PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Seasoned SAP consultant with over 16 years of SAP experience (3 EWM Projects) and many IM/WM Projects including RF.
• Proven success in multiple full life cycle implementations and support roles in discrete and process - based industries.
• Experience includes detailed cross-functional process analysis, custom software development, leadership and management.
• Experience in design and implementation of custom warehouse processes to meet the needs of enterprise and its strategic accounts.
• Extensive and proven SAP experience and strong business acumen in functions of SCM and Logistics including Order Fulfillment, Transportation, Warehousing, Inventory & Procurement and Manufacturing.
• Deep SAP knowledge and implementation skills in various supply chain business processes by utilizing SAP LE and SCM EWM modules with multiple end-to-end and hands-on project experience.
• Working knowledge of various end to end ERP business processes, including leading master data preparation and migration, planning and executing site specific cut over activities and leading site readiness activities including training the planners, site execution leads, SMEs and end users.
• Experience to align with functional and technical off shore development teams, and coordinating with on site and off site business super users on end-to-end testing activities of RICEF development objects. Communicate project direction and scope and negotiate with teams to work through constraints and alternatives; negotiate and manage project scope, progress, and client expectations; and communicate project updates as needed to management and client/technical teams.
• Experience in working on warehouse movements, picking and put-away strategies, stock removal via pick point and 2-step picking.
• Proficient in RF Menu management, Screen management, SAP console and Bar Coding..
• Experience in interfacing SAP to 3rd party warehouse systems with excellent understanding of EDI interface ALE interface, IDOC interface development between SAP and 3rd party.
• WM-PP interface for replenishment (material staging), backflush of components, production confirmation, goods receipt and putaway for finished goods.
• WM-IM interface for various movement types and cross-functional applications.
• WM-SD interface for sales order and delivery processing with different picking strategies. Delivery Due list in Shipping, Activity monitoring.
• MM Inventory Management- Consignment, subcontracting, movement types (GR/GI/transfer movements), physical inventory (IM and WM), transfer posting, cycle counting, and reservations.
• Worked with WM/PP Make to order and Make to Stock scenarios, Configure & use of Handling Unit Management & Storage units.
• Configuring Vendor master, Purchase orders, split valuation, stock transfers, Quota arrangement, Sub-contracting, Consignments, Outline agreements, scheduling agreements. Proficient in working Handling Unit (HU) environment, batch managed materials
• Experience in design and implementation of custom warehouse processes to meet the needs of enterprise and its strategic accounts.
• Creating the warehouse structure, storage type, activity areas and work centers, various control indicators in Storage type data, integrating SAP EWM and SAP ERP systems, APO Core Interface and transferring master data from ERP system to EWM system, Delivery document creation in EWM and item type integration from ERP to EWM, Inbound, outbound and internal processes, Warehouse Order Creation Rules, Wave Management, Staging Area and Door determination in Outbound Process, Warehouse Process Type definition and Determination creation and determination of Storage Type Search Sequence in both put away and stock removal process, mapping the business process with Process Oriented Storage Control in outbound, Value Added Services, Packing, Post Processing Framework Mobile Data Entry, Kit to Order and Kit to Stock, processes in physical inventory, packaging specifications, Replenishment, Yard Management, Cross Docking, managing Exception Handling Warehouse monitor, Production integration

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior SAP LE Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of SAP Process Weaver manifest solution for small parcel shipping.
• A comprehensive packing and shipping solution, determine carrier and service levels and provide shipping cost estimates, tracking number and Shippers Letter of Instruction.
• Conducted business process requirements gathering workshops, preparing business process documents, identifying process gaps, defining and documenting Functional specifications to support RICEF requirements and custom development related to splitting of deliveries.
• Enhance copy control routine from Sales Order to Delivery.
• Setup custom Copy Control from Delivery to Shipment.
• Setup intercompany consignment process and consignment returns.
• Enhance and resolve design issues related SAP interface with Pantechnik (3rd party tool)
• Configure new routes, Transportation planning point and route determination.

