Vishwas GK
Dubai,UAE
Summary
Accomplished SuccessFactors Solution Architect with extensive expertise in implementation and delivery, pre-sales, and profit and loss analysis. Demonstrates exceptional project governance and leadership skills, excelling in budgeting, cost control, and resource management. Adept at training and support, with a mastery in documentation and visualisation. Recognised for strong negotiation abilities, collaboration, and professional leadership. Critical thinker with analytical prowess in SAP SuccessFactors, integration centre operations, Smartsheet, SAP HCM functional processes, Azure cloud technology, analytics, API management, Jira, Miro, middleware solutions like Hub Planner and Citrix. Proven decision-making capabilities under pressure with a focus on cloud technology expertise.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Delivery Head – SAP SuccessFactors
SGN Technology LLC
Dubai
2023.09 - 2026.05
- Accomplishments:
- Acknowledged for successful project delivery
- Successfully formalized HR & IT Processes as well as implementation of new HR systems for multiple organizations leading to enhanced operational efficiency & Digital Transformation
- Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for overall solution architecture of the processes and delivery
- Spearhead of the entire project
- IT Application Support and Maintenance
- Integrations with 3rd party vendors for various process executions
- Spearhead team efforts in implementing HR modules of SAP SuccessFactors in compliance to project delivery schedules and other SLA parameters
- Active participation in Customer workshops for Business workshops, Requirements Gathering and Training to ensure high quality
- SPOC for the solution between client and the internal team
- Facilitate definition of project scope, goals and deliverables. Set up & manage the project team followed by allocation of project resources and budgets
- Plan & schedule project timelines to ensure compliance to project delivery schedules and other SLA parameters across project phases
- Interact with stakeholders for collation / understanding of project requirements and responsible for solutioning of the requirements based on the business needs
- Active participation in Pre-sales activities which includes customer demos and meetings. Effort Estimation & Proposal Creation
- Key Result Areas:
- Responsible for overall delivery of projects
- Solutioning of the overall product
- Fit gap analysis and enhancements
- Developed the roadmap (strategy) and prioritized what matters most to achieve the strategic goals and initiatives behind the product
- Worked with Technical teams to build custom integrations
- Comprehended technical issues and translated / documented them to business language to ensure that business user fully understood the action being taken on the case throughout case life cycle
- Extensive experience in Agile/Scrum, Activate methodologies
- Built custom solutions in collaboration with Development Team
Solution Architect & Competency Lead – SAP SuccessFactors
Exalogic Consulting
Dubai
2022.09 - 2023.09
- Accomplishments:
- Acknowledged for simultaneous management of multiple SAP SuccessFactors projects in compliance to project SLA parameters with best practices
- Recognized for on-time delivery of client projects with quality
- Successfully formalized HR Process as well as implementation of new HR systems for multiple organizations leading to enhanced operational efficiency & Digital Transformation
- Key Responsibilities:
- Handling the Implementations of SAP SuccessFactors to deliver on time with utmost quality
- Worked as a Delivery Lead for many Implementation projects
- Project Management & Resource Management
- SPOC for the customers to co-ordinate the overall Implementation
- Spearhead team efforts in implementing HR modules of SAP SuccessFactors in compliance to project delivery schedules and other SLA parameters
- Coordinate activities related to configuration & implementation of projects in SAP SuccessFactors Modules
- Active participation in Customer workshops for Business workshops, Requirements Gathering and Training to ensure high quality
- Manage day to day operations of project(s) and scope encompassing planning & implementation of project activities in compliance to project management methodologies
- Facilitate definition of project scope, goals and deliverables. Set up & manage the project team followed by allocation of project resources and budgets
- Plan & schedule project timelines to ensure compliance to project delivery schedules and other SLA parameters across project phases
- Interact with stakeholders for collation / understanding of project requirements and responsible for solutioning of the requirements based on the business needs
- Coordinate activities related to submission of project proposals for approval. Participate in meetings with stake holders to evaluate status and resolve issues based on priority
- Active participation in Pre-sales activities which includes customer demos and meetings. Effort Estimation & Proposal Creation
