Sap Im/is Retail Consultant Resume
Fort Myers, FL
SUMMARY:
- Around 8 Years of experience as SAP MM/IM/SD/WM functional consultant with RF Functionality in various SAP R/3 implementations and experience with PP Planning.
- Excellent understanding of business processes in Logistics - Material management & Inventory management.
- Experienced in 1 full life-cycle implementation phases of a project (ASAP Methodology) - blueprinting, realization, testing (Unit testing, User acceptance testing, Assembly testing and integration testing), final preparation, training, documentation, data uploading, go live and post go live (production) support.
- Experienced working in IS Retail Textile/Garment industry with enhancement and upgrade projects.
- Experienced in working on HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) for test case repository, test plan data, defect tracking.
- Responsible for Data Migration, Data Validation, Data Testing, test scripts execution in the MM areas.
- Configured MM Organizational Elements: Company code, Purchasing Organization, Plant & Storage loc.
- MM-Purchasing/Procurement/E-procurement: Hands on experience in configuring Material Master, Vendor Master, Partner schema, Purchase requisition, Purchases order, Venison management, shelf like check and pricing schemas.
- Experienced in working for master data to represent in XML format. Very good knowledge on XML data manipulation for any troubleshooting issues.
- Expertise in Report Generation. Worked extensively on BEx Analyzer in building Queries using Filters, Variables, Structures, Restricted Key Figures, Calculated Key Figures, Conditions, Exceptions and created aggregates for frequently used queries.
- Experienced in Set up Background jobs, Mass processing, set up variants to transfer the Demand forecast results to SNP.
- Defined Procure to pay covering the source selection, procurement of goods and services, contract management, vendor material handling, inventory maintenance, payment procedure.
- Expertise in designing scenarios like outline agreements, RFQ, source list, info records, quota arrangement, Scheduling agreement, Reservation, Vendor consignment, subcontracting and vendor Management evaluation.
- Experienced in working with data validation of master data to cleanse the entry error or point of entry validation.
- Inventory Management: Customizing done in Goods Movements, Cross Company and Intra-company Stock Transport orders using Stock Transport order (STO), Subcontracting, Customer and Vendor Consignment & Third Party Orders, Physical Inventory, Cycle Counting.
- Configuration of Inventory Management Movement Types, Number ranges for material document of Goods Receipt, Goods Issue, shelf life check for movement types and Stock Transfers- inter and intra company.
- Involved in configuration of MRP: Configuration done in Plant parameters, Forecast planning, MRP controllers, and Lot-sizing procedures. Pricing Calculation Schemas for a condition tables, access sequences, condition records and condition types.
- Hyper Care Support: Supported the SAP MM/WM module for 5 weeks, worked with end users, supervisors, plant managers to make them comfortable on the SAP processes. Closely monitoring the activity in SAP thru stabilization matrices and feedback during daily plant managers call.
- Involved in configuration of MRP: Configuration done in Plant parameters, Forecast planning, MRP controllers, and Lot-sizing procedures. Pricing Calculation Schemas for a condition tables, access sequences, condition records and condition types.
- Data migration using Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW) and SAP MDM.
- Warehouse Management: Setup Warehouse Structures - Storage Types, Bins, Sections, TR/TO, Placement and Removal Strategies, KANBAN, Batch Management, SLED in WM, Posting Changes, Replenishment procedures in WM, Physical Inventory in IM, Delivery processing in WM.
- Experienced in configuration of WM and IM movement types and linking IM movement’s types with WM movement types via reference movement types.
- Configuration of Warehouse Activity Monitor to supervise unconfirmed transfer orders, open transfer requests, deliveries, interim storage stock and negative stock.
- Involved in Logistics Execution: Stock transfer, posting change, Physical Inventory, Back flushing.
- Involved in Inbound and Outbound Delivery, Picking, Packing, Loading, POD, Handling Unit Mgt, Transportation, BOM, DSD, DTP, Shipment cost, Pricing, Shipping & Route, SCAC code
- Worked on WM integration with SD deliveries, Shipping and Transportation.
