SUMMARY:

• Overall 8 years of experience spanning across SAP Consulting & SCM, APO Source to Pay Business Process Expertise in Oil & Gas, Hi - tech, Pharmaceutical, Chemical & Manufacturing industries. In particular, Demand Planning (DP) and Supply Network Planning (SNP) Functionality, Production planning & Detailed scheduling (PPDS
• Worked on 3 APO End to End implementations and a few enhancement, rollouts and production support projects.
• Implemented projects using ASAP and Agile methodologies. Expert in rapid application prototyping delivering quick results for clients to visualize, plan and execute medium to large projects with greater efficiency.
• Cross-Functional experience in various modules and applications of SAP ECC. Good understanding of business process procedures of SD, MM, PP and BW.
• Demand Planning Experience: Configuration of APO-Demand Planning MPOS, Planning Areas, Planning Object Structures, Designing, Planning Books & Data Views, Designing Macros, Maintaining Time Bucket Profiles & Storage Bucket Profiles, life cycle planning, promotion planning, and Forecasting Strategies, Background Job and Process Chain maintenance, Phase In/Phase out procedure, Alert Monitor, CVCs, Releasing DP to SNP.
• Supply Network Planning Experience: Master Data, Interactive Planning, Planning Area Configuration, Planning Book and Macro Design, SNP Heuristics, Optimization, Capable-to-Match, Advanced Safety Stock Methods, Deployment and Transportation Load Builder.
• Production Planning &Detailed Scheduling (PPDS): Heuristic methods, PPDS Master Data, PPDS Optimizer, Integration with Detailed scheduling, Transferring Plants and Distribution center, Raw Material Planning.
• Global Available-To-Promise (GATP): Rules Based ATP, MATP, Characteristic Planning, Availability Checking, check Instructions, Check mode, Requirement type, Requirement class, ATP categories.
• SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW): Worked in administrator workbench for the Creation of Info sources, Info packages, Info cubes, Update rules, source systems, uploading data into the Info cubes, transfer routines, which includes the extraction and transfer of data between ECC and APO.
• Involved in Projects utilizing the SAP ECC Production Planning (PP) module with thorough knowledge of Material requirement planning (MRP), Bill of materials (BOM), Work Centre, and Routings etc.
• Experience in Supply Chain Planning Concepts and Processes including Designing, Developing, Configuring, Testing, Implementing and supporting all aspects of the Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP), Production Planning & Detailed scheduling (PP/DS) and Global Available to Promise (GATP).
• Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between ECC and APO. Mass Maintenance of Master Data in APO.
• Experience in Supply Chain Planning Concepts and Processes include Designing, Developing, and Configuring, Testing, Implementing and supporting all aspects of the Core Interface (CIF), Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP) and Production Planning/Detailed Scheduling (PPDS).
• Maintaining Time bucket profiles, Forecast profiles, planning versions, promotional planning, life cycle management and Like Modeling

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SAP ECC: SAP - ECC version 4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5.0, ECC6.0

SAP SCM: SCM APO 4.0, 4.1, 5.1, 7.0

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS X, Linux

Project Management & Reports: MS Project, MS Office Suite, MS Visio

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server 2005, DB2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SAP PP/APO DP/SNP/GATP Functional CONSULTANT

