SUMMARY:

• 12 years of professional SAP experience currently center focused on SAP TM and SAP EM projects execution.
• Last 5 Years of experience in SAP TM and SAP EM with 3 Implementation projects experience, including production support and enhancements.
• Previously 7 years of experience in SAP ERP - SD, MM and LE/WM modules, including Implementations, production support and enhancements. SAP Certified Application Associate in SAP SD, MM and LE/WM modules, have in-depth knowledge on business processes execution.
• Expertise in complete SCM-TM functionalities; Transportation Order Management, Transportation Planning, Transportation Execution, Charge Calculation and Freight Settlement and carrier invoice processing, TM Master data setup, Transportation Network setup, BRF+ conditions, Incompatibilities, Interactive planning with cockpit, Automatic planning, Pooled shipments, International shipments, Freight unit building rules setup (FUBR), Carrier selection, Freight order Tendering, FO integration with ERP shipments, Transportation event monitoring, Transportation charge Management (TCM), Transportation cost distribution and Freight disputes.
• Expertise in complete SCM-EM functionalities; EH type and Event message configurations, Rule set logic, Processing and EH generation functions, Internal/External event codes and mapping, Web UI integration, Archive Strategy, Carrier 214/315 integrations for Ocean/Air/Road scenarios in LTL/FTL/LCL/FCL, EVMSTA02 IDOC integration, Notifications and Exception handling, BADI enhancements, EM to downstream integrations for Reporting, ECC to EM extraction, TM to EM extraction and SNC to EM extractions), Managed end-to-end Carrier onboarding with all major global carriers like UPS, FedEx, DHL, TNT, etc.
• Sound ABAP debugging and configuration skills; Provided functional support for development of WRICEF - Workflows, Reports, ALV, Dialog programming, Interfaces with external systems using RFC/IDOCs, SAP Scripts/smart forms, functionality in XI/PI, Enterprise Portal (EP) integration with SAP ECC, User Exit and Screen Exit Developments, Data conversions, Batch Job management, BDC programs using batch input method and call transactions.
• End-to-End projects experience; Building commercial POCs in SAP TM and EM, involving requirements study, project preparation, gap analysis, blue printing, realization, design, configuration, customization, developing test scripts, unit testing, integration testing, cutover activities, conducted user training, prepared user training documentations, go-live and support.

SAP TM KNOWLEDGE:

SAP TM Functional (9.X/8.X): TM Planning and Optimization / Order & Delivery Integration and Freight Unit Building/Tendering and Carrier Selection, Transportation charge Management (TCM) and Freight Settlement, Process Controller strategies, Carrier Collaboration Portal / BRF+, Routing guide Setup / Third Party Integration (SMC3/XPS/PC-Miler) / Freight forwarder and LSP processes and functionalities.

SAP TM Technical: Good understanding of TM Business objects, PI Proxies, SAP TM Classes and Methods, Post-Processing Framework (PPF).

SAP EM KNOWLEDGE: ECC-EM data extraction & Integration, TM-EM data extraction & Integration, Pre-processing functions, Rule set functionality, Control/Info/System Parameters setup, Parameter mapping using mapping profile, Internal/External event codes and mapping between Internal and external event codes, Status Attribute Profile, Notifications and Exception handling setup, Web UI Configurations, EH Generate functions, EVMSTA02 IDOC integration, Archiving strategy, Filter Profile and Authorization profiles, BADI enhancements, Carrier API setup, Carrier on boarding, EDI 214/315 integration for posting carrier events in EM.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE: Food Industry, Apparel & Footwear, Retail & Consumer Industry, Oil & gas, Chemical Engg, Automotive, Manufacturing & Logistics.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Kansas City, MO