- Hands on Experience in interfacing the warehouse module with MM-IM, QM & SD modules.
- Experienced in the SAP MM- WM with knowledge of cross-functional modules such as, Sales and Distribution (SD), Quality Management (QM) and Finance (FICO).
- Prepared documentation for mapping rules to migrate vendor master management through LSMW.
- Good Knowledge in configuration and inventory of SAP Vistex module model, Procurement data architecture.
- Getting trained for HANA and S/4 HANA.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
ERP: SAP ECC 6.0, 5.0, SAP enterprise 4.7. In areas of MM-IM, MM-LIV, WM, LE.
Operating System: Windows XP, 2000, 2003,2012
Applications: MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Project, Power Point, Visio, ARIS.
Methodologies: ASAP Methodologies, Solution manager.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Fort Myers, FL
SAP IM/IS Retail Consultant
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Worked on new requirements for Merchandise Category & hierarchies, characteristics & its assignment to merchandise categories updates.
- Worked on Priority 1 and Priority 2 tickets regarding master data issues.
- Worked on Pricing Markups for international (Canada) purchases and shipment.
- Worked on Replenishment planning based on Manual Reorder Point planning.
- Worked on MM Purchasing Process-Mapping of Domestic, Imports & Subcontracting.
- Worked on the Middleware (TIBCO) upgrade interface testing using ALM for testing scenario repository.
- Extensively worked on resolving issues related to Put-away and Picking strategies issues.
- Worked on field upgrades for POS Inbound, outbound IDocs.
- Worked on LSMW object creation with ABAP team.
- Worked on Batch Job management with multiple variants.
- Created new articles POs using Purchase Order (PO) Upload Tool.
- Worked with WMS/PKMS team for automating the shipment document process integration.
- Worked on testing Vendor verification with T856s and T856r for ASN generations.
- Trained End users for UAT testing phase.
Confidential, Waterbury VT
SAP MM/WM/LSMW Hyper Car Support
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Worked Extensively on Migration Project Hypercare support team.
- Intensively worked on helping Users on SAP Transactions for WM.
- Supporting Production team for resolving any major outages and resolving issues as per SLA.
- Understanding production area and suggesting them with few changes in the workflow process for uplifting the efficiency.
- Extensively worked on resolving issues related to Put-away and Picking strategies issues.
- Worked on resolving issues related to integration between two interface systems.
- Worked on Handling unit(Pallet) and handling unit label issues for faced in production area.
- Familiar with MES (Manufacturing Environment System) and MII (manufacturing Interface integration) systems existing in the client for maintaining the replica of data.
- Configured Material types, Number ranges (External numbering) for Material master, PR, PO and changed the field status of the material master records as per the user requirements.
- Created SD functional specification documents for programmers and reviewed the technical design documents.
- Integrated FI with MM & SD modules and did maintenance.
- Developed LSMW templates to load material and vendor master data into SAP system.
- Performed data migration from legacy system to SAP using Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW), SAP Master Data Management (MDM) along with data cleansing.
- Performed gap analysis between legacy system master data and SAP master data (material/customer/vendor).
- Worked on issues triaging incidents and understanding priority provided in Remedy ticketing tool.
- Worked for prolonged extensive hours support environment at the client location.
Confidential, Houston, TX
SAP MM/WM/LE Consultant
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Intensively involved in discussion with the Business team for collecting required information and data for functional design document for the RICEF (Interfaces, Enhancement and Conversion) objects.
- Worked in GAP Analysis and helped client in selection and implementation of suitable solutions for the entire RICEF object for direct materials and indirect materials.
- Involved in extracting the data from External Source system like Informatica.
- Worked with SAP R/3 Logistics (LO) in loading Sales and Distribution data into BI.
- Worked on the Onsite and Offshore model for continuity in the project.