Senior SAP EWM Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Understand the as is business processes of the Cessna Aircrafts USA operations
• Identify the pain areas of the operations and propose value add process improvements through EWM solution
• Demonstrate the EWM capabilities, propose and document the final solution design to the management
• Configure interface between ECC and EWM system: activate required configuration in ECC under Logistics Execution, Shipping & transportation, Enterprise structure, interface & basis elements like define logical systems, RFC connections, queue types and all other basis related settings required to connect EWM system to ECC and vice-versa
• Setup CIF integration models for materials, vendors, customers, class/ characteristics and batches
• Designed configured EWM organization structure which includes defining storage type, sections, storage bins, activity areas, work centers, product groups and stock types
• Configure strategies for removal & placement, various number ranges, HUM, packaging specifications, warehouse process types, warehouse order creation rules, wave management, RF configuration, Exception codes, and value added services
• Defined goods receipts & goods issue process using process oriented and layout oriented putaway and picking process. Configured product putaway profile, putaway/picking rules for bulk, & pallets, inbound delivery process, expected goods receipt process, storage type and sections search sequence, printing of barcode labels etc.
• Worked on warehouse order, warehouse task, stock determination rules
• Worked on internal warehouse processes like replenishment, bin to bin movement, exception handling, and physical inventory configuration
• Write functional specs for critical interface objects and RF transactions
• Create data upload templates for product master, bin upload, stock upload etc.
• Actively involved in the EWM knowledge sharing team and was responsible for train the trainer sessions.

Senior SAP EWM Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Design, Implement and deploy SAP EWM solution for several business divisions.
• Extensively worked on projects scoping, conducting business process requirements gathering workshops, preparing business process documents, identifying process gaps, defining and documenting Functional specifications to support RICEF requirements and custom development objects, configuring SAP ECC - EWM systems, including integration mapping and building interfaces, testing, training.
• Involved in setting up complete ECC- EWM Integration for successful communication between two systems.
• ERP and EWM system integration, designing of warehouse structure storage type, storage section and storage bin, Stock placement and Stock removal strategies, Activity areas, Supply chain unit etc.
• Configured Warehouse document types such as inbound delivery documents, outbound delivery documents, warehouse tasks, warehouse orders, STOs, physical inventory documents.
• Configured process types and process type determination.
• Designed, configured Subcontracting and Consignment process.
• Worked on Hazardous Materials Management process
• Implemented the Handling Unit Management for Warehouse managed location following SSCC standards.
• Customized RF transaction to read barcode according to GS1 standards.
• Worked on Returnable packaging while they are at 3M location as well as when they are shipped to customer, sister plants via STO and vendors for subcontracting.
• Set up the outbound process, route determination, pick, pack and ship, pick denial, transportation unit and loading process.
• Configured internal warehouse processes such as fixed bin replenishment, bin to bin transfer, posting change.
• Configured Physical inventory, Difference analyzer, Cycle Counting
• Set up cross docking, yard management
• Set up the RF frame work using ITSMobile
• Setup Post-Processing Framework (PPF) for customer specific label printing, packing slips, Bill of lading, Consolidated Bill of lading and Master bill of lading.
• Involved in EWM - Production interface process of issuing the stock from Warehouse to Production.
• Identified EWM Exception Codes for Handling Pick’s, Putaway’s, Cycle counting and Replenishment exceptions performed with RF devices.
• Involved in XPS(Cross-carrier Packing and Shipping system) Blue print design and integrated with EWM solution for all small parcel shipping purposes.
• Coordinated with data conversion team and successfully completed the Mock and cutover activities.
• Helped client to identify the transactional data cutover tasks and its dependencies.
• Performed unit test and coordinated the integration test
• Issue identification and resolution

Senior WM/EWM Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Successful implementation of Motorola wearable RF Units: Louisville procured several new wearable devices of screen size 13X33.
• Designed and implemented custom Paperless RF queue based Picking process at major DC. This resolved several perpetual problems of various nature.
• Configured internal warehouse processes such as fixed bin replenishment, bin to bin transfer, posting change.
• Worked on Kanban process to replenish production lines from WM managed storage location. Created new storage types, interim storage types, supply areas, control cycle records. Performed Kanban interface to WM.
• Provided conceptual and detailed designs with simultaneously educating the entire team with the new SAP system functionalities and its capabilities
• Responsible for Design, Implement and deploy SAP EWM solution for Tennant’s DC located in Netherlands.
• Lead the blue print design effort and conduct workshop in EWM module for a global template leveraging SAP Best Practices.
• Responsible to Study and analyze the business requirements and prepare the detailed business blue print document for extended warehouse management.
• Involved in end to end configurations in EWM system WH Organization structure worked on CIF for product master data transfer to EWM & QRFC and master data activities.
• Involved in XPS small parcel solution for distribution centers in North America and Europe.
• Designed and mapped complex warehouse process with VAS Kit to Order and Kit to Stock and Wave Management
• Implement SAP console and ITS Mobile (RF) along with Barcode & label solutions to increase efficiency in the warehouse picking, putaway, replenishment and physical inventory area
• Identify gaps and coordinate efforts towards around 50 functional specifications, development objects to support custom process. Work with business team and IT team of functional and technical resources to deliver the custom development objects on time.
• Lead realisation phase of the project to ensure system is configured according to blueprint.
• Define and coordinate approach for unit test, QA test and integration test scenarios.
• Prepared a detailed data migration work plan and led the cutover activities during QA and integration testing phases of the project.
• Responsible for Kansas City plant for GO-Live, production support, hyper-care in WM and TM module to the user specific problems and issues depending on the new Business Process procedures and utilizing SAP functionality.
• Provide end user training and level 3 production for various processes such as RF, receiving, putaway, picking, staging, loading, shipping and managing the yard.

