SUMMARY

• 11+ years of rich experience in SAP MM (PTP) and Procurement
• 5+ years of experience in SAP MM, ARIBA and 6+ years of experience as a Purchasing Officer
• Worked on 2 End to End Implementations and 2 Support projects
• Strong SAP MM (Materials Management) experience in ECC 6.0, S/4 HANA and ARIBA
• Strong understanding of SAP MM integration with other modules of SAP FI - PS, QM & PP
• Gathered the requirements, configured, worked with Technical team and conducted end to end testing
• Good functional and business process knowledge
• Prepared the project plan and work plan
• Experience working with EDI, IDocs i.e. Message Type, IDoc Types, Inbound IDoc, Outbound IDoc, Status monitoring and error resolutions.
• Proven skills in ASAP & IT PM, IT strategic & tactical planning, resource management and supervision of staff
• Created Business Requirement Document (BRD)/ Functional Requirement Specification (FRS)
• Designed and developed testing strategies, test plans, test cases and test scripts
• Managed go-live and post-go-live support
• Managed SAP & Ariba post-implementation
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, Project, MS Visio and SharePoint
• Excellent organizational skills and coordinated with Client and Offshore team
• Excellent leadership, exceptional written and oral communication skills and ability to interact with all levels within the company
• Canadian Citizen

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SAP MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured the SAP Materials Management module and upstream ARIBA
• Conducted SAP MM process configuration changes for approved change requests
• Updated and maintained all SAP MM functional documentation
• Upstream ARIBA (Sourcing, Contract Management and Supplier Information & Performance Management)
• Analyzed and solved SAP MM and ARIBA issues
• Analyzed the errors and resolution of errors by researching the cause of errors, provided corrective solutions, and suggested the preventive actions to avoid recurrence
• Experience working with EDI, IDocs i.e. Inbound IDoc and Outbound IDoc status monitoring and error resolutions.
• Participated in ongoing continuous improvement process
• Material Planning - deterministic, consumption-based planning (CBP) and reorder point planning
• Conduct and manage periodical workshops for providing the training to SAP end users in process improvement.
• Coordinated with key users to perform testing for all business scenarios
• Managed the critical issues and perform root cause analysis and suggest the preventive actions to avoid recurrence
• Coordinated with client business users & managers for process improvement
• Updated the PMO and project managers about project status and issues that may impact client relations

Confidential

SAP MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in all the phases of full life cycle (End to End) implementation.
• Prepared business blueprints, AS-IS and TO-BE documents and carried out the fit/gap analysis.
• Prepare plans for application construction, implementation and ongoing system support and execute the plans to achieve the milestones.
• Facilitated and participated in functional and technical solution reviews with management, developers, architects, infrastructure representatives and important stakeholders.
• Worked with functional and technical teams to translate business requirements into technical design and functional requirement documents.
• Performed business analysis of data requirements.
• Created and executed appropriate test plans (e.g., test objectives, test cases, test data, test scripts) and ensuring the integrity of the solution prior to business unit and user acceptance testing.
• Provided support to the UAT function and participate in UAT problem log review meetings.
• Used testing methodologies, processes and tools for testing of functionality, including unit, integration, system, regression and dry run testing.
• Configured general settings related to MM.
• Designed and configured organization Structure related to MM- Plants, Storage locations & Purchasing Organizations
• Defined Purchasing Groups.
• Configured Master data settings for MM: Material Master, Vendor Master
• Configured settings for RFQ, Purchase Requisition & Purchase Orders.
• Configured Automatic Account determination, Split valuation
• Configured Release strategy for Purchase requisition, Purchase order
• Conducted SAP MM process configuration changes for approved change requests
• Updated and maintained all SAP MM functional documentation
• Analyzed and solved SAP MM issues
• Analyzed the errors, researched the cause of errors, provided corrective solutions, and suggested the preventive actions to avoid recurrence.
• Participated in ongoing continuous improvement process.
• Conduct and manage periodical workshops for providing the training to SAP end users in process improvement.
• Coordinated with key users to perform testing for all business scenarios.
• Managed the critical issues and perform root cause analysis and suggest the preventive actions to avoid recurrence.
• Coordinated with client business users & managers for process improvement.
• Prepared functional specifications for customized reports and transactions.
• Updated the PMO and project managers about project status and issues that may impact client relations.

Confidential

Purchasing Officer

Responsibilities:

• Used the SAP MM module to perform the purchasing activities
• Developed the master data for Vendors.
• Research and investigated alternative vendors, products and service solutions to derive cost efficiencies.
• Vendor evaluation to determine most desirable suppliers.
• Liaised with vendors to resolve vendor or contractor grievances and claims against suppliers.
• Managed RFI, RFP, RFQ, invitation for Bids, finalizing the bids, Issue of contracts and finalizing the contracts and scheduling agreements.
• Ensured that all incoming purchase requisitions are processed, and PO’s are issued to the vendors in a timely manner.
• Managed external providers.
• Maintained the integrity of the purchasing process by upholding the company’s purchasing guidelines.
• Worked closely with the regional head of purchasing regards to strategic procurement matters.
• Participated actively in all regional procurement meetings.
• Managed the e-procurement functionality.
• Analyzed in-stock inventory to optimize storage space and transportation cost using historical and forecast data stored in Excel and Access.
• Assessed opportunities and challenges of each regional store, to ensure each store received enough assortment at the right time.