SUMMARY:

• Thirteen (13) years of SAP experience with three full life - cycle implementations as MM and WM functional consultant.
• Twenty (20) years of experience working as an IT consultant at Fortune 500 companies.
• Thirty (30) years of experience working in the IT field.
• Superior ability to grasp essential elements of a business process, analyze them rapidly and provide relevant solutions in the client’s context.
• Experienced in business blueprinting, realization; and unit, integration, and user acceptance testing.
• Master of translating business objectives into functional and technical requirements.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SAP Functional Skills: SAP R/3 4.6B, 4.7, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0, All phases of the ASAP methodology; business process workshops; configuration and customization; RICEF objects related to MM; data conversion, data cleansing; enhancements with user exits and BAPIs; custom reports; IDOCs and EDI interfaces, project management; problem resolution, business process design, configuration and customization; output determination, testing and integration; end-user testing; production support.

Other Technical Skills: HP ALM, HP Quick Test Professional, BMC Remedy, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Internet Marketing, SMS.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Lead MM Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of 5 SAP MM analysts.
• Led the P2P implementation effort to roll out P2P to three business units.
• Presented already existing blueprints to business representatives.
• Worked with the excise tax department to implement a tax matrix, and developed automated test procedures to test various tax scenarios.
• Worked with the technical team to develop functionality to query outline agreements and purchase orders to determine optimal procurement approaches.
• Provided MM functional leadership in the split of one SAP instance into to two independent instances.
• Helped develop functional integration testing of P2P processes through manual and automated test scenarios in HP QC/QTP and SAP TAO.
• Led an enhancement effort to provide Excel-based consignment and pipeline settlement reports in addition to the .pdf versions provided by SAP.
• Enhanced a custom-developed staging tool to provide a better inventory control of $300 million worth of staged materials across various refineries, and to bring unused inventory back into unrestricted stock.
• Provide on-going 3rd-level technical support to the MM functional support team.
• Providing light support on Ariba.

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, HP Quality Center, Quick Test Professional, SAP TAO and Microsoft Office.

Confidential, Cherry Hill, NJ

SAP MM/WM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Conducted blueprinting workshops with business representatives
• Prepared functional specs to satisfy business requirements.
• Analyzed reporting systems and prepared functional specifications for user review and modifications.
• Configured stock transport order with in the company codes.
• Configured stock transfers between plants and storage locations.
• Integrated WM with IM and PP.
• Configured various condition types and price determination procedures for the client.
• Configured service order with appropriate conditions and postings to cost center GL Accounts.
• Worked on master data for plant specific field selections and material valuation.
• Worked extensively with master data records by maintaining different material types, internal/external number assignment.
• Performed data migration and conversion from legacy systems to SAP.
• Performed conversion mapping with various legacy back-end system and provided guidance on overall master data conversion strategies, approaches and methodologies.
• Worked with the ABAP team to write functional specs and delivery field mapping, transformation rules, etc.
• Performed data cleansing using Microsoft Excel. Extracted intelligence from data to normalize vendor master data in the SAP environment.
• Performed various tests during master data conversion phase to validate data integrity.
• Prepared functional specifications for custom reports for material stock reports and on-time delivery analysis.
• Configured Mobile data entry in warehouses for RF devices
• Provided production support on day-to-day activities performed in MM and WM.

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, Oracle 9 I and Microsoft Office.

Confidential, Milford, MA

SAP MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Participated in blueprinting and realization activities.
• Provided solutions for client’s supply chain process primarily in materials management.
• Prototyped and demonstrated MM functionalities to the business.
• Setup project, and uploaded documents in SOLMAN.
• Arranged process validation workshops and got sign-off of the “to-be” document.
• Integrated MM with other modules, such as, IM, QM, PP, SD and FICO.
• Perform realization activities, such as, configuration of the MM module in SAP ECC 6.0.
• Configured end-to-end purchase to pay process.
• Cleansed and migrated master data for material master, vendor master, customer master, info records, source lists and bin stocks.
• Prepared functional specification documents for interfaces, reports, forms and enhancements.
• Tested the RICEF’s developed by the ABAPers.
• Configured automatic account determination for goods movement.
• Defined condition types, price with additional decimals, control-pricing conditions based on order type.
• Created a new pricing conditions key combination.
• Worked on the EDI process (partner type, partner profile, message type, inbound and outbound parameters) with purchase orders, sales order, ASN, vendor master and master data etc.
• Prepared test scripts and test scenarios; and participated in unit testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing.
• Coordinatedwiththe clienttokeeptrackofdeliveryissuespertainingtoSAPMaterials management and SAP SD Module.
• Provided go-live and post-live support. Coordinated with the local team to resolve post go live integration issues

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, ARIS Flow, Oracle 8 I, Microsoft Windows and Office.

