ASSAD HUSSAIN

Professional Summary
• Experience – SAP IT Consultant with over 18 years of experience in SAP R/3 implementation,
software development in Oil and Gas, Manufacturing and Telecom domains. Extensive experience
working on an onsite-offsite model, leading and managing teams in end-to-end implementations.
Freelance trainer for Abeam covering TAW10, TAW12, C400, BC401, BC490, HA400, UX100 and
UX410.
• Expertise – SAP Certified Activate Project Manager, Managing S/4 HANA, Ariba on Cloud and
Success Factors Implementations. Strong technical proficiency in ABAP/4 (Certified SAP
Development Associate NW 7.50), ABAP on HANA, WD4A programming, SAP PI, SAP MM, ASP.NET
and Clarity PPM, along with functional knowledge in SD, MM, SCM, PS, PM and FI Modules,
handling inbound & outbound interfaces, and conversions.
• Project Management – In-depth understanding of SAP ASAP, Activate and Agile methodologies,
with the ability to manage a wide range of activities, RFP/RFQ responses, Project resource
scheduling, Project budget management and Project delivery.
• Communication and Stakeholder Management – Facile communicator with the ability to engage
with clients and manage key stakeholders in setting up the expectations, scope management and
escalations.
• Global Exposure – Working in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for over 10 years and travelled to Jordon for
Blueprint / requirements gathering / Cut off / Go live activities and possess the experience in
interacting with clients from USA, UK and Malaysia
• Key Achievements – Successfully led and implemented multiple SAP S4 and Ariba on cloud
projects in Deloitte SEA Consulting. Implemented S&OP Demand Planning module at Baker Hughes
Incorporated in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Earned recognition for providing training to internal
teams on SAP Adobe Forms at CSC India Pvt. Ltd. in Hyderabad, India

Technical Skills

• ERP: SAP ECC 6.0, SAP S4H

• Technologies: WebDynpro, UI5, Fiori Apps, HANA Database, HCP, PI 7.3
• Tools: SAP Web IDE, Eclipse, HANA Studio, Build.me, Github, JIRA.
• Languages: ABAP 7.4, Java Script
• SAP R/3 (SD) + FICO + SOX
• SAP Archiving + SAP DART
• SAP BC 670 Retrieval Programming

Functional Skills
• SAP Material Management
• SAP Ariba Sourcing, Buying and Invoicing.
• Requirements Elicitation and Analysis
• Design and Implementation of Technical Specifications
• Team Management and Development
Certifications

• SAP Certified Associate - SAP Activate Project Manager

• Certified Scrum Master by Scrum Alliance (May 2020)
• Development Associate - ABAP with SAP NetWeaver 7.50
• SAP Certified Application Associate - Ariba Integration
• Six Sigma Green Belt
• ITIL V3 Foundation
• Consultation services, Project Management
• raining & Development, Scheduling
• Due Diligence, Vendor Management
• Automation, Client Relations
• Process Improvement, Strategic Planning

Professional Experience:

• PwC Southeast Asia Consulting Senior Manager Dec 2021 – Nov 2023
• Deloitte Consulting, SEA Senior Consultant July 2018 – Sep 2021
• Vesta Partners, Kuala Lumpur Principal Consultant Aug 2017 – July 2018
• Gap Bridge Software Solutions, Jordon SAP Technical Lead Nov 2016 – July 2017
• Baker Hughes Incorporated, Malaysia SAP Systems Analyst Feb 2013 – May 2016
• Synergy Log-In Systems Sdn Bhd, KL. Lead Consultant Jun 2011 – Jan 2013
• CSC India Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India Senior Consultant Feb 2008 – May 2011
• Mel star Information Tech Ltd., India Software Engineer Mar 2007 – Feb 2008
• Comlink Software Solutions, India Software Engineer Nov 2004 – Mar 2007

Projects Worked
Role: Project Manager
Description: Success Factors and S4 Implementation’s

Key Contributions:
• Lead and manage SAP S4 Public cloud Implementation for a leading international school in
Singapore.
• Technical and integration manager for Mahadasha Group, Asia Pulp and Paper Success Factors
Implementations – Indonesia clients.
• Technical Design authority member for Asahi S4 Implementation.
• Development lead for Asahi TM and EWM Implementation, integrated with SAP ECC Phase 1.
• Manage and lead development for Asahi S4 Implementation – Phase 2.
• Manage SAP Technical resources within PwC Consulting tower.
• Respond to RFI/RFPs for SAP Ariba, SAP SF and S4 Implementation projects.

Client: Sapura Energy Berhad.