- Configured Material types, Number ranges (External numbering) for Material master, PR, PO and changed the field status of the material master records as per the user requirements.
- Involved in understanding AS-IS process of the legacy system and design Synchronous (Web service - Real time) and Asynchronous (Flat file and MQ service - Non-real time) interface (Material master, Inventory, Reservation and disbursement information) between SAP and Non-SAP system and designed custom functional modules to execute it.
- Evaluated issues related to Goods receipt / Goods issue. Handled inventory management and solved issues related to invoice blocks.
- Managed materials with Shelf-Life Expiration Date and activated SLED check for different materials. Involved in maintaining invoice verification tolerance limits and framework orders.
- Configured Production scheduling profile, Production Order Types and Automatic Purchase Requisitions from MRP and Goods Movements.
- Post implementation production Hyper Care support in MM module to the user specific problems and issues depending on the new business process procedures.
- Experienced working with Business Integration Solutions (BIS) teams regarding the solution of process flow needed for solution phase to be evolved, plan according to the source to pay process and yield Analysis models.
- Experienced in working for master data to represent in XML format. Very good knowledge on XML Dm data manipulation for any troubleshooting issues.
- Maintained plant parameters such as MRP controller, MRP groups, MRP types, Lot sizing procedure, availability check for components, conversion of procurement proposals. Very good knowledge on E-procurement process.
- Created a variant for MRP run and scheduled a background job to run every weekend.
- Involved in EDI interfaces for inventory activities related to Purchasing and Inventory Management between the SAP and Non- SAP systems (ARIBA).
- Extensive SAP Data Migration experience by conventional method of Creating Tables, Views, Stored Procedures, Functions, and Transformation rules.
- Involved in Customized plant parameters for material requirement planning (MRP), consumption based planning and MRP information of material master is dumped to the legacy system from SAP via Interfaces.
- Experienced in working on HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) for test case repository, test plan data, defect tracking.
- Set up Background jobs, Mass processing, set up variants to transfer the Demand forecast results to SNP.
- Studied statistical forecasting process by carrying out forecast at different aggregation levels using different forecast models, and arrived at optimum solution by comparing the forecast.
- Experience in managing data migration teams for end to end data migration processes , creating data migration functional specifications, data flow, data mapping specs, data extraction, data cleansing, data transformation, data remediation, data mitigation, data migration to SAP, Data archiving and system retirement.
- Experience in managing all stages of data migration from data analysis to pre-go-live validations, user acceptance testing, user sign-off, Cut-Over plans, migrating to Dev/QA/ Prod landscapes, and post go-live validations.
- Experience in Design, Development, Integration testing, performance testing of data migration processes, and on-going maintenance of Master Data, Transaction data using SAP MDM and other migration tools.
- Coordinating data migration loads with Integrity, Biz Talk users via IDoc - LSMW and support documentation, tracking and progress of loads.
- Involved in understanding AS-IS process of the legacy system and design Synchronous (Web service - Real time) and Asynchronous (Flat file and MQ service - Non-real time) interface (Material master, Inventory, Reservation and disbursement information) between SAP and Non-SAP system and designed custom functional modules to execute it.
- Customization of AFS material master record, sales grid, purchase grid, grid level pricing including material types, and number ranges, material group, deletion of fields and applying suppressed, mandatory and optional functions.
- Involved in Designing outbound interface to generate IDOC with specific segment for vendor master in Vendor management
- Defined Release Procedure for Purchase Req and external purchasing documents using 032 class types.
- Provide cutover and post go-live process for data migration related activities
- Involved in Designing outbound interface to generate IDOC with specific segment for vendor master.
- Defined Release Procedure for Purchase Req and external purchasing documents using 032 class types.
- Involved in understanding the requirement to design Enhancement document (EDD) and designed a custom T-code by copying RM06W005 and RM06W003 for execution of the Enhancement in SAP (custom Source list determination and automatic deletion of material plant combination).
