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Shailendra Singh

SAP Retail Principal Consultant
Berlin

Summary

Close to 16 years of experience in IT and consulting services with diversified experience in product development, solution architecture and pre-sales. Currently serving as a Demand forecasting and replenishment lead at KPS AG Germany, focusing on enterprise software applications for S4/HANA digital suite and SAP CAR. Prior experience in Accenture and SAP Labs as a specialist consultant in SAP Retail and CAR.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Demand Planning and Replenishment Lead

KPS Transformation GMBH
05.2021 - Current
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams as a process architect to develop integrated solutions in the area of SAP CAR and S/4HANA that address complex client challenges effectively for fashion and grocery retailers.
  • Engaged with the SAP Sales team to identify new opportunities and work on draft proposals and POC estimations.
  • Facilitate knowledge sharing within the team by organizing regular training sessions and responsible for internal resource hiring.

Development Architect (Retail and CARAB)

SAP Labs
09.2015 - 04.2021
  • Oversees the CARAB product lifecycle (AM) as a development architect and product owner, from initiation of new feature pack release to ensuring successful implementation. The CARAB program followed a half-yearly release with one feature pack and one SP release.
  • Collaborated with retail clients in the EMEA region to develop a customized architectural solution as a development architect at the IBSO team.
  • Project cost control and adherence to support KPIs.
  • Handle client escalation in CARAB area and mitigate the risk by deploying the right resources and collaborating with cross-functional teams at SAP (COE, HANA, and Retail).

System Analyst

Accenture
08.2008 - 08.2015
  • As a System Analyst at Accenture, I led the offshore development and support team for a large-scale SAP IS Retail implementation during different phases of the project, ensuring rigorous quality standards, in accordance with Accenture's Delivery Methodology.


  • Overseeing the WRICEF delivery process from FS delivery document till Unit test and leading a team of 15 members, I coordinated efforts both onshore and offshore to achieve project goals. Additionally, I contributed to building SAP Retail capabilities by harvesting the project deliverables as assets, enhancing our overall expertise and service offerings in the retail sector.

Education

Masters in Compter Applications - Computer And Information Sciences

University of Pune
04.2001 -

Skills

SAP S/4HANA for Merchandise Management/Fashion

SAP Program Management

SAP Implementation

Decision-Making

SAP Public Cloud(Grow with SAP)

Sapskills

  • SAP S/4HANA for Merchandise Management, S/4HANA for fashion vertical, SAP Retail and S/4 Public Cloud
  • SAP CAR specialist including POS, Omnichannel Article Availability (OAA), Unified Demand Forecast (UDF)
  • SAP CARAB (Bundled Application) with SAP Allocation Management for Retail (AM), SAP Assortment Planning for Retail (AP) and Merchandise Planning
  • SAP HANA
  • SAP Cloud Integration and SAP BTP platform
  • Design Patterns and ABAP OO
  • ALE/IDOC's and Output Processing, Change Pointers
  • Performance Tuning and HANA Optimization

Projects

S4/HANA Greenfield implementation, KPS AG Germany

  • As a process Architect, I am responsible for planning and replenishment of Retail/online/Concession/wholesale/Online shops and seasonal deployment.

SAP Allocation Management for Retail, Multiple Implementations, SAP LABS

  • SAP Allocation Management for Retail is based on SAP Customer Activity Repository (SAP CAR) as the foundation for integrated planning processes in Retail. As a Lead architect and product owner, I was responsible for Feature Pack Releases and Scope Improvements.

SAP Cross Channel Order Management for Retail (SAP CCOM), SAP LABS

  • SAP Cross-Channel Order Management for Retail helps you fulfill the customer orders both from a timing and quantity perspective by considering individual agreements with the customers, such as, Minimum Fill Rate or Maximum Number of Shipments. As a lead architect, I have been involved in multiple customer implementation and release of multiple feature packs for CCOM.

NorgesGruppen, SAP LABS

  • Lead Architect, Retail Master data and pricing

ASA is a Norwegian grocery wholesaling group which also runs various retail outlets across Norway

Loblaw, Accenture

  • Loblaw is Canada's largest retailer uses SAP (IS Retail) for managing its retail operations, is world's largest retail SAP implementation. Project involves development of multiple RICEF's in Supply Chain, Merchandising, Store Operations, Promotion and Allocation and Retail Master Data. I worked at client onshore location in Toronto for more than 24 months in the role of a team specialist with primary responsibilities of solution design, defect triaging, performance improvement and change request management.

Functional and domain expertise

  • Extensive functional and domain expertise in SAP Retail and CAR area.
  • Worked extensively with major fashion and retail majors in Asia, US and Europe. Core areas of expertise include SAP S/4 HANA for merchandising and SAP HANA modelling coupled with strong functional knowledge in curating product backlogs (via version one and JIRA tools) and managing sprints cycle as scrum master through 'Agile' methodology.
  • Excellent understanding of specialized SAP Retail modules including Master Data and BP's, Assortment Planning, Merchandise Planning, Sales and Distribution, Retail Pricing, Promotions and Allocation Management.

Timeline

Demand Planning and Replenishment Lead

KPS Transformation GMBH
05.2021 - Current

Development Architect (Retail and CARAB)

SAP Labs
09.2015 - 04.2021

System Analyst

Accenture
08.2008 - 08.2015

Masters in Compter Applications - Computer And Information Sciences

University of Pune
04.2001 -
Shailendra SinghSAP Retail Principal Consultant