SUMMARY

• Experienced SAP functional consultant with around 8 years of experience including responsibilities in various manufacturing settings.
• Implemented 3full life cycle projects, along with extensive background in Project planning and initiation, Go - live, post Go-live production support, version upgrades, integration, and testing of the SAP modules.
• Experienced in implementation and continuous improvement of SAP system through ASAP methodology.
• Hands-on experience in studying existing process flow, legacy system interfaces for manufacturing solutions, and gathering business requirements, in close interaction with end-users.
• Expertise in Gap analysis, identification and documentation of RICEF objects, Data upload, Conversions, Data cleansing.
• Knowledge of discrete manufacturing, repetitive manufacturing (REM) including process industries, with responsibilities in design, planning, delivery and enhancement of Functional SAP solutions.
• Configuration and working experience on Make-to-Stock (MTS) and Make-to-Order (MTO) strategies.
• Experience in design and setup of Master data related to Material master and Production order processing, which includes Bills of Material (BOM), Work center and Resources, Routing and Master recipes, and Production versions.
• Expertise in REM with configuration of REM Profile, Rate routing, Product cost collector and back flush.
• Familiar with SAP tables and Knowledge on POM
• Hands on experience in end-to-end Production planning cycle from Forecasting, Sales and operation planning (SOP), Material requirement planning (MRP), Shop floor control, including stages of integration with MM and QM.
• Worked on Planned orders, Production orders, Process orders, Control keys, Confirmation keys and Goods movement.
• Working knowledge on Material management (MM module) Master data such as Vendor master, Purchase info record, and Source list.
• Created and maintained custom Purchase requisition, Purchase orders, Goods issue and receipt (GI/GR), and Vendor Invoice verification process.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP: SAP R/3 and ECC 6.0 - PP, MM

CAD: AutoCAD, Pro-E/Creo, CATIA

Office Suite: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), SQL

Engineering Math/Statistics and Data analysis: Excel (Advanced), MathCAD, MATLAB(Simulink)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SAP PP/MM/QM Functional Consultant

Confidential, Mason, MI

Responsibilities:

• Strong team player with excellent analytical, interpersonal, presentational and organizational skills.
• Work on the full life cycle implementation.
• Performed AS-IS/TO-BE study with core team members and presented the report after completing the GAP analysis
• Configured Material Master Screen sequence layout for defined material types, BOM, Routing and Work Center.
• Created Flexible Sales and Operations Planning with info structures and parameters.
• Worked on SOP like creation of info structure, planning hierarchies, Planning Types, Macros.
• Configured MRP (Material Requirement Planning), Demand Planning and Production Scheduling Procedures to integrate with purchasing and delivery requirements.
• Configured master data in PP Demand Management Function.
• Configured planning strategies for finished products and MRP parameters such as Re-scheduling horizon, safety stock, and planning time fence.
• Worked on Production Order creation, Release, Availability check, confirmation of orders, Goods Issue (GI), Goods Receipt (GR).
• Configured Production Scheduling Profile and Scheduling Parameters for production orders.
• Worked with discrete manufacturing with make to stock and make to order environments.
• Configured planning with final assembly and without final assembly strategy for finished parts.
• Configured PP to enable AMES (Automated Manufacturing Execution System) related functionality, PRT's and Data Carriers.
• Worked extensively with all RICEFs objects.
• Configured production version for repetitive manufacturing and worked with other repetitive functions like REM planning table, product cost collector and back flushing.
• Designed simplified version of MFBF for shop floor people in machining lines where MES lines are unavailable.
• Designed Navigation Profile for planners in Stock/Requirement List to assign frequently used transactions for different MRP elements.
• Worked on stock transport orders, vendor creation, purchase info record, source of supply, purchasing groups.
• Worked with QM analyst to determine QM master data, MIC, Sampling Procedures and Inspection Methods in Routing.
• Working knowledge on Batch Data Communication (BDC) in creating various data and their recording.
• Defined period consideration for updating planning figures in Global settings for confirmation during Back flush.
• Customized separate back flushing process to post GR for critical functions with reduced production quantities and capacity requirements.
• Configured Material types, material groups according to user business requirements.
• Configured Purchasing documents like Purchase requisitions and Purchase orders
• Worked on setting output and input types to work through IDOC.
• Worked on Source lists, contracts, scheduling agreements, release orders, quota arrangement, Info Records for Standard, Consignment and Sub-Contracting in the Procure to pay process.
• Conducted end-user training and documentation.

