SUMMARY

• SAP Functional Consultant with around 8 year of Experience in implementing projects in Material Management (MM), Inventory Management (IM), Warehouse Management (WM) and Production Planning (PP).
• Two Full Life Cycle Implementations, Up - gradation and post go live support of SAP MM/WM/PP Modules
• Experience in Multiple Industry domains those Include Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Consumer goods and 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.
• Proficient in Lean manufacturing practices, layouts, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, KANBAN and Cost reduction.
• Proficient in configuration and customization of Master Data, Routings, SOP and capacity Requirement Planning, Manufacturing Process, Demand Management and Material Requirement Planning.
• 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.
• Sound Knowledge in Supply Chain Management (SCM)
• 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.

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/PP

Interfacing Technology: IDOCS, EDI

Programming Languages: C, C++

Databases: Microsoft Access, SQL Server

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Denver, Colorado

SAP MM/WM Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 4.6C to SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities

• Involved in the business requirement gathering in logistics area reports and upgrade enhancements
• Created complete RICEF list for B2I Project.
• Prepared strategy documents for inventory conversion between 3PL and AVAYA
• Designed functional specification documents for inventory extraction and inventory migration.
• Involved custom reports remediation in SAP R/3 4.6C and SAP ECC6.0
• Involved in unit testing, integration testing and regression testing phases.
• Gave support to I-Box Business users and N-Box Business users.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

SAP P2P/PP Functional Consultant

Nature of Project: Implementation

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities

• Involved in the identification of the legacy systems for Master data identification
• Conducted work session with BPO persons for identifying data mapping and data volume
• Make master data migration strategy documents for different releases of Scorpion Project.
• Prepared data migration strategy documents for Article master, vendor master, Bill of material and conditional data, purchase info records and source lists.
• Prepared data migration drafts for activities during cut over activities during Go-Live.
• Prepared prototypes for business, Procure to Pay, MM-FI integration, PP-FI integration points
• Prepared prototypes for P2P process, Purchase Requisition, Purchase orders, Goods Receipts, invoice verification and Payment.
• Configured Bill of material, work centers and routing for release-I, TV reclamation, PC reclamation and Refurbishment of consumer electronics.
• Configured the both intra and inter company stock transfer orders.
• Involved unit testing and integration testing.

Confidential San Antonio, Texas

SAP IM/WM Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities

• Go-live and Post Go-live support and helped to end users to understand the process in Inventory Management and Warehouse Management.
• Helped the end users to create remedy tickets, monitoring and resolving issues in Receiving, Production and Warehouse Management.
• Worked with Implementation team to analyze the issues in customized transactions.
• Worked on RF device, storage unit movements, storage unit to storage unit move and change the status of storage unit.
• Assisted the end users to receive goods through inbound delivery, generating delivery reports and clearing the errors in ASN through IDOC Processing.
• Helped the end users to confirm the Production orders, clear the COGI errors and generating formation schedule reports.
• Worked on Storage Unit Management and Handling Unit Management (HUM).
• Assisted the end users in formation, shipping line and truck loading.

Confidential, Washington

SAP MM/WM/LE Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

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.
• Expertise in Master Data, vendor master, source list, quota arrangements, Purchase Info records, Outline agreements, Material requirement Planning, Purchase requisitions, purchase orders, Goods receipts and Invoice verification.
• Implementation of procurement processes with FI integration to maintain material master, vendor master and info record.
• Configured MM-FI integration through Automatic Account determination and posting in G/L Accounts.
• Involved in the whole procurement cycle from automatic creation of Requisitions from MRP run to invoice verification.
• Defined Pricing elements like basic price, discounts, freight and taxes for various grades of Materials, and material groups and vendors.
• Defining Release Procedure for releasing documents.
• 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, Valuation types and defining valuation classes.
• Customized screen layouts for purchasing and inventory management transactions.
• Configured messages/output types for different purchasing documents.
• 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 and clear the stock difference in Inventory.
• Configured Warehouse Management settings with various Storage Types, sections, storage indicators and Storage Bins.
• Set up the Plant parameters for Inventory Management, Tolerances on Goods Issues and Receipts, Automatic Creation of PO's.
• Defined put away and picking strategies for fixed bin, open storage, addition to existing stock and next empty storage bin.
• Configured Basic Stock Management procedures for effective utilization of available stocks in FIFO method.
• Defined stock removal strategies for FIFO, LIFO and Partial Pallet strategy.
• 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.
• Configured the master data for Storage Unit Management.
• Processed materials with Shelf Life Expiration Date (SLED) and serialization in the WM system.
• Configured the warehouse activity monitor
• Worked on handling unit managed storage locations and involved in different stock transfers.
• 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.
• Integrated WM with Shipping, PP, IM, QM Modules
• Implementation of a Troubleshooting Guide for Shipping and Receiving Processes and front ends, including WM, MM functionality, go-live support.

Confidential, CA

SAP MM/WM/LE Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0.

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.
• Worked on Procure to Pay (P2P) Process, purchase info records and outline agreements.
• 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.
• Involved data Archiving configuration settings in MM, Purchase requisitions, purchase orders and some conditional records like purchase info records and outline agreements.
• 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, CA

SAP MM/WM/LE Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 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, MD

SAP MM/PP Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

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, Time Phased 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 and COGI errors.
• Worked on KANBAN master data, Production supply area, control cycle and replenishment strategies.
• Assign KANBAN replenishment strategies to control cycle like In-house procurement, external Procurement and stock transfer Procurement.
• Implemented variant configuration relating class, characteristics, object dependent logic, pricing procedure and configuration profile.
• Worked on integrating MM with WM, 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

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.
• Involved Data Archiving process configuration settings in Material Management for purchase requisition, Purchase orders and vendor Master records.
• 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

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 and customized the material master, vendor master, purchase requisition, RFQ and PO.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 and Warehouse 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

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• Configured the MPS and MRP parameters with reference to Business Blue Print.
• Worked on Demand Programming and Sales and operation planning
• Configured shop floor control, order type, order type dependent parameters and production Scheduling Profiles.
• Worked on creation of functional specifications for customized reports and forms.
• Extensively enhanced the MRP Plant parameters, scheduling formulas and controlling keys as per the Business requirements