SAP MM/SD/WM/AFS/SRM Consultant

Summary

• 8 years of SAP experience in scoping, developing blueprints, business process design/re-engineering, customizing, testing, and production support of SAP MM , WM, EBP/SRM & AFS modules working as a consultant, Team Leader
• Sound integration knowledge with SD, PP, QM, WM, & FICO, EBP modules
• Involved in four full life cycle SAP implementations and two upgrade projects
• Strong experience in requirements gathering, GAP analysis, configuration, development of functional specification, testing, and end user training
• Sound knowledge in Master data, forecasting, MRP, Purchasing, Inventory management, Service Management, and Invoice Verification, Account determination, WM-Put away and pick away strategies, WM Transfers, WM planning and monitoring ,AFS Master Data, AFS Direct Ship, AFS related Purchasing, Inventory Management, , EBP shopping cart approval, EBP organization structure
• Experience in Business analysis, Gap Analysis, Designing, Base line configuration, Unit testing and Integration testing for key business processes and training of core users and end users.
• Expertise in Configurations of Procurement Process, Sub-contracting process, Consignment Process, Contracts, Scheduling agreements, RFQ, Quota arrangements, Source list, Info records, Vendor Evaluation & Release procedures.
• Experience and sound knowledge in CATT scripts, User Exits, LSMW and IDocs
• Involved in development of test cases for effective unit, integration and regression testing
• Excellent business analytical skills with outstanding communication skills.
• Excellent knowledge of SAP MM/IM/WM configuration experience and understanding of the multiple options within the configuration along with the Pros / Cons of the options. Strong knowledge of the ASAP methodology.
• Experienced in interfacing inventoryandwarehouse management with material management.
• Extensive experience in the Business Blueprinting phase which involves various aspects of RICEF: conducting workshops for gathering business process information for a BPML (Business Process Master List), BPPs (Business Process Procedures), reviewing BRD (Business Requirement Documents), writing functional specifications, process design, and preparing the Business Blueprint.
• Expertise in complete project management, from conceptualization and requirements gathering to implementation.
• Extensive PRICING exposure covering Pricing procedures, pricing scales, condition records, Access sequence, Condition types.
• Experienced in preparing for the Go-Live phase: preparing end-user training documents, end-user manuals and Business Process Procedures.

SAP Skill Set

Materials Management

MM Module Configuration
Organization Structure, Master data, PR's, PO's, pricing procedures, agreements, info records, PR/PO release procedures, inventory management, GR, GI, movement types, reservation, transfer posting, stock transfer, invoice verification, account determination, valuation, and physical inventory process

Purchasing
Optimization of purchasing cycle, account assignment, functionality, subcontracting, third-party, consignment, external procurement, stock transports, requisitions, outline agreements, scheduling agreements, RFQ, source lists, info records, release strategies, vendor evaluation, and master records

Inventory Management
Subcontracting, movement types (GR/GI/stock transfers), physical inventory (IM), and reservations
Account Determination: Material Valuation and Account determination
Invoice Verification
Blocking invoice, document parking, and invoice release
WM Module Configuration
Master Data, Put away and Pick away strategies Transfers, planning and monitoring.
MM-AFS:
Grids, Stock Categories, Direct ship, Third Party PO, AFS related MM configuration

ERP: SAP R/3 3.1H, 4.0B, 4.6C, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0, SRM2.0, EBP 3.0, AFS 6.0
SAP Modules: MM, WM, MM-AFS, EBP, SRM
Middleware: Tibco, XI, Sonic
KSR Tools: Peregrine, Magic
Project Management: Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio
Non SAP systems: ILA, GCA, ILS, CAMP, JDE, Mfgpro,
Testing Tools: Mercury
Operating systems: MS Windows Vista, XP, 2000/98/95, UNIX,

Education Qualifications:

• Master of Science in Industrial Engineering Technology,
• Master of Science in Business Administration