SAP PP/MM Functional Consultant

Confidential, Livonia, MI

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for creation and configuration of Material Master data, BOM's, production order type dependent, Rate routings, Production versions, Product Cost collector parameters.
• Working experience on multilevel mass BOM where functions like Drag and Drop, Merging and Splitting of BOMS are carried.
• Maintained plant parameters such as MRP controller, MRP groups, MRP types, Lot sizing procedure, availability check for components, and conversion of procurement proposals.
• Created a variant for MRP run and scheduled a background job to run every weekend.
• Worked on configuring and execution of shop floor activities including conversion of planned orders and carrying out goods movements and order confirmations.
• Identified error causes and error recoveries for incorrect performance of some material movements.
• Interacted with shop floor users and provided solutions with respect to issues related to incoming materials (MIGO) and corrected inconsistencies with the purchase orders.
• Responsible for maintenance of number ranges for inventory documents,
• Responsible for maintenance of info records and source list for purchase materials.
• Used Net Requirements planning strategy and transferred data to Demand Management.
• Implemented Repetitive manufacturing environment for production activities.
• Worked on planned order parameters for defining the Order profile, Availability check, Control keys for routing data.
• Worked in defining reporting points for the back flush process.
• Configured order types, REM profiles, MRP parameters.
• Configured purchase order types, scheduling agreement types.
• Maintained number ranges for orders, routings and inventory documents.
• Co-ordinated with technical consultants (ABAP consultants) and gave functional specifications for customizing reports according to the user requirements.
• Worked along with technical consultants and developed customized reports for PP and MM module.
• Used IDOC to transfer data into SQL from SAP and vice versa.
• In-depth knowledge of repair and plant maintenance requirements of plant machinery, tools, equipment, and mechanical systems.
• Worked on task lists for creating capacity requirements for the work center integrating PP-PM.
• Prepare schedules for repair, overhauling, and maintenance of all the machinery and tools in the plant.
• Supervised few maintenance (PM) work carried out in the mechanical workshop and ensures availability and operations of all workshop machines and equipment.
• Provide installation guidance to the staff and train in basic troubleshooting

SAP PP/MM Functional Consultant

Confidential, Geneva, IL

Responsibilities:

• Liaised with team members and management in analyzing short term and long term strategic requirements of the client and developed AS-IS report.
• Developed Blueprint, prepared TO-BE report and performed GAP Analysis.
• Analyzed the legacy system and worked on Master Data conversion from legacy to SAPusing LSMW.
• Documenting and getting signoff the Business Blueprint Print document by the Process owners.
• Worked on SQL to convert the open statements to specific native database.
• Detailed Functional Design to determine the Functionality gaps in Engineering and Production.
• Understand the requirement of Reports, Interface, Forms and Enhancement and Preparation of Functional Specifications for RICEF Specifications in Engineering & Production.
• Liaised with business and Material Management Team in the development of Enterprise Structure, creating plants, storage locations, purchasing organization and Shop Floor design.
• Helped and guided material management team on mapping distribution centers, stock allocation and stock transfer.
• Strong inStorage Unit Management(SUM)/ Handling Unit Management(HUM).
• Worked on ASRS and AGV for all the activities in Warehouse.
• Strong in retail shipping labels and price sticker labels according to customer requirements.
• Responsible for decision making related to Back flush, Auto replenishment, work scheduling, managing inventory at plant and distribution centers, identifying work in progress Stock.
• Configured Flexible Sales and Operations Planning (SOP) by creating Info structure, planning hierarchy and Plan type. The active plan was then transferred to Demand Management.
• Involved in setting up customized Info Structure as per the business needs for Flexible Planning.
• Designed a customized 'Z' version of MFBF transaction for easy access to shop floor people.
• Was involved in documenting of Test scripts.
• Created a Pull List to control material flow and supply production shop with materials.
• This pull list checks stock situation at production line calculates missing parts for the components and triggers replenishment for missing parts.
• Configured back flush settings for components to automate goods movement and confirmation.
• Configured background jobs for MRP Run and special procurement keys to take care of the planning and production issues.
• Worked with SD team, on delivery processing, serial number assignment, sales order pick, condition records.
• Trained end-users on process flow, stock/requirements list, planned order conversion, use of various movement types for different purposes.
• Extensively conducted training sessions for section users and super users in PPand MM functionality.

