MADHANAGOPALAN

VENKATACHALAPATHY
Mobile: +91 9488651079
E-Mail: venkatmadhan@gmail.com

A competent professional with over 17 years in ERP Implementation, Upgrade, Support & Roll out of Oracle Fusion
Products like Manufacturing, Oracle Advanced Procurement, Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Enterprise Asset
Management.
Plus 16 years of Domain Expertise in World’s Largest Textile Machinery Manufacturing Organization.
Certified Oracle Cloud Procurement Application Professional
PROFILE SUMMARY

 Expertise in ERP System Implementations for Oracle Fusion Application, Oracle Advanced Procurement, Supply
Chain Management (SCM) and Enterprise Asset Management modules in implementing ERP System entailing
Business Analysis (Gap Analysis), ERP Implementation, Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), End-User
training & then Post-Implementation Support in Production instance.
 Exceptional in coordinating the delivery of professional services to customers with delivery of multiple project initiatives
designed to enhance the services and level of support provided to the client
 Resourceful in analyzing business processes, determining gaps with desired state of business and suggesting solutions
using TCM Methodology for Oracle fusion implementations, AIM and OUM Methodology for Oracle E-Business suite
implementations across Procurement, Manufacturing, and Maintenance.
 Delivered end-to-end large business-critical program as Functional expert in Oracle 11i and
R12 E-Business Suite right from planning, implementation, scope management, to activity sequencing, effort & cost
estimation, system development & testing and quality management in adherence to guidelines and norms
 Insightful knowledge of business process analysis (As-Is, To-Be) into ERP processes, application-based process
Re-engineering, process optimization, cost control & revenue maximization from Oracle system solutions in Bills of Material
(BOM), Work in Process (WIP) Inventory (INV), Maintenance (eAM) and iProcurement, Services Procurement, Purchasing
(PO) Modules
 An effective leader with proven aptitude in leading teams during project phase and enabling knowledge sharing among them

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Oracle ERP Consulting & Solutions Process Improvement ERP Implementation

Business Process Consulting Business Process Re-engineering Project Management
Process & Systems Management Operations & Quality Management Delivery Management

CERTIFICATIONS

 Certified in Oracle Cloud Procurement Application

WORK EXPERIENCE

May’11 – Mar’22: Oracle Consulting Solution Center, Bangalore, India as Senior Principle Consultant
Sep’08 - Apr’11: Oasis Investment Company (OIC), Dubai, UAE.
May’06 - Aug’08: HCL Technologies Ltd., Chennai, India as Lead Consultant
Jun’05 - Apr’06: Sierra Atlantic Software Services Limited, Hyderabad, as Senior Consultant
Jan’05 - May’05: Bhawan CyberTek Limited, Chennai as Consultant
Apr’88 - Dec’04: Lakshmi Machine Works Limited, Coimbatore, India as Senior Engineer

Key Result Areas

 Analyzing information system needs, evaluating end-user requirements, custom designing solutions, troubleshooting for
information systems management
 Monitoring service consolidation, change management, migration operations and broad understanding in planning, design,
deployment, and management of enterprise IT
 Ensuring the smooth transition from current to future business operations; managing pre-transition activities including onsite
due diligence and feasibility studies followed by successful offshore implementation; transforming necessary processes,
tools and environment from the “present” state to the agreed “future” state
 Defining and implementing procedures, best practice and service standards for business excellence

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 Supporting multiple teams and projects simultaneously while creating clear and organized functional requirement and design specifications
that cater to multiple audiences such as clients, developers, and management
 Translating and communicating Supply Chain concepts in business stakeholder workshops and driving stakeholders to effective,
best practice business process design
 Establishing and implementing ‘best practice’ processes across the organization to ensure effectiveness resulting in reduced costs
and improved service delivery

