SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

• Senior SAP Functional and Business Analyst with over 18 years of experience in SAP Logistics Supply Chain functionality
• Worked as a Senior Specialist, Lead Consultant & Senior Business Analyst in different SAP modules’ implementation.
• Good experience in Process reengineering; system configuration; gap analysis; integration testing; cutover; delivery of training materials to personnel using SAP and coordination with the development team for the custom enhancements.
• Diverse experience includes involvement in all aspects of the implementation process, business process analysis, complete system configuration, testing, end - user training, and production support.
• Full life cycle project implementation experience including Performance testing and User Acceptance testing.
• Ability to manage, guide, supervise, train large and small groups.
• Involved in Configuration and support of SAP WM/LE Modules for Agriculture Industry
• Implementation and configuration of SAP QM Module for Energy; Consumer Products & Retail and Manufacturing Industries.
• Implementation and configuration of SAP MM Module for Consumer Products & Retail industries.
• Implementation and configuration of SAP PP Module for Manufacturing industries.
• Implementation of LABWARE-LIMS Interface with SAP for the Agriculture Industry
• Involved in Production support activities for SAP PP-PI & TSW Modules for Energy industry.
• Involved in Sales Force and SAP Integration for Logistics
• Involved in building Shipment Interfaces for integration between SAP and External Freight Forwarder
• Involved in development of key Logistics interfaces between SAP and Sales force & third party B2B systems.
• Good understanding and integration noledge of QM business processes with other modules such as PP; MM; PM & SD
• Evaluate the organization's technology use & needs and recommend improvements
• Assist IT Management leads in guiding daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.
• Quality Management: Configuration of QM specific business requirements in the areas of Procurement, Production and Sales; Quality Notification processing; handling of Sample management and Test Equipment Managements of toolings & instruments.
• Materials Management: Enterprise structure configuration for Materials management such as definition of purchase organization and assignment of purchase organization to the company code/plants; Configuration of new Purchase Requisition document type, Configuration of new custom Purchase Order document types, to meet clients requirement; Maintain custom vendor account groups for the Vendor Master; Configuration of custom material types and other related configurations for the material master; Configure custom Movement Types, automatic Account Determination, price determination, Working noledge on MM integration functionalities such as Materials Requirements Planning (MRP); third party order processing, intercompany & intra company stock transport order, subcontracting; Knowledge in Text determination, Output determination, Account determination and Partner determination
• Logistics Execution: Configuration of custom delivery types for creation and planning of outbound & inbound delivery documents; Planning & monitoring of deliveries; Output determination of deliveries for print out; Shipping Notification and Proof of Delivery confirmation to the customers; Configuration of Departure and Destination points and the routes based on the client’s requirements; Route determination, Shipping point determination, Shipment Freight cost functionality to minimize or maintain the overall cost of the product; Shipment Planning, Shipping Execution and custom yard management functionality.
• Warehouse Management: Warehouse structure in WM/IM system, Basic stock management, Warehouse Movements, Mobile data entry, Cycle Counting; Stock Determination with different, Put away and Picking Strategies and Physical Inventory; Cross-Docking, Storage Unit Management & Handling Unit Management; RF guns for scanning the bar code labels (as per EAN128 std)
• Production: Integration of production planning activities for Production and transportation activities within manufacturing plants. Configuration of new process order types (as per the client’s requirements) for production execution (confirmation of goods receipt of products) within a plant; Coordination with purchasing team to handle the external procurement and sub-contracting activities due to increase in demand or capacity constraints with some of the manufacturing facilities; Integration with Inventory Management functionality for production execution.
• Conversant in preparing data migration tools such as LSMW; ECATT.
• Good Understanding of ASAP Implementation Methodology.
• Very good logical skills suitable for process design, development & implementation.
• Good leadership qualities, team player, Strong team orientation &, hardworking and enthusiastic.
• Excellent Interpersonal, Communication Skills and Customer Oriented attitude

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software / Products: SAP R/3 (Releases 3.1H, 4.6B, 4.6C, 4.7,5.0 & 6.0 ECC)

Hardware / Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP

General Tools: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Microsoft PowerPoint, Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SAP Total Logistics Management

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Product Management team and key business partners periodically for Understanding the Business requirements.
• Creates and Evolves the products to has the Business Strategy for the products through innovative business solutions that can be applied across enterprise.
• Identifying and promoting business process improvement opportunties
• Reviews the enhancements with the business users & Solution Architects and prioritizes the request.
• Computes the rough estimates and the enhancement design plan for the development of the enhancement.
• Obtains the funding approval and cost center and proposes a cutover plan.
• Works with the Development team and arrange to complete the enhancement.
• Collaborate with the business users for performing User Acceptance Testing.
• Obtain Business Approval and arrange to deploy the changes to Production system.
• Transition the enhancement details to the Support team.

