Profile

I have more than 7 years of experience in Various industries like Food Processing, Manucafturing, Health Care, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Goods, and Chemical etc as a functional consultant in SAP R/3 Material Management module with four Full Life Cycle Implementations. Throughout my career i have extensively worked on Procure to Pay process for Fortune 500 companies.

Summary

• Over 7 years of extensive Work Experience in SAP R/3 versions 4.6C, 4.7 & ECC 6.0 as a MM/IM Functional Consultant with more than three full life cycle implementations in various industries like Food Processing, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, and Construction Companies.
• SAP experience includes Gap-Analysis-As Is/To Be, blue printing, prototyping, detailed configuration, testing, training, documentation, conversion and go-live support
• Extensive knowledge in Procure to Pay, MRP, Master Data, and Inventory Management.
• Extensively worked on EDI, Batch Management, and Is-Oil.
• Good Experience on CATT, LSMW, MS Access, and MS Excel for Data Migration
• Extensively worked as Business Analyst, very good experience in User Requirements Gathering, Writing Functional/Technical Specs, Creating BPP’s (Business Process Procedure Documents).
• Able to lead a team, conduct business workshops, coordinate between Business Users and Developers, create Training Materials, and Train End Users.
• Successful in aligning personnel in a shared services environment for both major projects and everyday operations.
• Solid team player and self-starter who can function as an individual or in a team atmosphere.
• Excellent communication skills.

SAP MM Expertise

• Ability to configure SAP (IMG) to meet specified business requirements
• Exhaustive experience in implementing SAP R/3 MM modules with expertise in Procure-to-pay cycle configuration (Purchasing, Inventory Management and Invoice Verification).
• Extensive knowledge in MM organizational elements Purchasing Organization, Plant, Storage Location
• Experienced in Cross Company / Intra Company Stock Transport Orders.
• Extensively worked on Inbound Deliveries, Outbound Deliveries, and ASN (Advance Shipping Notifications).
• Good experience in Handling of vendor consignments, Pipeline, purchasing Release strategies, Physical Inventory.
• Experience in Master Data: Material Master, Vendor Master, Info Records, and Source List.
• Specialized in Output Determination, Maintaining Output Condition records
• Extensive Experience in implementing EDI 850, 860, and 810.
• Purchasing Document types, and Number ranges.
• Specialized in Configuring and customizing of Purchasing in the Material Management: Contracts (Quantity/Value), Scheduling Agreements, Sub-Contracting, Third party, Frame works.
• Sound Knowledge and experience in MM-FI Integration like Automatic Account determination, Material Valuation and Account Payable.
• Experienced in Logistics Invoice Verification including ERS.
• Extensively worked on CATT, LSMW, SAP Query, MS Excel and MS Access.
• Very good knowledge on EDI and Workflow.
• Configuring Inventory Management (IM) Parameters for all Goods movements like Goods Receipts, Goods Issues, Reservations, GR for blocked stock, Goods returns etc. and Reporting.
• Experienced in Physical Inventory Tolerance Limits
• Experienced in Batch management and Variant Configuration.
• Plant Maintenance Configuration – Functional locations BOM, Equipment BOM, Serial numbers, Notifications, Maintenance orders and Capacity requirement planning
• Movement types - Stock transfer and Transfer posting (with special stock types).
• Experienced in MRP Controllers, Special Procurement keys, Document types for Stock Transport Orders
• Inventory Management: Goods Receipts, Goods Issue/ Transfer Postings and New Movement Types.
• Warehouse management skills: Warehouse structure, put away and Removal Strategies, Storage Types, Storage Bins, Quant’s, Transfer Requirements (TR), Transfer Order (TO), Posting change Notice, Number Ranges (for TR, TO, Posting Change notification, Quant, Storage Unit), stock transfers, inbound and out bound process and physical inventory.
• WM-Storage Unit Management – SU Mgmt Activation for “Physical” Storage Types and SU Number Ranges, Define SU Types, Assign SU Types to Storage Types and Bin Types
• Creation of time zones, Factory Calendars, Regions in several Company Codes
• Post implementation production support in MM module to the user specific problems and issues depending on the new business process procedures.
• Good knowledge of Cross Functional Modules such as, Sales and Distribution, Quality Management, and Production Planning.
• Good Understanding of ABAP Programming and debugging tools. Exhaustive experience in Data Cleansing, Extraction and conversion of data from legacy systems.
• Created Test scripts and Business Process Procedure training documents for Global Roll out.
• Logical, analytical, team building and communication skills.

