SUMMARY

• Experienced Supply Chain Management (SCM) functionalconsultant with in depth understanding of Demand, Distribution and Optimization techniques and have been working as a SAP consultant with efficient ability in implementing complex supply chain solutions.
• 8+ years of hands - on experience in SAP SCM/APO modules with two full life cycle implementations involving requirement analysis and gathering, designing business blue print, configuration and in-depth realization of teh project to Go-Live and Post Go-Live activities including Production maintenance and support.
• Expertise in designing, configuring, testing, implementing and supporting SAP SCM solutions using Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP) and Core Interface (CIF).
• Created Batch jobs/Planning jobs/Background mass processing reportsto automate - conversion and release of production orders, forecast consumption and deletion, heuristic and capacity leveling runs in SNP.
• Experience in configuration and implementation of DP Info Cubes using administrative workbench, Generating and changing Characteristic Value Combinations, Planning books, Planning Areas, Macros, creating Statistical Forecast Profile& Consensus Planning.
• Worked on SNP, heuristics, optimizer, reporting KPI’s, maintaining PDS, Master Data integration via CIF with ECC.
• Experience in performing Legacy System Analysis, Fit/Gap analysis, Business Process Re-engineering, design and configuration.
• Understanding of various Forecasting static models and techniques.
• Maintaining Time bucket profiles, Forecast profiles, planning versions, promotional planning, life cycle management.
• Created SNPMaster Data Profiles and worked on SNPHeuristics, Optimizer and Capable to match (CTM), Deployment and Transport Load Builder (TLB) planning methods and techniques.
• Designed and tested teh core APO SNP functionality that included planned Independent requirements like Make-to-stock production and Make-to-order production in SNP.
• Evaluated and transferred teh planning results in SNP to SAP ECC for execution.
• Involved in Projects utilizing teh SAP ECC, Material Management (MM), Production Planning (PP) and Sales and Distribution (SD) module with thorough noledge of Material requirement planning (MRP) andBill of materials (BOM).
• Clear understanding of cross-functional applications of MM, PP and SAP APO in Industrial scenarios.
• Excellent analytical & communication skills and ability to interact with business users and perform UAT. Able to translate business requirements into deployable business solutions and work in team environment, and conduct training sessions to business users across multiple disciplines.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SAP ECC: SAP R/3 version 4.7. ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0

SAP SCM: SCM APO 5.0, 5.1, 7.0

DesignTools: Auto CAD, ANSYS

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows 8, Windows 10, Mac OS X

Project Management & Reports: MS Office Suite, MS Project, MS Visio, VSTS

Document Management: SharePoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SAP APO DP/SNP Consultant

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Responsibilities:

• Interact and work with business users to resolve production issues.
• Worked on a critical issue by replicating teh scenario in test environment, performed testing and implementing teh changes in production system to ensure a smooth run during iPhone X order execution window on November 3rd ’17.
• Worked on business requests for production fixes, by making configuration changes in development system, testing in UAT and moving teh CR to production system after business signoff.
• Analyzed Priority 1 issues for production system failures and provided resolution within SLA.
• Provided support during weekends to monitor teh production system for teh weekly GATP and CTM planning activities. Resolved system failures/issues, to ensure teh correct data is available for business users during teh week.
• Hands on experience in CPS for job scheduling, viewing and setting up new jobs/adding new variants to existing jobs. Part of teh CPS Go-Live on migrating 914 jobs from SAP production system to CPS.
• Resolved a critical issue raised by business users for out of warranty repair purchase requisitions of Beats head set and Air pods.
• Created a new Time Stream ID based on teh resource downtime dates mentioned by business users, which is assigned to commodities for CTM planning.
• Worked extensively on CIF master and transactional data models to enable updated data transfer from ECC to APO.
• Requested fire fighter role for ability to perform manual activity in production system, to ensure teh correct Demand History data of previous Cal Day is loaded in teh Planning Area from teh info cube in SAP BW.
• Controlled highly complex Process Chains related to daily, weekly and monthly processes of GATP, DP, SNP and BW.
• Worked closely with various teams including ABAP to understand teh technicality of custom logics being implemented; with BASIS, SD and MM to understand their processes for efficient problem solving ability.

Confidential, Redmond, WA

SAP APO Solution Manager

Responsibilities:

• Drive Supply Chain Planning enhancements to support teh changes to teh Demand Planning and Supply Planning functionality.
• Configured ATP rules and setup conditions in APO for Sales Order confirmation with respect to region, Sales Area and Sales Org in ECC.
• Configured custom transactions with batch programs to create Purchase Requisitions from Planned Orders and Purchase Orders from Purchase Requisitions, automatically.
• Created a program to display teh open Sales Orders along with teh Theory of Constraint parameters and teh Requested Delivery Date (RDD).
• Experienced in Performance Tuning on ABAP Objects.
• Configured a custom transaction in ECC with integrated programs in ECC/APO for driving teh Make to Stock process for X-box, X-box consoles and PC accessories.
• Configured teh Make to Order process using GATP rules for order confirmation with integration of Theory of Constraints logic for Surface Books.
• Worked on ABAP to create User Exits based on business requirement and performed SIT/UAT for changes in teh system.
• Configured teh end to end planning and execution process for B&M and online plants.
• Involved with teh concerted team for GATP configuration, to deploy teh ‘X-box design lab console’ in September 2016.
• Conducted integration testsand involved in regression testing; resolved issues during testing. Responsible for Demand Planning and Supply Planning master data setup; APO system mapping to fulfill business requirements.
• Liaised between Business team and Technical IT team, making sure teh teams are noledgeable of teh deliverables.
• Involved in teh cutover activities, documentation and go-live support for teh quarterly projects.
• Worked closely with teh business partners and lead teh end to end UAT, to ensure changes do not effect partner system integration.
• Problem Statement 1: Distributors don't keep stock of items that are either not moving fast enough to justify stock holding and/or where teh customer tolerance time (CTT) exceeds teh current supply lead time. For such items, not only is keeping stock a major risk but it is also not necessary.Knowing whether to carry stock or not at each location is therefore a key part of becoming a world class supply chain that achieves very high levels of service levels with low inventory.

Confidential, Morristown, NJ

SAP APO Consultant (DP/SNP) (MS Excel Add-In Implementation)

Responsibilities:

• Involved in complete life cycle implementation from assessment, project preparation to after go-live support for APO DP Excel Add-in.
• Conducted as-is /to-be business process through client interviews and process workshops and configured teh to-be business processes for Demand Planning after APO DP Excel Add-in Implementations.
• Involved in creating 60 report layouts used for extracting data from planning book in excel.
• Configured Excel 2007, 2010 & 2013 interface with SAP APO DP. Resolved various security and interface relate issues like excel comments not showing in planning book, truncated text.
• Regular interaction with SAP for various bug fix and implementing series of OSS notes to have teh business desired functionality working for APO DP Excel Add-In.
• Involved in teh Creation of Master Planning Object Structure, Planning Areas, Characteristic Value Combinations (CVCs), Master Data and Time Series Objects, Storage Bucket profile and Planning Bucket Profile for monthly buckets and weekly buckets for new business requirements.
• Quotas arrangement setup for products based on teh % ratio. These are further used to run teh CTM plan.
• Replicating APO DP Macros in Excel using Excel Formulas. Color formatting of excels reports and updating various other formatting like making past key figure as non-editable in past.
• Ensure smooth loading of APO DP planning book data to Excel and vice versa. Asynchronous update of new selection profiles, CVC, time series update from APO DP to Excel.
• Ensure offline data updates in Excel are updated to APO DP as and when require by business users.
• Executing various test scripts and creating process flow documents for end users. Conducting training workshops as and when require.
• CTM profile setup and distribution of Demand (forecast and stock) based on Quotas to teh plants and growing regions.
• Provided ongoing support for user testing and resolving user issues on regular basis. Maintaining a log for various issues and current status of teh project and updating teh same on a daily.
• Resolving/Supporting various APO SNP issues as and when required.

