Venkateswarlu Lakkakula

Email: lakkakula12@gmail.com
Mobile no: +91 8106084448

Professional Summary:

 Total 15 years of IT Experience.

 Hands on experience on S4/HANA ABAP.
 Good knowledge on SAP UI5 & FIORI Apps.
 10+ years of SAP ABAP experience with MM, SD, FI and HR module.
 Experienced in ABAP Reports, Workflow, Enhancements, Interfaces, Smart forms
Adobe forms , CDS Views , AMDP and ODATA services.
 Working experience in SAP Administration and Security authorization.
 Industrial experience in Life sciences, Retail, CP, Energy and communication.

Professional Experience:

 Working as a Manager in Accenture India Ltd, Bangalore from March 2011 to till
date.
 Worked as a ABAP Technical Team Lead in IBM India Private Ltd, Bangalore from
December 2002 to March 2011.

Education/Certification

 B.E in Mechanical Engineering (Dr. BR. Ambedkar Marathwada University.,

Aurangabad 1994).
 Sun Java 1.2 certified programmer.
 Certified ITIL V3 foundation.

Technical Skills:

ERP Platform : SAP S/4 HANA & SAP R/3.

ERP Open platform : Eclipse NE0N & MARS.

ERP Language : ABAP, ABAP HR, Workflow,

LSMW, BDC, BAPI, User exits, BADI,
Smart forms, SAP Scripts, Reports, BSP Pages,
Adobe forms, ABAP OOP, ODATA services, CDS
Views & AMDP.

Web technologies : JSP, Java script, Java Servlets, EJB.

Cross Application Tech. : RFC, ALE, EDI, IDOC, AIF.

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Work experience

Accenture India Ltd. from March 2011 to till date:

2014 – till date: SAP Technical Delivery Manager, Accenture, India.

Project & Role Description

Global health care leader Sanofi 8/11/2017engaged with Accenture to provide end to end
project rollout delivery to rollout their Athena template in various countries in various
plants.
It works as onsite-offshore model, phases involved in pre-scoping, scoping, design, build,
acceptance, go-live and post go-live support.

Experience:
 Developed and managed the project work plans.
 Working with business users and understanding the requirements and provide fit-gap
analysis.
 Preparation project plan for each phase and follow up on the action items
 Building and adhering to the core model template
 Working with various stake-holder to ensure all are aligned and working towards the
project delivery
 Unit test preparation and testing and reporting
 Business workflow creation for Purchase requisition release procedure, releasing
external purchasing documents
 Business workflow creation for release of invoices blocked for Price reasons
 Business workflow creation for parking of the invoices, credit memos and complete
them for posting.
 Implemented BADI in ODATA services for FIORI leave applications.
 Created OData services for custom over time FIORI application.

2012 – 2013: SAP Project Manager, Accenture, India.

Project & Role Description

Accenture (Vendor) will have the single point responsibility for the successful
implementation of HR solution and business enablement as per the processes designed in
the BPR phase based on the jointly selected HR solution, as a turnkey project.

Responsibilities:
 Conduct regular project status reporting to management steering committee.
 Update project stakeholders on project deliverables.
 Ensure all SAP project deliverables signed off by client.
 Manage project expectations from users and stakeholders.
 Recommend to client IT Project Management the risk mitigating plans.
 Supervising the designing, coding and testing of program modules.

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  Developed and managed the project work plans. Worked with team leads to create
efficient traceable project work breakdown structures (WBS) for business, application
development, integration, legacy systems modification and business intelligence
work streams.
 Managed the execution of realization phase including governance, WRICEF
development and testing phases.
 Managed the WRICEF inventory and led the effort estimation work for the project
realization phase.

2011 – 2012: SAP Project Manager, Accenture, India.

Project & Role Description

BHPB-FPU project: to Implement of SAP ECC, HR, SRM, CRM & CLM, APO & BI
The scope of the project is implementation of 1SAP to Petroleum unit - FPU. It covers the
areas of Human resources, Supply, Marketing, Finance, Work Management and PRA
requirements.

