Summary:

• Over 8 years of experience in implementing and managing SAP applications.
• Consulting experience includes various SAP projects (Implementation, Upgrades, Support, roll-outs).
• Extensive understanding of project implementation of SRM 5.0 /7.0, SAP MM ECC 6.0, Solution Manager as well as System Integrations among various modules of MM,WM, PP, SD, FI, ABAP in the SAP R/3 System.
• Managed SAP projects in industries like pharmaceutical, automotive, retail, wholesale Distribution, energy & Utilities.
• Managed implementation projects with business requirement collection, business process analysis, gap analysis, blue printing, configuration, prototype, data loads, unit test, integration testing, power and end user training , and production support.
• Analysing information system requirement, evaluating end-user requirements and custom designing solutions, and troubleshooting any problems in the process.
• Hands-on experience in SAP implementation including configurations, customizations, master data maintenance, process testing & trouble shooting.
• Managed support projects including incident management, change management, release management, break fixes, enhancements, SLA’s, service management.

SRM configurations:

• Implemented SRM business scenarios like Self-Service Procurement, Plan driven procurement, Service Procurement using Classic, Extended Classic and Standalone deployment. Configured mapping the Organization structure, Supplier self services (SUS-SRM, SUS-MM scenarios), SS (Strategic Sourcing: Sourcing Cockpit, Bidding Engine & Live Auctions Cockpit), SRM-MDM & Catalog and Content Management.
• Configured shopping carts, purchase orders, confirmations, invoices, vendor lists, Vendor Organization structure and user administration, Master Data Replication, Bidding and Live Auction, Contract Management, Process controlled and application controlled workflow.
• Working knowledge of BADI, BAPI, ALE, EDI, IDOC, LSMW, and Debugging for various scenarios.
• Preparation of functional specs for developing reports, enhancements & interfaces with the help of user exits, BADI’s, BAPI’s , BDC ‘s and other developments to meet specific business requirements.

MM configurations:

• Implemented Procure-to-Pay scenarios, including configuration and customization of master data, purchasing procedures, Inventory management, subcontracting, vendor consignment, Logistic Invoice Verification, Warehouse management, Pricing, Output determination, Account determination, source list, contracts, scheduling agreements, procurement of services, vendor evaluation.

Technical Skills:

• SAP ERP : SRM 4.0, SRM 5.0, SRM7.0, R/3 4.7/4.6C/4.0B,ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0, EHP 4
• Functional Area : SRM(EBP, CCM, SRM-MDM Catalog3.0,SUS 3.0,LAC, ROS, E-Sourcing), MM
• Integration Area : PP, PM, FI/CO, ABAP, SD, WM, MM, XI
• Package : Ms-Office 2003,2007(Word, Power point, Excel, Outlook Express)
• Operating Systems : Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003/vista, UNIX, MS-DOS

Professional Experience:

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Roll-Out of SRM 7.0 with ECC 6.0.

SAP SRM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• SAP SRM Consultant responsible for the leading of requirements gathering workshops, design of SRM enhancements, business requirement collection, business process analysis, gap analysis, blue printing, implementation and configuration, prototype, data loads, unit test, integration testing, power and end user training , and production support.
• Responsible for deploying new initiatives and supporting the existing environment.
• Work with business areas to understand problems and requirements with the system and recommend and develop specs to resolve them.
• Finalizing business blueprint for Vietnam Project.
• Ensuring the following deliverables for the realization phase: SAP Configuration Documents, Functional Design Documents, and Test Cases for Unit Testing.
• Ensure projects follow all company and departmental policies, procedures, and standards.
• Attended blueprint workshops for the CPM specific process walkthrough to Identify and highlight risks and issues within the project and escalate appropriately how to integrate with SAP Process.
• Manage Project documentation for changes and new subsystems, according to client’s standards.
• Self-Service Procurement scenario was implemented and included external catalogs nothing but punch-out catalogs.
• Prepare detailed functional specs for development activities including reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements and forms.
• Working knowledge of BADI, BAPI, ALE, EDI, IDOC, LSMW, and Debugging for various scenarios.
• Review technical specifications and test development objects that includes testing of Procurement processes in SRM & integration with R/3 using Classic Scenario
• Business configurations like setting up of organization structure with relevant attributes, creation of product categories and replication of vendors from R/3 with maintenance of their Business Partner data.
• Testing of developments and configurations in pre-production environment for Procurement management to ensure smooth operations in the production system.
• Ensuring Integration and Regression testing completion on time and closure of issue log.
• Create training material, manage training schedule for end-users.
• Handling issues related to Shopping Cart / Workflow / Transfer of Documents to Backend / Confirmations.

