SUMMARY

• Total 13 years of SAP functional experience and around Eight years of experience as SAP SCM functional consultant with expertise in Implementation, Maintenance and Production Support Projects in DP, SNP, PP/DS, gATP, and SPP.
• 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.
• Worked on multiple SAP implementation projects with good understanding of the Business Processes.
• Experience in Conducting blue print workshops, writing Functional Specification / Configuration documents.
• Experience in developing functional specifications for RICEFW s.
• Experience in configuration of PP/Variant Configuration/ECM module and strong skills in integration with SD, PS, PM, and QM.
• Experience in Supply Chain Planning Concepts and ProcessesincludeDesigning, Developing, Testing, Implementing and supporting all aspects of the CoreInterface(CIF), Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP) and Global Available to Promise (gATP), Production Planning and Detail Scheduling (PP/DS).
• Experience in S&OP functional Processes.
• Very good hands on experience working with SPM and SPP.
• Knowledge of various Forecasting Models and Forecasting Techniques.
• Experience in Configuration and Implementation of DP Info Cubes using Administrative Workbench, Generating and Changing Characteristic Value Combination, Planningbooks, Planning Areas, Macros and Creating Statistical Forecast.
• Maintained Time Bucket Profiles, Forecast Profiles, Planning Versions, Promotional Planning, Life Cycle Management and "Like" Modeling.
• Experience on working with SNP Heuristics,Optimizerand Capable to Match (CTM) techniques.
• Demonstrated strong gATP configuration and technical skills in all areas of rule-based gATP (location and product substitution), product allocation, product allocation technical objects(APO BW - PSA, DSO, Info Cube, Planning Area, Planning Book), product allocation CVC and allocation assignment realignment, order scheduling and relevant condition records, backorder processing, process chain scheduling, APO security roles, temporary quantity assignment, and gATP data cleansing and product allocation repair functions.
• Maintained Strategy Profile for PP/DS maintainedSetupGroups, Setup Matrix & Setup Keys, maintained Alert Profiles & Overall Alert Profiles.
• Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between ECC and APO. Mass Maintenance of Master Data in APO.
• Monitored CIF errors using the qRFC monitor.
• Experience in CreatingTestScenarios, Manage Testing, Develop User Training Documents and Training Users on new solution.
• Clear understanding of Business Process and Modeling it using ARIS.
• Excellent analytical & communication skills and ability to interact with business users.
• Able to translate Business Requirements into Deployable Business Solutions and work in team environment.
• Having strong management, administration, problem solving and decision-making ability.
• Functional experiences as a Process Lead/Team lead in multiple projects.
• Experience in estimating effort and resources required for a process/ requirement.
• Strong Communication Skills & presentation skills.
• Good interpersonal skills for interacting with management, employees, and the client.
• Solid experience with creating Functional requirements document and delivering the same to ABAP Team.
• Working experience with SAP to fine tune and improve the runtime performances SAP applications.
• Extensively used SAP solution manager to escalate issues, implemented OSS notes in test and production environments.
• Lead 6-Sigma Projects, as a certified Green belt.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SAP APO: SAP APO 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 7.0.

SAP SPM: SAP SPP, SCM5.1, SCM7.0.

SAP ECC: ERP 6.0, MM, PP, SD.

SAP BI: SAP BI / BW Reporting from R/3.

Databases: MS, ORACLE, MS ACCESS.

Tools: Quick Test Professional, Tivoli, and Control M.

Performance tools: HPLoad Runner,HPQuality Center.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

APO - S&OP Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on multiple APO modules such as DP, SNP, and PP/DS and SAP ECC PP module.
• Created and supported SAP ECC bills of material, routings and work centers, variant configuration, product costing, and integration points with the SD and MM modules.
• Responsible for system maintenance and updates, system change and configuration, programming and vendor liaison communication.
• Responsible for documenting business processes, end-user training and resolving any issues.
• Provided application and technical support services including systems implementation, upgrades, new version roll-outs and optimization, analysis, design, build, configuration, testing and go-live support. Performed systems analysis and logical design activities such as data modeling, entity relationship diagramming, logical database design and technical design specifications.
• Identified SAP applications and integrated technology opportunities and solutions for resolving complex business problems.
• Identified and translated user requests into functional specifications.
• Identified security and application access needs for customers, develop or assist with the development of security definitions and profiles, assist with the maintenance of security authorizations, and develop recommendations for other system controls.
• Worked with diverse team members to build a cohesive team.
• Performed prototyping, functional configuration, and developing functional specifications for RICEF’s.
• Developed supply chain modeling, CIF integration models, and trouble-shooting CIF issues.
• Resolved business issues and recommended moderate levels of business process re-engineering to resolve business issues.

