Maheshwaran.

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Email: maheshwaran.i@gmail.com
Mobile: +971-55-9166027 / /+91-99406-56219

Objective
To join a world-class organization, evolve as a dynamic SAP functional consultant, take
up challenges, contribute positively to the company with the acquired skills and watch my
professional as well as personal growth in coming years

Summary of SAP Skills

 2+ years exp. in SD & IS-Retail
 Certified as Solution Consultant by SAP AG through Siemens, Chennai
 Good working knowledge in IS-Retail Pricing, Promotion, LSMW, Merchandise distribution,
SAP Traversity and 3rd Party Solution interface with SAP.
 Worked in FMCG & Trading Environment during functional experience

SAP Training
Apr ’06 – May ‘06, Siemens Information Systems Ltd, Chennai
 Solution Consultant, mySAP Supply Chain Management - Order Fulfillment
 Certificate ID: 0004022578
TSCM 60 – Supply Chain Management / Order Fulfillment Module I
TSCM 62 – Supply Chain Management / Order Fulfillment Module II
TSCM 64 – Supply Chain Management / Order Fulfillment Module III
IRT 360 – Store – POS Connection ( 3 Days)

SAP Experience
Apr ’07 – Till Date, Project Lead – Keane International (India) Pvt Ltd, Chennai
Project 1: A Leading Wholesale / Supermarket in UAE (GoLive planned for Aug ’09)
Location: Dubai (Onsite)
Team Size: 12
Role: SD & IS-Retail functional consultant – Ownership for SD & IS-Retail activities

Involved in this project from Day One - right from analysing the RFP of the client, finalising on
the choice of the ERP, designing To-Be based on the existing As-Is, preparing a close to real
scenarion demo for the client by getting the master data from them, recording the SIM Tutor
files and necessary documentation.

Knowledge gained:-
1. Clear and thorough understanding of the client’s requirement
2. Considering the factors for choosing the right ERP, POS and resources calculation
3. Right way of product presentation to the clients
4. Mastering the SAP concepts like LSMW, Retail / Wholesale pricing, Promotion,
Merchandise Distribution, Requirements planning etc.
5. Good knowledge about third party solutions interfaces, providing functional specs for
developments
6. Training the core team in the layman language for better understanding of SAP and its
success.
Mar ’07 – Mar ‘08, Associate SAP Consultant – Technosoft Global Services (P) Ltd,
Chennai

Technosoft is an US based IT Company with focus on SAP IS-Retail implementation & support
projects for KBR & Colder etc. The company had recently ventured into the niche area of
developing IS-Retail solutions, and currently implementing IS-Retail for various clients in USA
& India. Technosoft also is actively involved in developing a POS solution that is integrated in
R/3 Architecture and includes some comprehensive solutions like Fraud Watch, Customer
Loyalty Management.

Project 1: Support (Client: Kenneth Cole Productions, USA)

Team Size: 4
Role: Support Functional Consultant
Skill Set: SAP IS-Retail, VPN
Duration: 16 weeks

• Worked in close with the Onsite team and handled various issues in Article master,
Pricing and Promotion.

Project 2: Automated POS Testing using QTP (Client: Orasi, USA)

Team Size: 4
Role: POS Functional Consultant
Skill Set: SAP Traversity POS Express, Store Manager, Mercury QTP
Duration: 10 weeks

• Develop, demonstrate and brief the scenarios to Testing Engineers.

• Manually test the developed scenarios and prepare test case documents.
• Approve the test results by Quality Assurance from our side.

Scenarios Administered:-
1. PLU Management
2. Performing Mix-n-Match
3. Promotions Management
4. Employee Maintenance
5. Store Administration
6. Cash & Safe Management

Project No. 3: Developing SAP IS-Retail specific retail stores prototype, SAP India Ltd,
Bangalore. As a prospective channel partner in India, Technosoft offered its technical
expertise to SAP India Ltd, Bangalore in developing prototypes for IS-Retail software
applications. The prototypes were Electronics Industry, Grocery Chain Stores and AFS
(Apparel/Footware Solutions) handling the real time scenarios and were presented in SAP
SUMMIT held in Mumbai on 06-08 June’07.

Details:-
Reported to: Mr. Alok Jayanth, Sr. Solution Architect, SAP India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore.
Team Size: 6
Skill Set: SAP IS-Retail
Version: SAP ECC 6.0
Duration: 4 weeks
Industry Prototypes: Electronics, Grocery Chain, Apparel & Footware Solutions
IS Retail specific scenarios handled & specialised:
 Master Data creation through LSMW
 Retail Pricing and Promotions Management
 Assortments, Allocation, Requirements Planning
Apr ’04 – Aug ‘06, Sales Engineer – Dutco Tennant LLC, Abu Dhabi

• Got a break through in Al Taweelah Power Plant, Abu Dhabi and established our
company as a reputed vendor who addresses all of their needs of spares, OEMs and
specialty products
• Active participation in bidding tenders and generating RFQ’s from the ongoing pro-
jects
• Handled the entire Sales process – right from RFQ generation to sourcing to pay-
ment collection including co-ordinating deliveries.
• Worked in an ERP environment

Aug ’01 – Apr ’04 Officer – Corporate Services & Logistics at ABT Industries Ltd

• As Officer – Corporate Services & Logistics, I had handled Logistics, FMCG Dis-
tribution and MIS. So I have an excellent knowledge in the distribution process as
well as Sales Support activities.
• Reported to Regional Sales manager (Dairy Division) and took care of streamlining
the Local Marketing by assisting the sales team in presenting the products to cor-
porate clients.
• Performed regular statistical analysis to help the Management in arriving at stra-
tegic decisions and framing new discount & offers as a part of promotional
strategies
• Streamlining the Logistics.

Education
 1999 – 2001, Masters Programme in International Business, PSG Institute Of
Management, Coimbatore.
 1995 – 1999, B. E (Mechanical), VMKV College of Engineering, Salem

Achievements
Academic – School first and District third in SSLC Examination

References
Available on request

Personal Details
UAE Visa Status : Mission Critical (valid till 20/08/2009)
Date of Birth : 14th June 1977
Marital Status : Married
Permanent Address : F2, Kala Brindhavan, Thalayari St., West Mambalam, Chennai.
Passport : H3008095 expiring on 20/02/2019
Languages : Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi
Hobbies : Reading, Photography, Movies, Travelling and Blogging.
Availability : 4-8 weeks notice period
Salary Expected : Negotiable