PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Senior SAP APO Consultant having 10+ years of implementation, Support and Roll out, Solution Architecture experience with specialization in SCM & PP in high impact strategic projects and supporting proposal efforts in the supply chain areas. (Worked in two full life cycle implementations, many Roll - out, support role and enhancement projects across many industry verticals.)
• Supported all phases of a Supply Chain project life cycle including analysis, design, development, testing, deployment of solutions and postproduction support.
• Responsible for the delivery of SAP SCM projects for more than 6 years and contributing to practice & business development, Supply chain planning & optimization systems, process re-engineering, procurement and other package-based solutions as a subject matter expert.
• Provided Leadership to the ERP driven organization transformation initiatives.
• Area of expertise in SAP SCM (APO). Expertise in SAP SCM 7.1.3 & ECC 6.0
• Experience in transition management & Solution analytics
• Strong integration knowledge across multiple SAP ECC Modules: QM, WM and other external systems to support the planning process.
• An effective analyst, problem-solver, and communicator able to forge solid relationship with upper-level Executive leaders
• Always played a client facing role and worked with all International clients under Onsite-Offshore structure
• Good exposure in leading teams

AREA OF EXPERTISE:

• Experienced in the integration scenarios between APO and ECC through CIF (Core Interface).
• Experienced in master data setup and transaction data flow between ECC and APO.
• Experienced in configuring PP & DS heuristics, PPDS Optimizer to meet the business requirements.
• Experienced in the complete production and procurement cycle, and its implementation between ECC and APO.
• Analyzed the production planning run - involving either net-change or regenerative planning.
• Experienced in configuring the detailed scheduling planning board and performing customized tasks on the planning board.
• Performed release process of demand plan from DP (Time-series key figures) to SNP (Order-series key figures).
• Maintained master data in SNP to analyze the results of the planning engine like Location master, Location product master, Transportation lanes, Production data structure/PPM and Resource master, Quota.
• Expertise of the Heuristic (Location & Network) planning engine and good understanding of the Optimizer planning engine and CTM.
• Analysis of the deployment heuristic run and its results, used to deploy inventory between plant(s) and DC(s) based on the Push/Pull scenarios.
• Analysis of the TLB run and its results, used to combine multiple confirmed stock transfer requisitions into a single shipment order based on the settings maintained in the TLB profile for the means of transport.
• Aware of the concepts -subcontracting scenarios and safety stock planning.
• Performed the process of creating the SNP extractor to pull the supply plan from planning area to the info-providers
• Created different statistical models in DP
• Experience in creating Consensus Forecasting process of S&OP planning though Demand Planning.
• Expertise in configuring and customizing Master Planning Object Structures, Planning Areas, Aggregates, Time buckets profiles and storage buckets profiles, planning books and data views to support storage of DP & SNP data in Live-Cache.
• Experience in Macro set-up, Realignment and Life cycle planning.
• Master and transaction data setup for GATP, created integration models in ECC(R/3) for ATP relevant fields to appear in APO.
• Performed the process and configuration required for performing product availability check, product allocation and rule based ATP checks.
• Configured the availability check with ATP by defining check instructions and ATP groups for availability check in sales orders and deliveries.
• Worked on advanced availability check - Rule based availability check, Back order processing, Capable to promise.
• Mapping the client business process requirements with the business process in line with the SAP functionality.
• Customizing the settings for Material master, BOM, Routing & MRP.
• Configuration of all plant parameters: Defined MRP controllers, planned orders to production order and purchase requisition conversions.
• Defined Production order types and its dependent parameters, scheduling parameters, production schedule profiles, creation of production orders, release and confirmation of the orders.
• Interacted with the Business process core users for the process study and requirements gathering for the Implementation of daily production report viz., Z-Reports.
• Functional support for Enhancement Management.
• Analyzing Business Requirements, consultation with Business and co-ordination with Project Team members.
• Performed User Acceptance Testing for Order Confirmation, cancellation of Goods Issue & Goods Receipt with MTS, MTO, Production orders, BOM’s, Classes, Characteristics, conversion order creation and release, ECM with BOM, Work Centers & Routings, Mass Processing and Production orders MTS & MTO.
• Designed solutions to meet business requirements for Quality Management and cross-functional processes for the business; integration with procurement, production, warehousing, and sales and distribution including Batch Management expertise.
• Actively involved in the Unit Testing, Regression Testing and End to End Testing.
• Provided functional guidance to team to support QM integration within business.
• Configured the system to meet user requirements for inspections, certificate of analysis COA, and quality notifications.
• Involved in Transition Management activities like preparing training material; prepare trainers (super users).
• SAP ABAP development experience for tracing and debugging issues as well as helping identify customizations needed to SAP program
• ECC 6.0, SCM 7.1.3, S/4HANA 1709

