SUMMARY

• 11+ years of experience as Sr.SAP APO Functional Consultant in areas of various industrial sectors like Hi - Tech, Pharmaceutical, Food and Beverage Products industry.
• Successful completion of 2 full Life Cycle implementations project and 2 rollout project including Post-Go Live support projects.
• Hands on experience in Design, Develop, Configuration, Testing, Implementation, Deployment and Supporting all aspects of DP, SNP, PP/DS, GATP and knowledge of ECC's Production Planning (PP).
• Created and present POC for MRP, GATP and PP/DS using S/4 HANA for new development.
• Experience in Configuration and Implementation of DP Info Cubes using Administrative Workbench, Generating and Changing CVC, Planning books, Planning Areas, Macros and Creating Statistical Forecast.
• Maintained Time Bucket Profiles, Forecast Profiles, Planning Versions, Proportional factor, Promotional Planning, Life Cycle Management and "Like" Modeling, releasing forecast to SNP and ECC.
• Hands-on experience with SNP Heuristics, Optimizer, Heuristics and Optimizer based Deployment, Transport Load Builder (TLB), Capacity Leveling and Safety Stock Planning.
• Experienced in the configuration of PP/DS Work Areas, Propagation Range and Strategy Profile and Optimization profile. Defined DS Planning Board Profile and Overall profile.
• Experienced in implementing interactive and background PP/DS planning runs using PP Heuristics, Detailed Scheduling Heuristics, and PP/DS Optimizer. Worked with Planning Procedure, Characteristics Based Planning (CBP), Capable-To-Promise (CTP) and Capacity leveling functionalities.
• Hands on experience with CIF of master data and transaction data.
• Configured ATP Groups, Check Modes, Check Instructions, Check control, Business Events.
• Experience in configuration and support of Production Allocation, Rule Based Allocation and Backorder Processing configurations for availability check in APO.
• Experience in configuration of CTM specific to CTM profiles, master data selection setup and quota arrangements, location priority, calendars and transportation lane procurement priority.
• Maintained master data setup for the demand prioritization, supply categorization and source determination.
• Worked with Planning Procedure, Characteristics Based Planning (CBP), Capable-To-Match (CTM) and Capacity leveling functionalities.
• Hands on experience with configuration of SNP, CTM, PP/DS master data (Resource, PPM, PDS, Quota arrangements, transportation lanes).
• Experience in Creating Test Scenarios, Manage Testing, Develop User Training Documents and Training Users on a new solution.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SAP Technology: ECC 6.0, SCM(5.1, 7.0),SAP R/3, Live Cache

Operating systems: Windows

Other Tools: ARIS, Remedy, HP Quality Centre, QTP, and IT Service desk.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SAP APO Consultant

Confidential - Morrisville, NC

Responsibilities:

• Involved with requirement gathering and implementation of Supply Network Planning and GATP functionality for Israel and Mexico.
• Involved in the development, testing, documentation, cutover activities and go-live support for the Supply Network Planning and GATP.
• As part of requirement gathering, understood the detailed functional requirements prepared by the business and coordinated with business users to lock the requirements.
• Created and presented POC for MRP, GATP and PP/DS using S/4 HANA for new development.
• Configurated of SNP Planning Books, SNP Data Views
• Configured and maintained the SNP Location Heuristic and Capacity planning.
• Created Advanced Macros in Planning Book and the Data View level at various stages to facilitate the existing Forecast Calculation
• Provided business procedure/definition steps to the Supply Planners including running Planning in background and releasing the time-based forecast data from DP to SNP.
• Worked on configuration of TLB profile and assign to the T-Lane.
• Worked Extensively on CIF, from initial setup to troubleshooting of CIF Errors. Created Integration Models and Batch Jobs for Master & Transactional Data.
• Configured settings for Global ATP check methods, RBA and Product Allocations.
• Responsible for implementation of Back Order Processing and Batch BOP.
• Configured Master Planning Object Structures, Planning Areas, Planning books, Data Views for Product Allocations in GATP.
• Configured the Business Events, Check instruction, Check mode.
• Involved in unit testing, functional testing and post implementation support.

SAP APO Consultant

Confidential - Tampa, FL

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the development, testing, documentation, cutover activities and go-live support for the Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning process of the CCBF.
• As part of requirement gathering, understood the detailed functional requirements prepared by the business and coordinated with business users to lock the requirements.
• Prepared and presented the DP and SNP system design to business group and cross functional IT groups of CCBF business for sign off.
• Create Master Forecast Profile, Statistical forecast profile and Consensus planning as per business requirement.
• Created Advanced Macros in Planning Book and the Data View level at various stages to facilitate the existing Forecast Calculation
• Created Alert macros for facilitating Demand Planner to use management by exception
• Provided business procedure/definition steps to the Demand Planners including running Planning in background and releasing the time-based forecast data from DP to SNP.
• Conducted Work Shop on Data Realignment, Life Cycle Modeling including Phase-In and Phase-Out Scenario, Promotion Planning and on Collaborative DP.
• Created the Discrete Optimizer Profile with all the relevant setting as per the Business Requirements.
• Create the Optimizer deployment profile with all the relevant setting as per the Business Requirements.
• Executed Deployment Runs to determine the distribution of available Supply.
• Worked on configuration of TLB profile and assign to the T-Lane.
• Worked on different heuristics (SAP MRP 001, SAP PP 020, SAP PP 002, SAP PP 004, SAP PP 019 and Heuristic SAP PP 011) for the PPDS planning.
• Configured Setup group, Setup matrix, PP/DS optimizer, Optimizer costs and PP/DS heuristics.
• Configured PP/DS Alert Profile, Work Area, propagation range, strategy profile, maintained Optimization profile.
• Helped the Business to do the Master Data Mapping.
• Created a Complete Night Batch Run for the Business.
• Configured the SNP-Alerts
• Lead the UAT.
• Lead the User Training.

SAP APO Consultant

Confidential - Huntsville, AL

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintaining existing Planning Area, Planning Book, Data View, MFP, new Characteristic Value Combination (CVC) master data and time series objects.
• Maintained and configured realignment and Copy for new CVC.
• Configured Data Realignment, Life Cycle Modeling including Phase-In and Phase-Out Scenario, Promotion Planning and on Collaborative DP.
• Developed and maintained macro, alert profile as per business requirement.
• Configurated of SNP Planning Books, SNP Data Views, Configured End User Data Views.
• Configured and maintained the SNP Heuristic, SNP Optimizer profiles and cost profile and analyses the Optimizer log file.
• Created the TLB Profile and assigned it to appropriate Transportation Lane, Created and maintained Transportation Lanes.
• Created the optimizer deployment Profile for deployment.
• Created and monitor Activity, planning the job and release profile for background jobs.
• Responsible for production issues related to master data, configuration and batch job monitoring for DP, SNP.
• Responsible for CIF activities like Monitoring and error handling and other problem-solving activities.
• Debugged CIF related issues, CIF Error handling, and CIF Post processing, CIF reconciliation, and Delta Reports, well versed with Error Handling and CIF transactions.
• Responsible for executing smoke test every weekend when live cache brought up by Basis team.
• Developed user training documents, conducted knowledge transfer end user training and resolved user issues.

Sr. SAP APO Consultant

Confidential - San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities:

• Understood the Business process as part of knowledge transfer for SNP and PP/DS module.
• Responsible for maintaining the Process Chain, Batches and Macros.
• Responsible for maintaining the Planning area, planning book, selection ID for SNP and PP/DS.
• Creation and maintenance of all the Mass master data and Corrected Master Data related issues for - Product, Location, Transportation Lanes, Means of Transports, and PDS.
• Created test scenarios needed to support business requirements based on customer defined priorities, cost and optimization profile for SNP optimizer.
• Configured and Maintained the Heuristic and optimizer deployment Profile for deployment.
• Executed Deployment Runs to determine the distribution of available Supply.
• Configured and maintained the TLB profile for the different scenarios.
• Configured Safety Stock Planning for calculating excess inventory based on user maintained master data.
• Configured and maintain the Capable-To-Promise (CTP) with ATP check using SAP PP CTP heuristics.
• Worked on different heuristics (SAP MRP 001, SAP PP 020, SAP PP 002, SAP PP 004, SAP PP 019 and Heuristic SAP PP 011) for the PPDS planning.
• Configured Setup group, Setup matrix, PP/DS optimizer, Optimizer costs and PP/DS heuristics.
• Configured PP/DS Alert Profile, Work Area, propagation range, strategy profile, maintained Optimization profile.
• Involved in CIF activities like Monitoring and error handling and other problem-solving activities.
• Developed user training documents, conducted knowledge transfer end user training and resolved user issues.

SAP APO Consultant

Confidential - Kansas City, MO

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Supply Network Planning (SNP) and Global Available to Promise (GATP).
• Configured SNP Version Management and Set up Supply Chain Model i.e., Master Data for Locations, Product, Resource, Transportation Lanes, PDS.
• Created CTM profiles and master data selection IDs for CTM profiles.
• CTM profile created were mainly focused on accommodating safety stock planning for certain business units and product families.
• Analyzed CTM planning results with planners to understand the requirements have been fulfilled.
• Analyzed the CTM planning results in the light of the contribution that it can make towards inventory optimization.
• Created Deployment Involved in various construction related activities like Creating Planning Areas, Planning Books, Selection ID’s, Macros, Master data selections for the CTM profiles, Variants etc.
• Release of the SNP/CTM results to DP for comparing the unconstrained and constrained plan.
• Configured and maintained for the RBA and Product Allocations for different scenarios.
• Responsible for implementation of Interactive Back Order Processing and Batch BOP.
• Configured the Business Events, Check instruction, Check mode.
• Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between ECC and SCM and set up Integration models for transfer of Master data, transaction data.
• Resolved problems faced in APO during day to day working of users.
• Created End User Documentation and Training Materials.

SAP APO Consultant

Confidential - St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Involved with design and implementation of Supply Network Planning and PP/DS projects using SCM 7.0
• Analyzed the AS-IS condition of the PP/DS process. Carried out the TO-BE and GAP analysis, business process re-engineering and configuration.
• Discussed specific and critical requirements with the client team and discussed what can be done and what data to be mapped from their legacy system to R/3. Actively designed and refined integration Data Specifications.
• Maintained CIF Integration models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between ECC and APO.
• Designed and Developed the Supply Network Model incorporating all the plants, distribution centers, Customers, and Suppliers based on the supply chain process.
• Created SNP product Master Views: define lot size, production horizon, fixing the horizon etc.
• Configured and maintained SNP Heuristic and optimization profile.
• Configured Setup group, Setup matrix, PP/DS optimizer, Optimizer costs and PP/DS heuristics.
• Configure and maintain the Capable-To-Promise (CTP) with ATP check.
• Worked on different heuristics (SAP MRP 001, SAP PP 020, SAP PP 002, SAP PP 004, SAP PP 019 and Heuristic SAP PP 011) for the PPDS planning.
• Configured PPM/PDS explosion and scheduling, firming, pegging, setup times, converting planned orders in PP/DS, configured PPDS module including converted SNP planned orders into PPDS orders, exception groups in the PP/DS planning log, product view
• Developed user training documents and conducted Knowledge Transfer.
• Involved in system testing and post implementation support.
• Developed training documents for the End Users, knowledge transfer with the end user training and resolved any end user issues.

SAP APO Consultant

Confidential - Decatur, IL

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the maintained of Master Planning Object Structure, Planning Areas and create custom Macros for interactive planning to perform calculations and created Alert Macros.
• Created DP Master Data (CVCs) & Copy/Realigned CVCs as per business requirement.
• Configured Forecast Profiles, Alert Profiles, Statistical Forecast Models, Model Selection, Forecast Error Analysis in Demand Planning.
• Configured Data Realignment, Life Cycle Modeling including Phase In and Phase Out Scenario, Promotion Planning and on Collaborative DP.
• Configured settings for Global ATP check methods, RBA and Product Allocations.
• Configured Master Planning Object Structures, Planning Areas, Planning books, Data Views for Product Allocations in GATP.
• Configured and maintained for the RBA and Product Allocations for different scenarios.
• Responsible for implementation of Back Order Processing and Batch BOP.
• Configured the Business Events, Check instruction, Check mode.
• Set up Background Jobs for Mass Processing and Process chain for DP and GATP.
• Configured and maintained strategy profile, time profile & optimization profile and defined propagation range and Customize DS board as per business requirement
• Configured and maintained Setup group, setup matrix, PP/DS heuristics, PP/DS Optimizer as per business requirement.
• Worked on different heuristics (SAP MRP 001, SAP PP 020, SAP PP 002, SAP PP 004) for the PPDS planning.
• Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between ECC and APO. Ensured data continuity between APO and ECC using the CIF functionality.
• Involved in system testing and post implementation support.
• Developed training documents for the End Users, knowledge transfer with the end user training and resolved any end user issues.

SAP APO Consultant

Confidential - Danvers, MA

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Preparation of Business Flow Charts based on Business Blue Print documents.
• Prepared and reviewed Functional and Technical Specifications.
• Creation and maintenance of all the Mass master data and Corrected Master Data related issues for - Product, Location, Transportation Lanes, Means of Transports, and PDS.
• Involved in CIF activities like monitoring and error handling and other problem-solving activities.
• Configured and maintained the SNP Planning area, SNP discreate Optimizer profile and cost for different scenarios.
• Configured and maintained strategy profile, time profile & optimization profile and defined propagation range and Customize DS board as per business requirement
• Configured and maintained Setup group, setup matrix, PP/DS heuristics, PP/DS Optimizer as per business requirement.
• Worked on different heuristics (SAP MRP 001, SAP REM 002, SAP PP 020, SAP PP 002, SAP PP 004) for the PPDS planning.
• Support the overall GATP settings and Tested RBA, Product Allocations and Backorder Processing for different scenarios.
• Support issues in GATP and its integration with ECC.
• Developed Process Chain, Background job and Macro for SNP, PP/DS and GATP.
• Developed various test cases and documented the test results for both functional and integration testing of the solutions in SNP and PPDS.
• Test scenarios were created to support the business requirements based on customer's priorities. Troubleshot Post go-live Support Issues tickets.

SAP APO Consultant

Confidential - Downers Grove, IL

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Modules focused on Demand Planning (DP) and Supply Network Planning (SNP).
• Created DP Master Data (CVCs) & Copy/Realigned CVCs as per business requirement.
• Configured Forecast Profiles, Alert Profiles, Statistical Forecast Models, Model Selection, Forecast Error Analysis in Demand Planning.
• Worked on Interactive Demand Planning, Background job, Selection Profiles, Configured Process Chain and Macro.
• Configured the CTM specific master data like quota arrangements, location priority, calendars and transportation lane procurement priority.
• Master data setup for the demand prioritization and source determination.
• Set up CTM profile and Master Data selection for SNP planning and Safety Stock Planning.
• Analyzed the results of the CTM planning run using Evaluations and CTM messages for example pegging relationships between the receipts and the demand elements, demand transferred and orders created
• Created supply chain model versions for what-if simulation scenarios
• Alert monitor was used for analysis and managing the exceptions caused by the CTM run
• Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between ECC and SCM.
• Configured SNP Version Management and Set up Supply Chain Model i.e., Master Data for Locations, Product, Resource, Transportation Lanes, and PDS.
• Provided support to end users in the integration of APO with SD/MM/PP.
• Created End User Documentation and Training Materials.

SAP PP Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Handling Support issues and guiding the users.
• Issues handling mainly on Master Data, Process Order Executions.
• Handled on MRP related issues, fixing the Issues and guiding the users
• Handing Batch Management issues.
• Handling the Quality Related issues like inconsistence during the Lot Creation.
• Cancelling the Process Order confirmation. Guiding the Quality goods movements.
• Updating the documents monthly, attending the project related meetings every week.
• Discussing the issues and making the permanent solutions if it occurs again and again.
• Maintain the documents and updating the documents if any new changes occur in the process.
• Worked on MTO: Creation of Sale Order & Configuration, MRP Run, planned order and Purchase Requisition creation specific to order
• Worked on Picking/Goods Issue Pick list printed during the order release will be submitted to the stores.