SUMMARY:

• Over 19 YEARS of consulting experience in SAP Warehouse Management including Inventory management (IM), Extended Warehouse Management, RF Console, Work Management, Materials Management and Bar Codes.
• Involved in 8+ FULL LIFE CYCLE SAP Implementations which includes Go - Live support.
• Functional lead in creating Pharmaceutical vertical in IM/WM for Confidential
• It’s a Software Package intended for implementing SAP in 3 to 4 months for Small cap to Mid cap Pharma industry.
• Experience in MM and WM with good knowledge of RF Console and Cross Functional modules such as good understanding in integration with SD, PP and FI/CO and knowledge in QM.
• SAP SCM EWM professional experience including implementation, customization, development, integration, testing and application support of SAP R/3, ECC 6.0, SCM EWM 7.0, and SD Integration.
• Proficient in adapting business requirements and mapping to SAP processes.
• 8 years of IT experience in industry including SAP MM/WM.
• Strong experience in MM/WM Business Analysis, SAP Configuration, Testing, Documentation, Implementation and User .
• Has very good Experience on ABAP Reports, IDOCs, ALE, Transactions, BDC’s, Master Data Extractions, Migration & cleansing, Function Modules, Smart forms, BAPI and LSMW.
• Expertise working with various Zebra and Intermec label printers to print bar-coded labels.
• Strong ability to establish and maintain a strong business relationship with Business Units.
• Excellent team player with exceptional communication, problem solving, leadership and people skills.

SAP APPLICATION EXPERIENCE:

• WM Module Configuration- Warehouse structure in WM system, Basic stock management, sort variables, automatic creation of storage bins, warehouse request (WR), warehouse task (WT), warehouse order(WO), waves, sorting rules, creation rules, cross docking, serial number, profile, immediate and automatic creation of Transfer order (TO), Warehouse Movements, Special movement indicators, storage location control, Putaway and Picking Strategies, Inbound and Outbound deliveries, Capacity check, Two-Step picking, Negative stocks and Zero stock check, Batch determination and working with Classification, Collective processing of Outbound deliveries, Posting Changes, Stock Transfers, Cross-Docking and Storage Unit Management.
• MM Module Configuration- Master data, PR, PO, P2P, Pricing Procedures, Agreements, Services, Info records, Release Procedures, Inventory Management, GR, GI, Movement Types, Reservation, Transfer Posting, Stock Transfer, Invoice Verification, Account Determination, Valuation, Split Valuation, Physical Inventory process and CBP.
• MM/Purchasing- Optimization of purchasing cycle, account assignment, Manufacturer part number functionality, subcontracting, third-party, consignment; External Procurement- Stock transports, requisitions, outline agreements, scheduling agreements, RFQ, quota arrangements, source lists, info records, release strategies, vendor evaluation and master records.
• QM Module - Master data Quality Planning-Basic data like Catalogs(Creation of code groups, selected sets), Inspection Characteristics(Quantitative, Qualitative), Sampling Procedures, Inspection Types, Inspection planning, Quality Info-records, Quality Inspection, Inspection lots, Result records, and Recurring Inspection.
• SD Module - Master data-Defined Enterprise structure Sales Organization, Distribution Channels, Sales office, Sales Groups and assigned to Co. Code and Sales Organization set up Sales Area, Defined Common Distribution Channels, Common Divisions and Business Partners.
• Configured the interface between inventory management (IM) and warehouse management (WM).
• Customizing the Production Integration (PP) describe the replenishment strategy for WM staging and Set up master data and customizing for processing WM staging.
• Configured the interface between SD shipping, transportation and warehouse management.
• Handling unit management (HU): Number ranges, Packaging material types, Material groups and allowed packaging materials, outbound deliveries, Goods movement for HU stock posting, Delivery type determination, Packing control by item category and Delivery output determination.
• Experience in developing functional specs for the RF devices used in the warehouses.
• Experience in configuring the SAP Console and mobile data applications..