Technical Skills
SAP ECC 6.0, R/3 4.7/4.6C/4.0B, CATT, LSMW, MS Access, MS Excel Quick Test Pro, Test Director, HTML, Java, Java Script.SQL Server 2000, Oracle 9i/8i/8.0/7, DHTML, VB Script, Visual InterDev, ASP, Cold Fusion, XML, Internet Transaction Server, COBOL, C, C++, UNIX Windows 9x/2000/XP/NT.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,Kansas City, MO April 09 – Nov 09
SAP MM/IM Functional
Version R/3 4.7 / IS-Oil / SCM 5.0

Confidential, is a part to Smithfield foods a global food company with more than 57,000 employees globally a world’s largest producer and process for pork and a leader in turkey processing.

Farmland deployed single ERP system SAP R/3 4.7 with IS-Oil Solution/ SAP SCM 5.0 for TP/VS (Transportation Planning / Vehicle Scheduling). They were adding a new company to their template with 4 new plants. I am working as a core MM team member with leading role in Purchasing and Inventory Management.

Responsibilities

• Design of Org Structure: Configuration of New Company Code, New Purchasing organization, New Purchasing Groups, New Plants, and Storage Locations.
• Configuration: Configured Screen Layouts, Data screens, and Sub Screens for Purchasing and Inventory Management. Configured Material Types, Material Groups, Vendor Account Groups, and Release Strategies.
• Customization: Created Custom transaction for generating Mass Purchase Order using BAPI PO_CREATE. Created new Output types for Email and Fax.
• Zebra Printer: Extensively worked on Zebra printers, Implemented Zebra printer for MRO receipts, I designed Zebra Label through Zebra Designer software.
• Master Data setup: Vendor Master, Material Master, Purchase Info Records, Source List, Outline Agreements, Contracts, Procurement Cards, Output Condition Records, and Purchasing Condition records.
• Procurement: Implemented Cross Company Stock Transport Orders, Created new Delivery type, New Document type, worked in Inbound Deliveries, Outbound Deliveries, ASN, and Handling Units.
• Output Determination: Configured new Condition tables, Access Sequence, New Output types.
• EDI: Extensively worked on EDI 850, 860 & 810.
• Pricing: Defined Condition types, Access Sequence and calculation schemas. Created pricing procedures for Purchase Order and Stock Transport orders. Extensively worked on Scale Pricing.
• Batch Management: Batch specifications, creating batch master record, batch status, quality to unrestricted, Batch determination inventory management, Production, and ware house management.
• IS-Oil: Worked on Catch weight /standard weight materials.
• MRP: Configured New MRP Groups, New MRP Profiles, and Special Procurement keys for Stock Transport.
• Transportation: Extensively worked on both inbound and outbound transportation planning and Vehicle Scheduling integrated with TP/VS (Transportation Planning / Vehicle Scheduling) through SCM (Supply Chain Management) 5.0 systems.
• Inventory Management & Physical inventory: Stock transfers between storage locations, Plants and company codes. Transfer postings for stock types. Design development of new movement types. Goods receipts for Purchase orders, orders, reservations, and other goods receipts. Goods issues to cost centers, Return deliveries and Reservations. Physical inventory and cycle counting, managing Special stocks like Consignment, Subcontracting, Returnable Transport Packaging, Third party processing, Pipe line handling, Project stock, Company own special stock and Externally owned special stocks
• IR & Account payables: Performed 3 way matches for invoice verification, tolerances for invoice verification, planned and unplanned delivery cost, parking, holding of invoices and release of invoices. Automatic payment run, Enter GL Account postings, Credit memo and subsequent adjustments.
• Data Migration: Created CATT for various inventory / purchasing document loads. Extensive experience on SQVI queries, MS Access, and MS Excel.
• Documentation & Training: Created Business Process Procedures and Training Documents.

