SAP S/4HANA & Enterprise ERP Advisory

Where SAP complexity
meets proven delivery.

28 years of owned outcomes across Fortune 500, pharma CROs, automotive, and heavy manufacturing. Not consulting from the sidelines — from the programme office, the data centre, and the shop floor.

// Credentials at a glance
28+
Years cross-industry ERP
5
Co. codes · 12 plants live
35+
Global team members led
₹3L
/ month saved, one initiative
// Industries served
Pharma / Life Sciences FMCG / Fortune 500 Automotive Iron & Steel Manufacturing Paper & Pulp
Currently: Deputy Director, PepsiCo GBS
21CFR Pt.11 · GDPR · ITGC Certified
SAFe Agile Practitioner · ITIL V3
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Years cross-industry SAP & ERP
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Live S/4HANA plants deployed
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Servers managed in data centre
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Global team members led
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IT service availability delivered
Decision Criteria

Why decision-makers choose Anil.

Every box a CTO or procurement committee checks — answered with evidence, not assertions.

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Fortune 500 pedigree
Currently Deputy Director at PepsiCo GBS — leading SAP S/4HANA sustainment for a 35-member, 4-location global team. Previously at Volkswagen India. Actual delivery ownership at that scale, not peripheral involvement.
↳ PepsiCo · Volkswagen · Aragen · Electrosteel
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Regulated environment specialist
Delivered 21CFR Part 11, GDPR, and ITGC compliance for a pharmaceutical CRO/CDMO operating across India and the US — from CSV documentation to live regulatory audit preparation. A narrow specialisation very few SAP practitioners own end-to-end.
↳ Computer System Validation · Global Customer Audits
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RPA that earns its cost
Production automations across IDoc/BODS/POPI monitoring, procure-to-pay, GST reconciliation, and OCR invoice processing — with measurable cost savings evidenced at PepsiCo and Aragen. Live, maintained bots, not POCs.
↳ Measurable savings · ₹3L/mo on one initiative alone
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True end-to-end scope
Rare pairing of deep SAP functional ownership AND infrastructure (100+ servers, WAN/LAN, BCP/DR, SDWAN, enterprise security). One engagement thread from business process design down to the hardware that runs it — no handoff gaps.
↳ SAP Functional + Data Centre + Network + Security
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Shop-floor grounding
A decade inside manufacturing — MRF tyres, ITC paper & pulp — before moving into IT leadership. Understands production planning, WIP, inventory discipline and process control from direct experience, not a slide deck.
↳ 10 yrs MRF · 2 yrs ITC BPL · Load cell→SAP integration
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Greenfield to global template
Built entire IT estates from zero (Sona Alloys greenfield, complete dual-redundancy network + SAP ECC 6.0) and governed Fortune 500 global templates (PepsiCo PGT lift-and-shift across all business units). Operates at any ERP maturity stage.
↳ 0→1 greenfield build · Multi-BU template rollout
SAP Depth

Complete SAP value stream coverage.

Not a module specialist. Anil owns the integration layer across every major value stream — the complexity most consultants delegate.

RTR Record-to-Report
PTP Procure-to-Pay
OTC Order-to-Cash
FP&A Financial Planning
MTD Make-to-Deliver
EAM Enterprise Asset Mgmt
TPM Trade Promo Mgmt
FTS Freight-to-Settle
HTR Hire-to-Retire
EWM Warehouse Mgmt
Finance & Reporting streams
Operations & Supply chain
Workforce, Logistics & HR
FINANCE
RTR, FP&A, PTP at Fortune 500 scale. Governing PepsiCo's global template across these streams — mandatory approvals, CHARM cycle integration, full audit traceability enforced in production.
OPS
MTD, EAM, EWM in regulated manufacturing. Embedded Warehouse Management deployed at Aragen. Load cell-to-SAP weight capture built in-house at Electrosteel for real-time WIP & inventory management.
INTEGRATION
SAP ↔ Salesforce, portals & shop-floor. FinancialForce integration for real-time project & sales visibility. Customer portal (eCule) integrated with SAP. JIT communication via OFTP with 10+ automotive vendors.
COMPLIANCE
Regulatory compliance baked in, not retrofitted. 21CFR Part 11, GDPR, ITGC delivered at a pharma CRO/CDMO — change management, testing protocols, and release governance aligned with audit requirements from day one.
Capability Depth

28 years of skill — visualised.