- Involved in designing Enhancement Document for free text in Purchase requisition by controlling material groups for both Direct and Indirect materials.
- Involve in configuration of Version Management for specific fields in Purchase Req and Purchase orders.
- Involve in configuration for Availability stock and Shelf life expiration date for specific MVT types.
- Involved in understanding the legacy system to generate the required rules for the Conversion design document. Worked with Extraction, transformation and load functionality (ETL) team and Back office (BOA) team for completion of Open- PO and Open- GR conversion.
- Hands on experience and Intensive knowledge on Web service navigator (WS-N), Net weaver process monitor (NWPM), SoapUI and Process integrator (PI) for specific interfaces.
- Involved in Vendor consignment process and Sub contracting process between Chrysler and vendors.
- Involved in various testing processes: Regression testing in Development system, Performance testing for the custom T-codes, Assembly test scripts and execution, Integration test scripts and execution, and acceptance testing using ABAP Proxy in debug mode to execute the Web-service interfaces.
- Involved in Debugging of the programs during the error handling while testing of the RICEF object.
- Involved in data maintenance for execution of RICEF object and other support activities like custom query writing for find the material document in past 24 months.
- Involved in configuration and error handling Execution of IDOC & EDI 860 (Change of PO data), EDI 850 (PO creation) for inbound and out bound processes.
- Involved in designing pass through interfaces between SAP and legacy systems.
- Adopted stock transfer techniques to assist in plant to plant stock transfers and cross company stock transfers using Stock Transport Order.
- Involved in Assembly testing for EDI 850 and 860 for both PO and contract create and changes.
Confidential, San Jose CA
SAP MM/WM/LE Consultant
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Involved in discussions conducted with core business team for collecting data and requirements for Blueprint workshop.
- Involved in Designing, testing and support activity for development of functional specs for RICEFW objects.
- Defined functional specifications for the Release Procedures of External documents (Purchase Orders) and Purchase Requisitions for Procurement using 032 class types and with classifications.
- Extensively involved in configuration of Material master record, vendor master record, Master Data for Vendor, Customer, Materials and Bill of Materials (BOM), Recipe management.
- Worked on the Process of OTC in MM/SD workflows related to sales documents posting and inventory verification for the order created.
- Involved in Customized plant parameters for material requirement planning (MRP), consumption based planning and MRP information of material master is dumped to the legacy system from SAP via Interfaces.
- Configured account groups for field selections, number ranges and partner functions for vender masters.
- Determination and assignment of Partner Schema to document types (PR & PO) and account group (vendor).
- Experienced in working for master data to represent in XML format. Very good knowledge on XML Dm data manipulation for any troubleshooting issues.
- Configured order types, REM profiles, MRP parameters.
- Assisted on various issues by suggesting & implementing solutions in Sales and logistics process.
- Interfacing with key business and project team members to facilitate seamless execution of data migration
- Defined Cut-Over requirements for conversions and coordinated with Cut-Over team before Go-Live.
- Documenting Data extraction, Cleansing and Migration in Manufacturing Process.
- Worked on Major configuration and custom developments done for the customer being in SRM 4.0.
- Involved in configuration of IM and WM movement types and linked via reference movement types.
- Set up automatic TO creation for transfer of material using standard Reports RLAUTA10 and RLAUTA 20.
- Involved in the Configuration of Warehouse Management movement types to replenish fixed bin transfer from quality to own stock and blocked stock.
- Integration of SRM with MM, Finance and Project systems. Account determination, budget check, External Procurement etc.
- Set up shelf life expiration date (SLED) check, and picking based on materials with the shortest remaining shelf life for specific movement types during the Goods receipt process.
- Configuration and implementation of batch management with the classification by defining class, class type, and characteristics for selected materials.
- Configuration of Warehouse Activity Monitor to supervise unconfirmed transfer orders, open transfer requests, deliveries, interim storage stock and negative stocks.
- Set up Date Checks for selective materials in Goods receipt for Purchase order.