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SAP Functional: SAP APO

SAP Functional: SAP PP

SAP Configuration and Repository Tool: SAP Solution Manager

SAP Technical: Hands on experience in ABAP Debugging

SAP - WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• My responsibility is totally with demand & supply planning aspects of the project as well as Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS).
• Worked on re-designing on CTM logic for business.
• Testing the business scenario in upgrade test system before migration and Go-live.
• Resolving incidents raised by business users within SLA defined.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for creating Business Blueprint (BPP) documents and Functional design documents.
• Transition and solution analytics run.
• Responsible for handling design issues in the areas of DP, SNP, PP/DS of APO.
• Perform GAP analysis and provide necessary RCA on routine basis.
• Working on RICEF’s- new requests, Change requests and defects.
• Extensive carried out testing at different phases of the project.
• Creation of Business process documents, test scripts and Training documents.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Roll-out PP/DS in Southern-cone region.
• Worked on the Hyper-care and Post Implementation of SAP PP/DS in North America.
• Work with the different business units to understand the issues and the resolution and explore possible solutions to understand how well it suits a given business situation/gap.
• Lead collaborative efforts if the change requires work across different process areas within operations team.
• Helped in building functional design, technical design and component test documents for custom additions to the existing design.
• Developed the design phase to design the system at detail levels as per TO-BE process like preparing the Process design for Material master creation, BOM, Work centers, Routings, ECN, MRP (consumption based planning, reorder point)
• Configured and tested shop floor activities including creation of planned orders, conversion of planned orders, goods movement and order confirmations.
• Involved in the Integration Testing for all the Manufacturing Scenarios like MTS Production, MTS after sale order creation, Re-work process, Re-packaging Process, Rework Customer Return Material Process and MTO Production.
• Team member of SAP IBP implementation. Assigned role for creating interface tool of Master Data and Transaction Data to SAP IBP system.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked on the Distribution Requirement Planning (DRP) project for adding Deployment and TLB feature in the existing business process.
• Identifying the deployment strategies to be used for creating a distribution plan in the current model.
• Analyzing the output of the smart heuristics for considering it as an input to Deployment Heuristics. Worked on the customization of auto Transportation lane creation required for building STO through TLB run.
• Defined Make to Stock scenario. Maintained Production orders, scheduling types and order types.
• Improved business cycle in PP involving -MRP- Planned Orders-Production Orders-Order Settlement.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Providing offshore support to Mondelez business in Supply Chain Management.
• Successfully achieved the close-out of the hyper care support for GATP of LA region.
• Master Data’s correction related to SNP, GATP according to the requirement from the Business.
• Handling daily process chain operations run and production issues.
• Handling ECC issue relevant to APO.
• Customization for Core Interface in ECC and APO as well as background jobs related to CIF and supporting CIF relevant issues.
• Worked on various enhancements and customizations.
• Maintain SNP Planning books and planning areas and the Optimizer profile. Maintain the parameter of the Product Master. APO SNP heuristics, Optimizer, Deployment and TLB run.
• Involvement in APO relevant short project.
• Worked with the technical teams for the customer specific developments and enhancements.
• Integration of Demand Planning with SNP and GATP.
• Integration of ECC and APO GATP for Availability check.
• Availability checks with product allocation, Rule based ATP check.
• Resolution of issues related to SAP APO GATP.
• Working with POC creation in the area of GATP & SNP.
• Configuration and Master Data related to Product Availability check, Product Allocation check, Rule based ATP and Backorder Processing in APO GATP.
• Configuration of ATP masters in ECC and SCM.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Implemented the standard functionality of Supply network planning modules.
• Developed high level solution design, To-Be processes and identified change impacts, required interfaces and data conversions.
• Gathered requirements from the users, analyzed them and did gap analysis and developed functional specifications as per the requirements.
• Created supply chain model to represent the supply chain network with all relevant locations (suppliers, distribution centers and customers), resources (storage, handling resources) and relationships (transportation lanes).
• Developed functional designs, functional unit testing plans, and integration test scenarios as well as executing the tests.
• Involved in data loads and validations.
• Maintained period factors, Safety stock settings on Product Location Master.
• Maintained planning calendar, set up SNP master profile, master data of product for vendor and customer location, creation of storage, transport resources, maintaining locations & PDS.
• Involved in creating the SNP demand and supply profiles.
• Implemented planning process in APO: SNP Heuristic and Deployment, Optimizer. Creating transportation lanes; maintain quota arrangements, planning versions.
• Maintained SNP Planning books and planning areas.
• Created and Maintained Integration models to transfer Data between ECC and APO. Created deployment profile, executed deployment run and verified the creation of distribution demand and receipt elements.
• Maintained the Optimizer profile and setup various costs. Created test scenarios needed to support business requirements based on customer defined cost and optimization profile for SNP optimizer.
• Executed TLB run and verified the creation of Stock transport orders and reflection of the same in ECC.
• Created production version and set up the integration model and activated the same for transferring the production version to APO.
• Set up the batch jobs for the various integration models and tested them extensively.
• Integration of Demand Planning with APO SNP.
• Analyze the result of monthly, weekly and Daily planning run.
• Facilitating Customer Specific Developments and Enhancements with BAPIs and User Exits.
• Implemented the standard functionality of Demand planning modules.
• Creation and scheduling of Process Chain for Data Load to Info-cube, Planning Area, Planning book & Forecasting of 12 months based on optimal model.
• Implementation of DP functionality like DP BOM, DP BOM relevant MPOS, DP planning area, macro calculation, auto updating of CVC.
• Creation of info cube, info objects in SCM BW environment.
• Creation of logic for BW reports.
• Master Data’s correction according to the requirement from the Business.
• Facilitating Customer Specific Developments and Enhancements with BAPIs and User Exits.
• Handling the CR and critical issues.
• Involvement in APO relevant short project.
• Complete all project related documentation according to standards and templates defined.
• Active involvement in Business Meetings, dealing with the Business Users and imparting trainings to Business Users. Trained the end users extensively on DP concepts.

Confidential

Network Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Manage Network Services
• Improve agility while reducing cost across all the networks.
• Manage Infrastructure for Networking
• Network Transformation and Outsourcing Services
• Network Connectivity Consultation and Integration
• Network Consulting Services
• Network Integration Services
• Network Services for Communication Service Provider
• Next-Gen Campus Networks
• Software Defined Networking
• Future Infrastructure
• Reduces Hardware and Operating Costs
• Centralized Network Management