SUMMARY

• Over 7 years of SAP R/3 shear Functional and Technical experience in PP/PI/QM module. Have worked in 2 Full life cycle Implementations, 1 Enhancement, 1 Production Support and 1 Implementation and Support, including releases 4.6 C, 4.7, ECC 6.0 and 1 upgrade from R/3 4.6c to SAP ECC 6.0
• Involved in business discussions, conducted business workshops, process analysis as a part of business blue print phase.
• Strong knowledge in following PP sub modules: SOP (Sales and Operations Planning),Master Data, MRP (Material Requirements planning), CBP (Consumption Based Planning) and SFC (Shop Floor Control)
• Worked on configuration in SAP - PP module: Sales & Operations Planning, Demand Management, MRP, BOM’s, Work Centers, and Routings
• Experienced in Configuring forecasting, long-term planning, master recipe, resources, production resources/tools, process orders, process instructions and production scheduling.
• Post implementation support for PP with emphasis on MRP, Purchase Requisitions, Planned Orders, Production Orders and Goods Movement.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact effectively with partners, vendors, and other developers in a diverse team environment.
• Proficient in Lean manufacturing practices, layouts, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, KANBAN and Cost reduction.
• Experience in Multiple Industry domains those Include Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Consumer goods and utilities
• Understanding & analyzing customer’s ‘AS-IS’ Business Processes and mapping ‘TO-BE’ processes.Production Planning (PP) Configuration Skills
• Proficient in configuration and customization of Master Data for Manufacturing like Material Master, Bill of Material (BOM), work centers and Routings.
• Worked on order-controlled Production with production orders, Repetitive Manufacturing and KANBAN.
• Experience in Demand Management and Material Requirement Planning, Technical Processes of Requirement planning, Evaluating and Processing the MRP Results and Master Production Scheduling.
• Worked on Production Process industry process management and Master Recipe.
• Experienced in Implementing/Supporting SAP Production Planning (PP) with the emphasis on Master Planning, Shop Floor Control.
• Worked on Variant Configuration.
• Worked with classifications, classes, batch management.
• Experience in sales and Operation Planning, Flexible Planning and Capacity Requirement planning.Process Industry (PI) Configuration Skills
• Implementation and configuration expertise in PP: Creating and maintaining PP/PP-PI Material Masters, BOM/List of Ingredients, Work Centers/Resources, Routings/Master Recipes, Production Resource Tools, MRP procedures, Production/Process Orders, Production Version, Back Flush, Shop Floor parameters (Order control, Confirmations and scheduling parameters)
• Worked in Variant Configuration in the creation of configurable material, configuration profile, Creation of normal characteristics and characteristics, maintenance of characteristic values and assignment of object to classes.
• Define control recipes and process information and monitor the complete process chain.
• Create process messages like status of resources, consumptions, process order status.
• Expertise in SOP Flexible Planning, Demand Management, Long Term Planning, MRP and MPS, and Capacity Planning/Evaluation for Discrete and Process Industry
• Expertise in configuring Process Management, Process Instructions and Process Messages including Process Order and SAP PPPI configuration
• Material Requirements Planning, Goods movements, Batch management, Storage Locations, process instructions, Planned & Production order, Service orders, Settlement, Deliveries, Master inspection characteristics, Inspection lots, Results Recording, Usage Decisions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP Packages: ECC 6.0, SAP R/3 4.7, 4.6C

ERP Modules: SAP PP-PI /QM

Project Management & Process Designing: MS Project, ASAP Project Methodology, Visio,@-RISK decision

Document Management: SharePoint

Operating Systems: Windows 8/7/XP/NT/2000/98

Office Software: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NC

SAP PP-PI/QM Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for full life cycle implementation of PI module including post go - live support for couple of plants in North America.
• Introduced the concept of resource selection criteria to the client to have more flexibility in selection of resources for the process orders. Defined resource characteristics and characteristic values.
• Created LSMW objects and loaded the master data through LSMW object. Error analysis of batch jobs of LSMW and correcting them.
• Collected the list of BOMS and used alternative item groups, priority of usage and usage probabilities.
• Defined multiple production versions depending on lot-size and validity dates.
• Defined plant planning parameters, MRP types and identified suitable lot sizing techniques for the business.
• Developed new function module that calls from PI sheet in order to able to post goods issues for a particular phase in a process order
• Wrote functional specs for correcting the existing pick list format.
• Worked on process message categories and message destinations. Used process message destination to post goods movement from PI sheet.
• Created a Z table and assigned it in the process message destination to capture the time events recorded in the PI-sheet by the operators, so that they can be reported and extracted to Microsoft Excel.
• Trained the users in error handling in PI sheet execution; analysis of reason for failure in sending process messages to corresponding destination in R/3 and correcting them
• Trained the users in various month end checks that need to be performed on the process orders before the finance team closes the month.
• Developed new business process procedure to handle the sub-contract external operations that are triggered from the process order
• Set up work flow on changing process order and PI sheet statuses during process execution
• Created batch selection criteria and sorting criteria for Plant, Plant/ Order type, Plant/order type/material
• Worked with Active ingredient management and identified materials that need to be identified with different activities. Worked with stock correction factors.
• Trained the users creating the formulae in material quantity calculation functionality of the production version and using it in the process order after the batch determination of active ingredient raw / semi materials
• Configuration of Purchasing documents, PR/ RFQ/ quotation entry / PO/ confirmations.
• Document Release procedures for purchase orders and scheduling agreements.
• Establishing the whole procurement Cycle from automatic creation of Requisitions to invoice verification.
• Implemented capacity planning, defined new capacity strategy profile to use priority key for sequencing while dispatching orders
• Worked with Stock transport orders, defining shipping data for plants, checking rule, assign delivery type and checking rules to for the combination of order types and plants
• Reviewed existing quality planning processes and finalized quality planning in material procurement, production.
• Gathered inspection plans from Legacy system and created in SAP. Worked in inspection lot processing and results recording.

Confidential, Milwaukee, WI

SAP PP/QM Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Developed strategic planning scenarios in collaboration with the business unit area planners and supported the execution of technical plans.
• Worked with Production Orders through their life cycle, operations, PP master data, Scheduling, Order confirmations, integration with Product costing for order costing.
• Extensively involved with MRP: Total/single item planning, BOM status/explosion, Net change planning, Forecast/Consumption/Time - phased planning, lot sizing, planning runs, Scheduling and MPS.
• Involved in validation of Business Blue Print, verification of Business processes, identifying gaps.
• Prepared functional specification for new developments and enhancements to meet new business requirements.
• Worked with the Business Analysts to develop customized reports layouts.
• Guided Business Analysts during Functional Testing and Integration Testing.
• Configured planning runs and strategy types to calculate capacity requirements and ensure material availability.
• Configured Plant Parameters for Materials Requirement Planning such as MRP groups, MRP controller, MRP types, Planning Horizon, Lot-sizing Procedure, and availability check for components
• Master data management for PP including BOMs, Work centers & Routings. Also worked on master data maintenance for material master for configurable materials
• Worked with PP specific Requirement Planning, MRP parameters and Forecasting.
• Develops functional specifications and works with technical resources to complete object development and testing. Collaborated in configuring of master records and maintenance of purchase info records, source list, customer and material master
• Coordinated project team activities including requirement definition, system design and development, participated in testing, validation, conversion and implementation.
• Defined Inspection Checkpoints, Inspection Lots and maintained Inspection results (QM) also worked on Stability Study (QM).
• Worked on Periodic Data Transfer from Legacy System into SAP using LSMW Tool; Data transfer included mapping fields, reading the spreadsheet files and converting into the target format.

Confidential, Pittsburg, PA

SAP PP-PI Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for creation and configuration of Master Data that includes, Master Recipes and Resources.
• Created Production Version for header material, BOM items and co-product.
• Calculated capacity requirements for Resources by using standard values and formula constants.
• Assigned resources to cost centers to calculate the product costs, and to the HR module to find out the skill level of an employee.
• Responsible for creating Operations and Phases in Master Recipes by defining control keys, relationships between phases and standard values.
• Configured production variants using material master formulas with in recipes.
• Implemented Capacity Planning, Detailed Scheduling, Capacity Evaluation and Capacity Leveling to allocate Operations to Resources.
• Configured PI sheets. Process messages and process instructions.
• Defined and Configured Batch Management in process orders.
• Responsible for Availability Checking, Batch Determination, Shop Floor Papers, Barcode Interface, Trigger Points for Rework and Confirmations in process orders.
• Worked on generation of Sales and Operation Planning using the forecast model and material requirement planning for a combination of made to order and made to stock type of planning.
• Responsible for creating and setting up of SOP for product groups.
• Designed manufacturing scenarios in PP-PI for make to stock and make to order strategies.
• Configured availability check, production scheduling profile, process order types, and plant parameters, automatic purchase requisitions from MRP and goods movements.
• Knowledgeable in LIS reporting for Shop Floor Control and Inventory Reporting.
• Integrated to QM module, to carry out in-process inspections.
• Prepared documentation for knowledge transfer and trained end users.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

SAP PP-PI Consultant

Environment: SAP Upgrade from R/3 4.6C to ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in defining project scope for the company and implementation of SAP PP-PI with full life-cycle implementation using ASAP methodology.
• Actively involved in designing AS-IS and To-BE study and documentation.
• Business blue print preparation and defining/mapping the production processes.
• Work with business users to gather requirements to identify process requirements, impact on the other areas.
• Worked on validation, cleansing and configuration of Master data and creation of Master Data including Bill of Materials, Resources, Master Recipe and Production Versions
• Involved in configuration of Process Orders, Order type dependent parameters, Process Management and Order closing activities.
• Define and setup Control recipe destination, Process instruction categories, Process message characteristic, Confirmation profile and Master recipe profile.
• Developed and customized Browser based PI sheets, created log tables for data entry in PI sheets.
• Customizing production scheduling profile for order type and plant specific details.
• Performed data extraction from legacy system cleaned data with Business team (Key users).
• Performed Product Costing with Costing team created costing BOMs, Recipes, and Costing versions to achieve desired costing results.
• Configured Batch Management and involved in automatic creation of Batch serial numbers for tractability
• Worked in Data Migration using LSMW, BDC.
• Set-up configuration and master data for Inspection Lot Creation, Results and Defects Recording
• Assigned Inspection Types to Material Master based on In process inspection and Post process inspection
• Worked on configuration of Master Recipes utilizing Material-Quantity Calculation, Batch Management and Active Ingredient Management.
• Defining available capacity profile. Configured shift sequence and shift definition depending upon factory calendar.
• Created background jobs for MRP (Material Planning) run, control recipe monitor/ Assembly error report, components error report. Set up planning file entries for regenerative MRP, customized MRP Controllers, and special procurement keys to take care of the planning and production issues between different plants.
• Extensively worked with user exits to make module to suit client requirements.
• Configured and executed shop floor activities including creation of planned orders, conversion of planned orders, goods movement and order confirmations.
• Prepared functional specifications for custom reports, forms and program enhancement specifying logics for calling /getting programs, fetching data from tables and fields.
• Prepared Plan and material for end-users received formal called Train the Trainer.
• Provided support during and Post Go-live.

Confidential, Durham, NC

SAP PP-PI/QM Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in defining project scope for the company and implementation of SAP PP-PI with full life-cycle implementation using ASAP methodology.
• Participated in preparation of Global Template for SAP global roll-out and involved in rolling out of SAP in different plants of the company.
• Actively involved in designing AS-IS and To-BE study and documentation.
• Participated in a cross-functional, team environment, supporting the established Client’s global design.
• Business blue print preparation and defining/mapping the production processes.
• Work with business users to gather requirements to identify process requirements, impact on the other areas.
• Worked on validation, cleansing and configuration of Master data and creation of Master Data including Bill of Materials, Resources, Master Recipe and Production Versions
• Involved in configuration of Process Orders, Order type dependent parameters, Process Management and Order closing activities.
• Define and setup Control recipe destination, Process instruction categories, Process message characteristic, Confirmation profile and Master recipe profile.
• Developed and customized Browser based PI sheets, created log tables for data entry in PI sheets.
• Customizing production scheduling profile for order type and plant specific details.
• Performed data extraction from legacy system cleaned data with Business team (Key users).
• Performed Product Costing with Costing team created costing BOMs, Recipes, and Costing versions to achieve desired costing results.
• Configured Batch Management and involved in automatic creation of Batch serial numbers for tractability
• Designing, configuring and testing custom Batch determination that includes validation of Q-info records, expiry and next inspection dates for raw materials picking during process order execution.
• Worked in Data Migration using LSMW, BDC.
• Set-up configuration and master data for Inspection Lot Creation, Results and Defects Recording
• Assigned Inspection Types to Material Master based on In process inspection and Post process inspection
• Worked on configuration of Master Recipes utilizing Material-Quantity Calculation, Batch Management and Active Ingredient Management.
• Defining available capacity profile. Configured shift sequence and shift definition depending upon factory calendar.
• Created background jobs for MRP (Material Planning) run, control recipe monitor/ Assembly error report, components error report. Set up planning file entries for regenerative MRP, customized MRP Controllers, and special procurement keys to take care of the planning and production issues between different plants.
• Extensively worked with user exits to make module to suit client requirements.
• Provided off- shore implementation support for company’s SAP roll-out projects.
• Configured and executed shop floor activities including creation of planned orders, conversion of planned orders, goods movement and order confirmations.
• Prepared functional specifications for custom reports, forms and program enhancement specifying logics for calling /getting programs, fetching data from tables

Confidential

PP Jr.Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for configuration/customization of Material Management/warehouse Management activities including analysis of AS-IS and TO-BE documents.
• Set up Organizational Data Configuration related to MM storage locations and purchase organizations.
• Configuration of Material master with default data for purchasing documents using purchasing value keys.
• Defined configuration of purchasing documents- Purchase requisition/ source of supply-quotas/RFQ/quotation entry and analysis/PO/automatic, vendor known/unknown, conformation, and release procedures.
• Involved in automation for maintain safety stock and reorder levels.
• Created source list, quota arrangement and used Source Determination in purchase requisition.
• Determine Pricing Procedures and set up Release Procedure for purchasing documents.
• Configured the Consumption Based Planning (Forecast and reorder point planning), Material Requirement planning (MRP) and long term Planning.
• Configured the MPS and MRP parameters with to Business Blue Print.
• Worked on Demand Programming and Sales and operation planning
• Configured shop floor control, order type, order type dependent parameters and production Scheduling Profiles.
• Worked on creation of functional specifications for customized reports and forms.
• Extensively enhanced the MRP Plant parameters, scheduling formulas and controlling keys as per the Business requirements.