SUMMARY:

• To work as a SAP PP/PI/QM/MM Functional Consultant, where I can make strong contribution to company goals through continued development of professional skills.
• SAP Functional consultant with 9 years of experience in implementation and configuration of PP, PI, QM and MM modules in different industry sectors.
• Two full life cycle implementations of SAP with expertise in implementing ASAP methodology.
• Worked on all stages of project including Business process analysis, Blue - printing, AS-IS & TO-BE designing, Gap Analysis, Testing, Configuration, Up-gradation, Go-live & Post go-live support.
• Cross-functional experience supporting integration of PP with other modules such as PP-WM, PP-MM, PP-QM and PP-SD.
• SAP Expertise in Production planning with Discrete industry, Repetitive manufacturing and Process Industry.
• Experienced in maintaining Bill SOP, Demand management, MPS, MRP, RCP (rough cut planning), LTP (Long-term Planning), planned orders, process/production orders, confirmation, shop floor control, product costing.
• Worked on Data Migration from Legacy system to SAP for up-gradation and import of data from other external systems to SAP using LSMW. Also, worked on EDI/IDOC documents processing.
• Thorough knowledge of produce - to-plan and purchase-to-pay business scenarios.
• Worked on configuration of Master data: Material master, SOP, Demand Management, and MRP.
• Worked on Order Management, Production Control, Process Orders, Capacity Planning and Long-term planning.
• Involved in creating and configuration of BOM’s, Work Centers, Resources, Routings and Master recipes.
• Worked extensively on MRP including Total/single item planning, BOM status/explosion, net change planning, Forecast/Consumption/Time - phased planning, lot sizing, planning runs, Scheduling and MPS.
• Created planning scenarios and analysis structures on PP side as required in conjunction with creating new materials and bill of materials (BOM's) to support process requirements.
• Hands-on expertise in areas such as Production & Material Management. Well versed with lean manufacturing concepts and proficient experience in documentation and end-user training.
• Expertise in all phases of SAP implementation including project preparation, business Blueprint, realization, final preparation, go live and support, End- user documentation and Training.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact effectively with partners, vendors, and other developers in a diverse team environment.
• Experienced in Unit, Integration and User Acceptance testing in SAP PP-PI modules.
• Proficiency in Spec Designing, Gap Analysis, Technical Documentation, interacting with the Super Users & End User Training, Reporting and Data Conversion and uploading of Master Data, Go-Live implementation and after go-live support.
• Understanding & Analysing customer’s ‘AS-IS’ Business Processes and mapping ‘TO-BE’ processes.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

PP, PI: QM and MM modules

Other Tools: Solution Manager, JIRA, MS Office-Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Outlook, Project, MS Visio, SharePoint.

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

Business Analysis: Production Planning, Quality Management, Materials Management, Warehouse Management.

SAP Interface tools: ALE, IDOC, EDI, Proxies, FTP

Data Migration: LSMW, CATT, BDC

Testing Tool: HPQC, Panaya

Integration: MM, WM, SD, FI, HR and PM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Worcester, MA

SAP PP Functional Consultant/ Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for cleaning, configuration and creation of master data including Bill of Materials.
• Performed gap analysis and designed workaround solutions to meet business problems.
• Configured repetitive manufacturing functions such as REM profile, Planning table, Product cost collectors and backflushing.
• Worked on LSMW for mass creation of Mater Data and Bill of Materials.
• Used various planning parameters and analysis reports for planning the MRP run. Also, worked on MTO planning for different production orders.
• Extensively worked with Shop Floor Control activities and particularly with all phases in this MTO scenario.
• Enhanced the performance of various reports and MRP runs and certain batch jobs.
• Developed Flow Charts, Documentation and Presentation on various Business Scenarios.
• Worked on preparing the functional specifications for Label-Printing operations (Production Ticket, Packaging Labels)
• Worked on PP-Cycle run and shop floor execution for one of the plants in North America.

Confidential, Lancaster, PA

SAP PP/QM/MM Functional Consultant/ Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created planning scenarios and analysis structures as required in conjunction with creating new materials and bill of materials (BOM's) to support process requirements.
• Used various planning parameters and analysis reports for planning the MRP run. Also, worked on MTO planning for different production orders.
• Worked on Demand Planning & Management for maintaining material stock for production orders.
• Also, worked on Sales and Operations Planning (SOP) from the sales side.
• Extensively worked with Shop Floor Control activities and particularly with all phases in this Make to order scenario.
• Configured unit test scenarios and transaction documentation for purchasing Capacity Planning, Shop Floor activities and Goods movements.
• Re-Configured the Planning Horizon and finalized the MRP Parameters and Processing Keys appropriate for the business.
• Enhanced the performance of various reports and MRP runs and certain batch jobs.
• Configured and re-configured control keys according to business requirements.
• Provided daily production support to end-user community for SAP PP/QM and MM.
• Developed Flow Charts, Documentation and Presentation on various Business Scenarios.
• Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to validate business scenarios.
• Assisted in creation of training material guide and trained end users on SAP projects.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

