PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 16 years of experience as SAP Functional consultant, extensively worked on implementation, up gradation, Enhancements, Roll Out, Support in PP - PI, PP, MM, PM & QM.
• Worked on 5 Full Life cycle SAP Implementation projects from designing core business process to post Go-Live support.
• Expertise in cross functional integration of PP with Websphere, MES, LIMS Labware, and GLM.
• Expert in Gap-Analysis, As Is/To Be, blue printing, prototyping, configuration, training, document-ation, testing, ASAP methodology, data uploading, go-live implementation, after go-live support.
• Responsibilities emphasizing value improvement, cost reduction and supplier management led to various roles and responsibilities in overseeing all phases of system development including planning, design, testing, conversion, implementation and support.
• Proficient in configuration and customization of Master Data such as BOM, Routings, SOP, DEM, MRP/MPS, Production Order/Process Order types, Process Management, Production Control, Capacity Planning, variant configuration, REM profile, rate routing and product cost collector.
• Various sub-projects were successfully executed including Sales BOM, Inter-company as well as Intra-company sales using stock transfer orders, most variations of the Order-to-Cash process.
• Configuration of Inspection types, Defining Control Key, Block Delivery, DMR, SPC/SQC, Inspection Points, Defect Recording, Batch Classification and Interfacing with STAR LIMS.
• Configuration of Quality planning and Quality Inspection as well as configuration of Quality Certification and Quality Notifications and CAPA.
• Worked on QM-IDI interface for LIMS system. Prepared functional specification and field mapping specification for Data transfer through IDOC
• Proficient in Sales & Operation Planning, Demand management and Capacity Evaluations.
• Worked on batch management including batch level, batch determination, batch master, batch specific unit of measures, shelf life expiry date check.
• Proficient in configuration and customization of Purchasing, Scheduling agreements, contracts, Third party processing, Stock transport orders, Variant Pricing, Split valuation, Release and Pricing Procedures, Partner functions, vendor sub ranges.
• Knowledge in WM configuration of Decentralized Warehouse Management, Shipping, Transportation, Hazardous Materials, interfaces, storage Types, Storage Sections, Storage Bins, Interim Storage Areas and Storage Unit Management.
• Knowledge on QM Inspection process, Material specification, inspection plans, ECM.
• Worked with variant configuration with many clients for their OTC and MTO scenarios.
• Excellent knowledge and hands on experience in ATP check concepts in sales order, and ATP check against forecast. Availability check for planned orders and Production orders and in Availability Check in Inventory Management.
• Good experience in debugging the ABAP programs using break points, ALV, BDC, LSMW, eCATT, SAP Script/SMARTFORMS, User exits and wrote several reports.
• Expertise in developing Test Scenarios/Scripts for Unit, Integration, and Acceptance testing.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, presentation skills, computational and analytical problem solving skills with motivation to learn new technologies with self initiatives.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SAP Modules: PP, PP-PI, QM, MM, WM, SD and BW.

SAP related tools: SAP Solution Manager, LSMW, HP Quality Center, Load runner, EDI, BAPI, BDC, RFC, eCATT and IDOCS.

Languages: ABAP/4, SAP Script, C/C++, Java, XML, HTML

Utilities/Databases: Oracle, SQL

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Riverside, CA

SAP PP/PM Architect

Responsibilities:

• Involved with new SAP HANA on-premise implementation, bringing their business from legacy to SAP by mapping to best practices provided by SAP
• Followed effective and rapid project schedule path and minimized customization as per client request
• Worked on mapping SAP best business practices to their current business process with little deviation wherever necessary
• Configured org structure and loaded required master data from their legacy as well performed all levels of testing necessary for the go-live
• Planned schedule to do upgrade of S/4HANA from but waiting for approvals from SAP for migration path

Confidential, Danville, IL

SAP PP/QM/PM Architect

Responsibilities:

