PROFILE

• 12 years of total experience and 9 yearsof SAP consulting experience as SAP MM, SRM, WM, LEand MDM Procure to Pay Techno-Functional Consultant and Solution Architect.
• Over 4 years of SAP implementation using Accelerated SAP methodology and Upgrade ECC 6 and SRM 7 experience including the business process analysis, blueprint, configuration, production support, testing and end user training.
• Over 3 years of experience as SAP Solution Architect and Over 6 years of Experience as a Team Lead in various MM, SRM and WMrelated Projects, currently leading a team of 10
• Experience in mySAP SRM 7.0, SRM 5.0, MDM 7.0, Enterprise Portal EP 7.0 and SAP MM and WM ECC6.0, 4.7 4.6c configuration and technical development.
• Over 6 years of experience in the configuration and development of SRMSelf service procurement, BRF workflow, N-step BADI workflow, Off-line approval Smartphone of workflow approval items, Organization structure maintenance, HR Integration, Catalog Management, Punch-out catalog,Asset Procurement, Plan driven procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Bidding Engine, Live Auction Cockpit LAC , Team Purchasing, CPPR Functionality, Supplier Self Service MM-SUS and Supplier Life Cycle Management.
• Expert Level configuration in Materials Management including Inventory Management, Purchasing, Pricing procedure, Materials Requirements Planning MRP , Invoice Verification, Evaluated Receipt Settlement ERS , Consignment Settlement and Invoicing Plan Settlement Process.
• Expertise in Configuring Inventory Management: Goods Issue, Goods Receipt, Transfer Posting, Physical Inventory, Reservations, Special stock Account determination for goods movement.
• Expert level understanding of all integrationpoints of SAP Materials Management withSAP FI CO, Asset Accounting AA , Project systems PS , PP, HR, SD, WM, shipping, Transportation, SRM, APO and BI.
• Expertise in configurations and development of Procure to Pay Business Processes: Purchasing Master data such as Material Master, Vendor Master, Source List and Purchase Info Record, Subcontracting, Consignments, Contracts, Scheduling agreements, Stock transport process, Release Strategies, RFQ, Quota Arrangements, Source lists, Info records, External service management, Vendor Evaluation Release Procedures, Consumption based Planning, Batch Management, Pricing procedure, Workflows for purchasing documents and invoice document as well as email settings for the workflows.
• Expertise in ABAP/4 coding, debugging, BADI, BAPI, variant configuration, Data Migration, data cleansing, testing, LSMW, BDC Programming, WORKFLOWS, ALE/EDI/IDOC and users exit implementations in SAP ECC 6, SRM systems.
• Expertise in configuration and development in SAP Warehouse Management: Placement/Removal Strategies, Palletization, Handling Unit Management, Delivery Processing Shipping , Transportation Planning, Route determination, IM/WM Movement types and Mobile Data Entry-RF devices.
• Good understanding of all aspects of theProcure to Pay business process and translation of business requirements into SAP solutions in the most cost effective and client-servicing manner.
• Experience with Business Intelligence BI and analytical tools such as Tableau.
• I have been awarded as the Champion of SCM and also rated 'Outstanding' in all performance review cycles for 7 years continuously in HCLfor all my significant contribution in various SAP projects.
• Strong analytical, communication and leadership skills, high motivation and exceptional team player.

SKILLS AND TOOLS

• ERP and EBP SAP ECC5.0, ECC 6.0, 4.7 and 4.6c, SRM 5.0 and SRM 7.0
• Languages ABAP/4 and C
• Cross Applications/Interfaces EP7, MDM, RFC, ALE, SAP PI, EDI, Oracle and IDOC.
• SAP Tools SAP GUI, ABAP/4 Reports, Smart Forms, SAP Scripts
• Operating Systems Windows NT/2000/2003/XP,MS-Dos
• Project Management MS Visio, MS Project and MS Office

Project Details

Confidential

SAPSRM MM Lead and Solution Architect

Task Responsibilities:

