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Swapnil  Kulkarni

Swapnil Kulkarni

Senior Program Manager - SAP S4HANA
Pune

Summary

Accomplished Senior Program Manager with a proven track record at IBM Consulting, specializing in S4HANA implementation and SAP project management. Expert in leading high-impact procurement digital transformation projects and mentoring teams. Achieved significant business growth, demonstrating exceptional program management and stakeholder engagement skills.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Senior Program Manager

IBM Consulting
11.2021 - Current
  • Playing Senior PMO lead for BP (British Petroleum) – Quantum Procurement S4HANA transformation program for Procure to Pay workstream. Responsible for planning the activities for confirm phase workshops. Responsible for risk management & stakeholder management (SVP governance).
  • Played Deployment lead role for BP’s (British Petroleum) supplier invoicing digitization program in SAP across multiple geographies. This included the Ariba Network onboarding of suppliers, invoice to pay process & workflow digitization using SAP VIM functionalities & App-works. Led the ELS phase for the project to achieve the targeted business benefits & FTE releases.
  • Driving the S4HANA engagement program for largest global electronics industry client for their worldwide S4HANA consolidation program. Contributed to business growth approx. revenue 1 Mn. USD.
  • Driving the initiatives to transform and streamline the SAP projects delivery experience in areas such as opportunity to contract process, sales to delivery handover, project kick start, client engagement and project execution, governance and people management.
  • Contributed to the proposal & project planning for S4HANA implementation for one of major Dairy business industry.

Associate Director

LTIMindtree
01.2009 - 11.2021

o Delivery Manager (Onsite/Offshore)for large SAP S4HANA on cloud transformation program for a Hi-Tech manufacturing client in USA a green field implementation. (Dec’2020 – Oct’2021)

o Worked with senior stakeholders from client & IT teams and contributed on SAP S4HANA release planning & strategy. Also planning the interdependencies for integration/interface and downstream applications to S4HANA.

o Identified & built the detailed project resource plan, and activities plan using MS Projects to track and monitor the progress on weekly basis with milestones.

o Leading the Data migration work stream in the project. Socializing the data migration strategy from legacy Oracle to S4 with all stakeholders for master data & transaction data. Setting up the detailed data migration project plan and driving the data migration working sessions with the teams.

o Working with team size 50+ consultants across onsite/offshore and partnering with multiple client stakeholders in US region. Working as lead for SAP MDG system set up, design & testing along with client stakeholders.

Associate Manager

L&T
06.2003 - 12.2007
  • Led production planning and scheduling activities, built master schedules and allocated resources in heat exchangers in multi-projects environment.
  • Developed strategies and sequence for executing prestigious and challenging manufacturing projects for organization.
  • Responsible for Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Production scheduling, Capacity planning, Delivery of projects, progress reporting to customers and cost control for the projects.
  • Prepared manufacturing planning procedures and co-ordinated for materials at world class manufacturing plants/shop floors of the organization.
  • § Contributed in smoothening entire supply chain internal and external by co-ordinating with buyers, local and foreign suppliers to set milestones and achieve on time delivery of materials for smooth execution.

Education

MBA - Supply Chain & Operations

S P Jain Institute of Management & Research
Mumbai
06.2008 - 01.2009

B.E. - Mechanical

Govt. College of Engineering
Aurangabad
06.1999 - 06.2003

Skills

S4HANA implementation project leadership,

SAP project management,

End to End Business Process Understanding

Program Management

Procurement Digital Transformation

SAP Generative AI

Leading Team for transformation projects

Mentoring & coaching SAP consultants

Certification

Project Management Professional PMI USA

Timeline

Project Management Professional PMI USA

03-2024

Senior Program Manager

IBM Consulting
11.2021 - Current

SAP Design Thinking Professional

07-2021

SAP S4HANA Activate

04-2021

Associate Director

LTIMindtree
01.2009 - 11.2021

MBA - Supply Chain & Operations

S P Jain Institute of Management & Research
06.2008 - 01.2009

Associate Manager

L&T
06.2003 - 12.2007

B.E. - Mechanical

Govt. College of Engineering
06.1999 - 06.2003
Swapnil KulkarniSenior Program Manager - SAP S4HANA