SUMMARY:

• Senior SAP SD (Sales & Distribution) - LE (Logistics Execution-Transportation) Functional Analyst with 14 years of remarkable SAP Functional consulting and SAP Solutions Implementation experience.
• 3 Full life-cycle SAP implementations with experience working in different phases of the project like blue printing, realization, testing, go-live and post production support.
• Successfully designed, configured and implemented the SAP solution for clients OTC (Order to Cash) process including Logistics Transportation planning, execution, Shipment costing and shipment costs settlement processes for all major modes (Highway LTL, TL, Air, Ocean, Rail, Small Parcel Carriers), integration with third party logistic service providers (3PLs) and Third party Freight Audit and Payment providers.
• Experience working on multiple SAP rollouts, enhancements and in providing production support.
• Excellent understanding of the SAP SD-LE modules integration with other SAP modules SAP MM(Inventory Management), WM (Warehouse Management), SAP FICO (Finance and Controlling), ATP, SAP APO TPVS, SAP GTS and SAP TM.
• Successfully interfaced SAP with complex 3rd party warehouse, 3PL (Third Party Logistics) and other customer owned systems.
• Experience with and excellent understanding of EDI, IDoc, SAP Middleware, B2B, Webmethods to build SAP to Non SAP system or external partner interfaces.
• Self driven professional with proven ability to work independently with minimal direction and lead without formal authority
• Superior collaboration and communication skills - ability to develop productive relationships with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Good experience in working with ABAP team (onsite and offshore) in guiding them to appropriate outcomes by coordinating on functional specifications, providing the technical details to ABAP team, perform unit testing of the solution etc
• Strong analytical skills and ability to understand existing business processes.
• Proven problem-solving skills - ability to assess a specific business scenario and develop an appropriate technical approach to support the desired business outcomes

SKILL:

SAP LE: Transportation, Shipments, Shipment costs and settlement-Master Data

SAP SD OTC: Pricing, Master Data

SAP TM 9.3: S/4 HANA 1510

SAP ABAP: Debugging

SAP Idocs EDI: XML

SAP: 3PL Interfaces

SAP: Non SAP System interfaces, SAP ECC 6.0, SAP RCX, DDS, GUIXT

Knowledge of: SAP EHS, SAP MM, SAP WM, SAP GTS, Workflow SAP User exits

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Client facing Presentations/Workshops
• Business Requirement Gathering
• GAP analysis
• Prototyping - Solution Design
• Configuration-Development
• Testing (Unit Testing, Integration Testing, UAT, Regression Testing)
• Super User Training
• Cutover activities
• Production Support
• Superior Documentation Skills (Detailed Functional Specifications, Config scripts, Test Scripts, Training docs, BPD’s)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Schaumburg, Illinois

Senior SAP Logistics LE/SD Solution Consultant / Analyst

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SAP GTS, B2B Webmethods, SAP SD LE

Responsibilities:

• Effectively lead the project workshops with the North America business and Third Party FAP (Freight Audit and Payment) CT Global to study, understand and document the clients ‘freight costing and audit business requirements.
• Successfully organized and lead the calls with the clients carriers to understand the freight rate structures for truck shipments, ocean and air shipments and also small parcel shipments.
• Performed the gap analysis and FRICE analysis.
• Successfully completed the functional specifications for the new SHPMNT05 messages to be developed to be shared with FAP for shipment costs calculation.
• Worked with Webmethods for the Idoc to XML mapping for the new messages to be shared between client and FAP for shipment orders, shipment cost calculation and posting of freight invoice in SAP.
• Configured partner profiles to sends Shipment (SHPMNT05) idocs to webmethods for new TMS messages
• Identified the integration test scenarios by meeting with the business super users.
• Designed custom transactions for monitoring of the incoming freight invoice Idocs from FAP and for approval/rejection of the freight invoice idocs
• Successfully tested the messages with the FAP.
• Successfully lead the design workshops with the SAP COE team and the business users from Confidential plant in England for the integration of a third party warehouse as a storage location in SAP.
• Effectively lead the SAP COE team and ensured all developments and configuration have been delivered on time.
• Successfully held meetings with the business to identify the outbound and inbound business scenarios for the Integration testing.
• Co-ordinated the Integration testing and UAT for the outbound and inbound moves from the Ext WHS. Identified the integration test scenarios by meeting with the business super users.
• Successfully completed the testing in dev and REG environments for the SAP SP18 support pack upgrade
• Successfully worked on several enhancements and changes as described below for which organized and lead the meetings with Business System Leads and business to gather the business requirements.
• Customer ASN to include a revised delivery date based on the actual post goods issue data and route transit time
• Generate an email alert to business users when shipments are created via VT04 scheduled in batch job.
• Correctly print the EHS data on Bill of Lading and Shipment Manifest outputs for Outer packs and Inner pack scenarios.
• Report for Transportation users to display orders and stock transfer orders data along with EHS (Dangerous Goods) data

Confidential, Stow, Ohio

Environment: SAP TM 9.3 - S/4 HANA 1510 Support Pack 4 - SAP SD-LE

Responsibilities:

• Client was in the process of implementing the SAP TM 9.3 but they were behind on the TM module with just two months away.
• I Joined the project with just two months to Go live and effectively lead the workshops with the Confidential business teams to study, understand and document the clients Transportation related business processes for the implementation of SAP TM 9.3 - S/4 HANA - SAP LE TRA by understanding of transportation planning, scheduling, route determination, route optimization, freight rate management, tendering, SD Order integration
• Finally the SAP LE Shipping and Transportation solution was successfully implemented for the client in just two months.
• Worked on successfully completing the design sessions and documenting the BRD’s.
• Configured the SAP System for the clients SAP LE SD Shipping and Transportation domains to do sales order based Shipment and Transportation planning for LTL, TL, Packaging and Parcel and Ocean FCL and LCL carriers.
• Worked on interfacing with the external third party 3PL provider for freight audit and payment services
• Worked on functional specifications, coordinated developments with developers.
• Worked with Super users to perform the Integration testing, User acceptance testing
• Performed cutover and provided post golive support.

Confidential, Bolingbrook, IL

Environment: SAP SD LE - Lean TMS 3PL

Responsibilities:

• Effectively lead the workshops with the ULTA business and 3rd party Logistics Service Provider Lean TMS to study, understand and document the clients ‘shipment processing’ and the ‘To Be Process’
• Reviewed the current Transportation planning and execution, freight cost audit and payment process. Performed Gap analysis with the To Be solution with the third party (3rd party) 3PL Lean TMS TTC for Idoc issues which caused delay in freight payment.
• Discussed with ULTA on the SAP Shipment Costing-Service PO-Service Entry Sheet, Invoice Verification process for the outbound and inbound shipments.

Confidential, Plainsboro, NJ

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SAP GTS, B2B Webmethods, SAP EHS, SAP LE

Responsibilities:

• Effectively lead the workshops with the business and Freight Forwarders to study, understand and document the clients ‘shipment processing’
• Performed the gap analysis and FRICE analysis.
• Successfully completed the function specifications for the new SHPMNT05 messages to be developed.
• Worked with Webmethods for the Idoc to XML mapping for the new TMS messages.
• Configured partner profiles to sends Shipment (SHPMNT05) idocs to webmethods for new TMS messages
• Identified the integration test scenarios by meeting with the business super users.
• Successfully tested the messages with the carriers.
• Worked with different plants to propose a FIXED PGI day for export SEA/Marine shipments to ensure goods are picked up and delivered on time to meet the sailing schedule.
• Proposed a solution to print the COLLECT (customer pick up) carrier name on the BOL
• Worked on an enhancement to auto email QA team with deliveries on shipment/transport BLOCK.
• Worked on Freight costing condition records to add a Freight surcharge on the shipment cost document.
• Reviewed the current freight cost payment process with third party TTC for Idoc issues which caused delay in freight payment.
• Worked on resolving issues related to SAP GTS blocks for Material Master transfers etc.
• Effectively lead the workshops with the ZNA sites to gather requirements/ perform impact analysis for rolling out the clients global EH&S Template.
• Successfully implemented several enhancements for custom EH&S solution for DG checks on the intercompany stock transfer Purchase orders to compare SU net weight against the max quantity allowed by DG Regulations (IMDG/ IATA P/ IATA C) for the pack code on the intercompany stock transfer Purchase orders.
• Coordinated the UAT with the business to execute the EH&S test scripts on order, delivery processing.
• Successfully performed/coordinated unit testing, UAT and Regression testing for enhancements around Transport Excellence and Transport Compliance projects.

Confidential, Melville, NY

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, B2B Webmethods, SAP LE-SD OTC, Ext WMS

Responsibilities:

• Effectively lead and completed the business requirement gathering workshops to study the clients shipment and transportation process and performed the gap analysis and FRICE analysis.
• Defined the functions specifications for several enhancements, worked with developers for the development and unit testing of the same.
• Worked on the SAP interface with Manhattan (clients legacy WMS systems) and SAP with HKWMS (clients legacy WMS systems)
• Implemented UPS and FEDEX Small package/ parcel carrier EDI 215’s
• Designed the system to handle multi leg export shipments by building an ASN interface with UTi (freight forwarder)
• Successfully implemented interface with external third party (3rd party) freight audit, payment and settlement services firms.
• Inbound delivery generation via second leg shipments
• Successfully implemented interface with external third party (3rd party) freight audit, payment and settlement services companies CTSI for small parcel shipments and with TTC (Technical Traffic Consultants) for LTL Shipments for freight charge calculations and payments.
• Proposed and implemented a solution via ADOBE Pro functionality for Transportation Documents Bundling requirements.
• Customer Carrier Routing requirements to include small package/parcel carrier, LTL-TL carriers based on weight breaks and small package carton max count.
• Successfully implemented a solution to meet clients Freight budget codes (cost centers).
• Worked on developing a Small Package/ parcel carrier shipments tracking report per clients needs.
• Configured Route determination to include transit times for revenue recognition.
• Implemented a solution to meets clients Freight payment terms and transfer freight onto customers invoice for credit card and non-credit card orders.
• Worked with super users and developed the Unit Testing and Integration test scripts
• Successfully completed the unit testing for all FRICE objects and integration test cycle.
• Successfully provided post go-live support .

Confidential

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SAP LE-SD OTC - 3PL Process Weaver

Responsibilities:

• Effectively completed the business requirement gathering workshops to study the clients packing and shipping process and performed the gap analysis.
• Successfully assisted the client in vetting out the Third party (3rd party) parcel management shipment and freight settlement service providers like UPS, FEDEX, PROCESS WEAVER to be interfaced with SAP for shipment planning, execution, freight charge calculation and settlement.
• Identified the gaps with different third party service providers to be interfaced with SAP.
• Lead the project of interfacing the Third party parcel service provider PROCESS WEAVER with SAP. Organized requirement gathering sessions and weekly meetings to track the progress.
• Lead discussions with the WM team to coordinate the pick, pack and shipping process and at IM and WM locations.
• Successfully performed the RICEF analysis and developed functional specifications for all the RICEF objects.
• Configured the system for shipping and transportation enterprise structure.
• Successfully designed to handle the different parcel carrier services via shipping conditions. For e.g: FEDEX services (like standard, priority, and second day, international) and UPS services.
• Configured the system for delivery types, delivery creation, packing, batch determination on delivery based on earliest SLED, serial numbers, freight costing and shipment creation.
• Proposed and implemented an approach to handle multiple ship methods on one sales order.
• Worked on several shipping outputs like pick ticket, packing list, certificate of compliance and customer labels.
• Successfully completed the integration test cycle.

Confidential, Irving, TX

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SAP LE-SD - SAP APO TPVS

Responsibilities:

• Successfully streamlined the current solution to post freights to different valuation classes based on ship mode. (E.g subcontracting,)
• Successfully configured to implement SPOT rating functionality for shipment costing of truck shipments and parcel shipments.
• Implemented an enhancement to use the appropriate valuation class on the shipment cost document based on mode of the shipment leg.
• Successfully implemented the transportation chain functionality for shipment planning and execution and shipment costing for transloading scenarios, which involves multi modes (truck, transload, RAIL)
• Successfully configured and implemented the solution on the imports to have the shipment costs update the material moving average price.
• Successfully handled support tickets revolving around shipments, shipment cost documents, delivery processing.
• Successfully streamlined the existing functionality for transfer the actual freight costs from the shipment cost document to the customer invoice.

Confidential, Malvern, PA

SAP Logistics LE-SD Solution Consultant/Analyst

Environment: SAP ECC - SAP LE-SD - 3PL Odyssey Logistics

Responsibilities:

• Joined the project in the realization phase, and successfully interfaced the SAP LE Transportation module with 3PL Odyssey Logistics for highway LTL, TL, rail and exports (sea/Marine and air) and imports shipment and shipment cost process.
• Successfully configured and implemented the solution on the imports to have the shipment costs update the material moving average price.
• Successfully configured the SAP solution for export ocean multi leg shipments
• Successfully implemented the solution to transfer the actual freight costs from the shipment cost document to the customer invoice.
• Successfully implemented several user exits to resolve the issues around imports and export shipping and transportation process.
• Worked with the FI team for the configuration of the shipment costs settlement.
• Performed cutover and provided post golive support

Confidential, Plainsboro, NJ

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SAP GTS, B2B Webmethods, SAP EHS, SAP LE

Responsibilities:

• This a full life cycle SAP implementation.
• Effectively completed the business requirement gathering workshops
• Successfully completed the gap analysis for the implementation of the global template for delivery processing and transportation planning and execution and shipment cost calculation and payment.
• Successfully performed the RICEF analysis.
• Developed functional specifications for all the enhancements to be done to fill the gaps such as costing for export shipments.
• Worked on the different messages of the interface with third party (3rd party) TMS provider for transportation planning, consolidation of shipments, shipment costing and freight payment and freight settlement service provider for LTL, TL, Ocean LCL and FCL, Air Passenger and Air Cargo, UPS, Fedex Packaging and Parcel modes
• Lead the project on inbound (import) freight costs. The project dealt with updating the moving average price based on the import freight charges paid to different partners like, brokers, customs, inland and ocean/air freight.
• Trained the super users and developed end user training material.
• Worked on the cutover plan and tasks for shipping and transportation.
• Successfully completed the integration testing, regression testing and go live and provided post go live support.
• Worked with the user community to identify their requirements, design enhancements and functionality to implement the SAP LE Transportation module of SAP
• Configured the freight costing procedures for different modes of transportation like Rail, LTL, FTL and Bulk shipments and for drayage and exports shipments for Ocean and Air.
• Successfully interfaced SAP LE TRA with a Third party freight audit and payment company. .
• Work on developing custom function modules which involved writing specs and testing.
• Defined design specifications and coordinated ABAP development with developers.
• Worked with Event Manager to provide container information to tracking and visibility.
• Develop custom function module for enhancements on SCEM to download the equipment cars available at a spot, yard and site into a GUIXT offline handheld, handheld will be updated by a user offline and re-update the OSEM/SCEM system with the updated data in the handheld.
• Work on enhancements related to tracking rail cars through CLM’s in SAP EM. Basically the CLM’s were received from third party in the form of Idocs.
• Work on developing new function modules to download delivery, delivery batch and shipment information to be used for GUIXT purpose.
• Work on development of several GUIXT offline transactions to execute SAP transactions on delivery and shipment processing like batch assignment, load sequencing, setting up shipment completion and shipment start statuses.
• Develop a standalone transaction to print a label with RAIL CAR (RCX) equipment number and the barcode from SCEM.

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

SAP Logistics LE/SD Functional Analyst

Environment: SAP ECC SAP LE-SD OTC Order to Cash

Responsibilities:

• Provided production support in the area of SAP SD -OTC and LE to support existing and new functionality. Worked on assigned tickets, gathered requirement from users and timely resolved the tickets.
• Implementation of EDI Invoice 810 with Canadian Customs
• Analyzed and developed solutions for requirements in SAP R/3 SD and LE areas.
• Managed Issue resolution process for SAP R/3 SD and LE issues.
• Worked on sending Canadian customs invoice to a customer via Idoc (INVOIC02)-EDI 810
• Worked on assigned CPR’s, gathered requirement from users and updated timely updated CPR’s with gathered information and test results from development, quality and regression clients.
• Handled issues related to shipments, and shipment costs-freight cost calculations related to ocean freights and LTL freights.
• Worked on output issues related with pack lists, Bill of Lading, Invoices-Proforma /CCI of different divisions.
• Configured and tested new shipping point for a third party warehouse for consumer products division.
• Set up shipping point determination to automatically populate shipping point in CPU shipments.
• Worked on consignment returns, to move the stock from consignments pickups into blocked stock directly. For which configured a new output type with special function which would trigger the MB1B transaction.
• Worked on making customer specific changes in barcodes and sheet labels for coated board division. Written functional specifications for the same and tested extensively.
• Worked on enhancements on different reports and other shipment outputs like BOL and Sailing Advice.
• Set up condition master records for output types.
• Set up the system for automatic creation of deliveries and shipments for direct web orders.
• Fixed the net price issue on pack list which was printing the extended price instead of the unit price on pack list for consumer and office products division.
• Worked on CPG pack list for applying page breaks based on customer part number/graphics file number, other changes include unit of measure, show total quantity and partial quantity etc.
• Defined shipment cost relevance for the for the different shipment types.
• Configured the freight costs pricing procedure with the various condition types like flat stop off charge, packing, insurance.
• Shipment document rated for freight charges at header as well as the stage level.
• Configured freight cost calculation basis on handling unit, shipment document, delivery level as well as delivery item level depending upon the freight rates negotiated and type of shipment such as LTL, TL, RAIL or Ocean.
• Configured multiple accessorial charges such as fuel surcharge, demurrage, hazard material surcharge, terminal handling, bunker surcharge etc
• Freight Cost settlement for outbound and inbound freight.
• Built test case scenarios and test cases for Integration Tests and User Acceptance testing and provided guidance to users and fixed problems
• Knowledge Transfer, transferred configuration and system knowledge to IT Team members business team members.