PROFILE SUMMARY:

• 8+ years of functional experience in Material Management, Production Planning with good understanding of integration with IM, WM, FI/CO and SD modules.
• Good business knowledge relating to Manufacturing, Electronic and IS RETAIL Industries.
• Experienced in 3 full life - cycle implementation phases of a project (ASAP Methodology), Testing (Unit testing, User acceptance testing, Assembly testing and Integrated testing).
• Interacted with business partners to implement of best practices “AS-IS” process: Analysis of current business processes into SAP R/3 module and worked on designing and documenting “TO-BE” processes.
• Excellent configuration and Logistics Integration skills on Organizational Structures, Automatic Account Determination, Output Determination, and Enhancement, Pricing Determination, Release Procedures and all other aspects in MM module.
• Knowledge in customizing,Cross Companyand Intra and Inter CompanyStock Transportorders usingStock Transport order (STO), Goods Movement, Subcontracting, Customer and Vendor Consignment & Third Party Orders, Physical Inventory, Cycle Counting.
• Worked on Inventory Management, Goods Receipt, Goods Issue, Invoice, Stock transfer, Transfer posting, Material Transfers.
• Experience in configuration on MM, PP Consumption Based Planning, MRP, MPS, Master Data, BOM, Work center, Routing, Availability check, Discreet & Repetitive manufacturing, Make to order (MTO), Make to Stock (MTS) scenarios, Batch Management, Planned, Production /Process Order.
• Experience in configuration of MRP in Plant parameters,Forecast planning,MRP controllers, and Lot-sizing procedures. Extensive experience in creating Planned Orders, Production Orders and Shop Floor Control in Production Planning.
• Configured and evaluated the cost centers, mapping with work centers, carried out product costing for various materials which includes semi-finished, finished, co-products.
• Expertise in Creation of Batch Class, Characteristics, Batch Management Configuration and Batch Where-Used-List.
• Involved in uploading the master data and transaction data into production data by using LSMW methods with the help of ABAP consultant during Cut-over strategy.
• Experience in Business Blueprint meetings-Requirement definitions, system/process mapping & solutiondesign.
• Involved in writing Function specifications, field exits, menu exits, modified text enhancements for keywords and IDOC posting programs also Knowledge on integration with EDI, PI.
• Good Experience in production support with Service Now Ticket handling.
• Experience in Design and spec various RICEFW object.
• Knowledge on SAP event management tool - Object Event Repository (OER) for tracking events in the supply chain
• Ability to create test plans, test case designs based on the business use cases.
• Design and development of Custom Reports and utility tools.
• War room and GO Live Process.
• Documentation and Training end users.
• Excellent team member with good communication skills, an ability to perform, Open to new ideas & concepts, learn quickly and team builder.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

Testing tool: HP quality center 10

Operating systems: Windows 95/98/2000, Windows NT/XP.

Other Software: Microsoft Office.

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Dublin, OH

Sr. SAP MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Extensive involvement in the conceptual design, configuration, prototype presentation, testing and documentation of user manuals of MM module. Played key role as a member of the team interacting with the process owners, top management and users.
• Worked on unit testing, integration testing on various scenarios for the MM module.
• Design, customize, configure and testing of MM.
• Worked on Data replication, Value mapping, Key mapping, Mass Data Loads etc.
• Involved in different SAP Master Data Migration activities such as Material master and Business partner evolution.
• Created various standard Material Management (MM) documents which include Purchase requisition (PR), Purchase Orders (PO), Purchase Info Record.
• Creation and changes in release strategies in Purchase requisition and Purchase orders.
• Configured different procurement types like Subcontracting and Consignment.
• Involved in master data and transactional data conversion approach.
• Provided various documentations like functional designs, configuration rationales, system and assembly test scripts, training materials etc.
• Prepared data mapping spread sheets, custom reports, enhancements and uploaded master data for BOM, Work Centers and Routings.
• Responsible for configuring background jobs for MRP run, Special procurement keys to resolve planning and production issues between different plants.
• Configured routing determination, MRP plant parameters, MRP groups, MRP types, lot size calculation, planned orders and movement types.
• Defined Requirement types, Demand Management techniques, BOM Explosion/Routing selection.
• Co-ordination with ABAP for Identification of enhancements, conversions, reports, forms, and interface.
• Involved in production support for end-users by noting down the problems and giving solutions, by involving in configuration changes, to enhance the efficiency of the development team.
• Testing for Go-Live.
• Involved in production support for end-users by noting down the problems and giving solution.

Confidential, Van Buren Township, MI

Sr. SAP MM/PP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in understanding AS-IS process of the legacy system.
• Worked inGAP Analysisand helped client inselection and implementation of suitable solutionsfor the entireRICEF object for direct materials and indirect materials.
• Verified and tested master data, prepared prototypes for business user for SAP procure to pay cycle.
• Configured Enterprise structure for various plants, storage locations, shipping points.
• Worked on configuration and maintenance of master data for Material Master, Vendor Master, Source list, Info Record, Bill of Materials and account determination.
• ConfiguredMaterial types, Number ranges (External numbering) for Material master, PR, POandchanged the field statusof the material master records as per the user requirement.
• SAP Materials Management (MM): Configure organizational structure, master data, direct / indirect procurement, service procurement, special procurement processes consignment, subcontracting, stock transfer, framework purchase, inventory management, physical inventory, vendor return process, automatic account determination, release procedure, pricing procedure, logistics invoice verification, release strategy for purchasing documents (PR/PO).
• Provided production support for all SAP functionally of the SAP ECC system: this included trouble shooting in Sales Order Management, shipping billing, copy controls and maintenance of Master records such as customer Master, Material Master, Condition Records for pricing, output determination, account determination, payment terms, shipping and goods receiving point.
• Configured new PO type ZNB, new STO type ZUB, purchasing scheduling agreement type LPA and stock transport scheduling LU.
• Configured the material master, BOM’s, work centers, routings, and forecasting and data load specifications.
• Worked on consumption-based planning in setting up of lot size procedures, safety stocks and procurement proposal on a weekly basis.
• Involved in setting up of MRP types, MRP controllers and lot size procedures.
• Configured Inter Company STO’s with billing document and replenishment deliveries.
• Configured consignment process such that it consumes unrestricted stock first and then vendor consignment stock for raw materials.
• Verified and tested master data, prepared prototypes for business user for SAP procure to pay cycle.
• Developed the necessary graphical planning table profiles for capacity planning.
• Involved in End - user training and War room support.

Confidential, Wichita, KS

Sr. SAP MM/PP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked and coordinated with the different shared service teams for closing out gaps in key business process like vendor programs.
• Assigned global project to configure Procure to Pay module
• Configuration of MM- Enterprise structure, LE, release strategies, inter and intra company, MRP consignment, subcontracting etc.
• From the Indirect procurement perspective, I was involved in configuring indirect buyers and commodity codes, release strategy at purchase requisition and purchase order level, setting up the commodity code or material groups to derive the indirect accounting ( G/L accounts, Cost Center and Project Centers) etc.
• Ensured on time completion of initial configuration, unit testing SIT and parallel processing.
• Managed the effort around ACSC material scope and Vendor program data to come up with a repeatable data process.
• Worked with the transfer of planning data from SOP to CO-PA.
• Had a strong sense of customer need and worked tirelessly to close several scope change defects before the phase 1go-live.
• Configured different MRP groups to suit for finished goods, semi-finished goods, raw materials and PM parts.
• Configuration of IM movement types and linking IM movements types with WM movement types via reference movement types.
• Worked closely with PP cross function for integration, MRP, BOM Configuration.
• Executed the cutover plan to make sure there was no business impact.
• Implemented Configuration of New plants and Storage locations for each plant and Purchase Organizations and purchase groups.
• Worked on consumption-based planning in setting up of the lot size procedures, safety stock levels and reorder point levels for raw materials and PM parts.
• Configured new PO type and STO type for Maquila process.
• Configuration of STSA type (LU) for interplant scenario and PSA type (LPA).
• Set up new confirmation control key for the Inbound delivery process.
• Configured Released strategy for Indirect Material Purchase orders.
• Experience in Design and spec for adding new fields to material master for plant-specific views.
• Implemented and configured in Retail Stores MIM and achieved the features like Customer Order Management at the Service desk.
• Experience in Design and spec ASL interface for material master creation/update.
• Configured new Movement types for Scrap process.
• Experience in Preparation of test scripts with step by step process update.
• Worked on setting up factory calendar and planning calendars.
• Worked with special MRP type for VMI process and involved in testing the process.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

