SUMMARY:

• Over 16 years of IT experience, about 14 years of SAP SD experience in design, configuration and customization, testing and production support of SAP R/3 Sales and Distribution (SD), Material Management (MM) module.
• Trained with SAP RAR Version 1.2, for new ASC 606 guidance for Revenue Recognition and implemented a two Proof of Concepts with RAR version 1.2.
• Implementation of S/4 HANA Simple Logistics on the new on - premise S/4 1610 edition.
• 3 Full lifecycle for Order to Cash, 4 Full lifecycle Vistex implementations, 2 roll-outs (Acquisitions)
• Worked on project phases - Scoping, Blue printing, Realization, data conversion, testing, end user training, Go-Live and post production support.
• Configuration Expertise in the Quote-to-Cash/Order-to-Cash areas of SAP SD Order Management process including Inquiry, Quotation, Standard orders, Rush Orders, Cash Sales, Contracts, debit/credit memos, invoice correction requests, configuration of item categories and schedule categories, Data Conversions, Shipping, Billing, Output, Copy Controls, Partner Determination, Text Determination, Output Determination, Credit Management, Availability check (ATP)/ Transfer of Requirements (TOR), Consignment Sales Process, Billing, Resource related billing, Inter Company Sales and Stock Transport Orders.
• Configuration of Pricing and Rebate Agreements, Condition Technique, Expertise in tailoring pricing procedures through requirements, alternate calculation types to achieve desired functionality and methodical understanding of various pricing techniques and implementation experience of special pricing like Promotions & Sales Deals, Rebate Agreements and Taxation (US, CA & EUROPE VAT).
• Solid understanding of Revenue Recognition concepts and configuration of Revenue Recognition (at the time of Billing, Time related, Service related and debit/credit memos related) processes and ability to translate customer transactions and requirements into workable solutions and working knowledge of SAP RAR Revenue Accounting and Reporting for new revenue recognition guidance (ASC 606).
• Concrete knowledge of SAP SD user roles and authorization objects for all configurations related and user related objects for user profile maintenance (PFCG).
• Worked on EDIFACT, ANSI X12 and XML messages and developed the mapping specs for transactions like 832- Price catalog 850-PO’s, 855-PO acknowledgement, 856-Shipping Notification, 860-PO Change Buyer, 865- PO Change Seller, 810-Invoice.
• Experience in integrating E-commerce & Web applications with SAP for various applications like order processing, invoice updates, order updates and development of functional specs specific to integration and development of custom reports for the same.
• Extensive knowledge of other SAP modules like LE, MM, IM, and WM concepts through cross-functional integration of SD with the same modules and trained in SAP industry specific modules like IS retails, AFS and CRM modules.
• Integration knowledge of External systems such as Paymentric (Payment/Credit card processing), SABRIX & TAXWARE (External Tax Systems).
• Expertise in configuring & customizing of Material Master, Calculation schemas (MM Pricing Procedures) for RFQ and PO process in Purchasing, and Inventory Management (IM). Expertise in Configuring MM Module - Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Orders, Info records, Release Procedures, Inventory Management, GR, GI, Movement Types, Transfer Posting, Stock Transfer, Invoice Verification, Automatic Account Determination and Catch Weight Management.
• Proficiency in Variant Configuration including complex object dependencies of all types (selection conditions, constraints, pre-conditions, procedures), characteristics and classification, using variant tables for ease of user maintenance, variant pricing, multi-level configurable Bill of Material (BOM) and component explosion in sales orders.
• 6 months of experience in configuring & customizing of Warehouse Management system like defining storage type, storage section, storage bin types & structures and defining search strategies for put-away and working with transfer requirement, transfer orders.
• Experience in ABAP coding with debugging and knowledge of ABAP Data Dictionary, Interactive reports, ALV reports, SAPScripts and SMART forms, Enhancements, BAPI’s and Userexits and experience in Data transfer techniques like Direct Input method, Call transaction and Session Method (BDC), and LSMW.
• Blueprint design for SD Functionality using ASAP methodology and working knowledge with SAP Solution Manager 4.0 and IBM Ascendant Methodology.
• About 5yrs of configuration experience in Vistex Incentives & Payback module - Version 6.0D (Sales Rebates, Charge backs, Claims and Purchasing rebates, Incentives, & Billbacks) to execute claims and rebates process efficiently, by providing accurate pricing calculation, automated claim duplication check, deduction management and efficient reporting analysis and ability to translate customer transactions and requirements into well-designed and workable solutions.
• Knowledge of Vistex Data Maintenance Pricing (DMP) components like Price Sheets, Condition Mapping, Price request, Price proposal, Deals, Pricing Formula, Price books, Deals Price catalog and reporting.
• Broad understanding of SAP Business Warehouse BW(3.5)/BI(7.0) multidimensional Data Modeling, BW Customizing, Extraction & Reporting using Bex Analyzer and Bex Browser.
• Solid understanding of BW - Info Cubes, Multi Cubes, Remote Cubes design, Info Sources, Info Object maintenance, ODS Objects, Update rules, Transfer rules etc.
• Understanding of BW Reporting - BEx Analyzer, Info Set Query, Query Cubes, Web Reporting and BW Security - Reporting Authorizations, users profile maintenance (PFCG).
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft office software - MS word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Access and MS project management
• Effective team player with exceptional time management skills and multi-tasking capabilities. Proactive, self-motivated with the ability to motivate others.
• Highly developed interpersonal, written and verbal skills, including active listening, with an ability to express complex technical concepts into business terms.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP: ECC 6.0, ECC 5.0, SAP R/3 4.7.4.6C, 4.6BVistex 6.0, 6.0A, 6.0C, 6.0D