Duration: April 2020 – Sep 2021.
Role: Project Manager
Description: SPADE (Procurement Digital Transformation)

Key Contributions:
• Proposal creation, SOW finalization and commercials negotiations.
• Kick off the projects, initiate design and working committee sessions.
• Stakeholder management, 15+ Project resource management, project financials and health
management.
• Lead and drive P2P Integration with SAP as backend, with heavy customization due to EPC Industry
specific requirements.
• Solutioning for Procurement status reporting on SAP UI5 – Integrate with Ariba API and SAP ECC.
• Prioritize and define logic for customization in SAP and Cloud Integration gateway.
• Mock up screens for Procurement status report functionality, to be presented to key stakeholders,
for project sponsor ship and POC to demonstrate SAP UI5 capabilities and Ariba Integration with
real time API calls.
• Work with SAP in identifying BOM required, assist in prototype for Procurement status report to
SEB.
• Strategizing SIT, cutover plan and assisting in UAT scenarios.

Client: PT Adaro Energy Tbk (Indonesia)

Duration: Dec 2019 – March 2020
Role: Project Lead
Description: Ariba P2P and SF Implementation – Phase 1 (Sourcing and SLP, EC)

Key Contributions:
• Involve in creating and negotiating statements of work, project planning and milestone creation,
financial reporting. Project plan, Kick off the project with stakeholders of different Adaro entities.
• Manage a team of 10+ FTE for the project implementation.
• Solutioning for SAP Technical, Ariba and SF Integration capabilities.
• Cloud Integration gateway configuration for Ariba S2P.
• SSO configuration for SF using IAS/IPS.
• Lead Integration activities for Ariba and SF.
• Resource and delivery management.
• Track Project health to be reported to Deloitte Management.

Client: Sembcorp Utilities (Singapore)

Duration: July 2018 – November 2019
Role: SAP Technical Lead
Description: Sembcorp Ariba Sourcing and SLP Implementation

Key Contributions:
• Leading the Technical and Integration team.
• Ensure requirements are aligned to project scope, objectives and strategies.
• Manage reporting and resolution of issues, risks, and dependencies, proactively identifying
potential planning gaps, implementing mitigations to risks, and driving actions to close issues.
• Drive SAP Ariba Integration through Cl9 with mediated connectivity using PI.
• SAP customization for spend analysis reports and custom field Integration.

Other non-Project activities

Duration: July 2018 – Sep 2021
Role: SAP Solution Architect

Contributions
• Participate in RFI/RFPs from clients on SAP S4H Implementations, Ariba on Cloud Implementations.
• Visiting clients for Demo’s on POC’s and Orals for RFQ’s.
• Conduct Technical Interviews for SAP ABAP, Integration Profiles.
• Train Internal resources on SAP CIG
• Maintain Deloitte SAP Ariba Internal Realm.

Client: Costco Wholesale

Duration: July 2017 – July 2018
Role: SAP Principal Consultant
Description: SAP IS Utilities Implementation

Key Contributions:
• Manager the technical team for all the CR’s/Open issues.
• Interact with onsite functional team to understand and manage technical resources on task
assignment.
• Enhancements to standard Webdynpro components in SAP PMR module.
• Master Data Conversion for Articles and vendors.

Client: Internal Product - ALPSS

Duration: July 2017 – July 2018
Role: SAP Principal Consultant/Scrum Master
Description: SAP Asset Life Cycle UI5 App

Key Contributions:
• Conduct Daily scrum review meetings, coordinate with product owner to break down tasks into
backlogs and conduct scrum poker meeting to assign points to tasks.
• Use JIRA to collaborate tasks using the scrum methodology.
• Build Master Detail Views in Web Ide for full stack MTA application.
• Custom Entity creation and using external libraries in the views to achieve hierarchical chart.
• Configuration of Gateway and setting up of database connection to on cloud as well on-premises
systems.
• Used Git hub repository for the collaboration of teamwork.
• Build Calculation Views/Odata services to be consumed in applications.

Client: Pharma International Company (Amman, Jordon )

Duration: Nov 2016 – July 2017
Role: SAP Technical Delivery Lead
Team Size: 10
Description: SAP S/4H Greenfield Implementation

Key Contributions:
• Providing feasibility/solutions at realization phase for custom objects and enhancements.
• Finalizing WRICEF’s and layouts by interacting with customer
• Effort/Time estimate for each WRICEF, and resource allocation based on their skill set
• Provide backup and technical support for technical team to ensure seamless and timely
development.
• Solutioning and development AMDP, CDS views.
• Code reviewing and cleanup of code to ensure quality is maintained.
• Updates with customer and program manager on a weekly basis to comply with deadlines.