Confidential, Cupertino.CA Oct' 2011 - Till Date
SAP Logistics Functional Consultant

Confidential along with its subsidiaries is engaged in designing, manufacturing and marketing mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players. It also sells a range of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. The Company's products and services includeConfidential, a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications, the iOS and Mac OS X operating systems, iCloud, and a range of accessory, service and support offerings. It also sells and delivers digital content and applications through the Confidential

SAP Version: ECC 6.0

• Studied and analyzed different business process related MM module and cross-functional areas in MM/SD, and MM/PM in the existing business environment of the company.
• Identified GAPs across various business processes and developed functional specifications for RICEWF for ABAP program development
• Involved in analyzing the business requirements, developed functional specifications and functional specifications as per the project business requirements.
• Configuring the warehouse management (WM) module after understanding client business process the business requirements.
• Also dealt with WM customizing for put away and pick away and picking strategies, Shelf Life Expiration Date (SLED), etc for a complex warehouse structure.
• Configuration of inventory management movement types, number range for goods receipt, goods issue and stock transfers
• Configured MM Organizational Structure for plants at multiple locations.
• Baseline configuration of creation and assignment of Plants to Company Code, Storage Locations to Plants.
• Extensive experience in EDI/IDOCs functionality. Implemented interfaces to intercompany vendors, interfaces to customer (Advance shipment notification) and also worked on interfaces to third party logistics providers.
• Created new variants and setup batch jobs related to logistic process like iDOC's inbound processing jobs, iDOC's reprocessing jobs, and Delivery Due list jobs.
• Prepared cutover plan for Confidential and Depots
• Functionally analyzed and configured new depots as per Apple requirement.
• Worked on Apple Care Brazil Procurement process.
• Captured Nota fiscal while receiving PO by using MB01
• Modified delivery creation exit to capture Nota Fiscal for Brazil return Deliveries
• Analyzed and Configured New plant for Brazil and assigned business place to it
• Analyzed and designed IDOC for EDI 850, 856SC, 940 to sell its iTunes Gift Cards through select 3rd party retailers in Brazil by expanding its partnership with 3PL
• Involved in price determinations for credit memos, which comes in inbound iDOCS for Brazil plants
• Intensively involved in unit testing, Integration, regression, performance, UAT involving EDI 947, EDI 850, EDI 846, EDI 856 and EDI 940 for Apple New Depots.
• Tested all the EDI message types: WMMBXY, ZL25MT, ZL56MT, ZP18TMS and ZL55MT
• Designed and developed 'Stock Upload Utility' for inventory adjustments for new depots.

Confidential, Portland. OR Sept 2008 - Sept' 2011
SAP MM/WM/AFS Functional Consultant

Confidential is a major German sports apparel manufacturer and part of the Confidential, which consists of Confidential, Confidential, and Confidential.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Leading the US SAP MM AFS Team for Production support, Releases, Change requests, Local and global projects in US
• US MM AFS Team Lead for two end to end SAP implementation for Confidential, Rockport Brands and one Upgrade project
• Co-ordination with Global Confidential SAP MM Team
• Co-ordination with Business for process Improvements, speed and increasing cost effectiveness
• US IT Project Manager for a million dollar Global rollout project implementation
• Decommissioning road map for the old Confidential AFS system being the system owner

Major Projects worked in Confidential:

GMS ` 2011
MM Consultant and Team Member

• Enable VAS functionality in Purchase Orders with insertion of case-lot data
• Testing of VAS data
• Functional spec, testing of upload program for MM VAS data

Confidential ` 2011
MM Consultant
This project has just kicked off and will be a fold in project like Confidential

Confidential 2010-2011
MM Consultant

• Mira Loma is a DC in West Coast used by Confidential for cross docking
• Configuration of new plant and all Confidential specific configurations for AFS
• Full end to end testing for all Confidential SD and MM scenarios
• Development of Interfaces between AFS-XI-Manhattan e.g.: ASN and GR with WH via XI
• Co-ordination of testing with EDI and SD team for Direct Ships, Dedicated POs, STOs, Re-routing

Confidential 2009-2011
Confidential is a million dollar project to optimize the tax burden of the company and changing the stock ownership of any market to a company in Amsterdam.

