PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Certified SAP MM Functional Consultant with 7 years of experience in SAP MM/IM
• 2 full lifecycle implementations and experience in upgrade, migration and production support projects
• Industry sectors: Pharma, Food Products, Medical Devices, Mining, MEMS and Industrial Manufacturing
• SAP versions: R/3 4.6C, 4.7 and ECC 6.0
• Methodologies: SAP ASAP, Solution Manager - SAP Upgrade Roadmap
• Experience in integrating MM with other modules like PP, WM, and FICO in the area of MRP, Goods Movements and Account Determination
• Full lifecycle implementation knowledge and experience includes ASAP implementation methodology, Blueprint Preparation, Gap Analysis, Development, Testing and and Production Support.
• Design, planning, execution, control and monitoring of the configurations required for the complete business cycle for supply chain management (SCM) processes
• In depth knowledge in mapping and configuring business processes for Procurement of Stock material, Special stock, and Consumption material, Optimized Purchasing, Scheduling Agreements, Contracts, Price Determination, Release Strategy, Inventory Management, Account determination for Goods Movement, and Logistics Invoice Verification
• Experience in developing Functional Specifications for multiple WRICEF objects like enhancements to transactions, interfaces, user exits, BADI’s, BAPI’s and enhanced standard SAP reports as well as customized reports, and coordinating with ABAP Developers to deliver the technical solutions
• Experience in analyzing business specification documents to develop test plans, define test cases, and create and automate test scripts
• LSMW (Direct/batch input sessions or using BAPIs or IDocs) as a means of updating/creating data
• InfoSet Queries - to handle small to medium scale reporting requirements from business
• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) interface using IDOCs
• Highly skillful in translating business objectives into functional/technical requirements and solutions
• Proven track record of being an effective team member with excellent communication skills, leadership qualities and client facing skills
• Optimized Purchasing setup using Quota Arrangement and Automatic PO Generation
• Source Determination, Price Determination, Message Determination, Version Management, and Release Strategies for approval of purchasing documents
• Partner Schemas and Partner Determination
• Purchase orders with item categories as per business requirements, Blanket POs and Invoice Plans
• Special Stock Scenarios: Subcontracting, Vendor Consignment, and Returns to Vendor
• Inter and Intra Company Stock Transfer Orders (STOs) and Replenishment Deliveries for Distribution Centers
• Batch Management, Batch Determination, Batch search strategy
• Invoice Posting through Two-way Matching (PO-IR) and Three-way Matching (PO-GR-IR)
• Periodic Invoicing for settlement of Consignment and Pipeline, and Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

SAP MM/PP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Understand high level requirements from Blueprint document and work with Business Process Leads (BPLs) to understand high level business processes.
• Organize workshops with business users to gather detailed requirements and prepare detailed business requirements document.
• Analyze user inputs and evaluate the Business requirements and align them with the Global Template.
• Test the Global Template to identify gaps between business requirements and the template.
• Create functional specifications for the RICEFW objects to bridge the gaps like custom reports for vendor evaluation and monitoring reorder point items, and custom transactions like color code management for packaging materials.
• Develop functional specifications for the Articulation project: for the integration of ATHENA with WAVE (existing SAP system covering SD Order to Cash (OTC) and FI processes) and other systems.
• Develop functional specification for the interface of MPS in ATHENA with external demand planning tools like M2, RapidResponse and ADS.
• Interact with ABAP team in France to fulfil requirements outlined in functional specifications.
• Customize different procurement processes for Cost of Goods (COGs) items, Non-COGs items and Memo items.
• Configure MRP for COGS based on actual/forecasted demand and Re-order Point planning for Non-COGs.
• Configure for background batch job of weekly MPS runs and nightly MRP runs.
• Implement Release Strategies for Purchase Orders (POs) and Scheduling Agreements (SAs) and designed Workflow according to business requirements.
• Configure batch management and batch determination procedure.
• Manage materials with Shelf-Life Expiration Date and activate SLED check to manage regular supply of raw materials considering shelf life limitations.
• Coordinate with other Solution Functional Experts (SFEs) to develop end-to-end test scenarios for integration testing and UAT testing with documentation satisfying GMP requirements.
• Create material for procurement, planning and production in ATHENA and lead for Key Users.
• Execute cutover activities for Go-Live during production shutdown.
• Provide hyper-care support during ramp-up of day-to-day activities in post-Go Live period.
• Transfer knowledge to Local Functional Experts (LFEs) to form the on-site run-team.

Confidential

SAP MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Understand high level requirements and high level business processes from Business Blueprint document.
• Interact with key business users to gather detailed requirements and prepare detailed business requirements document and identify gaps from ConAgra’s standard solution.
• Design functional specifications for the WRICEF objects to handle the identified gaps like custom reports for material stock reports and on-time delivery analysis.
• Create customized of Analysis (COA) Layout using Smart Forms.
• Extend ConAgra’s comprehensive and highly regulated labeling system to Ralcorp’s products.
• Configure for the subcontracting of some manufacturing processes.
• In corporate Ral corp vendors and freight carriers into the electronic Invoice Acceptance program and the SupplierExpress web-based self-service portal.
• Work on account assignments for automatic account determination and postings during goods movements.
• Create and periodically review system requirement documentation and update regularly with change requests.
• Develop the test strategy and test plan documents based on system requirement documentation and also develop the traceability matrix between requirements and test cases, including User Acceptance Tests (UATs).
• Prepare documents for individualized on-the-job end user on the redesigned business processes.
• Design, coordinate and execute the data migration plan for data collection, cleansing, conversion, migration and validation of all master data and transactions data.
• Prepare control sheets carrying data rules/business rules for data required in SAP.
• Plant-by-plant reconciliation: use the control sheets to consolidate information from each plant to ensure up to date information and do data cleanup as required.
• Migrate material and vendor master data, and transactional data and help Key Users validate the migrated data.
• Implement the common sourcing plan to improve supply chain efficiencies and leverage ConAgra’s buying power.
• Migrate vendor master data from Ralcorp’s Supplier Master File (SMF) as well as other SAP-required fields.
• Migrate existing Ral corp contracts.
• Develop functional specification for custom report to compare and select suitable vendors/contracts for new contract negotiation for common sourcing.
• Transfer knowledge to Regional Operating Specialists (ROSs) to form local support teams.

Confidential

SAP MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Create separate SAP instance for the part of Pall acquired by extending relevant plants and company codes.
• Prepare LSMWs to migrate master data and transactional data from SAP to SAP.
• Mass maintain existing material for extension to new Haemonetics sites.
• Configure for intercompany STOs and replenishment deliveries between Haemonetics sites and existing Pall sites.
• Configure and test the pricing procedure for intercompany stock transfers.
• Configure and extend material views to make them subject to Batch Management and Split Valuation for proper maintenance of inventory.
• Work on customizations to PO Layout using Smart Forms.
• Replicate interface from SAP to Phoenix Supplier Web Portal.
• Configure to receive Advanced Shipping Notifications (ASNs) or inbound deliveries through EDI transmission.
• Interface SAP with Oracle through EDI using Middleware (webMethods).
• Provide in SAP to Super-Users in Oracle IT team.
• Support Production Issues: User Issues, Data Maintenance Issues, and Defects Resolution relevant to Supply Chain.
• Analyze user generated errors on various subjects like Pricing and Item Category.
• Prepare for migration to Oracle
• Coordinate replication of interfaces linked with SAP to link with Oracle as a partner.
• Document the Business Processes Flow between SAP and third party systems (like Phoenix Supplier Web Portal), the data flow timelines, infrastructure and method of data exchange.
• Prepare control sheets carrying data rules/business rules for data maintained in SAP for migration into Oracle.

Confidential

SAP MM /IM Support Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Support Production issues in Procurement Process, Source Determination, Valuation and Account Determination, Material Requirements Planning, and Inventory Management.
• Use HP Quality Center (HPQC) for tracking, analyzing and documenting defects and defect management.
• Coordinate with team to solve high priority tickets and improve Service Level Agreement (SLA) performance.
• Analyze assigned tickets to provide permanent solutions to user generated errors/incidents.
• Resolve defects concerning master data and its setup.
• Resolve defects related to Legacy conversion data, IDOCS, goods receipt, goods issues, and purchase requisition.
• Provide support, user and problem resolution in automatic goods movement error handling (COGI).
• Implement new tolerances for invoice verification and develop new form for GR slip as part of a process initiative.
• Setup new payment terms as part of a new finance interface integration.
• Setup new release strategy parameters for purchasing documents based on business requirements.
• Roll out version management as part of sourcing function compliance initiative.
• Work on batch management; resolve issues in batch determination/batch search strategy.
• Demonstrate new functionalities to Super-users and update End User Manuals.

Confidential

SAP MM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Play a Business Analyst role and lead workshops with business users and SMEs (Subject Matter Experts).
• Develop As-Is and To-Be business process flows and map business requirements to system functionality.
• Perform gap analysis and identify inconsistencies between business requirements specified and system.
• Participate in design validation, assisting in creating Requirement Traceability Matrix and tying WRICEF objects to the identified gaps.
• Design functional specifications for the RICEFW objects to handle the identified gaps like custom reports for material stock reports and on-time delivery analysis.
• Configure stock transport order process, both intercompany and intracompany, with outbound delivery and billing from SD module to facilitate material transfer within companies and also cross-companies.
• Activate Quality Management - Post to Inspection for certain materials as per business requirements.
• Work on Invoice Verification and Automatic Invoice Settlements using Evaluated Receipt Settlements (ERS).
• Configure Vendor Specific and General Tolerances for price, quantity and delivery.
• Customize Release Procedure for Service Entry Sheets (SES).
• Configure Automatic Account Determinationof GL accounts for Goods Movements.
• Work on production sub-contracting.
• Develop and implement material master data and vendor master data conversion plans.
• Prepare documentation for mapping rules to migrate material master, vendor master, and transaction data from legacy system to SAP through LSMW.
• Perform Data Migration, including testing to check the validity of the data.
• Create test documents for and perform Unit tests, Integration tests and Regression tests for all customized developments.
• Report regularly on the progresses of activities, workload estimate and due dates.
• Provide to Power Users and support Power Users during User Acceptance Testing.
• Execute cutover activities for Go-Live conversion.
• Support in post Go-Live hyper-care period.
• Responsible for detailed planning through execution of knowledge transfer to support services.

Confidential

SAP MM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Perform process redesign, configuration, and testing of MM Module components.
• Conduct several workshops to gather user requirements regarding the delivery of MM related development.
• Understand As-Is business process and define To-Be process mapped to standard SAP solution.
• Design solutions in Purchasing, Planning, Inventory Management and Logistics Invoice Verification.
• Perform GAP analysis between client requirements and standard SAP and determine efficient alternatives.
• Prepare specification documents for the RICEFW elements to bridge the identified gaps, like enhancements for capturing rejections by vendors through EDI.
• Coordinate with ABAP team for enhancements and interfaces.
• Create detailed design documentation like process definition documents (PDDs) for various scenarios encompassing the MM components.
• Configure for Quota Arrangement and Vendor Evaluation to fulfill business requirements.
• Configure for blanket purchase orders and invoice plans as per business requirements.
• Analyze EDI mapping templates for gaps and suggest fields in IDOC segments for placement of POs via EDI.
• Analyze Business requirements document and Functional requirements document to develop test plan including test cases, test procedure, expected results and test data.
• Manage test plan with scheduling estimates, timelines and milestones, priorities and scope and limitations of tests.
• Prepare daily and weekly test status reports to track tests, issues and resolution of issues.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and resolve defects triggered in UAT.
• Facilitate data mapping and data conversion activities for materials, info records, contracts, open POs, and inventory at IM level.

Confidential

SAP MM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Load current business processes into Solution Manager.
• Upload custom code usage statistics from SAP system into Panaya.
• Use Panaya environment simulation to check which custom SAP programs will break as a result of the upgrade.
• Use Test Workbench to create multiple testing plans and coordinate and track UAT.
• Handle upgrade issues related to MM, IM and WM.
• Design new roles for sourcing and supply chain in coordination with Basis and admin teams.
• Validate pre-unicode and post-unicode conversion impact in terms of transactional and user level data.
• Coordinate with business and other functions to reduce the non-Unicode transport requests before the system is converted to Unicode.
• Develop end-user role specific documents.

Confidential

SAP MM Procurement Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configure for Optimized Purchasing by setting up Quota Arrangement for assigning sources and Automatic PO Generation processes.
• Maintain Purchase Info records and Source Lists for automatic creation of PO.
• Configure Pricing CalculationSchemas; condition tables, access sequences, condition records and condition types.
• Set up reorder point planning along with automatic purchase order creation for MRO (maintenance, repair, and overhaul) supplies, using source lists wherever needed.
• Create interface of third-party Material and Service Catalogues to SAP.
• Create testing scenarios and performed manual unit and integration testing.
• Migrate legacy data from flat files into SAP environment using LSMW.
• Design and conduct user specific s.

Confidential

SAP MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Perform Baseline Configuration as per Blueprint document.
• Configure Material Master (material groups, material types, field selection groups) and Vendor Master (field status for vendor account groups, and partner schema and partner determination).
• Define custom material types using standard material types as a source of and with custom field selection and field status in place.
• Create new Document Types for PR, PO and number ranges to fulfil the business requirements.
• Maintain field selection of data screens specific to material type, transaction, industry sector, and plant.
• Extend material master records to include work scheduling, MRP and forecasting views.
• Define payment terms and weighing keys (for vendor evaluation) for vendor master.
• Configure Release Procedure with Classification for the Approval process of Purchase Orders by creating Release group, Release code, Release indicator and Release strategies
• Configure screen layout for MIGO transaction for Goods receipt (GR)/Goods issue (GI) for purchase orders, sales orders, and stock transport orders for different user groups.
• Configure Inventory Document Number Ranges, Physical Inventory, and Tolerance Limits for GI/GR.
• Configure Inventory Management parameters for all goods movements like goods receipts, goods issues, reservations, goods receipt for blocked stock, and goods returns.
• Set up purchasing process with assignment to cost centers as per business requirements.