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Shailendra  Pagay      'Sean Page'

Shailendra Pagay 'Sean Page'

Stockton,CA

Summary

Over 25 years of IT experience managing the design, development, maintenance, and support of applications and full-cycle SAP implementations. Held various roles including development manager, project and technical program manager, project lead, and integration manager. Extensive expertise in SAP consulting, working with consulting companies qualified in Gartner Quadrant. Focus on selling and developing standard and custom SAP applications and business solutions using modules such as SAP SD, RAR, Settlement Management, MM, WM, SAP FI/CO, and PS. Leveraged experience in Fortune corporations to maximize the use of standard SAP-S/4 applications while handling WRICEFs with precision. Excelled as a team lead, project manager, and program manager, leading large global teams through complex program and project tasks. Project management expertise in areas such as project planning, financial management, staffing, communication, and scope management. Highly delivery-focused with the ability to motivate diverse team members towards a common goal. Hands-on industry and consulting experience in SAP-S/4 best practices for Sales and Distribution in Professional Services organizations, FMCG, metallurgical, pharma, and life sciences organizations. Involved in project proposals, presales activities, pursuits, presentations, timeline determination, and budget estimations.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Program Manager - Finance Managed Services

Wipro Technologies
09.2023 - 07.2024

Role : Program Manager for Finance Managed Services

As Program Manager, I established a center of excellence in offshore and nearshore leading about a team of 45 SAP Finance skilled resources.

From idealization through transition, I was responsible for this managed services program in Chevron Finance.

  • Met with project stakeholders on regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.
  • Addressed and resolved technical, financial, and operational concerns by working with team members and directors.
  • Participated in pilot tests and revised programs based on feedback and results.
  • Researched industry best practices in support of training development and program content.
  • Leveraged project management processes and tools to define and execute projects.
  • Developed and maintained logistics workflows, procedures and reports.
  • Demonstrated strong writing and presentation skills to develop briefs, memorandums and analytical reports for clients.
  • Worked with subject matter experts to develop and implement mentoring programs to promote better learner experiences.
  • Collaborated with business leadership to set priorities based on business needs, resource capacity and risk exposure.
  • Build a pool of SAP Finance resources in India and US
  • Set up knowledge acquisition training and handover from existing Chevron resources
  • Managing scope of the project working with business SMEs
  • Define metrics of successful transition
  • Manage stakeholders’ expectations of varied skills in the team and milestones
  • Manage gate checks for the progress of transition
  • Manage project plan and weekly reporting to tower leads
  • Build project timelines for Chevron’s S/4 constructs and integration.

Specialist Master

Deloitte
07.2018 - 05.2023

Role: Lead, SAP Order Management

Led a team of order to cash resources for designing end state in Google’s S/4 implementation for its B2C and B2B sales channels. Project involved executing workshops in order management and complete a set of mission critical deliverables.

  • Responsible for planning and management of workshops for requirements gathering
  • Managing scope of the project working with business SMEs
  • Plan and freeze design and requirements
  • Manage requirements traceability matrix
  • Plan, manage, track and report business process documents, key decision documents, solution decision documents and end state process flows
  • Responsible for stakeholders’ expectations management
  • Staffing of on-site and off-shore resources
  • Responsible for project plan
  • Responsible for escalations management
  • Lead and guide Deloitte resources for designing pricing, integrations within Google’s ecosystem, returns management, aATP check for B2C and B2B performance intensive conundrum and settlement management
  • Identified program obstacles and communicated possible impacts to team.
  • Identified and communicated customer needs to supply chain capacity and quality teams.
  • Successfully managed budgets and allocated resources to maximize productivity and profitability.
  • Assisted in organizing and overseeing assignments to drive operational excellence.

Manager

EY (Formerly Ernst & Young)
04.2012 - 07.2018

Role : Manage SAP implementation in Professional Services

One of the accounting Big 4 companies, EY operates in areas including operations services consulting, strategy services consulting, HR services consulting, financial services consulting & technology services consulting. Project involved professional services SAP implementation in EY entities with a foot print in 150 countries worldwide.

  • Global Data Conversion Lead, SAP SD/PS integration, Reconciliation
  • SME for ERP selection during vendor interviews and PoC analysis
  • Responsible for planning global workshops for requirements gathering
  • Document functional design, technical design after fit Vs gap analysis
  • Configure base line design in SAP PS and SD
  • Worked with stakeholders for global template socialization and sign off
  • Responsible for conversion of WIP, timecards, costs and Billing
  • Responsible for technical and financial reconciliation of above objects for data conversion in production environment
  • Developed repeatable methods of conversion programs for all releases
  • Responsible for planning all mock cycles of conversion, FUT, SIT and UAT
  • Design and set up SD/PS integration including resource related billing using customized DIP profile
  • Responsible for integration of time booking application with CATS and automation of billing requests processing.
  • One of the accounting Big 4 companies, EY operates in areas including operations services consulting, strategy services consulting, HR services consulting, financial services consulting & technology services consulting.

