SUMMARY:

• 17 Years of Manufacturing Domain experience and 14 years of experience in SAP as Project Manager, Logistics Principal Consultant and Solution Architect with 5 full life cycles implementations in Materials Management, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management, Yard Management, Production Planning, Data Migration, Integration Test Manager, IS Retail, ECC, EWM and SAP CRM upgrade and SAP ARIBA projects for various industries in various roles
• Market experience in Automotive, Distribution, Building materials, Computers, Oil, Retail, Liquor, Defense, Airline, Manufacturing & Parma clients
• Expertise in Project Management, Solution Architect, Fitment analyst, Blue printing, Documentation, Business Process Re - Engineering, system Integration, Testing, User Training, Confidential objects and participate in RFP
• Implementation and hands on configuration expertise in MM / IM / WM / PP / EWM/ QM Upgrade in SAP 4.6, ECC 6.0/ Lift and shift and CRM technical upgrade

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP: SAP R/3 / ECC MM / WM / YM (4.6c/ ECC 5.0/ ECC 6.0), EWM 7.0/ Solution Manager/ Ariba 14S

Integration with other Module: FI / PP/ SD / QM / EWM / CRM / APO / i2FP (Planning tool)

Office Productivity: MS-Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Visio/MS Project

Tools: Auto CAD / Solid Works / Six-Sigma / HPQC/ APSE/u-Perform training tool

SAP PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supported Go-Live and continuing as Production support Lead
• Provide support for MM/WM Data migration, User Training documentation, Training users & Enhancements before Go Live and continuing as business analyst after Go Live.
• Supporting client with change requests, Process changes, and continued support with day to day operations and Integration lead between team members
• Redesigned Team Sales and successfully implemented.

Solution Architect

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Production support Lead for multiple plants in various location in US
• Supporting clients in the area of Procure to Pay, Production planning, Quality Management & warehouse management.
• Identifying the issues with Procure to Pay, Production planning resolving the material reservations issues, creating process orders and issuing materials to production from warehouse.
• Canceling existing orders due to cancelation of orders from customers
• Returning stocks from PSA to warehouse.
• Inventory adjustments via cycle counting.
• Studied their legacy systems such as Confidential (ERP), FLOW BASE (Production Planning system) CORE(Material master creation) Foreign Trade Zone(FTZ)- Integration point(Customs), CEVA Logistics, Liaison Portal and many more for preparing the AS-IS business process and AS-AS system Architecture and provided Global Template Solution with TO-BE systems Architecture.
• Visited Plant in MILAN, ITALY to understand their process, custom developments of their previous implementation from 2007.
• Conducted Blueprint sessions for two months at Sulligent plant, AL
• Performed FIT-GAP Analysis from existing objects developed and identified which can be leveraged for this implementation
• Captured requirements and proposed End to End business process in Procure to Pay & Logistics Modules
• Prepared Blueprint documents with proposed solution to move forward with Realization phase
• Managed a team of 5 consultants.
• Supported project manager in preparing the project time lines based on Confidential objects and client face in all areas of project status and guiding the client in the right direction.
• Identified their Kanban Requirement for production replenishment and implemented two step TO confirmation.
• Identified the integration points and the business needs and suggested to bring in an SD consultant to support the project
• Identified the requirement of RF in warehouse area and brought in an onsite RF consultant to develop objects
• Performed WM module configurations to meet business requirement as per Confidential and change required as per the change requests created.
• Played integration manager role in planning the test scripts, test schedules and user training documentation and providing training to all users.
• Prepared Functional specs for Interfaces, GR Labels, TO Labels, Custom Tables, Master data conversions & Enhancements for RF transactions in MM, PP, SD & WM areas
• Participated in RFP for Kellogg and won the business for implementing “ARIBA”

SAP Solution Architect

Confidential, Trumbull, CT

Responsibilities:

