SUMMARY:

• A highly motivated professional with over 5+ years of strong functional experience in SAP PP/QM Implementation, Customization and Production Support.
• Completed 2 FLC (Full Life Cycle) SAP implementations from conceptualization to production support.
• Supported all phases of a project life cycle including analysis, design, configuration, testing, and deployment of solutions, hyper care/post - production support, documentation, and end-user training.
• Expertise in all implementation phases of ASAP methodology right from Project. preparation, Business Blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation, Go-live, and Post Go-Live Production Support.
• Extensive experience in integration across various modules of SAP viz., PM, MM and PP-PI.
• Experience in configuration of Inspection plans, Master Inspection Characteristics, Inspection Methods, Inspection Lots, Dynamic Modification Rule, Certificate Profiles, Quality Certificates, Quality Notifications.
• Quality planning: Master data - Inspection plan, Inspection characteristics, Inspection Methods, Sampling Procedures, Sampling Schemes, Dynamic Modification Rule.
• Quality Inspection: Triggering inspection lots, Inspection types and sources, Results recording, Defects recording, Usage Decisions, Inspection Lot creation, Sample Management, Test Equipment Management and Calibration.
• Very good experience in EDI implementation (partner type, partner profile, message type, Inbound and outbound parameters) for Purchase orders (850), Order confirmation (855), Order shipping notification (856), and Invoices (810).
• Expertise in business process analysis and design, process rationalization, cost control, performance measurement and quality.
• Worked with cross functional teams at various levels to effectively gather requirements, drive process improvements and best practices and deliver solutions.
• Involved in Unit Testing, Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and Regression Testing using HP Quality Center ALM, HP UFT (Unified Functional Testing).
• Experience in SAP data migration from legacy to SAP system using Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW), Batch Data Communication (BDC), Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI), Business Add In (BADI), Remote Function Call (RFC).

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP systems: SAP S4/HANA, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0 and R/3 4.7

SAP Functional: SAP QM/PP/PM/MM

Database: MS SQL Server, MS Access

Project Utilities: MS Office, MS Project, Visio, Share Point, Track Wise QMS software.

QM CONFIGURATION SKILLS:

• Experience in configuration of Inspection plans, Master Inspection Characteristics, Inspection Methods, Inspection Lots, Dynamic Modification Rule, Certificate Profiles, Quality Certificates, Quality Notifications.
• Quality planning: Master data - Inspection plan, Inspection characteristics, Inspection Methods, Sampling Procedures, Sampling Schemes, Dynamic Modification Rule.
• Quality Inspection: Triggering inspection lots, Inspection types and sources, Results recording, Defects recording, Usage Decisions, Inspection Lot creation, Sample Management, Test Equipment Management and Calibration.
• Maintain calendar, Work center category, Material type assignments for routings, requirements types and classes, availability check for components, status selection profiles, automatic routing selection, capacity planning, standard values parameters, parameters for work centers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Diego, CA

SAP QM/PP/MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Part of the core member team to complete SAP S/4 HANA implementation from end to end.
• Worked on SAP PP/QM/MM in new S/4 HANA system
• As a core team member responsible for localization
• Implemented Make to Order and Make to Forecast for US plants.
• Responsible for configuring background jobs for MRP Run, special procurement keys to take care of the planning and production issues between different plants.
• Implemented SOP: Flexible planning based on customized info structure.
• Defined alternate BOMs. Defined different production versions for each alternate BOM and assign to the routing. Define the activity types for packing and mixing in the work center and assign them to the cost center.
• 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
• Provided solution through configuration, enhancements BADIs, customization, reporting analytics.
• Well versed in LSMW for data migration & SAP queries for reporting
• Set up missing master data such as material master, master recipes and resources.
• Responsible for customization of MM Module according to the business requirements and Integration between various modules.
• 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.
• Configuration and customization of QM notifications and COA and print parameters
• Performed configurations in QM master data such as inspection characteristics, inspection planes
• Configured QM master views with field selection, catalogs, Quality scores, QM task lists
• Implemented inspection methods, sampling procedure and test process
• Configured inspection types and number ranges for lot processing
• Creation of User Manual and training of key users on main functionality of the MM Module.
• Responsible for providing production support.