SAP MM/PP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for understanding the functional specifications and assisted the team in identify various business related system scenarios.
• Configured IMG settings and mapped into SAP R/3 Material Management (MM) and Warehouse Management (WM) modules to meet the organizational structure for the Client's specifications and its business processes.
• Configured Procurement to Pay cycle (P2P) and Configured Material Master, Product data Master (PDM), Purchasing documents to realize defined functional requirements.
• Configured Purchase Requisition, Request for Quotation, Purchase Order, and Purchasing Info record, Source lists, contracts, scheduling agreements, release orders, quota management, Info Records for Standard, Consignment and Sub-Contracting.
• Involved in PPMaster Data - BOM's, Work Center, Rate Routings, Production Version, Product Cost Collector and Rough-Cut capacity Planning.
• Configured Process Order and had generated the Control recipes.
• Configured account determination for goods movement, pricing, BOM and logistics Invoice Verification for accounts payable.Carried out split valuation of materials based on valuation category.
• Involved in creation of operations and phases in master recipes by defining control keys, relationships between phases and standard values Configured Production Variants using material master formula within recipes.
• Involved in Configuring the Back-flush settings for components to automate goods movement and confirmation.
• Interacted with the Controlling team to solve issues related to costing sheet, activity pricing, work center, activity type and cost center assignment mapping, product cost collectors.
• Identified system problems and determined resolution options and best opportunity for resolution in High, Medium, and Low priority tickets.
• Created training documentation and trained users.
• Collected Data from users before customizing.
• Provided support during and Post Go-live and logging of production issues (Troubleshooting Issues, Enhancements, Queries, and Reports).

Confidential, CA

SAP MM/PP/ Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured and mapped the Procure to Pay along with the three warehouses in configure procurement organizational data and mapping the procurement cycle.
• Worked with the internal and external number ranges for planned orders, Dependent requirements, Purchase Requisitions and also associated the planned orders with appropriate procurement types as per Business requirements.
• Associated with the special procurement types with appropriate procurement types to define the procurement types more precisely. For in-house production worked with the special procurement types to allow the system in selecting the BOM and routing and process the material as externally procured.
• Documented the message categories for Outline agreements, Contracts and Scheduling agreements for Purchase orders that are created against the contract periods.
• Responsible for preparation of the test data for Super-user and end-user Performance based on the configuration for plant setup.
• Configured the release procedure for PO and message output determination.
• Configured control parameters for Transfer Request/Transfer Order (TR/TO). Setup and developed WM interface with IM, PP.
• Configured Put away strategies for inbound movements and Picking strategy for outbound movements in the warehouse.
• Worked on setting up factory calendar and planning calendars.
• Configured the purchasing cycle- procure to pay process.
• Developed functional specifications for custom reports( material shortage reports).
• Involved in preparing the User Acceptance Testing scripts for the setup of the plant.
• Helped the cutover team in creating and validating the initial inventory for all the materials.
• Interacted with technical consultants to prepare custom reports and enhancements
• Trained business analysts and end users on transactions and prepared detailed documentation.

Confidential, Valhalla, NY

SAP MM/PP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in User requirements gathering & Business Blueprint Preparation.
• Involved as a core member for SAP MM module implementation.
• Prepared FAQ document and Training Materials and monthly Fault Analysis Report.
• Managed and evaluated vendors based on their performance.
• Involved in budgeting and IT cost and performance controlling activities.
• Adopted Split Valuation concept for the definition of the three different valuationtypes for the materials valuated differently at different stages for the traded items thatpass through the production route.
• Defined new Material Requirement Planning (MRP) Type for taking inventory into consideration.
• Defined different MRP Controllers for procured items and produced items for Consumption Based Planning (CBP).
• Configured new and standard material types as per the requirements of the client.
• Created material groups, split valuation control, valuation classes.
• Configured master data including required material master records.
• Configured purchase requisition, purchase orders, scheduling agreement and contracts.
• Configured Quantity & Value update parameters for all Movement Types for Inv. management.
• Worked on data migration and report development activities.
• Performed Unit Testing, Integration Testing and involved in configuration changes ad hoc basis.
• Created detailed user documentation and held training sessions for users.
• Involved in production support for end-users by noting down the problems and giving solution.