• Leading the US IT team to implement Trade Co starting from Blueprint to Go Live.
• Working as Stream leads for AFS Migration and Local systems.
• Coordination with the Business work-streams for a smooth implementation
• 3 AFS system and multiple satellite systems which were impacted
• Co-ordination of the teams between 4 locations and managing the resources
• Project Charter, Budgeting, Risk Analysis, Scoping, Blueprinting, Build, Testing, and Implementation and post go-live support for this project.

GPS 2.0 2011
MM Team member for Migration

• GPS is another SAP AFS system for Confidential Sourcing and Confidential brand Sourcing was folded into this system from the old Confidential AFS system
• Migration of all POs in different stages from Confidential AFS to GPS system
• Development of Migration programs with ABAP, testing and coordinating cutover activities

Confidential Fold in 2009-2011
MM Consultant

• Integration of Confidential US and Rockport US business onto Confidential AFS Foundation model
• Rockport US footwear and apparel were operating on Confidential AFS.
• Full end to end SAP Implementation for AFS-MM, SD, FI, CO modules starting from Blueprint, Build, Realization and go-live, post go-live activities.
• Configuration of AFS systems for Rockport Brand which included Grids, Categories, PO pricing procedure, Stock Transport Orders and other supply chain components
• Interfaces development for PO, SO Confirmations, ASN, shipment and WHs with XI/Tibco
• Creation of new interfaces, and testing between AFS and Confidential Reporting systems for Rockport
• Migration of data from Confidential AFS system which also had Rockport data

Upgrade from 4.6C AFS 3.0 to ECC 6.0 AFS 6.0 2010-2011
MM Consultant

• This was a technical upgrade
• Impact Analysis of 2000+ notes for all MM functionalities
• We have around 200+ Z objects in MM which were analyzed, tested with the new upgraded systems
• Functional spec for the adjustments of the reports and interfaces for the upgrade including testing.

AR Integration Project 2009-2010
MM Consultant

• Integration of Confidential US and Confidential US business onto Confidential AFS model
• Confidential US footwear was operating on CAMP mainframe; Confidential US apparel was operating on Confidential AFS.
• Full end to end SAP Implementation for AFS-MM, SD, FI, CO modules starting from Blueprint, Build, Realization and go-live, post go-live activities.
• Configuration of AFS systems for Confidential Brand which included Grids, Categories, PO pricing procedure, Stock Transport Orders and other supply chain components
• Interfaces development for PO, SO Confirmations, ASN, shipment and WHs with XI/Tibco
• Creation of new interfaces, and testing between AFS and Confidential Reporting systems
• Migration of data from old Confidential AFS system and CAMP Mainframe

Interfaces with ILA, ILS and GCA 2009
MM Team Lead and MM Consultant

• As a second phase of the AR Foundation project all the Supply Chain global systems of Confidential e.g.: ILA, ILS, GCA were folded in for Reebok brand and Rockport Brand
• Development of Interfaces between SAP AFS and ILA, ILS, GCA for Material Master, Vendor Master, Purchase requisitions, Purchase Orders, Customer Master
• Functional spec writing, testing of all the interfaces and migration of data between AFS and these systems.
• US was the pilot and then it was folded to other countries

Confidential Project 2008-2009
MM Team Lead and MM Consultant

• Foundation project for moving the Confidential and Rockport Brand from Confidential AFS to the Confidential AFS system
• Material Master Interfaces development between two AFS systems.
• Four new Interfaces were developed with Tibco and two AFS systems- PO Outbound, SO Confirmation, Factory PO update and ASN Shipment
• Development of Functional Spec, Testing and implementation of these interfaces.
• US was the pilot and then it was folded to other countries

Confidential, CHICAGO Nov 2007 - Sep 2008
SAP IMPLEMENTATION/PRODUCTION SUPPORT

Armour-Eckrich was a former division of ConAgra Foods and is a leading Meat processing Industry with plants all over the U.S. This project marks the first implementation of IS-CWM in U.S and second in the world. My role in this project would be to understand the new solution and requirements and work as a part of implementation team and support the processes.