Confidential, Decatur, AL

SAP QM/PP/MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked in the capacity of a functional consultant to complete end to end life-cycle implementation of the PP & QM module.
• Acquainted in setting up PP master data Like Material Master, BOM, Resource/Work Center, Recipe/Routing, Production version, Goods Receipt, Goods Issue etc.
• Developed Quality Management Business Process Procedures (BPPs) in reporting and extended processes.
• Involved in baseline configuration including creation and assignment of plants to company code, storage locations to plant and ware house to location.
• Involved in preparing test scripts, training material and data validation scripts.
• Trained power users and prepared documentation for knowledge transfer.
• Providing documentation, technical and procedural support for the CfP (Compliance for Products) team.
• Understood the requirement of Reports, Interface, Forms and Enhancement and Preparation of Functional Specifications for RICEF Specifications in Production Process Implemented SOP: Flexible planning based on customized info structure.
• Involved in Data Transfer of Master Data from Legacy Systems to SAP Quality Management tables.
• Coordinated with PM, MM, FI/CO groups to manage integration with QM/PP.
• Develop LSMW project to load the legacy objects including ABAP routines.
• Data loads to QA, UAT and PROD systems including assisting the business with
• Worked extensively on procure to pay, inventory management, warehouse management and quality management.
• Architect & successfully implemented custom automation of stock transport order.
• Worked extensively on warehouse management configuration related to storage types, storage sections, storage bin templates etc.
• Redesigned and created new storage types, storage sections, storage bin types, storage bin templates at warehouse management level.
• Worked on transfer requirements, transfer orders. transfer order confirmations.
• Worked on setting up automatic transfer orders.
• Designed the development of a custom purchasing workflow administration tool to help approvers update organizational changes in the approval hierarchy.
• Developed a custom logic that allows approvers to delegate their approval authority to other approvers within their department.
• Configured and customized QM (master data, notifications for customer complaints, inspection processing).
• Involved in the creation of Technical Development Specification (TDS) from the Functional Design Specifications (FDS), obtained from the process owners at the client site.
• Creation of Test Data according to the configuration for the use of ABAP Developers to test the development.
• Configured Sales Document Types, Item Categories & Schedule line categories and their Determination and Configured Customer Master, Customer Account groups & Tax classification for Customers.
• Configured Pricing Procedures & their determination for various products and attached to sales documents and sales areas.
• Order (Standard order, Rush Order, Cash Sale, Third Party Order processing, Consignment processing)
• Worked with Correction & Transport System (CTS) to release and move SAP objects from one System to another System.

Confidential

SAP MM/PP 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.
• Configuration of special stocks in inventory management for subcontracting and vendor consignment Materials. It was also a migration project from
• Setup tolerance limits for invoice verification, and processed verification, block, release of invoices
• Involved in allocation of material for the specific vendor on the basis of certain criteria.
• Configured automatic and immediate generation of transfer requirement and transfer order
• Set up in moving stock from one storage location to another with stock transfer order
• 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. Legacy data to target data
• Configured materials with Shelf-Life Expiration Date and configured materials for split valuation.
• Created physical inventory settings, documents, posting differences, inventory sampling, and cycle counting.
• Worked on EDI process (partner type, partner profile, message type, Inbound and outbound parameters) for purchase orders (850), order confirmation (855), order shipping notification (856) and Invoices (810).
• Customized process for single step picking strategy as well as two stage picking strategy
• Developed specs for multiple RICEF objects-Reports, enhancements to transactions, and user exits.
• Schedule and monitor background jobs for automatic update for various tables.
• 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

