PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Senior SAP Functional Consultant with around 13 years of experience which include implementation of SAP Materials Management (MM), Sales and distribution (SD), Inventory Management (IM),Warehouse Management (WM) and Production planning (PP).
• SAP implementation and customization experience in Oil & Gas(Energy), Apparel footwear (AFS), Electronics (High - tech) industries and Tobacco industry.
• Strong communication skills in user interaction, preparing presentation, suggesting alternative solutions, SAP best practice solution.
• Well versed with project life cycle activities like GAP analysis, requirements analysis, creation of functional and technical specifications, unit test, user test, integration test, production rollout, support etc.
• Excellent knowledge of cross-functional modules PM, FICO, PP, SD & WM.
• In depth knowledge of procurement and inventory management.
• Excellent experience in configuration of Material Master, Vendor Master, Direct and Indirect Purchasing, Purchase Requisition, Release procedures, Purchasing STO with & without SD delivery and billing, Output Determination, Messages, Reports.
• Inventory Management, Valuation and Account Determination, Logistics Invoice Verification, Credit Memos, Account Payables (AP), Inventory Management (Goods Movement, Physical Inventory, Stock Movement, Valuation).
• Working Knowledge of S/4 HANA and Next gen, PKMS and other tool experience.
• Worked extensively on Unit, Regression, Performance testing & Integration Testing, Go-live Preparation, data conversions, interface developments, Post go-live support, End User Training
• Working knowledge of Master data Management (MDM).
• Working knowledge in sap script BAPIs, IDOCs, ALE, BDCs and workflow.
• Well versed in SAP tools like WINSHUTTLE, LSMW and BDC Programs to speedup data migration and startup process.
• Working knowledge of ABAP to debug and to understand SAP code.
• Knowledge of IFS (Industrial Finance System) in QM Module.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SAP ERP: SAP ECC 6.5, 6.0, 5.0 SAP R/3 (4.7, 5.0, 4.6C, 4.5B) configuration.

Operating Systems: Applications Windows 2000, Windows NT, Access, Power Point, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Access, Lotus Notes.

Industry Sectors: Oil & Gas, Apparel Footwear (AFS), Electronics, Aeronautics, Green Industry.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Virginia Beach, VA

SAP MM WM (Implementation)

Responsibilities:

• Involved in requirements gathering and prepared Business process documents, Realization, Training, Testing and during Go-live phases of the project.
• Configured RF menus in all the warehouses for using RF Programs and usage of RF monitor for monitoring all the Queues.
• Configured new Warehouses, Defined storage types, Picking areas and Storage bin Nomenclature as per Business.
• Setting up Automatic TO for replenishing fixed bins as a back ground job which Runs in regular intervals.
• Uploading all master data like Material master, PIR, Condition records through LSMW as part of cutover activities. configured Dynamic Cycle counting for all the storage types as a part Of physical inventory process
• Configured 1 step pick pack process.
• Created new enhancement for 1 step pick pack shipments.
• Created number ranges for Transfer order, Transfer requirement and post change notice.
• Coordinated with Basis for activating service which connects between the RF devices and SAP server.
• SAP Optimize mobile applications in WM using RF.
• Created custom program ZSTOCK to show bin level, serial number, batch level, stock overview and stock requirement detail report.
• Configuration of STO process set up for intercompany process Indy and other plants.
• Developed specs for multiple RICEF objects-Reports, enhancements to transactions (ZDONGR), and enhanced standard SAP Reports.
• Performed user training at multiple levels power users, mid management & end users. Presentation given to business about enhancement we did. Addressed issues in UAT test.
• Provided post Go-live support. Handled multiple help desk tickets by prioritizing the issues and providing swift solutions.