Confidential

APO - TEAM LEAD

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the design, development, testing, documentation, cutover activities and go-live support for the Supply Planning andShop floorscheduling (SFS) process.
• Prepared and presented the SNP and PPDS system design to business group and cross functional IT groups of business for sign off.
• Designed Multilevel scheduling framework solution in PPDS using MRP Heuristics and custom scheduling heuristics to have a balanced short term scheduling plan taking setup transitions into account.
• Modeled Setup groups, Keys and Matrices to model setup times between transitions.
• Configured Global ATP Processing and Backorder Processing, Programs for Mass ATP Check and Dynamic BOP variant creation, Reports to validate GATP and BOP processing (Before and after).
• Created Product Allocations and Characteristic Value Combinations.
• ConfiguredPPDS Planning runs, Order views, DS board configuration to differentiate between sequence dependent set up statuses.
• Modeled Subcontracting Scenario with Third Party Components for SNP-OPTIMIZER.
• Modeled Vendor Capacity with SNP- OPTIMIZER, worked on Incremental Optimization.
• Provided the Business with the solution for their Seasonal Fluctuations in Demand, with Product Groups.
• Provided the Solution with Maximization of Profit Motive.
• Created the Discrete Optimizer Profile with all the relevant setting as per the Business Requirements.
• Worked Extensively on CIF, from initial setup totroubleshootingof CIF Errors.
• Created Integration Models and BatchJobsfor Master & Transactional Data.
• Created the Master Data Mapping.
• Created a Complete Night Batch Run for the Business.
• Configured the SNP-Alerts.
• Worked with development team to create the Custom Alerts for the Business users.
• Lead the UAT.
• Lead the End User Training.

Confidential

SAP SPP - IT Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on various SAP implementation projects - SPP (Service Parts Planning) component implementation for SCM 5.1, Upgrade on SPP component from SCM 5.1 to SCM 7.0 and also Performance improvement of SPP process jobs.
• Supported the Demand Forecasting and Inventory Planning (DFIP) and Distribution requirements and procurement (DRPr) functionalities of SCM 7.0.
• Part of the Demand Forecasting and Inventory Planning implementation team, involved in Integration testing, Regression testing, User acceptance testing, Performance testing.
• Part of the Extended Warehouse Management implementation team, involved in Integration testing, Regression testing, User acceptance testing.
• Part of SPP implementation, lead batch job scheduling projects, responsible for schedule batch jobs from Tidal in test and production environments.
• Lead Job scheduling project for DRPr and DFIP functionalities, including creation of variants for batch jobs.
• Part of DRPr (Distribution requirements and procurement implementation team) implementation team, lead a Roles and responsibilities project to provide SAP security, responsible for identifying user role specific transactions, and provide appropriate user access to specific transactions controlled by auth objects and building blocks.
• Involved in writing test scripts for Integration testing, Regression testing, User acceptance testing, Performance testing and other activities leading to the cutover and go-live.
• Subject Matter Expert on Batch Job scheduling for DFIP (Demand Forecasting and Inventory Planning) processes and DRPr (Distribution Requirement and Procurement).
• Lead the retrofit testing by coordinating and tracking retrofit progress, assigning retrofit work to other team members.
• As a lead for DFIP and DRPr Batch schedules, provided support to testers and also provided instructions to Offshore teams.
• Worked on Various 6-sigma projects as a green belt - SPM Job scheduling Request Process, SPP-DFIP and DRPr simulation job performance.
• Responsible for maintaining project execution review report for DRPr, provided project updates to both management and Sarbanes Oxleyteams.
• As a lead for Service pack testing, assigned scripts to new team members and helped them to complete the testing.
• Managed SAP SPP DRPr project review process through out its implementation.
• As a CAB (Change Approval Board) representative from SPP functional team, made sure only proper changes are approved to maintain the quality.
• Provided and implemented ideas to save time, cost and to improve the quality of the system.
• Configured Demand Capture, Bill of Distribution (BOD), Supersession, Stocking / Destocking, Forecasting, EOQ process, and Distribution requirement and procurements processes.
• Created FRD’s (Functional requirement documents) for various business scenarios.
• Attended training with SAP on SAP SPM (Service Parts Management Overview), SPM 100 and SPM 110 (SAP Service Parts Planning).
• Lead job scheduling to schedule batch jobs for demand forecasting, inventory planning, distribution requirement and procurement project.
• Worked with Risk & Controls teams to ensure that new user roles are in Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance and participated in all SOX audits.
• Lead integration and regression testing projects.
• Worked with Master data, BI/BW, Basis, DRM, Software development, business and Legacy teams during the implementation of SAP Projects.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

APO Support/Implementation

Responsibilities:

• Worked as an implementation and support team member.
• Created hierarchy of the products for the implementation project.
• Maintained CTM profiles, created a BI crop spread report for the project.
• Worked extensively on macros.
• CIF from R3 to APO & master data management, Created Process chains, CIF user exits.
• Helped in User Training.
• Involved right from the BRD creation, Analysis, Design, Construction, SIT & UAT Phases of the SNP (Subcontracting implementation).
• Had a diverse set of audiences as this implementation was for the European & Middle eastern Division ofHP.
• Implemented CTM solution & was involved in all the necessary activities during the Phases mentioned above.
• Had heavy user interaction during the BRD, Analysis phase & Design Phase.
• Involved in developing various Functional design documents, constructing, testing & migrating it to the Production.
• During the Construction Phase was involved in various construction related activities like Creating Planning Areas, Planning Books, Selection ID'S, Macros, Master data selections for the CTM profiles, Variants etc.
• Good experience with CIF both implementing & trouble shooting.
• Good experience in working with the other downstream R/3 systems in regards to Master data set up & Data Transfers.
• Got a chance to work with the PROCUREMENT team & involved in various Procurement activities too ( SAP MM & PP)
• Set up Planning areas, Master Planning Object structure, Planning Books, Data views, Selection IDs, Time Bucket profiles, Storage Bucket profiles, Planning Calendar, Macros, Statistical models, Activity Profiles, Release profiles, background jobs, process chains and Alerts.
• Set up CIF and transferring master data (Products and locations) using CIF, Coordinated with all the other downstream systems to determine the right Master data settings in SAP ECC.
• Worked on the complete Master data set up.
• Involved in Analysis for ABAP routines in RSA1 workbench for given process chains looking for changes in ABAP according to given Business requirements.
• Involved in Analysis of SAP APO and BW servers and also was owner of two systems forHPProduct number changes.
• Involved in Integration testing, UAT and Regression testing in respective APO and BW servers.
• Developed advanced DP macros including user exit macro to calculate DP2SNP release key figures, bookings and scheduling the macros using process chains.
• Loaded files in RSA workbench.
• Trouble shooted configuration issues in GATP and its integration with R/3.
• Completed configuration of product allocation including settings in Demand Planning Master Data Management in SAP APO
• Used Enhanced Safety Stock Planning.
• Expertise in BW RSA workbench Extraction of Data from ICH Portal and report preparation.
• Escalated Business related issues which occur in reports and entering them in solutionmanager.
• Escalation of Loading error issue to the next level
• Executed reports as per the client requirement and do data analysis by comparing reports with Source System reports.
• Trained the new End User.
• Documented all the changes based on Client's Procedures.
• Helped in User Training & did the Hyper care (post Go-live).

Confidential

APO SNP, PPDS Implementation

Responsibilities:

• Understood the Business process as part of knowledge transfer and mapped the structure of the company (for ex; regions, divisions, brands, products and customers) for planning purposes in the SNP and PPDS Master Data.
• Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between R/3 and APO.
• Set up SNP Master Profile and configured SNP Master Data Locations, Product Masters, Resource and Production Process Models (PPM).
• Created a Supply Chain Model to represent the Supply Chain Network with all relevant locations (suppliers, distribution centers and customers), resources (storage, handling and supply capabilities) and relationships (Transportation Lanes).
• Quotas arrangement setup for products based on the % ratio among the growing regions in Supply chain Engineer.
• Executed HEURISTICS based on the forecast quantity derived from Demand planning.
• Worked with the ABAP consultants on the maintenance and planning of master data through BAPI interfaces and writing specs for custom development.
• Developed User training documents and conducted Knowledge Transfer.
• Implemented SNP Heuristic for Rough cut Production planning, Capacity leveling using Heuristics, Deployment & Transport Load Builder for Cross-Plant Planning. Configured CIF, Sub-Contracting in SNP.
• Configured push/pull deployment, ATD/ATI group maintenance, Real-time deployment to take into account demand at source location, Horizon maintenance for deployment.
• Configured heuristic to plan time based lot sizes.

Confidential

APO DP Implementation

Responsibilities:

• Configured Planning Object Structure, Periodicities Storage Bucket Profile, Planning Areas, Time Buckets Profile, Planning books, Data Views, Forecast Profile, CVC's, maintaining Time Phased Horizons.
• Developed integrated supply chain model.
• Configured and designed the disaggregation and aggregation logic based on proportional factors at the Planning Area level and at the Planning Level by maintaining calculation of Proportional Factors.
• Created Advanced Macros in Planning Book and the Data View level at different stages to facilitate the existing Forecast Calculations.
• Created Alert macros for facilitating Demand Planner to use management by exception.
• Provided business procedure/definition steps to the Demand Planners including running Planning in background and releasing the time based forecast data from DP to SNP.
• Conducted Work Shop on Data Realignment, Life Cycle Modeling including Phase In and Phase out Scenario, Promotion Planning and on Collaborative DP.
• Worked on several SAP OSS notes to resolve and develop specifications to enable and support necessary customer requirements gaps.
• Provided training to Demand Planners on Demand planning interactive table, different views of Univariate Forecast in interactive planning using drill down at characteristic level such as APO location and APO product and also on KPI comparison by APO Location and APO Product.
• Provided training on analyzing functions of DP interactive planning table such Pivot sorting, distribute function.

Confidential

SAP R/3 Functional consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the Business Process Mapping, Configuration in PP module. Implemented functionality of Variant Configuration related to Production Planning, Purchasing, and Sales & distribution.
• Developed implementation plans for the SAP module PP.
• Implemented Material Variant, Object dependencies, Variant Table, Functions, Variant Pricing, Order BOM and also managed implementation of PP.
• Master data: Created BOM, work centers, routings, production versions, material masters.
• Trained end users on SAP R/3 for their everyday business activity i.e., creating purchase orders, sending purchase orders to Suppliers, Bill of Material (BOM), MRP List, Stock requirement list and MRP run, Stock Transport orders, maintaining the safety stock, lot sizes, rounding values.
• Worked on defining Material Master, Purchase Info Records, Source Lists, Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Orders and Inventory Management.
• Provided 3 weeks of production support at each plant after go-live.
• Validated the Master Data and sales data before go-live.
• Validated Test Scenarios of various customized transactions.
• Developed Queries to extract the data as per the client requirement.
• Extensively used data migration tools like LSMW and CATT scripts to upload the data from non-SAP system.
• Defined Material Master, Purchase Info Records, Source Lists Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Orders and Inventory management.
• Part of the Post Production Support Team, handled the issues related to Operations (It is amalgam of Material Management, Production Planning and Plant Maintenance).
• Worked with team for 24X7 production support, alert monitoring and responding quickly to solve issues.
• Identified the training needs and trained the users. Participated in the preparation of customization documents and users manuals.
• Configured Work Order process, which typically includes Notification Creation, Work Order Creation, Work Order Release and Work Order Confirmation.
• Made enhancements and configuration changes to the solution to optimize the out put for business requirements.
• Worked with Work Centers, Task Lists, and Service Frequencies. Experience in Measuring Points, and measuring documents.
• Created MRP Strategies, MRP, and Demand Management.
• Created variants for BOM and integrated PM/SD with MM, created Condition Records and sales orders.
• Resolved issues related to Regional Structure.
• Developed process definition, business requirements, and process documentation.
• Conducted Knowledge Transfer sessions to new employee / Consultant which included presentation of business processes and its design in SAP.
• Involved in Knowledge Sharing sessions to better understand the integration within different areas (MM/PP/PM/SD/FI/CA) to provide best results to Customer.
• Developed Test Scenarios/Scripts for Unit and Integration Testing, and Acceptance testing.
• Developed Functional Spec. documents based on business requirements.
• Requested SAP escalations and worked with SAP notes on OSS (Online Support Services) and implemented them in Production landscape.
• Involved in mass changing of Regional Structure Assignments and Area Business Partners in order the customer gets billed for correct pricing.
• Participated in cutover activities, Go-live and Production support.