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

SAP APO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in complete life cycle implementation from assessment, project preparation to after go-live support.
• Conducted as-is /to-be business process through client interviews and process workshops and configured teh to-be business processes for Demand Planning.
• Involved in teh Creation of Master Planning Object Structure, Planning Areas, Characteristic Value Combinations (CVCs), Master Data and Time Series Objects, Storage Bucket profile and Planning Bucket Profile for monthly buckets and weekly buckets.
• Studied forecasting process by carrying out forecast at different aggregation levels using different forecast models, and arrived at optimum solution by comparing teh forecast.
• Set up CTM profile and Master data selection for SNP Planning.
• Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between R/3 and APO.
• Analyzing planning results of weekly SNP Heuristic and CTM planning run and halping planners for resolution.
• Conducted integration tests and resolve issues during integration tests. Responsible for Demand Planning, data mart setup in Demand Planning, historical data upload for forecasting, and APO system mapping to fulfill business requirements.
• Analyzed planning results of DP and CTM runs and developed a daily management report (Confirmed and unconfirmed Demand analysis).
• Set up APO BW Source system, info area, info source and info cube.
• Developed user training documents and conducted training sessions in allocation as well as Order Promising for teh end users and key users.
• Configured mass processing for forecast, macros and demand plan releases.
• Developed functional specifications of new reports to be developed.
• Helped gather information for configuring MRP controllers, MRP groups and scheduling parameters in Material Requirements Planning.
• Setup APO-based master data for SNP planning: Planning calendars, transportation lanes, and appropriate material attributes.
• Troubleshooting configuration issues in GATP and its integration with R/3.
• Resolved planning run problems, master data conversion errors performed root cause analysis of alert issues and resolved data/live Cache inconsistencies in SNP.
• Performed analysis of forecasts when necessary, resolved errors in loading sales history data, performed realignment activities, resolved problems with planning macros.
• Provided ongoing support of heuristics and optimizer for SNP planning for different product families.

Confidential, Peoria, IL

SAP APO DP/SNP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Understood teh Business process as part of noledge transfer and maintained teh S&OP process using DP and SNP, performed enhancements in Data view, DP graphs, Improved forecasting by selecting most appropriate models and teh best Statistical parameters for Univariate forecasting.
• Maintained and modified Proportional factors, disaggregation types and Macros.
• Improved DP Batch processes by designing Process chains and parallel processing profile.
• Creation and maintenance of all teh Mass master data and Corrected Master Data related issues for - Product, Location, Transportation Lanes, Means of Transports, and PPM.
• Configured CTM planning functionality, Set up CTM profile, Master data selection in CTM, Demand Prioritization using custom logic, conducted UAT for Demand prioritization, Set up teh search strategy and Supply categorization processes, and analyzed teh results of teh CTM planning.
• Planning parameters settings, Defined Alert profile, Maintained strategy profile, Maintained time profile, Maintained optimization profile and Defined propagation range.
• Debugged CIF related issues, Worked on CIF Error handling, and CIF Post processing, CIF reconciliation and Delta Reports, Well versed with Error Handling and CIF transactions.
• Created new selections for teh planning books associated to teh existing Planning Area.
• Worked on teh Macros in teh planning books.
• Released SNP forecast from Planning Book to Product view.
• Involved in teh creation of Master Planning Object Structures, Planning Area, Characteristic combination master data and Time Series Objects, Storage Bucket Profile and Planning Bucket Profile for monthly and weekly buckets.
• Set up SNP Master Profile and configured SNP Master Data Locations, Product Masters, Resources and Production Process Model.
• Worked on SNP Heuristic PR generation from teh first half to last half of teh month.
• Created Data Structure for Demand Planning such as Characteristics, Key Figures and Structure Overview.
• Worked on teh configuration of teh Planning Object Structure and Planning Area.
• Forecasting was done keeping teh constant, seasonal and sporadic nature of teh demand.
• Created a Supply Chain Model to represent teh Supply Chain Network with all relevant locations, resources and relationships (Transportation Lanes).

Confidential, Houston, TX

SAP APO DP/SNP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Applied supply chain planning Concepts and processes including Designing, Developing, Configuring, Testing, Implementing and supporting all aspects of teh Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning(SNP).
• Configured teh DP planning structure involving master planning object structure, planning area, planning book and data views.
• Configured teh Storage bucket profiles with periodicities weeks, months, quarter and year and Planning bucket profile to format teh tabular view of teh planning book by defining teh periods or buckets in which data in teh data view is displayed and planned.
• Based on business requirement suggested new info objects and modified teh existing ones.
• Based on teh SAP BW Info Cubes for Shipment History, generated Characteristic Value Combinations (CVC’s) in a weekly job based on existing data.
• Configured teh FYV (fiscal year variant) to avoid teh leakage of teh forecast data between teh months.
• Created complex macros to accommodate teh requirements for global S&OP processes.
• Designed a complex program that explodes and calculates teh dependent demand forecast for teh child and grandchild materials for a BOM which halps business to identify forecasting requirements and result in better forecast for events such as cannibalization & promotions.
• Worked on CIF integration models to transfer master data from ECC to APO.
• Created various process chains for background processing, creating statistical forecast and releasing to SNP, load back up cube, load BOM cube and load special pack to planning area.
• Implemented DeploymentandTLB (Transport Load Builder) functionalities. Implemented fairshare rules, Push vs Pull strategies and ATD (available to deploy).
• Testing and Integration Testing based on end user issues. Created and executed Assembly test scripts and Product test scripts in Quality Center tool.
• Reviewing Functional and Technical specifications.
• Preparing and updating teh configuration documents.