• Preparing end to end Test scripts for Confidential /PP/WM
• Preparing day to day updates on testing status to higher management
• Supporting users with issues
• Resolving defects, Configuration check and fixing as needed & Supporting Integration Testing with Business users
• Generating day to day status reports in HPQC.
• Updating the defects and follow up with respective teams on getting the issues fixed and coordinating with users for performing re testing.
• Co-coordinating with different teams, business users and supporting on executing the test scripts
• Supporting Confidential (RF Micro Devices) and Confidential (Semiconductors) Business Merger
• Working with business users and prepared As-Is process documentation for R2P (Record to Pay), Confidential (Plan to Produce), MDM (Master data Management), NPD (New Product Development)
• Conducted Confidential Sessions with Confidential and Confidential business and IT users and identified GAPS in terms of SAP, Change management requirements and actions items for Realization phase
• Demonstrated WM functionalities in pursuit to business growth.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Worked with business in defining the data conversion rules, trial test data loads, fixing errors
• Preparing FS documents for new enhancement and configuration.
• Worked with Production support team supporting MM / WM
• Involved in Three RFP preparations and won business for TriQuint Semiconductors and VM Ware
• Supported 2 Go-Lives at Detroit and Catlettsburg Refineries with deployment team
• Worked in Confidential (central support team)
• Prepared FS documents for new Confidential objects Forms, Reports & Enhancement objects
• Configured printers for individual warehouse managed Refineries and Pipelines business units
• Prepared Test scripts and supported Release 5 SIT
• Coordinated with Basis team related to Logistics functional Transports Release and move to Quality and production systems.
• Involved in preparing the RFP for Material Master data naming rules

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

SAP Logistics Data Migration Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analyze ITAR data (Defense materials)
• Review third part tools for security and governance and provided best tool to meet requirement.
• Masking rules for ITAR data description and encryption rules when transmitting to vendors.
• Data conversion rules from third party encryption tool to SAP when interfacing
• Provided Data cleansing rules for data migration in FI and MM areas. Materials, vendors, PO, BOM & GR/GI balances.

Confidential, Greer, South Carolina

SAP Solution Architect / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Analyze Legacy Yard Management ( Confidential ), Conduct Confidential printing sessions, Requirement gathering, Prepare Confidential document
• Review Inbound, outbound process and internal movement processes and provided Detailed System Design
• Detailed system design preparation
• Propose Standard SAP YM and identify Confidential objects
• Demonstrated SAP Yard Management functionality, navigation from check in check out, load and unload, seal and unseal, Weighing, Yard Mapping, Vehicle creation, Assigning vehicle to delivery or shipment
• Resources on boarding & Project Management
• Demonstrate EWM functionality

Confidential, Toledo, OH

SAP Logistics Principal Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Yard Management (YM) Implementation Confidential document and Road Blocks, Inbound and outbound process, performance issues, User training documents
• Analyzed Confidential objects and eliminated which can be met with standard YM
• Activated required BC sets to bring the standard Yard ( Y50)
• Reduced performance by creating new yards by coping stand Yard Y50
• Demo was given on Yard Management functionality, navigation from check in check out, load and unload, seal and unseal, Yard Mapping, Vehicle creation, Assigning vehicle to delivery or shipment
• Preparing cut over activities and data migration activities

Confidential, Morrisville, NC

SAP Warehouse Management - Business Transformation consultant

Responsibilities:

• Pre assessment of SAP E Returns project and Prepared Confidential document
• Supporting Phase II Global Template Rollout for Brazil, Mexico and US
• Prepared local change requests based on business requirements in MM / PP/ WM modules
• Prepared estimates for new Confidential objects
• Supporting new acquisitions implementation Project “ I OMEGA”
• Project timelines for Realization phase, UAT, Cutover activities and Go-Live
• Working with global teams in China, Mexico and US
• Conducted Confidential workshops, delivered To Be process flows, concept papers, Gap analysis
• Integration of SAP ECC 6.0 and EWM 7.0 using CIF and QRFC
• Activated EWM RDS templates to demo standard EWM best practice concepts
• Customized EWM Warehouse Structure to meet additional client requirements
• Set up the master data to demo process oriented, layout oriented, packaging specification, yard management concepts
• Configured org elements like storage types, storage sections, Putaway strategies, Picking strategies, warehouse process types, warehouse order creation rules and physical inventory process along with process oriented and layout oriented processes
• Demoed inbound, outbound process, internal movements, replenishment and, physical inventory process
• Set up the Warehouse Monitor & Demonstrated RF functionality