SAP PP/QM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Mapped business processes made project schedules and worked on System Design, Configuration and set up of Organization Structure.
• Performed gap analysis and designed workaround solutions to meet business problems.
• Configured Master Data like Material Master, Vendor master and created different purchase info records according to client needs.
• Configured Batch Management-Batch Determination, Classification, defined characteristics & Batch Strategies.
• Implemented Consumption based planning with manual and automatic reorder point planning
• Implemented Flexible Planning, make to stock, make to order and long-term planning.
• Configured Batches, Control keys and resources. Configured Stock transfer parameters for storage location to storage location transfers and plant-to-plant transfers.
• Configured goods receipts, goods issues, reservations and goods return.
• Worked extensively with the Shop Floor Control, Discrete and Non-Discrete manufacturing for different production orders Resources, Goods Movements, Operation confirmation and Availability checks.
• Involved in setting up demand management strategies, evaluations and maintenance.
• Configured/ re-configured plant parameters for MRP such as MRP groups, MRP controllers, MRP types, planning calendar, planning horizon and lot-sizing procedures.
• Involved in setting up Configuration profiles and dependencies pertaining to Variant Configuration.
• Involved in end-user training using Info Pak in SAP navigation, Material Master, Vendor Master and Purchasing Transactions, Warehouse Movements.
• Configuration of purchasing documents such as Purchase requisition, RFQs and Purchase Orders different Release procedures and Invoice verification.
• Developed customized documents, user manuals and troubleshooting guides for clients use.

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

SAP PP-PI/QM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in upgrade, configuration and cross-functional integration of PP module.
• Developed strategic planning scenarios in collaboration with the business unit area planners and supported the execution of technical plans.
• Worked with Production Orders through their life cycle, operations, PP master data, Scheduling, Order confirmations, integration with Product costing for order costing.
• Extensively involved with MRP: Total/single item planning, BOM status/explosion, Net change planning, Forecast/Consumption/Time-phased planning, lot sizing, planning runs, Scheduling and MPS.
• Designed and implemented Variant configuration with roll out of functionalities for BOM, Routing and object dependencies for new product launch.
• Master data maintenance for classes and characteristics maintenance, material master for configurable material.
• Worked with PP specific Requirement Planning, MRP parameters and Forecasting.
• Implemented Serial number concept, configured serial number to apply it on every production order.
• Inspected and recorded results for quality inspections.
• Implemented batch management process pertaining to batch classification and batch entry.
• Configured KANBAN/MRP for procurement of materials.
• Responsible for customization of Process Industry in PP-PI Module according to the business requirements and integration between various modules.
• Implemented configurations in PP-PI.
• Responsible for cleaning, configuration and creation of master data including Bill of Materials, Resources, and Master Recipes.
• Configuring standard value keys, control keys, formulas, production supply areas for new resources as a part of master data set up.
• Defined capacity requirements for resources by using standard values and formula constants.
• Responsible for availability checking, batch determination and confirmations in process orders.
• Responsible for Sales and operation planning using the forecast model and material requirement planning for make to stock type of planning.
• Responsible for creating and setting up of SOP for product groups.
• Configured and created various standard Material Management documents which include purchasing info record, source lists, contracts, scheduling agreements.
• Worked on stock transport orders, customer creation, vendor creation, source of supply, purchasing groups.
• Integration with QM for the QM master data, Inspection plan, Lot creation, Result recording, Usage decision, Stock posting, Notification
• Developing test scenarios, writing test cases and performing unit and integration testing.
• Involved in validating the systems according to the FDA 21CFR Part 11 regulations

Confidential, New Brunswick, NJ

SAP PP/MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on customization settings for PP Master Data namely BOM, Routings and Work Centers.
• Customized MRP settings, process order types, scheduling formulas, capacity formulas, Order processing and Order Costing.
• Customized and configured Production Order types, Planning strategies and confirmation control keys.
• Configured repetitive manufacturing functions such as REM profile, Planning table, Product cost collectors and backflushing.
• Configured Variants for BOM and Multi-level BOM.
• Configured availability check, production scheduling profile, process order types, and plant parameters, automatic purchase requisitions from MRP and goods movements.
• Maintained PIR by transferring data from SOP.
• Assisted in data cleanup and converting BOMs, Work Centers, Routings and other characteristics.
• Worked with CO consultant in product costing.
• Developed functional specifications for modification of Process Order List program.
• Involved in unit testing and integration testing.
• Provided end-user training and extensive go-live assistance.

Confidential, New Albany, OH

SAP MM/WM Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Configured settings in Material Management (MM) module to meet the organizational structure for the Client’s specifications and its business processes.
• Configured Material Master, Vendor Master, Service Master, Purchase Info records & Source Lists.
• Worked on Procure-to-Pay (P2P) including Manual and automatic creation of Purchase Orders, Consignment settlement, invoice verification and MRP runs.
• Worked on quantity contracts, value contracts and release strategies for purchase requisitions, RFQ, and purchase orders.
• Configured pricing procedure in the Material Master.
• Worked on Account determination, Output determination, Partner Determination Schemas and Stock determination.
• Exposure to different procurement types like Subcontracting, Stock Transfer, Consignment, and Third Party.
• Configured Intercompany and Intracompany Stock Transport Order and Transfer Postings.
• Used Material Master in creating Material BOM, Multilevel and Single-level BOMs.
• Worked on Goods Receipts, Goods Issues, GR for blocked stock, Goods returns and various movement types.
• Worked on LIV, Posting an Invoice, conducting a three-way match and two-way match, blocking of invoices.