Introduction

Confidential is SAP SRM 7.0 certified consultant, having 11 years of SAP experience including 7 years in SRM and 4 years in MM areas. Prior to SAP, worked as a Procurement Specialist in Pharma Industry for more than 2 years. He has extensive experience in Business Blueprint, Gap Analysis, Solution Design, Configuration, System testing, Training, Upgrade from SRM 5.0 to 7.0 and Post production support. He can deliver a complete P2P solution that leverage deep knowledge of SAP SRM MM functional expertise in a manner that provides business value to client.Worked on various business scenarios like EBP-Self-Service Procurement, Plan Driven Procurement integration with Maximo and SAP Plant Maintenance , Strategic Sourcing Rfx, Live Auction Cockpit, Sourcing Cockpit, MDM, SUS, Central Contract Management andECC MM. Worked on End to End implementations, Roll outs, Upgrade and Production support projects. Developed Functional Specifications and Approach documents for SRM, MM Implementations and enhancements. He has good knowledge in Confidential space from a procure to pay functional perspective.Designed and configured SAP SRM systemwith integration to SAP MM and MDM systems.Involved in various SAP Projects in Oil Gas, AFS, Pharma, Metal, and FMCG industry domains.Workedfor many global clients such as BP Upstream, BP Downstream, Polo Ralph Lauran, Commercial Metals, Yara Chemicals, Sterlite Industries, Hindustan Unilever Ltd , Matrix Labs etc.

Technical Expertise

• SAP SRM Self Service Procurement, Plan Driven Procurement, Service Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Rfx, Live Auction Cockpit, Central Contracts, Org structure and integration with ECC HR Module, CRM Middleware settings for Master Data replication, MDM Catalogs, Supplier Registration RoS and Supplier Self Services SUS , Upgrade from SRM 5.0 to 7.0, familiar with BRF, SAP SRM integration with Portal and PI, Good knowledge in Initial Technical Settings in SRM.
• SAP MM Purchasing, Inventory Management,Logistic Invoice Verification.
• Working knowledge inSharePoint and Issue Management Tools like Clarify,Remedy and HPQC.

Work Experience

Project 1

Client : Confidential

Role : SAP SRM Functional Consultant

Environment : SAP SRM 7.0, ECC 6.0

Description:

Confidential SAP Program has responsibility for deploying indirect categories and commodities in SAP across all BP business segments worldwide. Through its involvement in Confidential and the Global Process Council, the program is implementing a global technology platform and defining standard P2P processes for BP. The IP SAP team is responsible to deliver the processes, standards and tools to support deployments in Confidential and Upstream.

Responsibilities Details:

• Effective elicitation of business requirements and identification of the appropriate solution aligned to short and long term business needs
• Timely and quality delivery of business and functional requirement documents
• Business process design and enhancement
• Facilitating User and Operational acceptance testing in order to obtain signoff
• Support IP with queries on SAP or associated systems
• Solve system problems arising in processes and recommend changes to address root cause of the problems
• Carry out impact analyses where proposed changes could affect the systems or processes
• Manage work requests for changes required for IP through to completion including working with IT S and stakeholders for testing and handover
• BU analysis to define the as-is and to-be process flows and gaps
• Manage Open Design Questions ODQs and gap closure
• Provide risk and option analysis for projects
• Support Deployment Manager in managing organizational change
• Data capture activities, including configuration requirements
• Business role mapping
• Production of KPIs/Metrics
• Perform analysis of the BUs to be deployed to, e.g. spend profile, organizational profile to-be roles and responsibilities , technology profile
• Integration of new Management Information MI tools
• Assistance in the delivery of the Deployment RAID Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies and the cut over and implementation plans and activities

Work Experience Accenture

Project 2

Client : Confidential

Role : SRM Functional Consultant Design Team

Environment : SAP SRM 7.0, ECC 6.0

Description:

Confidential is one of the world's largest energy companies providing its customers with Fuel for Transportation, energy for heat and light, retail services and Petrochemical products. Confidential Upstream segment is responsible for activities in Oil and natural gas exploration, field development and production, and midstream transportation, storage processing. Project Backbone is an end-to-end business solution that seamlessly integrates multiple business systems work management Confidential , Procurement SAP SRM and MM and financials into a standardized, streamline, Enterprise-wide solution with minimal impact to the Business.

Responsibilities Details:

• Support the design and implementation of activities in P2P functional area including analyzing and designing/re-designing business processes.
• Member of the central design team for the BP Upstream Backbone project, working within the P2P Team
• Gain an understanding of the existing complex business process.
• Deliver SAP design guidance and functional designs according to the business requirements arising across the purchase to pay process.
• participate in related process discussions with end user representatives
• configure SRM application according to the documented business procedures and configuration rationale
• Design interfaces to other applications where required.
• Perform system testing
• Responsible for functional post refresh activities
• Functional work on SRM BW for MI functional space.
• Conducting Knowledge Transfer sessions to offshore support team L2
• L3 Support for High priority defect resolution.
• Resolution of SAP defects via SAP OSS, research Implementation of applicable OSS notes.
• Worked as onsite functional consultant in SAP SRM 7.0 technical upgrade project for BP Indonesia and resolved various functional issues during post upgrade.
• Identified provided functional inputs for resolving issues, related to custom fields
• Conducted key business users training on SAP SRM 7.0 prior to UAT phase of upgrade

Project 4

Client : Confidential

Role : SRM Functional Consultant

Environment : SAP SRM 7.0, ECC 6.0

Description:

Confidential is a leader in design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in four categories: apparel, home, accessories and fragrances. For more than 44 years, Confidential reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. This project was to implement and support SAP modules including SAP MM and SRM.

Responsibilities Details:

• Requirement gathering from the site and analysis of the same for feasibility in SAP landscape.
• Effort analysis for the requirements. On approval, preparation of functional specification documents and technical specs.
• Carrying out configuration changes as applicable.
• Working with application developers for delivering the requirements and creation of custom objects wherever necessary.
• Developing Analyzing Functional Requirement Specifications for new Enhancements.
• Configured Number Ranges in SRM associated backend system.
• Configured middleware parameters for master data replication.
• Configured Product Category Product Master replication.
• Configured Vendor Master Replication.
• Configured HR and SRM integration settings for Org Structure replication from ECC to SRM
• Creation of test documents for the site to carry out UAT.
• Participate in daily checkpoint meetings and provide status to Project management team.
• Responsible for maintaining the Punch out catalog and it's integration via OCI to SRM Server
• Resolution of SAP defects via SAP OSS, research Implementation of applicable OSS notes.

Project 3

Client : Confidential

Role : SRM Functional Consultant

Environment : SAP SRM 7.0, ECC 6.0, SRM SUS.

The Sterlite Industries engages primarily in the production of copper in India.It's products include copper cathodes and cast copper rods. They are one of the largest non-ferrous metals and mining companies in the world and are one of the fastest growing private sector companies. This Project was to provide Production support to business users in day to day activities.

Responsibilities Details:

• Provide Production Support to users in issues pertaining to SUS, ROS, RFx, and MDM Catalogs.
• Monitoring the Master Data replication from MM to SRM, providing the support incase of any replication failures.
• Work with Supplier enablement team to support the supplier on boarding process and provide training to suppliers.
• Troubleshooting the Workflow related issues
• Responsible for SRM Org Structure maintenance.
• Monitoring RFC queues and xml messages.
• Resolution of SAP defects via SAP OSS, research and implementation of applicable notes

Work Experience IBM

Project 5

Client : Confidential

Role : SAP SRM / MM Consultant

Environment : SAP SRM 5.0, R/3 4.7

Description:

Confidential is one of the world's largest energy companies providing its customers with Fuel for Transportation, energy for heat and light, retail services and Petrochemical products. Confidential Downstream is responsible for the refining, manufacturing, marketing, transportation, and supply and trading of crude oil, petroleum, petrochemicals products and related services to wholesale and retail customers. This project was to provide solutions to ad-hoc change requests and to provide production support as well.

Responsibilities Details:

• Production support in Organization structure changes, shopping cart SC/PO trouble shooting, workflow, CCM with OCI punch-out catalogs.
• Handling of tickets and enhancements within SLAs
• Requirement gathering from the site and analysis of the same for feasibility in SAP landscape.
• Effort analysis for the requirements. On approval, preparation of functional specification documents and technical specs.
• Carrying out configuration changes as applicable.
• Working with application developers for delivering the requirements and creation of custom objects wherever necessary.
• Creation of test documents for the site to carry out UAT.
• Carrying out post refresh activities on quality system at frequent intervals.
• Daily monitoring of workflow and RFC queues.
• User administration for the new users.
• Participate in weekly checkpoint meetings.
• Resolution of SAP defects via SAP OSS, research Implementation of applicable OSS notes.

Project 6

Client : Confidential

Role : SAP SRM / MM Consultant

Environment : SAP SRM 5.0, ECC 5.0

Description:

Confidential manufactures recycled and marketed steel, metal products and related materials around the world. This project was to implement SAP SRM and MM including roll outs. Production support was also in scope for one year after implementation.

Responsibilities Details:

• Responscible for planning and executing SAP Implementation activities regard to SAP SRM and MM modules.
• Understand client requirements, provide solutions, functional specifications and configure the system accordingly.
• Create presentation/workshop decks for Blueprint that need to be conveyed and be able to present them to the client.
• Create Process Flows in for the client's proposed business processes.
• Create Process Definition Document PDD , and Business Process Procedure BPP for the solutions provided.
• Configure SAP SRM and MM in ECC and deliver work products / packages conforming to the Client's Standards Requirements.
• Coordinate System Testing and Integration testing , work on defect resolution.
• Attend check point meetings.
• Monitor Remedy and resolve Production support issues reported in PTP Queue.
• Resolution of SAP defects via SAP OSS, research Implementation of applicable OSS notes.
• Work with end users to obtain additional information to help resolve tickets, if requires training them.
• Conduct knowledge transfer sessions for production support team members.
• Maintenance of Organization structure and assigning EBP roles.
• Setting up External Web Services in SRM.
• Enable users of SRM organizational plan to access the catalog web service, by configuring the Catalog ID in the Organizational Management.
• Monitor CCMS Alerts for outbound queue in ECC.
• Monitor IDOCs for confirmation posting.
• Participate in design sessions to identify and understand enhancements being developed for the system.
• Document resolutions to develop a knowledge base for other team members.

Project 7

Client : Confidential

Role : SAP MM Consultant

Environment : SAP R/3 4.7

Description:

Confidential Koping is division of Confidential, a Confidential chemical company that converts energy and Nitrogen from the air into essential products for farmers and industrial customers. It is number one global suppliers of mineral fertilizers. It helps provide food and renewable energy for growing world population. My involvement in this project was providing on-site functional consultancy as a team member in SAP MM area.

Responsibilities Details:

• Primarily responsible for Business process study and work with implementation team to design and build configuration and design custom development objects for procurement functionality.
• Determined functional requirement definitions through analysis of current AS IS and targeted business processes TO BE .
• Developed re-engineered business blueprint.
• Mapped requirements to SAP MM.
• Developed FIT/GAP analysis.
• Configured MM organizational Structure for plants at multiple locations.
• Configured vendor master data. Defined different business partners, and account group for business partners.
• Configured Purchasing, Valuation Account Assignment and Logistic Invoice Verification sub-modules in MM.
• Implementation of procurement processes with FI integration and to maintain material master, vendor master, info record.
• Automatic determination of GL accounts, mapping valuation classes to GL accounts.
• Supported the Data management team in data cleansing, Initial data loads.
• Tested/Verified Materials Management module configuration with populating data for completed business cycle by generating PR, Quotation, PO, GR/GI, Invoice verification..
• Performed Unit Testing and Integration Testing in MM and set up the test data, test scenarios and test scripts.

Project 8

Client : Confidential

Role : SAP MM Consultant

Environment : SAP R/3 4.7

Description:

Confidential is a subsidiary of Unilever, one of the world's leading suppliers of fast moving consumer goods with strong local roots in more than 100 countries across the globe with annual sales of 40.5 billion. Confidential has about 52 shareholding in Confidential. In SAP implementation context, HUL Fusion Project covered various modules such as SD, FI ,MM, WM, XI, BIW, ICH, Portals, WPC and Unify. Project rolled in phase manner with Warehouses going live one after the other so transition phase data and migration issues to be addressed so as to maintain accuracy of data in both systems, therefore lot of interfaces and extracts used for interacting with other legacy systems

Responsibilities Details:

• Involved in Data Migration, Data Preparation Activity
• Manual Testing of Business Scenarios in Warehouse Management.
• End User Training for the customized processes during the rollout phase at on site
• Preparation of training documents for ready reference to help end users.
• Monitoring the scenario completions during the implementation.
• Interacting with Project Team and End users for resolving issues.
• Establishing Support Desk activities at Warehouse Level for raising calls and ensuring it's tracking in database Solution Manager .
• To manage Phase manner implementation of Warehouses and Mechanization of the Warehouse
• Monitoring the database tables in R/3 during the post go live for observing any discrepancies.

Work Experience Matrix Labs

Project 9

Client : Confidential

Role : SAP MM Core Team Member

Environment : SAP R/3 4.6C

Description:

• Confidential is a leading Bulk Drug Manufacturer based in Confidential sales into 120 countries including regulated markets like, Confidential. Matrix went for SAP implementation in two phases. The Phase I was to implement MM, SD, FI, PP, PM, QM modules for 3 plants. Phase II was Rollout Project to implement the SAP in remaining 6 Plants.
• I was involved in this Project as Core Team Member in implementation and as a MM consultant in roll outs. My responsibilities in the implementation were in support functions across MM activities:

Responsibilities Details

• Responsible for implementation of SAP MM module in 6 plants.
• AS IS study and documentation.
• Interaction with other module consultants and end users.
• Creation of Organisation Elements such as Plant and Storage locations.
• Configuring the Purchasing Settings.
• Configuring the Split Valuation for new plants.
• Configuring the Inventory Management Settings
• Coordinating with ABAP Team in Master Data uploading.
• Non-SAP Work Experience

Confidential

• Worked as a member of Materials Dept. having dealt with procurement of Raw Materials, Capital Equipment and Laboratory equipment, beginning from Requisition authentication, Floatation of enquiries, Price negotiation, order finalization, Invoice Verification.
• Involved in strategic planning for long term relationship with vendors, Vendor Evaluation, Annual Budgets finalization in co-ordination with related departments and study of variance from projected requirements.