SUMMARY:

• Senior Supply Chain Solution Architect with a successful career in information technology
• Service oriented with real interest in converging SAP technologies and business needs
• SAP Supply Chain innovation adoption and implementation expert since year 2000
• Excel in SAP projects solving business problems & optimizing processes, people and systems
• Significant contributions in many successful SAP implementations for major multinational corporations
• Highly experienced in configuring GATP and PPDS modules in APO
• Very skilled in setting up and enhancing ECC APO CIF
• Adept in integration of GATP, PP/DS, DP and SNP with ECC
• Implementation expert in ECC modules SD, MM, PP, and FI
• Highly skilled in custom enhancement techniques such as user exits, BAPIs, BADIs and debugging
• Very good knowledge of SDLC methodologies Waterfall, Scrum and Agile

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

IBP: Sales and Operations Planning

APO: CIF, GATP, DP, SNP, PP/DS, TP/VS

SAP ERP: R/3 3.x, 4.x, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0 (SD, MM, PP, IM, VC, MTO, MTS, MRP, Batch, Forecasting, LE, LIS

SAP Tools: ABAP, Enhancement Framework, Debugging, Query, LSMW, and LIS

Microsoft Tools: MS Project, Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook, SharePoint

Management Tools: HP Quality Centre, Borland Caliber

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Principal Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Prepared the Blueprint and detailed design in GATP and PPDS functional areas
• Configured Availability Check functionalities for order management processes for various Order types
• Enhanced the integration of consignment process in APO to allow forecast consumption on KE order
• Several enhancements using user exits, badis, bapis, enhancement points in ECC and APO
• Configured Product Allocation configuration objects including planning areas, books and macros
• Configured BI configuration objects including DSOs, InfoCubes, Process chains for IBP data transfer
• Set up forecast maintenance and sales order forecast consumption as per business rules
• Configured PPDS processes using standard and custom heuristics
• Configured Setup groups, Setup matricesSet up PPDS Deployment functionality
• Configured alternate resources
• Configured Detailed Scheduling Planning Board
• Enhanced the APO Product View for additional sales order details and ATP check results
• Enhanced Backorder processing with custom sort criteria and results update per business rules
• Presented comprehensive demos on all in scope business processes to clients business users
• Prepared user documents and assisted in user acceptance testing

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Architected the Global Supply Chain split for Confidential and Consumer businesses
• Configured the changes in OM, GATP, and CTM processes for HP Print and Notebook division
• Devised the strategry for open order management and migration on to the two networks
• Configured objects for the integration of APO systems with other partner systems
• Designed, configured and tested the GATP processes
• Supported UAT and secured approval from business
• Worked with the sponsors on cutover management activities

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Migrated ECC ATP and allocation checks with advanced GATP features
• Implemented ATP, Product allocation, RBATP, BOP and eBOPI
• Implemented Simplified Scheduling by applying SAP pilot OSS Notes
• Engaged SAP to fix notes to solve the issues with Simplified Scheduling
• Enhanced correlation profile to retain confirmation for the available order items
• Implemented RBATP for Canada business using zero allowed delay for inventory optimization
• Designed custom interactive reports for supply demand report and inventory assignment in APO
• Designed and developed BAPIs to get SO details and present in active allocation report in APO
• Presented solution design and scenario demos to business users and IT support teams

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided GATP capabilities to Consumer and Commercial notebook business as per Project Confidential
• Performed the role of GATP IT Lead and implemented ATP and Allocation checks
• Configured MLATP, RBATP, RBA suppression, Backorder Processing, and eBOPI
• Implemented 40 OSS notes for RBATP simplification notes in ECC and APO to suppress sub line item
• Engaged SAP to enhance OSS notes for compatibility with ATP, BOP and ebopi checks
• Engaged SAP development for pilot OSS note to add status indicator lights on ebopi result screen

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Conducting Requirements Analysis Workshops to capture business processes
• Documented BRD including GAP analysis and custom development requirements
• Detailed Prototyping for key configuration decisions in Configuration schema, CTP, MATP and RBATP
• Configured ECC Checking Groups, Requirement Types, Requirement Classes, Schedule Line Categories
• Configured APO Check Mode, ATP Group, Check Control, Check Instructions
• Defined Configuration Schema, Org Areas for Class and Characteristics for VC integration with APO
• Set up ATP and PPDS Global Settings, Planning and DS Heuristics
• Configured condition tables and accesses for Transportation and Shipment Scheduling
• Enhanced field Catalogue for PAL check and maintained required standard configuration settings
• Documenting the configuration guides and configuration logs for client business and IT teams
• Knowledge Transfer on configurations, enhancements, and business process scenarios
• Supported the client team members in integration and user acceptance testing
• Detailed planning and execution of master data preparation and cutover activities for go live

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configured APO Rules Based Availablitiy Check for 200 plus locations
• Set up automated process for Integration Models generation and activation for data transfer
• Identified and implemented user exits for populating additional product master data fields to APO
• Configured Rule Strategy, Location Determination and Production Substitution procedures
• Configured Location Determination Activities for custom stock segregation logic
• Enhanced ECC user exit for Transportation Zone determination in SO rules determination
• Set up APO Shipping calendar for Central Locations
• Enhanced BOPI and BBOP with additional fields in filter and sort profiles
• Designed ECC Open Order report development for iGSO scenarios
• Configured Multilevel ATP Check for materials with BOM
• Configured Basic Settings for Data Transfer between R/3 and APO
• Set up Batch jobs in APO for Temp Quantity Deletion and CCR
• Supported and change management initiatives

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Captured requirement as per ASAP methodology and recorded in QADB tool
• Documented Business Process Master List & Base Line Configuration Document
• Configured Enterprise Structure, Sales Document Types, Item and Schedule Line Categories
• Configured Automatic Credit Check and Sapoffice mail on Credit failures
• Configured CIN for Factory, Depot, Products, and Excise Registers
• Set up batch determination strategy and procedures for Batch managed materials
• Configured pricing procedures for business processes including taxes, excise duties and routines
• Created LSMW Project for updating customers, sales employees and pricing conditions
• Configured STO processes for inter plant and intercompany stock transfers
• Configured requirement types, check rules and Scope of check for ATP
• Created functional specs for reports and layouts for Excise Registers, Order Ack, Excise Invoices

Confidential

SAP Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conducted as is and to be studies and prepared the business blueprint documentation
• Configured enterprise structure for sales areas and manufacturing plants & Depots
• Set up sales order processing for Factory, Depot, Stock Transfer and Export Sales
• Configured pricing procedures for Factory, Depot, Stock Transfer and Export Sales
• Configured availability check, goods movement types and Batch Determination
• Configured Credit Management and Revenue Account Assignment and Taxes
• Enhanced rebate agreement and commission to sales agents
• Set up text control and output determination for Sales Ack, Picking Slip, Packing Slip, Excise Invoices
• Carried out integration testing and supported user acceptance testing