CRM: 7.0, BI 7.0, SM and CS

Test Tools: ECATT, HP Quality Center 9.2

Operating System: Windows 95/98/2000/2000 server, XP pro

Software: Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, Power point, Microsoft

Project,Uperform:

Databases: Oracle 9i/8i, MS-SQL Server, DB2

Languages: ABAP, C, C++, Java, & VB 6.0

Business Modeler: IBM Websphere Business Modeler

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Allendale, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Requirements gathering & Blueprinting for new S4HANA on-premise implementation
• End to End configuration and testing for BP Master (Customer/Vendor master data), Pricing, FSCM credit management, Delivery processing and Invoicing.
• Preparing of Functional specs for RECEFW objects.
• Implementations of EDI 850, 855, 940, 856, 810 & 812.
• Integration with external application like QUALANEX for returns credits, iContracts for Chargebacks and Rebate Credits and DLSS an external warehouse for 3PL.

Confidential, Shelton, CT

Responsibilities:

• Participate with Business and IT to review current and future Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP for Revenue Accounting across Confidential (MTS) to be compliant with the new revenue recognition guidance (ASC 606) for SAP RAR.
• Implementation of POC for SAP RAR version 1.2 for processing Revenue contracts, POB’s from ECC to RAR to ECC and exploring the BADI’s and technical objects related to RAR and BRFPlus

Confidential, Plymouth, MN

Sr. SAP SD/CS/SM Solution Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Requirements gathering for Service Contracts and Pricing for Fit-GAP Analysis to in corporate into Global Template for Service and Repair Process
• Collaborate with Business users and Application owners for System Analysis and Design strategy to retain/retire current production applications for CGEN4.
• Conversion strategy for Service Contracts, Service lines, pricing for service and repairs.

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Sr. SAP SD/LE Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Participate with Business and IT to review current and future Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP for Revenue Accounting across Confidential Technology Solutions (MTS) to be compliant with the new revenue recognition guidance (ASC 606) for SAP RAR.
• Implementation of POC for SAP RAR version 1.2 for processing Revenue contracts, POB’s from ECC to RAR to ECC and exploring the BADI’s and technical objects related to RAR and BRFPlus
• Participate with Business, Contract Operations and Finance for requirement gathering assessment and review on future state functionality for Variant Configuration for software and hardware components.
• Integration of Project Systems with SD Revenue Recognition for Percentage completion, Result Analysis for Software Installation professional services.
• End-to-End - Order to Cash, Returns to Credit, Variant Configuration and Intercompany billing Implementation for a new business unit.
• Migration of a new business acquisition by Confidential and rollout into existing Confidential business process and Configuration for variant class, class types, class hierarchy, characteristics, Variant Pricing conditions and dependencies, Procedure, Pre-Conditions, Constraints etc.
• Solution design to Interface SAP Contracts with Confidential Ireland Software Download Central system (Flexera) for software entitlement.
• Prepare design documents and work with development team for development of bi-directional interfaces from SAP Contracts to Download Central and back to SAP Contracts and subsequent processing of Orders, Delivery Processing, Billing and Revenue Recognition.
• Contracts and Sales order Data Conversions for a Canada roll-out to SAP instance.
• Involved in Business Process Documentation, Unit Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Functional Integration Testing, Volume Testing and Performance Testing.
• Resolve and troubleshoots solution defects, including interface support, debugging, and functional support within the assigned functional area as necessary.