SAP PP-PI/QM Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for production support post Go-live, to identify day-to-day process related issues and related change management.
• Reconfigured resources with default capacities to maintain status profile, and made enhancements to maintain screen groups.
• Enabled batch management in process orders by defining batch specifications as characteristics, assigned key values, maintained under material class for each material.
• Created Master Data using material-quantity calculations, batch management, active ingredient management, and resources.
• Created operations and phases in Master recipes by defining control keys and related various phases to standard values.
• Worked on Logistics interfaces with integration of SD and WM consultants.
• Reconfigured and maintained shelf-life expiration date (SLED) check and setup customer exit to check the SLED.
• Setup indicators to specify automatic batch creation upon order creation, under production scheduling profile.
• Maintained and updated in-process inspection, defect catalog, custom quality notification type to record the result.
• Created inspection lot for testing stability of defined physical-sample type and primary packaging type.
• Constructing test scripts based on the BPD's and Functional Spec's documents and uploading into HPQC and performing traceability matrix.
• Was a part of Quality Audits and Quality inspection
• Maintained control keys for stringent quality control of procured auxiliary material at MIGO, and accordingly assisted in deciding GR processing time.
• Updated and maintained plant specific data for material BOM usage, and assigned ‘block’ for its consumption at relevant operations in master recipe.
• Collaborated with technical consultant to develop specifications for custom reports.
• Worked on unit testing, integration testing and User performance testing on various scenarios for the PP module.
• Conducted training sessions for end-users in all aspects of functionality and reporting of SAP Production planning.
• Prepared navigation guides and presentations, and trained end-users on Process flow, Stock-requirements list, Planned-order conversion, Movement types, and Reports.
• Aided in standard operating procedure updates, deviations monitoring, and change control for personnel, material and equipment flows to aid continued validated status.

SAP PP/MM/QM Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Prepared As-Is business execution flow charts and discussed with other consultants to identify the gap from integration point of view.
• Realization of components in Production Planning.
• Worked on sales and operations planning (SOP) - creation of info structure, planning hierarchies, Planning Types, Macros.
• Defined MRP profiles, groups, MRP areas.
• Configuring shop floor activities, production schedule profiles, automatic transfer order creation, scheduling, confirmation of production orders.
• Configured repetitive manufacturing application such as planning table, production version, product cost collectors and cost estimate.
• Configured background jobs for MRP Run and special procurement keys to take care of planning and production issues.
• Responsible for preparation of presentations for training end users besides development of quick reference guides for users.
• Resolved MRP issues with relevance to scheduling dates of PO and planning file entry.
• Handled issues related to background job run, conversion of planned orders.
• Developed custom reports for production order status, for a report which lists available capacities and backlog of the load, a daily check list of production order quantity changes.
• Configured and created- info records, Vendors, Stock Transport orders, Purchase requisitions, Customer and Contracts special stock like Subcontracting Purchase Orders.
• Shop floor activities formula definitions, defining under delivery and over delivery tolerances.
• Experience on transferring the data from non-SAP system to SAP system using BDC’s.
• Maintained and updated inspection catalogs with predefined defect codes and characteristic attributes, identified requirement of new production order type for rework.
• Designed for automatic creation of process-specific and/or customer-specific certificates for batch or inspection lots, as well as for delivery items.
• Documented and analyzed inspection data through Results recording and Defects controls for incoming inspection and manufacturing inspection of procured and produced material.
• Extensive utilization of HPALM features in Project. Involved and coordinated unit and integration testing with other modules and created test scenarios in QA environment.
• Maintained and updated QM Control keys for operation, with settings for order type and order confirmation.
• Worked on Quality Notification for recording internal problem, Notification during production run.
• Trained end users on process flow, stock/requirements list, planned order conversion and use of different movement types for different operations.