APO Deployment Leader/Consultant Resume

SUMMARY

Experience of 12 End to End implementation projects and Roll out projects in Textile, Automobile and Aerospace domains
Worked for 7 years in Chemical/Textile industries in Manufacturing execution, production planning, capacity planning, raw material sourcing (Dyes/Chemicals) functions before moving to SAP consulting
Hands on Experience working on the Honeywell designed MOS/Project Management for SAP/APO deployments
14.5 years of Functional experience in Production planning, Project management, Materials management & Business Development where I performed various roles as Manager, consultant, team lead etc
7.5 years of SAP Functional consulting experience in SAP APO/PP/QM at international level
Hands on Experience working with High Tech manufacturing( Confidential ) SAP/APO deployments
Six Sigma Core Green Belt certified by Honeywell international USA
Managing onsite & off shore resources, On site point of contact for various activities like Account Management, Pre sales activities, Business development, Support Model for Stabilizing the deployments
Expertise in SAP PP APO DP from both business and IT perspective
Hands on experience working in Discrete Mfg, Repetitive Mfg,PP - PI, Sales & Operations Planning (SOP), Capacity Planning, Long term Planning (LTP), MRP & Demand management (DM)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

APO Deployment Leader/Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

APO Deployment Leader/Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Managing APO-DP deployment worth 832 MN $ worth revenue generation
Planning & Managing all the phases of deployment like Discovery, Data conversion activities, Testing’s, Cut over, Go-Live & Post Go Live stabilization activities
Assigning tasks to the team and tracking the completion of the same by conducting status meetings and also through informal discussions

SAP APO-DP Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Understood the business processes of Demand management/Forecasting of different SBG’s by participating in the design discussions
Mapped the demand forecasting business processes from 3 SBG’s ATR,BGA and D&S in to SCM APO-DP
Worked extensively in creating Planning object structures, Planning areas, Characteristics, Key Figures
Good experience in defining planning books/data views as per the requirements of the business units
Expertise in CIF, Integration models, transfer of master data like materials, plants etc. to APO and also expert in BI level Master data extraction
Hands on experience working with sub modules GATP, Alert Monitor in APO
Experience working with Statistical forecasting models in APO
Created Functional specs for interfaces/User exits, worked closely with ABAP team to develop User exits
Managing background jobs for sending Forecast from APO in to ECC in the form of PIR’s
Expertise in Configuration of both ECC & APO
Experience in defining macros for performing various functions with in the planning books as required by business
Expertise in creating Info packages/Info cubes/DTP etc for bringing in the data from ECC or External file formats in to APO

Principal Consultant/Testing Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Understanding the business processes like Manufacturing execution process, Quality Management process, Tooling process, SIOP (Sales, Inventory & Operations planning) process, MRP etc from the business side and mapping the same in SAP
Provided leadership and guidance to coach, motivate and lead team members and external consultants by training them on Aero design for SAP deployments
Extensive experience of SAP configuration in Manufacturing(PP) module
Managed Integration testing’s(VCCT), gained expertise on integration of Manufacturing module with order management, Logistics and Finance functions
Identifying the end to end scenarios starting from Sales forecast to billing which covered all the processes like SIOP, manufacturing execution, Quality management, Rework, External processing, Stock transport orders, Sub contracting
Identifying standalone manufacturing scenarios Rework with variants like component replacement, adding rework operations within the WIP production order etc
Managing planning jobs like STO request date, MRP, Collective availability check, Sales order rescheduling, Pegging etc for the analysis of shortage report
Worked extensively on interfaces managing IDOCs
Cut over activities like open production order conversion, Forecast loads etc
Creating Functional specifications for the RICE-F deliverables, testing of the RICE-F deliverables