SUMMARY

• 9 Years experience in SAP Functional.
• Over 6+ Years of functional experience in Production Planning &Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS), and 2+ years of SAP APO (advanced planning & Optimizer).
• Hands - on experience of ASAP methodology with experience in all phases of Project Preparation, Business Blueprint, Realization, Pre-go Live, Go Live and Post go-live Support.
• Strong integration skills of PP with MM, SD, and QM.
• 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).
• Configure and create Material Master record, Bill of Material, Work center and Routings.
• Configured and create Repetitive Manufacturing profile, Production version, and Product cost collector.
• Provide training to the End Users.
• Master Data uploaded thru LSMW or BDC and data governance
• 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.
• Batch Management and serial Number management
• Relationship with business users, and the clients.
• Excellent team member with an ability to perform individually, good interpersonal relations, strong communication skills, hard working and high level of motivation.
• Good Understanding of EDI, IDOCS and ALE.
• An exceptional team member with a strong management, administration, problem solving, and decision-making capability.
• Proven ability to effectively manage time and prioritize tasks in order to consistently complete projects on time according to specifications.

TECHINICAL SKILLS

ERP Applications: SCM APO 5.0, 7.0, ECC 5.0, 6.0, BI/BW Reporting

Packages: MS Office, Visio.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential. Winston Salem, NC

SAP PP/QM/MM Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SCM 7.0

Responsibilities:

• Involved in configuring the make- to- stock strategy, defining requirements type and allocating the requirements class.
• Create new generic items with complete rule sets, using either configuration information or table based validation information.
• Maintains item information and troubleshoots issues related to item master, BOM and associated master data requirements.
• Created and documented master data rules and functionality for the QM module.
• Responsible for unit testing and QM of interfaces
• 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
• 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.
• Customized PP in the following areas: Material Master, BOM, Capacity planning, 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
• In Material Management (MM) Inventory Postings, Stock Availability, Outside processing, Integration to WM.
• Experienced in configuration of QM master data like Quality Information record, Quality Plan and Sampling procedure.
• Configure SAP Materials Management (MM), Production (PP, SOP, MRP) and Controlling (CO) To support new costing, material planning and hardware order fulfillment processes
• Extensively worked on PM QM and MM Unit testing, UAT, regression and Integration testing.
• Resolve ATP confirmation errors on exception workbench for sales orders in different errors in ATP check and exception contract.
• Worked on Export/Import of HANA Models across landscape in HANA.
• Configure the software of business requirements. Design and develop the SAP S/4 system in a project team, supported by experts.
• S/4 HANA Enterprise Management Rel. 1610
• Defined Work Center categories, capacity categories, shift sequence and period pattern keys for estimating available capacity, work center formula and key for performance efficiency rate for costing.
• Configuration of Planned orders and Production Orders. Conversion of Planned orders to Production orders.
• Responsible for Hyper Care Support.
• Execute upload and test the data accuracy as per defined procedure.

Confidential. New York City

Functional SAP APO & PP Consultant (Support)

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SCM 7.0

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Business Blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation and Go-Live and support.
• Set up the demand-planning book planning object structure, planning area, planning book and macros in the interactive demand planning.
• Maintained Characteristics Value Combinations (CVC), Forecast Profiles and Data Views.
• Maintained Storage Bucket and Time Bucket Profiles.
• Configured statistical forecast models, model selection, statistical forecasting, forecast error analysis etc. in Demand Planning.
• Generated planned independent requirements (PIR) based on the customers historical sales data using various statistical forecasting methods of Demand Planning.
• Customized PP in the following areas: Material Master, BOM, Work Centers, and Routings.
• Customized plant parameters for MRP, defined MRP groups and Controllers
• Utilization of Update Rule start-routines to accommodate BOM conversions and automatic realignment of location, material and customer data prior to Info Cube load.
• Designed test cases and Integrated Testing Data upload from BW to DP.
• Debugged CIF related issues, worked on CIF Error handling, and CIP Post processing, CIF reconciliation and Delta Reports, well versed with Error Handling and CIF transactions.
• Master data modifications in SAP ECC to minimize problems during master and transactional data transfers.
• Configured APO SNP planning area, planning books, selection profile for planning book, planning calendar.
• Transferred SNP orders to ECC, setting up master data such as product, storage and transport resource, and location.
• Set up supply chain model, transportation lanes, quota arrangement, optimization profile, TLB profile, ran SNP optimizer, heuristics and Configured CTM techniques.
• Configuration of the custom SNP planning books and data view for Heuristic, CTM and Deployments runs
• Configuration for Rules-based ATP check.
• Testing of Backorder Processing, Product Allocations and Rules-based ATP check by creating scenarios using sales orders in ECC.
• Provided support to end users in integration of APO with SD/MM/PP and provided training to demand planners and end users. Created End User Documents and Training Materials.
• Worked with Handling Unit Management to reflect packing-based logistics structure.
• Implemented Batch Management internal number release during the goods receipt process
• Customized PP in the following areas: Material Master, BOM, Work Centers, and Routings.
• Defined plant parameters in MRP, defined MRP controller, MRP groups, MRP types, Special procurement, planning horizon, planning time fence, safety stock availability, procurement proposal.

