SUMMARY:

• Successfully functioned as Principal SAP SD,MM,LE - Shipping and LE-WM Functional Solution Architect ( OtC, RtP, Planning Processes) on multiple SAP implementations and upgrade over the past 15 + years
• Worked in more than 10 SAP projects with extensive experience in SAP MM, IM/WM, SD, EDI, Pricing and Master Data in SAP ECC/AFS and Retail systems
• Expert in SAP Master in ECC, Retail and AFS solution
• SAP functional consultant in IS Retail& supply chain SAP MM (IM/WM), POS integration module with extensive experience in business analysis, requirement gathering, realization, go live and post production support.
• Worked in AFS Logistics master data process and Configuring Material Grids, VAS Conditions
• Configured ARun ( Allocation run ) for stock consumption by the sales order
• Worked extensively in AFS Material Master Grid configuration, VAS Conditions etc
• Extensive experience in setting up EDI processes in SAP logistics parts ORDERS (850/860/865), ASN (856) etc.
• Have rich experience in working with IDocs - WP PLU, WPUWBW, WPUTAB, WPUFIB, WPUBON, WP EAN, WPUUMS
• Experience of setting up RFC profiles, Ports, Partner Profiles (WE20/WE21) etc.
• Designed, configured and implemented all aspects of SAP ECC/Retail Pricing and Promotions Management
• Experience in Merchandising, Allocation and Merchandise distribution
• Clear understanding of the ASAP methodology all the way from business blueprinting to implementation.
• Experience working in Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
• Experienced in Understanding Business Processes, Study and Analyze Workflow to design solutions (As-Is and To-Be Analysis and Freezing), Preparing Business Blue Print and Requirement Document
• Worked in different areas of IM in multiple projects such as Goods Movement (inbound to the site and outbound from site both), Stock transfers, Physical Inventory & Cycle Counting, Inventory Reporting, SD-IM Integration through delivery documents & Post Goods Issues (PGIs), MM-IM Integration at Purchase Orders/STOs/Sub-Contracting, WM-IM Integration at IM-WM movement type references and Transfer Orders (TOs), IM-FI Integration for account determination and valuation.
• Solid understanding of master data related to sales & distribution, POS billing, inventory management, planning, physical inventory, shipping point determination, message determination for PO and GRs etc.
• Very thorough in SAP IS Retail configuration and testing for multiple areas such as article master, site master, vendors & customers, assortment & listing, article grouping, bonus buys, pricing & promotions, replenishment, POS Interface, monitoring etc.
• Experienced in creating Articles - Single Articles, Generic Articles, Structured - Pre pack, Sales Set, Reference Articles, Merchandise Category Articles and Value Only Articles
• Fairly strong in overall OTC process flow too starting from SD Sales Order to Payment (F110). This includes sales areas, customer master, partner functions, sales document types, pricing procedure, item categories, schedule line categories, delivery, PGI etc.
• Designed, configured and implemented all aspects of SAP ECC/Retail Pricing and Promotions Management
• Strong experience in SAP Master data, Material master, Material Batches, Material Serialization, Vendor/ Customer and Pricing
• Extensive experience of designing and configuring ECC/Retail/AFS System in several modules such as Master Data (solid experience around conversion of all retail master data besides configuration skills), Merchandising, Procurement, Inventory Management, Replenishment, Invoice Verification, POSDM, POS Integration etc.
• Rich experience of testing end to end retail scenarios such as sales, exchanges, price adjustments, layaways, down payments etc.
• Experienced in global roll-outs in multinational companies including Chemical, Manufacturing, Retail, Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences
• Experienced in using Business process repositories (BPR) in solution manager for Project management in global/local rollouts and CHaRM for maintenance
• Experience implementing and Supporting SAP for multi geographical locations USA, Europe, Brazil, ASIAPAC, Japan etc. and well versed in their Local and Foreign Tax, Pricing and trade policies
• Expertise in SAP ECC, SAP IS Retail and SAP AFS
• Cross Functional integration experience with SD GTS EH&S, SAP GRC Nfe / FI / MM / WM
• Experience configuring ALE Distribution model, Partner profiles and IDOC Extensions
• Experience in complete migration of SAP Systems and in Master / Transaction Data conversion from Legacy system using LSMW for Customer Master, Material and Pricing using LSMW
• Involved in all project life-cycle stages from Software Evaluation, High-level Design, Technical Design, System Configuration, ABAP Programming, Debugging, Basis Technology, System Test, User Test, Performance Tuning, Go-Live Support and Production Support

SAP Expertise

• SAP ECC/S4 HANA
• SAP IS Retail/AFS
• SAP GTS
• SAP Vistex
• ShipERP

PROFESSIONAL SAP EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York, NY

SAP AFS/IS Retail Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Luxury retailer Manufactures sells merchandise Across the Globe with Directly operated stores and concession stores in major Retailers
• Supporting SAP AFS/Retail Team in Americas in Merchandise Planning Allocation and Assortment planning
• Integration of concession stores with Major Retailers including MACYS
• Product content management for Ecom
• Integrating Third Party Logistics with SAP for selling and Shipping eCom Sales and integrating macys.com
• Involved in Omnichannel project to facilitate Sales and Returns across multiple channels