SAP PP/MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured and customized PP/MM (master data, notifications for customer complaints, inspection processing).
• Analyzed manufacturing processes, understand pain points, develop new designs, strategic plans and provide guidance in manufacturing and plant maintenance areas.
• Integration between Manufacturing and Maintenance, automatic preventive maintenance scheduling and dashboard visibility of time slots available for maintenance, not disrupting production schedule.
• Designed solutions complying with FDAs CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) 21 part 11, Electronic records for audit and compliance.
• Provided solution through configuration, enhancements BADIs, customization, reporting analytics.
• Implemented Digital signatures (Electronic approvals) and workflows for Master data (Equipment, Task List, Maintenance plan) and transactional data (Notification, Work order, confirmation) changes, as part of audit/ compliance requirement.
• Implemented time zone activation for master data and transactional data to be in synch with server time stamps.
• Integrations with LIMS.
• 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.
• 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).
• Involved in configuration of IM and WM movement types and linked via reference movement types.
• Assisted in defining project scope for the company and implementation of SAP PP-PI with full life-cycle implementation using ASAP methodology.
• Actively involved in designing AS-IS and To-BE study and documentation.
• Participated in a cross-functional, team environment, supporting the established Client's global design.
• Business blue print preparation and defining/mapping the production processes.
• Work with business users to gather requirements to identify process requirements, impact on the other areas.
• Worked on validation, cleansing and configuration of Master data and creation of Master Data including Bill of Materials, Resources, Master Recipe and Production Versions
• Involved in configuration of Process Orders, Order type dependent parameters, Process Management and Order closing activities.
• Define and setup Control recipe destination, Process instruction categories, Process message characteristic, Confirmation profile and Master recipe profile.
• Developed and customized Browser based PI sheets, created log tables for data entry in PI sheets.
• Customizing production scheduling profile for order type and plant specific details.

Confidential

SAP PP/MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Performed Business Process Analysis and Blue Print. Prepared AS-IS business.
• Direct interaction and meetings with the Business Process owners to understand the existing business processes and the customer specific requirements.
• Developed the functional specifications for custom developments to address gaps identified at earlier stages.
• Analyzed, defined and implemented MM functions and transactions and coordinated the integration with other modules in a cross-company environment.
• Developed and implemented material and vendor master data conversion plans.
• Enhanced the purchasing views of material master for additional fields.
• Implemented optimized purchasing strategies to create purchase orders for assigned and non-assigned purchase requisitions.
• Configured Shipping points for plants, transportation planning points for company codes, transportation zones Shipment types, Modes of transport and shipping Point determination, Defining the Actual carriers and maintaining the freight table.
• Defined Item categories and usage for deliveries.
• Provided issue resolution procedures and centralized issue repository for change management
• Configured Engineering Change Management for history requirements for BOMs and Master Recipes.
• Assisted in developing test cases for unit testing and integration testing.
• Involved in all implementation phases of the project that includes business process analysis, gap analysis, design, configuration, testing, go live and post go live.
• Worked very closely with development team, provided functional specifications and interfaces object testing.
• 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.
• Extensively worked with user exits to make module to suit client requirements.
• Configured and executed shop floor activities including creation of planned orders, conversion of planned orders, goods movement and order confirmations.
• Prepared functional specifications for custom reports, forms and program enhancement specifying logics for calling /getting programs, fetching data from tables and fields.
• Prepared Training Plan and Training material for end-users received formal training called Train the Trainer.

Confidential

SAP PP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the study of As Is business process and blueprinting to be processes with gap analysis and identifying custom development objects during implementation.
• Maintained and uploaded data migration using LSMW for complete PP Master data
• Worked with entire cycle of PP from Planning Procedures, Forecasting, SOP, MPS, Material Requirement Planning, Lot Size Methods, Planning and Shop floor control
• Configured PP Master Data - Bill of Material, Work Center, Rate Routing, Production Versions, Product Cost Collectors.
• Tracked Serial no for post warranty
• Expertise in batch Management
• Involved in implementing Engineering Change Management (ECM) for PP and QM Master Data
• Configured and customized SAP PP Repetitive Manufacturing functionalities and prepared documentation for the processes involved.
• Involved in Inventory upload using LSMW.
• Worked closely with technical and functional consultants of other modules to resolve cross - functional issues
• Provided Production support for critical issues
• Trained End users to execute their day to day transactions.
• Ensure all testing are successful and completed according to the testing methodology
• Expertise in the area of Production Planning and leverage this knowledge to design and develop client solutions.
• Responsible for assisting clients in implementation and support of SAP focusing on the PP component.
• Familiar with various integration points and interface options with SAP as it relates to PP & MM