SRM configurations:

• Configured Self-Service Procurement
• Implemented end to end self-service procurement with classic, extended classic scenarios. Managed shopping cart wizard and single screen configuration. Managed direct and indirect procurement, confirmation, and invoice. Configured operational and strategic procurement process, sourcing, supplier list, price determination.
• Configured Organization structure:
• Mapping the Organization structure and elements in EBP from R/3.Manged Plant, purchase org, purchase group set up and link to R/3.Define attributes of organizational elements.
• Mapping the business partners from R/3 to SRM organization structure.
• Manual creation of Organization structure in SRM system as per organization plan. Configured attributes specific to users, organization units.
• Setting up basic data, address, function, responsibilities, extended attributes. Checking data consistency. Transferring Product categories, plants, storage locations from back-end or local systems. Defined and replicated SRM Organization structure from SAP R/3 HR system into SRM 7.0
• Knowledge of user administration.
• Configured Master Data Replication:
• Involved in Maintaining Master Data in SRM System – Product Categories, Product Master, Service Master using CRM Middleware Settings, and Vendor Master Data.
• Replication of Material Master, Product categories (Material groups), Material type, Unit of measure, Vendor master from R/3 to SRM.
• Configured E-sourcing 5.1 and CLM 2.0:
• Implemented SAP E-sourcing and Contract life cycle management which includes Spend Analytics, Project creation & management, RFX, Auctions, Contract management, vendor management.
• Managed E-sourcing end to end implementation phases with spend analysis, strategize, identify suppliers, manage source events, evaluate & award, contract agreement, manage & monitor.
• Setting up E-sourcing Workbench, Document template and business document based on document type.
• Implemented project management with project creation, tracking and management of sourcing activities, management reporting, and workload management.
• Configured RFX (RFI, RFQ, RFP) to standardize competitive bid process with schedule, information libraries. Setting up structured questionaries, RFX-header/line items/schedule/vendors. Setup of RFX life cycle of creation, review, collaborative scoring, response, response closure, award.
• Configured Live Auctions with a self-service, web-based, collaborative tool with forward and reverse auctions. Support to auction strategies like standard & open bidding, automatic auction extensions, transformation & multi-currency bidding. Set up of Auction Header/line item, schedule, information, bidders, and weights.
• Configured CLM with various phases: Draft contract, negotiate, approval, storage, mange compliance, admin optimize. Design of central repository of all master agreements and agreements with related contracts.
• System administration configuration including localized resources, extensions, spell check dictionary, language packs, workbench, iframe, global discussion manager, reference guide, page customizing, queries, themes-style sheet, scheduled tasks, Enabling the stakeholders to collaborate with supplier score & analysis. Maintain Bid Invitation profiles with weight, scores, valuation.

Confidential, Farmington Hills, MI

Implementation/Support of SRM 7.0 with ECC 6.0.

SAP SRM/MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• As a SRM Consultant, managed full life cycle implementation with business requirement collection, business process analysis, gap analysis, blue printing, configuration, prototype, data loads, unit test, integration testing, power and end user training , and production support.
• Interaction with the end users and Business Analysts for the Business process information gathering and documentation of the same.
• Analyze complex problems, recommend alternatives and implement solutions.
• To coordinate, support, and assists all aspects of a project from original concept through the final implementation, ensuring governance process adherence, project continuity, and stakeholder management.
• Manage project based resources and assists with the performance reviews. Manage all aspects of projects like monitoring scope, milestones, dependencies, costs, and benefits through lifecycle. Manage project plans, measures, team and stakeholder communications, resource and time management.
• Ensure projects follow all company and departmental policies, procedures, and standards.
• Identify and highlight risks and issues within the project and escalate appropriately.
• Lead and participate in business and capability projects
• Manage Project documentation for changes and new subsystems, according to client’s standards.
• Design and develop business-to-business (B2B) capabilities supporting data exchange between client and business partners
• Analyze, design, develop, prototype, implement, test, and enhance SAP Material Management software in order to meet current and future client business needs.
• Build relationships with internal key customers, share SAP knowledge, and expertise to continuously raise the bar for cost efficiency and solution effectiveness.
• Analyze the business requirements of the Client; prepare a Business Blue print document and carryout fit gap analysis and present approaches to overcome the gaps identified. Working knowledge of BADI, BAPI, ALE, EDI, IDOC, LSMW, and Debugging for various scenarios.
• Preparation of functional specs for developing reports, enhancements & interfaces with the help of user exits, BADI’s, BAPI’s , BDC ‘s and other developments to meet specific business requirements.
• Conducted planning and execution of Data migration and cut over activities of master data and transactional data. Prepared of functional specifications for ABAP development
• Communicate regularly with Project Management to ensure configuration is designed to meet the requirements and scope of the project.
• Coordinated supply chain team to meet the project deliverables.
• Prepared integration test plan and test script.
• Did planning and execution of Data migration and cut over activities of master data and transactional data. Prepared of functional specifications for ABAP development.
• Create training material, manage training schedule for end-users.