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Applications: SAP/R3

RDBMS: Oracle 7.2, Developer 2000, Forms 4.5, and Reports 2.5

Operating Systems: MS-DOS, UNIX, Windows 3.1, and Windows 95

Languages: ABAP/4, PL/SQL, SQL, C, PASCAL

Packages: MS Office, Visio 32

PROFESSIONAL SAP EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Collegeville, PA

SAP Distribution/Logistics lead

Responsibilities:

• Working with SAP solutions team for distribution, third party provider integration, middleware team and perform design and detailed testing of required solutions. Writing test cases, setting up test data and performing test cases around SAP WM and interfaces for serialized EPCIS and DSCSA requirements.
• Implementing ARM- Advanced returns Management
• Working with LSP ( Logistics Service providers) 3PL Integration and interfaces. working with Idocs MATMAS, DELVRY07, Material Master, WMMBXY,
• SHPCON, ZIBDADV.
• Troubleshoot and research issues as reported by clients.
• Provide necessary application expertise toward problem resolution and recommend system changes when needed.
• Design and develop changes focused on specific problems within existing system design.
• Maintain validation documentation as required by the project with emphasis on GMP requirements.
• Provides sophisticated technical leadership for complex multi-technology, cross-functional projects.
• Working extensively on HPQC /ALM (Application Life cycle management) creating /testing test scripts, creating /closing defects.

Confidential

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Presently implementing PM project for tooling across the company in different countries. The details are below.
• Have designed and developed 16 Warehouses across the country. Configured IM/WM and Lead 7 member team in the process.
• Also have specialized in DIMP 4.70 (discrete industries/Mill products) SAP version exclusive for the DEFENCE industry.
• Have configured Active batch management /Serialization in SAP.
• Have developed and designed SAP console on RF GUNS. Also developed nonstandard transactions to suit the business.
• Presently implementing VENDOR Consignment warehouses for all the Sikorsky vendors under 3PL (third party Logistics) system.
• Implemented and supported the Move of physical warehouses to 3PL- Third party logistics. All the material movements will be managed by the 3rd party.
• Have extensively wrote Functional designs for the new Transactions/User exits as required by the business.
• Handled special procurement processes in third party orders, consignment POs, and stock transport orders (STO), scheduling agreements and blanket purchase orders.
• Worked with inbound/outbound delivery in WM so that put away/picking are completed before the goods receipt/goods issue posting in IM.
• Implemented complete WM module for different Putaway and Picking strategies, movement types and interfaced it with MM and SD modules.
• Involved in the design and development of many custom transactions for the SAP WM implementation in this company. Involved in the development of many custom RF transactions.
• Designed and developed warehouse labels with barcodes using Barone and SAP Script for all the SAP WM implementations in this company. Designed labels for various Zebra printers.
• Experienced with Interpreting IDOC Contents and Monitoring IDOCs.
• Provided functional WM analysis and configuration support for implementation of the SAP WM in 3 warehouses from design through go-live.
• Involved in requirements gathering, conducted ‘AS-IS’, ‘TO-BE’ analysis and interacted with business users to transfer business requirements to functional requirements.
• Implemented WM module using ASAP methodology.
• Configured warehouse management settings with various storage types, sections, storage bins.
• Configured the system to optimize the material flow using picking and put away strategies.
• Developed the interface between MM/IM and WM by creating the movement types in WM and assigned them to movement types in IM.
• Configured control parameters for Transfer Requirement/ Transfer Orders.
• Activated storage type search strategy and storage section search strategy.
• Maintained warehouse workload, unit of measure load category for planning and monitoring warehouse.
• Implemented/Configured RF queues, assigning users to different RF queues, mobile data entry screens, activated RF monitor.
• Developed interfaces for RF devices via SAP console to integrate RF devices into SAP and WM module.
• Defined roles for users and conducted testing for role authorizations.
• Identified the needs and trained the core users. I was also involved in the preparation of documents, user manuals, and knowledge transfer to end-users.
• Defined serial number profile, defined serialization attributes for movement types.
• Maintained equipment category, defined number ranges and maintained settings at plant level.
• Set maintenance plan categories, maintenance plan number ranges.
• Defined follow up procedure and maintained catalogs for usage decision.
• Defined QM inspection points and number range objects.
• Configured Measuring Point categories, Maintenance Plans, Calibration Order type, Number ranges and Field selections for Measuring Point and Measurement Documents
• Configured Equipment Calibration orders that were linked to inspection lot generation, results recording and usage decisions with automatic update of equipment status and measuring documents.
• Coordinated with data migration team to Clean up, validate and Upload PM data.
• Provided functional specifications to develop custom reports in PM
• Created handouts and documents for the users in MM/PM modules.
• Configured Release Strategy with classification for purchase orders.
• Configured Inter stock transport order between different Fenwal plants.
• Defined technical object ABC indicator, technical Object types and Object Info keys.
• Developed test scenarios and Performed unit and integration testing
• Testing and documenting the reports and the users to make them understand the functionality of the reports.
• Helped lay out GTS Sales process /Logistics receiving flow and order fulfillment processes, Stock transport order Process flow, and Returns flow of Logistics execution system of warehouse managed Plants.
• Handled support issues on Logistics execution system of warehouse managed Plants on daily basis.
• E Provided Key user for all the new developments that are being carried out.
• Customized put away and picking strategies, Shelf Life Expiration Date (SLED), etc for a complex warehouse structure.
• Go-Live and Post Live Support and helped end users in understanding the process.
• Prepared documentation for end user. Also imparted SAP RF to the users.