Not a generalist spreading thin. Each capability below maps to programmes personally owned and delivered.

SAP S/4HANA Implementation28 yrs
IT Infrastructure & Data Centre22 yrs
Regulatory Compliance (21CFR, GDPR, ITGC)8 yrs
RPA & Intelligent Automation10 yrs
Programme & Team Leadership (35+ global)15 yrs
SAP Integration (Salesforce, Portals, Shop-floor)18 yrs
SAFe Agile / DevSecOps6 yrs
BCP / Disaster Recovery15 yrs
ITIL V3 Foundation
SAP GST Implementation
Diploma · Statistical QC
MBA · Marketing & Finance (SMU)
National Productivity Council
SAFe Agile Practitioner
Track Record

28 years. Every role. Every outcome.

Click any role to expand the specifics. Each item is something Anil personally owned — not supported, not contributed to, but led.

2024–Now
PepsiCo GBS
Fortune 500
Deputy Director — SAP S/4HANA Functional & Integration · 35-member global team, 4 locations
  • Governing PepsiCo Global Template (PGT) on SAP S/4HANA & SaaS — module goals aligned to business objectives across all value streams
  • RPA automation of IDoc, BODS & POPI interface monitoring — measurable, auditable cost savings in production
  • Integrated Solman documentation with CHARM cycle — mandatory approvals and full audit traceability across change management
  • SAFe Agile: Sprint planning, retrospectives, backlog grooming across onshore/offshore scrum teams
  • CI/CD discipline embedded: automated testing, continuous integration, peer review across DevSecOps teams
  • Streamlined Regression Testing and Release Management — reduced deployment cycle time and risk measurably
SAP S/4HANARPACHARMSAFe AgileDevSecOpsGlobal Template
2016–2024
Aragen Life Sciences
Pharma CRO/CDMO
Associate Director — IT (SAP & Infrastructure) · 100+ servers · ₹ multi-crore IT budget · 4 locations
  • Led end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementation: 5 company codes, 12 plants across India & US — GST, Fiori, Material Ledger, post-Go-Live stabilisation
  • Delivered 21CFR Part 11, GDPR, ITGC compliance — organisation prepared and audit-ready for global customers and regulatory agencies
  • Integrated SAP with Salesforce (FinancialForce) for real-time project management and sales visibility
  • RPA for procure-to-pay, GST reconciliation, OCR invoice processing — substantially reduced manual processing across finance
  • Architected 100+ server data centre across 4 geographic locations — WAN/LAN, BCP/DR, IT service operations
  • Chemical reutilisation initiative saved ₹3 lacs/month; SDWAN deployed across all locations
  • Commvault, Cisco Ironport, Forcepoint deployed — statutory backup, anti-malware, web and email security
S/4HANA21CFRGDPRRPASalesforceSDWANBCP/DR
2011–2016
Electrosteel Castings
Iron & Steel
Assistant General Manager — IT · 400+ users · 95%+ service availability
  • SAP R/3 landscape upgrade: EHP0→EHP7 (ECC/EP), EHP1→EHP4 (BI) — IBM DB2 v9.1 to v10.5
  • Implemented SAP MM, PP, WM, QM with FICO integration as Project Manager across full scope
  • Engineered redundant BCP architecture for SAP Production — active/passive at optimised cost
  • Built in-house load cell-to-SAP weight capturing integration for real-time WIP & inventory
  • CAPEX/OPEX custom workflow deployed in SAP; SAP ESS/MSS Enterprise Portal rolled out for 400+ employees
  • QlikView MIS reporting, CLMS, and enterprise security & surveillance deployed across factory premises
R/3 UpgradeBCP/DRMM/PP/QMQlikViewESS/MSS
2010–2011
Sona Alloys
Greenfield
Senior Manager — IT · Complete IT estate built from zero
  • Built entire IT infrastructure, network, security, SAP ECC 6.0 (FICO, MM, SD, QM) and QlikView MIS from scratch for a new manufacturing plant
  • Dual-redundancy active/passive network — Wi-Fi, WAN, PRI communications — designed and deployed
  • BCP/DR framework established ground-up with zero legacy to build on
GreenfieldECC 6.0BCP/DRFICO/MM/SD
2008–2010
Volkswagen India
Automotive
Assistant Manager — IT (Systems) · 3-site rollout: VW Pune, Skoda Aurangabad, VW Mumbai
  • Implemented SAP ECC 6.0 FI & MM as standardised rollout from Skoda Auto India
  • FIS (Production Planning & Control) integrated with SAP — conveyor control & car electronic check systems
  • JIT communication via OFTP protocol managed across 10+ vendors
  • KABA Time & Attendance and Access Control unified across all three sites
ECC 6.0JITFI & MMProduction Line
1998–2008
MRF Ltd.
Manufacturing
ERP Officer — Planning & Procurement · 10 years on the manufacturing floor
  • ERP-driven planning and procurement across a large-scale tyre manufacturing unit — production continuity and inventory optimisation
  • Improved MRP accuracy and vendor coordination — reduced both stock-outs and excess inventory measurably
  • Enabled cross-functional alignment (Production, Stores, Finance) through real-time ERP integration and MIS reporting
  • Shop-floor integration for raw materials and WIP inventory tracking supported and improved
MRPProcurementInventoryShop Floor
Engagements