Responsibilities:
 Finalize SAP project timelines, cost budgets, and milestones in conjunction with client
project plans.
 Prepare the overall project plan for stakeholder appreciation and approval.
 Conduct regular project status reporting to management steering committee.
 Update project stakeholders on project deliverables.
 Deploy and manage internal ABAP resources in accordance with SAP Custom
Development standards.
 Ensure all SAP project deliverables signed off by client.
 Manage project expectations from users and stakeholders.
 Recommend to client IT Project Management the risk mitigating plans.
 Supervising the designing, coding and testing of program modules.
 Assisting in identifying, analyzing, mitigating and responding to project and
operational risks.
 Assisting in utilizing efficient and effective processes and standards in order to
continuously improve quality.
 Assisting in determining resource status and needs, and assisting in deploying
resources.
 Resource management / Staffing/ People management.

IBM India private Ltd. Bangalore from Dec 2002 to March 23 2011:
Technical Team Lead

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Projects Details:

3#
Client : SHELL GSAP
Role : ABAP HR Lead/QA Reviewer
Duration : Nov‘10 to March’11.
Modules : SAP R/3, HR.
SAP Release : 4.6c and ECC 5.0
Team Size : 28
Description: Shell Oil Products (OP) currently has approximately 6,000 separate software
applications based on 123 different ERP systems around the world. The global target for Oil
Products during the coming six years is to eliminate local differences as global business
model using a single ERP system. Global SAP (GSAP) rolls out, replacing local business
processes and systems with a single global model. GSAP will replace Shell's fragmented ERP
systems with a harmonized global platform, critical to the delivery of program's benefits.
Shell aims to reduce the number of ERP systems in Oil Products from 123 to less than 10.

GSAP BAM ATS ABAP Support: It is a global project to support all migrated countries moved
to ERP system from various regions in various phases after their successful go-lives.

Responsibilities:
 Developed Payroll audit report.
 Developed report for employees who were not part of deductions.
 Developed a report for SSN Verification report and file for SSA for USA
employees.
 Developed a report which generates Cash register/Payment register.
 Developed a report of Employee Related Payments Grade Wise and Cost Center
Wise.
 Developed a report to fetch cumulative employee related payments and
recoveries for TM grades.
 Developed BDC program to update info type 0105.
 Developed BDC program to upload position relations(S-S, S-P, and S-C).
 Distributing the work to the team members and also continuously monitor their
timely closure.
 Responsible for the overall quality of deliverables and provide approvals if
necessary.

4#
Client : Kraft Foods., USA.
Role : AMS Support Lead
Duration : June‘10 to Oct’10
Modules : HR module
SAP Release : ECC 5.0
Team Size : 25
Description:
It is a global consumer goods company based in the US. It has operations in more than 150
countries, with 98,000 employees worldwide. Its brands include Kraft, Jacobs, LU, Maxwell
House, Milk, Nabisco, Oreo, Philadelphia, and Oscar Mayer.

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HR2U AMS Support: It is a global project to support all migrated countries moved to one
HR2U system from various regions in various phases after their successful go-lives.

Responsibilities:

 Developed a program to update increments other than current year new joiners(TM
Merit increase Administration).
 Developed a program to update increments other than current year new joiners (EG
Merit & Market).
 Developed a program to list and update increments based on increment type(TM
Merit increase Administration).
 Developed a program to list and update increments based on increment type(TM
Market Lateral recruits).
 Developed compensation and appraisal UPDATE for grades ST/SES/RG/M.
 Developed to print TM Market Lateral Recruits letter using SAP script.
 Developed to print appraisal letter for ST grade employees using smart forms.
 Created customer info type to update the certain check list to maintain certain
documents before hiring an employee to the organization.
 Info type enhancement to IT 0015 to maintain year for LTA claim.
 Generated report to list employee with the latest action in the given date range.
 Generated salaries register which will display in the matrix format.
 Status reporting update on deliverables to the client team on weekly basis.
 Responsible for assigning the work to the team members and also continuously
monitor their timely closure.
 Responsible for the overall quality of deliverables and provide approvals if necessary.
 Train the team members to enhance their skills and to meet the customer needs.
 Weekly meetings with the team to discuss on issues, challenges and others if any.

