Sr.sap Pp/qm Consultant Resume
San Antonio, TX
PROFESSIONAL SUMMURY:
- SAP Functionalconsultant with over 10+years of experience in requirements gathering Configuration/Customization, and Project Implementation in PP/PI/MM/PM modules.
- Experience in 3 full life cycle implementations with excellent knowledge and command over ASAP methodologies along with version up - grades involving versions from SAP 4.7 to ECC 6.0.
- Configuration Knowledge in Master Data which includes Material Master, Bill of Material, Work Center, Routing, Rate Routing, Production Version, Resources, Master Recipes and Control Recipe.Detailed insight knowledge of integration points in PP with PI, MM, and PM modules.
- Experienced in demand management, SOP, the different production strategies and scenarios, maintaining production orders and process orders.
- Worked on Discrete manufacturing, Repetitive manufacturing, Variant configuration methodologies and Material Requirements Planning to determine the requirements for various semi-finished products and raw materials.
- Core strengths are Resources/Work Centre, Process/Production Orders, Master Recipe/Routing, Order Execution, Scheduling, Back flushing, Capacity/Demand Planning, Demand Management, Process Instruction Sheets Etc.
- SAP PP expertise in Master Data, Business Plan, SOP , demand management, MPS, MRP, RCP (rough cut planning), LTP (Long-term Planning), planned orders, process/production orders, confirmation, shop floor control, product costing.
- Involved in all phases of ASAP implementation, including blueprinting, gap analysis, mapping, design, and configuration, testing, go-live, user and post production support.
- Configurable Materials KMAT with Super BOM and Routing, Variant Class, Characteristics, Characteristics Values. Assigned Object Dependencies, Preconditions, Actions, Selection Conditions, Constraints and Procedure to Configurable Profile.
- Proficiency in Spec Designing, Gap Analysis, Technical Documentation, interacting with the Super Users & End User, Reporting and Data Conversion and uploading of Master Data, Go-Live implementation and after go-live support.
- Implemented Capacity Planning and capacity levelling for work centers.
- Created and modified functional specification and coordinated with programmers for customization according to user requirements.
- Experience in developing documentation for manual and user purposes. Trained end users and conducted work shop in production planning, Master data, MRP and shop floor control.
- Worked closely with RICEF team for the functional enhancement and assisting them to obtain data from different SAP objects, BAPI’s, Functional Modules and Tables.
- Been through different support levels (Level 1, Level 2) during technical support stage after go - live and Hyper Care.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
SAP R/3: ECC 6.0, ECC 5.0, 4.7EE, 4.6C
Modules: PP/PPPI/MM/IM/QM
MS Office Tools: Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio
Operating Systems: Windows XP/7/ NT, MS DOS, Unix, Linux
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, San Antonio, TX
Sr.SAP PP/QM Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Successfully implemented the QM module with quality planning, Non-audit trails, Quality Non-Conformance and batch status management.
- Generated Quality Notifications for the Non-Confirming Materials during procurement of materials from Vendor and during Production.
- Among the tasks that I completed were process analysis and mapping, configuration, final testing, QM documentation and validation.
- Quality Notifications were designed for use in product and customer complaints, vendor audit recording and Quality Info records for vendor control.
- Configured the QM master data Sampling Schemes, Sampling procedures, Dynamic modification rules, master Inspection characteristics, Inspection methods, Classes, QM procurement Activity through control keys, Inspection Setup, Inspection plans.
- The QM processes included sampling using WM, inspection and digital signatures.
- Responsible for the post cutover support of quality planning, inspections utilizing sample drawing procedures for physical samples, and enhanced quality notifications using workflow.
- Designed and Configured the Plant Parameter for Quality Management and worked closely on integration of BMS to Fiori App to SAP.
- Involved with SOA and PI team for integration between BMS & SAP.
- Designed workflow diagrams and flow charts in Microsoft Visio to map the business process.
- Set up QM Master Data such as Code Groups and Selected Sets, Master Inspection Characteristics, and Inspection Plans.
- Involved in Pre-Go Live & Post-Go Live.
- Worked on validating the use case scenarios and UAT System Testing.
- Worked along with technical consultants and developed customized reports for PP and MM module.
- Defined Control Keys, Confirmation Parameters based on different Order types for various Production Orders.
- Involved in migrating Quality system data from Copics (ENCR) to SAP(NCR).
- Trained users in Rework process (Long-Term, Short- Term), Scrap process also on new system.
- Involved in Customizing Non- conformance system and Scrap Process and helped in implementing vendor bill back.
- Worked closely with Technical team in resolving the defects.
- Created user stories in Jira and assigned users to their queues and roles, manuals for MIGO Steps for Long term and short-term process.
- Involved in creating IDoc's manually by changing the data also through automation.
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0
Confidential, Franklin, WI
SAP PP/QM Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Worked as a Multi-Functional, Multi-Project Consultant involved in both full life cycle implementation and Up-gradation Project
- Prepared functional specifications and configured based on client requirements.
- Configured Plants, Storage Locations, Purchase Organizations and Purchase groups.
- Implemented SOP, Demand Management, MRP, MPS, capacity planning, and classification.
- Configured Inventory Management Parameters for all Goods movements like Goods Receipts, Goods Issues, Reservations, GR for blocked stock, Goods returns etc.,
- Configured the system for Intra-company and Inter-company stock transfer
- Used the planning strategies 20, 70, 10 & 50
- Implemented the solutions for different kind of products manufactured using Steel, rubber and plastic.
- Configured and Implemented Quality Planning for Inspection Planning and Inspection Planning.
- Designed Implemented Quality Plan & Master Inspection characteristics in S/4 Hana Configured and designed the Quality Management Authorization Profiles Usage decision and results recording with Digital Signature during COA.
- Designed the solution for manufacturing and assembly units.
- MRP run solution based on demand through PIR, Sales order and Scheduling agreements. Implemented the concept of ECR with digital signature.
- Concepts of safety time coverage, planned delivery days were used for accurate dates in PR's created as a result MRP run.
- Created QM Master Data: MICs, Sampling Procedures, DMRs, Inspection plans.
- Extensively worked with Shop Floor Control activities and particularly with all phases in this Make - to - Order scenario.
- Configured Material Master Records including defining material types, defining the MRP views required as per the user requirement for PP.
- Configured "Bill of Materials" for finished materials and Semi-finished materials as per requirement.
- Worked extensively with the Shop Floor Control including creation of Process Order types, Resources, Goods Movements, Operation confirmation and Availability checks in S/4 Hana
- Implemented Quality Management module with emphasis on QM in Production with respect to statistical process control
- Blue print documents for the following business scenarios - QM in Procurement, QM in Production, QM in Sales and Distribution, QM master Data, QM notifications-Vendor related defect notifications, Internal Problem notifications, Customer Complaint notifications, and new product Development notifications
- Worked with business users in setting up the Super BOMs and Object dependencies for selection of BOM components. Designed and developed the custom P Functions to query the database tables and get the IDs that required for SD and QM teams.
- Configured ALE for sending the Variant Configuration (VC) Master Data from development client to be required test clients.
- Worked closely with PP team in getting the required characteristic values to the Process Orders. Supported both the MTO and MTS strategies for business processes.
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0
Confidential, Edison, NJ
SAP PP/MM Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for requirement gathering from power users from PRMS (legacy system) and writing Functional specifications for RICEF objects.
- Custom Reports on Sales open order layouts involving projected dollar value inventory
- Configuring custom order types Production Order types, Planning strategies and confirmation control keys.
- Configured, Designed and Implemented Catalogues, Inspection Characteristics, Inspection Methods, Sample Determination, QM-Specific Data in Material Master and Dynamic Modification Rules.
- Prepare Financial Statements Reports, Including Revenues, COGS, and Expenses & FOP and Balance Sheet Commented for monthly variances.
- Worked on Quality notifications, Quality inspection objects, ZEBRA printing labels and Smart forms.
- Expert in Custom reports enhancements and interfaces, shipment labels and bill of lading.
- Designed Event driven KANBAN PP integration with warehouse management (WM), stock posting, transfer order and custom table updates with RF transactions.
- Worked on pre validation for master data, BOM, Routing loads and conversion program loading with LSMW.
- Designed labor bar code and labor inspection tickets with production order transaction data involving RF gun.
- Worked on reports involving SD integration and functional testing.
- Integration testing with PP/MM/SD such as Plan to produce, Procure to Pay, Demand to fulfilment, Order to cash scenarios involving PP integration.
- Functional testing for all RICEF objects.
- Designed reports and interfaces involving Long Term Planning scenarios and Demand Management.
- Quality notification master data and printing zebra smart forms.
- Trained end-users on process flow, stock/requirements list, planned order conversion, use of various movement types for different purposes.
- Worked on Quality Notifications including Corrective Action and Customer Complaints.
- Expertise in System testing, Unit testing and FAT test for enhancement and break/fix.
- Integration testing and expertise in developing test plans, test cases/scenarios, test procedures and analyzing test results.
- Interacted with Technical team and developed standard & customized reports.
- Provided expert services, and go-live assistance to end users in the Production Planning, Quality Management and Material Management.
- Co-ordinate with other internal support management teams and followed up with ABAP team for development.
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0
Confidential, San Rafael, CA
SAP PP/MM Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Analyzed the as-is condition of the client, existing manufacturing system and carried out the to-be analysis, business process re-engineering and configuration.
- Successfully implemented the QM module with quality planning, inspections, digital signatures, audit trails, and batch status management.
- Generated Quality Notifications for the Non-Confirming Materials during procurement of materials from Vendor and during Production.
- Quality s generated from the Preferred Vendor during Procurement and for the finished goods during Delivery.
- Organized legacy data and used LSMW to successfully load all records.
- Designed workflow diagrams and flow charts in Microsoft Visio to map the business process.
- Set up QM Master Data such as Code Groups and Selected Sets, Master Inspection Characteristics, and Inspection Plans.
- Used net requirements planning strategy and transferred data to Demand Management.
- Implemented Repetitive manufacturing environment for production activities.
- Performed fit-gap analysis. Conducted Business discussions with core team and business process workshops for Blue print design. Prepared Blue Print Documentation.
- Documented critical changes, trained client team about the new system functionality and tested the integration of the PP, QM and MM modules.
- Participated in configuration and customization of PP functionalities: Master Data (Materials, BOMs, Resources and Production Versions), Product Master Data, MRP, Work centers, Routing.
- Configured and executed the shop floor activities including creation of orders, conversion of planned orders, printing of shop papers, goods movements, order confirmations and availability checks.
- Co-ordinated with technical consultants (ABAP consultants) and gave functional specifications for customizing reports according to the user requirements.
- Involved and coordinated unit and integration testing with other modules and created test scenarios.
- Implemented Detailed Scheduling, Capacity Planning, Evaluation and Levelling to allocate operations to resources Configured PI sheets, process messages and process instructions.
- Interacted with the Controlling team to solve issues related to costing sheet, activity pricing, work center, activity type and cost center assignment mapping, and product cost collectors.
- Achieved the Go-Live date and gave Go-Live and Post Live Support. Conducted end user, institution of help desk and end user documentation.
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0
Confidential, Houston, TX
SAP PP/MM Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Prepared data mapping spread sheets, custom reports, enhancements and uploaded master data for BOM, Work Centers and Routings.
- Responsible for configuring background jobs for MRP run, Special procurement keys to resolve planning and production issues between different plants.
- Used various planning methods for MRP and total planning at plant level both online as well as background.
- Resolved MRP issues with relevance to scheduling dates of PO and planning file entry. Configured routing determination, MRP plant parameters, MRP groups, MRP types, lot size calculation, planned orders and movement types.
- Configured Production scheduling profile, Production order types and automatic purchase requisitions from MRP.
- Worked extensively on Sales and Operation Planning (SOP) and Demand Management. Defined Requirement types, Demand Management techniques, BOM Explosion/Routing selection.
- Created various standard Material Management (MM) documents which include Purchase requisition (PR), Purchase Orders (PO), Purchase Info Record. Creation and changes in release strategies in Purchase requisition and Purchase orders. Worked on Vendor Master, Source List and defined screen layout for Purchase Info Records.
- Defined number ranges for Purchase requisitions and Purchase orders.
- Developed custom reports for production order status, backlog of the load, list of production order quantity changes.
- Responsible for my counterpart besides and creating documents and presentations.
- Interacted with ABAP team to deliver the client requirements
- Performed data migration using LSMW for master records like material master, vendor master,purchase info record, open purchase orders.
- Worked with BASIS team regarding the issues on user access to setup enterprise profiles.
- Worked on unit testing, integration testing on various scenarios for the PP module.
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0
Confidential, Mansfield, MA
SAP PP/MM Consultant
Responsibilites:
- As a SAP PP consultant, participated in workshops for requirement gathering, studied the current AS-IS business scenario and prepared design documentation for the TO-BE business flow in ECC 6.0.
- Applied ASAP methodology for full implementation from blue printing to Go-live.
- Executed shop floor activities including creation of production orders, availability check, and release of orders, printing shop floor papers, goods issue, goods movement, order confirmations and order settlement.
- Configured planned orders, production scheduling profile, production orders, plant parameters and automatic purchase requisitions from MRP.
- Responsible for configuring material master, bill of materials, work centers and routings as well as Material types.
- Defined MRP Controllers, Planning strategies, lot sizing procedures.
- Configured Bill of Materials usage for different material types.
- Maintained standard value keys, control keys, capacity planner groups, and different activity types for respective work centers.
- Experience in bringing partially finished or released production orders from legacy to SAP.
- Configured REM profiles for different material types.
- Configured order type - dependent parameters, scheduling parameters, scheduling profiles, release strategies, confirmation parameters in to planned and production orders.
- Worked on processing of COGI errors and also trained users on how to process errors.
- Forecasted demand of product groups and transferred Planned Independent Requirements from the Sales and Operation Planning to Demand Management.
- Conducted Data Migration using LSMW, BDC to upload Material Master during cut over activities.
- Excellent knowledge and understanding with purchase orders creation, extending material to purchasing views.
- Worked on purchase groups, creating vendor master data, stock transfer order, source lists, subcontracting, creating outline agreements and contracts, and maintaining physical inventory as a SAP PP-MM consultant.
- Released configuration from the development stage to the quality stage and conducted integration testing with other modules and UAT with end-users.
- Made recommended changes by the end-users during the testing sessions and moved the configuration to the production stage.
- Supported the end and super users with any functional issues specific to Production Planning after go -live.
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0
Confidential, Austin, TX
SAP PP/MM Consultant
Responsibilites:
- Responsible for full life cycle implementation of SAP PP for the company which involves gathering and preparing business process documents, realization,, testing and go-live phases of the project.
- Involved in Design Documentation based on the requirement gathering, suggested a TO-BE business solution to the existing AS-IS business scenario, and carried out gap analysis in a SAP ECC 6.0 environment.
- Created functional specifications and worked with the ABAP consultant for fulfilling design requirements demanded by the users.
- Worked on creation of PP master data such as material master, bill of material, work centre, and routing.
- Dealt with the shop floor control (SFC) activities including creation of orders, conversion of planned orders, printing of shop papers, goods movements, order confirmations, availability check, scheduling and costing.
- Configured different strategy groups including make to order (20), make to stock (10), and planning with final assembly (40).
- Responsible for configuration of work center such as shift sequences, performance efficiency rate, formula parameters, task list selection, scheduling, standard value key, and control keys.
- Worked with financial team to determine the production cost and to understand the full production costing flow.
- Worked on Procure to Pay (P2P) in MM (Purchase order, stock transport, consignment, third part) for raw materials.
- Worked on different inspection types including in-process inspection and inspection after goods receipt.
- Data collection, cleansing, and upload from various departments through BDC programs and LSMW.
- Developed test scripts for various enhancement projects and coordinated defect resolution with off-shore developers. Replicated the issues in development client, created transport requests and followed up for approvals into the production system.
- Design, development and testing of functional specifications for RICEF objects. Responsible for customization of BOM report and inventory interface.
- Worked on functional specification, unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT) and end user and support.
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0
Confidential, Milwaukee, WI
SAP PP-PI Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Studied the AS-IS business flow documentation and provided support for real-time queries from end-user groups.
- Provided support during specific issues like MRP runs, post processing issue during goods movement and time tickets.
- Configured plants, company codes assignments to plants, and storage locations.
- Replicated material masters which includes material types, product groups, Bill of Materials, work centers and Routings.
- Resources: Creation, Header Data, Default, Capacity Overview, Capacity Header, Capacity Requirements Planning, Work Center Formula, and Work Center Capacities
- Master Recipes: Master Recipe Management, Creation, Header Data, Material Components, Operations, Phases, Relationships, Operations Overview, and Check Operation
- Process Order: Creation, Main Header, Control Parameters for Scheduling, Material List, Process Order Release, and Order Completion Confirmation
- Maintained standard selections in different MRP views as well as default production versions.
- Worked on configuration of procurement processes and MRP parameters including MRP types, MRP groups, MRP controller, and schedule margin keys.
- Developed new and improved browser-based PI sheets for control recipes as well as shop floor papers through the day-to-day communication with the ABAP team in accordance with the needs from super-users.
- Resolved complex issues pertaining to SAP PP-PI process.
- Worked on processing of COGI errors and also trained users on how to process errors.
- Transferred functional specifications to ABAP from the end-user for customizing different areas in the module.
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0
Confidential, Houston, TX
SAP PP/QM/MM (Production support)
Responsibilities:
- Interacted with core team members and plant managers to perform Gap analysis based on As-Is study reports.
- Assisted in configuration of material master, BOM, Routing, and Work Centers.
- Configured plant parameters for MRP such as MRP controller, MRP types, planning calendar, planning horizon, and lot-sizing procedure.
- Worked on Goods Receipt for purchase orders, Goods Issue for subcontracting stocks, stock transfer order process.
- Created and managed master data for material master records, BOMs, Work centers, Standard values and Activity types, Routings, Planned and Production orders, all MRP functionality and execution.
- Configured for Material Master, Vendor master, Purchasing and Inventory Management.
- Carried out plant parameters maintenance for MRP controllers, Schedule margin keys, conversions, dependent requirements availability, planning horizon and number ranges.
- Working in a team, I used as much “standard” SAP functionality possible to effectively satisfy project requirements while lessening the need for extensive customizations.
- Assisted in automation of quality s which are printed during sales delivery to customers.
- Designed and implemented a strategy to manage e-procurement IDOC transmission and all related failures/errors.
- Development of cutover and go-live plans, and post go-live support and issue resolution.
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0