At Oracle Consulting Solution Center, Bangalore

Project: FirstBank Nigeria – Procurement Suite, Inventory, Costing and Maintenance Cloud Implementation.
Location: Bangalore, India
Client: FirstBank, Nigeria
Role: Team Lead
Duration: Nov-2021 to Till Date.
Client: First Bank of Nigeria Limited is a Nigerian multinational bank and financial services company headquartered in
Lagos Nigeria. It is the premier bank in West Africa with its impact woven into the fabric of society.
Responsibilities:
 SOAR and Non-SOAR Model Implementation of SSP, Purchasing, Sourcing, Supplier Portal, SQM, Procurement Contracts, Inventory,
Costing and Maintenance Modules.
 Lift and Shift the Inventory, Purchasing and Self-Service Procurement module from EBS.
 Fresh Implementation of Fusion Cloud Supplier Portal, Sourcing, SQM, Procurement Contracts and Maintenance modules
 Conducting Familiarization sessions and Business Context sessions from Nov’21.
 Preparing the Configuration workbook and detailing to customer about the future application configurations to get it signed.
 Preparing for the Process Playback sessions in a Fusion test environment.
 Status updates on various test cases, Team Meetings, Documentation, Knowledge Transfers etc.
Project: O2R-OAL – Fusion Order to Revenue Project Implementation at Oracle Applications Labs
Location: Bangalore, India
Client: Oracle Corporation, USA
Role: QA Lead Analyst
Duration: July-2020 to Sep’21.
Client: Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Austin,
Texas. Oracle ranked as the world's largest database management company.

Responsibilities:
 End-to-end testing of Order to Revenue flow between various applications.
 Hardware, Software, Cloud Subscriptions, License and Migration products “Order to Revenue” process flow testing
 Data flow and integration testing between Sales Cloud, CPQ, SPM, Fusion OM, Fusion AR, SFO, Costing and General ledger.
 Forward-Bridge and Reverse-Bridge data flow testing between applications like Fusion, EBS and PaaS Extensions.
 SR, BUG creation follow-up and testing
 Status updates on various test cases, Team Meetings, Documentation, Knowledge Transfers etc.

Project: EBS Advanced Procurement Implementation

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Client: Modon Properties PJSC
Role: Track leader for EBS Advanced Procurement modules
Duration: Dec-2019 to Jun-2020.
Client: Established in January 2018, Modon is a master developer mandated by the Abu Dhabi government to build
vibrant and sustainable communities and develop strategic mixed-use projects in Abu Dhabi.

Responsibilities:
 System overview, requirement gathering, solution design, process mapping and gap analysis.
 Conducting Process Playback-1 and 2
 Delivering Functional Design Document, Configuration Workbook and User Guide
 User Acceptance Testing and Train the Trainer
 Go-live and post implementation Hyper care

Project: Oracle Fusion Maintenance Cloud Application Implementation

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Client: Shibh Al-Jazira Contracting Co. (SAJCO)
Role: Track Lead for Fusion Maintenance Cloud
Duration: Jun-2019 to Nov-2019
Summary: Shibh Al Jazira Contracting Company (SAJCO) is a Saudi Arabian Closed Joint Stock Company established in
1965. The company’s head office is in Riyadh, as well as several branches in Jeddah, Medina, Qassim, Abha,
and Dammam. It is one of the leading family companies in the field of contracting and construction in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is owned and managed by the same family for over 50 Years. Since its
foundation, the company has developed infrastructure and its fields.

Responsibilities:
 Managed system overview, requirement gathering, solution design, process mapping and gap analysis
 Conducted Process Playback-1 & 2, solution demo to key users.
 Conducted UAT
 Provided Configuration workbook, Item import, Assets Import templates for data collection.
 Go-live preparations and support

Project: Oracle India GST Implementation - India.

Location: Bangalore, India
Client: Oracle Consulting
Role: Track Lead for P2P
Duration: Sep-2018 to May-2019
Summary: Develop, Deploy, test and Implementation of India GST Tax structure along with the product development
team.