• Involved with global migration, responsible for redesigning global template as per discrete manufacturing process and adjusting for multiple countries business scenarios including MTO and MTS scenarios along with inter-company transfers.
• Worked with global data management GMDS team from Germany to setup the master data and making the controls at local plants by using authorization groups and change management process along with proper workflows.
• Conducted blueprint workshops with global and local teams and making them share individual business process and proposed common solutions
• Responsible for planning through drummer tool and adjusting SAP planned and production orders based on line capacities
• Production order confirmations with HU and custom boxes based on specific customer/plant requirements, and handled various packaging proposals
• Maintained QM master data, and bringing the whole business from MS access database to SAP QM with required process includes quality notifications, calibrations
• Maintained PM Master Data and prepared the structure with required functional locations, equipment’s, equipment’s BOMs along with material required for PM orders.
• Trained the users with PM structures, maintenance orders, maintenance plans with strategy and maintaining the general and equipment task lists with required maintenance packages
• Took the responsibility as cut-over led and helped go-live processes
• Worked on LSMW including creation of the few objects and loading them into the system, proposed alternate solution to bring the historical data into new system

Confidential, St Charles, MO

SAP PP/QM Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for job shop manufacturing process design and implementation
• Implemented end-to-end PP and QM process along with custom enhancements to meet client specific requirements unique to rail-car industry Implementing
• Developed complete MTS end-end scenario and MTO with variant configuration to choose various parameters from sales configurator and exploding super BOM components accordingly.
• Responsible for PLM process and integrating their teamviewer with SAP along with change controls. Assembled to engineer process plays significance role in engineering design drawings which results in new parts day-by-day and needed to create new materials accordingly.
• Created FORECAST tool for scheduling job runs on individual lines, allowing to maintain different schedule periods and able to meet customer demand on time, this includes providing budget runs ahead about 1 to 3 years
• Responsible for linking PP forecast with SAP BPC for annual budget and consolidations
• Enhanced SAP functionalities to meet client specific requirements on planning, maintaining data, maintaining material statuses, costing functionalities along with labor management.
• Worked in SOP for forecasting and demand generation. Created info structures, assigned characteristics and key figures, created planning parameters, created planning type with respect to the info structure and required key figures selected for the planning type. 'Created planning hierarchy, performed planning and transferred to demand management.
• Developed functional specification for Custom Reports and Programs. Worked with BI team and provided logic for custom reports like Production accuracy report. Yield report, capacity utilization report and Production scheduling report.
• Responsible for MRP and LTP planning, planning parameters, forecasting, Maintenance of Variants for planning, analysis of errors in planning and trouble shooting.

Confidential, St Louis, MO

SAP PP-PI & LE Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for upgrade testing for EHP 4 pack as well supporting MES interface and PI sheets.
• Implementing variety costing project involves requirements gathering, implementation and UAT.
• Maintaining Dependency Matrix for Z tables, Z transactions and RICEF Objects Interdependencies.
• Using Solman to Create Operating Structures for Blue Print Documents, Function Specs and Configuration Documents and maintained them.
• Working with complex editable ALV Reports, designing custom table and custom programs.
• Working on intercompany STOs, batch approvals, batch allocations and inventory applications.
• Implementing new strategy for vegetable sector to cover standard costing for cleaning and admin process of seed batches for inter-company transfers.
• Closely working wit FI team for making accurate standard cost of seeds
• Updating millions of current master data records and developing custom applications to support future master data across all plants globally and meeting deadlines for current financial year.
• Closely working with business users across all plants to support UAT and monitoring all other existing applications to avoid conflicts and making necessary changes as a key role from IT.
• Extensively working with object dependencies and characteristics inheritance of batch classes.
• Supporting many customized applications with object dependencies for multiple batch characteristics and their inheritance to quality inspection lots through process order user exists.

