SUMMARY

• Application consultant with over 20 years of IT and 15 years of SAP MM, PP, WM, LE experience
• Experience includes collecting requirements, business Analysis, Gap Analysis, Configuration, Customizing interface objects, testing, user training, conducting workshops, Performance and post implementation support
• Sound background in applied business practices within diverse industry environments
• Implemented 4 Full life cycles, 4 - production support and 3 Upgrade project
• SAP experience includes Gap-Analysis-As Is/To Be, blue printing, prototyping, detailed configuration, training, documentation, testing, data uploading, GO-Live implementation, after go-live support.
• Experience with five phases of ASAP methodology: Project preparation, Business blue print, Realization, Final Preparation and Go- live and support.
• SAP/R3 Logistics consulting, as well as a year e-Business incubator development
• Extensive knowledge of the PP, MM, Sales and Distribution, Financials and Controlling
• Expertise in Discrete Manufacturing, Repetitive Manufacturing.
• Experience in configuration of PP/Variant Configuration/ECM module and strong skills in integration with SD, PS, PM, QM and FI/CO modules.
• Extensive experience in Variant Configuration, ECM, Batch Management & Batch Management Derivation.
• Good knowledge of PP-PI, Master recipes, PI sheets.
• Implemented Capacity Scheduling, Capacity planning, Long Term Planning, Sales & operation planning.
• Implemented deterministic & Consumption based MRP.
• Implemented in Variant Configuration with Engineering Change management (ECM).
• In PP Design and configuration expertise on MRP/MPS, Capacity planning, Scheduling, Process order execution and PI sheets
• Implemented various projects using ASAP
• Upgrade experience from SAP 4.6 to SAP 4.7 and from SAP 4.7 to SAP ECC 6.0
• Experience as a lead for functional team in implementation, system integration, system upgrade, post go-live support and providing in-depth knowledge of end-to-end business processes related to Supply Chain
• Experience with a full life cycle of WMS implementations with Batch management including requirement gathering, configuration, testing, end user training, developing training documents (InfoPak), go live and post go live support for all the Warehouse Management processes including Inbound, Replenishment and Outbound

  ability to configure SAP (IMG) to meet specified business requirements.

• Worked on requirement gathering, screens design document, developing the Business process documents (BPD’s) for the Inbound process, Order selection process, Replenishment process and the other internal warehouse processes for the RF devices (project ADC).
• Experience in configuring storage types, defining storage type/storage bin searches, defining storage type indicators etc
• Expertise in setting up the auto creation, auto confirmation on the Transfer orders/transfer requirements. Set up storage type and storage section searches. Configured picking and put away strategies, defined receiving and order selection process
• Experience in the Procure to pay process for both the stock and non-stock items.
• Configured of the Master Data: Material Master, Vendor Master (partner functions), Info Records, Source Lists, Purchasing Master data. Warehouse management data etc
• Specialized in Configuring and customizing of Purchasing in the Material Management: Contracts (Quantity/Value), Scheduling Agreements, Sub-Contracting, Third party, ERS, Frame works.
• Worked on Material Resource Planning, Pricing Procedures, Material Valuation, Inventory Management and Logistics Invoice Verification.
• Configuring Inventory Management (IM) Parameters for all Goods movements like Goods Receipts, Goods Issues, Reservations, GR for blocked stock, Goods returns etc. and Reporting.
• Experience in different Physical Inventory processes: Physical Inventory, Cycle Counting, and Inventory Sampling.
• Understanding of Integration points of MM- with SD, FI, WM, PP modules and SD with MM, WM, QM, FI, PP.
• Experience in techno-functional activities: Preparation of Functional Specification for Interfaces and Conversions, Test specifications and Guiding ABAP team in developing MIS reports, unit-module-integration testing. Experience in reading simple ABAP code

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP: SAP R/3 MM, IM, WM, PP

4.6C. 4.7, ECC 6.0:

Programming Languages: ABAP, Java, C/C++, AS400, RPGIV (ILE - RPG), CLLE, SQLLE, Visual RPG, RPG/400, RPGIII, CL/400, COBOL/400, SQL/400, PL/SQL, AS/SET, PASCAL, COBOL, ABAP/4, Pro*C, OOA, OOD, UML, Rational Rose, Java 2, EJB, Servlets, Java Server Pages, ASP, VBScript, Visual Basic 6.0, JavaScript, HTML, XML, SAP, JDBC, JNDI, TCP/IP programming, socket Programming

ETL: Informatica 8.0, Data stage(IBM).

Databases: MS SQL Server, VB, MS Access

Web Technologies: HTML/DHTML, TCP/IP, FTP, AS/SET

OS: Sun Solaris, UNIX, MS-Dos, Windows 95/98/2000/ NT/XP

Platforms: IBM PCs Compatibles, AS400, DB2/400

Testing: WinRunner, LoadRunner, Test Director

Hands on Configuration the following applications:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Mount Prospect, IL

SAP Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provide expert level of business process guidance on SAP requirements and design, specifically in the area of Material Management (Procurement, Procurement Quality and related Master Data) and Logistics Execution (Goods Receipt, Good Issue, Physical Inventory, Quality Management and related Master Data).
• Process expert of material management and logistics execution module, ensure business requirements are gathered and map all required processes in the ERP system (SAP) and warehouse management system.
• Provided consultancy in the respective module for the best practice processes. Initiate necessary business process re-engineering in order to have effective and efficient operations.
• Served as process lead role for SAP Material Management module related to all Procurement processes and related master data. Implemented many projects for procure to pay.
• Worked as a coordinator for implementing the global templates for different plants with in north America and central team in Germany.
• Successfully implemented the global project of reducing the systems from 102 to 5 systems involved discussions, planning requirement gathering gap analysis and etc.
• Served as process lead role for Logistics Execution module related to SAP
• Coordinates and support in defining the MM, SD, and QM module subsequent process. (Like Outbound, Inbound delivery, Quality Process).
• Proactively supported the business processes with issue identification and resolution, and process optimization.

