SUMMARY:

• Over 11+ years (SAPAPO PP/DS, SNP, CIF, DP, GATP 9 years) in - depth experience in supply chain processes (SAP APO HANA) and worked on 6 SAP projects with implementation and support.
• Demand Planning (DP) - MPOS, Planning Area, Planning Book, Data Views, Proportional Factors, Storage bucket profile,Time Bucket Profiles,Characteristic value combinations(CVCs) Life Cycle Planning, Like modeling, Phase-in and phase-out, Promotion Planning, Release of PIR to SNP, Forecasting Profiles, Univariate, MLR, Consensus forecast, and Advanced Macros/ Alerts, DP Interactive planning, mass processing and process chains
• Supply Network Planning (SNP) - SNP MPOS,Planning area,planning books,data views and advanced macros,SNP master data,Heuristics,optimizer,deployment,TLB,capacity leveling
• Production Planning and Detail Scheduling (PPDS) - Planning runs - heuristic, optimizer, Detailed Scheduling planning board, Production Planning table, Setup Matrix, Model Mix Planning(MMP), Production Campaign, Converting SNP orders to PPDS, PPDS Profiles, Master Data.
• Core Interface(CIF) between APO and ECC - Logical Systems, RFC Destinations & Connections, Integration Models, Models & Versions, Master data (plants,work centers,PPM,PDS,T Lanes) and Transaction Data, Post processing(CPP),comparison and reconciliation report (CCR)
• Global Available to Promise (GATP) - Basic and advanced gATP Config, Product allocation, Rules based Availability check, Backorder processing, along with Multi level ATP with functional enhancements
• ABAP: Worked to Identify enhancements use full for Custom logic and support experience via debugging for issues.
• ECC Modules: SD, MM, PP,WM,QM,PM Modules.
• Production Planning:Material master,Bill of Material(BOM),Work Center, Routing, Master recipes,Production version,Demand Management,Material Requirement Planning,Capacity Planning & Leveling, Integrated Product and Process Engineering (iPPE) integration
• Plenty of experience and exposure to the use and implementation of BAdIs, BAPIs, User Exit and Enhancement Point in SAP (APO/SCM and ECC), and Functional/Technical specification development. SAP ERP implementation blueprint (design), realization (build), test, and cutovers, experience in integration with ME
• Worked on Industries as Discrete and Process Manufacturing, Consumer Products, tobacco, paper, dairy, life sciences, pharmaceuticals and life sciences

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Tools: service now, Remedy, HP quality center(HPQC), Central Process Scheduling (CPS),etc

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:

SAP SCM APO Lead Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• APO consultant for APO (HANA) SNP, CIF, GATP support and upgrade of HANA Project for Confidential
• Work together with a team of 15 and defining strategies and planning processes
• Responsible for the configuration of Master Planning Object Structure(MPOS)Planning, Planning areas, Planning books, Data views, SNP Interactive planning, SNP
• Master data, SNP CTM settings
• Responsible for the configuration of Master Planning Object Structure(MPOS), Planning areas, Planning books, Data views, forecast Models, Characteristic Value
• Combinations(CVC’s), Proportional Factors,macros, DP Interactive planning,process chains
• Responsible for the configuration Global ATP: Global ATP Settings, Product Availability
• Product Allocation Procedures, Planning Areas, Backorder Processing
• Responsible for the configuration of Core interface (CIF) configuring and supporting APO
• Interacting the business users to understanding of process of SNP CTM and GATP
• Implementation of new Planning processes for the new Distribution Center and production plant SNP, GATP and obsolete the old plants
• Automation of the process chains and jobs through scheduling tool SAP Central Process Scheduling (CPS) to ensure less manual effort is required to process the planning cycle
• Monitor and take timely action to process the Production, Mock runs for CTM planning followed by Publish tasks to ECC and backend systems for analysis.
• Involved on Material Master, Bill of Material, Routings and Production Versions
• Prepared the Unit & Integration test scripts for Key Processes;
• Involved in Integration testing, Regression testing & UAT;
• Getting involved in to issues and other activities, meeting the SLA and customer satisfaction on related requests

Confidential

SAP APO Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS), Demand planning (DP), Global Available-to-Promise (GATP), Global lead

Responsibilities:

• Global lead role for PP/DS DP GATP for implementation and support Project for Confidential
• Supervise and work with a team of 10 and defining strategies and planning processes
• Interacting business users to understand process of Production Planning & Scheduling;
• Implementation of new Planning processes for the Distribution Center and production plant for Production Planning & Scheduling processes
• Responsible for the configuration of PPDS Global settings Heuristic profile, strategy profile, Production Planning Runs, Detailed Scheduling Planning Board profiles
• Responsible for the configuration of Master Planning Object Structure(MPOS), Planning areas, Planning books, Data views, forecast Models, macros, DP Interactive planning, process chains
• Responsible for the configuration Global ATP: Global ATP Settings, Product Availability, Product Allocation Procedures using product allocation management tool(PAM) and Planning Areas; Backorder Processing,
• Responsible for the configuration of Core interface (CIF) configuring and supporting APO CIF Jobs, Integration models, comparison and reconciliation CCR,CIF Postprocessing,queue monitoring
• Involved on Material Master, Bill of Material, Routings and Production Versions
• Prepared the Unit & Integration test scripts for Key Processes;
• Involved in Integration testing, Regression testing & UAT;
• Getting involved in to issues and other activities and meeting SLA and customer satisfaction on related requests

Confidential

SAP APO DP and SNP Lead consultant

Responsibilities:

• Working on reactive issues like Realignments, Job recoveries, production issues etc.
• Carried out CIF design changes by creating integration models for master data and transaction data.
• Worked closely with the BW team in creating reports and modifying existing reports
• Supported the APO team with production support working on new enhancements, setting up of background jobs, changes in macros
• Handled Trouble Tickets, Change Requests, functional enhancements and Interface developments relating to SAP APO CIF/DP/SNP modules
• Tools used in SNP e.g. SNP Optimizer, Deployment.
• Job Monitoring, Planning Run analysis, issue resolution, CIF Monitoring-root cause analysis - Functional/Technical solutions
• SNP/DP Process Chain Management
• Running Comparison/Reconciliation Report
• Reorganization Processed Comparison/Reconciliation Results
• Monitoring the CIF Post Processing, finding the error’s
• Reorganization of Processed Post Processing Records
• Deletion of CIF Application Logs
• Generation and Activation of Integration Models
• Deletion of Inactive Models
• Optimizers Results Publishing
• Rescheduling (Cancellation & Reactivation) Auto Queue Activation Jobs
• Live Cache Consistency Check (OM17)
• Masters changes: Plants Addition, Material Masters, etc.

Confidential

SAP APO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configuration of Customer forecast management
• CFM Process Chain Management
• Creating BPP’s for Customer forecast management for users
• Worked on planning with planning material scenario
• Mapping the Business process cycle for APO module
• Given Business overview presentation to client
• Preparation master data check list for smooth functioning of system
• SAP User manual preparation & training to end user
• Configuration of CIF to ensure proper data transfer from ECC to APO
• Functional Configuration, authorizations, roles
• Master data maintenance, integration, usage of PDS structures in master data
• Publishing Planning Results to ECC
• Running Comparison/Reconciliation Report
• Reorganization Processed Comparison/Reconciliation Results
• Monitoring the CIF Post Processing, finding the error’s
• Reorganization of Processed Post Processing Records
• Deletion of CIF Application Logs
• Generation and Activation of Integration Models
• Deletion of Inactive Models