Confidential,Houston, TX Sep 07 – Feb 09
SAP MM Functional
Version R/3 4.7

Confidential,is a global manufacturer of electrical production. Incorporated in Bermuda with administrative headquarters in Houston, Cooper employs approximately 31,000 people and operates eight divisions: Cooper B-Line, Cooper Bussmann, Cooper Crouse-Hinds, Cooper Lighting, Cooper Safety, Cooper Power Systems, Cooper Wiring Devices and Cooper Tools Group.

It deployed a single worldwide purchasing system built around the mySAP Material Management (mySAP MM) and mySAP Supplier Relationship Management (mySAP SRM)
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As a core team member of UNITY, my responsibilities included configuration, integration testing, Go-Live and post production support. Participated in customizing, data conversions, end user training and documentation, and established a help desk support process.

• Setting up Enterprise Structure of Plants and Storage Locations. Over 100 plant locations all over United States represent their distribution network for circulation of Raw materials, Consumables etc. Defined methodology for changes in plant address and creation of new plants
• Implemented MM procure-to-pay cycle process. Configured purchase requisitions and automated purchase ordering process to a great extent by assigning processing requisitions based on info records, and extensive use of contracts.
• Configuration and customization of material master, creating new material types, valuation classes, account category references and involved in maintaining field status for material master records.
• Configured vendor master data. Defined different business partners, account groups for different partners, screen layout, number ranges, terms of payment, incoterms, shipping instructions, text types, purchasing groups, and partner determination.
• Involved in optimization of the critical custom SAP ABAP programs with the technical team
• Configured and Owned Release Strategies for Purchasing Documents throughout Cooper.
• Configuration and customization requests-RFQ-quotations, purchase requisitions, purchase Order, outline agreements, purchase information records, contract (value/contract), scheduling agreement and goods receipt.
• Configured the system to take care of inter company stock transfer with billing and handling of special stocks and special procurement types - Stock Transport Order (Item category) between two company codes two different plants.
• Configured message determination schema, account determination procedure and calculation schema.
• Configured MRP Controllers, Special Procurement keys, Document types for Stock Transport Orders
• Responsibilities included post implementation production support in MM module to the user specific problems and issues depending on the new business process procedures
• Extensively worked for SAP MM Help Desk Support

Confidential,Cincinnati, OH Mar 07 – Sep 07
SAP MM Consultant
Version ECC 6.0

Confidential, is a major consumer goods manufacturing company headquartered at Cincinnati. They implemented SAP EBP 5.0 for their indirect material procurement. Worked as a Functional team member and was involved in multiple development scenarios.