Confidential, St Louis, MO

SAP PP (MDG and PLM integration) Architect

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for best practice implementation through vanilla process.
• Involved in BPPs training, requirements gathering, configurations, master data, major enhancements and training process.
• Presented Documents on Different Integration Patterns which can be used in Agile
• Involved in Blue print Workshops for defining and Fit Gap Analysis for Engineering Segment Scenarios to meet their PLM requirements.
• Involved in lean WM and QM functionalities as initial approach for future enhancements.
• Implemented QM specifics custom application activities into SAP to support lean QM process for chemicals and finished goods.
• Involving in other plants go-live periodically and continuing go-live support.
• Designed new scheduling tools for minimizing change over times on the line.
• Involved extensively in BobJ reporting as per client specific requirements where they need the info of all required productions orders along with customer info to minimize run times on floor.
• Responsible for cutover plans, data migration - master data uploads thorough mapping templates between SAP and legacy systems MAPIX and MACOLA.
• Extensively worked on variant configuration with multiple characteristics as well object dependencies for client specific requirements.
• Customization of MTO process to support planning and forecast in few areas where maximum amount of sellable products are customer specific.
• Responsible for SAP and Foxjet interfaces for printing customer specific information on shipping boxes as well for RF Guns uses in warehouse.
• Extensively worked on classifications, batch determination process, material statuses, planning, consumption and forecast process.
• Worked on DM document management to support material safety data sheets (MSDS).
• Implemented alternate solutions for aerosol specific requirements in standard SAP.
• Power user training and end user training covering entire cycle of PP-PI including ECM (Engineering change management) for Bills of material and Master Recipe, Result recording and usage decision in Quality Management (QM).

Confidential, Richmond, VA

SAP PP-PI/MES/LIMS Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for accelerated ASAP methodology involving in all phases of implementation including project preparation, business blueprint, realization, final preparation and go-live support for validation environment.
• Ensured CFR part 11 compliance with use of Digital Signature and Digital Records.
• Redesigned interfaces include PMX MES and Labware LIMS by defining new data transfer structure for master data and transactional data along with approval process, also involved in Labware LIMS interface maintenance and monitoring.
• SAP ECC and Confidential Labware LIMS interface corrections involves inspection lot data, inspection lot master data comparison, Inspection catalog and usage decision.
• Confidential Labware LIMS scheduler QMIDI process corrections to receive QM data from SAP.
• Essential testing process involvement is redefining interfaces, MES, Labware as part of GxP.
• Documented business requirements, business process documents, key decision documents, business process steps and system design specifications .
• Involved in redefining business process required for new plant setup from the existing container copy available with Confidential and in data conversion process.
• Re-defined enterprise Structure objects including Plants, Storage Locations, Warehouses, and factory calendars.
• Configured PP-PI functionalities and objects starts from planning through demand management to the order confirmation includes planning table, planned orders, MRP, MPS, ATP, process orders, WM/PP integration, QM/PP integration, storage types, production supply areas, control cycle, material staging etc.
• Setup configuration for batch management functionality to create different batch numbers for various business units and designed custom program to create batch numbers same as process order numbers as per business requirement.
• Configured batch search strategy by defining few characteristics for considering shelf life and goods receipt date.
• Responsible for functional design specifications for custom programs and worked closely with ABAP/4 developers to build custom programs to satisfy customer requirements

Confidential, East Hanover, NJ

SAP PP-PI/QM/LIMS Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in core functionalities upgrade as part of the common standard operating procedures (SOP) across all the plants.
• Complete production support for North America Plants as well as involved in Enhancements required for plants across globe and supported global LIMS Labware V5.01 and LIMS V6.
• Responsible for SOP, OQ testing, and proper workflow required for normal as well as for emergency requirements and their approvals for production support.
• Involved in various testing scenarios for Labware LIMS during re-design process as well followed GxP testing procedures after instant failures of Labware LIMS.
• Involved in MES integration, Inbound, outbound, PI sheets processes for various plants.
• Interfaces testing for MES connection problems and LIMS (Labware) problems.
• Electronic batch processes re-design as well weighting confirmation approval process in plant.
• Redefined and set up few control recipe destinations, maintained selection variants for ABAP-based PI sheets.
• Defined process message characteristics, characteristic groups, set up message destinations and message categories.
• Worked on various Rockwell MES interfaces and QM interfaces where the data has been transferred through schedulers and batch job process.
• Supported results recording within the production process using results recording with inspection points, partial lots, use of calculated inspection characteristics, inspection for goods after production and sample inspections.
• Approval process design for electronic batch process and weighing process in formulae making.
• Re-configured integration with WMS and PP such that automatic TR/TO is generated as every process order is saved to move the product from the warehouse to replenish the production supply areas responsible for different resources.
• Involved in document revision process for extended functionalities and followed OQ testing approach as per FDA regulated environment.
• Involved in knowledge transition workshops with users to educate proper business process flows along with day-to-day production support for logistics.