Responsibilities:
 Fusion Advanced Procurement modules configuration for deploy and test the India GST.
 Prepare test cases.
 Conducted testing
 Documentation of test results.
 Communicate with the product development team.

Project: EBS Advanced Procurement Implementation

Location: Amman, Jordan
Client: Zain Telecom Company - Jordan
Role: SCM Lead
Duration: Jun-2018 to Aug-2018
Summary: Zain is a leading mobile voice and data services operator with a commercial footprint in 8 Middle Eastern and
African countries with a workforce of over 6,000 providing a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data
services to over 49.5 million active individual and business customers as of Dec 31, 2019.

Responsibilities:
 Requirement gathering, solution design, process mapping and gap analysis
 Conducted Conference Room Pilots, solution demo to key users.
 Conducted UAT
 Provided user guides and conduct train the trainer program.
 Go-live and support.
Project: EBS Maintenance, OAT and ATMS Implementation.
Location: Salmiya, Kuwait
Client: Kuwait Telecom Company - Kuwait.
Role: eAM Lead
Duration: Oct-2015 to May-2017
Summary: VIVA is the newest, most advanced mobile telecommunications service provider in the country. VIVA has
rapidly established itself in the market through its customer and employee-centric approach

Responsibilities:
 Requirement gathering, solution design, process mapping and gap analysis
 Conducted Conference Room Pilots, solution demo to key users.
 Conducted UAT
 Provided user guides and conduct train the trainer program.
 Go-live and support.

Project: Forward Auction Implementation.

Location: Georgia, USA
Client: Synchrony Financials, USA.
Role: Forward Auction Implementation Lead
Duration: Aug-2015 to Sep-2015
Summary: Synchrony Financial is built from GE heritage, tracing our roots to 1932 when GE first offered financing for
new appliances. Today, we’re the largest provider of private label credit cards in the United States, based on
purchase volume and receivables.

Responsibilities:
 Custom Solution Deployment, data load and testing the complete solution.
 Conducted Conference Room Pilots, solution demo to key users.
 Conducted UAT
 Provided user guides and conduct train the trainer program.
 Go-live and support.

Project: Oracle Asset Lifecycle Management Implementation.

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Client: Saudi Arabian National Guard, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. KSA.
Role: OALM Implementation Lead
Duration: Nov-2013 to May-2015
Summary: The Saudi Arabian National Guard is one of the three major branches of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia. The National Guard is under the administrative control of the Ministry of the National Guard. It
serves both as a defense force against external attack and as a security force against internal threats. Its
duties include protecting the House of Saud, guarding against military coups, guarding strategic facilities and
resources, and providing security for the cities of Mecca and Medina. The Project scope spreads across HCM,
Finance, Supply Chain, Transport Management and Oracle Asset Lifecycle Management. R12.1.3
Implementation of Enterprise Asset Lifecycle Management including Asset Tracking, Install Base, Property
Book, Self Service Work Request, Maintenance Super User and Maintenance User Workbench.

Responsibilities:
 OALM expert for the inception and elaboration phases of this project.
 Involved in collaborating with Other Implementing Partners like IBM, Mashreq and the business users and business leads of Saudi
Arabian National Guard to understand the complex requirements and did the solution design in eAM.
 Key contributor to the design of the complete solution of OALM and on the integration with other modules like Financials, Supply
Chain, Oracle Transportation Management and HCM.
 Conducted workshops to demonstrate standard features of R12.1.3, to the customer as part of the entire solution foot print of Oracle.
 Documented various Future business process flows in OALM using Visio diagrams to meet the challenging and complex business
cycles and integration points between modules.
Project: Oracle Enterprise Asset Management and Advanced Procurement Implementation.
Location: Accra, Ghana.
Client: Volta River Authority, Ghana. Accra, Ghana.
Role: eAM and Purchasing Lead
Duration: Jan-2013 to Oct-2013
Summary: The Volta River Authority (VRA) was established on April 26, 1961, with the core business to generate and
supply electrical energy for industrial, commercial and domestic use in Ghana. VRA started with the
generation of power from the Akosombo Hydro Dam and later, the Kpong Hydro Dam, downstream of
Akosombo. In addition, VRA generates power from thermal facilities at Aboadze and Tema locations to
complement hydro generation. R12.1.3 Implementation of Enterprise Asset Management including
Purchasing, iProcurement, Procurement Contracts, Self Service Work Request and Maintenance Super User.

