FAZIL MAJEED
IT Manager (Analytics)
Dubai
Summary
A data and analytics professional accountable for analytics in the organization which consists of both SAP technologies and Open source Bigdata and data science taking advantage of multiple technologies.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
IT Manager (Analytics)
Western International LLC
Dubai
06.2012 - Current
- Reporting to the Group IT Head as head of analytics department.
- Responsibilities:
- Accountable for analysis, design and delivery of Business Analytics Reporting for both Wholesale and Retail business of the group
- Managing Requirement elicitation by interactions with Top Management & Core functional Team along with enhancements to the existing system, resolve the outstanding issues and coordinate testing
- Responsible for developing Report Data flow using Gap Analysis and applied Business Process re-engineering as per the requirement
- Involved in development of BW data models/designs, analysis of BW reporting requirements and configuration & delivery of custom BW content
- Providing Functional and Technical Documentation for both basic BI reporting as well as for change management with cut over activities and system down time
- Engaged in Inventory, Sales, FI and COPA and Generic data extractions
- Supporting transport management, roles and security, system checks, performance tuning and process chain design
- Coordinating with BASIS and Security team by regularly identifying, reporting and advising database level performance of BW system, BI Job performance in ECC and Authorization issues
- Currently, as an in-house consultant implementing the BW on HANA and BO playing the part of a lone BI consultant in the project team
- Worked as Project lead to implement & Redesign the BW system and build 218 reports and 20 dashboards
- Delivered forecasting reports for the operations and procurement team
- Currently in initial stages of Predictive analysis in the organization using HANA Predictive Analytics Libraries)
- Achievements:
- Successfully accelerated the report performance of dead slow reports
- Instrumental in the introduction of UOM into sales reporting thus resolving mixed up sales quantities
- Provided profit Centre and cost centre reporting solution for the company
- Established Daily Report broadcasting for the company
- Successfully completed SAP HANA functional migration POC (Proof of concept) for the organization to evaluate the benefit of BW on HANA before its implementation
- Redesigned the BW system as a lead BI consultant co-ordinating a team of 45 members.
Team Lead
Keane India Ltd
Chennai
08.2010 - 09.2011
- Reported to the Project Manager and led a team of 5 resources in a project for a leading automobile sector client
- Managed interaction with functional teams to understand, design, plan, manage, and deliver reporting and analytics solutions for the business
- Responsible for documentation of data flows, feasibility analysis, functional/technical specifications, cutover activities and system configuration checks
- Involved in planning for post-production roles, quality assurance to improve performance of the system, knowledge transfer and user trainings
- Prepared system testing, regression test cases, key reports to check the parameters with production server
- Provided consulting support with responsibilities of application design, development and implementation
- Supported improvement in data load and query performance by doing compression, creating aggregates and indexes
- Evaluated statistical performance using BW statistics and suggested recommendations for performance optimization.
BI Consultant
Steria India Ltd, SAP
Chennai
01.2007 - 08.2010
- Initiated the IT career with this IT Service Delivery leader as Consulting Analyst and progressed as SAP BI Consultant
Education
M.C.A -
University Of Madras
B.B.M - Bank Management
University Of Madras
Trained On SAP Business Objects -
SAP Education India
IndiaITSM/ITIL -
ITSM
PG Diploma in Data Science - Data Science
University of Texas
07.2022 - Current
Skills
SAP BW 75
undefinedAffiliations
A qualified Post Graduate (MCA) and a dynamic IT Professional with over 10.8 years of rich and professional experience.
Involved in Project Participation/Leadership for Product Customization (SAP Business Information Warehouse), Implementation and Support for multiple sectors ensuring high Satisfaction Rating for all stake holders
Functional Skills
Core Strength in Project Delivery Management & Coordination of Implementation and Support of Business Intelligence Solutions on SAP Technologies; Expertise in End to End Data warehousing involving Data Extraction, transformation & Reporting; Experienced in Performance Tuning.
Strong Techno-functional Knowledge of
SAP BW 3.0-3.5, SAP BI 7.0, 7.3, 7.4 & ECC environment along with multiple Languages, Tools (DWH/BI/Reporting) and ERP Systems
Expertise in designing and implementing BEx queries using Calculated Key Figures, Restricted Key Figures, Filters, Variables, Structures, Exceptions, Conditions and Workbooks
Experienced in Query Designer, Web Application Designer, in web reports using Web Application Designer (WAD) and BEx Broadcasting Services
Strong cross-functional knowledge of SD, MM, FI CO modules in SAP ECC
Extensive Project Delivery Coordination experience through project planning, monitoring & control, change control & configuration management, time & effort estimation, quality & risk management and communication between project stakeholders
Equal experience in Product Customization Cycle involving Business Requirement Study & Problem Identification (AS IS), Functional Specification Development (TO BE), GAP Analysis, Change Finalization (Customization/Enhancements), Stake Holder Coordination for Acceptance of Solution, Risk Identification & Mitigation, Solution Development & Implementation Management, UAT, Training & Support
Experienced in Change Management by Change Request Review, Issue Tracking & Resolution, Technical & Functional Specifications, Quality Management, Rescheduling Priority, Modification Development & Implementation
Adept at Team Management skills like decision making, tasking, delegation, monitoring, feedback, skill upgrade, competence management, career planning, motivation & mentoring of the team
Cohesive Team Player with Fast Learning Curve along with strong analytical, problem solving, innovation, planning, organizational, communication & interpersonal skills
Accomplishments
Re engineered and Implemented SAP Business warehouse as Project Lead
Implemented SAP Customer Activity Repository as Project Manager
Implemented Retail Operations Platform for daily checklists
Re implemented IT Support portal
Currently implementing Big Data/Data Science/ Machine Learning Platform
Timeline
PG Diploma in Data Science - Data Science
University of Texas
07.2022 - Current
IT Manager (Analytics)
Western International LLC
06.2012 - Current
Team Lead
Keane India Ltd
08.2010 - 09.2011
BI Consultant
Steria India Ltd, SAP
01.2007 - 08.2010
M.C.A -
University Of Madras
B.B.M - Bank Management
University Of Madras
Trained On SAP Business Objects -
SAP Education India
ITSM/ITIL -
ITSM
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