SUMMARY:

• Over 8+ years of SAP PP/MM consulting experience in implementation, Rollout and Support projects.
• SAP Logistics Full Project Life - Cycle experience including European and Asia- Pacific Rollouts
• SAP MM/PP Logistics Integration and Configuration Experience
• Logistical Management experience with business analysis, SAP configuration, Implementation and .
• Experience with Automotive, Manufacturing, AFS and IS retail experience.
• Expert in study of business processes and preparing "AS-IS" and "TO-BE" process and performed Gap analysis in the production environment.
• Expert at providing robust solutions in a cost-effective manner to complex business issues.
• Worked on Discrete manufacturing, repetitive manufacturing for automobile industries.
• Experience with working in ASAP methodology.
• Experienced in gathering requirements, Scoping, Configuration, Testing and handling post implementation project.
• Experienced in working with RICEFW objects and creation of functional design document for business requirements.
• Experience with working in ASAP methodology.
• Experience in PP module on the configuration and flow of processes- Demand Planning, work center, BOM, Routing and Material requirement planning (MRP).
• Rich knowledge in Material Requirement planning (MRP) and its configuration settings, serial number, defined MRP profiles, MRP groups, MRP type.
• Worked on creating and maintaining SOP, Demand management, shop floor control.
• Configured objects in capacity requirement planning like formulae, availability check during order create and release, standard value key, shift sequences, production schedulers, MRP controller and schedule margin key.
• Worked on MTS (Make to stock), MTO (Make to order), Make to order for configurable material, stock requirement/MRP lists, Variant configuration, super BOM's, phantom items.
• Configured and evaluated the cost centers, mapping with work centers, carried out product costing for various materials which includes semi-finished, finished, co-products.
• Worked on various configurations on enterprise structures automatic account determination output determinations and enhancement pricing determination release procedures and all other aspects of MM Module.
• Experienced in creating functional specifications to facilitate ABAP developments to meet client’s reporting requirements, data migration from legacy to SAP.
• Experience in writing Function exits, field exits, menu exits, modified text enhancements for keywords and IDOC posting programs.
• Expertise in procure to pay (MM) processes and Order to Cash Processes.
• Experience in configuring material master, vendor master, purchase info record, purchase requisition, purchase order (Direct, Indirect, Service).
• Understanding on PLM functional activities related to Specification Management Document Management System, Project and Portfolio Management and WWI reporting.
• Integration knowledge in QM, PM, WM, SD Modules.
• Good working experience in production support with service now ticket handling.
• Ability to create test plans, test case designs based on the business use cases.
• Design and development of custom reports and utility tools.
• Excellent analytical skills, to interpret and evaluate customer requirement and implement technical solutions and application in production support.
• War Room and Go Live Process.
• Hyper Care Post Go-Live Support.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP : SAP R/3 4.0B, 4.6B, 4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0 ,S/4 HANA

Methodologies . : ASAP Methodology

Operating System : UNIX, Windows 95/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7, 8, Servers

Application : MS-Office Suite, MS-Project, MS-Visio, SQL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Wichita, KS

Sr.SAP PP/MM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Prepared data mapping spread sheets, custom reports, enhancements and uploaded master data for BOM, Work Centers and Routings.
• Participated in configuration and customization of PP functionalities: Master Data (Materials, BOMs, Resources and Production Versions), Product Master Data, MRP, Work centers, Routing.
• Worked on production execution in repetitive Manufacturing including automatic batch determination of components, stock determination to handle split valuated materials, and back flushing of components and activities.
• Gathering master data requirements and performing Data Migration using the BDC and LSMW Procedure
• Responsible for configuring background jobs for MRP run, Special procurement keys to resolve planning and production issues between different plants.
• Used various planning methods for MRP and total planning at plant level both online as well as background.
• Resolved MRP issues with relevance to scheduling dates of PO and planning file entry.
• Configured routing determination, MRP plant parameters, MRP groups, MRP types, lot size calculation, planned orders and movement types.
• Configured Production scheduling profile, Production order types and automatic purchase requisitions from MRP.
• Understanding of variant configuration for MRP Run.
• Worked extensively on Sales and Operation Planning (SOP) and Demand Management.
• Defined Requirement types, Demand Management techniques, BO M Explosion/ Routing selection.
• Created various standard Material Management (MM) documents which include Purchase requisition (PR), Purchase Orders (PO), Purchase Info Record.
• Creation and changes in release strategies in Purchase requisition and Purchase orders.
• Worked on Vendor Master, Source List and defined screen layout for Purchase Info Records.
• Setup Vendor Invoice Processing (VIP) through workflow.
• Created Customer table to maintain approver for vendor invoice(VIP) with assist of ABAP’ers.
• Defined number ranges for Purchase requisitions and Purchase orders.
• Developed custom reports for production order status, backlog of the load, list of production order quantity changes.
• Responsible for my counterpart besides and creating documents and presentations.
• Interacted with ABAP team to deliver the client requirements through Functional specs
• Performed data migration using LSMW for master records like material master, vendor master, purchase info record, open purchase orders.
• Worked with BASIS team regarding the issues on user access to setup enterprise profiles.
• Worked on unit testing, integration testing on various scenarios for the PP module.

