SUMMARY
Total 29 years of professional experience in Manufacturing, Auto, Engineering, Fabrication, Electronic, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries. Over 6+ Years as Functional Consultant With Experience in Implementation and Post Implementation Support for SAP Production Planning (PP/PI), Materials Management (MM) with SD, FICO, Plant Maintenance (PM) and Quality Management (QM) Integration.

• Implemented 2 full-life cycles experienced in implementing Best Practices, Global Design Blueprint, Realization and Rollout on SAP projects, User Training , Gathering Business Requirements, GAP Analysis, Configuration, Data migration, Integration testing, Cut-off strategy, Go-live and Post go-live phase and production support.
• Proficient in MMand PP-Discrete Manufacturing, and Repetitive Manufacturing Environment
• Expertise in complete PP Life Cycle, SOP, Demand Management,MPS, MRP, Planned orders, Production Orders, Reporting and Confirmations.
• Worked in Master Data areas of Inventory Management, Purchasing and Master Data Objects (Material Master, Vendor Master).
• Worked on MTS (Make-to-Stock), MTO (Make-to-Order), Assemble to Order, Stock requirement/MRP Lists, MPS, Variant Configuration, and BOMs.
• Configured Repetitive Manufacturing applications such as Production Version, Product Cost Collectors and Back flush.
• Core strengths are Work Centre, Production Orders, MRP,SOP, Order Execution, Scheduling, Back flushing, Capacity/Demand Planning, Demand Management, Shop floor monitor Etc.
• Executed Shop Floor activities including Capacity Planning, Availability Check, Release of Orders, and Printing Shop-floor Papers, Goods issue, Goods movement, Order confirmations and Order settlement.
• Expertise in conducting Data collection / User training workshops, configuration, implementation and maintenance of PP, with working knowledge of MM / QM / PM / SD modules.
• Workedon Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW) to transfer data form Legacy system to R/3 System.
• Configuration experience in Master, MRP and Shop Floor Control.
• Good communication and analytical skills.
• Result-oriented team leader and team player
• Expertise in Implementation, Configuration and Production Support Of SAP-PP in SAP R/3 & SAP ECC 6.0.
• Strong Knowledge On Shop Floor Execution, Scheduling, Order Execution, Back Flushing. Strong On Developing Functional Specifications For Custom Reports Based On User Requirements.
• Professionally Qualified Industrial Engineer Having Degree In Mechanical Engineering, With Post Graduate Diploma In Business Management And Computer Management.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
ERP: SAP Production Planning (PP/PI), Materials Management (MM) with Sales and
Distribution (SD), FICO, Plant Maintenance (PM) and Quality Management (QM)
Integration on SAP ERP ECC 6.0
Technologies: Oracle –D2K, COBOL, BASIC, MS Access
Operating Systems: Windows 98 / NT / 2000 /XP / Vista
Desktop Tools: MS-Office Word, Excel, Power Point, MS Project and AutoCAD
Others: Industrial Engineer , Lean Manufacturing , Capacity Planning , Value Stream
Mapping (VSM) , Productivity Improvement , Operations Management , Process
Improvement , Cost-Benefit Analysis, Project Management, , 5-“ S”, Kaizen

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential,Bristol, PA 05/2011 – 01/2012
SAP PP Consultant

Role & Responsibility:

• Involved in the study of As Is business process and blueprinting to be processes with gap analysis and identifying custom development objects during implementation.
• Maintained and uploaded data migration using LSMW for complete PP Master data
• Worked with entire cycle of PP from Planning Procedures, Forecasting, SOP, MPS, Material Requirement Planning, Lot Size Methods, Planning and Shop floor control
• Configured PP Master Data – Bill of Material, Work Center, Rate Routing, Production Versions, Product Cost Collectors.
• Tracked Serial no for post warranty
• Expertise in batch Management
• Involved in implementing Engineering Change Management (ECM) for PP and QM Master Data
• Configured and customized SAP PP Repetitive Manufacturing functionalities and prepared documentation for the processes involved.
• Involved in Inventory upload using LSMW.
• Worked closely with technical and functional consultants of other modules to resolve cross – functional issues
• Provided Production support for critical issues
• Trained End users to execute their day to day transactions.
• Ensure all testing are successful and completed according to the testing methodology
• Expertise in the area of Production Planning and leverage this knowledge to design and develop client solutions.
• Responsible for assisting clients in implementation and support of SAP focusing on the PP component.
• Familiar with various integration points and interface options with SAP as it relates to PP & MM

Confidential,East Liberty, 08/2009 – 05/2011
SAP PP Consultant

Role & Responsibility:

• As the SAP PP Consultant, responsible for the roll-out implementation of the Production Planning and Manufacturing components of the SAP PP module.
• Maintained and uploaded data migration using LSMW for PP Master data
• Configured PP Master Data
• Analyzed the current system and business processes and create AS-IS documentation.
• Created TO-BE blueprints documentation which include new processes, process re-engineering, and streamlining based on SAP standard business practices
• Provided Production support for critical issues
• Ensure all testing are successful and completed according to the testing methodology
• Expertise in the area of Production Planning and leverage this knowledge to design and develop client solutions.