SAP TM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• 24*7 production support to resolve TM tickets as per agreed SLA, including configuration and customization in SAP TM.
• Responsible for Monitoring, trouble shooting and enhancements in TM planning, execution and settlement areas.
• TM Master data setup for Locations, Transportation Network setup, Transportation Lanes/Zones and Zone hierarchy setup.
• Integration of ECC documents (SO, PO, STO and DNs) with TM via CIF to create OTR, DTR documents and creation of FU documents using Freight unit building Rules.
• TM Planning for FTL, LTL, Cartage(CRT), customer pickup(CPU), Parcel, Rail, Ocean and Air scenarios via VSR optimizer using transportation cockpit and background job to create Freight orders and Freight Bookings in TM.
• Transportation execution via Fourkites third party system to capture all the truck events using REST API integration with EM and TM.
• Distance, duration calculation and geo mapping integration via PC-MILER third party system using RFC call from TM.
• Creation of Business shares, Transportation Allocations(TAL) and Delivery appointment scheduling setup in TM.
• Freight unit Building Rules setup (FUBR), BRF+ conditions setup, Selection profiles setup for FUs and FORs, Planning profile setup to create Freight orders and Freight Bookings.
• Carrier ranking and selection for Freight orders, Tendering process using Peer-to-Peer, Broadcast tendering and Direct tendering.
• TCCS covering freight rating using associated master data scales/rate tables/calculation sheets/freight agreements for Charge Calculation of Freight orders and Freight Bookings.
• Freight settlement document(FSD) creation, cost distribution in TM based on number of pallets and Agency business documents setup in ECC for distribution of cost.
• Creation of Delivery documents in ECC from TM via delivery proposal functionality for International orders.
• Process controller strategies for custom save, delete and custom FO cancellation strategies, strategy for Distance and duration calculation using PCMILER, Rail Routing and Parcel Shipments, etc.
• Change controller strategies to process FU changes where FU must be re-determined, set execution blocks for location and date changes, change controller for TOR tendering, etc.
• Execute and Monitor Freight execution via Collaboration portal in TM.

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

SAP TM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Execute and Monitor of Ocean/Air Freight for Inbound logistics planning & Execution.
• Execute and Monitor Truck (Parcel) outbound logistics planning & Execution.
• Execute and Monitor Freight execution via Collaboration portal
• Configuration and Execution of Core Interface (CIF) for ECC to TM master data transfers.
• Freight unit consolidation based on specific FUBR rules.
• Calculate Parcel Transportation costs & Non-Parcel Transportation charges.
• Set up LTL and Parcel contracts in TM and XPS.
• Designed Carrier selection with Business Shares and Allocations based on business rules.
• Designed new Resolution bases, Scale bases and Calculation bases used in charge calculation.
• Set up the pricing procedures and rates in the system.
• Designed Pricing procedure determination using BRF+ with decision on Tendering type.
• Designed formula based price determination from custom rate tables with multiple price validities.
• Design & Integration between TM and GTS for import and export process.
• Design & Integration between TM and SNC for integrating with Vendors and third party logistics providers.
• Trigger Alerts & Notifications to Confidential business users for exception messages reported by carriers and when the expected event becomes overdue via Expected event monitoring.
• Design & Integration b/w TM to EM extraction for creating Event handlers and posting event messages for tracking various TM process documents - Freight Unit, Container Unit, Freight Order and Booking Orders.
• Design & Integration b/w GTS to EM extraction for updating Import and Export events reported by Customs execution.
• Design & Integration b/w SNC to EM for updating Ready to Ship Confirmed (RTS) events and triggering alert to SNC via Rule set when Cargo Receipt event reported by carrier.
• Design & Integration for Carrier 214 to send LTL/FTL/Parcel events for SAP EM via PI system and GSX/XPS systems. GSX is for Inbound scenario and XPS is for Outbound/E-commerce execution.
• Design & Integration for Carrier 315 to send LCL/FCL events for SAP EM for Ocean/Air scenarios via PI system and GSX.
• Updating Seal/Container Number from Freight Forwarders at Container unit EH level using EM Events
• External Events integration from 3PL and Freight forwarders.
• Web UI integration to provide access for external users (3PL, FF) to send events for Ocean/Air scenarios.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

