Venkateswarlu Bhagi
Oshawa,Canada
Summary
Results-driven SAP Testing Lead with 12+ years of experience in the retail domain, specializing in SAP S/4HANA implementations. Managed full lifecycle SAP projects, from planning and design to testing and deployment. Led teams to consistently deliver high-quality, on-time solutions. Skilled in SAP managerial tasks including resource allocation, stakeholder communication, and strategic planning.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SAP Testing Lead
THE HOME DEPOT
North York, ON
02.2024 - Current
- Requirements Gathering: Collaborated closely with business stakeholders to gather and document detailed requirements for the migration
- Visualized workflows in FIGMA to ensure clear communication and alignment across teams
- Warehouse Immersion: Conducted multiple on-site visits to the warehouse to understand the operational processes firsthand, ensuring accurate mapping of business needs to system functionalities
- Phased Migration: Led the migration of one distribution centre (DC) to EWM, while maintaining integration with existing systems such as TMS (Transportation Management System) and YMS (Yard Management System)
- Process Improvement: Focused on improving warehouse management efficiencies while minimizing disruptions to integrated systems
SAP Testing Lead
THE HOME DEPOT
North York, ON
10.2023 - 10.2023
- Successfully executed the brownfield migration approach, ensuring a seamless transition from SAP ECC6.0 to SAP S/4HANA while retaining historical data and system configurations
- Conducted three iterative cycles of pre- and post-migration data validation, focusing on key tables: like MARD, EKKO, MIGO etc
- MARD, EKKO (Storage & Transactional Data): Ensured accurate storage location data post-migration to maintain inventory accuracy and availability
- Developed test cases for critical business processes impacted by the migration, including order processing, inventory management, and reporting
- Worked closely with cross-functional teams, including developers and business analysts, to ensure all regression testing scenarios were aligned with business requirements and system functionality
SAP Testing Lead
THE HOME DEPOT
North York, ON
08.2016 - 10.2023
- Perform comprehensive testing including unit, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT) to validate system functionality and performance
- Oversee a team of SAP testers, providing guidance, training, and support to enhance team capabilities and efficiency in MM, SD, EWM, CAR and BW
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve defects, ensuring smooth project execution and minimal disruption to business operations
- Act as the de facto SAP Manager, handling responsibilities such as resource planning, project scheduling, budget management, and stakeholder communication
- Develop and implement test strategies, plans, and scripts tailored to the retail domain, leveraging deep industry knowledge to address specific business needs
- Ensure the successful deployment of SAP solutions by coordinating with development, functional, and business teams to deliver high-quality deliverables
- Experienced in SDLC methodologies including waterfall, Agile (Scrum) and QA Methodologies
- Expertise in Agile and Scrum frame works and their applications in SAP Testing using testing tools like HP QC, ALM and JIRA
- Sharing the Project daily status report with all stake holders with key statuses like Green, Red and Amber
- Proven record of successful implementation projects like (RTV, SSDR & MSA etc)
- Also, enhancements like RTV and BW upgrade, chrome
- Providing KT to Automation team and building the regression pack using WDIO(Cucumber) framework
- Expert in testing the mobile devices which are used by associates at the stores (TC52 and TC52AX)
- Skilled Proficient in writing Epics, User stories, developing Test Strategy, generating test report (TRSR)
- Having good knowledge on Creating Incidents and Ad hoc requests for prod issues and RFCs in Service now (SNOW) Portal
- Preparing KDD documents for review for release and getting approval from architect in Freeze period
Senior SAP Tester
M&S
London, UK
08.2015 - 08.2016
- Functional Understanding of the project from Business Requirement document (BRD) and Functional specification document (FNS)
- Performed Test Case preparation and uploading into ALM
- Test cases maintained and defects logged in ALM (Application Life cycle Management) for Functional, and Regression testing, updating it on regular basis
- Performed System Testing, System Integration Testing and Regression Testing in SAP BO and SAP BW
- Engaged with the business to get the requirements and cascade the same to the team
- Sending the daily status to the client as well as offshore Manager
- Prepared and Reviewed Unit Test and SIT documents for each release
- Involved extensively in BVT (Business Valued Testing) with the Business
- Assign the tasks to offshore team and monitoring the execution status in HP ALM
SAP Tester
M&S
London, UK
08.2012 - 08.2015
- Performed Test Case preparation and uploading into QC
- Test cases maintained and defects logged in QC (Quality Centre) for Functional, and Regression testing, updating it on regular basis
- Maintained work history for all the defects until it was closed
- Coordination with onsite and development team
- Provide functional support and KT for the Middle ware team
- Coordination with SAP team as we are working on Mainframes MUWS application
- Supported in executing the test cases in Releases
- Coordinated with middle ware team for interface testing
Education
MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS - Computer Science
National Institute of Technology
Durgapur01.2012
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - Computer Science
SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY
TIRUPATHI01.2009
Skills
- Retail Industry Expertise
- SAP S/4HANA Implementation
- SAP Testing (Manual & Automated) in MM, SD, EWM, CAR and BW
- SAP Solution Manager
- Quality Assurance (QA)
- Defect Management using JIRA
- Automation Testing using WDIO
- Store device testing like TC52, TC52AX
- Stakeholder Communication
- Test Management and Coordination
Languages
English
Professional Working
Certification
- ISTQB-International Software Testing Qualifications Board, Testing Fundamentals,2014
- Tricentis Tosca, Automation Functionalities, Level1-2023
- Azure Az900, Cloud fundamentals,2024
Accomplishments
ISTQB certified, Azure Certified, experienced in S4 HANA implementations
Timeline
SAP Testing Lead
THE HOME DEPOT
02.2024 - Current
SAP Testing Lead
THE HOME DEPOT
10.2023 - 10.2023
SAP Testing Lead
THE HOME DEPOT
08.2016 - 10.2023
Senior SAP Tester
M&S
08.2015 - 08.2016
SAP Tester
M&S
08.2012 - 08.2015
MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS - Computer Science
National Institute of Technology
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - Computer Science
SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY