PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Around 7 years of experience as functional consultant in SAP SCM Advanced Planner Optimizer (APO).
• Hands - on experience of ASAP methodology with experience in all phases of Project implementation-Preparation, Business Blueprint, Realization, Pre-go Live, Go Live and Post live Support.
• Experience in 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), Production Planning & Detailed scheduling (PP/DS) and Global Available to Promise (GATP).
• Demand Planning Experience: Interactive Planning, Planning Area Configuration (Info Objects, Info Cubes, Source Systems, Info Sources and Info Packages), Forecasting Strategies, Background Job and Process Chain maintenance
• Supply Network Planning experience: Interactive Planning, Planning Area Configuration, Planning Book and Macro Design, SNP Heuristics, SNP Optimization, Advanced Safety Stock Methods, Capable-to-Match, Deployment and Transportation Load Builder.
• Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling Experience: Optimization, Heuristics Configuration, and Planning Board Configuration.
• GATP: Capable - to-promise (CTP), Delivery group correlation, Multilevel ATP check, correlation calculation.
• Experience in SAP/APO version upgrades and implementations with SAP recommended Best Practices as drivers, devised strategies and workarounds in SAP APO to meet business requirements and continuously strived to improve quality of solution and performance of teh systems.
• Worked on CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between R/3, APO and live cache.
• Experience in creating Material Requirement Planning (MRP), Bill of Materials (BOM), Work Centre, and Routings.
• Excellent Quantitative, Analytical, problem solving and trouble shooting skills, excellent writing and presentation skills.
• Involved in Business Blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation, Cutover & Post-implementation.
• Ability to translate business requirements into deployable business solutions and work in team environment.
• Have strong management, administration, problem solving and decision-making abilities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP Applications: SCM APO 3.1, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, SAP R/3 4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5.0, 6.0.

Programming languages: C, C++, Java, SQL

Operating system: Windows (Upto 8), Ubuntu 10.10.

Tools: MS Office, App-DNA Aptitude

Database: MySQL, MS Access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, VA

SAP DP/ CIF Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Split APO system as part of business spin off.
• Worked with SAP MAX Attention to reduce downtimeof upgrade.
• Worked with ABAP team in fixing SPAU issues.
• Adjusted batch jobsas per standard and custom program changes due to upgrade.
• Redesigned and setup Realignment functionality as per business requirement.
• Resolved inconsistencies found in livecache and BW objects.
• Created Global SNP profile and adjusted all macros.
• Maintained mass master data.
• Configured backup cubes for all planning areas for upgrade activities.
• Configured BW extract loads from ECC to APO for transaction data and master data attributes.
• Configured flat file data loads from windows server to APO.
• Rescheduled hi priority batch jobs to avoid impact on business due to cutover outage.
• DE initialized and initialized time series of all planning areas post upgrade.
• Performed pre cutover, cutover and post cutover activities for upgrades APO 3.1 to SCM 5.0 and SCM 5.0 to SCM 7.02.
• Interacted with users for business process flow and resolved UAT issues.
• Created test cases and managed defects in HPQC.
• Resolved all issues related Unit Testing, Integration testing and UAT tests. Helped teh business team in teh test scenarios.

Confidential, Houston, TX

SAP DP/ SNP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Understood teh Business process as part of knowledge 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.
• Customized and maintained Proportional factors, disaggregation types and Macros.
• Created forecast Alert profiles to display alerts for univariate forecast errors and used Alert monitor to identify potential problems in teh forecast by defining alert macros.
• Set up alerts to be generated in teh background jobs.
• Configured teh monthly forecasting processes which include historic data loads, forecast inputs from business process owners.
• Maintained Periodicities (Storage Buckets Profile) for Planning Area and different Time Buckets Profiles for Demand Planning.
• Maintained transfer rules and update rules for Info cubes.
• Provided good analysis and impact of master forecast profile/off sets.
• Improved DP Batch processes by designing Process chains.
• Created and maintained Mass master data.
• Corrected Master Data related issues for - Product, Location, Transportation Lanes, Means of Transports, and PPM.
• Involved in CIF activities like Monitoring and error handling and other problem solving activities.
• Release of Demand planning results to SNP .
• Executed Deployment Runs to determine teh distribution of available Supply.
• Configured Safety Stock Planning and Validated Pool calculation which is a customized solution for calculating excess inventory based on user maintained master data.
• Created TLB profile and assigned to teh transportation lanes.
• Maintained Planning Calendar and Created variant for SNP Transaction Data Deletion.
• Created test scenarios needed to support business requirements based on customer defined priorities.

Confidential, Houston, TX

SAP DP/ SNP/GATP Consultant

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 teh 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 teh Alert profile, set up alerts to be generated in teh background jobs.
• Configured and Maintained GATP settings in APO.
• Performed teh Rule based ATP check along with teh configuration of teh 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 teh 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 teh basic settings for SNP like Heuristics.
• Set up teh deployment heuristic and deployment optimization profile.
• Created and assigned TLB profile to transportation lane, Configuration of Core Data Interfaces (CIF and Integration models).

Confidential . San Francisco, CA

SAP DP/ SNP/PPDS Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Successfully completed SCM upgrade from SCM 5.0 to SCM 7.0
• Maintained Statistical Forecasting techniques.
• Configured teh Promotional Planning settings.
• Maintained Planning calendar, Maintained APO Product parameters individually, Mass maintenance for products, resources, alternative resources.
• Maintained Supply chain model, work area, Determined objects of work area.
• Configured planning parameters, Define number range, Alert profile, maintained strategy profile, time profile, optimization profile.
• Maintained standard planning Heuristics.
• Rescheduled Heuristics - Bottom up schedule.
• Maintained Optimizer using Generic Algorithm.
• Modified info objects length for teh source system and rebuilt teh complete CVC combinations and reloaded teh data successfully.
• Used Interactive Demand Planning tool to generate Sales demands to calculate Planned Independent Requirements.
• Configured teh required settings to Release Demand plan to SNP and to R/3.
• Resolved all issues related Unit Testing, Integration testing and UAT tests. Helped teh business team in teh test scenarios.
• Involved in APO - R/3 CIF integration and troubleshooting activities.
• Maintained Integration Models for Master data and Transactional data transfer from R/3 to APO systems.
• Maintained PP/DS Master data such as Resources, Location and PPM.
• Maintained Batch management, work areas, Planning models and Versions.
• Maintained PP/DS heuristics, Campaign planning, Product planning table configuration, user exits.
• Capacity cons in SNP on all levels of teh supply chain.
• Worked with Production Support team in solving their issues.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

SAP DP/PPDS Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Maintained Statistical Forecasting techniques.
• Configured teh Promotional Planning settings.
• Conducted integration tests and resolved 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.
• Worked on Info Cube design, creation, and maintenance with optimum key figures and dimensions.
• Worked on characteristics value combinations to define forecast methodology.
• Set up time bucket profile.
• Designed planning book and planning areas.
• Created forecast Alert profiles to display alerts for univariate forecast errors and used Alert monitor to identify potential problems in teh forecast by defining alert macros.
• Integrated SNP and PP/DS and Interactive Planning set up in PP/DS.
• Maintained PPDS Master data.
• Configured PP/DS Alert Profile, Work Area, propagation range, strategy profile, maintained Optimization profile.
• Defined detailed Scheduling Planning board profile and detailed scheduling Overall profile.
• Created Period - Oriented planning in teh product planning table.
• Conducted production planning runs.
• Set up Integration models for transfer of Master data, Transaction data.
• Resolved problems faced in APO during day to day working of users.

Confidential, Cranbury, NJ

SAP GATP/DP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Gathered business and technical requirements for SAP SCM APO Implementation.
• Created business cases which defines teh targets and quantifies teh benefits of teh project.
• Analyzed teh business process design through ASAP methodology which includes project preparation, blueprint, realization, test, go live preparation and support after go live.
• Performed parallel prototyping during teh blueprint phase of APO implementation for system feedback.
• Defined connectivity configurations to connect teh ECC and SCM systems. This involved defining Logical Systems, creating Business System Group etc.
• Defined replication configurations for transfer of data between systems in teh landscape. This involved changing master data views using mass maintenance in ECC, maintaining forms of address consistent, installing user exits, creating integration models, configuring change transfer and transferring changes.
• Designed and developed teh essential model for Demand Planning using teh c omponents of Administrative Workbench for data extraction.
• Worked with Excel source system for loading teh historical data from Excel files using Data Warehousing Workbench (SAP APO BW).
• Involved in developing teh Bucket Profiles(Storage Bucket Profile and Time Bucket Profile)
• Involved in teh configuration of Planning Areas to store teh key figures and to do forecast using this key figure data.
• Created several user-specific data views such as data views for Logistics View, Sales View, and Release View etc. in Planning Books.
• Maintained Planning books for Planners to create forecast with various inputs like Filed Forecast, Corrected forecast, deviations, corrected history data, data from previous planning cycle etc with teh help of macros.
• Created and maintained Characteristics Value Combinations (CVC) which is teh master data for Demand Planning, using InfoCube upload and also created manually whenever required.
• Configured teh alert profile. Set up alerts to be generated in teh background jobs.
• Set up teh release of demand plan to SNP.
• Set up teh release of demand plan to ECC - created transfer profile, activity profile, planning job and scheduled teh planning job for teh transfer to take place.
• Configured ATP scheduling for distribution centers and worked out different calendar combinations to get teh order scheduling working for all weekdays, weekends and holidays.
• Configured GATP settings - maintained check instructions and check control.
• Configured Rules based ATP check settings - maintained check instructions, check control, field catalog, created condition table, access sequence, condition type, and rule strategy.
• Configured backorder processing settings - defined filter type, sort profile, assigned rules strategy etc.
• Maintained rules - created product substitution rules, defined rules control, location determination procedure.
• Involved in troubleshooting configuration issues in DP and GATP.

Confidential, Orlando, FL

SAP DP/ SNP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Successfully completed upgrade from SCM 4.0 to SCM 5.0.
• Improved forecasting by selecting most appropriate models and teh best Statistical parameters for Univariate Forecasting.
• Worked very closely with all other teams - BI, DP, GATP, SNP, Basis - Security & Technical development team to provide a best integrated solution.
• Successfully implemented advance safety stock planning process. Developed various RICEFW objects (Forecast error%, RLT%, Locking & Unlocking Transportation lanes for teh cyclic products).
• Implemented BADI in heuristic to meet teh business requirement for fixed vendor determination considering teh lead-time.
• Created new data views as per teh requirement with selected Key Figures.
• Improved DP Batch processes by designing Process chains for specific Processes.
• Solved many DP critical issues within teh tightly specified time frames to meet teh service level agreements
• Worked on SAP APO SNP Capable to Match (CTM), Core Interface (CIF), Safety Stock Planning, Subcontracting and Deployment.
• Creation and maintenance of all teh Mass Master Data and Corrected Master Data related issues for - Product, Location, Transportation Lanes, Means of Transports, PPM, and PDS.
• 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 run.
• Created, activated and maintained Integration models using CIF for transferring Initial Master data like PPMs, product master data, Locations and Resources.
• Involved in CIF activities like Monitoring and Error handling and other problem solving activities.
• Worked with teh offshore team on a regular basis and worked as a liaison for on site business team and offshore technical team.
• Provided inputs to teh BI team on reports (Excess stock, Safety stock, Vendor commits).
• Resolved all issues related Unit Testing, Integration testing and UAT tests. Helped teh business team in teh test scenarios.
• Completed CIF and SNP configuration (Planning area, Planning book, Data views, Marco’s, Storage and time bucket profile, custom category group, category).
• Created End User Documentation and Materials.

Confidential, West Lake Village, CA

SAP DP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Business Blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation, Cutover & Post-implementation.
• Designed Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR) process for Wolf Organization top customers.
• Conducted Blueprinting and validation of AS-IS Business Processes.
• Prepared Test Cases and Demand Planning various scenarios with Alerts.
• Assessed supply chain management opportunities and defined Key Performance Indicators (KPI's ).
• Mapped TO-BE processes in APO.
• Designed teh business process flow for Demand Planning module.
• Specified data requirements and communicated teh same across business process owners.
• Defined teh key figures & characteristics.
• Defined Planning Object Structure, Planning Areas, and Planning Books, Planning Areas, Planning Books, Data Views, and Batch Jobs.
• Performed optimization of teh batch jobs schedule and inventory reconciliation.
• Configured teh Data views for planning books as per customer requirements.
• Conducted Forecasting by using Univariate Forecasting Methods.
• Configured Forecast Profiles, Release Profiles, and Macro programming.
• Designed test Cases and Integrated Testing Data upload from BW to DP.
• Released results of Demand Plan to SNP.
• Coordinated with off-shore production support team.
• Prepared Project Documentation using SAP Solution Manager.
• Performed end user and conducted workshops.
• Wrote end-user documentation and assisted IT associates.

Confidential

SAP PP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured and customized Material Master, Bill of Material, Work Center and Routing.
• Studied and analyzed teh client’s business process requirements.
• Responsible for creation and configuration of Master Data that includes, Master Recipes and Resources.
• Created Production Version for header material, BOM items and co-product.
• Calculated capacity requirements for Resources by using standard values and formula constants.
• Assigned resources to cost centers to calculate teh product costs, and to teh HR module to find out teh skill level of an employee.
• Implemented Capacity Planning, Detailed Scheduling, Capacity Evaluation and Capacity Leveling to allocate Operations to Resources.
• Customized Planning Strategies, Requirement Type and Requirement Classes.
• Worked on Make to Stock planning strategy.
• Responsible for customizing various MRP types, MRP Group, Lot Size calculation, Scheduling Margin Key and procurement proposals.
• Responsible for Documenting configuration in teh IMG, finalizing and reporting requirements, maintained Planned Independent Requirements by transferring data from Sales and operation Planning.
• Configured Production order, Scheduling, Availability Check, and Goods Movements.