5#
Client : Philip Morris International., Poland
Role : ABAP HR Lead (Onsite)
Duration : Mar‘09 to May’10.
Modules : HR module
SAP Release : ECC 5.0
Team Size : 12
Description:
PMI is a global company selling tobacco and ready-made cigarettes. Between 1981 and
2001 production volumes grew from 249 billion cigarettes to 736 billion. Operating income
grew proportionately. But it was in the 1990s that the strictly controlled markets of Eastern
Europe were thrown open to enterprise, and Philip Morris acquired controlling interests in
several factories in Lithuania, Russia and Poland, while building new factories in cities such
as Russia's St Petersburg and Almaty in Kazakhstan. Today Philip Morris International's
products represent almost 15% of the world's cigarette market.

HR2U SUSE Run & Support: It is a global project to support all migrated countries moved
to one HR2U system from various regions in various phases after their successful go-lives.

Responsibilities:

 Configured ALE setup for outbound, inbound IDOCs.

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  Developed an Inbound interface for posting the HR data into SAP System and split
the single IDOC into number of IDOCs and sent the Confirmation to the source
system.
 Developed inbound interface using HRMD_A to post the HR Master data information.
 Enhanced IDOC interface HR data not to create IDOC when there is no data
segment.
 Enhanced HRMD_A IDOC user exit to distribute IDOCs during the various roll outs to
accommodate their business requirements.
 Developed optimization process of reading & writing of SAP HR master data through
buffers.
 Configured change documents for PA and OM info types.
 Developed remuneration statement using HR forms.
 Enhanced standard info type 0023 based on the business requirement.
 Mentoring the team and managing delivery of objects assigned to the team within
the agreed time frame.

6#
Client : Johnson & Johnson pharmaceuticals
Role : Team Lead (Offshore)
Duration : July‘08 to Jan‘09
Modules : FI module
SAP Release : 4.6C
Team Size : 5
Description:
GHRT (Global Human Resource Transformation) is the project name for the outsourcing of
HR Transactions from J&J Companies to one global system, hosted by converges. This
project deals with the interfaces between Converges and LYNX SAP. Our scope in this
Project is limited to the SAP side of the implementation. Our role includes analyzing
Functional Design Specification (FDS), preparing Detail Design Specification (DDS),
implementing the object and testing. Support for testing in quality will be extended as and
when needed. Post go-live support will be extended for limited period. Structured
Knowledge Transition to base business team will be planned and executed. After successful
completion of post go-live support and Knowledge Transition, base business will continue to
support the applications developed in this project.

As a senior developer responsible for Analysis, design, development, testing and

implementation of customized ERP solutions for new implementations.

 Developed new web based cost center tool to the customer as per their
requirements.

Responsibilities:

1) Designed, developed and implemented 3 outbound interfaces (BA, CC and CC, BU) and
1 PAYROLL HR inbound interface.
2) Designed and developed 3 message types for Payroll, Taxes and Accruals.
3) Designed, developed and implemented cost center web tool.
4) Go live support for one month

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7#
Client : Philip Morris International., Switzerland
Role : Interface Specialist/QA Reviewer (Onsite/Offshore)
Duration : Jan‘06 to Jun’08
Modules : FI, MM, SD and PP
SAP Release : ECC 5.0
Team Size : 10
Description:
PMI Program One is a global PMI initiative to standardize, streamline and integrate Business
processes to improve processing efficiency and to enable the implementation of key
business initiatives throughout its markets by using state-of-the-art technology provided by
SAP.CCC Europe Support Organization established as of July 2005 as an organization
independent from the project. Currently supporting over 5417 live users and exchanging
information with many partners in the world.
Responsibilities:
 Configuration outbound and inbound interfaces.
 IDOC monitoring and system monitoring.
 Issue resolution, emergency fixes and moving passed changes to production after
testing.
 As a change coordinator assigning work orders to offshore team for the changes
asked by local support team with the solution provided by us or them and also
helping them in order to understand the issue and fix the issue.
 Helping or guiding local support teams if they have any issues in the area of
IDOCs.

