PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Vision - driven change agent with career-long record of SAP materials management, VIM functional consultation, and project management success for leading organizations
• Proven talent for aligning business strategy and objectives with established SAP and project management paradigms to achieve maximum operational impacts with minimum resource expenditures.
• Growth-focused thought leader with expertise spanning SAP OpenText Vendor Invoice Management, integration planning & testing, techno-functional activities, requirements analysis, infrastructure development, change management, technology solutions, cross-functional team leadership, performance assessment, client relationship management, and project management.
• Exceptional administrator with keen interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills, as well as resource allocation expertise.
• Competent results driven professional with 10 years of experience in SAP MM, 3 full life cycle SAP implementations and 2+ years of experience in Open Text Vendor Invoice Management having completed 2 implementations, upgrade and Warehouse Management.
• 3+ years of Functional experience in the field of Logistics, Procurement/WM and Inventory Management.
• Deep understanding of SAP Material Management best practices & functionalities including Vendor Invoice Management Product features implementation methodology and deployment. Expert in gap Analysis-As Is/To be, business blue printing, cut over plans and data migration and after Go-Live support.
• Functional Analyst in SAP implementation projects for Power, Logistics, Material Science and Nutritional product business Process.
• Deep understanding of techno-functional activities, preparation of functional specification for new developments.
• Possess comprehensive experience in handling projects, planning procurement to maximize organization profits.
• Effective communicator with excellent interpersonal skills, leadership qualities and analytical power. Managed and directed 15 SAP offshore software engineers in implementation project and integration testing.
• Extensive contribution in evaluation of SAP deployment, modification, development, change management and cut over strategy.
• Experience in the designing and execution of functional, integration test plans and test scripts.
• US Permanent Resident (No visa sponsorship required).

PROFESSIONAL PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Lead Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0 EHP 4

Responsibilities:

• Lead business requirement study conducting the Business workshop for AS IS understanding for Rockwell Automation Wuppertal Germany, Anorad, Rockwell Turkey and Rockwell Japan leveraging the Rockwell Global Process
• Execute fit gap analysis and identification of RICEFW and mapping of existing requirement to SAP best practices
• Prepare Conference Room Pilot by configuring SAP Material management module and Warehouse Management
• Design & Configure enterprise structure configuration plants, purchase organization and storage locations, Warehouse and Storage Types with SAP MM, WM and SRM
• Lead discussions with Business to analyze, configure the system match LFR (Legal and Fiscal requirement) for Germany, Turkey and Japan
• Procurement design for ETO (Engineering to Order), PLS (Plant services) through CRM integration with procurement.
• Configuration of Inbound Logistics and Putaway strategies and interfaces for ASN (Advance Shipping Notifications) and Vendor Returns through RMA
• Design and configuration of STO processes for Inter and Intra Company scenario and drop ship of physical media from HP to Rockwell Customers
• Rollout of plants in SRM for Indirect purchasing and mapping of Shopping Carts and Batch jobs to convert Shopping Cart into Purchase Requisition.
• Performing integration testing and unit testing through HPQC tool for MM, WM and SRM and managing the offshore delivery team of Procure to Pay
• Performing creation of Change Request through Charm (Solution Manager) and lead a team of procure to pay for Hyper Care after Go-Live with Service Now.

Confidential

Senior Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0 EHP 4

Responsibilities:

• Lead business requirement study conducting the Business workshop for AS IS understanding for Forecast to Supply domain.
• Execute fit gap analysis and identification of RICEFW and mapping of existing requirement to SAP best practices
• Prepare Conference Room Pilot by configuring SAP Material management module.
• Supervise enterprise structure configuration plants, purchase organization and storage locations.
• Lead discussions with Business to analyze, configure and model processes in SAP.
• Release strategy configuration for Purchase Requisition, Purchase Orders and Service Entry Sheet
• Configure Valuation Class for automatic account determination for goods movement with FI integration.
• Spearhead Quota Arrangement for procurement and MRP for production process & dual sourcing.
• Configure serialization profile for Finished Goods & RMA for Return of Goods.
• Facilitate Conference Room Pilot for the TO BE design to Business Users.
• Assemble TO BE business blue print for SAP implementation.

Confidential

Senior Associate Consultant SAP MM/VIM

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Vendor Invoice Management Module from the Open Text ECM Suite of SAP Solutions.
• Programmed automation of numerous manual tasks of Account Payable processes using VIM techniques.
• Compiled Metadata and Handling, verified suspected duplicate invoice checks, and configured exception handling for Vendor Invoices.
• Aligned Price and Quantity Mismatch invoices from SRM purchase orders and led outlook email integration for the invoices of exceptions along with periodic reminders.
• Conducted Root Cause Analysis for critical and recurring problems and provided corrective solutions for SAP Material Management.
• Assessed requirements, validated changes and designed solutions while adhering to compliance.
• Directed & performed unit & integration testing of changes in Development & Quality environments including regression testing of functionality.
• Monitored and maintained Content Repository and Archive Links; extensively worked on the integration of WebMethods, SAP and third party solutions like Basware, Tradeshift and Concur.
• Developed MRP procedures and Consumption based planning with net requirement calculation that is triggered with available stock falls below reorder point.
• Implemented intra-company and intercompany stock transfer order with delivery.
• Physical Inventory configuration and Cycle count using ABC analysis of materials.
• Refined SAP Solution Manager for handling transports in SAP and Remedy Service Management tool for Change Requests and Incident Management.
• Steered 15 SAP software engineers in implementation project and in integration testing.