Confidential, Orange, CT

SAP MM/WM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and synthesized client specific business processes, GAPS, customizations & configuration and presented the same to clients as part of knowledge transfer.
• Provide timely solutions to all client requests on MM & WM modules including on call support.
• Designed new business processes for warehouse including cross docking, and integration of SAP WM with the automatic warehouse AS/RS.
• Worked on processing special materials with Shelf life expiration date (SLED).
• Developed test scripts for change in the business processes.
• Analyzed impact of changes across modules/functional area.
• Involved in EDI configuration, such as, output determination, customer distribution model, IDOC extensions, setting up the ports, setting up the RFC destinations, getting ABAP code written to populate IDOCs, user exits and workflow to handle IDOC extensions or errors.
• Monitored the batch jobs and IDOCs transmission on daily basis, log failures and took appropriate corrective action.
• Determined pricing procedures with necessary condition types, access sequence and condition tables as per business requirements.

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, HP Quality Center, Oracle 9i, Unix, Microsoft Office and MS-Access.

Confidential, Bridgewater, NJ

SAP MM /WM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Participated in blueprinting and realization activities.
• Provided solutions for client’s supply chain process primarily in materials management.
• Prototyped and demonstrated MM functionalities to the business.
• Setup project, and uploaded documents in SOLMAN.
• Prepared functional specification documents for RICIF objects.
• Participated in the cross application team developing EDI/IDOC interface by providing customized IB/OB IDOC details of documents, such as, ASN 856), motor carrier shipment information (204) and Invoices (210) etc.
• Configured automatic account determination for goods movement.
• Configured pricing procedure, calculation schema, access sequences and maintained condition tables.
• Prepared test scripts and test scenarios; and participated in unit testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing.
• Coordinatedwiththe clienttokeeptrackofdeliveryissuespertainingtoSAPmaterials management and SAP SD Module.

Environment: SAP ECC 5.0 & SAP R/3 Release 4.6B, Oracle 9i, Windows and MS Word.

Confidential, Chadds Ford, PA

Position:SAP MM/WM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured the MM module from the blueprint created by other members of the implementation team.
• Provided user and support on day-to-day activities performed in SAP.
• Configured new and standard material types as per the requirements of the client.
• Created material groups and setup quantity, value, split valuation control, forecasting and valuation classes.
• Configured vendor master data, complete procurement processes, quota arrangement, source lists and release procedures for PR & PO.
• Cleansed and migrated data from the legacy system.
• Resolved SD issues related to change in version by modifying pricing procedures.
• Configured stock transport order with in the company codes, stock transfers between the plants, storage locations and integration with IM and SD for goods receipts and goods issues.
• Configured various condition types and the price determination procedure for the client.
• Worked on lean warehouse management system and Interfaces for inbound PO and outbound PO.
• Configured goods returns, goods issues, movements types, WM movements types, storage types, Storage Sections and Physical Inventory.
• Worked on standard SAP enhancements and data migration, and initial inventory uploads using LSMW.
• Performed exhaustive unit test runs on test director for different scenarios.
• Provided manual for end user and support for go live.

Environment: SAP R/3 Enterprise Release 4.7, Microsoft SQL Server and Windows 2000.