Confidential, Timberlake, NC

SAP MM PP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Supported hyper care activity after SAP Implementation by Deloitte.
• Handled all tickets during hyper care support being an onsite coordinator.
• Gathered and analyzed the requirement to replicate the ECC content in HANA.
• Handling complex business scenarios and providing SAP solutions in stemmery and green storage at Confidential .
• Configured product hierarchy. Created new storage location for return from customer.
• Excellent knowledge in working with SAP tools and developing custom tools: BAPI, LSMW, EDI, queries, authorizations and custom tools such as the data migration tools.
• Handled scale house app issues where it measure moisture and weight and prints labels.
• Experience with all HU's issues which prints in bale labels.
• Good knowledge in working with EWM on put away once goods received from market center.
• Worked closely with ABAP team for RICEF needs, debugged the programs to understand errors, ABAP dumps.
• Define and manage complex warehousing structures.
• Picking and shipping goods for sales orders. Implementation of a variety of putaway and picking strategies including self-designed strategies.
• Good knowledge on design specifications for all of SAP related activities including: reporting, transactional programming, interfaces, Remote Function Calls (RFCs), Business Application Program Interface (BAPIs) and User Exits.
• Work with the Business Owners / Users or other Functional Team members or IT Team members to analyze, design, configure, test, and implement, SAP solutions to meet business requirements.
• Maintained and worked on inventory management with physical inventory.
• Working knowledge on RF (Radio frequency) on automatic creation of STO, Delivery, PGI and shipments.
• Configured all material master related data like Product hierarchy, commodity code, and season codes.

Confidential, Winston Salem, NC

SAP AFS MM SD WM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Monitored and resolved the tickets as raised on the request with the level of the priority of the ticket pertaining to SAP MM, SD and WM within SLA.
• Worked with business users and clients to gather and document business requirements for system changes and to develop solutions to satisfy business needs.
• Interaction with key users on their issues and physical inventory process.
• Coordinate and oversees activities of project team or less experienced team throughout the project
• Extensively worked on STO and PKMS process and Sales order and PKMS process.
• Configured product hierarchy as per the requirement and other AFS related configurations.
• Develop detailed plans, diagrams and documentation, and implements company-wide projects, communicating with and coordinating among end users and IT staff.
• Monitoring all IDOC types such as J3AMAT, J3AGRI, WMMBXY,ORDERS, SHPADV, DESADV, SHPCON, ORDRSP, WHSCON on a daily basis and resolve and post any failed IDOCS.
• Worked on all stock transfer scenarios. Special stock, subcontracting scenarios; Serial number management; Consumption based planning & Batch Management; Valuation and Account Assignment; Split valuation; Message determination and Invoice verification.
• Worked on Consignment, Sub-contracting PO and STO Processes (Intra-Company, Inter-Company).
• Configured all material master related data like Product hierarchy, commodity code, season codes.
• Worked closely with PKMS and KERP to drop deliveries for pick and pack quantities.
• Worked with all inventory related issues and cycle count process for every 6 months.
• Handled Handling unit issues in deliveries while Post goods issue of IDOCS.
• On call support for handling all types of background jobs in SAP for almost 4 years.
• Knowledge on XML files retrieve from payload in XI or PI.
• Worked on end to end sales process from order to shipment creation and handled all ASN related issues.
• Well versed with all kinds of customization and configuration.
• Experience and knowledge of integration points of SAP Logistics modules across other SAP modules.
• Expertise in creating movement types and assigned to different GL account.
• Executing reports in SAP to compare and adjust inventory.
• Process review, testing and documentation as per the client process in SAP.