Confidential, Best Foods, NJ

Project leader

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included project planning, and designed the functional specifications for new developments, coordinated testing and over all delivery of the project.
• Configured the WM Module for 2 plants located at Chicago.
• Also Configuring the SAP Console to meet the User requirements in the warehouse.
• Presently developing functional Specifications for the RF Screen designs as needed for the user Community.
• Developing RF Screen such as ‘GR for PO’/PO Inquiry/Print labels/Transfer order Confirmation/Print TO/Picking for Deliveries/Physical Inventory/transfer postings
• Responsible for testing through Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 Testing Including RF Console transactions. the super users in the new functionality’s s well WM/MM/RF scenarios and Transactions.

Confidential, NJ

Project Manger

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included resource management, project planning, and designed the functional specifications for new developments, coordinated testing and over all delivery of the project.
• Responsibilities also include testing the WM/MM upgrade testing and acting as overall functional coordinator for all major FI/PP/SD/MM/WM Modules.
• Tested and configured the system to meet the necessary corrections from the functional perspective.
• Trained super users in the new functionality’s provided in 46C compared to 31H version. Trained them in WM/MM/RF scenarios and Transactions.
• The Upgrade was successfully completed with minimum functional changes.

Confidential, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Assessment/blue printing was followed by configuration and design, testing and go-live.
• As a team lead for Materials Management and Warehouse Management business processes implementation, was responsible for configuration and design of Purchasing, Inventory Management, Batch Management, Classification and Warehouse Management
• Involved in validation of SAP R/3 in a FDA regulated environment and CFR PART 11 electronic records/ electronic signatures.
• Responsible for requirement specifications, development methodology, testing, change/control management, documentation, electronic records, quality assurance and auditing, operation procedures, security is some of the FDA/GMP regulations.
• Developed unit testing test scripts, Integration test scripts and also participated in testing the business scenarios as part of documentation /CFR part 11 standards.
• Implemented Tecklogix console (Similar to SAP console) for the RF interface to WM transactions on the floor in Shipping/receiving /Physical Inventory modules.
• Presently testing the Validation of security (User authorizations) profiles across all mojor modules including MM/WM/PP/QM/SD.