What Anil can do for your programme.

Select an engagement type to explore the depth behind it — with specific programme references for each.

S/4HANA Implementation & Migration

Greenfield and brownfield programmes — multi-company-code, multi-plant, multi-country. Not advisory; Anil has personally owned delivery end-to-end across multiple go-lives.

5 company codes, 12 plants deployed live at Aragen Life Sciences — India and US, with GST, SAP Fiori, Material Ledger, and post-Go-Live stabilisation included.
Full value stream ownership: RTR, FP&A, PTP, OTC, MTD, EAM, TPM, FTS, HTR — programme owner across all, not a module specialist.
SAP ↔ Salesforce (FinancialForce) integration enabling real-time project management and sales visibility — deployed and sustained in production at a pharma CRO/CDMO.
Embedded Warehouse Management for manufacturing — chemical reutilisation initiative engineered into the process, saving ₹3 lacs/month.
S/4HANAMaterial LedgerSAP FioriGSTEWMSAP Ariba

Regulated & Life Sciences

Pharmaceutical and life sciences ERP demands a tier of compliance most consultants cannot deliver. Anil owned this for a CRO/CDMO operating across India and the US — from CSV documentation through to active regulatory audit preparation.

21CFR Part 11, GDPR, and ITGC compliance delivered — organisation audit-ready for compliance agencies and global customers across India & US operations.
Computer System Validation (CSV) embedded into the SAP implementation lifecycle — not retrofitted post-go-live.
Regulatory requirements integrated into change management, testing protocols, and release governance from day one — not as a compliance layer added at the end.
21CFR Pt.11GDPRITGCCSVAudit Readiness

RPA & Intelligent Automation

Production automations across two enterprises — not pilot programmes. Each bot replaced a measurable manual workload and is maintained in production.

IDoc/BODS/POPI interface monitoring automated at PepsiCo GBS — measurable cost savings across daily operational tasks, currently live.
Procure-to-pay, GST reconciliation, OCR invoice processing automated at Aragen — substantially reduced manual effort across finance operations.
Smoke testing automation for SAP regression cycles — accelerating release management and reducing deployment risk at enterprise scale.
RPAIDocBODSPOPIOCRP2P Automation

SAP Sustain & AMS

Currently running SAP sustain at global scale for PepsiCo. The governance structures and cadence to keep a complex template healthy are lived experience, not theory.

PepsiCo Global Template (PGT) governed across 35 team members in 4 locations — module goals aligned to business objectives across all value streams simultaneously.
Solman + CHARM integration — mandatory approvals and full audit traceability across change management cycles in a Fortune 500 environment.
Regression Testing and Release Management streamlined — reduced deployment cycle time with CI/CD discipline embedded across DevSecOps teams.
SAP SolmanCHARMRelease MgmtRegression TestingAMS

IT Infrastructure & Data Centre

Managed 100+ server estates, designed active/passive BCP architectures, deployed SDWAN across multiple sites, and built enterprise backup and security stacks — all while owning the SAP functional layer above it.