Responsibilities:
 Involved in collaborating with the business users and business leads of Volta River Authority to understand the complex requirements
and solution designing in eAM.
 Key contributor to the Integration solution design with other modules like PO and Financials.
 Conducted workshops to demonstrate solution design to the customer.
 Conducted CRP 1 and CRP 1 during the inception and elaboration phases.
 Did deep analysis of the requirements and did GAP analysis and designed enhancements to address the key GAPS.
 Demonstrated multiple POCs to the customer as part of the entire solution foot print of Oracle.
 Involved in collaborating with the business users and business leads of Volta River Authority during the Advanced Procurement User
Acceptance Testing.
 The issue log maintained and closed all the issues raised during the UAT.
 Supporting the Data migration activity for production.
 Go-Live activities and post go-live support.
Project: Oracle GIFMIS Implementation.
Location: Accra, Ghana.
Client: Government of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Role: Purchasing Implementation Lead
Duration: Jan-2012 to Sep-2012
Summary: Government of Ghana which will be using the oracle applications Financials modules along with purchasing
for its different ministries. Government of Ghana Ministries are around 40 and 10 treasuries, to name a few are
Controller and Accountant General Department, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Ministry of
Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Transportation etc. The Objective of the implementation of oracle
applications will be on fund allocations through budgeting for various ministries based on the high-level plan
for various schemes funded and organized by the government and funding organizations.

Responsibilities:
 Study the existing setup and usage of Purchasing from the Previous implementation and collect details from the Operations Manuals
prepared by third party.
 Analyze the Current business process, Future business process module, implementation and usage of standard features, recommend
the customizations, Extensions, personalization, and other third-party applications interfaced with oracle applications.
 Documented the current paint points which need to be addressed, Gaps that can be addressed using standard features and
recommendations for effective use of current and new release features.
 Documentation using OUM for various purposes like Future business process modeling (RD-011/RD-055), Functional Design
documentation (AN-100), Test Script Preparation (TE-025), Data Mapping document (CV-027), Setup document (DS-030) and
MOSCOW List (RD-045), and Progress Report (CV-070).
 Conducted CRP-I, CRP-II, Walkthrough (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
 Go-Live and pos go-live support.
At Oasis Investment Company, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Project: Oracle Supply Chain Management Implementation.

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Client: Oasis Investment Company LLC, Dubai
Role: SCM Implementation Lead
Duration: Sep-2008 to Apr-2011
Summary: OIC, one of the largest manufacturing, engineering, trading, marketing, distribution, contracting and service
industries conglomerates in the Arabian Gulf. With headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, it now has
more diverse operations in industrial and business fields than almost any other similar group in the region. End
to End Implementation of oracle applications 11.5.10.2 to all OIC group companies. Involved in Manufacturing,
supply chain and enterprise asset management modules end to end implementation.

Responsibilities:
 Implementation and Successful completion of Go-live for Enterprise Asset Management, Manufacturing and Distribution Modules for
more than 15 business divisions.
 Completion of CRP-I, CRP-II and UAT.
 Integrating Bar-Code technology with Oracle Applications for Discrete Work Order Completion, Physical Inventory Counting and
Shipping Transactions.
 Develop Reports, Interfaces, Extensions and Custom Solutions.
 Implementing new business concepts like Estimation, Facility Management (eAM), and Bar-Code Integration etc.
 Develop the New requirements like forms, Reports at our off-shore center and deploy at the various facilities.
At HCL Technologies, Chennai

Project: Procure to Pay Support Project.

