EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

• Over 7 years of hands - on experience in SAP SCM/APO(DP,SNP,GATP,PP/DS).
• Proficiency in supply chain planning processes including designing, development, configuration, testing, implementation of SAP SCM- Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP), Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling (PPDS), Global Availability to Promise (GATP) and Core Interface (CIF).
• Diverse experience in covering different aspects of SAP methodologies, project management, business blueprint, functional design, configuration and development, Go-live, end-user training, support and continuous improvements.
• Improved efficiency across business processes in sales, marketing, budgeting and operations after developing and implementing an efficient SOP process.
• Experience in implementing the Statistical Forecasting models and forecast techniques using SAP DP.
• Experience in configuration and implementation of DP Info Cubes using Administrative Workbench, Generating and changing Characteristic Value Combination, Planning books, Planning Areas, Macros and creating Statistical Forecast.
• Maintained time bucket profiles, forecast profiles, planning versions, promotional planning, life cycle management and Like Modeling.
• Created SNP Master Profile and helped set up Heuristics and Optimizer in SAP SNP.
• Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between ECC and APO.
• Extensive experience with managing and monitoring CIF and Live Cache.
• Experience in creating test scenarios, managing testing, developing user documents and training on new solutions. Performed Assembly Testing and Integration Testing based on end user issues.
• Configured the PP/DS profiles (Strategy), global settings for PP/DS and heuristics profiles for Production Planning Run.
• Ability to translate business requirements into deployable business solutions and work in team environment.
• Excellent analytical & communication skills and ability to interact with business users. Able to translate business requirements into business solutions and work in team environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP: SCM APO 4.0, 5.0, 7.0, SAP R/3 4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5.0, 6.0, 7.0

Programming languages: C, SQL, Java

Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8

Other Tools: MS Office

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, St Louis, MO

SAP APO Consultant

Environment: SNP R/3,SCM 7.0,ECC 7.0

Responsibilities:

• Studied the functional scope of the SCM implementation and responsible for gathering business process requirements.
• Mapped the requirements to SAP and came out with Business Blueprint Document.
• Responsible for providing solutions for gaps in terms of new developments/work-around.
• Prepared data collection templates with data validation rules and executing data cleansing plans.
• Defined Client Administration, Logical Systems and assigned logical systems to client.
• Defined RFC destinations and RFC connections between R/3 and SCM.
• Maintained System types, their releases, target system, activated the application log.
• Involved in APO - R/3 CIF integration and troubleshooting activities.
• Maintained Integration Models for Master Data and Transaction Data transfer from R/3 to APO system.
• Maintaining Statistical Forecasting techniques.
• Configured the Promotional planning settings.
• Used DP Interactive Demand Planning tool to generate Sales Demands to calculate Planned Independent Requirements.
• Configured the required settings to Release Demand Plan to SNP and R/3.
• Capacity constraining in SNP on all levels of the supply chain.
• Worked on PP/DS Heuristics, Scheduling Heuristics, Production Planning Table configuration, Optimizer and CTP.
• Validating data, troubleshooting errors and responsible for data conversion and data migration.
• Participation in Cut Over planning for the Go-Live phase.
• Addressing new requirements of the client for improving business processes.
• Provided post go-live support and resolved user’s transactional/process issues as per SLA.

Confidential, Cincinnati, OH

SAP APO GATP/SNC Consultant

Environment: ECC 6.0, SCM 7.0, XI 7.0

Responsibilities:

• Gather and document GATP and Replenishment planning (SNC) business requirements for clients/fulfillers.
• Prepare & document business process scenarios for forward and reverse logistics.
• Design functional specs, training material, test cases, system configuration documentation, test scripts, and business process procedures.
• Create global test suite, test scenarios and test cases for client/fulfiller implementation.
• Design & implement test plan, edge case scenarios, create defects and manage issue logs through QC.
• Configure Products, locations, transportation lanes, RBA, Replenishment notifications, WebGUI settings master data settings.
• Setting for single and multi sourcing client fulfillers for GATP.
• Support end-to-end Integration with clients/fulfillers/ for APO implementation.
• Monitor communication channels for APO/GATP/Replenishment notifications.
• Create role based authorizations, user profiles, partner assignment in APO.
• Provide cutover and production support for global APO implementation.

Confidential, Houston, TX

SAP APO DP/ SNP/GATP Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3, ECC 6.0, SCM 7.0

Responsibilities:

• Maintained Master Planning Object Structures (MPOS), Planning Areas, disaggregation types.
• Designed and configured Planning Books and Time Series for DP.
• Maintained Characteristic Value Combinations (CVC), Forecast Profiles and Data Views.
• Set up macros for various applications as per specifications from the demand planner, Maintaining Storage Bucket and Time Bucket Profiles.
• Designed Univariate forecast profiles, Promotion Planning.
• Loaded historical data from BW info cube, testing data upload.
• CIF Integration models for transfer of Master Data, transaction data.
• Released results of Demand Plan to SNP and R/3.
• Configured the Alert profile, set up alerts to be generated in the background jobs.
• Configured and Maintained GATP settings in APO.
• Performed the Rule based ATP check along with the configuration of the overall GATP settings in APO.
• Identified issues in GATP and integration to R/3.
• Created transfer profile, planning job and scheduled planning jobs.
• Maintained planning calendar, Set up SNP master profile, supply chain master data, mass maintenance of product parameters etc.
• Created product for vendor and customer location, storage, transport resources, maintaining locations etc.
• Setup of supply chain model, work area and various objects in the work area.
• Performed SNP runs using SNP heuristics, CTM, Created transportation lanes; maintained quota arrangements, quota items, planning versions etc.
• Maintained Supply chain model, work area, determined objects of work area.
• Set up supply chain Engineer and the basic settings for SNP like Heuristics.
• Set up the deployment heuristic and deployment optimization profile.
• Created and assigned TLB profile to transportation lane, Configuration of Core Data Interfaces (CIF and Integration models).

Confidential, Phoenix, Arizona

SAP APO SNP/PPDS/SCM Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 4.6C/SCM 4.0

Responsibilities:

• Design, development, and implementation of the end-to-end project solution. Starting from requirements definition, prototyping, and creation of the detailed project design, functional specifications, and test plans. Participation in project from defines through deployment.
• Implementation of SNP, Replenishment Planning, Aggregated Planning, Safety Stock Planning.
• Distribution Planning, deployment, TLB.
• Worked on Info Cube design, creation, and maintenance with optimum key figures and dimensions.
• Worked on characteristics value combinations to define forecast methodology.
• Factory modeling, Master production schedule, detailed production schedule.
• Responsibilities include additional safety stock scenarios, macro improvements, and additional planning alerts.
• Responsible for the design, testing and implementation of DP and SNP functionality. Utilized Heuristics and CTM.
• Constraint planning (resources/capacity) in PPDS to optimize production schedule.
• Developing functional Specifications for SNP Reports from BW.
• Creation and monitoring of Background jobs for DP/SNP/PPDS
• Responsible for developing job aids and training delivery of APO DP, SNP modules.
• Assisted client update on PP/MM master tables to support the new SAP APO functionality.
• Developed functional Specs for additional functionality and Enhancements.
• Tools used Solution Manager, Quality Center, and Data Warehouse workbench.

Confidential, TX

SAP APO DP/GATP Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SCM 5.0

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Info Cube design, creation, and maintenance with optimum key figures and dimensions.
• Responsible for Demand Planning, data mart setup in Demand Planning, historical data upload for forecasting, and APO system mapping to fulfill business requirements
• Worked on characteristic value combinations to define forecast methodology
• Designed planning book and planning areas. Set up time bucket profile. Defined and created macros
• Created forecast Alert profiles to display alerts for univariate forecast errors and used Alert monitor to identify potential problems in the forecast by defining alert macros
• Conducted integration tests and resolve issues during integration tests.
• Responsible for configuration for Rule based ATP check.
• Worked on testing of Backorder processing, Product allocations and Rule based ATP check
• Trouble shooting CIF related issues and synchronization of data between R/3 and APO.
• Worked in Pegging evaluation and Extraction and sending information back using CIF.
• Configured mass processing for forecast, macros and demand plan releases.
• Developed functional specifications for new reports requested by client.

Confidential

SAP APO / SNP Consultant

Environment: SNP R/3 & SCM 4.0

Responsibilities:

• Core team member for SNP.
• Involved as SNP Consultant in APO implementation project and participated in all phases including requirements Gathering, Design, Configuration, Testing, Go-Live and Post Production support.
• Designed procurement, manufacturing and supply planning processes for consumer driven market scenario.
• Calculation of Customer Demands and Forecasting based on BW Info Cubes in DP.
• Link APO DP to BW and vice versa. Link APO SNP to R/3 via CIF.
• Defined Planning Areas, Master Planning Object Structures, Time Bucket Profiles, Planning Books and Data Views.
• Maintained Forecast profiles and defining Macros and Alerts for DP and SNP.
• Defined Univariate Statistical Forecasting.
• Created SNP CTM profile and maintained the settings for Source of Supply and Demand.
• Maintained settings for the SNP CTM planning results to be released to R/3.
• Configured Rules based Product Location substitution.
• Aggregate level planning and Safety Stock planning.