- Involved in designing partner profile in IDocs for both inbound and outbound interfaces and EDI interface for Purchase order (850) and invoicing (810).
- Configured Mobile data entry in warehouses for RF devices.
- Involved in setting up bar coding, SAP Console, RF- Developments to meet business requirement using Radio Frequency and Barcodes.
- Involved in procure-to-pay (P2P) processes for Purchase Req, Purchase order, goods receipt and Invoicing.
- Involved in Preparation and documentation of the Test Scenarios and Test Cases.
- Involved in Unit Testing, Functional Integration Testing, Regression Testing Using Quality Mercury center, user acceptance testing and system testing for all customized developments.
- Provided post-production support on day-to-day activities performed in SAP
- End user training and documentation of user manuals, training material.
Confidential, Bellevue, WA
SAP MM Consultant
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Implementation according to ASAP methodology which includes Business Blue-Printing, Realization and Go live and Support.
- Worked in GAP Analysis and helped client in selection and implementation of suitable solutions.
- Configuration of purchasing documents, requisitions, RFQ, release procedures, pricing conditions, info records, invoice verification and maintain source list
- Customization of AFS: material master record, sales grid, purchase grid, grid level pricing including material types, and number ranges, material group, deletion of fields and applying suppressed, mandatory and optional functions.
- Configured vendor master record; created vendor account groups, number ranges, incoterms, text types, purchasing group, partner determination, and terms of payment.
- Assisted on various issues by suggesting & implementing solutions in Sales and logistics process.
- Configuration of special stocks in inventory management for subcontracting and vendor consignment Materials.
- Experienced Working with major SRM customers in the USA related to Confidential .
- Experienced in working on Customer specific development for SRM MM integration scenarios
- Integration of SRM with MM, Finance and Project systems. Account determination, budget check, External Procurement etc.
- Full end to end SAP Implementation for AFS-MM modules starting from Blueprint, Build, Realization and go-live, post go-live activities for Confidential .
- Involved in Migration of Jobs and workflows from Development to Test and to Production Servers to perform the integration and system testing.
- Experienced in working on HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) for test case repository, test plan data, defect tracking.
- Participated in configuration and customization of PP functionalities: Master Data (Materials, BOMs, Resources and Production Versions), Product Master Data, MRP, Work centers, Routing.
- Setup tolerance limits for invoice verification, and processed verification, block, release of invoices
- Configured WH structure for RF devices and Mobile Data Entry for various movement types in warehouse
- Activated RF monitor for various warehouse and inventory management transactions
- Processed transactions such as GR, GI, stock transfer posting, availability check and stock differences
- Conversions for data load in SAP from legacy system using LSMW.
- Configured materials with Shelf-Life Expiration Date and configured materials for split valuation.
- Creation of test data, preparation of test plans, unit & integration testing.
- Prepared end-user manual and provided necessary training to end-users.
- Provided go-live and post-live support. Coordinated with the local team to resolve post go live integration issues.
- Handled production support issues in the form of tickets, queries and change requests, trouble documents.
Confidential, New Jersey
SAP MM/WM Consultant
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Worked on setting up of the organizational structure for the MM and WM modules using IMG.
- Worked on Business Process Study, designs, blueprinting and configuration for Purchasing, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management and new functionality as well as enhancements.
- Involved in complete life cycle of a data migration from DEV TO PROD.
- Configured material types and changed the field status of the material master records as per the user requirements.
- Established release procedure for purchasing documents.
- Involved in set up purchasing process in SAP assigned to cost centers as per business process.
- Configured blanket purchase orders and invoice plans.
- Created process for creating purchase orders assigned to orders in production planning.
- Worked on shelf life expiration check, and picking based on materials with the shortest remaining shelf life expiration date (SLED).
- Configured and documented stocks that are to be delivered to Quality inspection as per the requirements.
- Implemented inter-company stock transport orders to facilitate material transfer within companies and also cross-companies.