Confidential, NJ

Sr. SAP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included resource management, project planning, and designed the functional specifications for new developments, coordinated testing and over all delivery of the project.
• Designed and configured the Warehouse Management module for three warehouses and presently working on interfacing WM to RF (Radio Frequency) with SAP Console.
• Completed assessment study using ASAP accelerated scoping method for business processes in Warehouse Management, Material Master Management and Batch Management and its integration with production planning and Sales and Distribution.
• Designed and developed users exits in inventory management and warehouse management, to support the client required processes that are not supported by standard SAP.
• Implemented WM /PP interface for material staging to production.
• Trained super users in IM/WM/RF transactions.
• Developed Unit test scripts and integration testing scripts for all inventory, warehouse and transactions integrated with SD, PP and FI based on business needs.
• Implemented SAP console presently.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed global blue print for small markets, which needed SAP implementation.
• Involved in requirements gathering, conducted ‘AS-IS’, ‘TO-BE’ analysis and interacted with business users to transfer business requirements to functional requirements.
• Identified the needs and trained the core users. I was also involved in the preparation of documents, user manuals, and knowledge transfer to end-users.

Confidential, Hopewell, VA

Senior Logistic consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities on the project included design, configuration, and preparation of functional specifications, of inventory management / purchasing / four warehouses for the manufacturing plants and 21 distribution centers.
• Configured organization structure relevant for Purchasing, Inventory Management and Warehouse Management by defining purchasing organization, plants, storage locations and warehouses.
• Configured four Manufacturing warehouses and 21 Distribution warehouses across USA.
• The functionality of pallet tracking was developed using WM storage unit numbers and shipping units for inter company/Inter plant warehouse shipments.
• Designed the user exit for stock removals in the warehouse. The user exit for stock removals was developed to achieve specific business requirements
• Used message types WMTORD, WMCATO, WMTOCO, WMSUMO, WMMBXY, WMINVE, to integrate with RF.
• Defined WM Interfaces to Production Planning, Sales and Distribution, Inventory Management, External systems.
• IM/WM interface was configured.
• Developed unit testing scripts and integration testing scripts for all inventory warehouse and transactions integrated with SD, PP and FI based on business needs.
• Trained Super users in IM/WM/RF transactions.

Confidential, NJ

Logistics consultant

Responsibilities:

• Confidential was developing a Pharmaceutical vertical solution for the industry in SAP 4.6C
• Pharma template has six warehouses for the designed organizational structure.
• Completed design and implementation for the all warehouses.
• Studied existing Warehouse processes from experience and suggesting process redesigns to fill the gap between SAP and Client requirements.
• Warehouse Management module was interfaced with Quality module/Production Planning/Sales Distribution/Inventory management.
• Developed user exits for all warehouses as required by the industry.
• Also worked in the Transportation and Planning Module.
• Execution of this project involved full compliance with FDA Regulations and GMP regulations.

Confidential

Senior Warehouse Management consultant

Responsibilities:

• Assessment study was conducted for Paddock Labs for SAP R/3 ASAP (Accelerated SAP) implementation using Confidential ASP Plus solution. Confidential is an application service provider (ASP) hosting whole life cycle ERP application for Paddock Labs.
• This included SAP R/3 implementation using ASAP implementation methodology and pre-configured SAP pharma solution plus custom requirements of Paddock Labs long term after implementation support, hardware requirements, data center requirements and maintenance of SAP R/3 ERP application through out its life.
• The assessment study was done using ASAP accelerated scoping method.
• Responsible for assessment of business processes in Procurement, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management, Material Master Management, and Batch Management.
• Also part of the team for assessment of business processes in Production Planning, Quality Management and Invoice verification. The outcome (deliverable) of the assessment study was ‘Business Process Blueprint’, ‘Business Process Master List’ and project scope document.
• Assessment / Blue Printing was followed by configuration and design, testing and Go-live.
• As a team lead for Materials Management and Warehouse Management business processes implementation
• Overall responsibility of configuration and design of Purchasing, Inventory Management, Batch Management, Classification and Warehouse Management.
• Configured organization structure relevant for Purchasing, Inventory Management and Warehouse Management by defining purchasing organization, plants, storage locations and warehouse.
• Configured new movement types as per client’s requirements.
• Configured IM-FI interface for automatic account postings. Some new account posting sub processes are created.
• Configured the warehouse system by identifying storage types, sections, storage bins, storage units, special movement indicators, search strategies and creation of movement types. Defined Control parameters for handling all movement types, automatic transfer order creation, posting changes, physical inventory.
• Designed the User exit for stock removals in the warehouse. The user-exit for stock removals was developed to achieve specific business requirements based on first in first out, picking quantity, material /batch status, and shelf life expiration date to pick batches as per FDA regulations. This custom developed removal strategy (User-Exit) was the combination of First in First Out and Large Small Quantity and Shelf Life Expiration Date removal strategies provided in standard SAP.
• Developed unit testing scripts and Integration testing scripts for all purchasing, inventory management, Warehouse Management and transactions integrated with SD and FI based on business needs.
• Trained Super users in IM, purchasing and warehouse transactions.
• Execution of this project involved full compliance with FDA Regulations and GMP