100+ server data centre across 4 geographic locations — WAN/LAN, BCP/DR design, and IT service operations managed at Aragen with statutory compliance.
SDWAN deployed across all operating locations — seamless, monitored, secure multi-site connectivity at a regulated pharmaceutical organisation.
Greenfield IT from scratch at Sona Alloys — dual-redundancy active/passive network with Wi-Fi, WAN, PRI, and BCP/DR framework designed and deployed from zero.
SDWANBCP/DRCommvaultCisco IronportHybrid Cloud

Fractional CIO / IT Strategy

For organisations that need executive IT leadership without the full-time hire — ERP roadmap, enterprise architecture, vendor governance, and CapEx/OpEx budget stewardship.

IT budget ownership at ₹ multi-crore scale — CapEx/OpEx planning, vendor SLA governance, and cost optimisation across the IT estate at Aragen over 7+ years.
ERP roadmap and enterprise architecture from greenfield design to Fortune 500 global template governance — across pharma, manufacturing, FMCG, and automotive.
Executive stakeholder management across Business Leads, Global Process Owners, Solution Design Owners, and compliance auditors — simultaneously, in live programmes.
IT StrategyERP RoadmapVendor MgmtCapEx/OpExDigital Transformation

SAFe Agile & DevSecOps

Actively practising SAFe Agile at PepsiCo — not a certification on a CV. Sprint planning, retrospectives, backlog grooming, and CI/CD discipline embedded in a live Fortune 500 SAP programme.

SAFe Agile sprint ceremonies led across onshore/offshore scrum teams at PepsiCo — Sprint planning, retrospectives, backlog grooming in a distributed global team.
CI/CD best practices enforced — automated testing, continuous integration, and peer review embedded across DevSecOps delivery, measurably reducing deployment risk.
CAPEX/OPEX custom workflow in SAP deployed at Electrosteel; SAP ESS/MSS Enterprise Portal rolled out for 400+ employees alongside.
SAFe AgileScrumDevSecOpsCI/CDSprint Planning

Global Template Rollout

Collaborating with Global Solution Design Owners and Global Process Owners to lift-and-shift a proven global template across business units — the most complex governance challenge in any enterprise SAP programme.

PepsiCo Global Template (PGT) sustainment and lift-and-shift governance across all business units on SAP S/4HANA and SaaS — currently live and active.
PBNA Functional and Business Lead partnership — designing, deploying, and sustaining integrated end-to-end ERP solutions at individual business unit level.
SAP R/3 landscape upgrade at Electrosteel — EHP0→EHP7 (ECC/EP), EHP1→EHP4 (BI), IBM DB2 v9.1 to v10.5 with 95%+ service availability maintained throughout.
Global TemplateLift & ShiftMulti-BU RolloutLandscape Upgrade
Sectors Served

Cross-industry depth — not just SAP breadth.

Each vertical brings its own regulatory, operational, and integration demands. Anil has personally delivered in all six.

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Pharmaceuticals
ARAGEN LIFE SCIENCES (CRO/CDMO)
21CFR Part 11, GDPR, ITGC, Computer System Validation — India & US operations, regulatory audit readiness for global customers.
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FMCG / Consumer
PEPSICO GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES
Fortune 500 global template governance, RPA-led cost reduction, SAFe Agile delivery — 4-location global team, currently active.
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Automotive
VOLKSWAGEN INDIA · SKODA AUTO
Production line JIT integration with conveyor and car electronic check systems, OFTP vendor communication, 3-site SAP rollout.
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Iron & Steel
ELECTROSTEEL CASTINGS
SAP landscape upgrade, redundant BCP architecture, in-house load cell integration, 95%+ service availability for 400+ users.
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Tyre Manufacturing
MRF LTD.
10 years ERP-driven planning and procurement — MRP accuracy, production continuity, inventory optimisation, shop-floor WIP tracking.
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Paper & Pulp
ITC BHADRACHALAM
Process control systems, throughput optimisation, quality consistency — foundational shop-floor grounding before ERP leadership.
"Not theory, not advisory from the sidelines. I have built this, governed it at Fortune 500 scale, and handed it to teams who maintain it in production today. That is the only kind of consulting worth paying for."
Anil Gopal Yellapragada · Deputy Director, PepsiCo GBS · SAP S/4HANA & ERP Advisory
Engagement

Let's talk about your programme.

The right first step is a focused 45-minute conversation.

Whether you're evaluating a greenfield S/4HANA, navigating a compliance audit, or need a steady hand on an already-live global template — describe your situation and Anil will come back with a focused point of view.

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