Confidential, Cranbury, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Architected and led the development of a unique “Active Ingredient Management’’ based inventory Management and Vaccine Manufacturing solution that helps- Enterprise wide visibility of potency based Vaccine doses, and manufacture targeted potency of vaccine doses. Confidential business is involved in Content based Asset subscription to its customers and clients
• Inventory Goods receipt of Interplant Shipments into non-HU managed Storage Location
• Via SAP GUI and via SAPConsole based RF Transaction
• Leverage User Exits to implement custom availability check based on valid Shelf Life of Unrestricted Material Batches
• Batch Determination per stringent GMP logic and customer specific shelf life requirements
• Delivery Combination and Packing list Outputs
• Retention of Pallets ( received from source warehouse ) using “Lite” Handling Unit Management
• Designed and developed a custom SAPConsole based RF Transaction for Shipment and Pallet driven Interplant Goods Receipt - The inputs for this Transactions are Shipment# and Pallet ID shipped from source warehouse and now being Received
• RF Transactions for Shipment related Inbound Receipts and Outbound Shipping
• Automatic Delivery assignment to shipment after Pick and Pack

Confidential, NY

SAP SD/MM IM/GTS consultant

Responsibilities:

• Confidential business is involved in Content based Asset subscription to its customers and clients
• Involved with Confidential with their S4 HANA upgrade and testing
• Involved in a Project for the Logistics team to Transfer Confidential Assets (Material / Equipment), Worldwide based on Asset class and GreenSheet rules for FI Asset Management Integration
• Seamless Integration of Materials from Production orders, Inter Company Transfers, Sales orders and RMA Orders using Serialization of Materials.
• Serialization of Materials/Products Allows Confidential to track materials at unit level.
• Involved in Web integration of Production and Assembly of Confidential ’s content based TV and Equipment’s for Production Team
• Configured Plants as per new requirements for Confidential business and Mapped in GTS for Global Trade / Transfers and third ShipERP for Logistics

Confidential, NJ

SAP SD/MM LE consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on global template roll out and multiple stores & DC roll outs in broad IS Retail areas such as Master Data, IS Retail Pricing, Merchandising, Inventory Management, POSDM etc
• Worked and involved in overall IS Retail landscape design and implementation starting from enterprise structure design, master data design, integration, merchandising as well.
• Was responsible for Master Data Conversion - Site, Vendor, Customer, Merchandise Hierarchy, Merchandise Categories, Article Master, Source List, and Purchasing Info Records using LSMW where we used different method like BAPI, IDOC, direct input and batch input.
• Worked on configuration and conversion of IS Retail Master Data (Article Master, Site Master, Vendor, Customer, MCH Levels, Article Hierarchy, Assortments & Listings).
• Responsible for end to end master data conversion including designing conversion strategy, designing conversion approach, creation of conversion tools, data sheets, test cycles and conversion.
• Team member of the Order to Cash (OTC) team through Realization and Go-Live phases.
• Design and development of Order-to-Cash (OTC) includes various sub modules of sales and Distribution. Configurations pertaining to sales area, sales offices groups, plants.
• Developed and Executed Unit Testing and Integration Testing of OTC Configuration.
• Worked on intercompany scenario where we convert PO into SO and then outbound delivery gets generated and after PGI inbound delivery will update the PO history. This entire cycle was done by EDI interface.
• Worked on Inter-company scenario, where I configured new pricing procedure, new condition type, New sales order type, Output determination, Automatic PO conversion into Sales order via standard IDocs.
• Production support work for various IDOCs for master data to POS (outbound) and store sales (inbound) to SAP ECC.
• Supported functional specifications for enhancements, interfaces, and reports to support the OTC business requirement.
• Responsible for the design, configuration and implementation of all aspects of SAP Retail Pricing and Promotions Management
• Configured complex 1-step and 2-step pricing procedures
• Designed and configured the entire end-to-end promotions management cycle including planning, execution, subsequent activities, and analysis