Confidential, Cleveland, OH

SD/Vistex Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented SAP Vistex solutions for Sales Incentives functionality for Incentive payout on a Flat rate, Growth based on prior yr sales and Target based sales incentives using composite model.
• Worked with business for requirements gathering, blueprinting, perform Gap-Analysis, identification of RICEFW objects and development of functional specs.
• Configuration of Pricing Agreements set up, Pricing Control, Claims configuration, IP Document configuration, Header and Item control for sales documents, Output determination, VOFM routines.
• Implemented complex pricing functionality for calculations Sales Incentive base sales and complex calculations amounts for Net sales after deductions of Rebates, Concession, Sales/Cash Discounts using Vistex BADI’s of the incentive amounts to appropriate accounts (Internal Reps and External Agents) with predetermined rules for settlements profiles and automatic account determination.

Confidential, Auburn Hills, MI

SAP SD/MM Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Configuring end to end Business processes with new sales document types, new item categories, new delivery document types and new billing document types including the copy controls and routines to take care of requirements and data transfer routines.
• Worked with Business, Finance and SAP FI consultant for assessment and review on Revenue Recognition and activation of Revenue Recognition functionality to avoid a negative impact on the financial statement.
• Requirements gathering for revenue recognition functionality (time related) method to meet client functionality for asset use as deferred revenue.
• Configured Item Categories relevant for Revenue recognition for rental contracts with Time based Revenue Recognition and configuration of Billing Plan and worked with Finance and SAP FI team to determine the Unbilled Receivables and Deferred Revenue balance sheet accounts for Revenue Recognition account determination.
• Ensuring optimal performance in Pricing, Pricing Procedure determination, Pricing Limits, Pricing by item category, Condition Exclusion Groups, Price-Relevant Master data and Condition Supplements.
• Configuration of Output determination, PR/PO release strategies, Item Proposal and Material Determination process and configuration Billing plan/Invoicing plan for period billing with respect to rental contracts.
• Creation of EDI 850, 855, 860, 865 & 810 mapping document for connection with Gentran Subsystem and worked on messages types ORDERS, ORDCHG, ORDRSP, DESAVD & INVOIC and configuration of EDI Master Data for External to internal partners for EDI Trading Partner Profile, using EDSDC and EDPAR Table and configuration of EDI partner profiles, port definitions, creation of new output type’s and condition tables for EDI customers.
• Provided Level 4 support - Ability to identify and diagnose problems and resolve/implement solutions.

Confidential, North Brusnwick, NJ

SAP Vistex Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implement SAP Vistex solutions for Growth Sales Rebates functionality using composite model.
• Worked with business for requirements gathering, blueprinting, perform Gap-Analysis, identification of RICEFW objects and development of functional specs.
• Configuration of Pricing Agreement set up, Pricing Control, Claims configuration, IP Document configuration, Header and Item control for sales documents, Output determination, VOFM routines and Idoc configuration
• Implemented complex pricing functionality for calculations Sales Rebates amounts using VOFM routines and posting of the rebate amounts to appropriate accounts (Customer or Vendor) with predetermined rules for settlements profiles and automatic account determination.
• Pricing Data Conversion, Training documentations and Support.

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

SAP Vistex Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Scoped, Managed, Designed and implement SAP Vistex (Transactional & Composite Design) solutions for Sales Rebates functionality for a Global Template and local rollout (45 Sales Organizations).
• Interviewing key users, defining SAP enabled business processes and Prepare comprehensive documentation according to the project implementation methodology for all aspects of development, for example: Business Requirement/Solution design documents, Gap-Analysis, functional specs, configuration documents, unit testing and integration testing scripts.
• Configuration of new order types and billing type for Claim processing for subsequent IP document processing to accommodate Cross Company rebate reconciliation and Configuration of new Partner Determinations for Agreements and Claims Processing.
• Setup of Custom deployment codes (Composite Design) to calculate Flat rebates and scale based rebates wrt to Quantity or Value.
• Changes to existing pricing procedures to include Vistex Rebate Condition types with new Routines to fit existing Novus CO-PA reporting and user exit to CO-PA value is changed to post as - ve as the KE4I table is not used to post the CO-PA value as Vistex posts to CO-PA as a direct FI posting with a B record and Tax calculation for US, CA & VAT for EUROPE during settlement.
• Configuration of Pricing Agreement set up, Pricing Control, Claims configuration, IP Document configuration, Header and Item control for Sales documents, LIS characteristics and key figures with LIS structure, update groups & VOFM routines for Novus Rebate Functionality.
• Implemented complex pricing functionality for calculations of Sales Rebates and CO-PA postings using implicit enhancement & VOFM routines with the posting of the rebate amounts to appropriate accounts with predetermined rules for settlements profiles and automatic account determination.
• Work with ABAP technical team to develop new VOFM routines, Vistex BAdI’s, implicit enhancements and Customer Exits for to meet Novus special business requirements for Rebates.
• Worked with security team in identifying Tcodes and create new roles based on user authorization.
• Preparing training documentation and Involved in User Training, Unit Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Functional Integration Testing, Volume Testing and Performance Testing.

Confidential, North Brusnwick, NJ

SAP Vistex Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implement SAP Vistex solutions for Billbacks, Sales Commissions and Sales Rebates functionality.
• Worked with business for requirements gathering, blueprinting, perform Gap-Analysis, identification of RICEFW objects and development of functional specs.
• Configuration of Pricing Agreement set up, Pricing Control, Claims configuration, IP Document configuration, Header and Item control for sales documents, Output determination, VOFM routines and Idoc configuration
• Implemented complex pricing functionality for calculations if Billback Amounts and Sales Rebates and Commission amounts using VOFM routines and posting of the rebate amounts to appropriate accounts (Customer or Vendor) with predetermined rules for settlements profiles and automatic account determination.
• Work with offshore ABAP technical team to developed new VOFM routines for Vistex Billbacks, sales Commission and Rebates processing and implement Vistex BAdI’s to meet special business requirements.
• Prepare user training documentation using UPerform and Involved in Unit Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Functional Integration Testing, Volume Testing and Performance Testing.

Confidential, Allegan, MI

Lead SAP SD Pricing & Rebates Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implement SAP sales and distribution functionality for a new merger.
• Configured Billing type definition and control, Rebate processing, partial and final settlement and Account Assignment and Configuring Rebates, Setting Up Rebate Agreements and Managing Rebate Agreements and Payments and configuration of Rebate Agreement, Rebate Condition Types, and Condition type Groups, Account determination for Rebates, Activating Rebate Processing.
• Configuring automatic calculation of rebates as per clients pre-defined rule with Automatic account determination and accruals posting.
• Work with ABAP technical team to developed new VOFM routines for pricing and report developments to query rebate master data and also rebate related data.
• Resolve and troubleshoots solution defects, including interface support, debugging, and functional support within the assigned functional area as necessary.

Confidential, Long Island, NY

Lead SAP SD Pricing/Billing Consultant (SAP AFS)

Responsibilities:

• Provided guidance and insights about the nature and implementation of the assigned module(s) to the implementation teams, subject matter experts, end users, IT specialists, Systems Integrator(s), and other internal and external resources.
• Designed the end-to-end process for third party intercompany sales which is not supported by Standard SAP functionality for AFS to copy the GR/IR quantity for invoices.
• Work with ABAP technical team to developed new VOFM requirements for copy controls from order to billing and order to delivery documents for Third party invoicing and enhancements to cater new pricing requirements and test scripts/test scenarios and documentation of test results in HPQC.
• Ensured new system enhancements, new business processes and changes to existing business processes have been thoroughly reviewed, tested, approved and communicated to the end-user community prior to production system implementation.
• Troubleshoot daily pricing, billing and returns process issues and new LSMW’s to change sales order header or item date, update billing date in billing documents, update pricing in billing documents.
• Design of custom rebate process for Confidential based on specific requirements that includes custom transactions, custom check tables, custom tables and programs to process End-of-Month rebate programs for customers.

