SACHIN LIMBACHIA

Associate Manager (SAP Basis Consultant)

Gujarat, India
Mobile: +91 9737160881 / +91 9328301342
E-Mail: sachin.limbachiya@gmail.com
Best time to call: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
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OBJECTIVE
Seeking opportunities to acquire a challenging career with a solid company, to utilize the opportunity and offer
proven skills within the company

SUMMARY
Highly talented and competent SAP Basis Consultant with over 13+ years of experience in IT Industry, which
includes 8+ years in SAP BASIS
Technically proficient in implementation of SAP ABAP & NetWeaver Systems such as ECC5, ECC6, CRM 7.0,
TREX, MI 7.1, BI 7.0, BI 7.1, EP 7.3 Systems and it's maintenance & support functions
Actively and effectively involved in Project implementation and delivered on time
Exceptional knowledge of Oracle DB Architect, SAP ABAP & NetWeaver Architect, SAP System upgrade,
Oracle upgrade, SAP-SAP & SAP-NONSAP Integration, SAP BASIS Administration & Maintenance, SAP
Performance optimization, SAP Data growth optimization & SAP Security
Championed in managing IT Projects with great leadership, management, and communication skills
Skilled at analyzing errors, information system needs, evaluating user requirements, custom designing
solutions, fixing application/database issues and system troubleshooting
Problem identifier and trouble-shooter comfortable in managing systems, projects and teams in a range of IT
environments
Demonstrated ability in prioritizing, coordinating, and managing multiple projects and meeting deadlines
Posses strong database skills, along with object oriented programming and development knowledge

EMPLOYMENT CONTOUR
Organization Designation Duration
Future Group Associate Manager - SAP Basis Consultant Apr 2010 Till Date
Future Group Lead Associate - SAP Basis Consultant Apr 2008 Mar 2010
Pantaloon Retail (I) Ltd IT Administrator (SAP BASIS Admin) Jun 2005 Mar 2008
Pantaloon Retail (I) Ltd IT Administrator Aug 2000 May 2005
KEY DELIVERABLES
As a Associate Manager - SAP Basis Consultant
Spearheading all the projects and their activities within the organization
Drove impressive improvements across the business as a result of IT implementations
Instrumental in finalization of project requirements and resource planning and played a key role in strategic
planning to assure achievement of agreed to functional and business objectives
Liaised with other business units to gather requirements, initiate and execute projects
Effectively communicated and managed various project management timelines, processes and methodologies
with customers and internal staff



Support, Maintenance & Upgrade
Developed & maintained effective relationships with clients / service providers for business excellence
Conducted Error analysis and provided resolution on time
Responsible for managing team for SAP Application supports (L1,L2 & L3) and Troubleshooting
Implement advance alerts in system for monitoring purposes and take proactive action
Providing support to the SAP System, Oracle DB Performance Optimization
Responsible for integrating SAP-NONSAP application appropriately and considering application security
measures and performance prospect
Implementing & leveraging new functionality and solutions, managing and maintaining all the SAP applications
and SAP systems
Performing the database refresh (Homogeneous) & Heterogeneous System Copy
Responsible for Periodic SAP Application and Database Upgrade
Play a key role in defining database backup strategy for SAP Landscape and ensuring backup successfully
taken as per defined process.
Involved in Database Growth Optimization by preventing unwanted data growth, archiving data
Initiating DBA activities like reorganizing LOB, rebuilding Indexes, Table Compression, Table Partitioning, IOT
Conversion, DB Parameterization, patch upgrade, relocating datafiles, DB user management, DB Recovery

As a Lead Associate SAP Basis Consultant
Involved in the SAP System Installation and Setup
Instrumental in conducting SAP Post installation activities like SAP Parameterization, E-Mail configuration,
Profile parameter maintenance, Configuring Logon load balancing and Operation mode
Managing a SAP System Monitoring at various level like OS, DB and R/3 Application
Measurement of system health check and response times and performed periodic Housekeeping activities
Upgraded SAP Systems and Database
Performed user creation and security administration by restricting unauthorized access as per business needs
and organization policy
Analyzing and solving SAP issues using ABAP dump, System logs, Alert_SID.log etc
Accountable for applying SNOTES to fix the known bug or enable additional functionality
Monitoring database growth, extending Tablespaces by adding\resizing datafiles
Involved in the SAP Client Administration like Creating New Client, Local Copy, Remote Copy, Client Transport
Configuration of Transport Management System and STMS requests for internal/external landscape