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SCM 7.02, SAP ECC 4.6C

Confidential, The Woodlands, TX

• Involved in Business Blueprints, Realization, Final Preparation, Cutover and Post Implementation.
• To have a mutual understanding with business and get design sign off from business to start implementing the demand planning module as per the blueprint.
• Involved in the configuration of Planning Areas, Characteristic Value Combinations (CVCs) and Master Data. Created Time Series Objects, Storage Bucket profile and Planning Bucket Profile for monthly buckets and weekly buckets.
• Experience in Configuration and Implementation of Demand Planning info cubes using administrative workbench, generating and changing CVC’s and Planning books, Planning areas, macros and creating statistical forecast.
• Monitor process chain daily and see to it that the CVC’s are created properly. Created Training Documents for PP, QM, and MM.
• Configured Control Recipe destinations, Process messages and Process instruction categories; Created PI categories using PI assistant wizard
• Well versed with Make-to-Order, Make-to-Stock scenarios.
• Understanding business requirements from the users and mapping them into SAP while based in the plant, providing functional inputs to the technical team.
• PIR's, Demand Management, Planned Orders.
• •Creation of production orders, their release and final confirmation; MRP run; production orders & their reversals; cancellation of production order confirmation; marking & release of costs and final settlement of production orders
• Worked with Handling Unit Management to reflect packing based logistics structure.
• Implemented Batch Management internal number release during the goods receipt process.
• Responsible for configuration of PP module including Master Data, Plant, Production orders, MRP; configuration migration/transport Management for project clients and Production System.
• Documented and executed configuration of QM module in line with best practices and business requirements as determined by key stakeholders.
• Expertise in configuring Process Management, Process Instructions and Process Messages including Process Order, PI Sheets and SAP PP-PI configuration.
• 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).
• 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.
• Customized PP in the following areas: Material Master, BOM, Work Centers, and Routings.
• Worked on Black Flush, Goods Receipt and Issue Movements and Batch Management.
• Defined process and documentation for master data management (MDM) with the QM module.
• Customized plant parameters for MRP, defined MRP groups and Controllers
• Responsible to configure SAP in MM/PP to accommodate design requirements including procurement and manufacturing processes
• Understood the business process as part of knowledge transfer and maintained the S&OP process using DP and SNP performed enhancements in Data View, DP Graphs, and improved forecasting by selecting most appropriate models and the best statistical parameters for Univariate Forecasting.
• Understanding the entire Supply Chain Configuration currently implemented in the SAP SCM Environment and suggesting changes in business process / Master Data / Batch Jobs.
• Set up the supply chain model, locations, products, transportation lanes, quota arrangements and External Procurement Relationships.
• Defined Planning Books, Data Views and Macros for interactive planning to perform calculations, creation and assigning of Alert Profiles in SNP.
• Perform SNP runs using SNP Location/Network Heuristics and creation of CTM model for the products.
• Perform set up of Deployment Optimizer profiles, cost settings in master data and batch jobs.
• Creation of Consensus forecasting (CF) Strategic Business Forecast, the Tactical sales Forecast and the Operational Supply Chain Forecast.
• Analyzed the AS-IS condition of the demand planning process via client interviews and process workshops and carried out the TO-BE and GAP analysis, business process re-engineering and configuration.
• Responsible for configuration and testing in APO and executing test cases and providing solutions using Microsoft test manager.
• Defined planning books and Macros for interactive planning and Defined Macros to perform calculations to 4 carry out tests, and created Alerts in Demand Planning (DP).
• Involved in Projects utilizing the SAP ECC Production Planning (PP) module with thorough knowledge of Material requirement planning (MRP), Bill of materials (BOM), Work Centre, and Routings etc.
• Working on Cross module issues and testing of the new developments.
• Monitored and processed failed Queues and IDocs using WE05 and SMQ1/SMQ2 for data transfers between systems for all modules MM, PP, APO and WM.
• Create forecast based on Demand History as well as a number of Causal factors and use a Consensus based approach to consolidate the results. Architect the flow of data between BW DP, ECC, and APO DP. Developed User training documents and conducted Knowledge Transfer.
• Setting up Alert monitor for Database and Dynamic SNP alerts.
• Prepared Functional Specification Documents for the Customized Reports and Interfaces.
• Set up SNP Master Profile and configured SNP Master Data Locations, Product Masters, Resources and Production Process Models (PPM).
• Configuring statistical forecast models, model selection, statistical forecasting, forecast error analysis etc. in Demand Planning.

SAP PP/APO/DP/SNP/PPDS Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SCM 7.0