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Lead Pricing Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of 6 IT & business personnel in the Order-to-Cash area, to gather business requirements gathering/testing and managed the project implementation successfully from Initiating to closing using ASAP project life cycle methodology.
• Employed SAP pricing agreements (Promotions & Sales deals) concept as work around for Bridgestone’s Price Book Concept and created new conditions types, Base Prices, Price books, discounts, surcharges, freight and tax requirements for different pricing procedures to in corporate the price books concept.
• Closely worked with ABAP technical team to developed new VOFM requirements for pricing and formulas for scales, structure group key, condition base values and Alt condition types.
• Worked closely with Bridgestone E-Commerce team to gather requirements for interface functional specifications of integrating E-commerce applications with SAP for standard order processing, availability check, Authorized to buy check updating invoice documents, and warranty adjustments.
• Configuration of Tax Procedure for US and CA with SABRIX for Bridgestone / Firestone with new tax codes and new tax condition types for other tax calculation purposes like disposal fee (State, City, County, & Street level) and Federal Exercise Tax.
• Worked with business owners to prepare test scripts in areas of Pricing, Billing and Credit Management. Performed unit testing and Integration testing and recorded Test Results to SAP Solution Manager.

Confidential, Dublin, OH

Lead SAP SD-Vistex Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked with business during blueprint phase and also to perform Gap-Analysis and identified RICEFW objects and development of functional specs.
• Defined custom Pricing Procedures for Confidential Core Sales, Returns process, Leasing, Debit/Credit Memos and Lease Adjustments and accordingly configured new condition types, access sequences and condition tables for prices, discounts, freight and surcharges.
• Worked with data team (customer master/material master) to outline pricing dependant fields for configuring condition tables.
• Coordinated with Vistex team to in corporate chargeback back process as a part of contract pricing in core sales for Confidential and Coordinated with MM team for the calculation of final list to be considered as part of core sales.
• Coordinated with offshore development team for unit testing, functional testing and defect resolutions of the RICEFW objects.
• Worked with business in preparing Unit test Scenarios, Integration testing, Training documentation (UPerform) User testing, and preparation of Unit test Plans and Integration of Test Plans, execution of test plans and result recordings.
• Involved in Unit Testing,, User Acceptance Testing, Functional Integration Testing, Volume Testing and Performance Testing
• Worked with FI, CO-PA and MM team on cross module integration processes.

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

Sr. SAP SD-Vistex Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Meet with business to gather requirements from various departments to implement PSS medical chargeback functionality.
• Define scope and plan for project schedule & deliverables and Prepared Process designing documents, business blueprinting documents, Configuration, test scripts, and training documents.
• Involved in gathering business requirements for PSS claims process and Prepared/ conducted Vistex workshops to the business users.
• Configured claims (Chargeback’s & Sales Incentives) process efficiently, by providing accurate pricing calculation, automated claim duplication check, deduction management and efficient reporting analysis.
• Customizing of Number ranges for IP Documents, Agreements, Claim requests, IP documents (Chargebacks & Sales Incentives), pricing procedures, condition tables, access sequences, condition types, status profiles, Claim request stages, and Claim request posting blocks.
• Development of functional design document for claim upload programs, reports, interfaces conversions and enhancements (RICEF objects) and coordinated wit the offshore team for the development of the same.
• Developed user documentation specific to PSS Chargeback’s & sales Incentives which demonstrate the key scenarios and examples.
• Involved in post go-live production support to remedy defects and work with development team to resolved performance issues.

Confidential, Hopkins, MN

SAP Vistex Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gather user requirements, analyze and define business process flows, and prepare detailed methods and procedures related to an SAP implementation.
• Involved with IT and business to model business and technical concepts using a variety of notations and methods (e.g., flow charts, state charts, use cases, system flow diagrams, UI mock-ups, logical database design).
• Participated in requirements gathering for BI and CO-PA reports and worked closely with BI and CO-PA teams for mapping and data transfer requirement for SAP pricing data.
• Worked in project team for implementing Vistex Incentives and Payback module (Transaction model) and involved in gathering business requirements for Confidential ’s Royalties and Trade Promotions including Catch Weight Management.
• Set tolerance limits for and parallel unit of measure for quantity adjustment and Pricing.
• Configured Trade promotions (Vistex Claims and Bill backs) and Royalties (Vistex Sales Incentives) process efficiently, by providing accurate pricing calculation, automated claim duplication check, deduction management and efficient reporting analysis.
• Defined number ranges for IP documents types and IP agreement types for Royalties and Trade promotions. Customizing of IP Document - Maintain number ranges for IP document type, maintained required IP document type
• Configured Account Assignment, Accrual profiles, Settlement profiles for required postings to FI / CO from IP Billbacks.

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Lead SAP SD-MM Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of SD consultants and business for order management, customer master, pricing, logistics execution and billing.
• Managed tasks from team membersto meet the project timelines and helped project manager to manage the project plan and schedule. Managed the risks, issues and priority for SD, MM area.
• Meeting with the customers EDI analyst to gather requirements and creation of test packages for Unit testing, integration testing and client testing.
• Creation of EDI 850, 855, 856 & 810 mapping document for connection with Confidential - ONEHUB EDI Subsystem and worked on messages types ORDERS, ORDCHG, ORDRSP, DESAVD & INVOIC and configuration of EDI Master Data for External to internal partners for EDI Trading Partner Profile, using EDSDC and EDPAR Table and configuration of EDI partner profiles, port definitions, creation of new output type’s and condition tables for EDI customers.
• Changes to existing Order types, Pricing procedures, Output Determination Procedures and configuration of new material status for Cross Plant/Cross Distribution maintenance.
• Involved with business for requirements gathering for sales reports for COGNOS and BI reporting and provided functional specs for data extract from SAP to COGNOS reporting.
• Development of functional specs to send new fields in segments for Order Confirmations (Outbound) and development of status report for inbound sales order IDOC’s & Outbound IDOC’s.
• Provided necessary coordination and facilitation of interactive requirements, analysis and design sessions with representatives of the business and IT.
• Ensured new system enhancements, new business processes and changes to existing business processes have been thoroughly reviewed, tested, approved and communicated to the end-user community prior to production system implementation.
• Attending to production support tickets in SD, MM, PP, AR & AP and troubleshooting day to day production issues.

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Lead Pricing Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of 4 IT & business personnel in the Quote-to-Cash area, to gather business requirements gathering/testing and managed the project implementation successfully from Initiating to closing using ASAP project life cycle methodology.
• Prepared/ conducted SAP workshops to the business users and gather business requirements and conduct FIT-GAP analysis in the areas of Master Data, Order management, Pricing, Logistics and Billing and Analyzed the existing business scenarios in Order Management, Pricing, Credit Management, Billing and Claims and documented business blueprint for pricing, credit management, billing and claims processing.
• Employed SAP pricing agreements (Promotions & Sales deals) concept as work around for Bridgestone’s Price Book Concept and created new conditions types, Base Prices, Price books, discounts, surcharges, freight and tax requirements for different pricing procedures to in corporate the price books concept.
• Closely worked with ABAP technical team to developed new VOFM requirements for pricing and formulas for scales, structure group key, and condition base values and Alt condition type, custom invoice print and customer reports specific to client and other RICEF objects.
• Investigated revenue recognition functionality to identify implementation gaps and configured standard revenue recognition (at Billing) method to meet client functionality.
• Configured Credit management for client specific requirements based on the combination of Credit Control Area, risk categories and Credit Group and setting up the credit checks through automatic dynamic credit checks like checking Horizon, Re-check tolerance limits to prevent credit block for already approved orders.
• Configuring batch determination at sales order level and also delivery level for specific requirements.
• Involved in creating the selection conditions and procedures for Bill of Materials (BOM) items and using alternate BOM’s to meet the dependency for Tire, Tube and selection in order processing
• Worked closely with Bridgestone E-Commerce team to gather requirements for interface functional specifications of integrating E-commerce applications with SAP for standard order processing, availability check, Authorized to buy check updating invoice documents, and warranty adjustments.
• Involved in integration of SD with Accounts Receivable (FI-AR)