Confidential

Sr. SAP AFS MM SD Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Independently configured and customized SAP ECC 6.5 for MM module.
• Resolved the Tickets raised by the user as per the priority of the tickets within SLA.
• Involved in business meetings and actively participated in making decisions of configuration settings.
• Batch job scheduling through ESP (Execution scheduling processor) monitoring batch job and provide the root cause for failed jobs.
• Knowledge on ChaRM process (Change Request Management) i.e. Creation & adding of transport request, moving the transport, changing the status of the transport request.
• Maintained and worked on inventory management with physical inventory process.
• Worked on Consignment, Sub-contracting PO and STO Processes (Intra-Company,Inter-Company).
• Configuration of seasons, Collection, Themes and delivery programs.
• Configuration of new size, color code and product hierarchy for the respective brands.
• Mass changes related with master data as well as transaction data using MASS and BDC.
• Technical: ALE/IDOCs/EDI/Workflows/ABA & processing of error IDOC (Inbound and Outbound) which including maintenance of port and partner profiles, IDOC search in data base and archive and display unprocessed IDOC files.
• Worked and monitored incoming IDOCS on many third party tools like MDM, DOM, GTM, GT Nexus.
• Provide the root cause analysis for failed IDOCS.
• Worked on all stock transfer scenarios. Special stock, subcontracting scenarios; Serial number management; Consumption based planning & Batch Management; Valuation and Account Assignment; Split valuation; Message determination and Invoice verification.
• Monitor the IDOC which come from third party system on a daily basis and work on it if it fails in SAP.
• Daily monitoring the different message type Idoc and changing the status of Idocs from 51 to 68.
• Mass creation and changes of purchase requisition, Purchase order and Material master from WINSHUTTLE.
• Creation and changes in release strategies of PO & PR.
• Provide functional support for master data governance, and master data troubleshooting; Need to understand the touch points for logistics execution with site master, customer, and vendor master data.
• Configured customer master and partner determination. Added customized partners in the customer master record.
• Data migration experience moving data in and out of SAP.
• Made changes to the output Forms of PO and SA per changing business needs.
• Documented the functional requirements for any ABAP or LSMW development that is required and worked with the developers to test the conversion programs.
• Worked with SAP issues and enhancement support and user exists.
• Experienced in working with PKMS, KERP and MDM.
• Worked on creation of new reports and enhancements to the existing reports.
• Configured Advanced Picking and put away strategies for the inbound and outbound goods flow into the Storage types and Bins.
• Solely responsible for setting up the entire configuration for service notifications, service orders, sales orders, Resource Related Billing.
• Configurations documentation preparation and presentation .
• Defined the storage conditions for picking determination of storage locations in deliveries.
• Configured new Output types for shipment and delivery documents for generating pick list, and Bill of lading forms.
• Worked on creation of new reports and enhancements as per user requirements.
• Worked with team lead in configuring service related Revenue Recognition.
• Worked closely with ABAP team for RICEF needs, debugged the programs to understand errors, ABAP dumps.

Confidential

SAP MM PP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• I was required to ensure the solution for the Issues raised were resolved within the SLA timelines.
• Worked with XI team to investigate idoc status in integration layer and interface.
• Understanding and experience in reviewing transactions coming thru EDI in SAP (PO, GR and Invoice).
• Monitored and resolved the tickets as raised on the request with the level of the priority of the ticket.
• Analyzing the errors, searching for causes of errors, provided corrective solutions and suggested for preventive actions to avoid recurrence.
• Configured new manual condition type for pre pack materials.
• Defining New release indicators and release strategies in existing process for purchase requisition.
• Missing batch creation for converted purchase orders.
• RFQ, Contract, Schedule Arrangements, Inbound Deliveries, GR, GI, reservation and transfer orders.
• Maintained and worked on inventory management with physical inventory.
• Was involved in the updating of PO's from the legacy system the new PO's in the SAP systems.
• Experience configuring Materials Management processes/objects: requisitions, release strategies, material purchase orders, service purchase orders, outline agreements, source lists, service entry sheets, material masters, vendors, MRP, goods receipts, goods issues, physical inventories, material valuation.
• Tracking RICEF objects for the MM modules and gathering any changes or new developments with respect to it.
• Expertise in complete purchasing life cycle, demand management, MPS, MRP, planned orders process/production orders.
• Mass creation & change of Info record through BDC program.
• Expertise in subcontracting, consignment, STO and third party scenario.
• Missing batch creation for converted purchase orders.
• Expertise in setting up PP master data, MRP, BOMs, routings, work centers/ resources, planned order management, planning and optimization.
• Configuration of PP-MRP processes, production orders, process orders, repetitive manufacturing, classification, batch management, capacity planning, demand management.
• Converted planned orders into production orders & constantly reviewed MRP/Stock requirement list to ensure proper working of all the functionalities.
• Idoc monitoring and find out the root cause for failed idocs for different message types on a daily basis.