Confidential, NJ

Senior MM/WM consultant

Responsibilities:

• Direct responsibility on the project was design and configuration of inventory management at all seven sites and Warehouse Management integrated with RF for four warehouses for three manufacturing plants and two distribution centers.
• Involved in the design and configuration of integration of IM/WM with SD, PP and FI, batch management and classification.
• Completed the design and configuration of Warehouse Management module for four warehouses including interface of WM to RF (Radio Frequency) External systems.
• Actively involved in configuration of Inventory Management, Batch Management, Classification, ECM, and ALE.
• Studied existing Warehouse processes and suggested process redesigns to fill the gap between SAP and Client requirements.
• This is a Accelerated SAP Project
• Completed scoping, planning, design and testing of 4 Warehouses for 10 plants including RF Integration (ALE).
• Execution of this project involved full compliance with FDA Regulations and GMP regulations.
• Configured the warehouse system by specifying storage types, sections, storage bins, storage units, special movement indicators, search strategies and creation of movement types.
• Defined control parameters for handling all Transfer types, Movement types, automatic Transfer order creation, posting differences, Physical inventory.
• Defined background jobs to create Automatic TR’s and TO’s at regular intervals to Replenish case Pick lines in Distribution centers and Production supply areas in manufacturing Plants.
• Coordinated with Technical team to write User exits for Stock removals including extending the existing IDoc’s of SAP to meet the external system (RF) requirements.
• The user-exit for stock removals was developed to achieve specific business requirements based on picking quantity, material /batch status, and shelf life expiration date.
• This custom developed removal strategy (User-Exit) was the combination of large / small quantity and shelf life expiration date removal strategies provided in standard SAP.
• Used message types WMTORD, WMCATO, WMTOCO, WMSUMO, WMMBXY, WMINVE, MATMAS, SDPICK and SDPACK to integrate with RF system by configuring interface control table in WM. Also configured Logical systems, Partner profiles, RF destinations, Message types, and functional modules.
• Extended WMMBXY for inter-plant goods receipts to accommodate Storage Unit Tracking between plants.
• Defined WM Interfaces to Production Planning, Sales and Distribution, Inventory Management, External systems.
• Created new movement types in Inventory Management for one step plant-to-plant stock transfer of Quality and Block stock. This involved in creation of new Quantity strings and Quantity Segments.
• Developed Unit Testing scripts and Integration testing scripts for all Warehouse and integrated transactions based on business needs.
• Trained Super users in WM/RF relevant transactions.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configured the Warehouse structure to meet client requirements.
• Configuration involved customizing the SAP system by identifying the business process and transactions required for each process.
• Defined storage types, created various stock placement, stock removal search strategies and hazardous material master data.
• Defined control parameters in transfers for handling all transfer types, movement types, automatic transfer order creation, posted differences into dynamic storage bins based on transfer orders and for clearing differences.
• Configured cycle counting inventory procedures for entire warehouse storage materials by setting up CC indicators for all materials.
• Defined WM interfaces with PP, SD, IM.
• Tested all transactions and postings such as goods receipt, goods issue and stock transfers including posting changes.
• Trained super users in using all relevant WM transactions.
• Member of the team involved in the development of an industry solution in SAP for multi-level marketing companies in the US. The modules involved were PP, MM, and WM.
• Basic components such as inventory management, MRP, purchasing, Warehouse Management and integration with PP, FI and SD were configured.