Client: Baker Hughes Incorporated, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Duration: Nov 2013 – March 2016
Role: SAP Analyst
Team Size: 8
Description: Deals with implementation of S&OP Demand Planning that helps all product lines in
Baker Hughes, plan and forecast accurately. Integration with Steel wedge a third-party S&OP Tool with
ECC 6.0
Key Contributions:
• Lead and manage a team of 8 ABAP Offshore Developers in ensuring adherence to project
timelines, budgets, and quality parameters.
• Participate in gate level meetings and review meetings for team and projects.
• Monitored and developed ABAP interfaces for sales/demand planning, operations, and forecasting
to BW APO and there on to SAP APO system.
• Develop workflows for PO/PR Release strategy and Engineering change management (BOM/
Master Recipe/Quality Notifications)
• Integrated the interfaces from SAP to Steel wedge using Web methods.
• Developed CDS/Analytical Views/Calculation, AMDP and ALV on HANA.
Environment / Software / Tools: SAP ECC 6.0, Solution Manager, Clarity PPM

Client: Jabil Circuit, Penang, Malaysia

Duration: Jun 2011 – Dec 2013
Role: ABAP Team Led
Team Size: 4 ABAP + 2 Basis
Description: Implementation, Post go-live support and Support for one of Jabil’s customers

Key Contributions:
• Developed conversions for G/L posting for F-02, Vendor Master, Accounts Receivable, Accounts
Payable Open Items-FBL5N, Purchase Order Info Object-ME11
• Implemented a User Exit for creating notification (IQS1) which included assigning tasks to the
notification based on code group instead of priority.
• Modified the standard workflow for notification types, enabling the user to enter reason for
rejection / approval, and by creating a custom screen, and calling it in the method from the
Business Object
• Provided enhancements to E1BPMEPOSCHEDULE, E1BPMEPOHEADER, E1BPMEPOITEM segments
for Message Type PORDCR1, and IDoc types PORDCR103 and PORDCH03
• Developed LSMW objects to upload PIR, vendor information and other objects.
• Included new segments in IDoc type LOIPRO01 to capture route codes for production orders.
• Prepared technical specifications, design templates and status updates.
Environment / Software / Tools: SAP ECC 6.0

Client: Inox Wind, Ahmedabad, India

Duration: Aug 2010 – May 2011
Role: Senior Consultant
Team Size: 4
Description: Part of SAP Implementation for a fully integrated player in the wind energy market
having state-of-the-art manufacturing plants

Key Contributions:
• Translated functional specifications into technical specifications.
• Prepared and reviewed Unit Test Cases
• Created and modified workflows for providing enhancements to release strategies, material
change notification.
• Developed Excise Invoice Form, Proforma Invoice Form, Packing List, Returnable and Non-
Returnable Gate pass.
• Created interfaces and conversions for master data, custom tables, and table maintenance
generators.
• Created process code for handling outbound IDOCs in the event of creation and change in POs
with confirmation fields Quantity and Delivery Date
Environment / Software / Tools: SAP ECC 6.0

Client: Sonneborn, LLC, Parsippany, NJ, USA

Duration: Apr 2009 – Aug 2010
Role: Senior Consultant
Team Size: 15
Description: Sonneborn is the world leader in the manufacture and supply of high-purity specialty
hydrocarbons. Part of end-to-end implementation with major contribution towards ABAP and Web
Dynpro development

Key Contributions:
• Utilized RFCs and BAPIs for developing 7 WebDynpro components based on MVC architecture.
• Conducted peer reviews for objects developed by the team.
• Identified and allocated resources to the team based on respective skill sets.
• Developed Reports, Enhancements, Smart Forms and Interfaces
Environment / Software / Tools: SAP ECC 6.0, WD4A

Client: Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, USA

Duration: Nov 2008 – Mar 2009
Role: ABAP Programmer
Team Size: 9
Description: Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation of Chicago is the industry’s leading paper-based
packaging manufacturer. Upgraded SAP 4.6C version to ECC 6.0

Key Contributions:
• Engaged in assignment, analysis, and estimation of efforts related to up-gradation of objects.
• Remediated and synchronized objects from the existing D08 system to the new C08 system to
make them Unicode compliant.
Environment / Software / Tools: SAP 4.6C, SAP ECC 6.0, SPAU/SPDD (Transactions)

Client: Verizon Enterprise Solutions, New Jersey, USA

Duration: Feb 2007 – Sep 2008
Role: ABAP Programmer
Team Size: 24
Description: Dealt with implementation of SAP ECC 6.0 to assist Verizon in the consolidated global
roll-out of its SAP operations worldwide called nSAP, with the intention of achieving globally consistent
processes in Finance, Assets / Projects, and Supply Chain

Key Contributions:
• Developed reporting features to process the mass voiding of checks and group the invoices
together on a single clearing document.
• Created report to obtain payment details of PO related invoices which would then be available to
users for view via SRM portal and R/3
• Developed report for resource and material planning activities, and to provide lead time estimates
for shipping date requirements.

Interfaces:
• Cloned a standard BAPI (Get Open Items) for adding Customer Branch and Head office options in
import parameters.
• Developed an interface to output Form/DME file to F110 Transaction which collects money from
customer accounts using direct debit, payment method D, and refunds money to customers using
payment method F)
Environment / Software / Tools: SAP 4.6C, SAP ECC

Education
• Master of Computer Applications – Osmania University, Hyderabad, India (2004)
• Bachelor of Science – Osmania University, Hyderabad, India (2000)