SAP TM-EM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Prepared functional specs for GAPS identified in the area of Order integration, Transportation network, Change Controller Strategy, TCM and Settlement.
• Responsible for enhancements in the area of ECC integration with PI and TM integration with PI in order to capture new data elements in ECC and TM.
• Responsible for analyzing carrier contracts across different Service levels and designing architecture for Transportation Charge Management for all Hubbell business divisions.
• Setup FTL, Expedited, Air, Intermodal contracts in TM.
• Set up LTL and Parcel contracts in TM and XPS.
• Extracting ECC data into EM using SAP standard visibility process templates config and customization for OTC and P2P processes.
• Integration of Carrier 214/315 transactions with SAP EM for posting 214/315 events in EM via EVMSTA02 IDOCs.
• Integration b/w Mercury gate (MG) and EM for posting LTL carrier 214/315 events via Liaison and SAP PI.
• Integration b/w Liaison and EM for posting UPS small parcel carrier 214 events via SAP PI.
• Track and trace solution of creating Event handlers in EM for Sales orders, Purchase orders, Inbound/Outbound Deliveries, Good receipt and Invoice documents.
• EH Generate functions configuration in EM based on CTN matching logic to post event message in existing Event handler (EH).
• Rule set configurations for different event handler types (EH) of CTN, SO, PO, IBD, OBD and Invoices to process the events for setting up the status, notifications and exception handling.
• Handling exceptions, errors and IDOC failures during the transactions being posted in EM to ensure the errors are available in system for reprocessing them later.
• Configurations for status attribute profiles, Extension tables, Control/Info/System parameters setup, mapping profiles, Expected/Unexpected events setup, Overdue monitor check for expected events.
• Archiving strategy to archive the event handlers, event handler sets and event messages.
• Extensively involved in the cutover activities and integration testing of ECC to EM for testing different business processes like Inventory POs, Factory direct (FD) orders, STOs and sales processes.
• EM Web UI configuration of purchase order visibility processes to track the purchase orders via web UI and to navigate from PO documents to IBD or OBD (STO case) and to navigate to CTN EH to track carrier events.
• CTN EH creation logic from ECC based on tracking number available either in handling unit document or shipment document based on business scenario for Inbound/outbound flow.
• Identified custom developments required and prepared functional specification document. Responsible for functional testing for the identified developments.
• Worked in different TM areas to design and configure end-to-end business solution.
• Performed end-to-end testing for all the scenarios.
• Responsible for preparing test scripts, user training guide, configuration guide and training documents etc.

Confidential, Cupertino, CA

SAP EM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on various stages of an implementation right from project preparation, which includes project plan and scope, gap analysis, WRICEF design documentation, configuration, customization, prepare cutover activities for go live and support for post go-live
• Design and integration of different business processes to extract the data for OBD, IBD and PO processes from ECC to EM for creating the shipment event handler (AUSID) and the corresponding PO/OBD/IBD event handlers at line item level in SAP EM system.
• Architected end-to-end track and trace solution for Confidential Immediate Delivery (IDL) model to deliver the shipments within 3 hrs. of SLA in the same day.
• Implemented the Enhancements in SAP EM for Confidential Pick-up Points (PUP) and Alternate Delivery Location (ADL) projects to pick up the product by customer at the carrier pickup point location based on email/SMS notifications sent to customers by EM via Rover systems.
• Designed custom RFC to efficiently handle peak business volumes of EDI 214 and 315-events between Carriers and SAP EM via Web methods system.
• End-to-End EM web UI standard configuration for different transaction scenarios and web UI customization via EM UI BADI implementation.
• Configuration of authorization and filter profile in order to control the EM data to display for different business partners, i.e. customers, 3PL, Vendors and Confidential Internal business users.
• Integration of EM data to send to GBI downstream system for enhancing the reporting capabilities for shipment tracking using ZTRG architecture.
• Set up new Events, Status Attribute profiles, Control, Info, system and Event message parameters.
• Rule set configurations for AUSID EH, PO EH, SO EH, IBD EH and OBD EH.
• Preprocessing functions logic for creating Shipment (AUSID) EH based on tracking number exist either in outbound or inbound delivery document with matching logic.
• Design of SAP EM roles setup for each business partner to control the EM access via front end for External users (Vendors, 3PLs, OEMs) and Internal users ( Confidential business users).
• Business object event configuration in SWETYPV (TCODE) to extract the data from ECC to EM for various business object types and events configured in ECC.
• Involved in EDI 214 configuration to setup various partner profiles and Parent and Child SCAC configuration for integration of carrier data with EM.
• Participated a key role in the design and integration testing of procurement (MM) processes at Confidential to integrate with EM for shipment tracking - Hub-ship process, 3PP drop ship, Print services, STO Processes.
• Participated a key role in the design and integration testing of sales processes(SD) at Confidential to integrate with EM for tracking - Order to Cash, buy sell process, MIT Process (Merge in Transit), RMA (customer returns), RTV (Return to Vendor), Parcel and Bulk processes.
• Provided extensive support to different business partners like Carriers, 3PLs, OEMs, Custom brokers and Confidential internal users during Pre UAT and UAT.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