SRM configurations:

• Configured Self-Service Procurement
• Implemented end to end self-service procurement with classic, extended classic scenarios. Managed shopping cart wizard and single screen configuration. Managed direct and indirect procurement, confirmation, and invoice. Configured operational and strategic procurement process, sourcing, supplier list, price determination.
• Configured Service Procurement
• Configured Procurement of External Staff, Integration with MM-SRV procurement.
• Maintaining procurement of External staff, Limits, service confirmation, time entry sheets, Invoice.
• Configured Organization structure:
• Mapping the Organization structure and elements in EBP from R/3.Manged Plant, purchase org, purchase group set up and link to R/3.Define attributes of organizational elements.
• Mapping the business partners from R/3 to SRM organization structure.
• Manual creation of Organization structure in SRM system as per organization plan. Configured attributes specific to users, organization units.
• Setting up basic data, address, function, responsibilities, extended attributes. Checking data consistency. Transferring Product categories, plants, storage locations from back-end or local systems. Defined and replicated SRM Organization structure from SAP R/3 HR system into SRM 7.0
• Knowledge of user administration.
• Configured Master Data Replication:
• Involved in Maintaining Master Data in SRM System – Product Categories, Product Master, Service Master using CRM Middleware Settings, and Vendor Master Data.
• Replication of Material Master, Product categories (Material groups), Material type, Unit of measure, Vendor master from R/3 to SRM.
• Configured E-sourcing 5.1 and CLM 2.0:
• Implemented SAP E-sourcing and Contract life cycle management which includes Spend Analytics, Project creation & management, RFX, Auctions, Contract management, vendor management.
• Managed E-sourcing end to end implementation phases with spend analysis, strategize, identify suppliers, manage source events, evaluate & award, contract agreement, manage & monitor.
• Setting up E-sourcing Workbench, Document template and business document based on document type.
• Implemented project management with project creation, tracking and management of sourcing activities, management reporting, and workload management.
• Configured RFX (RFI, RFQ, RFP) to standardize competitive bid process with schedule, information libraries. Setting up structured questionaries, RFX-header/line items/schedule/vendors. Setup of RFX life cycle of creation, review, collaborative scoring, response, response closure, award.
• Configured Live Auctions with a self-service, web-based, collaborative tool with forward and reverse auctions. Support to auction strategies like standard & open bidding, automatic auction extensions, transformation & multi-currency bidding. Set up of Auction Header/line item, schedule, information, bidders, and weights.
• Configured CLM with various phases: Draft contract, negotiate, approval, storage, mange compliance, admin optimize. Design of central repository of all master agreements and agreements with related contracts.
• System administration configuration including localized resources, extensions, spell check dictionary, language packs, workbench, iframe, global discussion manager, reference guide, page customizing, queries, themes-style sheet, scheduled tasks, Enabling the stakeholders to collaborate with supplier score & analysis. Maintain Bid Invitation profiles with weight, scores, valuation.

ECC Configuration:

MM configurations:

• Implemented Procure-to-Pay scenarios, including configuration and customization of master data, purchasing procedures, inventory management, Inventory management, subcontracting, vendor consignment,
• Logistic Invoice Verification, Warehouse management, Pricing, Output determination, Account determination, source list, contracts, scheduling agreements, procurement of services, vendor evaluation. Working knowledge of BADI, BAPI,
• ALE, EDI, IDOC, LSMW, EBP web reports, Debugging for various scenarios to meet specific business requirements.

Confidential, Renton, WA

Implementation of SRM 7.0 with ECC 6.0.

SAP SRM/MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed full life cycle implementation with business requirement analysis, build & design, blue printing, configuration, SIT & UAT, and production support.
• Analyze complex problems, recommend alternatives and implement solutions.
• To coordinate, support, and assists all aspects of a project from original concept through the final implementation, ensuring governance process adherence, project continuity, and stakeholder management.
• Ensure projects follow all company and departmental policies, procedures, and standards.
• Identify and highlight risks and issues within the project and escalate appropriately.
• Lead and participate in business and capability projects
• Analyze the business requirements of the Client; prepare a Business Blue print document and carryout fit gap analysis and present approaches to overcome the gaps identified. Working knowledge of BADI, BAPI, ALE, EDI, IDOC, LSMW and Debugging for various scenarios.
• Preparation of functional specs for developing reports, enhancements & interfaces with the help of user exits, BADI’s, BAPI’s , BDC ‘s and other developments to meet specific business requirements.
• Prepared of functional specifications for ABAP development
• Prepared integration test plan and test script.
• Did planning and execution of Data migration and cut over activities of master data and transactional data. Prepared functional specifications for ABAP development.

