Resume of Ajay Kamat

Current Organization Designation Work Experience Bristlecone India Limited (Previously: Mahindra Consulting Limited) Bangalore, India Manager 84 months of Business and SAP Experience

Clients Handled

72 months of SAP experience (3 months on the job training) 12 months of Business experience Onsite experience of 5 countries in APAC Support, Upgrade ,Rollout and Implementation experience Unique experience of Beauty and wellness market

1. Mahindra & Mahindra 2. Unilever Asia Pacific 3. PETRONAS Malaysia 4. Mercedes Benz India Ltd 5. Hindustan Unilever Ltd

Technologies Managed

1. SAP APO 2. SAP SRM (Spend Analysis, Contract Management and Supplier Evaluation) 3. SAP CRM 4. SAP MDM 5. SAP XI

Academic Credentials:
MBA (Operations) from Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai BE (Mechanical Engineering) with 72% from Government Engineering College, Goa Higher Secondary (12th Standard) with 77% from Goa Board.

Professional Achievements:
Appreciation mail received from General Manager,PETRONAS for successfully managing the PETRONAS implementation Received a letter of recommendation from client (Unilever) for excellent performance in Unilever Australasia implementation Among the top most performers in the company (received a highest appraisal rating for 3 consecutive appraisals)

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Project Experience: Project # 1

Project Organization Project Description IT implementation for Be Beautiful Project (Implementation of Custom web Application and SAP CRM to Support Marketing business) Hindustan Unilever Ltd HUL is trying to get its 5 premium brands namely Dove,Lakme,Sunsilk,Vaseline and Ponds under one umbrella called BeBeautiful.For this marketing initiative they need a strong IT system in place to run this.This project is triggered with this objective in mind. Project Manager Aug09 till date Roles and Responsibilities Include: Responsible for the overall delivery Manage Service delivery for the development of Custom web Application and SAP CRM solution Prepare project costing and determine feasibility Project Planning for the pilot and the final Go-Live Manage project execution issues and mitigate potential risks Coordinate with resources and various departments and ensured that the appropriate level of input is delivered to the project and resolve any conflicts Delivery of 5 phases of ASAP methodology Provide regular updates to the steering committee members

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Project # 2
Project Organization Role: Project Description IT setup for Lakme Lever Business (Implementation of POS and SAP CRM Solution) Hindustan Unilever Ltd Project Manager HUL is floating a separate company to cater to its beauty and wellness segment which includes the Lakme Beauty Salons and Therapy centers. Considering the future growth potential, they want a strong Point of Sale solution and a strong backend CRM solution to support the business. This project is aimed to fulfill the above objective. 9th Mar09 till Date Roles and Responsibilities Include: AS-IS Business Process study across Selected Salons and Therapy centers Prepare process fitment and solution mapping Give presentation to the Steering committee on the IT strategy to be adopted Solution Evaluation and short listing for the Lakme Lever Business Vendor Evaluation and Shortlisting Manage Service delivery for the Point of Sale Solution and CRM solution Prepare project charter and costing Understand SAS business model and plan implementation

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Project planning with respect to POS and SAP CRM rollout to the pilot salons and therapy centers Manage project execution issues and mitigate potential risks Coordinate with resources and various departments and ensured that the appropriate level of input is delivered to the project and resolve any conflicts Manage state of actual vs. planned in project budget, deliverables and dependencies Review the project from the perspective of time and cost budgets Conduct risk analysis and assessment and develop counter measures Provide regular updates to the steering committee members

Project # 3
Project Organization Role: Duration: Contribution: SAP APO implementation in Mercedes Benz India Ltd Mercedes Benz India Ltd Project Manager 26th Nov08 till 23rd Jan09 Roles and Responsibilities Include: Manage state of actual vs. planned in project budget, deliverables and dependencies Review the project from the perspective of time and cost budgets Conduct risk analysis and assessment and develop counter measures Ensure that the project is within scope and as per requirements defined Put the procedures and guidelines in place for any scope change Ensure the user signoffs are taken at all key milestones Provide regular updates to the management committee Ensure cutover activities are carried out properly Ensure documentation standards are in place Ensure knowledge transfer between project team and Support team Ensure smooth production support handover to the support team

Project # 4
Project Organization Role: Duration: Contribution: SAP SRM Implementation for PETRONAS Malaysia (Implementation included Spend Analysis, Contract Management and Supplier Evaluation Module in SRM) PETRONAS SDN BHD Project Manager 3rd Sept07 till 4th Oct08 Handled a team of 14 people through onsite-offshore model Responsible for overall delivery of the Implementation Project planning wrt to the 5 ASAP phases Managed project execution issues and mitigated potential risks Coordinated with resources and various departments and ensured that the appropriate level of input is delivered to the project and resolve any conflicts

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Managed state of actual vs. planned in project budget, deliverables and dependencies Reviewed the project from the perspective of time and cost budgets Conducted risk analysis and assessment and develop counter measures Conducted weekly meeting with the client to review progress and actions taken on the project Ensured that the project is within scope and as per requirements defined Put the procedures and guidelines in place for any scope change Ensured the user signoffs are taken at all key milestones Built and maintained strong positive relationships with all stakeholders, including internal and external customers Provided regular updates to the steering committee members