Confidential - Maumee, OH

SAP PP/MM Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 EHP5, SCM 7.0 EHP1

Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Create new generic items with complete rule sets, using either configuration information or table-based validation information.
• Maintains item information and troubleshoots issues related to item master, BOM and associated master data requirements.
• Worked with Handling Unit Management to reflect packing-based logistics structure.
• 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.
• Perform SNP runs using SNP heuristics, created cost and Optimization profile for SNP optimizer.
• Setting up of the master data for SNP (Locations, Products, resources, PPM, Transformation lanes mean of transport and Quota arrangements) and creation of SNP planning version and planning book.
• Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between ECC and APO.
• Configuration of Planned orders and Production Orders. Conversion of Planned orders to Production orders.
• Execute upload and test the data accuracy as per defined procedure.

Confidential - Findlay, OH

Sr SCM APO DP

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SCM 7.0

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Business Blueprints, Realization, Final Preparation, Cutover and Post Implementation.
• 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.
• Monitor process chain daily and see to it that the CVC’s are created properly.
• Analyzed customer demand and configured appropriate key figure values for forecasting.
• Understanding the entire Supply Chain Configuration currently implemented in the SAP SCM Environment and suggesting changes in business process / Master Data / Batch Jobs.
• Defined Planning Books, Data Views and Macros for interactive planning to perform calculations, creation and assigning of Alert Profiles in SNP.
• Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between ECC and APO.
• Setting up of the Master data for SNP and creation of Simulation versions for business verification process.
• Perform SNP runs using SNP Location/ Network Heuristics at various levels of the supply chain and creation of CTM model for the products.
• Defined various heuristics in customizations in PP/DS. Selection of heuristic profile for interactive planning in PP/DS. Maintaining propagation ranges in customization.
• Designing the data integration process for the SNP and CTM planning run
• CTM profile and distribution of Demand (forecast and stock) based on Quotas to the plants and growing regions.
• Perform set up of Deployment Optimizer profiles, cost settings in master data and batch jobs.
• Knowledge of basic ABAP Debugging, IDOCS, LSMW, BADI’s.
• Working on various external procurement relationships such as Info Records and Scheduling agreements.
• Maintained PP/DS heuristics, product planning table configuration and user exists.
• Configured PPM/PDS explosion and scheduling, firming, pegging, setup times, converting planned orders into PP/DS orders, exception groups in the PP/DS planning log, product view.
• Create customize reports and graph in HP ALM.
• Troubleshooting configuration issues in GATP and its integration with ECC.
• Configured GATP Settings - Maintained check instructions and check control.
• Configured Rules Based ATP Check settings and Multilevel ATP check settings-maintained check instructions check control, field catalog, created condition table, access sequence, and condition type and rule strategy.
• Configured backorder processing settings - defined filter type, sort profile, assigned rules strategy etc.

Confidential. North Little Rock, AR

SAP PP Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Provided functional specifications and data maps for all conversion objects and spearheaded mock loads.
• Involved in baseline configuration including creation and assignment of plants to company code, storage locations to plant and warehouse 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.
• Involved in Data Transfer of Master Data from Legacy Systems to SAP Plant Maintenance tables.
• Designed and customized the system for PM processes - Breakdown maintenance, Planned maintenance and Preventive Maintenance
• Dealt with refurbishment orders for defective spare parts.
• Customized user-specific maintenance notifications, completion confirmations, and also collective time confirmations with time sheets.
• Preparation of master data like Assemblies, Functional Locations, Work centers, Equipment BOMs, Floc BOMs, Material BOMs, PRTs, Warranties, Permits (Lock out, Confined Space), Classes, Characteristics and Serial Numbers.
• Uploaded BOMs of equipment and functional locations, and created serial number profiles for equipment.
• Used work approvals and work clearance applications for preventive maintenance order processes to ensure safety
• Combined notifications with orders, and automatic generation of preventive maintenance orders using maintenance planning without notifications.
• Configured transportation equipment with fleet profile and measuring points for fleet management.
• Configured master warranties, warranty counters and set up equipment with warranty tracking.
• Coordinated with PP, MM, FI/CO groups to manage integration with PM.
• Defined functional specifications for non-standard reports and variants and layouts for standard reports.
• TP/VS configurations involved in Export & import business processes using freight forwarders.
• Designed the integration with yard management and production processes in TP/VS.

Functional SAP PP Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Defined Work Center categories, capacity categories, shift sequence and period pattern keys for estimating available capacity, work center formula and key for performance efficiency rate for costing.
• In routings and work centers, customized task list usage, 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.
• Configuration of Planned orders and Production Orders. Conversion of Planned orders to Production orders.