Senior IM/WM Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Educate business owners and demonstrate new ways in SAP, which can make business process more efficient and streamline.
• Wrote functional Specification to enhance standard outbound monitor.
• Performed testing and bug fixing of a custom enhancement related to GI process
• Configured three new storage locations, Shipping points, assigned Sloc to plants, Assigned picking location, Assigned shipping points to Sloc, configured the STO process between Storage Locations.
• Performed testing related to the Shipment Manifest System and its interface to SAP.
• Configured two new storage types for a warehouse.
• Wrote the test script in HP Quality Center, Documented business processes templates.
• Performed impact analysis to various custom objects affected due to change in material type of existing materials.

Senior Process and Application Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked on all phases of ASAP Methodology of implementation that includes Project Preparation, Conducting Business Blueprint Workshops, Realization Documentation, Final Preparation, go live and support along with Customization and Configuration Processed and performed a complete GAP analysis to identify problems and propose solutions.
• Preparation of Business Process Procedure by understanding client’s business process and the requirements
• Module Lead for Warehouse Management and Logistics Execution: - planning, design, development, configuration and testing
• Set up organizational enterprise structure and Global settings for WM modules
• Defined and Managed several different types of storage, such as high rack storage, block storage or fixed bin storage
• Configured Mobile execution in warehouses for RF devices, solution using SAP console, configured RF menu structure, queue management, verification profile data barcode scanning and console profile
• Monitor warehouse stock movements, used Mobile Data Entry for Goods Receipt/Goods Issue, position and removal of stock using Put away and Picking up Strategies. Managing materials with LIFO, FIFO and SLED.
• Defined different movement types in WM, storage bin structures, Storage Type indicators and providing the information required for stock placements and removals
• Involved in the design of STO process for Handling Unit managed locations with external SSCC number range and performed associated configuration activities.
• Successfully tested and developed of various other custom objects related to key business process.
• Designed and developed various forms and labels such as VICS Bill of Lading, Canadian Bill Of Lading, pick list, packing list, pallet label, SSCC label.
• Designed an electronic Bill of Lading interface, which utilises a third party application to capture electronic signatures on the Bill of Lading using an electronic clipboard.
• Designed custom process for batch traceability for Bonded and Non-Bonded materials that are procured from vendors located outside the country and finished product exported to customers located in different countries.
• Designed and developed custom Outbound monitors/Custom work queue which provides a single entry point and overview for all outbound shipments of material and consists of various functionalities related to batch determination, vehicle weights, seals, triggered various outputs, shipment creation, delivery creation, Batch, Quality Inspection steps, Bulk load out, ability to see EDI status, capturing time stamps etc.
• Designed and developed custom Inbound monitors/Custom work queue, which provides a single entry point and overview for all inbound shipments of material. It consists of various similar functionalities as compared to the outbound monitor but corresponds to inbound processes.
• Involved in the design and testing of EDI 940, 945, 856, 943 and 944.
• Configured cross docking functionality and developed custom RF transaction to execute opportunistic cross docking.
• Designed, developed and tested various custom objects related to Seal numbers, TM 8.0 Container Enhancement, Freight Order, Freight Units, DTR, OTR.
• Conducting product-testing workshops related to different business scenarios and processes.
• Participated in the deployment effort for supporting go-live issues for one of the key business unit in France and Netherlands.
• Used different tools such as BMC remedy and HP ALM for defect management and testing during various phases of the project.
• Performed cutover activities and supported key business units during hypercare process.
• Provided knowledge transfer and training sessions to End Users

