Dinesh Kumar Athinarayanan

Versatile SAP professional with 20+ years of experience in global projects. Played key roles in MM, SRM, Ariba and ABAP as Project Lead, Project Manager, Program Manager and PMO.

Familiar with S/4 Brownfield migrations, Greenfield projects, SAP Activate.

Hi-tech – SAP, Microsoft, AMD, Tech Data

Manufacturing – AEG, Titan, Hindustan Motors

Services – Xerox

Utilities and Gas – GE, Linde

Banking – Deutsche Bank

Media & Electronics – Sony

Agriculture & Chemicals – Yara

Beverages -- MillerCoors

Key Projects worked:

Yara

- Led AI/ML integration in Procure-to-Pay process, increasing No-touch Invoices from 23% to >60%

- Developed and implemented PowerApp for tail-end PO creation, cutting SAP license costs and simplifying the requisition process.

- Global ERP Strategy analysis & Roadmap for Geographies Africa & Asia, Americas and Europe.

- Deployed AI/ML clustering models to enhance Category Management by achieving more precise product and service segmentation.

Business Transformation Project for Miller Coors, a Global Beer manufacturer.

Scope: To implement SAP MM, SAP SRM Procure-to-Pay process.

AMS Support Project for Linde Gas, Germany

Scope: Supplier Relationship Management including Contract Management

Microsoft India: Business Transformation

Scope: Supply Chain and Procure-to-Pay Expert.

India Roll-out Project for AEGPS Germany - 2010

Scope: Implementing SAP MM, SD, FICO, PP, PM and CS in Manufacturing environment.

Xerox, UK: A2B Project. AMS and AD Project

Scope: Implementing CRM, SRM, PM, BI and Process Integration change requests.

SAP: Application Development

Scope: Delivery of ADOBE forms application development for SAP’s end client – DET Australia

Business transformation and Rollout for Tech Data, Europe

Scope: SAP R3 Upgrade and Rollout for 18 countries.

AMS: Titan Industries Limited, Watch Division

Scope: In-house Application maintenance and Support (AMS), Version Upgrade to 4.0B, Plant maintenance implementation.