As a IT Administrator SAP BASIS Admin
Accountable for SAP User management and SAP Security administration
Involved in Transport Request Management
Responsible for SAP System Monitoring
Scheduled SAP System backups and restoration as per backup policy
As a IT Administrator
Accountable for managing the project management activities for the New Store, Warehouses & Offices
Involved in the preparation of investment proposals, budgeting, IT infrastructure implementation and Application
Setup for the new projects
Conduct Recruitment for System/Network Administrator for new stores, warehouses and provide training to the
end-users in the post-implementation phase




SUCESSFUL PROJECT DELIVERY

Project # 1 ECC6 Implementation
Project # 2 CRM 7.0 SR1 Implementation
Project # 3 CRM 7.0 EHP 2 Implementation
Project # 4 SAP MI 7.0 (SAP NetWeaver 7.1) Implementation
Project # 5 SAP BI 7.0 (SAP NetWeaver 7.01) Implementation
Project # 6 SAP XI 7.0 (SAP NetWeaver 7.01) Implementation
Project # 7 SAP BI 7.1 (SAP NetWeaver 7.1) Implementation
Project # 8 SAP EP 7.3 (SAP NetWeaver 7.1) Implementation
Project # 9 SAP BPC Implementation
Project # 10 SAP Solution Manager 7.1 End to End Implementation
Project # 11 SAP ERP 6.0 to EHP 5 upgrade on ECC6.0 Landscape
Project # 12 ERP 6.0 EHP 5 to EHP6 upgrade on ECC6.0 Landscape
Project # 13 Solution Manager 7.0 to 7.1 Upgrade
Project # 14 Oracle upgrade from 9i to 10g on ECC5 Landscape
Project # 15 ORACLE Upgrade from 10g to 11.2.0.2 on ECC5 Landscape
Project # 16 ORACLE Upgrade from 10g to 11.2.0.2 on ECC6 Landscape
Project # 17 ORACLE Upgrade from 10g to 11.2.0.2 on CRM 7.0 Landscape
Project # 18 ORACLE Upgrade from 10g to 11.2.0.2 on BI 7.0 Landscape
Project # 19 ORACLE Upgrade from 11.2.02 to 11.2.0.3 on ECC6 Landscape
Project # 20 CRM 7.0 Heterogeneous System Copy (Solaris SPARC platform to Solaris x86 platform)
Project # 21 ECC5 Heterogeneous System Copy (HP UX to Sun Solaris platform )






OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES

Implementation of SAP ABAP & NetWeaver
Accountable for planning, H/W sizing for SAP Landscape
Involved in the preparation of Prerequisites for SAP installation
Installed, Configured, maintained and monitored the environment such as
o SAP System Setup
o CRM Java System Installation (For CRM 7.0 EHP2)
o UME-ABAP Configuration with Java (For CRM 7.0 EHP2)
o perform post-installation activities
Conducted Application/Database parameterization and performance tuning
Responsible for Defined Backup strategy and stabilizing system performance by tuning parameters, creating
indexes, Enabling Housekeeping activities.
Integration between SAP BI 7.1 & SAP EP 7.3 ( For EP 7.3)
SAP Content Server Set up and configuration ( For CRM Systems)

Implementation of SAP Solution Manager 7.1
Accountable for System preparation, meeting Pre-requisites & installation for Solution Manager 7.1
Configured Solution Manager and integrated all SAP Satellite systems.
Conducted the activities such as upgradation of Support package, Kernel and SBP patches
Accomplished and Configured following functionalities for SAP Systems Monitoring through Solution Manager.
o Diagnostics agent and Willy IS EM - Installation
o Managing the Central System Monitoring for all SAP systems
o Alert Notification for OS ,DB & SAP Application
o SAP Technical Operation and BI System Monitoring
o Service Level Reporting & Analysis, DBA Cockpit and EWA Configuration
Activated SAP Solution Documentation & Project Management and build the central repository for project
documents, Business scenarios, processes
Enabled and Configured Change Request Management which caused multiple benefits like reducing change
defects in production environment by proper approval workflows process ,reduced efforts for transporting
requests and setup central repository for change approval for quick auditing
Involved for implementing Incident Management which results better working relationships between the
Customers and the Support team
Configured Custom Code Life Cycle Management for bringing transeperacy of Custom code by Identifying
unused customized objects which quick help to reduce the garbage from SAP systems
HP-QTP tool deployment and configuration for Test Atomization