SAP MM/IM/WM Consultant - SAP Enhancements/Production Support

Responsibilities:

• Successfully handled the Transition of both Support & Project areas in MM/WM at client location.
• Functional design on enhancements of Order cockpit functionality for tracking the Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, and STOs across the globe.
• Handling day-to-day incident tickets in MM, IM & WM areas. Provided resolution to incident tickets as per SLAs.
• Handled enhancement of projects in MM, IM & WM areas, along with production support,
• Worked on various enhancements for configuring custom segments and support on EDI transactions for Purchase Order (850), Purchase Order Acknowledgement (855), Advanced Shipping Notification (856), Invoice (810) and integration with SAP.
• Worked on procurement cycle - Purchase requisition, RFQ, Maintenance of quotations, vendor selection, purchase orders, goods receipt and invoice verification.
• Customization of material master views for utilizing optimizing functions available for Purchasing, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management, and Materials Requirement Planning.
• Purchase order purchase price determine by goods supplier, Purchase order split logic changes.
• Involved in all testing life cycles Unit Testing, Functional Unit Testing and Integration Testing and prepared procurement related test scripts in QC.
• Coordinating for UAT & Business sign-off, Cutover & Go Live, User Training and Support

Confidential, Milwaukee, WI

SAP MM/WM Analyst

Responsibilities:

• ASAP project methodology related activities - Scoping, Project Preparation, Business Blue Printing, Realization, Final Preparation, Go-Live including Warranty support
• Enhancements and L2/L3 Level Production support.
• Purchasing - creation of purchase requisitions, converting PR to POs using batch job, configurations of vendor master, material master, source determinations, source list.
• Configurations to setup the business processes for Inventory POs, Stock transport order(STO) and third party sales.
• Inventory Management - Goods issues against Production order, Goods issues for cost center, Goods receipt against Purchase order, GR to blocked stock, Create Reservations to reserve certain material stock for production order.
• Configured the Release Strategy with classification, definition and assignment of Plants, Purchase Organizations and other Organizational Elements.
• Invoice Verification - parking and posting of invoices, release of invoices.
• BOM: creating multiple BOM, variant BOM, and super BOM.
• MRP: planning with different planning procedures like MRP, MPS, carrying out planning run (Single-item multilevel and Single-item single level).
• Defined Valuation and Automatic Account Assignment including Standard & Moving Average pricing.
• Customized messages for PR, PO, RFQ, Contracts, and scheduling agreement
• Performed knowledge transfer to technical team regarding business problems, assist them in technical solution build and Document Preparation.
• Created different types of pricing procedures for various customers with sales areas and maintaining condition records.
• Configured for Item Category Determination and schedule line category.
• Configuration done for Storage Locations, Warehouses, Storage types in WM.
• Worked on Availability checks and transfer of requirements and material determination procedures.
• Involved in Periodic Releases, which transports new enhancements to production.
• Automatic determination of GL accounts, mapping valuation classes to GL accounts.
• Coordinated with ABAP developer developing required formats of Purchase Orders, Goods Receipt Slip, Goods Issue Slip, and Dispatch Notes etc.
• Provided GO-LIVE support at the plant location

