracle UPK Implementation/Upgrade. UPK Developer Upgrade from 3.6.1 to 12.1.1 and related Data Migration from DEV server to PROD server Requirements gathering from Business Users and other stakeholders Identification of Defects/Gaps/New addition requirements based on the existing PROD UPK Content & the required new processes as per the features/processes implemented in Oracle EBS Suite. Executing & Recording the business processes as per the agreed requirements (involves performing necessary test set-ups in client’s DEV Oracle Instance)

Senior Software Engineer (Company: Tech Mahindra Limited)

2010 - 2014
  • Project # 01 Title – QANTAS ERP BAU Support & RFSs Client – Qantas Airways Q-Catering Ltd (Australia) Role – Functional consultant Duration – July’10 – Feb’14 Responsibilities: Technical and functional support to issues related to QAD & custom module AOM reported by business users. Root-Cause analysis of issues and advising solution to users in agreed artifacts and timeframes. AOM is an add-on module used by Qantas Q-Catering which suits their catering industry business. Functional Support to client is provided in modules like Purchasing, Sales/Distribution, Manufacturing & some part of Financials of QAD in addition to AOM and EQ support. (EQ is basically an interface that maps the data from QAD to Oracle and vice-versa in such a way that it becomes readable at respected ends, thus keeping both systems in sync). Requirements gathering, designing functional specs for new user requirements. Testing functionality before new implementations & regression testing after any modifications done to existing code either by application vendor or our technical team. EQ support involves supporting a custom interface which is developed to export financial data from QAD application to Oracle Apps Financials as the ___________________________________________________________________ 7 client uses Finance module of Oracle Apps. The financial data from QAD (vouchers, invoices & GL references are exported daily to Oracle Apps through scheduled jobs). Support involved assisting users in issues/discrepancies related to invoices, vouchers & GL references in QAD, reconciliation issues for financial data in QAD and Oracle Apps (EQ), interface job failures etc. Assisting users with set-ups related to new functionality, user security, menu security, assisting NPSD to upload/modify/delete bulk data in the system. Project # 02 Title – ERP Implementation Client – York Industries Ltd (A TATA Group Company) Role – Associate ERP consultant (Oracle, QAD MFG/Pro) Duration – Mar’12 – Jun’12 Responsibilities: Worked on setting up Distribution modules (Purchasing) & Inventory, MRP

Education

Bachelors Degree in Engineering (Full Time Course)
2004-2008

Specialization: Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering

Certification

Oracle EBS R12 Purchasing Specialist
2016-Present

Oracle EBS R12 Purchasing Specialist

Oracle EBS R12 Inventory Specialist
2016-Present

Oracle EBS R12 Inventory Specialist

Oracle Cloud Procurement Specialist
2017-Present

Oracle Cloud Procurement Specialist

Oracle EBS R12 Order Management Specialist
2018-Present

Oracle EBS R12 Order Management Specialist

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