SUMMARY

• SAP Functional Consultant with around 7 years of Experience in implementing projects in Material Management (MM), Warehouse Management (WM) and Inventory Management (IM)
• Two Full Life Cycle Implementations, Up - gradation and post live support of SAP MM/WM/IM Modules
• Experience in Multiple Industry domains those Include Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Consumer goods an utilities.
• Involved in ASAP methodology implementation, including Blueprinting, Gap Analysis, mapping, design and configuration, testing, Go-Live, user training and post production support
• Understanding & analyzing customer’s ‘AS-IS’ Business Processes and mapping ‘TO-BE’ processes.
• Responsible for writing the functional specifications of RICEF (Reporting, Interface, Conversions, enhancements, Forms) also assisted the developer in preparing the technical Specifications.
• Data Migration from Legacy system to SAP for Up-gradation/ new implementation/ integration, import of data from any other external system to SAP using LSMW.
• Worked on IDOCS & EDIS
• Sound Knowledge of User Exits, Enhancements and Customization.
• Performed Unit Testing, Integration Testing and also assisted end users in Users Acceptance Testing to validate the business scenario using quality tool such as HP Quality Centre.
• Demonstrates outstanding achievement of objectives, execution of electronic understanding, formulating creative concepts, and dedication to organizational goals.
• Effective team player and able to communicate effectively with people of different personalities and backgrounds.
• Extensively worked on Material Master, Vendor Master, contracts, scheduling Agreements, Info Records, Source List, Release Strategies, Pricing Service Master, Account Determination, Batch Determination, Serialization, Vendor Evaluation and Partner determination.
• Experienced in Inventory management, Goods Receipt, Goods Issue, Reservations, Movement types, Stock transfer order, Sub contracting, purchase order, Transfer postings, goods invoice and Logistics Invoice Verification (LIV), Split valuation, and Physical inventory
• Specialized in configuration and enhancement of applications like Material requirement planning (MRP), Consumption Based Planning to determine Reorder Point Planning, Lot - Size Calculation, Planning Run, Planning Results, BOM explosion.
• Experienced in configuring Warehouse management Master data, Stock placement and Stock removal strategies, Movement types, Transfer order processing, and Storage unit management.
• Experience in new functionality like Storage Units, Handling Units and RF Solution/SAP Console, Bar code/label printing: enhancement by linking WM/IM transactions; PO put away in warehouse; Warehouse bin-to-bin move; RF activities monitor, ITS mobile, bin stock inquiry.
• Expertise in handling Inter company stock transport orders, intra company stock transport orders, Transfer postings and Physical Inventory.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

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

Modules: MM/IM/WM/LE/EWM

Interfacing Technology: IDOCS, EDI

Programming Languages: C, C++

Databases: Microsoft Access, SQL Server

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Washington

SAP MM/WM/LE Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 Implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Functional Analyst in all the stages of Implementation.
• Worked on ASAP Methodology starting with Project Preparation, Business Blueprint, Realization, final preparation and Go Live and Support.
• Responsible for business requirement gathering of the current distribution facility by interacting with the key business users and converting it into technical design specifications.
• Developed Flow Charts; Deliver Presentations to the management for approval of Functional Design.
• Implementation of a Troubleshooting Guide for Shipping and Receiving Processes and front ends, including WM, MM functionality, go-live support.
• Created and maintained warehouse management view in the material to be managed.
• Configured Warehouse Management settings with various Storage Types, sections and Storage Bins.
• Created new movement types and fields selection for the same.
• Set up the Plant parameters for Inventory Management, Tolerances on Goods Issues and Receipts, Automatic Creation of PO's.
• Configured Basic Stock Management procedures for effective utilization of available stocks in FIFO method.
• Defined stock removal strategies for FIFO and LIFO.
• Designed and configured RF Menu, RF Queue-Management for several users who use RF devices in the Warehouse
• Implemented Radio Frequency (RF) and barcode technology with Handling Unit Management (HUM).
• Designed screens for RF - Menu using Screen Programming
• Defined put away and picking strategies for fixed bin, open storage, addition to existing stock and empty storage bin.
• Configured the master data for Storage Unit Management.
• Processed materials with Shelf Life Expiration Date (SLED) and serialization in the WM system.
• Worked on handling unit managed storage locations and involved in different stock transfers.
• Implementation of procurement processes with FI integration to maintain material master, vendor master and info record.
• Involved in the whole procurement cycle from automatic creation of Requisitions from MRP run to invoice verification.
• Managed and configured Master Data for materials and vendors, Info Record and maintained Source List.
• Defined Pricing elements like basic price, discounts, freight and taxes for various grades of Materials, and material groups and vendors.
• Configured Stock Transfer using Stock Transfer Orders.
• Created Request for Quotation (RFQ), issued RFQ to the vendors, and entered Quotation against RFQ.
• Created Outline agreements, Scheduling, Delivery Forecast and Contracts.
• Configured Split Valuation for material.
• Prepared Documentation for the user manual. Go-Live and Post-Live support and helped the end users to understand the process in the MM Module.
• Configured Plant parameters for Material Requirement Planning (MRP) such as MRP groups, MRP types, lot sizing procedure and availability check.
• Configured the Pricing procedure for various scenarios in the business process.
• Involved in creating Physical inventory document, entering physical inventory count and posting the difference
• Configured movement types, cycle counting in IM.
• Configured control parameters for TR/TO.
• Integrated WM with Shipping, PP, IM, QM Modules

Confidential, San Diego, CA

SAP MM/WM/LE Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0. Implementation and Support

Responsibilities:

• Designed, Configured the Third Party, Consignment and Sub contracting Process.
• Configured Valuation and Account Assignment including definition of Valuation Control, grouping of Valuation Areas, definition of Valuation Classes, Account groupings and Automatic G/L Account Assignment.
• Configured the integration points with MM and WM, SD for third party and inter company (STO) processes.
• Configured the account determination based on Inventory management movement types transaction keys and modifiers.
• Automatic calculation of SLED (Shelf Life Expiration Date) of using GR/Production date
• Configured Logistics Execution systems (LES) Inbound and Outbound movements for pick up and put away strategies.
• Defined storage types, storage sections, storage bin types and storage bins structure.
• Defined put away and picking strategies for fixed bin, open storage, addition to existing stock and empty storage bin.
• RF queue management and creation of different RF queues for different warehouse processes.
• RF menu management and screen management.
• Changes to RF screens according to business process.
• Designed and described Functional Specifications for customized RF transactions.
• Designed the Training documentation and delivered the end user training
• Member of Post Go-Live production support team helping users creating remedy tickets, monitoring and resolving issues in the area of Material Management.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

SAP MM/WM/LE Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 (Upgrade from 4.7 to 6.0)

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the configuration of procurement and Inventory Management functionality in SAP.
• Configured the various Material types and material groups.
• Set up Standard PO’s, stock transfer orders, PO for free standardize goods.
• Designed, Configured the Third Party, Consignment and Sub contracting Process.
• Configured the stock transfer for 1-step transfer posting and 2-step transfer posting.
• Set up source list depending upon the requirement of the business scenario.
• Processing material with Self Expiration Date (SLED) and serialization in the WM system.
• Handled support issues on Logistics execution system of warehouse Managed plants on daily basis.
• Configured Logistics Execution systems (LES) Inbound and Outbound movements for pick up and put away strategies.
• Defined storage types, sections, bin types & bin structure.
• Worked on various stock categories, including Inspection of Stock and Blocked Stock and put away strategies.
• Member of Post Go-Live production support team helping users creating remedy tickets, monitoring and resolving issues in the area of Material Management.

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

SAP MM/PP Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0. Full Life Cycle Implementation

Responsibilities:

• Participated in the AS-IS study, design of the To Be process and also carried out Gap-Analysis before customization.
• Performed ASAP methodology in streamlining the implementation process.
• Worked on whole procurement cycle, special stock inventory management subcontracting, consignment, pipeline, Non-stock material.
• Configured contracts, Scheduling Agreements and External Services.
• Configured the Consumption Based Planning (Forecast and reorder point planning), Material Requirement planning (MRP) and long term Planning.
• Planed assemblies based on delivery orders.
• Configured Account Determination, Split Valuation and Batch Management
• Automatic calculation of SLED (Shelf Life Expiration Date) of using GR/Production date
• Set up Release Strategies for purchase requisition and Purchase order with classification and work flow.
• Worked on IM that includes Inter Company Stock Transfer, Third party Order, and Transfer Posting, GR/GI, physical Inventory and reservations.
• Good understanding of Make to Order and make to stock scenario in discrete and repetitive industries.
• Defined MRP controllers, planning horizons, lot size calculations, study of basic dates and checks, Production order release and confirmation.
• Implemented variant configuration relating class, characteristics, object dependent logic, pricing procedure and configuration profile.
• Worked on integrating MM with PP and QM modules.
• Design functional specifications for User Exits, BADI’s and BAPI’s enhancement for GR.
• Worked on setting up standard EDI functionality and resolved issues with EDI IDOC Processing.
• Identifying and mapping of legacy systems for data conversions to SAP R/3 using LSMW.
• Interacted actively with PP, PM and FI/CO teams for integration testing.
• Provided ongoing production support for the post implementation of the system.

Confidential, Pittsburg, PA

SAP MM/PP Functional consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7 Implementation and support

Responsibilities:

• Worked on all phases of ASAP methodology beginning with project preparation, business blueprint, realization, final preparation and Go-Live and support.
• Configuration of purchasing documents like Requisition, source of supply, Quotas, RFQ, quotation and setting for split valuation.
• Customizing of Master Data like material master and vendor Master.
• Defining Number ranges for various purchasing documents and configured the account determination.
• Configured the system for processing contracts, outline agreements with source determination in the purchasing functions.
• Identifying and mapping of legacy system for data conversion to SAP R/3 using LSMW
• Goods and invoice verification and customization of business partner functions.
• Responsible for preparation of the test data for super-user and end-user performance based training on the new systems.
• Configured the Consumption Based Planning (Forecast and reorder point planning), Material Requirement planning (MRP) and long term Planning.
• Member of Post Go-Live production support team helping users creating remedy tickets, monitoring and resolving issues in the area of Material Management.

Confidential, Detroit, MI

SAP MM/WM Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7 Full Life Cycle Implementation

Responsibilities:

• Maintain master data sub-module in MM (material master, vendor master, info records, source list, quota arrangements & condition records)
• Implement Lean concepts by finding and eliminating Bottle necks in purchasing process.
• Participated in supporting events like Kaizen, 5S in the shop floor in order to eliminate wastes to make the process Lean.
• Configured pricing schema and created different access sequence for purchase orders, automated the purchase order creation and payment transaction.
• Integrated MM with FI for account determination.
• Configured different purchase orders ( standard, consignment, subcontracting, stock transfer order, third party)
• Configure the warehouse management (WM) module after understanding client business process and the business requirements.
• Assessed warehouse structure and configured the same for basic stock management in handling unit’s management.
• Configured and customized the material master, vendor master, purchase requisition, RFQ and PO.
• Implemented Radio Frequency (RF) and barcode technology with Handling Unit Management (HUM).
• Integrated RF devices into SAP WM module by developing interfaces for RF devices.
• Provided key user training for all the new development that are being carried out.
• Configuration for RF queues for mobile data entry (MDE) for WM module for goods receipt/ goods issue, put away and picking and inventory.
• Executed and implemented of Logistics Execution systems (LES)-Inventory (Annual Inventory count,
• Continuous inventory, cycle counting), cross docking, storage unit (SU) management, handling unit (HU) management.
• IDOCS mapping for purchasing and material documents and, material movements to upload stock.
• Configured production planning module with MRP group assignment.
• Defined MRP controllers, plant parameters, lot size calculations, planning horizons, basic date’s determination, and BOM (production) explosion control.
• Managed various activities in WM like creating warehouse number, defining storage type, creating bins and defining picking areas.
• Involved customizing WM for put away and picking strategies..etc for a complex warehouse structure.
• Resolved issues related to Goods Receipts, Goods Issue, inbound and outbound delivery, Transfer order, stock transfer and customer returns.
• Customized batch management by defining batch strategy for inventory management.
• Proactively involved in Go-Live support and also in documenting and training for end user.

Confidential

SAP MM/PP Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 4.6c Implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the Full Life Cycle Implementation related to MM module.
• Responsible for configuration/customization of Material Management/warehouse Management activities including analysis of AS-IS and TO-BE documents.
• Set up Organizational Data Configuration related to MM storage locations and purchase organizations.
• Defined attributes of new material types, material group, field selections and assigned screen sequence to user/material types/ transaction industry sectors.
• Configure reference purchase organization and assigned different purchasing organizations and purchasing groups.
• Configuration of Material master with default data for purchasing documents using purchasing value keys.
• Defined configuration of purchasing documents- Purchase requisition/ source of supply-quotas/RFQ/quotation entry and analysis/PO/automatic, vendor known/unknown, conformation, and release procedures.
• Involved in automation for maintain safety stock and reorder levels.
• Created source list, quota arrangement and used Source Determination in purchase requisition.
• Determine Pricing Procedures and set up Release Procedure for purchasing documents.
• Configured the Consumption Based Planning (Forecast and reorder point planning), Material Requirement planning (MRP) and long term Planning.