Confidential, ST.LOUIS, MO

• Customized planning strategies, requirement type and requirement classes. Worked on Make to stock Planning strategy. Responsible for customizing various MRP types, MRP Group, lot size calculation, scheduling margin key and procurement proposals.
• Responsible for Documenting configuration in the IMG, finalizing and reporting requirements, maintained Planned Independent Requirements by transferring data from Sales and operation Planning.
• Involved as a 5-member team for implementation of SAP APO.
• Prepared and set up supply chain master data (product parameters, statistical forecast profiles, and storage and transport resources, PPM).
• Conducted AS-IS / TO-BE business process via client interviews and process workshops and configured the TO-BE business processes for Demand Planning.
• Characteristic Value Combinations (CVCs), Master Data and Time Series Objects, Storage Bucket profile and Planning Bucket Profile for monthly buckets and weekly buckets.
• Defined planning books and Macros for interactive planning and Defined Macros to perform calculations to carry out tests and created Alerts.
• Implemented Batch Management internal number release during the goods receipt process.
• Customized PP in the following areas: Material Master, BOM, Work Centers, and Routings.
• Customized plant parameters for MRP, defined MRP groups and Controllers
• In Production Planning SOP/LTP/Capacity Planning, Demand Management, Transfer of Requirements from Sales, working knowledge of Available to Promise (ATP), Planning Strategies including Make-to-Stock and Make-to-Order.
• Provide SAP Procurement (MM/PP/SD) configuration to accommodate design requirements including procurement and manufacturing processes
• Created various standard Material Management (MM) documents, which include Purchase requisition (PR), Purchase Orders (PO), Purchase Info Record.
• Studied forecasting process by carrying out forecast at different aggregation levels using different forecast models, and arrived at optimum solution by comparing the forecast.
• In Sales Forecast focuses on Trade Promotions, Orders, syndicated POS data, Competitive Information, and Customer Information in Consensus Forecast.
• According to their own aggregation levels, Key figures, Time Horizons in Consensus Forecasting (CF).
• Conducted interviews with focus group to gather requirements and conveyed the same to technical team.
• Created planning versions to find optimization parameters that give most accurate results. Created cost and optimization profile for SNP optimizer.
• Worked on the set up of the SCM supply chain model (work areas-location, products, resources, PPM, transportation lanes and quota arrangements).Integration of DP and SNP.
• Creation of SNP product master views, lot sizes, production horizon etc. Period-Oriented planning in the product planning table.
• Configuration of SNP propagation range, strategy profile, Heuristic profile, DS planning board.
• Setting up Detailed Scheduling DS-Alert Profile and Setting up CIF Integration models for transfer of Master Data, transaction data.
• SNP Optimizer- planning run in SNP, Optimizer Capacity Leveling, Optimizer Deployment and TLB run.
• Worked on Consistency Check Report or Reconciliation and Best Practice Reports.
• Developed high level solution design and To-Be processes, and identified change impacts, required interfaces, and data conversions.
• Configured the Demand Planning module, created Info Cubes, planning books, and various data views, calculation, and alert macros. Maintained CVC's, forecast profiles, storage bucket profiles, and time bucket profiles.
• Created a Demand Planning pilot system, and identified process improvements and issue recommendations of Demand Planning best practices
• Maintained planning calendar, setup SNP master profile, and master data of product for vendor and customer location, creation of storage, transport resources, maintaining locations.
• Performed SNP runs using SNP heuristics / optimizer.
• Configured and implemented Capacity Requirements Planning, provided solution for sequencing in graphical planning board.
• Resolved manufacturing planning issues in SAP APO by providing functional consulting in Production planning Run (PPDS).
• Detailed analysis of the Master Data both in ECC and APO and the Integration Model so as to pinpoint the exact cause of the errors arising due to faulty master data like planning calendars, MRP type.