Confidential

SAP Technical Solution Architect / SAP MM/WM Logistics Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Involved in pre assessment of SAP EHS for BNSF Business in Incident, Claims and Risk management
• Prepared fitment analysis in terms of AS-IS systems landscape and TO-BE landscape
• Prepared project timelines, Hardware, software requirements and estimates for implementing SAP EHS
• Worked with functional team and prepared fitment scoring for SAP EHS implementation
• Involved in RFP preparation
• Presented Logistics solution for their new company code requirement and won the project
• Conducted blueprint session and prepared Confidential and design documents for Logistics and Data migration processes
• Analyzed Confidential ’s, change to current business process and Time estimations in terms of project completion
• Demonstrated prototype with new requirements & Implemented project

Confidential, Houston, TX

SAP APO Logistics Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Conducted Confidential printing workshops for new requirements
• Provided solution to existing issues in SAP Demand planning
• Confidential objects consolidation based on the current and new requirements
• Estimated required time for all Confidential development

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Conducted Confidential printing workshops
• Prepared AS-IS documents for System landscape, Data Migration and prepared and presented TO-BE documents and process for new System Landscape and Data Migration process
• Managed a team of 6 consultant’s onsite and 12 consultants of offshore
• Upgraded Development, Quality, performance and two mock cutovers and Production system
• Planned and prepared basis activities, Data Migration activities, Functional and technical changes, testing plans, training activities, change document from CRM 6.0 to CRM 7.0
• Planned hyper care support after go live and system handover after Go-Live
• Managed without any show stopper defects after go live

Confidential, Oakland, CA

WM Principal Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Business discussions on Confidential ’S objects in Procure to Pay area
• Finalized the required objects for development based on the ROI and Requirement
• Guided the rest of the team in process gaps and proposed solutions
• Proposed standard transaction to client for reports and eliminated 50% of objects from development
• Wrote functional specs, test scripts and business signoff
• Worked on RFP for different clients (Sears & Epson)
• Participated in RFP to understand the client requirement
• Provided the fit gap analysis in IS Retail for business processes in Confidential
• Conducted business transformation session in the area org structure, STO, Promotions and Rebates
• Configured and demonstrated key aspects of Procure to Pay and Warehouse Management, Sales and Distribution process in IS Retail

Confidential

Principal consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed a team of 4 on site consultants and 8 offshore consultants
• Visited client Manufacturing plants in Geneva, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada and USA
• Prepared Project time lines. Planned consultants requirement based on the project time lines
• Conducted weekly status meetings within Confidential group and updated business with tasks status
• Tracked configuration tasks in SOLMAN (Solution manager)
• Identified and Documented E2E (End to End) Scenarios for integration testing and UAT(User Acceptance testing)
• Planed CRP (Control Room Pilot to Business) and executed successfully
• Prepared time lines for IT1 and IT2 and identified the Confidential ’s objected to be developed or each integration testing
• Identified RF development requirements, prepared Screens designs and development and implemented in the areas of Receiving/Put away/Picking/Shipping
• Identified Road blocks and escalated to business related to Master data, Data Migration, Interfaces, FSR (Functional Specification Requirement documents) for timely development to meet the planned project time lines
• Interacted with Global business team on day to day business and provide status updates
• Joined at the time of cutover activities for phase # 1
• Lead Procure to pay and Production planning support team’s onsite and offshore team
• Developed strategies for ticketing and level of Importance and assigned to individuals based on time zones
• Prioritized enhancement objects for development Identify work around solutions to resolve issue to avoid system break downs for longer period and provide permanent solution to client at later time

