SUMMARY

• Total of 8+ years of extensive experience in the field of Materials/ Inventory and Warehouse Management, this includes experience in Project analysis, Customization and Implementation ofSAPR/3MM/WMModule.
• Has completed 3 full life cycle implementation projects and also involved inSAPsupport and maintenance projects.
• Excellent understanding of business processes in Logistics. Knowledge of the ASAP methodology. Experienced in Blueprinting, Realization, Testing (unit testing, User Acceptance testing and Integration testing), end user, Final preparation, Go - Live and project support.
• Excellent configuration skills on Organizational Structures, Automatic Account Determination, Output Determination and Enhancement, Pricing Determination and Enhancement, Release Procedures and all other functional aspects of MM module.
• Configured Materials Master including Material Types, definition of Views and Fields, required Number Ranges for Material types.
• Configuration of Vendor Master including creation of Account Groups defining Fields and usage of Partner functions. Worked extensively on Contracts, Scheduling agreements and Invoice verification.
• Expertise in configuration and maintenance of Master Data in Material Master, Vendor Master, Info Records, Bill of Materials (BOM), Quota arrangement, Account Determination, Source List and Vendor Evaluation.
• Configuration of Inventory Management Movement Types, Number ranges for material document of Goods Receipt, Goods Issue and Stock Transfers.
• Configuration of WM and IM movement types and linking IM movements types with WM movement types via movement types.
• Experience in Purchase requisitions, PO’s, RFQ, inbound and outbound movements using purchase and sales orders, warehouse storage type, sections and bins.
• Configuration and implementation of batch management with the classification by defining class, class type, and characteristics. Worked on Storage Unit and Handling Unit Management.
• Configuration and documentation of stocks that are to be delivered to Quality Inspection in accordance with business requirements.
• Configuration of Message types, Access sequences, Message Determination Schema for Output Control of Purchasing Documents.
• Configuration of Warehouse Activity Monitor to supervise unconfirmed transfer orders, open transfer requests, deliveries, interim storage stock and negative stock.
• Experience in implementing MM with other cross functional modules such as SD, PP, FI/CO and QM.
• Involved in Warehouse Management configurations and implementation of RF Technology.
• Configuration of Verification Profiles, RF Menus, Barcode Scanning, Screen Management, and RF Queue Management to improve efficiencies with placement and removal of stock.
• Adept in translating business objectives into functional and technical requirements.
• An effective team member with excellent communication, leadership, co-ordination and client facing skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP: - SAP R/3 4.0B, 4.6B, 4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0

Methodologies: - ASAP Methodology

Operating System: - UNIX, Windows 95/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7, Servers

Application: - MS-Office Suite, MS-Project, MS-Visio, Lotus Notes

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, IL

SAP IM/WM Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Conducted workshops to gather information of the current Material Management and Inventory Management SAP R/3 set up and the material flow within the Central Store.
• Involved in the Warehouse management process study.
• Defined the Warehouse, storage types, Storage Sections.
• Worked in Solution Manager in configuring and used HPQC for tracking of issues, development, operations and moving of transports.
• Master data configuration involved: storage type, Storage bins and number ranges.
• Material: Defined storage type, storage section and Special movement indicator.
• Configuration of special stocks in inventory management for subcontracting and consignment Materials
• Worked on functional specifications for many Forms, Reports and Enhancements on WM side by going through the Business Requirements Documents.
• Configured and defined the warehouse management system functionality defining storage bin coordinates and stock placement and removal strategies.
• Configured multiple WM and IM movement types and setting up the link between IM movements types with WM movement types via movement type.
• Configured different master data for MM and WM.
• Worked on Batch management and batch determination depending on strategy records of respective applications.
• Worked on Storage Unit and Handling Unit management. Worked with Production in setting up the configuration for PP-WM interface.
• Implemented the transfer postings between the various stock categories.
• Activities: Defined movement types, setup automatic TO for TR’s.
• Developed FORMS for GR, Goods issue, Production pick list- Discrete & Repetitive, TO & Customer order pick list, Bin replenishment pick list. Worked on shipping labels.
• Interface with IM, Physical inventory, and shipping. Partial pick strategies.
• Bar coding, SAP Console, RF - Developments were done to meet client’s specific requirements using Radio Frequency & Barcodes.
• Created necessary documents required for the client to carry out the physical inventory process for cycle counting.
• Material staging activities and control cycles were established.
• Integration testing: Involved in building scenarios as per the processes of the client’s business and inter-dependencies with other SAP Modules and integrate within a team environment. (E.g. Picking for Sales Orders, Put-away from Production, Quality hold status in QM module, etc.)
• Involved in go live support and help desk. Demonstrated various WM transaction and business scenarios for the users as part of Go-Live support being a Super User.

Confidential, Southfield, MI

SAP IM/WM Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Implemented WMS with major responsibilities included planning, design, development, configuration, warehouse capacity planning etc
• Worked extensively in the preparation of Business Blue Print document. Provided details for general settings, organizational structure, master data and transaction data etc. Created process maps using Microsoft Visio
• Prepared Business Process Procedure documents using standard templates and created BPML - Business Process Master List using Microsoft Excel
• Set up organizational structure for procurement and warehouse management
• Defined material control data attributes for material types like ROH, HALB, and FERT. Assigned number ranges to various material types
• Carried out GAP analysis between existing business requirements and standard SAP solutions. Performed Business Process Re-engineering and delivered PowerPoint presentations to help explain the procedure and get consensus on efficient alternatives
• Responsible for customization of MM modules and integration with PP, SD and WM modules
• Prepared process definition documents (PDD) and RICEF documents
• Performed customizing of master data including Material Master and Vendor master.
• Configured Delivery Tolerances for materials received from the vendors
• Configured and documented stocks that are to be delivered to Quality inspection as per business requirements
• Developed functional specifications for custom reports for material stock reports and on-time delivery analysis
• Defined product divisions and material groups and assigned them to industry sector, material types and set their corresponding number ranges
• Configured purchasing documents and defined number ranges for various purchasing documents, picking orders, goods movement docs
• Configured and implemented batch management with the class, class type, and characteristics for selected materials
• Significantly involved in configuration and testing of WMS interfaces with MM, SD, PP, FI, and QM modules
• Created new movement types in inventory and warehouse management as per business requirement
• Involved in developing functional specs to Radio Frequency devices, interfaces for RF devices via SAP Console to integrate RF devices into SAP WM module
• Prepared test scripts and performed Unit test & Integration test for all custom developments
• Extensively involved in the preparation of end-user documents and provided knowledge transfer through numerous session to power user and end-users
• Provided post-production support on day-to-day activities performed in SAP

Confidential, TROY, MI

SAP MM/WM Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Prepared business process blueprint and GAP Document.
• Involved in set up of organization structure related to MM storage locations and purchasing organizations.
• Assigned purchasing organizations to company codes and plants. Defined and assigned purchasing organization.
• Customized plant parameters for MRP and consumption based planning. Defined MRP groups and controllers.
• Customized conversion of purchase requests to purchase orders and defined order profiles.
• Configured MM functionalities master data material masters, info records, source lists, consumption based planning, purchasing, inventory management.
• Involved in integration testing, Go-Live preparation and Go-Live. Provided post implementation support.
• Conducted warehouse visits to visualize physical warehouse and configured the WM module interface with MM by defining storage types, sections, and bins.
• Defined put away and picking strategies and configured automatic creation of transfer orders.
• Configured and tested WM interfaces with MM, SD, and QM modules.
• Configured warehouse activity monitor with all the critical parameters and created variants to run different job reports in background, and assigned the variants / reports to all user profiles.
• Developed specs for multiple RICEF objects-Reports, enhancements to transactions, user exits, BADIs, BAPIs, and enhanced standard SAP Reports.
• Defined control parameters for warehouse number, number ranges for transfer requirements, transfer order. Set up SAP WM configuration for the new warehouse structure using automatic placement and picking strategies.
• Defined warehouse number, shipping point& assigned warehouse to storage location, shipping point to plant, transfer types, and movement types.
• Defined storage types, storage sections, storage bin types and storage bins structure.
• Defined put away and picking strategies for fixed bin, open storage, addition to existing stock and empty storage bin.

Confidential, Benton Harbor, MI

SAP MM/WM Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for design, development, and implementation of the end-to-end project solution, including requirements definition, prototyping, and creation of detailed project design, functional specifications, and test plans
• Configured Material Master, Vendor Master, Info Records, RFQs, Source lists. Configured Pricing Procedure according to client requirements.
• Handled Special Purchasing types like Contracts, Schedule line agreement. Configured automatic account determination for Goods Receipts, Goods Issues, Stock Transfer and Transfer Postings and configured various IM based Movement.
• Conducted AS-IS study in detail by interacting with the core team members and developed a TO-BE process to suit the company’s objectives.
• Extensively worked with Business Users for requirements gathering, gap analysis, creating traceability matrix and Design Validation.
• Configured and customized integration links between FI/CO/SD/MM/PP to optimize transaction processing
• Created MM Organization structure like Plants, Storage locations, purchasing org and Purchasing Groups.
• Closely worked with Business User and Functional team to design, develop and configured Master Data for create and change Process.
• Implemented MM Procure-to-Pay cycle configuration. Configured Purchase requisitions and automated purchase ordering process to a great extent by assigning processing requisitions based on info records, and extensive use of contracts.
• Configured Pricing Procedure with pricing schema determination for Purchase Order to include Overhead cost, Freight cost and discounts at time of goods receipts.
• Configured entire Automatic Account determination Process for all Accounts like inventory, GR/IR, Cost of goods sold; scrap Etc. using T-codes like OMWD, OMSK, OMWN and OBYC.
• Involved in all aspects of development, maintenance, and configuration of EDI related interfaces.
• Customized different Inventory Management process like Goods receipts, Transfer posting and goods issue for Sub Contracting.
• Configured Goods Receipts, Reservations, Movement Types, Goods Issues, Transfer Postings and Stock Transfers.
• Carried out split valuation of materials based on valuation category.
• Adopted stock transfer techniques to assist in plant to plant stock transfers and cross company stock transfers using Stock Transport Order.
• Used LSMW to load various Master Data like Material Master for different Material Types, Create and Change Customer Master, Vendor Master Data, Load BOMs, Load MM & SD (Pricing) Cost Condition records, Source List & Info Records.
• Configured Stock Transport Orders including intercompany and inter plant Stock Transfers.
• Configured settings for Goods Issues, Goods Receipt, Reservation, Physical Inventory, Movement Types and other relevant objects in Inventory Management. Worked on inspection lots, inspection plan and quality info record.
• Configured Warehouse structure by defining storage types, storage sections and automatic creation of bins.
• Worked with Master data teams in uploading the new materials into SAP.
• Defined put-away and picking strategies and the system was configured for automatic generation of transfer requirements and transfer Orders
• Regression testing and User Acceptance testing (UAT) of the automated request process.

Confidential, STATESVILLE, NC

SAP MM/WM Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Studied the organizational structure to analyze the viability of implementing SAP MM/WM.
• Discussed the feasibility and gathered information required for implementation at the client site.
• Created and maintained the material and vendor master and incorporated all existing client records of the same into the system. Assisted in legacy system transfer of master data through LSMW.
• Configured the purchasing cycle including purchase requisitions, vendor evaluations and purchase orders with release procedures to suit client requirements.
• Developed source lists and MRP procedures based on consumption.
• Set up quota arrangements with vendors for purchase requisitions/orders, scheduling agreements, MRP. Prepared documents for procurement of consumable materials.
• Set up info records for subcontracting consignments to meet certain core business requirements.
• Configured the system to process goods receipts with tolerances for over and under delivery and further carry out invoicing
• Defined goods transfer into various stock, created and confirmed transfer orders and postings.
• Adopted stock transfer order techniques to assist in plant to plant stock transfers.
• Created necessary documents required for the client to carry out the physical inventory process for cycle counting.
• Conducted warehouse visits to visualize physical warehouse and configured the WM module interface with MM by defining storage types, sections, bins.
• Set up RF devices for put away, picking activities & involved in the customizing of Mobile data entry such as Verification control, RF queue management, and Bar-code settings.
• Defined put away and picking strategies and configured automatic creation of transfer requirements, transfer orders.
• Activated Kanban replenishment system in warehouse management in co-ordination with production. Tested the integration between MM /WM, PP, and SD.
• Coordinated with the ABAP team by preparing FDD’s to develop specific user exits as required by the client.

Confidential

Junior SAP MM/WM Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 5.0

Responsibilities:

• Involved in process design, gap analysis, mapping of business processes, and configuration of SAP MM and WM modules. Conducted workshops to gather user requirements.
• Developed the functional specifications for custom developments to address gaps identified at earlier stages.
• Analyzed, defined and implemented MM functions and transactions and coordinated the integration with other modules in a cross-company environment. Developed and implemented material and vendor master data conversion plans.
• Conversions for data load in SAP from legacy system using LSMW. Enhanced the purchasing views of material master for additional fields. Defined and implemented a procurement system driven by materials requirements planning.
• Implemented optimized purchasing strategies to create purchase orders for assigned and non-assigned purchase requisitions. Configured Delivery Tolerances for materials received from the vendors.
• Configured and defined the warehouse management system functionality defining storage bin coordinates and stock placement and removal strategies.
• Configured multiple WM and IM movement types and setting up the link between IM movements types with WM movement types via movement type.
• Configured automatic creation of transfer requirements, transfer orders. Validated WM integration with IM, SD, PP, and QM modules.
• Scheduling, prioritization, status updates of the various objects as per client requirements.
• Developed specifications for multiple RICEF objects-Reports, enhancements to transactions, and user exits. Creation of test data, preparation of test plans, unit & integration testing.
• Performed Unit test, and Integration test for all customized developments. Provided post-production support on day-to-day activities performed in SAP.

Confidential

Junior SAP MM/WM Consultant

Environment: SAP Enterprise 4.7

Responsibilities:

• Configured and set up the organization structure - Plants, purchasing organization, purchasing groups, storage locations and MRP controllers to the needs of company codes and plants.
• Configured Stock transport orders intra-company.
• Configured Purchase Info records, Source List Determination to enable Automatic PO generation and trained end users for setting up automatic PO generation.
• Worked on Release Strategy in PR, PO with workflow. Configured different Document types in PR,PO &invoice Verification
• Created Vendor Master and account groups based on the type of control required. Setup partner functions usage and vendor sub-ranges.
• Configured and set Material posting period to allow materials receipt. Worked on Split valuation Batch Management
• Responsible for Cut-over plan, data migration plan, plan, testing plan, Post Go-Live support plan.
• Solution designs in Purchasing, MRP for consumption based materials, Batch Management, Workflow and Logistic Invoice Verification area.
• Inventory Management and Warehouse Management - inbound, outbound and internal warehouse processes. Create classification and product hierarchy.
• Prepared additional project documents related to MM&WM module: blueprint, functional specifications, configuration documents, and test scripts.
• Configured SAP system. Master data related to MM&WM modules.
• Post go-live support. Data migration for all master and transactional data related to MM&WM.
• Created Integration/user acceptance test Scenarios for all MM/SD related transactions & reports, and validated the processes.
• Provided to end users and created manuals for to users. Worked on post go live support implementation activities.