Confidential, Harrisburg, PA

SAP PP/QM/PM/VC Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for EHP-4 upgrade at client and handled three module processes till go-live.
• Involved in complete global production support for all plants under Confidential .
• Developed custom reports, enhancements and involved in break fixes of existing programs.
• As a support lead with the client, need to solve all priority tickets relate to PP, QM and PM modules, also never missed SLA with client.
• Handled typical processes relates to each and individual plants which are responsible for unique products under TYCO.
• Handled all support teams globally relates to EMEA, USA, ASIA and on-call support during the week-ends.
• Proficient in team management, handling different tickets coming through remedy, major/minor/ break fix task through mercury process as well as responding to global leads as per regions.
• As a global IT members responsible for all plants globally, mainly involved in major process like master data, planning, LTP, MPS, MRP, CRP, KANBAN, variant configuration, batch jobs, direct procurement, collective orders, inspection planning, maintenance orders etc.
• Implemented complete variant configuration s for one of their MTO plants along with multilevel BOMs and multilevel object dependencies.
• Worked on various interfaces involving data transfer between SAP and other ERP systems.
• Developed and Maintained Test data for PP and QM. Involved in uploading Master data MIC, Inspection Plan, Routing, BOM and Production Version using LSMW.
• Identified OSS notes provided for Release 620 to resolve issues of syntax errors during Production Order Creation related to IS-Discrete Industries and Mill Products (SAP ECC-DIMP).
• Worked with complex editable ALV Reports, designing custom table and custom programs.
• Extensively worked on object dependency, update one batch based on values of diff batch.
• Developed Test Case for PP and QM configuration as well as all RICEF objects identified.
• Extensively designed and configured the Master data, BOM, Routings, Long-Term Planning, detailed scheduling, SOP, Demand Management, Capacity Planning and Back flushing
• Identified user exit EXIT SAPLV01Z 012 and EXIT SAPL01V 014 to get the value of the customer material number from the sales order line to Batch characteristics using batch creation program LGHRGF02, enhancement spot save batch 01 pass space to the parameter no cfc call used to trigger the required user exits.
• Worked on documentation for power users and end users, Provided Key User Training and extended Post Roll out support.

Confidential, Foxboro, MA

SAP PP/VC Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in defining project scope for the company and implementation of SAP MFG process for all Europe plants using agile methodology.
• Gathered business requirements by conducting workshops, demoing scenarios and suggested best manufacturing processes as per their business needs.
• Performed configuration, master data uploading, variant configuration includes Classes, Characteristics, Object Dependencies, Class Items, Recursion of BOMs, P-Functions, Configuration Profile and Simulation.
• Worked on MTS and MTO scenarios with KMAT materials, responsible for controlling of super BOM and very good understanding of VC selection condition and procedures, writing the object dependencies.
• Implemented complicated business scenarios between different company codes Germany, U.K and Poland where there is no direct relation between Germany and Poland.
• Involved in MTO scenarios between multiple plants by creating sales orders through Idocs, STO’s, worked with sales order line item categories, procurement types, pricing procedures, conditions, delivery, shipment, costing and intercompany billing.
• Maintained different planning strategies, requirement types, created MRP elements, basic and lead time scheduling, strategy groups, MRP controllers, plant parameters, and lot size calculations, planning horizons, material availability in blocked and stock in transit.
• Implemented KANBAN process in various manufacturing plants with in-house and stock transfer replenishment strategies.
• Evaluation methods in QM - Reports and analyses based on inspection lots, inspection results, and notifications
• Performed material assignments in preparation for QM inspection lot creations and inspection point results recording, Scheduled results recording and inspection points to accommodate both Production and QM personnel at the plant level.
• Worked on client specific requirements to back flush components from KANBAN supply area storage location, auto goods receipt to specified locations, printing multiple shop floor papers, serial number profiles, assignments to sales orders and production orders.
• Implemented Capacity Requirement Planning CRP based on work cell hours with limited pooled labor capacity, performed capacity evaluation and leveling.
• Worked with Interfaces needed to perform barcode KANBAN bin empty, production order confirmation.
• Worked on Inventory management, Purchasing, subcontracting, third-party, consignment, External Procurement-Stock transports, requisitions, info records, release strategies, vendor evaluation, master records.

