Professional with total 22+ years (16+ Years of SAP and domain experience of 6+ years) of experience in leading production planning, manufacturing, logistics and project management in diverse industries including automotive, automotive component manufacturing, industrial machinery and components, telecommunications, steel, and medical devices manufacturing. Siva Kumar is a hands on consultant in his area of specialization. Consulting experience in SAP includes 12 numbers of end-to-end implementations and roll-out projects and 2 global support projects in SAP PP, WM, QM, MM, APO-PP/DS & CIF, with clear understanding of cross-functional applications and integration in industrial scenarios. In SAP Consulting, Siva Kumar has handled a wide ranging set of roles including solution architect, project manager, test manager, development manager and migration manager. Siva Kumar has also been involved in business analysis, process harmonization, digital transformation for the customers in auto, IM&C, heavy machine manufacturing, satellite telecommunications & iron and steel. Siva Kumar is currently working for Volvo Cars Corporation with responsibility in Manufacturing and Logistics-IT (Digital) for new initiatives in SAP S/4HAHA, proof of concepts and establishing agile devops teams in SAP space. He is also well versed with SAFe agile ways of working and is part of product teams. He is also certified in SAP S/4HANA - Production Planning and Manufacturing-1909. He has strong international exposure on global assignments in China, Turkey, France, Germany, USA, Mexico, Japan, Norway, Czech Republic, Sweden and India. He is passionate about propagating Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP), Demand Driven Replenishment (DDR).