• Configured MRP with MRP Type PD and Planning strategy – planning with final assembly and also configured MRP Groups for specific requirements.
• Configured all MRP related Parameters like MRP Controller, Procurement data, Planning run parameters and conversion rules for conversion of planned orders into Purchase Requisitions or Production Orders.
• Implemented Scheduling agreement and JIT and FRC related Parameters. Configured source list and done other configuration to automatic generation of schedule lines in MRP Run.
• Configured entire Automatic Account determination Process for all Accounts like inventory, GR/IR, Cost of goods sold; scrap Etc. using T-codes like OMWD, OMSK, OMWN and OBYC.
• Developed new Movement types like 910, 911, 951, and 952, Z01, Z02, Z31, Z32, Z33, Z34 and many more as per different requirements of my client.
• Configured Pricing Procedure for Purchase Order to include Overhead cost at time of goods receipts.
• Develop PR Release Procedure - Release Group, Release Code, Release Indicator, and Strategies.
• Configured Dependencies, Variant Table & Function to meet business requirement for Variant Configuration.
• Customized different Inventory Management process like Goods receipts, Transfer posting and goods issue.
• Created Report in Material Master that outputs Material Valuated Stock grouped by Material type and Plant. The output shows Material No., Storage Location, Unit of Measure and Description in addition to group totals. Data was extracted from MARA, MARC, MARD, MAKT, EKKO, EKPO, MKPF, MSEG and T001W.
• Configured inbound delivery process and stock transport order to track stock in transit between two plants.
• Worked on integration of ARENA with SAP, so whenever any material or BOM is created in ARENA then it will also create automatically into SAP.
• Configured output determination for PO, Scheduling Agreement and SA Release for JIT & FRC Etc. to send PDF output forms automatically to Vendor.
• Created BPP’s for All MM process as well as user manuals and training materials. Also carried out user training.
• Carried out unit and Integration Testing along with Team.

Confidential,Houston, TX Aug 06 – Feb 07

Client is a major construction company based in Houston. They implemented ECC 6.0. Worked as a functional team member and was involved in multiple development scenarios.

• For the constructional engineering company, worked as Configuration Management Specialist for the Procure to Pay (P2P), Warehouse Management (WM) function of SAP R/3 Global Implementation.
• The project involved SAP R/3 implementation at client’s businesses in USA, France, Australia & New Zealand.
• The responsibility included working with business representatives in understanding and defining SAP R/3 requirements; configuration of the SAP R/3 system in the areas of Warehouse Management, Inventory Management, Shipping and Handling Unit Management (HU).
• Worked with technical team to develop technical objects and custom programs.
• Worked as an EDI analyst for interfacing of SAP R/3 with external system for various warehousing scenarios including freight payment (SFR), intra/inter company stock transports, various other complex warehousing stock movements
• Actively assisted the key users in developing test scenarios; working on diverse functionality viz. automatic picking, batch determination, FIFO, output types, batch jobs settings, variants settings etc.
• Worked for defects resolution and post production support of the SAP implementation.

SAP MM Consultant
Client is a major appliance manufacturing company. They have implemented SAP R/3 4.7, played an active role in the functional team through the implementation process.

• Collecting and understanding of the user requirements , filling up the storyboard for the business process, preparing the BPML (Business Process Master List) and Business Blue Print using ASAP
• Studying existing business process in the context of material management and deciding to-be process and to be mapped to the SAP system
• Worked on master data conversions, Material Master records (using MM 01 transaction) and Vendor Master records (using MK01 transaction), from legacy system were brought into SAP
• Designed and Configuration the MM organizational elements Purchasing Organization, Plant, Storage Location
• Customization of Master Records.
• Apart from the Standard Material types, configured New Material Types as per the requirements of the Client and created several valuation classes and account category references, changed the field status of the material master records as per the users requirements.
• Configured vendor master records, created account groups based on the type of control required, defined usage of partner functions and vendor sub-range functions.
• Configured the terms of payment for vendors and Shipping instructions
• Defining partner schemas and assigning to account groups.
• Characteristics and classes were reviewed and created for release procedures to RFQ/Quotation, requisition, purchase orders, contract and scheduling agreements
• Configuring Inventory Management Parameters for all Goods movements like Goods Receipts, Goods Issues, Reservations, GR for blocked stock, Goods returns etc.,
• Creating storage location automatically for different movement types with Goods issue/Transfer posting and Goods receipt
• Worked on Goods returns, Shortage of Material supplies and damaged goods.
• Configuring special stocks in Inventory management for Subcontracting, and Consignment materials
• Created Statistical Conditions for price comparison without altering the Material
• Procurement Prices and Inventory valuation
• Interfaced IM & WM for direct transfer order confirmations against material documents
• Customization of Access sequence, condition records and business rules understanding clients business process
• Customized Invoice Verification with Vendor-wise tolerance limits as per the business requirements.
• Produced most of the new business forms with SAP script
• Unit testing and Integration testing using CATT / other tools like Win runner
• Supporting helpdesk with user training
• Successful completion followed by post go-live support

Confidential,Reno, NV Mar 05 – Sep 05
SAP MM Consultant
Client is a major manufacturer of gaming equipment and has implemented SAP R/3 4.6. and went for an Up Grade to R/3 4.7, Worked as a support consultant during the initial upgrade process and later was an active member of the MM functional team.