Confidential

SAP Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Business Process - Requirements Document, Architectural flow diagrams, Functional Specifications design, Unit testing and Integration testing
• Configured four contract manufacturer plants, Master Data, Info Records, Source Lists, Consumption Based Planning, BOM, Purchasing, and Inventory Management
• Configured Outputs for Purchasing Documents, Price Control for Material Types and Pricing procedures for Purchase orders
• Defined plants, purchase organization and storage locations, assigned purchasing organizations to company codes and plants, assigned plants to company code
• Configured essential customizing settings in Inventory Management including movement types, stock determination, goods receipts, goods issues and stock transfer
• Implemented release strategies in procurement of Materials
• Configured “Bill Of Materials” for sub contract manufactures from external Agile system
• Prepared Unit testing, Integration testing and User Acceptance Testing
• Identified the training needs and trained the users. Involved in preparation of user manuals and knowledge transfer to end-users

Confidential, Portland, OR

SAP Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Business processes, processed mappings deciding the to-be process to be mapped on the SAP system. Created documentation on Business Process Procedures
• Prepared documentation Operational Procurement, Strategic Purchasing & Sourcing, Supplier Collaboration, SRM component overview, e procurement
• Demonstrated the business flows to the Business Team
• Business Process - Requirements Document, Architectural flow diagrams, Functional Specifications design, Unit testing and Integration testing
• Prepared data migration cleansing rule documents from legacy system, SAP 4.6 to ECC 6.0 for GR, PO, INV, Vendor Master, Material Master and BOM’s for MDM
• Issues dealing with Master data (material master, vendor master, purchasing groups, Invoicing addresses, purchasing info records, source lists, and material groups), Mass updates, and data migration during Roll out phase using LSMW
• Defined Vendor Web portal for ERS Invoices, Vendor balances and Dispute management
• Configured Outputs for Purchasing Documents, Price Control for Material Types and Pricing procedures for Purchase orders
• Defined plants, purchase organization and storage locations, assigned purchasing organizations to company codes and plants, assigned plants to company code
• Developed the Functional specs for the Development Objects and interfaces from legacy system MAXIMO to SAP
• Configured Material Master, Vendor Master, Purchase documents, info records and source lists
• Implemented release strategies in procurement of Materials
• Developed Vendor Web Portal for Invoice and payment details
• Identified the training needs and trained the core users. Involved in preparation of customization documents, user manuals and knowledge transfer to end-users and production support

Confidential, Houston, TX

SAP Lead Consultant MM/WM

Responsibilities:

• Conducted as-is study in detail by interacting with the core team members and developed a to-be process to suit Global design for the company’s objectives
• Worked with total LE team MM, WM, SD and XI in assessing the required interfaces
• Business Process - Requirements Document, Architectural flow diagrams, Functional Specifications design
• Guided Inbound and out bound teams in preparing the Functional Design Documents for general receiving, Putaway, Cross - Docking, Picking, Storage types and Wave planning
• Configured Storage types, Storage Sections, Storage Bin types and Storage bin structure
• Maintained Interim storage areas to handle Goods Receipt and Goods Issues for overage and shortage of materials
• Configured setup for Stock Transport Orders and Transfer Posting
• Configured Automatic and Manual Transfer Order creation to handle Goods Receipt, Goods Issue
• Identified inbound and outbound process and provided GAPS for Confidential worldwide warehouses
• Identified available resources and tools for Individual warehouse to implement TRM
• Identified Yard management requirements and configured system as required to track the trailers, inventory and trailer movements
• Developed RF custom screens and configuration
• Identified tasks for client like one request-one task, several requests one task and route management
• Defined single step and two step Cross-Docking for client for individual warehouse
• Defined FIFO Window based on individual warehouse