Confidential

SAP Total Logistics Management

Responsibilities:

• Joined the Products & Confidential as a Product Manager for SAP Logistics functionality.
• Create and evolve the Product to enable the business strategy through innovative solutions that can be applied across the organization.
• Has a deep understanding /expertise in technology and platforms.
• Participate in enhancement prioritizations
• Collaborate with the Development team, Business Analyst and testing teams for deployment of the enhancements.
• Transition the enhancement details to the production support team for On-going support.
• Actively involved in Business requirements gathering
• Building of Production functionality in sales Force system.
• Development of new interfaces such as contract management; process order; Goods Receipt against process order; Goods Issue against process order and technical completion of process orders.
• Development of New batch update interface from Sales Force to SAP.
• Collaborate with scrum team in the design and development of enhancements.
• Collaborate with User Interface engineers for lightening screen development
• Interact with business users to understand needs and business leads to understand strategy

Confidential

SAP Total Logistics Management

Responsibilities:

• Nuvizz is a GPS enabled tracking system and will facilitate the client to track and trace the shipments for the client’s approved carriers.
• Shipment data with all the shipment stages (with multiple picking locations and with multiple customer ship to locations) will be sent to the Nuvizz system through the outbound interface. All the approved freight forwarders has been loaded in the Nuvizz system.
• Client will load the shipment and tie it to the appropriate freight forwarder. Once it is assigned, tan the truck movements can be tracked through the GPS sytem.
• Digital Bill of Lading will be viewed in the Nuvizz system and facilitates the truck drivers and the customers to sign the documents electronically.
• Texting functionality is enabled and facilitates the truck drivers to text message the customer contact person before arriving the customer facility.
• Signed BOL will be received through inbound interface and attached to the shipment for tracking and documentation purposes.
• Integration of SAP; Sales force and third party B2B systems which will facilitate update of both inbound and outbound transactions between the systems.
• Development of Outbound Inventory Adjustment interface; Inbound interface for PGR/PGI being performed in the B2B system which will update SAP and sales force systems.
• Cost avoidance of $1.0 M/year by replacing WITS software and avoiding long term manual processes during extended WITS outages
• Savings of $200 K/year from streamlining logistics & tolling work flows
• B2B integration for Monsanto toll manufacturing and 3rd Party warehouses
• Replacement of age old third party warehouse system
• Provides Shipping, Receiving, Inventory Control and manufacturing functionalities.
• Improving accuracy and efficiency in Inventory Tracking
• Cost avoidance of $3.0 M/year by replacing WITS software and avoiding long term manual processes during extended WITS outages
• Savings of $500 K/year from streamlining logistics & tolling work flows
• Enhanced inventory visibility moving to real time view for all products
• Barcoding improves inventory accuracy for all brands and businesses

Confidential

SAP Total Logistics Management

Responsibilities:

• Replacement of existing third party system CODI.
• Coordinated in the development of new interfaces such as Shipment Interface; Goods issue and Goods receipt interfaces for updates between SAP and Sales Force system.
• Designed and Implemented new plant classification system for capturing plant attributes and usage in shipping interfaces for controlling subsequent downstream functionalities in B2B and other 3rd party warehouse systems.
• Increased Organizational Efficiency
• Increased Supply Utilization
• Improved Customer Service
• Worked with the Implementation Partner for GATP functionality GO Live for seed materials
• Design, Development, Testing and Installation of SAP Total Logistics Management on Monsanto’s SAP system to enable Seeds & Traits and Crop Protection Business users to perform their Logistics business operations.
• Involved in the set up of subcontracting and stock transport orders.
• Coordinate with other teams and complete new plants configurations across different functionalities.
• Implemented warehouse management for new plants and configured different put away and picking strategies.
• Defined Shipping points and their automatic determination in the sales order.
• Configured the item categories and item category determination for deliveries.
• Route determination is set up to calculate the transportation planning time and to transit time for the Shipment.
• Configured schedule lines and assigned them to the item categories as per business requirement.
• Configured shipping relevant functions, creating deliveries, picking, packing processing and goods issue.
• Implemented new tags and placards outputs for seed materials.
• Working noledge on physical inventory and cycle counting for both IM and WM
• During Support pack upgrade, stock discrepancy issue was faced and some of the batches under quality stock could not be moved and in some cases, batch statuses could not be changed. The same material and batch does exist in both unrestricted and restricted stock.
• Worked with SAP America and as per their suggestion, a suitable OSS note has been applied to resolve the stock discrepancy issue, in 2014
• Worked with SAP America and as per their suggestion, resolved the stock transport order issues, in 2013.