• Storekeeper Tablet Implementation: A new and effective process where the storekeepers in warehouse login to Tablet PC to post material movements in SAP Inventory Management using a new user interface built on JAVA. This initiative is taken to replace handheld devices RF Gun with Tablet PC. As part of this implementation,
• Storekeeper Tablet implementationfor various material movement transactions such as Goods Receipt, Goods Issue, Physical Inventory and transfer postings using a user interface built on JAVA.
• Gathering requirements from the business users and preparation of functional specifications and designing screens for user interface.
• Praparation of functional specifications to develop a Remote enabled function module for data validation in SAP and exporting the parameters in JASON format.
• Praparation of functional specifications to develop a Remote enabled function module for posting the goods movement by calling BAPI GOODS MOVEMENT and also to export the parameters in JASON format.
• Work with UI development team to map the input and output parameters with SAP.
• Creation and execution of test plans.
• Training the business users and getting the UAT sign-off.
• Preparation of cutover plan and coordinating with Change Management for deploying new enhancements to production systems.
• As part of Supply Chain Assuarnce Project:
• Analyzing the Supply Chain Processes in SAP ECC 6.0 and Supplier Relationship Management SRM to reduce the business complexity.
• Root cause analysis of repetitive issues in SAP MM and SRM and fixing the bugs.
• Implementation of off-line approval process by email via Smart phone or Outlook in SRM system.
• Data analysis in Oracle BI and troubleshooting of issues if any in the source systems.
• Design and development of REPORTS, DashBoardsand building new INTERFACES between SAP and Non-SAP systems with Oracle BI using MQ and Oracle Data Integrator ODI .
• Spend Analysis and vendor evaluation: Analyzing the total spend by vendor, product andproduct group and delivery accuracy of vendors.
• Prototyping and development of data models to ensure the optimum use of inventory.
• Proposing and implementing value adds in various SAP MM and SRM processes.
• Process Improvement and Problem Management
• Daily Monitoring of Background processes and monitoring of XML messages.
• Preparation of cutover plan and coordinating with Change Management for deploying new enhancements to production systems.

Confidential

SAP SRM/MM Solution Architect

Task Responsibilities:

• Business requirements gathering for Supplier Self Services SUS and Sourcing implementation in SRM 7.0.
• Preparation of the Blueprint for SRM Strategic sourcing including plan driven procurement and Supplier self service.
• Configured Plan Driven procurement in the backene ECC system to send the Purchase requisitions created from MRP and Project systems to Sourcing cockpit.
• Implemented the BADI BBP BADI EXTREQ OUT in ECC to customize the process of sending the purchase requisitions to Sourcing cockpit.
• Creation of entry channel in the SRM Organization structure so that the external requirements can be created in SRM.
• Configuration of Transaction types, number ranges and system landscape in both Buy side and Sell side of SRM for Plan driven procurement aand SUS.
• Configuration of Sourcing for the Product categories and at the same time implementing the BADI, BBP SRC DETERMINE to by pass the Catalogue shopping carts with a source of supply.
• Creation of custom fields in Sourcing screen to change the Payment Terms and Incoterms from SRM system.
• Creation of RFx template and creation of scheduled tasks to import XML messages for materials, vendors and RFx.
• Enhancing controls and compliance to Strategic Sourcing and Supplier collaboration process by making SRM the sole system to manage and drive strategic sourcing and Contract management practices, organization wide.
• Worked with the SAP PI consultant to set up the interface between ECC system and SRM SUS system.
• Created new Smartform, ZBBP PO with all Terms and conditions of Spansion and replace the standard smartform with a new custom smartform for the suppliers to print/download the PO.
• Set up distribution model, partner profiles for document exchange between MM and SUS, and also set up message out put for PO's and Scheduling agreement releases to go to SUS via PI.
• Set up the vendor groups, SUS Purchasing Organization and also validated the communication between SUS and PI.
• Involved in unit testing as well as integration testing.
• Conducted workshop for the Suppliers for the new Self Service Procurement Process.
• Conducted workshop for the Buyers for the new Strategic Sourcing concepts.

Confidential

SAP SRM/MM/MDM Solution Architect

Task Responsibilities:

• Analyzing the business requirements and carrying out the gap-analysis.
• Designed the solution with MDM team to download the Source, MRP and stock details of materials from ECC to MDM using MDMGX.
• Replication of Product category and product Master using CRM Middleware from ECC to SRM system.
• Replication of all vendors to SRM system.
• Creation of Catalogue ID's using external web services configuration step to access the MDM data to create shopping carts with Product details.
• Configured custom fields in the shopping cart creation screen to display the backend stock and other custom data.
• Implementation of BADI's such as BBP DOC CHECK BADI, BBP DOC CHANGE BADI and BBP DOC SAVE BADI to activate automatic account determination, custom checks, displaying the backend stock values of the material etc.
• Also implemented BBP TARGET OBJECTS to determine the backend business object for RESERVATION creation.
• Implemented an External Enhancement in the FM, BAPI RESERVATION CREATE1 to trigger a PDF Output Smartforms via email to the Stores people.
• Configured the auto approval for the shopping carts with a Product ID using BRF workflow process.
• Developed a custom report to issue the goods against a reservation created from SRM to process goods movement and automatic Transfer Order creation and Confirmation.
• Unit testing and integration testing of all MM and WM processes including Self service procurement testing in SRM.
• Coordinating with business testers in case of any issue and responsible for getting the UAT sign-off from business.
• Involved in Cut-over activities at the time of go-live.

Confidential

SAP SRM/MM/WM/MDM Lead Consultant

Task Responsibilities:

• Continuous application Support in the areas of SAP Materials Management, SAP Warehouse Management, SAP Supplier Relationship Management, SAP Master Data Management and SAP Enterprise Portal and other interfaces.
• Workflow administration and bug fixing of any error occurs during business transaction posting and reporting in SAP.
• Create functional Specification with the input from the business users for the new processes and business, plan the implementation and go live.
• Design/Develop/Configuration of SAP Materials Management, SAP Warehouse Management, SAP Supplier Relationship Management, SAP Master Data Management and SAP Enterprise Portal and other interfaces.
• Implementated external Punch-out catalogs for DELL, LENOVO and CDW suppliers in SRM system.
• Supporting the business users in setting up the Quota arrangement, MRP setup, Outline agreements, Info Records and other Purchasing master data.
• Implemented an offline approval process for shopping cart workflow.
• Implemented Subcontracting process and Service procurement for the client as they were never used these processes.
• Trouble shooting issues related to Consignment process, ERS, invoicing plan, Automatic account determination, valuation, stock transport orders and various Inventory Management and warehouse activities.
• Worked with FI team for setting up Automatic account determination and parameters for Invoice verification like Price variances, Invoice blocks, Tolerance limits, Invoice reduction, and creation of Subsequent Credit/Debit accounts for new company code roll out.
• MDM data upload via import Manager, trouble shooting the auto upload of materials from ECC to SRM and uploading Kits and images for catalogue items.
• Resolving deployment issues and coordination with change management for deploying new enhancements in production.
• Daily monitoring of background jobs and IDOCS, setting up the background jobs for ESMI process.
• Building technical capability of the team.
• Preparation of KT documents and giving KT to new joiners in the project.
• Taken an initiative to reduce the business complexity, by redesigning the workflow for all the purchasing documents PO, Contract and Scheduling agreements in ECC 6 system.
• Implementation of BRF workflow process for shopping carts in SRM 7. Where we have replaced N-Step BADI workflow with the BRF workflow.
• Configuration of warehouse number, storage type, storage sections, movement indicators, Putaway/Picking strategies and WM movement types for the new warehouse when Client acquired a new Company.
• Also involved in SRM upgrade to SRM 7.0 and ECC 6.0 upgrade projects during this period by supporting the project team through out this Project.
• Testing Lead for the SRM upgrade to SRM 7.0 and ECC 6.0 upgrade projects and executed Integration and UAT testing from Pengang, Malaysia.

Confidential

SAP SRMLead Consultant

Task Responsibilities:

• Business requirement gathering for the self service procurement in SRM 5 system.
• Configuration of system landscape, number ranges, Transaction types and account determination for Product Types,
• Preparation of Functional Specs and involved in the Implementation of BADI's to map the business processes.
• Business requirement gathering for setting up the N-step BADI workflow for Shopping carts.
• Implementation of DOC CHANGE BADI and DOC CHECK BADI for custom checks and for the determination of Purchasing group from a ustom table.
• Analysis and design of integrating HR org structure in SAP 4.6c system into SRM org structure.
• Process design for the integration of SRM with MM for the self service procurement.
• Involved in the set up of external web services to access MDM catalogues.
• Worked with Enterprise Portal team to set up iviews for the users to create/Monitor SC.
• Scheduled various background jobs for master data synchronization.
• Written test cases and Involved in the unit testing as well as integration testing.
• Spear headed the testing tasks and conducted daily status meetings to track and resolve issues.
• Handled user trainings and was involved in defining and assisting with support procedures.
• Involved in the cut-over activities at the time of Go-live.
• Handled Most Go-live and performance issues.

Confidential

SAP MM/WM/SRM Senior Consultant

Task Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Functional consultant for Vendor to pay V2P and Manufacturing Track in onsite at Birmingham, UK as well as offshore at Noida.
• Initially worked in Manufacturing track to resolve Production support issues related to SAP MM, WM, Shipping and Transportation modules.
• Later part of this assignment was in the V2P track addressing SAP MM and SRM related issues.
• Supporting Handling unit Management activities such as defining Packaging materials, control parameters, Packing instructions and condition record for the determination of packing instructions.
• Supporting STO process, picking, packing and Post Goods issue and receipts.
• Supporting internal warehouse movements, Physical inventory, ABC Analysis and Scraping process.
• Configuration of RF queues, Assigning users to different RF queues, customizing model data entry screens and activate RF monitor.
• Maintaining attributes for SRM users in the SRM Org structure, configuring new catalogue ID's and monitoring the Transfer errors while creating the backend purchasing documents from SRM.
• Supporting Invoice verification issues mainly related to invoice Blocks, ERS Settlement, Consignment Settlement and Invoicing plan settlement.
• Setting up the master data required to set up scheduling agreements, Contracts, STO and MRP Processes.
• Supporting Consignment, Subcontracting and Service Procurement Processes.
• Confugured Service Master, maintained service specifications, Service Entry Sheets, service acceptance and invoice verification for services.
• Daily monitoring of background jobs, inter-company IDocs and Resolution of the Interface related issues, particularly about the inflow and outflow of the IDocs.
• Interaction with the other tracks for the timely resolution of the issues.
• Preparation of Functional Specifications for new enhancements and giving inputs to Technical team.
• Supporting Cadbury UK Business issues during Out of hours.

Confidential

SAP MM/WMFunctional Consultant

Task Responsibilities:

• Interaction with functional owners to understand the requirements and to document these requirements.
• Configuration of Warehouse number, Storage Type, Storage Sections and generating Storage Bins.
• Configuring Special Movement indicators for Stock placement and Removal processes.
• Configuration of warehouse movement types, Reference movement types and linking the warehouse movement types and inventory movement types using reference movement types.
• Planning and replenishment of bins when using fixed bins and using capacity planning of the warehouse for interplant material transfers.
• Set up basic shipping functions, deliveries, delivery schedules, defined shipping point, loading points.
• Configured the system to optimize material flow using different Put-away and Picking strategies.
• Developed interfaces for RF devices via SAP Console to integrate RF devices into SAP WM module.
• Used mobile data entry methods to confirm transfer order in the WMS.
• Extensively customized IM/WM functions of goods receipt, goods issues, reservations, stock transfer and transfer postings.
• Customized the physical inventory and inventory sampling of warehouse stocks with stress placed on ABC analysis.
• Preparation of functional specifications for the custom developments andexplaining the functionality and scope of requirements to technical owners.
• Functional testing of developments in RF, TRM and standard WM scenarios..
• Creation and execution of test data for testing the functionality and accuracy of development.
• Worked extensively with IDocs to execute the unit test cases since the data has to be received to the DWMS system through IDocs.
• Creation of Unit Test Result document for final approval.
• Managing the entire test related open issues and coordinating with Technical team for timely resolution.
• Also worked as Team Lead in Domino integration testing preparation and execution phase Integration Testing from offshore.
• Responsible for the preparation of integration test scripts and execution of the whole testing team.
• Updating the test results in Mercury Test Director Tool.
• Following up with Technical team to resolve the open issues reported during UAT.
• Also involved in cut-over activities and Post Go-live Support

Confidential

SAP MM Functional Consultant

Task Responsibilities:

• Configuration of general settings and various elements of organization structure.
• Reviewing the existing Specifications, Standardization Coding to reduce the variety of materials and equipment used in the plant.
• Configuration of Release Procedure with classification for Purchase Requisition, which includes creation of characteristic and class. New Release strategies are created as per business requirement.
• Defining the Access Sequence, condition Types and pricing procedures for Purchasing.
• Configuration of Material Masters which includes number range assignment, screen sequence i.e. data Screens, additional screens, Value Qty updating, Price controls and other fields configuration.
• Configuration of the settings required for Vendor evaluation.
• Activated Split valuation as per the procurement. Internal and external, Import Export as valuation type.
• Creation of new material groups, purchasing value keys and shipping instructions.
• Configuration of purchasing cycle starting from the Raising of PR, Automatic conversion of PR to PO, Creation of PO with reference to contract, Contract with several vendors, collective conversion of PRs to PO, Goods Receipt and Logistics Invoice verification.
• Configured the screen layout for vendor master with reference to accounting groups.
• Configuration of Inventory management functions - Goods Receipt, Goods Issue Transfer posting.
• Imparting the training users and developed the training material for end users.
• Post Go-live support.