Confidential, Mount Juliet, TN

SAP APO Consultant (DP/SNP)

Responsibilities:

• Conducted AS-IS business process via client interviews and process workshops and configured TO-BE business process, GAP analysis and business process re-engineering for Demand Planning.
• Implemented APO DP, and SNP modules. Provided data sources for SAP BW on teh OLTP (online transaction processing) side, created Info Objects in teh system and summarized them to Info Sources, created transfer structures, transfer rules, and communication structures, defined Info Cubes and update rules.
• Studied Forecasting Process by carrying out forecast at different aggregation levels using different forecast models and arrived at optimum solution by comparing forecast accuracy.
• Managed configuration of DP and SNP, prototyping Capable-To-Match (CTM), Integration Models in CIF.
• Worked on Data Transfer between external BW, external file system, ECC and APO.
• Maintained Characteristic Value Combinations, Forecast Profiles, Storage Bucket profiles and Planning Bucket Profile for monthly buckets and weekly buckets.
• Maintained planning calendar, Planner Responsibleand creating variants for SNP Transaction Data.
• Coordinated APO SCM DP Planning Book, Data Views, interactive planning and forecast requirements for business teams.
• Set up SNP Master Profile and configured SNP Master Data - Location and Product Master, Transportation Lane and Production Process Model (PPM).
• Performed SNP Runs using SNP Heuristics and SNP Optimizer.
• Maintained Quota Arrangements for teh use of SNP Heuristics and Creation of Optimizer Profile and SNP Cost Profile.
• Set up teh CIF model including teh Model set up, Delta Report and Queue Monitor.
• Created Transport Orders for multiple products using Transport Load Builder (TLB) based on teh results of teh Deployment Run.
• Worked on master data for production Planning- BOM, routing, resources, capacity profiles etc.
• Provided Solutions to teh gaps identified by business in using Life Cycle Planning and addressed these issues by modeling teh solution with Like profiles, Phase In and Phase out profiles to address Business’s specific requirements.
• Created of procurement proposals, lot size planning and sequence optimization.
• Analyzed teh planning situation, created and changed orders according to specification of order sequence.
• Generated alerts on dynamic pegging, on container resources and procurement scheduling.
• Transferred procurement proposals to OLTP system and conducted manufacturing execution, order opening, confirmation and goods movements.
• Resolved issues like order delays and resource overloads by using various tools like product planning table, detail scheduling planning board and push production.

Confidential, Troy, MI

APO DP/SNP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Handled entire DP configuration objects like Planning Areas, Planning Object Structures, Storage and Planning Buckets Profiles, Forecast profiles, Alert Monitor, Lifecycle Planning, Mass processing and Characteristic value combinations.
• Designed robust solution to facilitate complex Realignment requirements in Demand Planning based on clients Business processes.
• Involved in Cutover activities (Pre system upgrade/Post system upgrade).
• Upgraded BW, Live Cache and Optimizer.
• Analyzed teh existing forecast process in DP for improvements and designed new forecast models with Pick-best methodology and model it.
• Handled Complex and critical Realignment issues in DP and implemented performance improvement measures for Realignment jobs.
• Addressed bottleneck issues in performance through initiatives to TEMPeffectively employ suitable aggregates, Improved teh read access in Planning Books.
• Configured Parallel processing profiles for time consuming DP Batch processes and derived benefits from its application, reduced teh processing time by 60%.
• Debugged CIF related issues, Worked on CIF Error handling, CIF reconciliation and Delta Reports.
• Worked on Data Mart setup in Demand Planning.
• Created Info Package, loaded data into Info Cubes after setting up update rules, Transfer Structure, Communication Structure, Transfer Rules and Assigning Data Sources.
• Configured navigational attributes for Location in Demand Planning, Maintained and generated Demand Planning master data, Created Master Forecast profiles, worked with Univariate, Multiple Linear Regression(MLR) /Casual and Composite forecasting methods.
• Set up SNP Master Data - Product, Location, Customer, Resources, Transportation Lanes, Set up Supply Chain Model.
• Created teh TLB Profile and assigned it to appropriate Transportation Lane, created and maintained Transportation Lanes and Quotas.
• Helped users in integration testing and provided support on planning.