Confidential, Troy, MI

Sr. SAP PP/MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Closely studied the business needs, defined and prioritizing the requirements and had a close look on business process.
• Worked on Repetitive Manufacturing (REM) and Make to Stock from Demand loading to Back flushing settings to match the customer requirements.
• Defined MRP controllers, Planning strategies, lot sizing procedures and Standard Value key, Schedule margin key.
• Validation of Master data like Bill of Materials, Routing, Production Supply Area, Control Cycle Production supply before and after uploading into system.
• Worked with ABAP/4 programmers for data mapping (LSMW) and uploading the material master data and Batch Search Strategy master data for batch determination process
• Analyzing CIF errors, requesting master data changes and/or requesting process sequence changes.
• Configured various objects in Capacity requirements planning, availability check during order create and release, standard value keys and scheduling parameters.
• Worked on Goods Issue and Receipt Postings, time ticket confirmation of Phases using Process messages.
• Worked on Purchase requisition, Purchase Order, vendor, release procedures. Defining number ranges for various purchasing documents.
• Designed head quartered indirect purchasing process.
• Setup release strategies from CEO to end user approval.
• Designed physical inventory process annually.
• Configured Material Ledger.
• Created Sub-Contracting process with 541 movement type in MB1A.
• Assisted in bringing out the Business Process Procedures (BPP) for the purchasing cycle.
• Performed Inventory Management tasks through MIGO transactions, Reservations, Special stock procurement.
• Master data preparation, testing of PP related basic cycle and test result document preparation
• Interacted with the Controlling team to resolve issues related to costing sheet, activity pricing, work center, activity type and product cost collector.
• Developed the functional specification for the conversions and also managed the data conversion for testing.
• Preparing testing documents both for unit testing, integration testing before to approval of launch.

Confidential, Canton, MI

SAP MM/PP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Gathering requirements as per the business need and preparing Business Blue print document. Identified the gaps and prepared Functional specification document.
• Responsible for configuring Material Master, Bill of Material, Work Center and Routing.
• Defined and maintained production lines, rate routings and assigned production lines to rate routings.
• Performed single-item, single-item/multi-level MRP runs and monitored MRP/Stock requirement list-individual and collective display.
• Worked extensively on configuring Sales and Operation planning (SOP) and Demand Management.
• Defined Requirement types, Demand Management techniques, BOM explosion and Routing selection.
• Created MRP element through MRP runs, basic and lead time scheduling. Also evaluating MRP results via MRP lists and Stock requirement list.
• Configuration for auto confirmation through barcode, goods issue, correction of errors in goods movement, confirmation of quantity through QM.
• Configured screen layouts material master (Purchasing view), vendor master, material types, movement types, goods issue and goods receipt.
• Worked on Procure to Pay (P2P) including manual and automatic creation of Purchase orders, invoice verification.
• Worked on implementing best practices for handling of purchase order, stock transport orders and scheduling agreements.
• Prepared testing documents for unit testing as well as integration testing.
• Co-ordinated the Go-live, provided Post go-live support and logging of production issues.
• Actively participated in resolving the data issues and conflicts within the functional team.

