SUMMARY

• Over 16+ years of experience in SAP technologies with specialties in SAP SCM APO.
• Delivered SCM APO solutions to a broad range of multinational client’s business focused on CPG, Paper, Defense Electronics, Steel, Automobile, Bio - Medical and Chemical industries.
• Extensive expertise Core Interface (CIF), Supply Network Planning (SNP), Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS), Supply Network Collaboration (SNC), Demand Planning (DP), Embodied PPDS in S4 HANA 1610 and PP & PI.
• Worked with Make-to-Stock, Make-to-Order, and Planning with Final Assembly scenarios.
• Hands-on experience with SNP Heuristics, Optimizer, Capable-To-Match (CTM), Heuristics and optimizer based Deployment, Transport Load Builder (TLB), Capacity Leveling and Safety Stock Planning.
• Experienced in implementing interactive and background PP/DS planning runs using PP Heuristics, Detailed Scheduling Heuristics, and PP/DS Optimizer. Worked with Planning Procedure, Characteristics Based Planning (CBP), Capable to promise (CTP), Block planning and Capacity leveling functionalities.
• Configured Work Areas, Propagation Range, Strategy Profile and Optimization profile. Defined DS Planning Board Profile and Overall profile.
• Worked on Supply Network collaboration Processes like Purchase order collaboration, Release process, ASN processing, Master data, Alert notifications, planning collaboration etc.
• Hands on experience with CIF, SNP, PP/DS and SNC enhancements and alert profiles configuration.
• Experienced in Statistical Forecast profiles (Univariate, MLR, and Composite), Life Cycle Planning, Promotion Planning, Alert Monitoring, Data Re-alignment, Process Chains, Mass Processing, Loading data from an Info Cube into a Planning Area (PA) and backup of PA.
• Generated CVC’s, Initialize/de-initialize PA, Version Management, Time Series Consistency Checks and release of forecast from DP to SNP.
• Extensive working knowledge on SNP, PP/DS and SNC master data (Resource, PPM, PDS, Quota arrangements, transportation lanes).
• Extensive working knowledge in Production planning business function relating to process and Repetitive manufacturing.
• An organized professional with sound consulting and project management experiences along with conceptual, analytical, communication and interpersonal skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, King of Prussia, PA

SAP Sr. Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Conducted As-Is, To-Be workshops and sprint workshop sessions with the business users, in finalizing the requirements and user acceptance of blueprint, solution prototype, and final solution acceptance.
• SAP PP-PI & PPDS Solution design and Solution Configuration
• Custom developments and Enhancements: functional specification, development coordination and functional testing of the developments.
• Set-up of Master Data for SAP PP-PI & PPDS.
• Configured PP/DS Alert Profile, Work Area, propagation range, strategy profile, maintained Optimization profile. Defined DS Planning Board profile, the Overall profile, Firming, Pegging, Setup times, converting planned orders in PP/DS, Product view, Product planning table, Detailed Scheduling Planning board and PP/DS optimizer.
• Customized and executed PP/DS for Make-to-stock production scenarios, Setup Matrix for PP/DS optimizer.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Managing Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Post go-live issue fixes and system stabilization.
• Master data fine tuning, implementation gap fixes and solution stabilization.
• Stabilization and adjustment of production planning execution process, from the application transition from legacy planning tool named Picasso to SAP APO.
• Configuring control keys and additional operations in line with SAP APO scheduling specific functions.
• Fine tuning recipes, BOM structures and by custom reports to in corporate the scrap material in to planning scope and facilitate the top management to identify actual yield of finished product and scrap against the raw material consumption.
• Configuring DS planning board profiles and customizing Planning procedures.
• Designed and developed the enhancement requirements in the area of Product view, DS Planning board, CIF Queues and CIF reconciliation.

Confidential

Principle consultant/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Validate and deliver the enhancement requests from the NA, Asia and EMEA business units.
• Identifying the performance intensive processes, propose better solution and implement the proposed solution in DP, SNP and CIF
• Configuring the Demo solutions relating to ATTP.
• Providing presales solution support.

Confidential, Beaverton, OR

SAP SCM APO SNP Principle consultant/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Providing test plan and test scripts.
• Providing solution quality audit.
• Resolutions to the defects identified during the solution testing
• Conducted blueprint workshops in the process of defining To-Be business process and blue print design and acceptance.
• Establish a To-Be process flow based on business requirements and current legacy system Limitations.
• Conducted the solution prototype workshops to demonstrate solution design and SCM APO software capabilities in network distribution and deployment planning.
• Analyzed integration points and developed specifications for interface requirements and module functionality. Provided directives to the client master data team in master data requirements gathering and data setup and cutover activities.
• Conducted power user training, successfully delivered the solution and providing post go-live support.
• Delivered the functional development specifications for various enhancement requirements relating to CIF, SNP, SNC and GATP.

Confidential

SAP SCM APO CIF

Responsibilities:

• Conducted As-Is, To-Be workshops and sprint workshop sessions with the business users, in finalizing the requirements and user acceptance of blueprint, solution prototype, and final solution acceptance.
• Set-up of Master Data for Supply Network Planning and PP/DS planning. Configured SNP planning runs (Heuristics), Core Interface (CIF), Safety Stock Planning, Deployment, and TLB.
• Executed SNP runs with SNP Heuristics, Deployment, and TLB. Assigned TLB profile to the Transportation Lane.
• Configured PP/DS Alert Profile, Work Area, propagation range, strategy profile, maintained Optimization profile. Defined DS Planning Board profile, the Overall profile, Firming, Pegging, Setup times, converting planned orders in PP/DS, Product view, Product planning table, Detailed Scheduling Planning board and PP/DS optimizer.
• Customized and executed PP/DS for Make-to-stock production scenarios, PP/DS Heuristics, Net requirement calculation, Lot-size calculation, Source determination, and Setup Matrix for PP/DS optimizer.