- Led various roles in the projects depending on the scope
- Projects Handled:
- Pharmaceutical Industry – SAP SuccessFactors & Analytics Implementation
- Railways – SAP SuccessFactors Digital Transformation with Integrations
- Studies & Research – SAP HCM Implementation with SAP SuccessFactors Talent Management
- Space Agency – SAP SuccessFactors Digital Transformation
- Real Estate – Enhancements & Roll-Outs
- Rental Solutions – S4 HANA Implementation along with SAP SuccessFactors
- Internal Project – SAP SuccessFactors SPOC for Implementation & Development
- Key Result Areas:
- Responsible for overall delivery of projects
- Solutioning of topics and to provide workarounds
- Formulated the main backlog and managed deliverables for clients
- Developed the roadmap (strategy) and prioritized what matters most to achieve the strategic goals and initiatives behind the product
- Steered the success of the implementation and directed a cross-functional team to build and improve the same
- Comprehended technical issues and translated / documented them to business language in order to ensure that business user fully understood the action being taken on the case throughout case life cycle
- Gained experience in Agile/Scrum, Activate methodologies
- Built custom solutions in collaboration with Development Team
- Highlights:
- Recognized with the ‘Best Team Award’ for managing the SAP SuccessFactors Team effectively and with periodic improvements
- Recognized with the ‘Best Solution Architect’ for managing an end-to-end project management for an implementation project and going live on time
- Participated in SAP HR Connect as a Partner Representative to engage with customers
- Participated in Hackathon to develop custom solutions
SAP SuccessFactors Lead
Gavdi
Dubai
2017.09 - 2022.09
- Projects Handled:
- Defense Contractor – SAP SuccessFactors Implementation with Integrations for multiple entities
- Retail – SAP SuccessFactors Digital Transformation
- Oil & Gas – SAP SuccessFactors Talent Management Implementation
- Software – SAP SuccessFactors Implementation
- Green Energy Sector – SAP SuccessFactors Implementation
- Shipping - SAP SuccessFactors Talent Management Implementation
- Food Industry – S4 HANA Implementation along with SAP SuccessFactors
- Real Estate - SAP SuccessFactors Implementation & Support
- Key Result Areas:
- Conducting Envisioning sessions to explain the business processes and functionality of SAP SuccessFactors modules
- Worked on Project Kick off meetings, Pre-sales, finalized Configuration Workbooks. Managed Post Sign Off activities
- Project Management for few projects
- Worked as a Solution Architect for a project to design the overall process flows
- Coordinate activities related to provisioning set up, Configuration of XML templates, ONB panels, Role Based Permissions (RBP), loading test users, preparing initial project plan, execution of all Iterations
- Conduct demonstrations based on Configuration workbooks
- Integration of SF to 3rd party applications
- Worked on API’s to fetch data and transfer to other portals
- Enhanced Recruiting process to cater all customer requirements
- Co-ordinated with Business Teams to get their acceptance that user stories have been delivered to their expectations; engaged in the preparation of UAT
- Created business cases which defined potential benefits, options for achieving these benefits through development of new or changed processes
- End User and Admin Training
- Post Go-live support
- Highlights:
- Recognized with the ‘Best Employee of the Month’ for delivering SAP SuccessFactors projects on time with no escalations and delays
- Recognized with the ‘Best Trainer Award’ for conducting an corporate training
- Participated in various SAP events to gain insights on SAP’s future developments and strategies
- Recognized for delivering the projects within the budget and was rewarded with incentives for the same
SAP SuccessFactors Senior Consultant
Bosch Limited
Bangalore
2016.10 - 2017.06
- Projects Handled:
- Automobile – SAP SuccessFactors Implementation for Talent modules
- Real Estate - SAP SuccessFactors Implementation & Support
- Internal Project – SAP SuccessFactors Talent Management Implementation
- Key Result Areas:
- Responsible for SAP SuccessFactors Implementation
- Participated in collating & evaluating requirements for Recruitment, Marketing and Onboarding modules followed by organizing initial demonstration of the SFSF System to the client
- Worked on Project Kick off meetings, finalized Recruitment and Onboarding Configuration Workbook. Managed Post Sign Off activities like Provisioning set up, Role Based Permissions (RBP), loading test users, Configuration of XML templates and Route Maps, Families, roles and Job codes, Competency Library, Integration with SAP
- Conduct demonstrations of the overall solution based on requirements provided as per configuration workbooks
- End User and Admin Training
- Post Go-live support
- Highlights:
- Recognized for training junior resources in SAP SuccessFactors
- Participated in intercompany events
Techno Functional Consultant
KPIT Technologies. Ltd.