Confidential, Cedar Rapids, IA

SAP Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for studying the whole business scenario in already existing
• Involved with basic configuration of different warehouse units.
• Configuration changes in storage types, storage Units, bin types and Handling unit.
• Analyzing the current business processes.
• Master data extraction and formatted to SAP.
• Documentation of confirmed scripts documentation for users.
• Writing and reviewing functional specifications related to project enhancements
• Writing and reviewing test scripts as per the business scenarios, facilitating testing on all integration points of WM with other modules like MM, FI, PP and SD.
• Monitor and review the project progress with respect to the predefined timelines and quality standards with team and Steering Committee.
• Coordinate with core team for integration testing, end user training, master data and cut-over data collection.
• Resolve issues related to cross functional processes
• Configuration of Goods movement documents for GR / Issues / Stock Transfers / Transfer Postings & handling of consignment stocks
• Warehouse management - Configuration of Transfer Orders, Transfer Requirements, TO confirmation, LIFO, FIFO, Fixed material Bin, Random bin configurations. Interface with Bar Code input and confirmations on TO items as well as Shop Floor Management with in Inventory Management and Production Planning. RF interface with in warehouse management. With ATP

Confidential, Madison, WI

SAP MM/WM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured and customized the main purchasing functions.
• Requirement gathering, interfacing with client business representatives to obtain service requirements; translation of such requirements into SAP requirements documents, coordination of user acceptance testing; execution of integration testing and managed data conversions through LSMW loads.
• Worked on document types and number ranges for PR, RFQ, PO, Quantity Contract, Value Contract and Scheduling Agreements.
• Developed to be P2P to be process flows and design of procurement process, inventory management, stock transports and sub contacting process
• Implemented the MPN (manufacturer part) to facilitate users in specifying the pacific cycle materials to the vendor’s material numbers.
• Configured Vendor Evaluation for analysis of vendor performance wrt delivery, Quality and Prices.
• Worked on Display delivery, printing, creation of transfer orders for replenishment, Warehouse Physical Inventory count (cycle count); Bin to bin transfer, Bin stock lookup, etc.
• Global P2P project covering all functional and technical builds for procure to pay functionality
• Created customer requirement and then MRP run which resulted in planned orders.
• Worked on WM Structure (Storage Types, Storage Sections, and Storage Bins, racking systems) and worked on cross-functional application with SD and PP.
• Materials Management - Document types, release strategies, with and with out classification. Text management, pricing, conditions, purchase groups. Material Master, Source List, Quota, Contracts, Account Assignments, Vender Evaluation, Source Determination, Conditions, Goods Movements, Physical Inventory, Output Determination, Movement Types.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Lead SAP MM/WM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured the Materials Management module such as defining and assigning various components of the company and material master data, info records, source lists, purchasing and inventory management
• Set up plant parameters for inventory management, tolerance limits on goods issues and receipts
• Customized plant parameters for MRP and consumption based planning and defined MRP groups and controllers
• Customized the conversion of purchase request to purchase orders
• Configured Inter and Intra company stock transfer
• Configured goods receipt and issue for all stock categories and special stocks viz. consignment, third party and sub-contracting, worked on retail as well on the whole sale.
• Developed to be P2P to be process flows and design of procurement process, inventory management, stock transports and sub contacting process
• Configured purchasing master data such as vendor master, source list, conditions, info records and material master
• Configuration of purchasing groups, purchase organizations, plants, storage locations and out put messages for purchase orders
• Assisted technical team to develop interface for inventory movements with SAP and other legacy systems
• Setup creation of outline agreements - scheduling (delivery/forecast delivery) and contracts (Value/quantity based)
• Post Go-Live support for inventory transactions coming from legacy system through IDocs for Purchase Order, creating Inbound/Outbound delivery, shipments, trouble shoot and fixed failed IDocs
• Carried out unit testing and integration testing with all possible business scenarios
• Configured stock determination and control parameters
• Defined storage types in warehouse management and storage sections
• Configured transfer orders and transfer requirements
• Warehouse management - Configuration of Transfer Orders, Transfer Requirements, TO confirmation, LIFO, FIFO, Fixed material Bin, Random bin configurations. Interface with Bar Code input and confirmations on TO items as well as Shop Floor Management with in Inventory Management and Production Planning. RF interface with in warehouse management. With ATP check, inventory status and inventory postings SAP script creation and maintenance of layout sets. Storage Units, Interfaces, Shipping, Classification of material for inclusion in Sales Order searches Deliveries, picking, Delivery list
• Worked on defining Pricing Procedure and determining pricing procedure.
• Creation, maintenance and Change of all Master Data like Material Master with different field selection, Vendor Master with different account group, Info Record, Source List and Vendor Evaluation etc.
• Creation of Tax Codes & payment terms as per need of business.
• Creation of all transitional process like PR, RFQ, Maintain RFQ, PO, Scheduling Agreements, Delivery Schedules, Contracts, Service Orders, GRN, MIRO, Reservation, GI etc.
• To analyze inventory, stocks etc.
• Customizations and Maintenance of day-to-day problems
• Assisted in performing unit testing and integration testing.
• Helped to develop data validation procedures.
• Interface development for mobile data entry systems and barcode.
• Assisted in developing functional specification for user exits.
• Communicated status, issues and impacts to business team leadership, relevant client sponsors and process owners
• Post Go-Live support, prepared training documents and trained end users.
• Defined plant parameters, storage locations, warehouse numbers
• Production support after the go-live.