Sivakumar Baskaran
Mississauga,ON
Summary
Dynamic IT professional with a proven track record excelling in gathering requirement, solutioning, software testing and implementations. Be in the front line of 20+ rollouts enhancing DC operations through expert application of WMS, TMS and SQL. Renowned for exceptional client interaction and driving significant process improvements, consistently delivering projects to exceed business expectations.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
WMS Functional Consultant
TEKsystems Inc.
03.2021 - Current
- Demonstrated experience in gathering business requirements, translating requirements into WMS applications functional specification and functional design document
- A lead functional consultant for OMNI implementation on Regional DCs, Perishable DCs and High Velocity DCs
- Create user stories and prioritize based on business criticality, Liaised between Development and Business team on deliverables, maintain rollout calendar for 8+ DCs
- Hands on experience in configuring Warehouse Management & order Management applications
- Support implementation of enhancements through Project life cycle, development and execution of rollout strategies, cut-over plans, support in technical solutioning and track code deployment till post go-live
- Led User Acceptance Testing as part of releases for RDCs,PDCs,HVDCs which includes OMNI & Non-OMNI Warehouse systems
- Identifying Gaps, prioritize and ensure stories delivered for testing on each sprint as per business expectations
- Conduct Business Requirement testing, Production Smoke testing involving various stakeholders and certify product for go-live
- Defect management, perform regression based on fix delivered and provide sign off for prod deployment
- Preparing and providing inputs for technical documents like Integration mapping, Functional, User training document(SOP) to support smooth operations
- Track overall status of project and deliverables in JIRA dashboard, Maintain Confluence and publish daily status to stake holders.
Associate -Projects
Cognizant Technologies Solutions
02.2016 - 03.2019
- Representing a team of 10 +resources, a single point of contact for Client and successfully handled 15 rollouts - Flat Bed DCs
- Lead team in complete implementation of Fulfillment Center right from Requirement gathering till go-live
- Responsible for overall testing process - Master test plan, Prepare Test scenarios, Perform test execution that includes Integration, Smoke, Configuration, System integration, Regression and work on Test closure
- Keep track of over all release cycle, defect management and responsible for test environment readiness
- Conduct Impact Analysis on hot fix, perform testing and provide sign off for go-live
- Monitor KPI, Support WMS users on daily business solutions, troubleshoot production issues and propose technical and configuration solutions
- Identify areas of improvement and propose solutions for effective DC operations
- Gather requirements on new reports from business and track the same through development, testing and go-live
- Ensure timely delivery of critical deliverables by closely monitoring progress against milestones and adjusting plans as necessary
- Optimized resource utilization, Improved overall team performance by conducting regular performance evaluations and providing constructive feedback
Quality Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
06.2011 - 01.2016
- Led team of 5 resources and successfully completed multiple WMS implementations and TMS CRs for Perishable DCs
- Guided team in all phases of STLC, Defect management, Conduct triage with vendors, Track risks and issues
- Involved in User Acceptance Testing, post go-live support, Analyze, document and prioritize production issues based on business criticality
- Managed release calender, track overall project defects and responsible to get fixes from Dev team with minimal schedule variance
- Analyze change in requirements,hot fixes, perform regression with proper sign off from client on testing scope and support go-live
- Provide test estimates, Track project forecast and metrics, Resource planning and allocation
- Provide knowledge transfer, maintain knowledge repository, track project metrics and publish monthly operations report to stakeholders
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Anna University
Coimbatore05-2011
Skills
- Warehouse Management, Transportation Management & Order Management
- Manhattan WMS V2008, JDA WMS V82, Schaefer WMS V563, JDA TMS V 83, ORTEC TMS, YMS
- POSTMAN, Sterling DOM V 93
- SQL, Python, Unix, Mainframe
- JIRA, Confluence, HP ALM
- Software Testing
- Business Analysis & Solution Implementation
Immigration Status
Canadian Citizen
Certification
PCEP-Certified Entry Level Python Programmer
SQL for Testers
Languages
English
Professional Working
Timeline
WMS Functional Consultant
TEKsystems Inc.
03.2021 - Current
Associate -Projects
Cognizant Technologies Solutions
02.2016 - 03.2019
Quality Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
06.2011 - 01.2016
PCEP-Certified Entry Level Python Programmer
SQL for Testers
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Anna University
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