• Study of organizational change management for business impact and risk assessment to identify the risks to be addressed for successful implementation.
• Conducting the technical seminars and presentations to develop the blue print.
• Reviewing the existing Specifications, Standardization & Coding to reduce the variety of materials and equipment used in the plant.
• Configuration and Creation of Enterprise Structure.
• Configuration of Material Masters, which includes number range assignment, screen sequence, fields configuration.
• Configuration and creation of new screen sequences and assigning as per user profiles
• Configuration and creation of new material types.
• Creation of new material groups, purchasing value keys, shipping instructions.
• Configuration of Vendor master, which includes creation of new account groups.
• Configuration of screen layout for vendor master with reference to accounting groups.
• Assignment of number range for vendor master with reference to accounting group.
• Optimized the purchasing cycle of SAP related to Source Determination
• Configuration of purchasing info record and Optimized the purchasing cycle of SAP related to Source Determination.
• Automatic creation of Purchase Order, Release Procedures with Classifications for Purchase Requisition, defined Characteristics and Classes. Created Purchase Orders by referring to Purchase Requisitions & Contracts.
• Configuration of Purchase Requisition, which includes creation new document types and number range assignment.
• Configuration of Release Procedure with classification for Purchase Requisition, which includes creation of characteristic and class. New Release strategies are created as per business requirement.
• Integration with other modules like SD, FI, PP & MM.

Confidential,Framingham, MA Mar 04 – Feb 05

The client is a pharmaceutical company, based in Framingham. They implemented SAP 4.7. Was a member of the Material Management implementation functional team.

• Set the whole baseline configuration during the blue print phase.
• Configured MM organizational structure for plants at multiple locations.
• Conducted gap analysis between existing business process and SAP R/3 processes.
• Defined material control data attributes for material types like ROH and FERT types.
• Implemented procurement processes with FI integration to maintain material master, vendor master, and info records.
• Customized material types and assigned number ranges for the material types.
• Customized material movements from storage location to plant and storage location to distributors.
• Set up tolerances, purchase value keys, quality inspection stock, and outline agreements.
• Identified error causes and error recoveries for incorrect performance of material movements and configured new material movements.
• Made configuration changes to notify customers for amendments related to any process or configuration changes.
• Monitored helpdesk tickets and resolved issues/queries.
• Conducted user and team workshops on a regular basis to train the business users.
• Documented required business information to track the project progress.
• Customized PO creation for external vendors to include outline agreements and insurance documents from legacy systems.
• Configured automatic determination of GL accounts and mapping valuation classes to GL accounts.

Confidential,HYD India Oct 03 – Feb 04
SAP MM Functional Consultant
Nagarjuna Group is a major player in the chemicals industry with activities in over sixty countries. They have twenty-five business units clustered into four autonomous key areas, which include pharmaceuticals, coatings, chemicals, and fibers. They implemented SAP 4.7.

• Participated in the full lifecycle implementation of the SAP MM module using

ASAP Methodology.

• Performed functional gap analysis to ensure system meets business

requirements.

• Defined system landscape and arc structure for MM.
• Participated in “AS-IS” study and developed process flow diagram for the

“TO-BE” business process.

• Performed initial SAP MM configuration.
• Implemented customization of types and modes of stock transfers.
• Performed unit and integration testing of individual components of the MM system.
• Prepared “Go Live” strategies and led the team during the cutover process.
• Assisted in training end-users and help desk.
  

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree