PROFILE:

• Professional experience of more than 12 Years in Supply Chain Management in Horticultural, Pharmaceutical, Retail, Shipping & Cargo and Heavy Machinery.
• 9 years of experience as SAP Functional Consultant & Business Analyst.
• SAP Certified MM Consultant.
• APICS CSCP Certified.
• 6 years experience of handling different teams (4 to 25 resources) in various implementation projects.
• Six full life Cycle End to End Implementation Experience which Customer requirements gathering, end - to-end solutions implementation, analysis of Value Chain, post-delivery support and handling change & conflict.
• Well versed with ASAP methodology which includes analysis and design, project planning, configuration, quality assurance, testing, post-implementation report development and user .
• Hands on experience on SAP interfacing with RF Console, EXACTA, Scan Code, RFID and Pick to Light.
• Hands on experience on Invoice Automation interfacing with OCR Technology.
• Hands on experience on SAP BPC 10.0 Implementation on the planning side.
• Fundamentally very strong with SAP Database table structure.
• Working Knowledge of cross application technology ALE, IDOC, Workflow.
• Implemented program management business process re-engineering which reduced the turn over time of publishing programs from 92 days to 6 day process.
• Master data improvements resulted in reduction in errors and redundancy b 70%.
• Accurate pricing for published programs increased by 90%.
• Change request management for master data change process reduced from 2 weeks to few hours.
• Implemented Invoice Verification automation process which helped reduce the vendor payment process errors and on time & accurate payments increment by more than 50%.
• Reduced man power requirements for invoice process due to the automation of end to end process, this helped team to perform more strategic processes.
• Implemented forecasting process which reduced the complete forecasting time for group of products from 8 Weeks to 2 Weeks. This helped in more frequent forecasting possibility, helping business manage corrective action on inventory levels.
• Reconfigured warehouse by implementing warehouse layout change, put away & picking strategies.

SOFT SKILLS:

• Can appreciate people and can criticize people positively as required.
• Have faced failure and bouncing back with better solutions using failure as a stepping stone.
• High Energy levels.
• Produce output in the defined set of constraints.
• Team player and highly popular among the team member, find it easy to approach new people.
• Highly adjustable and get accustomed to new environments very fast.

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

Confidential, Chicago

Senior Business analyst

Responsibilities:

• Process mapping and redesign of business process on Material Master Data setup & Classification Data in SAP.
• Vendor Master Data & Purchase Information data management.
• Designed a complete process of automating material master discontinuation.
• Configuring and setting up new Plants & Vendors.
• Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Order configuration.
• Batch management & classification configuration.
• Account configuration & setup.
• Source List & Source determination setup.
• Pricing Procedure, pricing conditions, condition types, access sequence & price determination setup.
• Setting up reporting structure for review.
• Setting up structure for Consumption-Based planning.
• Forecasting setup.
• Managing various Goods movement type for Goods Receipt & Goods Issue.
• Restructured warehouse for Seed distribution for efficient goods movement.
• Configuring Stock Transfer and Transfer posting.
• Physical inventory setup.
• SAP BPC 10.0 Implementation for the planning & seed forecasting.
• Setting up Purchasing Information Record.
• Invoice verification and Vendor Payment management. Managing Invoice Parking & Blocking.
• Collaborating business requirements with configuration team and ABAP’er for changes.
• Collaboration with business owners from various business areas for gathering requirements.
• Documenting data definitions and building data models.
• Developed supplier portal & offline tool to get an integration of data from external suppliers.
• As-Is mapping of the business process and re-engineering of business processes.
• Setting up of monitoring tools.
• Defining Business processes and developing solution with MDM.
• Prioritizing business requirements and finalizing scope for the implementation.
• Finalizing the resource requirement based on the scope.
• Presentation to the business users the final scope and system design for the future state.
• Final mapping of business blue prints to Solution Manager.
• Integration design for ECC with CRM, MDM, Esker Document management system.
• Design finalization of the customer portal and supplier portal and integration points with the ECC system.
• Functional Specs preparation from the scope documentation.
• Technical Specification write-up and signoff for the realization preparation.
• System architecture discussion and design finalization.
• Configuration documentation preparation.
• Test script preparation and cutover preparation.
• Train the Trainer & End user .

Confidential

Project manager

Responsibilities:

• Collaboration with Confidential team leaders, business users from Material management, marketing, finance, inventory management and sales for requirement gathering and finalizing the blue prints.
• Discussing and suggesting system solutions for the existing process in order to achieve greater efficiencies and better system usage.
• Helping and mentoring team for development of technical specs approach, technical specs and functional specs based out of business blue print documentation.
• Defining structure in SAP Solution manager to migrate the business blue print documentation and developing solution manager to drive the project.
• Developing the project charter and project plan based on discussions with business leaders.
• Discussing and finalizing timelines and project scope.
• Organization structure development and mapping into SAP.
• Plant configuration involving material setup, STO setup, movement type setups, customization of purchasing document type, vendor master, info record setup.
• Analyzed and implemented SAP PM Module from scratch.
• Integration to QM and PP-PI.
• Security role setup and review.
• Setting up interfaces to external systems.
• Cutover and Go-live preparations.
• Post go live support.

Confidential, Indianapolis, IN

Module Leader

Responsibilities:

• Cutover and Go-live preparations.
• Post go live support.
• Working on the day to day issues in the Inventory Management area, involving Inbound and Output Delivery, Subcontracting issues, inventory reporting, various posting changes.
• Helping customers to resolve the day to day problems with the SAP System understanding.
• Handling issues in the area of Posting changes, stock transfers, replenishment control, Putaway control: storage bin search, material master data, forms of capacity check, availability check.
• Reversing inventory management transactions as required.
• Working on issues with SAP reports - incorrect output, data errors, and incorrect logic.
• Working on configuration/customizing issues - conditions types, output determination of Purchasing Document, classification data related issues, shelf life check issues, etc.
• Searching and Raising OSS Messages in SAP Service portal for typical issues in SAP R/3.
• Documenting changes to Configuration and Functional specifications for technical developments.
• Developed a reporting tool for effective tracking and monitoring of the Trouble Tickets logged by the end customer using the Remedy System using MS Access Database.
• Actively involved in setup and support for the launch of new products.

Confidential

MM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• MM Organizational Structure Set up
• Set Up of Master Records like Material Master, Vendor Master, Purchasing Info Record.
• Defining Material types and its attributes.
• Configuration & Customization of purchasing docs like Purchase Requisition, RFQ, Purchase Order and Contract.
• Output Determination of Purchasing Documents - PO, Contract & Scheduling Agreements
• Customizing Pricing Procedure (Price Determination Process) applying Pricing Condition Technique.
• Customizing Release Procedures for Purchasing Documents - PR, PO & Contracts
• Setting Plant parameters for Inventory Management, Shelf life check, Stock Determination technique, Special Stocks
• Making required settings in IMG & posting Goods Receipt, Goods Issue & Transfer posting.
• Configuration for Split Valuation.
• Configuring Automatic Account Determination Process.
• Logistic Invoice verification - Incoming Invoice, Document Parking & Invoice blocking, Vendor specific tolerances, Automatic settlements like ERS & Consignment Settlements
• CIN customization - Master data, Subcontracting,
• Cut Over & Go Live Preparation
• Involved in Unit, Integration and User Acceptance Testing
• Conducted end user & prepared end user documents
• Post-go live support and End User .

Confidential

Module Leader

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing the current system of the movement of the inventory right from the Place of Loading to the Delivery and designing the system accordingly.
• Helping improve the delivery throughput by optimizing the route and loading/unloading cycle of the Cargo and then mapping the same in the Business Design.
• Analyze the business problem and develop logic for the solution accordingly.
• Tuning the application for better performance.
• Interacting with the clients on various design as well as functional and business issues.

Confidential

System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understanding functionality of various business modules and develop application accordingly.
• Analyze the business problem and develop logic for the solution accordingly.
• Participating in QA activities.
• Analyzing existing architecture to achieve the best and optimum solutions.
• Tuning the application for better performance.
• Helping Team Members in analyzing problem and allocation of task’s to team members.
• Conducting for new joiners technically as well as in functionality for the application.
• Interacting with the clients on various design as well as functional and business issues.