Senior Advisory Consultant

IBM
08.2009 - 04.2012

Role: Senior SAP SD Consultant


  • Responsible for documenting the existing order to cash processes in BAAN
  • Led 36 global workshops in documenting as-is and formulate a global template in O2C based on requirements for future SAP solutions
  • Developed PoCs and point of views in SAP to demonstrate SAP capabilities and standards offered Vs needed customizations
  • Documented the most critical “Sequestered Lot” process and designed a prototype
  • Carried out Fit Vs Gap analysis to help program estimate out of box capabilities of SAP
  • Configured the following in the SAP Order Management

Project Manager, SAP SD, SAP Professional Services

Tata Technologies
01.2005 - 07.2009
  • Tata Technologies Limited is a company in the Tata Group that provides services in engineering and design, product lifecycle management, manufacturing, product development, and IT service management to automotive and aerospace original equipment manufacturers and their suppliers.
  • Responsible for management and development of SAP tax solutions (including VAT) for different countries.
  • Worked with the SAP functional leads to understand the existing business requirements, carried out feasibility analysis for modifying the existing tax conditions based on the new tax law for the sales and nota fiscal documents, lead the configuration team for modifying new tax condition types and affected pricing procedures.
  • Responsible for setting up the security roles, assigning the business transactions and the users to the business roles, modifying the mission critical applications and break fix the errors, created/modified the smart forms for the notifications, plant maintenance orders, managed the uploading of the plant maintenance data such as notifications, service orders, failure codes, equipment details, location details using the LSMW and BDC technologies.
  • Configuration in all areas of Sales & Distribution in the sales order processing, LE, billing, service orders, project systems including customer master, pricing order management and rebate processing.
  • Analyzed and provided solutions to post implementation issues in sales & distribution configuration (master data, basic functions, sales, & billing), integration & stress testing including regression testing prior to cutover.
  • Modified the SAP pricing procedure for sales documents (sales order, billing requests, quotation, invoices) to include the SABRIX tax condition types.
  • Coordinated with the ABAP developers for setting up the Sabrix tax software for the initial rollouts.
  • Configured and fully implemented bill back program.
  • Baseline configuration included: Sales organizations, distribution channels and sales districts, Account groups, Item proposal, number ranges for item proposal, Partner functions, partner procedures, account groups, defining and assigning account keys, Revenue account determination, condition types, condition type group, number ranges, agreement types, Condition tables, access sequences, Reconfigured rebate due to change in business process, Analyzed and configured pricing procedures to align with business requirements, Provided production support in order processing, delivery, billing and other areas of sales & distribution, Implement SAP best practices in professional services SAP implementation in US, UK, Germany, France and Singapore.


Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Metallurgy

Government College of Engineering, Pune
India

Skills

  • SAP project leadership
  • SAP presales expertise
  • SAP project delivery
  • SAP SD (Sales and Distribution)
  • SAP OTC (Order to Cash)
  • Proficient in SAP service management
  • Proficiency in SAP PS
  • SAP RAR
  • Performance evaluation of programs
  • Strategic procurement
  • Onsite client assistance
  • Financial planning and analysis
  • Guiding strategic initiatives
  • Networking and relationship cultivation
  • Risk assessment and mitigation
  • Collaborative stakeholder relations
  • Regulatory framework development
  • Scope control and monitoring
  • Strategic resource oversight
  • Proficient in negotiations
  • Develop Center of Excellence framework

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Marathi
Native or Bilingual

Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

On-SiteRemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Team Building / Company Retreats

Quote

There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Tony Robbins

Interests

Swimming

Reading

Cricket

Software

SAP

S/4 HANA

SAP RAR

SAP Solution Manager

SAP Activate

Agile

Work Availability

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Timeline

Program Manager - Finance Managed Services

Wipro Technologies
09.2023 - 07.2024

Specialist Master

Deloitte
07.2018 - 05.2023

Manager

EY (Formerly Ernst & Young)
04.2012 - 07.2018

Senior Advisory Consultant

IBM
08.2009 - 04.2012

Project Manager, SAP SD, SAP Professional Services

Tata Technologies
01.2005 - 07.2009

Bachelor of Engineering - Metallurgy

Government College of Engineering, Pune