Confidential

Associate Application Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Assessed and resolved tickets through Solution Manager within the stipulated time to meet the SLA’s.
• Evaluated Receipt Settlement and Returns Purchase order for material return to vendor.
• Designed and configured release procedures of various Purchasing documents such as Purchase Requisition and Purchase Order.
• Assembled functional specs for Z development for purchase report with details of delivery costs.
• Directed the reimplementation of MM module along with data migration for the new company code independently. This included data migration of Vendor Master, Material Master and Initial stock.
• Designed and directed the implementation of Scheduling agreements for JIT and designed physical Kanban inventory movements.
• Oversaw special procurement such as subcontracting, consignment, evaluated receipt (ERS), transfer postings and contracts (value and quantity contracts).
• Configured MRP types for the Plant which produces bales in Viscous Staple Fibre as part of MRP procedures.

Confidential

Assistant Manager-SAP MM

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Conducted study of MM business processes during implementation; delta preparation for set processes in SAP and AS-IS process involves Business Process Owner.
• Contributed to automated control review (configuration review) for SAP implementation for Purchasing, Inventory Management and Vendor Invoices Management.
• Produced risk matrix after control reviews and supported the client in implementing the configuration control to mitigate the business risks as part of implementation planning.
• Prepared roles matrix considering the segregation of duties (SOD) for material management.
• Advised on best methods and tools to improve the MM processes, review test scripts and test cases.
• Analyzed and discussed customer Business requirements, translated to technical documents with customer inputs and drove internal and external design team.
• Composed a comprehensive audit report after reviewing the baseline configuration and recommended changes to mitigate the business risks of various configuration changes.
• Partnered with PMO, business process owners and engineering team from ITC hotels to drive SAP deployment in alignment with business goals and priorities.

Confidential

Assistant Manager SAP

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Supported custom development of gate entry process and integrated with goods receipts.
• Designed & Configured Organizational Elements (Plants, Storage Locations) and its assignment.
• Built new document type for Purchase Requisition and Purchase Order and Outline agreements to in corporate Import, Confidential procurement processes and rate contracts.
• Monitored and maintained number ranges for the Purchasing document types and Material types and Vendor Groups.
• Customized release strategy for Purchase Requisition with Classification and for Purchase Order and Service Entry Sheet.
• Led field setting customization for different material types for material master data, vendor master data.
• Participated in baseline testing, integration testing and test script preparation as well as aided in issues related to Purchasing/ Inventory Management for post Go-Live production support.

Confidential

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Configured Service categories, service groups and number range assignment for the same as well as material type and field settings for material type.
• Authored valuation class for materials and services; worked extensively on FI interface of automatic account determination for materials.
• Produced new movement types and used BADI for field selection to in corporate typical scenarios of free issue material given to contractors.
• Configured new account groups for Vendor master and configured field settings for different vendor groups and partner functions. Generate new document types and field settings for purchasing documents.
• Assisted in application of split valuation functionality to handle domestic and import materials.
• Aided in report development for Requisition ageing, contractor ledger as per business requirement.
• Configured pricing procedure determination for procurement.

Confidential

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Integrated the business processes of two different companies on a single instance with common and standard business process; consolidated two legacy systems into one SAP instance with common processes.
• Contributed to the custom-developed report for price comparison in request for quotation.
• Configured MRP procedures, plant parameters, lot sizing procedures and scheduling margin keys.
• Configured Account Assignment categories, release strategy for purchase documents, and a new document type for contracts (used screen exits for field settings for subsequent purchasing documents).
• Outlined and mapped consignment, subcontracting process, source list and Purchase info records.
• Customized automatic account determination, valuation grouping code and assignment of G/L account to valuation classes for various material movements.

Confidential

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Remedied issues of MM by assigning tickets and discussing with business process owner and power users.
• Cooperated with technical consultants and prepared specification for developments.
• Aided specialist in resolving issues at the user end related to Purchasing, Inventory and Quality Management.
• Configured batch management for incoming materials and activated the field for Vendor Batch Number in MIGO screen.
• Configured TAX procedure for procurement and creation of TAX codes with TAXINN procedure.

Confidential

Assistant Manager

Responsibilities:

• Functioned a part of an integrated team responsible for replacement parts, managing demand, Inventory and Level of Fill (LOF).
• Evaluated and converted customer requirement into comprehensive order list, developed and drove build/ship plans and material levels based on actual and forecast orders to optimize the supply chain efficiency.
• Oversaw slow and non-moving stocks at w/h locations and planned to salvage to avoid probable write-offs due to expiry of products. Cooperated with sales team to handle defective, slow, or non-moving stock.
• Authored distribution plan to ensure supply of products met sales demand in close liaison with manufacturing and purchase.
• Regulated stock movements from to warehouses to meet the demand basis sales estimates. Guaranteed adequate service to multiple locations to meet demand including export markets.