Confidential

SAP Total Logistics Management

Responsibilities:

• Design; development & Implementation of Outbound and Inbound Shipment Interfaces between SAP and the freight forwarder system as per EDI 304 & 856 specifications for Ocean shipments.
• Reduction in Customs Inspections
• Greater business certainty (More accurate data, Monsanto control over process)
• Allows the EME (Europe & Middle East) Leadership Team (ELT) to better manage the EME Vegetables business by harmonizing processes related to the resources, products, customers, third party vendors and service providers*, EBIT, cash, research and development, royalties etc.,
• Centralize EME R&D costs, standard Cost Of Goods Sold, and Intellectual property under the Dutch Legal Structure for better cash management and IP protection
• Indirect sales to customers located in EU countries such as IT, ES, HU, UK, FR, PL, BE, DE = Duo Billing
• This project had assisted Monsanto business to has better visibility of our inventory and sales, simplify our transfer pricing, costing of materials, and in general halp control costs. As such, this project is an important contributor to Monsanto’s focus on growth and operational efficiency.
• Client has acquired a new seed company and involved in the SAP Implementation Project.
• Actively participated in the Implementation of this Project during the Design Phase; Testing Phase and Go Live phase of the project.
• Demonstrated some of the key custom QM functionalities to the Implementation team.
• Opportunities to optimize cost and customer service and recognize potential high-leverage options to consolidate, streamline and standardize work processes across organizational silos.
• A future state vision supported by a business case and a well functioning social system that creates the necessary alignment and support of key stakeholders across EMEA

Confidential

SAP Quality Management

Responsibilities:

• The goal of this project is to revamp the existing ABC rating system for seed batches. The rating specifications for an Inspection Characteristic should be based on Material group; material pricing group; product type; production environment.
• Custom override functionality is proposed for overriding the rating of the batches.
• Better Inventory Utilization
• Reduce manual inventory decisions.
• The goal of Speed Priority Project is to develop a Global prioritization and criticality process for crops from the time of creation and conversion of Planned Order to Production order through the QA testing process of received crop at FPO or Processing Plant.
• Active member of the project supporting QM business needs.
• The goal of Speed Priority Project is to develop a Global prioritization and criticality process for crops from the time of creation and conversion of Planned Order to Production order through the QA testing process of received crop at FPO or Processing Plant.
• To re-define and develop an updated global process of Prioritization of new crops from start to finish (Planned Order > Process Order > Purchase Req > STO > Process Order > IL)
• Responsible for Global QM support activities for Veggie QM Business for both Open field and Protected Culture field business.
• Conducting training/meetings and business communications in English with the stake holders on prioritizing the support issues/enhancements and finalize the implementation cutovers.
• Integrated SAP’s Production Planning (PP)-Process Instruction (PI), Logistics Execution (LE), Total Logistics Management (TLM) and Materials Management (MM) modules with SAP QM.
• Responsible for Global QM Support for Veggie Seeds Division and Row Crops and involved in new projects and performed different enhancement and support activities.
• Worked on PM Master Data objects such as Functional locations; task lists for the newly created plants.
• Carries out Plant specific PM configuration whenever new plants are configured.
• Tracking of physical samples across different physical lab locations.
• Supporting PM orders for each orders and confirmation of orders

Confidential, St. Louis

SAP Quality Management

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Global QM support consultant for the Veggie Seeds
• Scheduled periodical business meetings with key Global business users on understanding the enhancements/support issues and prioritize the requests and finalize the implementation cutovers.
• Integrated SAP’s Production Planning (PP)-Process Instruction (PI), Logistics Execution (LE), Total Logistics Management (TLM) and Materials Management (MM) modules with SAP QM.
• Active Test Coordinator for performing the SAPGUI and Support pack testing
• Trained as a Champion for automation of the Testing Process.
• Planned and organized for the QM module specific configuration needs of the system
• Prepared the functional design specification and coordinated with the development team for the custom development objects and arranged to test and apply them in the appropriate systems.
• Provided verification of configuration in the production client and performed configuration table comparison between quality and production clients.
• Planned and actively coordinated with the Business Intelligence (BI) Reporting team for the development of BI reports for QM Module
• Supported the business in performing 2009 Carryover Inspections
• Assisted the Archiving Project for archiving production orders for the year 2004 by closing all open inspection lots.