Confidential, St Louis, MO

SAP PP-PI Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Complete involvement in production support and enhancement projects.
• Created custom application to enhance business process such as master data automation includes BOM creation, material-plant assignment, material-recipe assignment and production version creation.
• Created blending program where client needs to blend multiple batches together for clean, treat and pack process order types against general process order creation which was basically implemented for one component batch.
• Production Planning for Process Industry for Lead manufacturing to control the batch characteristics of components to get a required finished batch.
• Global solution with PP-PI with several batch characteristics to be able to calculate the output based on the input.
• Extensively worked on batch classification, batch characteristics, and object dependency functionalities of various materials in relevant process order types.
• Generated custom application for showing batch stock, batch characteristics, material class characteristics and quality reports against MMBE in standard SAP.
• QM Inspection for Production order goods receipt and capture the quality data by batch number.
• Worked on batch lot inheritance program as part of PP QM where QM needs quality characteristics to be populated automatically to new batches created through process order release and save.
• Created efficient report to help MDM in order to capture phase differences of all generation material specific to Confidential client.
• Involved in support of batch jobs for process order creation through interface, packaging orders
• Hands of experience in ABAP debugging, user exits, FM, BAPI, BDC programs, SAP scripts and smart forms.

Confidential, Richardson, TX

SAP PP/MM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Blueprint work - Gather business requirements, deliver workshops, identify gaps and recommend best practices, Configuration responsibilities, testing responsibilities.
• Assist project team with the configuration of the PP and MM including defining global requirements, and defining reports, interface, and data conversion specifications.
• Responsible for cleansing, configuration and creation of master data including Bill of Materials, Work centers and Routings.
• Configured standard value keys, control keys, formulas, production supply areas for new resources as a part of master data set up.
• Defined capacity requirements for work centers by using standard values, formula constants, defined work center formulas and assigned cost centers to work centers to evaluate the product costing of the material.
• Defined and configured Batch Management in production orders, Involved in variant configuration for make to order parts, Responsible for creating production order types and processing of production orders.
• Responsible for availability check, batch determination and confirmations in production orders.
• Configured planning strategies, requirement types, created MRP elements, basic and lead time scheduling, strategy groups, MRP controllers, plant parameters, and lot size calculations, planning horizons, material availability in blocked and stock in transit.
• Customize the WM integration with Inventory management, Production planning, Delivery processing.
• Implemented inspection characteristic attributes such as sampling size, specification values, unit of measure, and formulas (for calculated characteristics) on a regular basis in QM.
• Closed and re-opened inspection lots in response to required changes to inspection plans in QM.
• Maintained inventory types such as annual inventory, continuous inventory and continuous inventory based on stock placement, continuous inventory based on zero stock check and cycle counting for each storage type.
• Implemented P1, P2, P3 MRP types using planning time fences and forward/backwards consumption of independent requirements by customer orders.
• Configured schedule margin keys, capacity categories, standard value keys, control keys, task-list types and usages for routings.
• Activated MRP for plants and created planning files and scheduled re-gen and net change planning, created MRP exception messages, rescheduling horizons, MRP list requirements and MD04 display parameters.
• Created profiles for production order confirmations including final and partial confirmations.
• Worked on production order release strategies, availability check for components, scheduling of the production order, printing shop floor paper like time tickets, move tickets and material pull lists, defining production schedulers, scheduling profiles etc.
• Configured planners work bench (MF50) in repetitive manufacturing and staging of materials.
• Configured REM profiles and set up in material master, creation of production versions and created product cost collectors.
• Conducted unit test, integration test and user acceptance test for newly developed programs.
• Prepared training documentation and user manuals and conducted user training in multiple facilities using web tools & net meetings.
• Worked with OSS to resolve critical issues, applied OSS notes and data correction reports.
• Supported cutover plans and was involved in Go-Live of the project.