Confidential, Kingwood, TX

SAP MM/WM Lead Consultant and Integration Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Confidential is founded as a result of Rhone Group purchasing carbon black and pigments division of Evonik ( Degussa ) corporation of Germany with active role worldwide
• We were involved in migration of Orion’s geographical locations Germany, Brazil, Japan and APAC.
• Configured user specific Material Master views as per requirement
• I was involved in complete migration and creation of a new SAP system for Confidential from Evonik’s SAP System including Integration of SAP GTS for global trade and EH&S for waste management and Material safety data sheets
• Configured Warehouse Management system(WMS) by creating Storage Type, Storage Section and Storage Bins and making the settings according to requirement. Also created and maintained warehouse management view in the material to be managed.
• Performed activities in Inventory Management for Goods Receipt/Issue, Transfer Posting, Availability check and stock determination.
• Customized the WM for the Storage Unit (SU) Management, Created storage units, automatic bin search, Storage Type, Storage Section and Storage Bin
• Configured the system for automatic/manual creation of Transfer Requirement and Transfer Order.
• Interfaced, integrated and tested WM module with Material Management, Inventory Management, Production Planning and Sales and Distribution.
• Integration of SAP EH&S Functionality was enabled for selling environmentally relevant material, so that a material safety data sheet (MSDS) is processed from the material specification database and is shipped to customer before delivery of the goods is done. A dedicated WWI (windows word integrator) was configured for generating Material safety data sheets
• Integration with SAP GTS was done for validating vendors and material for embargo and sanctioned party list checking
• A complete SAP GRC N-fe (Nota Fiscal) logical system was configured for Orion’s brazil entity for Reporting to Tax to Authorities
• A Complete EDI Integration was done with Leading Tire OEM’s including Michelin, Goodyear etc. for scheduling and planning sales and Production of Carbon blacks

Confidential, Springfield, NJ

SAP Logistics Retail Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in end to end implementation of SAP IS Retail with this electronics retail company
• Worked on Retail Master Data such as article master, site master, assortments & listing, pricing
• Configured Inventory Management functionality with Goods Issues, Receipts, Transfer Postings, Valuation and Account Determination
• Involved in life cycle implementation of Warehouse Management and go-live. Documented configuration and prepared training manuals for end users.
• Interfaced, integrated and tested WM module with Material Management, Inventory Management, Production Planning and Sales and Distribution.
• Configuration includes defining storage types, storage sections, creating bins manually and automatically, configuring the system for automatic TR and TO creation.
• Customized warehouse for Storage Unit Management and Hazardous Material Management.
• Defined Putaway and Picking strategies for the desired process and assigned and configured movement types for Warehouse.
• Involved in manual creation of Transfer Order for internal goods movements.
• Supported the Batch management functionality.
• Releasing material from inspection stock and negative stock check.
• Developed the Physical Inventory settings for cycle counting.
• Trained end users and provided Post live support.
• Designed and developed a complete Third party Sales Order process for selling third party vendor products thru Amazon Website and company’s website ( Confidential ). This project yielded immediate ROI and cost effectiveness due to no storage related expenses for the company upon completion
• This Solution was customized for a PRICATALOGUE (EDI Message type) feed for the Vendor Material Prices in a four hour interval. Solution was designed such a way that the Material will be created for the first time in SAP only at the time customer places order for the Material, till then complete Material information is stored in SAP’s PRICECATALOGUE tables.
• EDI flow for this solution was as follows.
• Delivery (PGI) based Revenue recognition was implemented for the Normal sales for the company’s Retail distribution
• Vendor Charge backs process was implemented in pricing procedure and transferred thru Vistex for charge backs accruals from the vendor

Confidential, Bistol, Pennsylvania

SAP Logistics AFS Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Project goal was to identify SD/MM business processes originally implemented for Jones apparel company and leverage existing configuration as BC Sets for Nine West company
• Prepared end to end Implementation project in SAP Solution manager for SD and MM Business process with configuration and Solution documents for ECC Implementation thru solution manager.
• Worked in AFS Logistics master data process and Material Grids ( Sales / Purchase)
• Configured ARun ( Allocation run ) for stock consumption by the sales order

Confidential, Princeton & North Brunswick, NJ

SAP Logistics Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Define and manage Warehouse, Storage Sections, Storage bins, Storage types.
• Configuration of Storage strategies and storage bin stock.
• Process all relevant postings and transactions such as goods receipts, goods issues and general stock transfers.
• Monitor stock movement, stock placements and removal via different put-away, picking strategies and process stock differences. Configuration of FIFO.
• Developed interfaces for RF devices via SAP console to integrate RF devices into SAP WM module.
• Assigned and configured movement types for Goods receipt / issue, Stock transfer, Posting Change, TR and TO.
• Configured various Putaway Strategies (F Fixed bin storage, L next empty bin storage, K bulk Storage etc.) for inbound Movements and Picking Strategies (FIFO First in first out, H shelf life expiration date etc.) for outbound movement in the warehouse.
• Configured the materials for Batch Management, and defined the Batch search strategy for inventory management.
• Performed Continuous inventory and Zero Stock Check run.
• Performed various activities involving WM interfacing with Inventory Management, Production Planning and Sales and Distribution.
• Configured print control for warehouse and customized the warehouse activity monitor for critical parameters.
• Prepared Documentation for the user manual. Go-Live and Post-Live support and helped the end users to understand the warehouse process in the WM.

Confidential, Princeton/Nassau Park, NJ

SAP Logistics consultant Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Implemented a custom solution for Batch Expiration Date Management in MRP/MPS with the following features:
• During MRP or MPS runs, after netting off requirements, balance inventory of Materials with Unrestricted Batches whose expiration date or last ship date is less than the requirement date are discounted from the available inventory.
• The discounted batches are shown in the MRP Evaluation List and the Stock/Requirements List.
• The subject solution’s functionality is activated or deactivated by “Plant-Material Type-Division” combination.