Confidential,Vadodara, India. 04/2007-06/2009
SAP PP-PI/ SAP MM Consultant

Role & Responsibility:

• As the SAP PP-PI Consultant, responsible for the roll-out implementation of the Production Planning and Manufacturing components of the SAP PP-PI module as well as the SAP MM modules
• Performed details AS-IS study by interacting with core team members and users.
• Performed SAP AS-IS and TO-BE business process modeling and mapping report.
• Identified Business processes and prepared a TO-BE list after interacting with team members Analyzed legacy system and performed GAP analysis.
• Maintained and uploaded data migration using LSMW for complete PP Master data
• Configured and designed Material, BOM, Configuration Profiles and Routing Excessively involved in configuring repetitive manufacturing functions such as REM profile, Production Version, Product Cost Collectors and Back Flushing.
• Hands on experience with Purchase Requisition, and Release Procedure for Purchasing Requisitions, Purchase Order, Goods Receipt and Invoice verification.
• Involved and coordinated unit and integrations testing and created test procedures.
• Involved in GO-LIVE and Production Support for smooth transition from implementation to production.
• Participated in 2 - full life cycle implementations in SAP PP-PI
• Configured PP Master Data – Bill of Material, Work Center, Routing, Production Versions, Product Cost Collectors to meet business requirement.
• Implemented Capacity Planning and capacity leveling for work centers.
• Worked extensively with the shop floor activities which included creating the orders, goods movements, operation confirmations and availability check
• Provide functional support for SAP PP-PI and SAP MM Module.
• Resolve Problem and help tickets originating in PP-PI Module.

Confidential,Gandhidham, India 03/2005 - 04/2007
SAP PP/ SAP MM Consultant

Role & Responsibility:

• As the SAP PP / MM consultant, responsible for the roll-out implementation of the Production Planning and Manufacturing components of the SAP PP module as well as the SAP MM, SAP SD & QM modules.
• Implemented Net Requirement Planning and Consumption Based Planning
• Configured PP module for discrete manufacturing and Repetitive manufacturing in make to stock scenario.
• Participated in 2 - full life cycle implementations in SAP PP
• Configured Shop Floor control with Order Type Dependent Parameters, Scheduling parameters, production scheduling profile, availability check
• Maintained and uploaded data migration using LSMW for complete PP Master data
• Defined detailed Planning process for Demand Management, Planned Independent Requirements, Single –Item Planning, Plant Level and Multi Plant MRP Run.
• Implemented Capacity Planning and capacity leveling
• Prepared detailed document on AS-IS and TO-BE analysis.
• Created Business Blue Print Document covering all processes
• Created Functional Specification for requirements
• Done GAP Analysis and provided customized solutions
• Configured PP Master Data – Bill of Material, Work Center, Routing, Rate Routing, Production Versions, Product Cost Collectors.
• Implemented Production Order Information System.
• Provided training on SAP PP Module
• Coordinated with business users and developers for timely delivery
• Conducted user training on system and business processes in SAP
• Provided Post Go Live Support
• Provided Production support for critical issues

Confidential,Vadodara, India 01/1982 - 3/2005
Sr. Manager - Information Technology (7 Years)
Chief Industrial Engineer - Industrial Engineering & Production Planning (16 Years)

Role & Responsibility:

• Develop, analyze, and assist with the implementation of plant productivity improvement actions, capacity actions, Ergonomic improvements, and Health & Safety improvements.
• Increasing first pass yields, reducing waste and improving turn-around time (reducing cycle time)
• Develop process flow and VSM analyses to capture current operations and identify process improvements
• Perform Time Studies, Labor Performance Analysis, Capacity Analysis and Line Balancing and ascertaining manpower requirement.
• Facilitate cross-functional teams to develop root cause determination using Man, Method, Machine, and Material analysis
• Support logistics for reducing costs, improving quality, and improving customer satisfaction
• Implementation & promotion the lean manufacturing operation, 5 S’s discipline, Poke Yokes design, KAIZEN, TPM, Quick change over (SMED), value stream mapping (VSM), line balancing (LOB) and other initiatives for continuous improvements.
• Utilizing a wide range of Industrial Engineering, Lean, and Six Sigma tools and techniques to make process improvements
• Design, Develop and implemented MRP, Payroll, PIS on Wipro systems

EDUCATION

SAP Training
BS in Mechanical Engineering
Diploma in Business Management
Diploma in Computer Management