8#
Client : Shell-Butagaz., France
Role : ABAP Consultant (Offshore)
Duration : March’ 05 to June’05
Modules : FI & MM
SAP Release : 4.6C
Team Size : 5
Description:
Born in 1932, the partnership Butagaz melts its success on a permanent Innovation and the
concern of bringing an energy service of proximity. The Council, equipment, energy gas to
benefit from a network of competences. It is a first! Butagaz was combined with Èbalm to
propose a turn-key solution.
Data migration project from 4.0B to 4.6C in various application areas, sales and distribution,
material management and financial accounting which is implemented in France. Work
includes development of various Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, and Reports.

As a senior member of the team he is actively involved in providing technical assistance to

junior members and sharing knowledge with other members of the team.

Responsibilities:
1 Developing Interface programs and Conversions, Reports as per Technical
Specification.
2 Preparing unit test plan and Unit test results.
3 Offsite coordination between client and the team.

9#
Client : Sony Pictures USA.
Employer : IBM AMS.,

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Role : ABAP Consultant (Offshore/Onsite)
Duration : February 2004 to February 2005
Modules : FI, MM and SD
SAP Release : 4.6C
Team Size : 25
Description:
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is engaged in motion picture production and distribution
television programming and syndication, home video acquisition and distribution, studio
operations, and digital entertainment and technologies.
SPE is currently facing problems within their Finance Organization, and is looking to improve
their overall financial landscape, IBM Global Services US is implementing SAP R/3 4.7, SAP
BW 3.0 and web application 6.2, IGS US decided to avail of IGSI’s in order to develop and
unit test interfaces, conversions, reports, enhancements and forms.

IGSI Provides for ABAP-Technical help for the SPE in USA. Two teams are involved into the
Development one is in based at USA and another team based at Bangalore.
The Work includes development of various Interfaces, Conversions, Module Pool,
Enhancements, Smart forms and Reports.

Responsibilities:
1 Preparing Technical specification for the conversions and forms.
2 Preparing Unit Test Plan (UTP).
3 Developing program as per approved Technical Specification.
4 Testing programs as per approved test plan.
5 Taking part in quality reviews.
6 Providing post implementation support.
7 Taking part in post implementation modification/development

10#
Client : METRO C&C INDIA.
Employer : IBM Business Consulting Services.,
Role : ABAP/4 Consultant (Offshore)
Duration : Dec’16 2002 to January 2004.
Modules : FI & MM
SAP Release : 4.6C
Team Size : 7

Description:
Metro AG. Management holding company for an international trade and services
group, comprising the following operating units: Cash and Carry; Food Retail
(Hypermarkets and Food Stores); Non-food Specialty (Consumer Electronics and
Home Improvement Centers); Department Stores and Others (Discount Stores;
Computers; Fashion; Footwear; Restaurant and Catering; Real Estate).
Provided ABAP/4 Support for FI & MM of SAP/R3 at METRO C&C INDIA, Bangalore.

This phase of the project is involved in bringing SAP into the Finance and Material
Management.

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Responsibilities:
1 Understanding the Business Requirements
2 Preparing High Level Design and Detailed level design
3 Preparing Technical specification for Inbound Interfaces and Conversions.
4 Developed Master Interfaces like Material, Customer and Vendor.
5 Developed transactions like Purchase order, Goods receipt, Invoice control and Stock
Correction.
6 Preparing Unit Test Plan (UTP).
7 Developing program as per approved Technical Specification.
8 Testing programs as per approved test plan.
9 Providing post implementation support.
10 Taking part in post implementation modification/development

Personal Details:

Father Name : L. Sundara Ramaiah.

Date of Birth : 15-12-1971.
Marital Status : Married
Sex : Male.
Nationality : Indian.
Communication
Address : 6201 Embassy Residency Cheran nagar
Perumbakam Chennai - 600100

Passport No : H3166065 Valid up to 2019

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