Responsibilities & Tasks Performed:

• As a part of new implementation at AE LLC (part of ConAgra Foods), rolled out new implementation to support their business with Catch Weight Management (2.0)
• SAP with CWM is the newest Industry Solution which would work for any product that varies in weight.
• Worked on various aspects of the system ranging from production planning for MTO & MTS scenarios, procurement, inventory and accounting.
• Worked on setting up custom routings and operations based on the dynamic production operations environment according to the planning strategy
• Setting up stock levels according to storage bin, managing the inventory in accordance with storage type and also configured storage type for different stocks.
• Worked on a complete STO cycle, made changes to the outbound delivery which eventually involved catch weight functionality that would notice changes in weight and would prompt the tolerance range upon entering different quantity than those to be delivered
• Configured the Release strategy for Purchase requisition based on the purchasing group which would deal with mostly Non stock items
• Worked on setting up various output types & condition records for various objects such as PO/Outbound delivery/shipments etc. Created custom goods movement for stocks that were to be handled according to the specified requirements & one's which were handled under variances/donations/Physical Inventory warehouse.
• Worked extensively with Business and End user groups, Production Support and resolving user query.

Confidential, NCFeb 2007- Oct 2007
SAP Functional Consultant(MM/IM/WM)

Confidential is a diversified company with annual revenues of $3.1 billion and is a global supplier of medical devices, surgical instruments, and disposable medical products. It has operations in 24 countries. This is basically an Implementation Project, combining 3 legacy systems (QAD, PRMS, and SAP 4.5b).

• Triggered inspections for customer returns and recurring inspections.
• Successfully participated in all development phases to implement SAP R/3 ECC 5.0.
• Involved in collecting and understanding the business requirements to develop various programs.
• Involved in gathering business Prepared Blue Print by Re-engineering the system to fill the GAP between the existing system.
• Setting up recipe's with correct operations and proper material assignments for incorrect recipe's identified in production.
• Creating and maintaining Production version combining BOM's, Recipe and Routing as per business needs.
• Involved in fixing interface related problems for outbound recipe Idoc's (LOIROU)
• Work involved in Analysis of the field mappings with legacy systems, Understanding the functional specifications, requirements and preparing the technical specifications as perFDAregulations.
• Involved in working with MES team to implement SAP to MES integeration and proposed various solutions related to the integeration process
• Developed extraction program to extract BOM data, Rebate agreements, Billing documents and Routings from another SAP system.
• Developed anIDOCinterface program which will create journal entries into FI and also gives the summary of the entries.
• Developed custom fields in the screens for additional data input in Bill back Agreements. It incorporated Table Controls, ALV Grid Controls and other screen elements.
• Developed several custom RF transactions for optimizing the business process.
• Developed aSmart formfor Storage Sheet which displays the quantity and the material details for a particular storage location.
• Developed a Batch Program for the Credit Card settlement which is usually scheduled to run every night.
• CreatedCustomTransactionsfor the above developed objects.
• All the above tasks are documented as perFDAregulations.

Environment:SAP R/3 ECC 5.0, SD/OTC, CCS, MM, IM, WM, QM, PP, ABAP/4.

Confidential is a leading Life Science and High Technology company. Our chemical and biochemical products and kits are used in scientific research in pharmaceutical, diagnostic and other high technology manufacturing.

