Appu Padmanabhan
SAP Retail Solution Architect @Syntax
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WORK HISTORY
SAP Retail Solution Architect @Syntax
Toronto, ON, CA
Act as Retail Subject Matter expert and Architect solutions for S/4 HANA ERP Private and Public cloud implementations for various clients under the Consumer Industries division.
EDUCATION
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT APPU PADMANABHAN
Skilled Solution Architect (14 Years) in SAP Products for Retail, Fashion & Telecom Industries & transformation to S/4HANA with Retail & Fashion vertical businesses.• Experienced Lead with focus on both Business process & Technology gathered working with various teams from procurement, CX and Finance teams. Experienced working with various SDLC methodologies and tools like JIRA/Confluence. • Experienced with Fit Gap analysis, Stakeholder Engagement,Product Solutioning (FSDs & TSDs), BRD Development, Assisting various Development teams & Solution Demos.• Expert in SAP Retail & Fashion capabilities like Product Data Management (PCM), Assortment Management, Retail Pricing & Promotions, Retail Store Operations, Omnichannel Commerce, Retail Sourcing & Procurement for Distribution Centers, stores & Retail Supply Chain.• Excellent knowledge in core retail business process variations like Buy Online Pick up in Store (BOPIS, ROPIS), Direct to Customer (DTC), Ship to Customer (STC), Ship from Store (SFS), SAP Customer Activity Repository(CAR), Commerce Cloud.• End to end Implementation, Configuration & Business process knowledge on Retail/MM Integrations for Inventory Management, Invoice Verification, Goods Receiving,Purchase Requisitions, Merchandise Management & Logistics.• E2E Implementation, configuration & Business process knowledge of Retail/SD (Sales & Distribution) capabilities for Omnichannel order Management, Delivery & shipping capabilities along with Billing, & Revenue recognition functionalities & core EDI Integrations.• Specialized in the Retail functions like Brand Management, Characteristics Management, Season Management, Sites, Vendors & Customers.• Working knowledge of Segmentation & Advanced MRP Run (Supply ARun)(aATP) in a fashion retail & manufacturing setting.• Working knowledge of Fashion Purchase contracts (FPC) & the relevance of Distribution Curves (DC), Characteristic Value Conversion (CVC), Application Variants (AV), Contract release orders.• Well versed with SAP Odata services & Omnichannel APIs for all domains & its integrations with various hyperscalers like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure & GCP.• Experienced wearing multiple hats as Lead Product Manager, Functional Consultant, Business process expert, SAP Project Management, Activate Methodologies, Delivery Lead, Solution Architect.• Certified in SAP BTP as a solution architect & AI Enthusiast with knowledge of SAP AI Hub, AWS Bedrock, Sagemaker & Textract• Experienced in Post Go live, E2E Troubleshooting and Application Management Support.
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