Confidential, Denver, CO

SAP MM/PP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the legacy system data conversion of material master, BOM, routings, production versions, default production version from costing view and initial stock entry.
• Managed the delivery of SAP R/3 Production Planning and scheduling solution, integrated SAP with factory works a third-party planning and scheduling tool and with Shop Floor systems, and integrated Production Planning with Warehouse Management (WM), Sales and Distribution (SD), and Procurement (MM).
• Managed the co-ordination of data collection of Material Master, Bill of Materials (BOM), work centers, routings, production versions, master inspection characteristics, inspection methods, inspections plans, and material specification.
• Designed and developed data standards, functional specification for conversion programs; and converted master data and reconciliation.
• Set up configuration and master data for goods receipt inspection of raw materials and chemicals wherein the process involved two scenarios one that involved actual inspection of the incoming material and recording inspection results and the other involved acceptance based on vendor .
• Analyzed, designed, configured, and implemented the repetitive Manufacturing and discrete Production Planning functionality in SAP R/3 across 10 unique businesses across the globe.
• Rolled out MRP area to capture demand by production line, schedule production by MRP areas, and satisfy customer requirements that were production line specific.
• Rolled out MRP for planning of semi-finished goods and component materials involving both deterministic and reorder point planning methods including automatic calculation of safety stock and reorder levels, and MRP for planning replenishment of finished goods at distribution centers.
• Worked on production execution in repetitive Manufacturing including automatic batch determination of components, stock determination to handle split valuated materials, and back flushing of components and activities.
• Worked on batch classification with numerous batch characteristics that represented the inspection characteristics of the batches and served as the heart of the batch selection optimization and product substitution.
• Resolve user problems and operational issues, including providing fixes to existing configuration for the business processes and functionality currently implemented and operational at clients.
• Monitoring scheduled jobs and their performance.
• Monitoring of daily support and development activities.
• Prepared and executed unit and integration test scripts to test business procedures.
• Provided for end users and prepared manuals.

Confidential, Orlando, FL

SAP MM/PP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in User requirements gathering & Business Blueprint Preparation.
• Involved as a core member for SAP MM module implementation.
• Prepared FAQ document and Materials and monthly Fault Analysis Report.
• Managed and evaluated vendors based on their performance.
• Involved in budgeting and IT cost and performance controlling activities.
• Adopted Split Valuation concept for the definition of the three different valuation types for the materials valuated differently at different stages for the traded items that pass through the production route.
• Defined new Material Requirement Planning (MRP) Type for taking inventory into consideration.
• Defined different MRP Controllers for procured items and produced items for Consumption Based Planning (CBP).
• Configured new and standard material types as per the requirements of the client.
• Created material groups, split valuation control, valuation classes.
• Configured master data including required material master records.
• Configured purchase requisition, purchase orders, scheduling agreement and contracts.
• Configured and customized Outline Agreements-Scheduling-Delivery/Forecast Delivery and Contracts Value/Quantity.
• Configured Quantity & Value update parameters for all Movement Types for Inv. management.
• Worked on data migration and report development activities.
• Performed Unit Testing, Integration Testing and involved in configuration changes ad hoc basis.
• Created detailed user documentation and held sessions for users.
• Involved in production support for end-users by noting down the problems and giving solution.

Confidential

SAP Consultant, Enterprise Edition 4.6C

Responsibilities:

• Support on business processes/scenarios in Materials management and SAP R/3-MM Transactions-Purchase orders (materials& services), Annual service contracts, purchase requisition, RFQ, Service entry sheet, Goods receipt, Goods issue, Transfer posting, releasing of purchasing documents, Material reservation, purchasing/inventory reports.
• Configured Material Master, Vendor Master, and Info Record - Field selection for data screens, Material types, Number ranges
• Defined document types and configured allowed item categories to purchasing documents such as purchase orders, purchase requisitions
• PO Layout modification to suite the business requirement
• Setting up release strategy with classification as per company's approval process for purchases order and purchase requisition
• Mapping and customizing the price determination process for Local purchase and Import purchase configured Automatic Account Determination
• Configuration of automatic postings and split valuation.
• Configuration done in Inventory Management - GR, Reservation, Stock transfer and Transfer postings
• End-users and documentation.