SAP System Upgrade - SAP ERP 6.0 to EHP 5 & EHP 6 upgrade on ECC6.0 Landscape
Responsible for planning for the EHP5 installation, pre-requisites to post installation activities
Provided EHP5/EHP6 level reports for analyzing side effect
Involved in Setup Test System for Pilot System
SAP System Stack Upgrade as per EHP5 Pre-requisites
Run MOPz and generate the stack configuration file
Accountable for downloading and calculating software components and SAPehpi/SUM
Performing Pre-check activities
Installed the Enhancement packages on system and upgraded EHP (initialization, extraction, configuration,
check, pre-processing, downtime, post processing finalization)
Post activities & UAT

Oracle Upgrade
Prepared the Checklist and pre-requisites for the upgradation of Oracle 10g to 11g
Involved in the preparation of list of action items for Oracle 11g upgrade including Post Upgrade activity
Downloaded Oracle 11g RDBMS, Patches and BRTools
Involved in the planning of full database backup and Oracle binaries
Checking Prerequisites and performing Pre-Activities
Performed the installation and upgaradation
o Oracle 10g/11g Software
o Installation of SAP Bundle Patch with Oracle 11g
Accountable for Running Pre-Upgrade Scripts and apply the recommendations
Upgrading the
o Oracle Database from 10g to 11g
o BRTOOL (released 700) and SAP Kernel 640_EX2 (for Oracle 10g upgrade)
Finalizing Environment variables and Running Post-Upgrade Scripts and apply the recommendations
Post Upgrade Activities and UAT

OSDB Migration Project
Prepared and meet OS Pre-requisites for Target System
Run migration utility to export source system
Responsible for the installation of SAP CRM 7.0 on Target System
Import dump to target system
Executed post migration activities and system UAT after OSDB Migration







ACHIEVEMENTS
Received appreciation letters/ Certificate from Organizations/Managements for
o SAP BASIS Support
o SAP ONE PROJECT (ECC5 to ECC6.0 Migration Project)
o Successful completion of 5 Years in Future Group
o Successful completion of 10 Years in Future Group
Received Appreciation Certificate from INDUS for SAP Solution Manager Excellence - ITSM & Change Control
on Sep 2013
Honored with SAP Ace Award of Technology Solution for ECC5 to ECC6 Migration - Oct 2013
Compressed the Database size from 17 TB to 10 TB by leveraging Oracle 11g functionality

CERTIFICATIONS
Advanced Diploma in Software Engineering from Aptech
Oracle Database Fundamental from ITS, Ahmedabad (Oracle Certified Partner)
Structure Query Language from ITS, Ahmedabad (Oracle Certified Partner)

SKILL SET
SAP BASIS Administration
Client Interaction
Issue Analysis & Resolution
Troubleshooting
Time Management
Development Support
Project Management Functional / Technical
Specifications Creation
Team Management
System Administration

TECHNICAL SKILLS
SAP Applications ECC5, ECC6, CRM 7.0 (ABAP+JAVA), SAP Content Server 640, MI 7.0.1
(ABAP), SAP BI 7.0.1, SAP EP 7.1 (ABAP+JAVA), XI 7.0 (ABAP+JAVA),
SAP EP 7.3
SAP Solution Manager 7.0 &
Solution Manager 7.1
Service Desk, Solution Manager Diagnostic, Central DBA Cockpit, Central
Monitoring, EWA, System availability reporting and SAP R/3 - ARIS
integration
Oracle Database Management Objects Maintenance, Space management, Oracle parameter tuning, IOT
Conversion, Table partitioning and Maintenance and Upgrading activities
SAP Performance Monitoring
& Enhancement
Analyzing SAP and DB performance, Parameterization, Optimizing Overall
System Response time, Transactional/Program level Performance
improvement
Homogeneous &
Heterogeneous System
Homogeneous System Copy using Online/Offline Database Backup,
Heterogeneous system copy
Database Oracle 9i ,Oracle 10g, Oracle 11g
OS Platforms HP-Unix, Sun-Solaris, AIX


TRAININGS
eACCP Program from Aptech, India
SQL from ITS, India
Oracle Architectural Components from ITS, India
Oracle Backup and Recovery, from ITS, India



EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Sikkim Manipal University 2006

AVAILABILITY
Ready to relocate immediately
Possess no bond with current employer

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Fluent in English

REFERENCES
Available upon request