- Defined put away and picking strategies for fixed bin, open storage, addition to existing stock and storage unit types.
- Configured warehouse activity monitor with all the critical parameters and created a variant and assigned the variant / report to all user profiles.
- Assigned the warehouse variant to run as a background job.
- Key member in developing four different storage locations for material transfer of blocked and unblocked stock.
- Defined print control and involved in label printing for all the warehouses.
- Configured and tested WM interfaces with MM, SD, PP and QM modules.
- Configured multiple WM and IM movement types and setting up the link between IM movements types with WM movement types via reference movement type.
- Involved in EDI interfaces for inventory activities related to Purchasing and Inventory Management between the SAP and Non- SAP.
- Configured Mobile data entry in warehouses for RF devices
- Involved in setting up bar coding, SAP Console, RF- Developments to meet business requirement using Radio Frequency and Barcodes.
- Developed Functional Specifications for the RF screens and user profiles.
- Experienced on supporting Ariba from SAP.
- Customized Radio Frequency Queue Management, Verification Profiles data, and Barcodes for SAP Console.
- Developed Specification for multiple RICEFW Objects-Reports, enhancements to transactions, user exits, and enhanced standard SAP Reports.
- Prepared and executed unit and integration test scripts to test business procedures.
- Provided training in SAP to users as required.
- Provided production support for end users by understanding the problems and giving them solution, by involving in configuration changes to increase the efficiency of the project
Confidential
SAP MM/WM Consultant
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Worked on setting up of the organizational structure for the MM and WM modules using IMG.
- Worked on Business Process Study, designs, blueprinting and configuration for Purchasing, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management and new functionality as well as enhancements.
- Involved in complete life cycle of a data migration from DEV TO PROD.
- Configured material types and changed the field status of the material master records as per the user requirements.
- Established release procedure for purchasing documents.
- Involved in set up purchasing process in SAP assigned to cost centers as per business process.
- Configured blanket purchase orders and invoice plans.
- Created process for creating purchase orders assigned to orders in production planning.
- Worked on shelf life expiration check, and picking based on materials with the shortest remaining shelf life expiration date (SLED).
- Configured and documented stocks that are to be delivered to Quality inspection as per the requirements.
- Implemented inter-company stock transport orders to facilitate material transfer within companies and also cross-companies.
- Defined put away and picking strategies for fixed bin, open storage, addition to existing stock and storage unit types.
- Configured warehouse activity monitor with all the critical parameters and created a variant and assigned the variant / report to all user profiles.
- Assigned the warehouse variant to run as a background job.
- Key member in developing four different storage locations for material transfer of blocked and unblocked stock.
- Defined print control and involved in label printing for all the warehouses.
- Configured and tested WM interfaces with MM, SD, PP and QM modules.
- Configured multiple WM and IM movement types and setting up the link between IM movements types with WM movement types via reference movement type.
- Involved in EDI interfaces for inventory activities related to Purchasing and Inventory Management between the SAP and Non- SAP.
- Worked on Providing support for RF transactions like goods receipt, picking and transfer order confirmation and goods issue.
- Experienced on supporting Ariba from SAP.
- Customized Radio Frequency Queue Management, Verification Profiles data, and Barcodes for SAP Console.
- Developed Specification for multiple RICEFW Objects-Reports, enhancements to transactions, user exits, and enhanced standard SAP Reports.
- Setting customizing parameters for all purchase documents like Purchase Requisitions, RFQ's and Purchase orders.
- Configured new Document types and Number ranges for purchasing documents like Purchase requisition, RFQ's and Purchase orders.
- Objects handled include Forms, Interfaces, Reports & Enhancements for MM & WM including RF.
- Configured SAP console for the business use. RF program was customized to suit local requirements.
- Prepared and executed unit and integration test scripts to test business procedures.
- Provided training in SAP to users as required.
- Provided production support for end users by understanding the problems and giving them solution, by involving in configuration changes to increase the efficiency of the project