Project#5
Project Organization Role: Duration: Contribution: SCM 4.1/BW 3.5 Upgrade Unilever Asia Pacific Ltd (16 countries) Project Manager 27th November 2006 to 25th April 2007 Responsible for end to end delivery of SAP APO solution to 16 countries Involvement in decision of version release for upgrade Carry out a study of the current system landscape Familiarization of AS-IS and upgrade processes Performing the GAP analysis and decision on TO-BE process Preparation of risk mitigation plan Effort estimation and resource planning blueprint Preparation of detail project plan Prepare upgrade summary documents Inform user community about upgrade go live strategy and involvements Preparation and release of upgrade regional reports and presentations Timely adherence to all project communication processes and timelines Up to date project documentation Prepare cutover plan for go live Responsible for steering committee presentations and signoff for key milestones Communication to the user community of 15 countries about go live strategy and cutover planning Ensure that the training is given to all users and the processes are followed Get signoff from the user community

Project #6
Project Organization Unilever Australasia Implementation Unilever Australasia (Australia and NZ)

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Role: Duration: Contribution:

SAP APO(SNP) implementation Lead (Unilever NZ) 14th May 2006 to 3rd November 2006 SNP lead consultant for one of the Unilever location (NZ) Responsible for meeting project objective and deliverables Ensure that the business is being educated on the planning process being adopted Facilitating the change management required for the users to adopt the process Ensure that the management and user community understand the scope and depth of each process change activity and manage expectations Understand the current business requirement Developing the system requirement Designing and prototyping supply chain processes Carry out system integration testing of APO with other components Preparation of test cases and performing end to end testing Carry out end user training Manage solutioning and issue resolution Ensure the user compliance with the scope change process Worked on SNP optimizer run strategies Preparation of system design and detailed design documents Define support procedure Handling all the master data setup in APO Worked on APO Configuration Supply & Demand profile,Optimiser profile, Creating order category group, Time stream, Planning area, Planning Book, Planner codes etc

Project # 7
Project: Client Role: Duration: Contribution: Post Go Live Support for Unilever, APAC Countries Unilever Asia Pacific Project Lead 1st August 2005 till 11th May 2006 Overall delivery of APO Support to all the go live countries First level of escalation to all users of countries Meeting SLA targets and action plan incase of deviation Manage the team concerns by coordinating with Application support manager and Bcone delivery management Manage approvals like transport requests Administrative activities of Bristlecone team like leave travel etc. Manage team transition and succession Participation in Bcone quality initiatives like CMMI

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Resource planning and forecast for future opportunities in Unilever Monthly review with the ASIA IT head and application support manager Ensure timely tracking of issues in the remedy system Publication of reports on time and ensure timely quarterly reviews with countries

Project # 8
Project: Client Role: Duration: Contribution: Post Go Live Support for Unilever, APAC Countries Unilever Asia Pacific APO SNP Consultant 2nd August 2004 to 31st July 2005 Support Takeover for Rollout in Unilever Vietnam SNP and China SNP Part of the SAP APO CCC (Customer Competence Center) Certification team. CCC certification is awarded by SAP after thorough audit of all the support processes followed in Unilever. Part of the APO Upgrade team from Version 3.0 to 3.1 Part of the APO Migration (AIX oracle) to wintel environment (MS SQL Windows) team Post Go Live support for 12 countries. Carrying out operational activities for the planning runs (Heuristic & Optimizer) Weekly and monthly tracking of the SLA compliance for Support activities

Project #9
Project: Client Role: Duration: Contribution: APO- SNP Post Go live Support at Mahindra Tractors Limited Mahindra Farm Equipment Sector (Mahindra Tractors), Mumbai APO SNP Consultant 3rd Feb 2004 to 30th July 2004 Post Go Live Support For SNP: Master Data validation (esp. FOR SNP OPTIMIZATION) in APO for following o o o o Product Master Resource Master (Bucket resources) SNP PPM Transportation Lane

Implementation of Heuristics and Discrete Optimizer to meet clients requirement Implementation of Deployment Implementation of Supplier Configuration to map the suppliers requirement

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 Implementation of the change in the logic of safety stock calculation User Refresher Training. o Refinement of End-User doc and User Training.

Business Experience:
Organization Role: Duration: Contribution: Marico Industries Ltd Graduate Executive Trainee- Production August 2000 till July 2001 (12 Months) Responsibilities Handled Production planning to achieve the daily Production Target TPM level 2B certification for 500 ML SKU ERP SAP R/3 end user entry compliance Handling various Productivity improvements projects Manpower and material planning Feasibility study for shifting the subcontract location in-house Shift In charge Operator training on SPL (Single point lessons) Team leader of the 500 ml line

Personal Details:
Name Sex Date of Birth Nationality Marital Status Mobile Number E-mail ID Temporary Residence Address Permanent Residence Address Ajay Kamat Male 6th March 1979 Indian (Passport No. G4458317) Married +919008781436 ajayskamat@yahoo.com Zephyr A005,Suncity,Iblur Village, Near Sarjapur Signal, Bangalore A/4 Anant Ratna Co-op Housing Society,Khadpabandh,Ponda-Goa Tel: 0832-2314561

I hereby certify that all the information provided by me in this document is correct and complete to the

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best of my knowledge. ------------------Signature:

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