SAP PP/APO SNP/DP/GATP Consultant

Environment: SCM 7.0, ECE 6.0

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

• Conducted AS-IS business process via client interviews and process workshops and configured TO-BE business process, GAP analysis and business process re-engineering for Demand Planning.
• Implemented APO DP, and SNP modules. Provided data sources for SAP BW on the OLTP side, created Info Objects in the system and summarized them to Info Sources, created transfer structures, transfer rules, and communication structures, defined Info Cubes and update rules.
• Studied Forecasting Process by carrying out forecast at different aggregation levels using different forecast models and arrived at optimum solution by comparing forecast accuracy.
• Managed configuration of DP and SNP, prototyping Capable-To-Match (CTM), Integration Models in CIF.
• Maintained Characteristic Value Combinations, Forecast Profiles, Storage Bucket profiles and Planning Bucket Profile for monthly buckets and weekly buckets.
• Set up SNP Master Profile and configured SNP Master Data - Location and Product Master, Revenue, Transportation Lane and Production Process Model (PPM).
• Maintained Quota Arrangements for the use of SNP Heuristics and Creation of Optimizer Profile and SNP Cost Profile.
• Set up the CIF model including the Model set up, Delta Report and Queue Monitor.
• Created Transport Orders for multiple products using Transport Load Builder (TLB) based on the results of the Deployment Run.
• Worked on master data for production Planning- BOM, routing, resources, capacity profiles etc.
• Provided Solutions to the gaps identified by business in using Life Cycle Planning and addressed these issues by modeling the solution with Like profiles, Phase In and Phase out profiles to address Business’s specific requirements.
• Transfer of requirements/receipts from DP, SNP to PP/DS.
• Created of procurement proposals, lot size planning and sequence optimization.
• Generated alerts on dynamic pegging, on container resources and procurement scheduling.
• Involved in analyzing and documenting the AS-IS business process and finalizing the To-Be conditions.
• Gathered the requirements from users, analyzed them and prepared functional specifications for implementing the same.
• Involved in configuring the make- to- stock strategy, defining requirements type and allocating the requirements class.
• Customized PP in the following areas: Material Master, BOM, Work Centers, and Routings.
• Customized plant parameters for MRP, defined MRP groups and Controllers
• Defined plant parameters in MRP, defined MRP controller, MRP groups, MRP types, Special procurement, planning horizon, planning time fence, safety stock availability, procurement proposal.
• Created various standard Material Management (MM) documents, which include Purchase requisition (PR), Purchase Orders (PO), Purchase Info Record.
• Transferred procurement proposals to OLTP system and conducted manufacturing execution, order opening, confirmation and goods movements.
• Resolved issues like order delays and resource overloads by using various tools like product planning table, detail scheduling planning board and push production.
• Supported PP/DS implementations and rollouts for various plants for manufacturing execution. Supported realization and go-live support.

SCM APO DP/SNP/GATP Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SCM 5.1 to 7.0

Confidential, San Jose, CA

• Involved in Business Blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation and Go-Live and support
• Analyzed the AS-Is and To-Be condition of the demand planning process. Carried out the gap analysis, business process re-engineering and configuration.
• Monitoring the proper transfer of Master data from ECC through CIF.
• Maintain Master Planning Object Structure, Planning Area, Storage Bucket Profile and Time bucket Profiles.
• Set up the demand planning book and macros in the interactive demand planning.
• Maintained characteristic value Combinations (CVCs), Forecast profile and Data Views.
• Maintained statistical forecast profiles and various data views as per business blue print Stored the different forecasts
• Conducted a revision of master data to know whether there is any addition of the business objects.
• Configured the overall GATP settings in APO along with Rule-based ATP customizing, Backorder processing, Product Allocations and Multi-level ATP.
• Troubleshooting configuration issues in GATP and integration to ECC.
• CIF integration models for transfer of Master Data and Transaction Data.
• Involved in the creation of Master planning object structures, Planning area, Characteristic master data, and Time Series Objects, storage Buckets Profile and Planning Bucket Profile for monthly buckets and weekly buckets.

SCM PP/APO Consultant

Environment: SAP SCM 5.0, ECC 6.0

Confidential

• AS-IS Study and related documentation.
• Mapping the scenarios in SAP.
• Assisted in formulating test scenarios like Unit Testing, Integration Testing, and developed test scripts, UAT.
• Implemented SAP APO production planning and detailed scheduling (PPDS) based solution to help customer with optimized operation.
• The project scope was to redefine the sales and operating plan, master schedule, material requirement planning and transportation processes. The solution consisted of SNP CTM, Deployment and TLB.
• Used various planning parameters and analysis reports for planning the MRP run. Also, worked on MTO planning for different production orders.
• Experienced well in Performance Tuning, Testing, and Optimization of reports in system.
• Set up the Deployment Heuristic and Assigned TLB Profile to Transportation Lanes.
• Defined Costing Types, Valuation Variants and Costing Variants.
• Defined Control keys, Factory Calendar, Work Center Formulas, Work Center Formula Constants, and Units of Measurements.
• Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master Data and Transaction Data transfer between ECC and APO.