Confidential, Hazelton, PA

SAP MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the user community to identify their requirements, design enhancements and functionality to help meet user requirements during the implementation of SAP R/3 4.6 B System.
• Configuration of organization structure relevant to Material Management like plant, purchasing organization, Purchasing groups, Storage locations and valuation areas etc.
• Implementing configuration changes based on the requirement.
• Configuration of purchasing documents like Requisition, Source of supply, Quotas, RFQ and settings for Split Valuation.
• Compiled the information required for creation of Material Master, Vendor Master and Info Record documents and customized the same.
• Setup subsequent settlement process and quota arrangement procedures for materials requirement planning in accordance with consumption and forecasts source determining procedures and source list.
• Configuration of Releasing Strategy for Purchase requisition and Purchase orders.
• Extensively involved in performing the Functional & Business process testing to ensure no negative impacts and assist the business users for user acceptance testing.
• Involved in End user, presentations, creating documentation which include user manuals, master data manuals and customizing guide.
• Assist end users on problems with Transactions and Responsible for managing, assisting with prioritization, and monitoring day-to-day Gap SolutionRequests.
• Assisted with the design of changes to business processes based on requested enhancements.

Environment: SAP R/3 Release 4.6B, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows, MS Project and Visio.

Confidential, Norwalk, CT

Manager of Systems Development

Responsibilities:

• A global leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, and facilities services.
• Provided expertise in carrying out projects related to EMCOR’s intranet called EMCOR.net.

Confidential, Manhattan, NY

Independent Technology Consultant.

Responsibilities:

• Worked as an independent consultant providing technology solutions to the business needs of large companies, such as, AT&T, Pfizer, Quest Diagnostics, etc. Solutions included data warehousing, data cleansing, collaborative computing, etc.

Confidential, Manhattan, NY

Position:Lead Database Designer and Developer

Responsibilities:

• Worked as the lead database designer and developer to develop a personnel information system. The personnel information system project was developed from scratch. Cyclic design approach was used to accomplish maximum user involvement and approval throughout the project
• The system comprised of a decision support module, a label printing module, and a directory lookup module. The data was downloaded from a mainframe in Chicago to a database residing on a SQL Server for NT in New York.

Confidential, New York, New York.

Senior Analyst -- Office Information Systems Department

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented an object oriented document management (DM) system for the Investment Banking and Public Finance departments. The DM system uses SQL Server as its database engine. The DM system managed Word documents. The front end was developed in Visual Basic.
• Wrote a C program to drive a HP jukebox-based archive mechanism for the DM system using Visual C++ and Windows SDK.
• Wrote several Visual Basic programs to generate commonly requested reports from the DM system.
• Used Q+E Editor to generate ad hoc queries, and ISQL to manage the Microsoft SQL Server database.
• Used Sniffer to isolate and correct problems in CS First Boston's Token Ring network.
• Developed utility programs in SQL Windows.
• Supervised two programmers and two integrators.

Confidential, Los Angeles, California

Applications Development Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed a network monitoring program in the Windows SDK environment. This data was collected from UNIX-, VMS- and Guardian-based computers, and is displayed on Windows-based desktops.
• Designed and developed an X.25-based network that links various wire transfer, and letter of credit applications located in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, and Portland. Approximately 20 billion dollars were transferred on this system everyday.
• Designed and implemented a multiple server Netware network on Ethernet to support 500 users. The client/server environment was standardized on Windows, running Microsoft's suite of applications.
• Designed and implemented a multiple-server Netware network on Token Ring to support 300 users.
• Provided on going technical support of BankAmerica LANs including application and NOS updates, troubleshooting, software development, product evaluation, second level support, Windows-to-LAN interface, and disaster recovery plans.
• Built Netware 3.11 servers. Created Windows utilities in C/C++ to control the LAN environment. The utilities were developed using Windows SDK.
• Taught internal courses in object oriented programming concepts, use of LAN and WAN in a corporate environment, Netware 3. 11, and Windows 3.1.

Confidential, Houston, Texas

Sr. Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Gathered user requirements, performed preliminary design, and secured upper management's approval for an 8,000 man-hour project to develop a pressure vessel design program.
• Maintained several VMS and DOS based engineering programs written in the C language.
• Provided user on variety of engineering programs.

Confidential, Houston, Texas

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed a pressure vessel design program, ProVessel the program was written in the C and FORTRAN languages. The program introduced innovative GUI, modular calculations, and "what-if' capabilities that were rated superior to the competition by the users.
• Developed a windows environment that was used with other programs by colleagues.
• Searched engineering data and developed design algorithms. Coded and tested software. Wrote user documentation for various engineering programs.
• Provided pro- and post-sale support for CAESAR II, and ProVessel. Created databases, and C and FORTRAN routines for several engineering programs.