Confidential

SAP MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Client to resolve tickets pertaining to diversified areas related SAP Logistic modules.
• Gave expert guidance to the team in the maintenance and troubleshooting of SAP Master Data for Materials, Vendors, Services, MRP data, Production order, back flushing issue & interface failure on IDocs.
• Worked with XI team to investigate IDocs status in integration layer and interface.
• Created test scenarios in (EDI) interfacing systems like Next Gen and CTS (core scheduling tool) to creation of PO idocs and GR Idocs..
• Worked on CR’s (Change request) Incidents and ATO’s.
• Worked with technical consultants during development of reports.
• Responsible for setup of Warehouses Management organization structure includes creation of warehouse, shipping points and defining storage sections, storage types, storage unit types, storage bins.
• Interface from Unix to SAP in MM, IM and WM transactions
• Worked in enhancements related to plant configuration, for around 101 plants. Delivered the results in very short term of time, without any error.
• Coordinated with technical team during preparation of functional design document for many reports. Worked with technical team to resolve any issues for monitored object delivery to meet the project schedule.
• Replication of failed IDocs using WE19 transaction code to find the root cause.
• Monitored, reprocessed & manual postings of IDOC’s and setup including partner profiles, process codes and port definition.
• Technical: ALE/IDOCs/EDI/Workflows/ABA & processing of error Idocs (Inbound and Outbound)

Confidential

SAP MM PP Associate consultant

Responsibilities:

• Working with Client to resolve production issues in diversified areas in AFS/MM/PP.
• Defined and assigned master grids for AFS materials.
• Defined category structures and coverage strategy.
• Defined product hierarchy, divisions (Brands like LE&WR)
• Configured AFS seasons, themes and collections.
• Defined new condition types for purchasing price determination Procedures.
• Configuration of automatic PO creation.
• Configured and involved in AFS business processes such as sales order processing, finished goods cross company.
• 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 check.
• Responsible for creation and configuration of Material Master data, BOM's, production order type dependant parameters.
• Defined and configured release procedures for external and internal purchasing documents.
• Worked extensively in RICEF objects in Z reports, interfaces and Z forms.
• Configuration of Warehouse Activity Monitor to supervise unconfirmed transfer orders, open transfer requests, deliveries, interim storage stock and negative stocks.
• Setting up BOM during sub-contracting cycle process.
• Configuration of WM and IM movement types and linking IM movements types with WM movement types via reference movement types.
• Configured various Stock Placement and Removal strategies like Fixed Bin, Open Storage, Bulk Storage and next empty bin, FIFO and LIFO strategies.
• Defined various Storage types, Storage sections and Storage bins and configured various Stock placement and removal Strategies.
• Configured control parameters for Warehouse Number and Storage types.

Confidential

SAP MM/IM Associate consultant

Responsibilities:

• Studied AS, IS processes prepared process flows and TO BE process documents.
• Interacted with Business Leads and users to understand existing business processes.
• Customized IMG settings to maintain the enterprise structure and other relevant customizations needed at the enterprise structure level.
• Process mapping & documentation of key processes.
• Configured the procurement process from purchase to pay (P2P), special procurement process includes vendor consignment, sub-contracting, Stock transport order and logistics execution (LE).
• Configuration material types for material master records.
• Configuration of documents types for PR & purchasing documents.
• Configuration of release strategy for PR & PO’s.
• Determined and setup Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS).
• Configuration of pricing procedure.
• Configuration of automatic account determination
• Configuration of automatic PO generation.
• Stock transport order cycle, subcontracting cycle & consignment cycle.
• Developed many BDC programs to mass upload info record, vendor master, contract & purchasing document etc.
• Prepared training documents for user training.
• Involved in preparing business requirement & functional design documents for objects of break fix/enhancement requests.
• Provided post Go-live support to all implemented applications.
• Worked with client to resolve issues pertaining to diversified areas in MM.
• Preparation of functional specification according to new CR as well as provide logic (Tables, fields, function modules, BAPIs etc.) to technical developers for development of new objects.
• Involved in Mass Upload of Data through Interface Programs.
• Coordinated with technical consultants during development preparing unit test plan for object testing.