Location: Chennai, India
Client: Arvin Meritor, USA
Role: P2P Support Member
Duration: Mar-2008 to Aug-2008
Summary: USA’s Largest Auto parts manufacturer operates from over 18 destinations to meet customer needs across
the Globe.

Responsibilities:
 Support the PTP process from Offshore.
 Handling issues through Remedy Ticket handling system.
 User Acceptance and Sign-off to meet the SLA.
 Documentation for the resolved issues.
 Work with oracle on SR for critical issues and providing results to Users.
 Pay on Consumption Implemented by the On-Site Team Supported and implemented successfully.

Project: EBS 11.5.10.2 Upgrade

Location: Singapore
Client: Kulicke and Soffa, USA
Role: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Implementation Consultant
Duration: Jul-2007 to Feb-2008
Summary: K & S have a global network of 5 plants to manufacture and distribute various Semiconductor industry-based
products like wire bonding machines, Die bonding machines, capillaries, dies, wires, and other spares. The
client already using 11.5.8 and upgrading it to 11.5.10.2.
Responsibilities:
 Acquiring the Knowledge on existing process and complete upgrade activities which includes new requirements.
 Preparing a Pain-Points list to consider during the solution design phase.
 Design and Deliver the Process Flows for Design to Release, Plan to Schedule, Schedule to Build, Plan to Inventory, Procure to
Pay and Order to Cash using Oracle Accelerator.
 Prepare the Test Script for the above process flows for User Acceptance Testing.
 Design and Deliver the Solution Design Document and Sign-Off.
 All the Manufacturing and Distribution modules are upgraded successfully at Israel and China Plants.

Project: EBS 11.5.10.2 Upgrade

Location: Chennai, India and Boston, USA
Client: Teradyne Inc, USA
Role: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Implementation Consultant
Duration: Jun-2006 to Jun-2007
Summary: Teradyne currently operates manufacturing, engineering, and service centers throughout the United States
and around the globe. Deliver competitive advantage to the world's leading semiconductor, electronics,
automotive and network systems companies. The company's products are primarily sold, installed, and
serviced directly as well as Subsidiaries.

Responsibilities:
 Prepared initial Resource mapping and allocation, Planning and executing Knowledge transfer, Functional Design Documentation.
 Unit Test Plan preparation for the custom solutions developed using RICE approach.
 Reduced many custom applications by up-gradation and Testing the upgraded components.
 Prepared the 3 Strike Rule to maintain the Severity levels.
 Knowledge transfer from existing support team at on-site, setup ODC at off-shore and share the knowledge to the team including
documentation.
 Order Management and Account Receivables upgrade from 10.7 to 11.5.10.2.
 Created Procedure manual (PROCMAN) for the whole engagement.
At Sierra Atlantic Software Services Limited, Hyderabad, India

Project: EBS Upgrade from 11.5.8 to 11.5.10.2.

Location: Hyderabad, India.
Client: Butler Manufacturing Company, USA.
Role: MFG and SCM Lead
Duration: Feb-2006 to May-2006
Summary: Butler Manufacturing Company providing the design, manufacture and marketing metal building systems for
commercial construction. The customer already using 11.5.8 and upgrading to 11.5.10.2.

Responsibilities:
 Testing of the Custom reports, extensions and Interfaces in the upgraded instance and release for UAT to clients.
 Review the new requirement from the client and develop the Functional Specification for new requirements.
 Document the new features of the new version, training the key business users and sign-off.
 Documented and Demonstrated the Advanced Supply Chain Planning Proof-of-Concept.
 Successfully upgraded customizations, extensions, interfaces and reports.

Project: EBS Support Project.