Confidential

SAP Quality Management

Responsibilities:

• As an active Test co-coordinator, performed Cycle testing 1 and cycle testing 2 for the identified standard and custom transaction t-codes in the upgrade client. Performed Integration Testing of key business processes with the Business users for Corn (Commercial/Foundation); Soy Bean & Cotton seeds. Coordinated with the ABAP development team on the custom program issues and resolved them.
• Performed Outage Testing in D08; Q08 & P08 clients at appropriate time intervals as per the directions of the Project team. Assisted the Upgrade
• Project team in successfully completing the ECC Upgrade Go-Live Project.
• Resolved the issues came up after Go-Live in a timely manner.
• Closely coordinating with the business team in getting the critical fields which need to be extracted to LIMS from SAP.
• Prepared functional specification (FDS) for custom enhancements and coordinated with the off-shore development team in completing the enhancements. Coordinated with the business and identified the FI test characteristics.
• Created Inspection plans and combined ICL & FI Test together.
• Tested the custom reports exclusively used for Seminis and identified the ABC Rating report changes because of results upload from external system. User exit changes has been completed for ABC rating.
• Created test scenarios and test documentation for unit & Integration in D08 and Q08 clients.
• Prepared cutover plan for the SAP activities to be performed prior to Go-Live. Tested the SAP-LABWARE Interface in Q08 client.
• End user testing completed 1st week of March 2009.
• LIMS with Strong password option tested successfully in T08 client.
• Inspection Plan new Design for ICL & FI has been tested in D08 and Q08 clients.
• Activated the sub system to the work center on the Go-Live date.
• Actively participate in the QM network & ISC Meetings. Developing good network within the Team and also with PP; TLM and other teams to accomplish the work in a timely manner.
• Active Team member in the Fun Team events committee and recently coordinated for the Mardi Gras fun time event

Confidential

SAP Quality Management

Responsibilities:

• Joined the team during the start of realization phase.
• Studied the various functional specifications and understood the critical business processes of the client.
• Configured the following in the Configuration client. Custom inspection types for the critical business processes.
• Quality certificate types, profile and output determination. Selection sets & Follow-up function to trigger custom enhancement.
• Testing the configuration in Test client and arrange to move the configuration to other clients. Performed the configuration documentation.
• Preparation of Test Plan and creation of step by step approach of test plans in Mercury Quality Center.
• Guiding the key business users in performing the transactions and execution of test Plan in Mercury quality center.
• Guiding the key business users in preparing the Business Process Procedures using Info-Pak software.
• Co-ordination with the development team for development of custom enhancements.
• FRICEW objects testing.
• Created uploading tools such as LSMW for data conversion objects
• Collection and uploading of QM master data using LSMW & Quick Test Pro
• Co-ordination with key users and other cross modular team for during the Integration Testing.
• Co-ordination with the Integration Manager for the module specific cut over activities.
• Verification of configuration in the production client and configuration tables comparison between quality and production clients.
• Uploading of QM master data in the Production client.
• Go-Live on 1st Aug 2007.
• Go-Live for Midwest Shipment Quality - March 2008
• Go-Live Support for QM; PP-PI & TSW Modules.
• Learnt about execution of TSW Module.
• Altiris tickets handling for issues/defects during the support phase.

Confidential, St Louis, USA

SAP Quality Management & Materials management

Responsibilities:

• Visited various plants of the client.
• Discussed with the key users.
• Studied the Business processes and collected the requirements.
• Initial configuration in Sandbox client (BX4).
• Testing of critical scenarios.
• Interaction with SAP through OSS notes for critical QM issues.
• Conducted Business process workshops with the business users and understood the business processes.
• Preparation of functional specification document for the QM business processes. Preparation of Data conversion mapping files.
• Conducted Design Validation Sessions to the Business users on various business process scenarios.
• Discussed with the Power users for functional specification review & approval.
• Co-ordination with the development team for starting the development of custom programs.Configuration of the following:
• MM Organization structure configuration
• Assignment of plants to Business areas/ Valuation area & Divisions.
• QM Procurement configuration.
• Configuration of custom inspection types
• Configuration of custom movement types.
• Configured Output determination for Material documents.
• Conducted Unit Testing in the Development client. Coordinated with the Testing team for Integration Testing.
• Coordinated with the Change control team for transporting configuration objects to golden and production client.
• Creation of various QM master data in the golden client for Integration testing. Coordinated with the Testing team for Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Trained the Training team for conducting SAP training classes to the business users.