Responsibilities:

• Gathered user requirements, attended meeting with users on business processes.
• Evaluated new SAP functionality and developed detailed functional specifications.
• WM/IM standard configuration during Realization phase based on Business Blue Print (BBP).
• End to end procurement process for-Stock & Consumables, Info Records, Source Lists, Quota Arrangements and Framework/Blanket orders.
• Configured additional purchase order document types required by business to place orders with vendors.
• Configuration of valuation/pricing elements including price control, account category reference for valuation class by Material Type.
• Vendor Master Configuration including creation of Account Groups and usage of Partner functions.
• Partner Schema determination and their assignment to document types and account groups.
• Adopted stock transfer techniques to assist in plant to plant stock transfers and cross company stock transfers using Stock Transport Order.
• Definition of Message types, Access sequences, Message Determination Schema for Output Control of Purchasing Documents.
• Design custom movement types for the interfaces with the IM and WM.
• Wrote functional specs for a number of custom reports to facilitate the users with the legacy system replacement including new barcode labels as per OE customer requirements.
• Configuration and documentation of stocks that are to be delivered to Quality Inspection in accordance with business requirements.
• Based on legacy system file used conversion/interface design transaction LT01 to move material from storage type 998 to the desired storage type making ensure that warehouse management inventory load file is in sync with inventory load file so that we do not generate differences between IM & WM
• Configuration of WM and IM movement types and linking IM movements types with WM movement types via reference movement types.
• Configured Warehouse Activity Monitor to supervise unconfirmed transfer orders,
• Set up interim storage areas to handle goods receipt and goods issue activities.
• Coordinated with ABAP team for enhancements and also created End User Training Documentation.

Confidential, Gaithersburg, MD April 2005-Jan 2006
SAP MM/WM/IM Functional Consultant.

SAP Version: 5.0

Confidential is one of the world's leaders Biopharmaceutical industry with more than 3000 employees, over 100 research projects and clinical products candidates.

Responsibilities:

• Successfully completed the implementation and data migration process for two sites (Frederick & Gaithersburg)
• Created and maintained vendor and material master
• Configured Materials Master including Material Types, definition of views and fields, required Number Ranges for Material types
• Used LSMW for the conversion and data loading in SAP from the legacy system
• Created functional specifications for various RICEF objects identified during the business blueprint stage
• Configuration of Message types, Access sequences, Message Determination Schema for Output Control of Purchasing Documents.
• Definition of Condition types, Access sequences, Calculation schema, Scheme groups and Schema Determination for Pricing in Purchase Orders
• Developed Functional specs for Interfacing SAP with other systems
• Configured additional release procedures required by business to place orders with vendors.
• Set up info records for consignments to meet certain core business requirements.
• Worked in enhancing the program for conversion of purchase requisitions into purchase orders based on rules defined by the business
• Created class, characteristics and assigned configuration profiles to materials
• Supported subcontracting and vendor consignment processes
• Conducted Unit testing, Integration testing, and User testing
• Worked on preparations for the Go-Live phase, including assisting with training end users
• Performed post production support.

Confidential, CA Oct 2004- Mar 2005
SAP MM Functional Consultant.

Environment: SAP R/3 4.6c

Responsibilities & Tasks:

• Implemented MM purchase-to-pay cycle configuration, 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, split valuation and involved in maintaining field status for material master records.
• SAP project experience includes development of Business process procedures, Business process flows, "As-Is" documentation, System blueprint, System test, User acceptance testing.
• Configure the vendor master data. Defined different business partners, account groups for different partners, screen layout, number ranges, and terms of payment, incoterms, shipping instructions, text types, purchasing groups, and partner determination.
• Configuration and customization requests-RFQ-quotations, purchase requisitions, purchase Order, outline agreements, release procedures, purchase information records, contract (value/contract), scheduling agreement, goods receipt and vendor evaluation.
• Configured the system to take care of inter company stock transfer with billing and handling of special stocks and special procurement types
• Configure message determination schema, account determination procedure and calculation schema.