Confidential

SAP SCM APO Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Working as an APO SNP/CIF consultant, focusing on Production issues
• Created the functional specifications and worked in coordination with technical team for timely completion of custom developments
• Carried out CIF design changes by creating integration models for master data and transaction data.
• Supported the APO team with production support working on new enhancements, setting up of background jobs, changes in macros
• Handled Trouble Tickets, Change Requests, functional enhancements and Interface developments relating to SAP APO SNP module
• Tools used in SNP e.g. SNP Optimizer, SNP heuristics, Deployment.
• Job Monitoring, Planning Run analysis, issue resolution, CIF Monitoring-root cause analysis - Functional/Technical solutions
• SNP Process Chain Management
• Publishing Planning Results to ECC
• Running Comparison/Reconciliation Report
• Reorganization Processed Comparison/Reconciliation Results
• Monitoring the CIF Post Processing, finding the error’s
• Reorganization of Processed Post Processing Records
• Deletion of CIF Application Logs
• Generation and Activation of Integration Models
• Deletion of Inactive Models
• Optimizers Results Publishing
• Rescheduling (Cancellation & Reactivation) Auto Queue Activation Jobs

Confidential

SAP SCM APO Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Mapping the Business process cycle for APO module
• Given Business overview presentation to client
• Preparation master data check list for smooth functioning of system
• SAP User manual preparation & training to end user
• Configuration of CIF to ensure proper data transfer from ECC to APO
• CIF user exit, BADI for characteristic propagation and development of reports
• Definition of global parameters and defaults for PPDS
• Planning procedure for Automated planning and Fixed Pegging Relationships
• Setting of Block Planning
• Configuration of checking group
• Configuration of checking instruction to call production (CTP) when availability check fails
• Integration of SD and GATP
• Integration of GATP and PPDS
• Configuration of global parameters for GATP
• Setting of CTP Heuristic
• Definition of Strategy profiles for Bucket Oriented and Detailed Planning
• Configuring Detailed Scheduling Board to enable Order Sequencing and Interactive Planning
• Functional Configuration, authorizations, roles
• Baseline and Integration Tests preparation and conduction
• PPDS Heuristics for bottom-up scheduling, merge heuristics, CDP-finite block planning and scheduling heuristic, own business specific developments in heuristics
• Master data maintenance, integration, usage of PDS structures, CDP-characteristics in master data
• Issues resolving with in SLA
• System downtime pre/post activities
• End to End documents for support issues
• Provide PPDS/GATP support and maintenance to client
• Analyze and propose resolution to reported problem
• Document troubleshooting and problem resolution steps for future reference
• Recommend SAP PPDS/GATP configuration and/or process change where appropriate
• Track cases logged, perform problem analysis to identify root cause, and to suggest improvement plan

Confidential

SAP SCM APO DP SNP Lead consultant

Responsibilities:

• Working as an APO DP/SNP/CIF consultant, focusing on Production issues
• Created the functional specifications and worked in coordination with technical team for timely completion of custom developments
• Working on reactive issues like Realignments, Job recoveries, production issues etc
• Carried out CIF design changes by creating integration models for master data and transaction data.
• Worked closely with the BW team in creating reports and modifying existing reports
• Supported the APO team with production support working on new enhancements, setting up of background jobs, changes in macros
• Handled Trouble Tickets, Change Requests, functional enhancements and Interface developments relating to SAP APO CIF/DP/SNP modules
• Tools used in SNP e.g. SNP Optimizer, SNP heuristics, Deployment.
• Job Monitoring, Planning Run analysis, issue resolution, CIF Monitoring-root cause analysis - Functional/Technical solutions
• SNP Process Chain Management
• Publishing Planning Results to ECC
• Running Comparison/Reconciliation Report
• Reorganization Processed Comparison/Reconciliation Results
• Monitoring the CIF Post Processing, finding the error’s
• Reorganization of Processed Post Processing Records
• Deletion of CIF Application Logs
• Generation and Activation of Integration Models
• Deletion of Inactive Models
• Optimizers Results Publishing
• Rescheduling (Cancellation & Reactivation) Auto Queue Activation Jobs