Confidential, Holland, MI

Sr. SAP SD Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Prepare, along with the business to identify, plan and build business cases for SAP implementation project in the SD area and formulated the TO -BE processes from several sessions with the core team members.
• Developed functional specifications and worked with technical resources to complete object development and testing.
• Configuring end to end Business processes with new sales document types, new item categories, new delivery document types and new billing document types including the copy controls and routines to take care of requirements and data transfer routines.
• Ensuring optimal performance in Pricing, Pricing Procedure determination, Pricing Limits, Pricing by item category, Condition Exclusion Groups, Price-Relevant Master data and Condition Supplements.
• Setup to prevent automatic generation of accruals on invoices for rebate payment on actual sales, but on the specific performance of the Customer.
• Developed training materials for Business Process Procedures (BPP), exercises, simulations and instructions materials for Order Management, Pricing Procedure, Back Order Processing, Billing and returns shipping.
• Requirements gathering for revenue recognition functionality (time related) and configured standard revenue recognition (at Billing) method to meet client functionality.
• Resolute the revenue recognition methods for the required item categories and also the determination of the accrual start date and account determination for revenue recognition - accounts for unbilled receivables with a special ledger account to determine the revenues that have been recognized but not billed.
• Data Migration Strategies from Legacy Systems to R/3 using Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW) and call transaction methods for Pricing.

Confidential, WI

SAP SD & VC Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• As part of blue printing and realization, developed naming conventions for all applicable VC objects such that the each plant or business unit can share, but not have conflicting VC structures
• Built templates into (Variant Configuration) VC such that objects and rules can be re-used and/or copied to ease maintenance
• As VC can be difficult both to train and understand, developed user documentation specific to complex dependency syntax demonstrating examples of most efficient and less efficient dependency syntax to achieve the same result. Documented syntax not yet required in anticipation of future requirements
• Configured custom classes, configurable profiles, complex object dependencies and custom characteristics for class type 200, 300 and configured pricing conditions and pricing procedures for variant products.
• Worked with the user to create characteristics, classification and dependency logic for variant configuration.
• Involved in evaluation and analyzing of functional specifications submitted by functional teams and discussed the same with the ABAP technical team
• Collaborate with team members of other modules like PO management, technical and FI to discuss integration spots and to in corporate the same in the design.
• Preparation of configuration documents, functional specs documents (WRICEF objects), Business process procedures, testing scripts and training materials.
• Customizing of accrual profile and settlement profile with necessary SD account determination procedure to post to FI.

Confidential, Beverley, MA

SAP SD-MM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Participated with constituents in business unit initiatives, tactics and strategies, acting as a liaison to IT for continued development and leverage of the SAP system.
• Responsible for understanding master data, extracting, cleansing and appropriately translating or mapping into master data and configuration solutions supporting the SAP R/3.
• Organized and facilitated Business Process workshops to define as-is and to-be processes for Procure-To-Pay processes involving representation from 7 manufacturing sites from different geographical locations.
• Configure Purchasing Info Record, Purchase Requisition, Purchase Order, Scheduling Agreement, Contract, Quota Arrangement involving definition of Document Types, Number Ranges, Screen Layout, Release procedures and Invoice verification and Pricing Schemas for PO’s & STO’s
• Define Input Tax configuration for purchasing Configure 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
• Involved in Unit testing of all transactions, conversion activities for material master, vendor master and inventory data with integration testing support for testing preparation & test execution.
• Prepared user documentation and trained users on the functionality newly added to the system and generating data to help the end users perform the activities with the least technical problems
• Post go live support along with transactional support to users in MM module and end-user training and user manuals preparation. Performed split valuation of materials based on valuation categories

Confidential, CA

SAP SD-LE Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed clients business processes, gathered requirements, created process mappings and designed and configured SD module for the Order-to-Cash.
• Integration of SD with LE, Configuring Shipping and Transportation functionality as per the Clients business requirements.
• Configured SAP system for shipping - Routes, route determination, delivery types, shipping points and their determination, shipment types, shipment activity profiles, basic shipping functions, picking, packing and goods issue, output determination.
• Configured transportation component includes Transportation Control, Transportation planning and processing, Transportation monitoring, Shipment cost calculation and control, Shipment cost settlement, picking, and packing within sales process.
• Implementation of transportation and configuring Freight Code condition types for collective shipments and implementing them in the standard pricing procedure.
• Implemented/tested, goods receipt / goods issues for process orders, stock transport orders, customer orders, returns, delivery and shipment creation for STO & sales orders.
• Configured new movement types in WM with reference to inbound and outbound deliveries, various put away and picking strategies and control parameters for TR/TO.
• Co-ordinate cut over plans and data migration for Customer Master, Material master, Vendor Master and Purchasing Info records from legacy systems using LSMW.
• Training users on the functionality newly added to the system and generating data to help the end users perform the activities with the least technical problems.