WM/RF Systems Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in successful upgrade from SAP R/3 to ECC 6.0. Ensured all business processes were evaluated correctly. Tested various custom programs, custom RF transactions, SAP Scripts, smartforms etc.
• Involved in Global DC improvement project.
• Implemented 2-step picking process specially customized according to business requirement. Various custom developments were done to ensure a smooth work process.
• Implemented planned Cross-Docking solution where goods can be picked for outbound deliveries immediately after the PO goods receipt is performed.
• Customized Kanban process to replenish production lines from WM managed storage location. Created new storage types, interim storage types, supply areas, control cycle records. Performed Kanban interface to WM. Customised Kanban process for GI to cost center.
• Designed and implemented a new process to reserve inventory for priority customers.
• Setup warehouse activity monitor to analyze different warehouse process.
• Improved picking efficiency and minimized packing using small and large quantities picking strategy.
• Defined new WM movement types for different warehouse processes including 2-step picking process cross-dock.
• Setup configuration to enable TO split according to different picking storage types and maximum allowed lines per single TO.
• Performed various basic configurations for WM includes storage types and sections, material staging areas, SUTs, search sequences for storage type and sections etc.
• Setup mobile data entry for RF Menu Management, screens, Enter key function and auto navigation, RF queues and processors
• Involved in setup of new wireless zebra beltpack printers to enable printing different labels.
• Involved in design and implementation for order to cash process for major accounts. Following were the responsibilities.
• Defined new shipping point, Shipping Conditions, Configured shipping point determination. Created custom table for route determination process, Configured UPS metadata interface for generation of UPS tracking numbers.
• Customized Shipping point, Route, carrier, payment terms determination and delivery scheduling while order creation.
• Designed new forms for Shipment packing List, Shipment Bill of Lading, Delivery Packing List, and Delivery Bill of Lading. Designed new labels required during the packing process.
• Defined new output types and used standard SAP output determination and custom procedures for generation of labels.
• Provided knowledge transfer and training sessions to Power Users and End Users.

WM/RF Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Creating and configuring a common Warehouse Control Template for enterprise-wide implementation (will be used for around 700 warehouses, across the company).
• Configured Handling Unit Management configuration.
• Performed component testing of the warehouse control template.
• Developed custom report for replenishments at VMI locations.
• Developed various RF transactions for goods receipt for the inbound side. Picking, packing, staging and loading for the outbound side.
• Developed RF transaction for internal warehouse movements such as bin-to-bin transfer, fixed bin replenishment, tag split and tag merge.
• Developed RF transaction for Physical Inventory procedures such as scan method and Bundled method.
• Worked on different forms and outputs such as Pick/Load ticket, Goods receipt sheet, HU labels etc.
• Developed and tested custom picking solution for WM/HU managed plants.
• Wrote test scripts for integration Testing and helped business folks to perform the testing for IT and PRT.
• Worked on different defects created during integration testing and Production readiness testing.
• Helped business folks in creating training documents (BPP) and End user documents JobAids.
• Worked with Conversion team and business folks for master data requirements. Gathered requirements, developed mapping rules to extract data from Legacy system. Validated data loaded in SAP using different scripts.
• Demonstrated various WM transactions and business scenarios for the users as a part of end user training.

WM/RF Team Member

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved extensively in mapping organization structure with the business process flow and procedure.
• Wrote mapping rules, filters, and macros to manipulate legacy data extract from legacy system to be uploaded to SAP.
• Worked on warehouse management view of the material master record. Defined storage type indicators, storage unit types and storage section indicators.
• Configured warehouse management settings with various storage types, storage sections, storage bins and quant.
• Optimized material flow in the warehouse by using various put away and picking strategies including 2-step picking for SU and non-SU managed storage types.
• Configured GR for PO screens for RF devices for different warehouse locations.
• Setup shipping point and route determination: configured shipping conditions, loading groups, source and destination zones, weight groups, and routes.
• Configured menu management, queue management in RF, warehouse activity monitoring, worked with customization of RF transactions to print labels on mobile device for picking.
• Created test scripts and tested the functionality of the process using Test Director and made required configuration changes to resolve defects during testing.
• Demonstrated various WM transactions and business scenarios for the users as a part of end user training.

SAP MM/WM Team Member

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements and prepared feasibility studies and project proposals.
• Worked on GI/GR for purchase orders, sales orders, stock transfers and transfer posting.
• Configured WM-PP material staging (PSAs) for pick parts and create parts strategy.
• Configured WM/IM movement types and customized the goods receiving process.
• Configured picking and putaway and strategies including picking based on SLED.
• Configured inter and intra company transactions for sending materials from Production locations to warehouses.
• Mentored and trained key users to effectively address production problems directly and to identify the root cause of problems.
• Provided extensive go-live support.
• Classified material types, assigned number ranges. Configuring Vendor master, Purchase orders, Quota arrangement, Sub-contracting, Consignments, Outline agreements.
• Configured goods movement for owned, consigned, third party and sub-contract stock.
• Setup intra and inter company stock transport orders and transfer postings.
• Configured PRs, POs, outline agreements, info records and vendor evaluations.
• Developed a user exit that allows changes to header text in a purchase order.
• Setup screen layouts and configured PRs, POs, condition tables, access sequences, pricing procedures, pricing conditions types.
• Setup release procedures with classification, and configured output determination.
• Invoice verification with reference to order.
• Configured inter and intra company transactions for moving material from manufacturing locations to warehouse.