Bangalore
2015.01 - 2016.10
- Projects Handled:
- Insurance Sector – SAP SuccessFactors Implementation for Talent modules
- Technology - SAP SuccessFactors Implementation & Support
- Telecom & Networking – SAP SuccessFactors Support & Enhancements
- Electricity Sector - SAP SuccessFactors Support
- Key Result Areas:
- Responsible for SAP SuccessFactors Implementation & Support
- Participated in collating & evaluating requirements for SAP SuccessFactors Modules
- Worked on Project Kick off meetings, finalized Configuration Workbooks. Managed Post Sign Off activities like Provisioning set up, Role Based Permissions (RBP), loading test users, Configuration of XML templates and Route Maps etc
- Conduct demonstrations of the overall solution based on requirements provided as per configuration workbooks
- End User and Admin Training
- Post Go-live support
- Highlights:
- Recognized with the ‘Best Consultant Award for the Quarter’ for quality work
- Participated in SAP Bus Event for PreSales and Demos
Senior Partner Cloud Operations Engineer
SAP SuccessFactors
Bangalore
2013.05 - 2014.12
- Key Result Areas:
- Data Center maintenance & Outage monitoring
- SPOC between Partners & Customer to handle Implementations and Contracts
- Interact with SAP Professional Services for product enhancements & development
- Content Management and transfer from Confluence to HCM Cloud Ops Portal
- Manage License Requests & Renewals
- Managing User Administration of Partner Users
- Handling Pre-Implementation issues and Enhancement Requests received from Customers
- Managing Provisioning Access Requests and Mapping Customer Instances
- Involved in Client demos and meetings to create awareness of Success Factors modules
- Participated in various customer demos and project presentations
- Organized training sessions for partners across the organizational hierarchy based on identified training needs and other operational requirements
- Prepared and presented updated status reports, other statistical details for the senior management team to enable effective decision making
Level 2 Technical Specialist
Hewlett Packard
Bangalore
2010.06 - 2012.12
- Key Result Areas:
- Managing Technical and Application related queries of customer applications and systems
- Handling Escalation tickets, calls and other issues related to the system
- Participated in workshops to understand new upgrades of the system
- Provided product trainings for New Hires and documentation
- Conducted internal audits and report creation
- Highlights:
- Recognized for managing the ticketing system effectively
- Nominated as a trainer for new joiners for process trainings
- SME for issues and floor support
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Management
MITS
IndiaSkills
- SuccessFactors Solution Architecture
- Implementation & Delivery
- Pre-Sales, Profit & Loss Analysis
- Project Governance & Leadership
- Budgeting & Cost Control
- Resource Management, Training & Support
- Documentation & Visualization Master
- Negotiator
- Collaborator
- Professional Leader
- Critical Thinker
- Analytical
- SAP SuccessFactors
- Integration Center
- Smartsheet
- SAP HCM Functional
- Azure
- Analytics
- API
- Jira
- Miro
- Middleware
- Hub Planner
- Citrix
- Decision making under pressure
- Cloud technology expertise
Certification
- SAP Certified Professional – SAP SuccessFactors Recruitment, Marketing and Onboarding
- SAP Certified Associate – SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, Onboarding 1.0, Onboarding 2.0, Performance & Goals
- SAP Certified Associate – SAP Activate Project Manager
Languages
English
Fluent
Hindi
Fluent
Affiliations
- Numismatics
- Collection of Pens
- Travelling
Accomplishments
Best Employee Award
Impact Achiever Award
Timeline
Delivery Head – SAP SuccessFactors
SGN Technology LLC
2023.09 - 2026.05
Solution Architect & Competency Lead – SAP SuccessFactors
Exalogic Consulting
2022.09 - 2023.09
SAP SuccessFactors Lead
Gavdi
2017.09 - 2022.09
SAP SuccessFactors Senior Consultant
Bosch Limited
2016.10 - 2017.06
Techno Functional Consultant
KPIT Technologies. Ltd.
2015.01 - 2016.10
Senior Partner Cloud Operations Engineer
SAP SuccessFactors
2013.05 - 2014.12
Level 2 Technical Specialist
Hewlett Packard
2010.06 - 2012.12
Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Management
MITS