Confidential

SAP Materials Management

Responsibilities:

• Study of Fit gap analysis.
• Preparation of Business Blue print documentation.
• Initial configuration in Sandbox client (DV2).
• Preparation of Test Plans for Key business scenarios.
• Unit testing carried out in DV2 client.
• Documentation of Unit test results.
• Preparation & updating of configuration check list.
• Visited the client’s place at Barcelona, Spain.
• Study of legal requirements of Spain.
• Preparation of Business process flow charts and conducting workshops for the business and got confirmation.
• Collection of master data extracts.
• Preparation of Data conversion strategy documents. Configuration in TS2 (configuration client).
• Preparation of Configuration check list.
• Updating of IMG configuration documentation in DV2 for TS2 configuration. Preparation of Transport Request Sheet.
• Transporting configuration objects to Golden and Production Client.
• Uploading of MM master data objects in golden client.

Confidential

SAP Quality Management

Responsibilities:

• Study of As-Is Condition for all the plants at Chennai, Madurai, Hosur, Pondicherry and Hyderabad for Identifying the Business Process requirements in Quality Management Module.
• ASAP methodology for the business process.
• Business Blue Print and To-Be Preparation with the ASAP Q&A db.
• Finalization of the various business processes that has to be mapped in SAP. Mapping of As-Is and To-Be Process.
• Configuration of the system in SAP R/3 - For Quality Planning, Quality Inspection, and Quality Control functions for SFL.
• Level 2 Training to Business process owners, Power users and Core team. Identification of reporting requirements and other developments for work around solutions and for bridging the gaps.
• Uploading of various Masters viz., Material, Quality Info Records, and Quality Plans. Integration testing with other Modules.
• Study of user requirements and developed Queries / ABAP Reports.
• User training & Documentation.
• Go Live on Feb 2004 for Pondy Plant.
• GO Live on May 2004 for KPM Plant.
• Go Live on July 2004 for RCD Plant.
• Post Go live support for Pondy & KPM Plants

Confidential

SAP Quality Management

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of Test Equipment Management for two Plants.
• Development of Composite Vendor Rating System.
• Team member for new ECM Implementation to meet R & D’s requirements.
• Help desk activities, Improvements and performance enhancement for the above client.
• User training and Documentation.
• Study of As-Is Condition of Quality Management Module & Production
• Finalization of the various business processes that has to be mapped in SAP.
• Mapping of As-Is and To-be business processes.
• Conducted Level 2 training for the key business users.
• Configuration of the system in SAP R/3 - For Quality Planning, Quality Inspection, and Quality Control functions and For Basic data; Material Requirement Planning; Shop Floor Control; Repetitive Manufacturing and Serial Number Management.
• Preparation of Data migration tools and Uploading of various Masters viz., Material, Quality Info Records, Quality Plans; BOM, Routing and Production Versions.
• Integration testing with other Modules.
• Study of user requirements and developed Queries & ABAP Reports with the assistance of technical consultants.
• User training & Documentation.

Confidential

SAP Quality Management

Responsibilities:

• Off shore support project involving Quality Management and Production Planning modules.
• Introduction to custom movement types to facilitate quality inspection for Sub-contract returns.
• Handled major issue of Quality Info automatic user defined status change and solved the problem by applying OSS notes.
• Established smooth working of Dynamic Modification Rule and Skip lot changes
• User training and Documentation
• Help desk activities; Improvements and performance enhancement activities
• Active member in custom enhancements for customer service module.

Confidential

SAP Migration

Responsibilities:

• Quality Module functionality testing in Procurement and Production.
• Responsible for incorporating changes arising out of testing.
• Co-ordination with Technical team members for smooth rollover.
• User Training and Documentation
• Worked as a key power user and collaborated with the Implementation partner and the IT team for the Production planning module & Quality Management modules during the Project Implementation.
• Actively participated in the Power User training conducted by M/s. Siemens Information Systems Ltd, Chennai, India.
• Collection of Master data for Production Resource Tooling (Tools and Gauges)
• Categorization of Tooling using classification system
• Collection of Master data for Quality Info Records & Purchase Information records for Tooling master data
• Uploaded Tooling Master data and Inventory in the Production environment during Go Live phase of the project.
• Conducted End user training across multiple plants
• GO Live and Production Support.