Location: Hyderabad, India.
Client: Telex Communications, USA.
Role: MFG and SCM Lead
Duration: Jun-2005 to Jan-2006
Summary: Telex Communications is a global leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of high-performance
professional audio and communications equipment. We provide post upgrade support to the Customer across
Manufacturing, Advanced supply chain planning, Purchasing, Order Management and Inventory module.
Telex Communications has implemented the entire discrete suite of Manufacturing and Distribution modules at
 US operations. Based on it we rolled out to UK, Japan and Germany operations. The engagement involves
Solution Design, Roll-outs, Bespoke development and Data Migration.

Responsibilities:
 Support from offshore for 11i Manufacturing and Distribution Modules.
 Development of custom solutions to fit into Oracle applications.
 Prepare the Functional Specification for the requirements.
 Testing and delivering it to client including training and documentation.
 Handling the weekly review meetings. Request for approval of applying patches through change request.
 Maintained SLA along with the on-site support team.

At Bahwan CyberTek, Chennai, India

Project: EBS Implementation Project.

Location: Muscat, Oman.
Client: Oman India Fertilizer Company LLC (OMIFCO), OMAN.
Role: SCM Lead
Duration: Jan-2005 to May-2005
Summary: Oman India Fertilizer Company LLC is one of the largest Urea and Ammonia producers in Oman, who
manufactures and supplies Fertilizer Products to India. It is a joint venture organization between Indian
fertilizer manufacturer Kribco / Iffco and Oman Government, for which we have implemented financials and
Supply Chain Modules.

Responsibilities:
 Successfully setup the Inventory and Purchasing modules
 Landed Cost module (Form) built and introduced for Purchasing.
 Aim Documentations like Current Business Process RD020, Gap document BR010, Business Requirement Mapping RD050,
 Functional Specifications MD050, Test Scripts TE040, Set up document BR100.
 Testing the custom developments.
 Conduct conference room pilot, training and user acceptance sessions including Sign-Off.

At Lakshmi Machine Works Limited, Coimbatore, India

Project: EBS Implementation Project.

Location: Coimbatore, India.
Client: Lakshmi Machine Works Limited, Coimbatore, India.
Role: MFG Core Team Member
Duration: Apr-2002 to Dec-2004
Summary: Lakshmi Machine Works Limited is world’s 2nd largest textile machinery, CNC and heavy casting
manufacturer, one of the largest implementations during this time in India and almost all the modules
implemented in HRMS, Finance, Distribution, Manufacturing, CRM and eAM (for the First time in India).

Responsibilities:
 As-Is and To-Be prepared using IDEF approach to have an integrated and diagrammatic representation of the process flows.
 No Customized forms or reports introduced during the go-live stage for distribution and manufacturing modules.
 Learning the Oracle through Oracle corporation team and TCS (Implementing partner).
 Preparing Gap documents, recommending customized solution, preparing functional specification for these customizations.
 Providing resolution using TAR/SR.
 Conducted UAT-I, UAT-II, Conference room Pilot. Data Migration activity from Legacy (Ingress platform).
 Cut-over planning and Go-Live activities.
At Lakshmi Machine Works Limited, Coimbatore, India (Domain)

Client: Lakshmi Machine Works Limited, Coimbatore, India.

Location: Coimbatore, India.
Role: Senior Engineer, Machine Shop.
Duration: Apr-1988 to Mar-2002

Summary: Managing Shop Floor, Scheduling and executing the production targets, Implementing ISO, TPM, Maintenance
and Tool Room, Product Engineering and Process Engineering Activities, Kaizen and 5S Activities, Business Process Re-Engineering
activities to establish the business processes before implementing ERP.

Introducing Multi-Machine Single Operator concept, Introduce Discrete, JIT, Repetitive and Kanban manufacturing concepts, Introducing
Special Purpose Machine, Multi Spindle Automates, CNC Machines to improve Productivity, Introducing Jig and Fixtures to reduce setup
time and eliminate non-value-added activity, Introduced Quality Circles to reduce rejection and wastage, conducting daily MRB meetings to
resolve the quality related issues.