Confidential, Houston TX

SAP SD Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Key role in the designing of business processes for quote, plan and invoice phases in POWER 1.0 and POWER 2.0
• Order to Cash(OTC) integration for Service order items, rental items, Saleable items and Consignment items.
• Configuration of sales return items and consignment return items.
• Configured complex pricing procedures, Condition technique setting in pricing, Condition records setup, condition types, and credit/debit demos for different sales document types like Consignment issue, Sale items, service order and Rental items.
• Design and configured the pricing workflow approval process for Quotation documents before creating sales orders with reference to quotations.
• Involved right from business requirement gathering, gap analysis, technical design and development, implementation, testing, and follow up problem resolution.
• Defined copy control rule for sales documents, delivery documents and billing documents.
• Designed, Mapped, LSMW for Legacy Data conversions & Data Migration.
• Configured Shipping Points, Shipping Condition and Loading Groups.
• Prepared functional specifications in order to fulfil the customer requirements through ABAP developments
• Configured Materials Master including Material Types, definition of views, required Number Ranges for Material types etc.
• Prepared weekly and monthly status reporting and team coordination
• End user training and documentation of user manual, training materials.
• Provide Go Live and Post Go Live Support.

Confidential

SAP SD & MDM Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered data requirements for Location master data implementation.
• Location master data migrated from non-SAP Systems to SAP ECC, from ECC to MDM via XI
• Involved in the workflow driven activities
• Data migration of master data from legacy to ECC using Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW).
• Integration of MDM with Business intelligence (BI)
• Design for integration of master data between ECC and MDM
• MDM server side configuration for inbound and outbound process flow between ECC to MDM
• Played a key role in the extractor design and development to extract master data from ECC to MDM
• Involved in ALE/IDOC configuration for converting the data between sender and receiver and for maintain rules.
• Involved in migrating the master data from the third party (Non SAP) system to SAP ECC using LSMW.
• Provided functional assistance to the technical team for feasibility study and requirement gathering like creating a custom Report (Custom object Repository) to fetch all the custom objects in the system.
• Preparation of project related documents and templates like Test plans, code review checklists, status reports, test scripts etc.
• Coordination with functional members and the client, offshore support during the go-live of project and worked on cutover activities.
• Involved in the MDM business package integration with Enterprise portal.
• Provided functional support in the customization of MDM business package deployment in Enterprise portal
• Conduct implementation and testing reviews.

Confidential

SD Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked extensively on developing migration strategy, cutover plan and performing cutover activities during the Go-Live week.
• Customized organization structure/hierarchy - company codes, plants, storage locations, purchasing group etc.
• Maintained the web shop, Creation of Product catalog, Creation of views and variants.
• Created the customized roles and assigning authorizations to the user
• Middleware support and Configuration to send the customer data from CRM into ECC.
• Configuration of user management
• Involved in the variant configuration for ECC to CRM integration.
• XCM configuration and administration, setup of ISA application
• Involved in preparing Low-Level Design Document.
• Customization of ISA User admin application
• Coordination with other functional members and the client, offshore support during the go-live of project and worked on cutover activities.
• Preparation of Unit test plan, Integration test plans and User Manual documents
• Defect Resolution as part of User Acceptance Testing and Post Go-Live Support.
• Performing Unit testing and System Integration Testing for new SAP Solutions developed.

Confidential, Saint Clouds, MN

SD Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Middleware support and Configuration
• Customization of ISA (Internet Sales) User admin application
• Creation of Logical Systems Maintaining the RFC Connections between the CRM and R/ 3 systems.
• Fix the problems of minor configuration mismatches between the CRM & the leading OLTP system.
• Preparation of project related documents and templates like Test plans, status reports, test scripts etc.
• Participated in preparation and presentations of prototype
• Worked on Retrofit Activities: This included transports version management, fixing all the changes for the gaps.
• Created a list of all the objects which has under gone changes after the upgrade process and manually implemented those changes
• Managed business processes in functional areas of Customer Master Maintenance, Order management, Availability Check and transfer of requirements (TOR).
• Involved in preparing Low-Level Design Document. Conducted implementation and testing reviews.
• XCM configuration and administration, setup of ISA application.