Confidential, Topeka, KS

SAP PP/MM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• In routings and work centers, customized task list usages, standard values and parameters, defined control keys, maintained task list types, material type allocations, defined work scheduler/planner group, defined control keys, reduction strategies, routing selections.
• Uploaded BOMs, Routings, Work centers and extended the material master records to include work scheduling, MRP and forecasting views from different systems using LSMW.
• Worked on Characteristics, Classes, Configuration Profiles and wrote object dependencies on the quantity of the components and the routing times and operation selections.
• Performed order release, order management, goods movement and order conformation.
• Production order release strategies, availability check for components, scheduling of the production order, printing shop floor paper like Time Tickets, move tickets and material pull lists.
• Worked on manual and automatic batch determination when production order is released.
• Created new work center formulas to include Labor costs (number of labor) in the production costs.
• Production support issues in MM module like improper planned delivery time maintained in purchase info record and scheduling agreements. Using the period closing program to initialize the company codes in all environments every month.
• Verified Materials Management module configuration with populating data for complete business cycle by generating PR, RFQ/Quotation, vendor evaluation, ranking list, contracts, scheduling agreements, PO, GR/GI, invoice verification and purchase info records.
• Processing of transfer postings and special stocks in Inventory Management like sub-contracting, third-party and vendor consignment.
• Validation of all Logistics Execution test documentation including test plans and test scripts.
• Became the go-to resource for troubleshooting and resolving deviations which occurred during user testing due to configuration, master data or test script errors.
• Prioritized and completed slipping deliverables to bring relevant areas back on schedule.

Confidential, Bristol, TN

SAP PP/MM/WM Techno Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Converted business requirements and specifications in to SAP functional design.
• Configuration of Resources and Recipes as per requirement.
• Configured the process management system by setting process instruction types and created process messages.
• Tested all process order reports that included COIO, COID and COOISPI transaction.
• Worked on Control Recipes Simulation in Master Recipe, Control Recipe Monitoring, sending Process Instructions by Control Recipe via PI Sheets and Reporting Process Messages through PI sheets.
• Configured Batch management and Batch determination for goods issues in process orders.
• Created Batch Classes, characteristics, created selection conditions and sort rules.
• Worked extensively on availability checks and transfer of requirements both in SD and PP.
• Worked on manual and automatic batch determination when production order is released.
• Configured PI sheets for reporting goods receipts against process order, goods issues against process order reservation, machine and labor hours for phases, initiating WM Transfer Requirements and Transfer Orders for movement of material, recording inspection results against QM inspection lots.
• Worked on Control Recipes Simulation in Master Recipe, Control Recipe Monitoring, sending Process Instructions by Control Recipe via PI Sheets and Reporting Process Messages.
• Interfaced with external production systems and configured necessary control recipe destinations.
• Worked on Process orders and confirmation of Process orders through Process Messages. Production confirmation using MFBF (final and reporting point) and post processing of error Documents in COGI or MF47.
• Worked on LSMW for Data Migration from legacy system (MS-Excel sheets) to SAP server.
• Developed a data interface program to transfer Goods Receipts from the legacy system to SAP R/3 system. This program creates an error log file for records.
• Worked on SAP Scripts and Smart Forms involving Invoice verification, Check Printing, Reminders and Vendor Evaluation.
• Involved in Master data distribution for maintaining Vendor Master Data from central partner system by ALE distribution model.
• Created new IDOC type as a copy of MATMAS01. Extended this new IDOC type with a new segment for different specified fields according to client requirement.