SRM configurations:

• Configured Self-Service Procurement, Service Procurement.
• Configured Plan driven procurement
• Implemented plan-driven procurement scenario where in the R/3 and EBP systems are configured for the MRP. Configured central processing of Purchase requisition (CPPR).
• Configured Supplier self services(SUS):
• Implemented and configured SUS system
• Customization of SUS for PDP and service procurement. Integration of SRM bidding engine with supplier self services.
• Configured SUS-SRM, SUS-MM scenarios.
• Setting up Idocs and message types between systems.
• Configured Vendor Organization structure and user administration
• Configured Registration of Suppliers (ROS).
• Configured SRM-MDM & Catalog and Content Management:
• Configured SRM-MDM catalog using MDM console, Data Manager, Import Manger.
• Configured CCM to upload manage and publish catalog data.
• Configured Workflow
• Involved in Process controlled workflow configuration using BRF – Defining Events, Expressions, Process Schema, Process Levels for Shopping Cart approvals, and Purchase Orders Process.
• Approval of shopping carts, contracts, catalogs using workflow. One step, two step and n step approval process.
• Configured workflow functionality for shopping cart, P.O, confirmation and invoice functionality.
• Configured E-sourcing 5.0 and CLM :
• Managed E-sourcing end to end implementation phases with spend analysis, strategize, identify suppliers, manage source events, evaluate & award, contract agreement, manage & monitor.
• Setting up E-sourcing Workbench, Document template and business document based on document type.
• Configured project creation and design to support and enable sourcing process which includes documenting process steps & milestones, track cost & resources, store related discussions, collaboration with team members, providing visibility, central-repository for all project related information.
• Configured CLM with various phases: Draft contract, negotiate, approval, storage, mange compliance, admin optimize. Design of central repository of all master agreements and agreements with related contracts.
• Enabling of standard contract management by tracking planned and actual dates, automatically routing contract documents for approvals, negotiate contract terms with supplier with check out/in functionality. Setup of contract clause, section, template library, contract. Generation/execution, amendment, full text search (TREX), version control.
• Managed E-sourcing system administration components like data/document/user management, customization, deployment, system maintenance, queries. Setup of master data- internal/external categories, UOM, currencies, time periods, materials, scorecard metrics, numbering table definitions, value list type, payment terms, custom data.
• Data management of organization & accounting data with setup of companies, organization units, location, geography, plants, cost centre, Account payables, entities.

ECC Configuration:

• Knowledge of Back-end integration like RFC destination, distribution model, system landscape, logical system, partner profiles.
• Configured number ranges, transaction types, account assignment, tax codes.
• Guided the XI Team to facilitate data exchange between SRM, SUS, and Backend system.

Materials Management/Warehouse Management:

• Procurement : Design and mapping of business process, subcontracting, consignment purchasing, Account determination
• Pricing, output determination, Direct and indirect procurement, release strategy, Confirmations.
• Configured Inventory/Logistics: Material movements, GR, GI, Account determination, Advance shipping notifications, inbound deliveries, Outputs.
• Configured Invoice verification: invoices, credit memo, subsequent debit, and subsequent credit.
• Implemented WM business scenarios like T.R, T.O, put away, stock removal, G.R, G.I, Delivery processes, STO, PCN, Batch Management, IM-WM interfaces, Physical Inventory, shipping, Picking, Packing, Warehouse Monitor, Mobile data entry.

Confidential, SunnyVale, CA

Project: Implementation/Rollout/Support of SRM 7.0 with ECC 6.0.

SRM/MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Hands on experience on SAP SRM e-Procurement Processes with SAP Enterprise Buyer. Worked on Backend Integration Principles like Enterprise Buyer Architecture, Elements of an e-Procurement scenario, Backend Integration Principles and Integration Configuration. Full lifecycle experience from design to support of the SRM Suite (EBP, SUS, MDM).
• Managed support projects including incident management, change management, release management, break fixes, enhancements, SLA’s, service management.
• Managed SAP Implementation Project to prepare a Global template for a Client that is a leading manufacturer of automobile products.
• Setting up Organization, Components of an Organizational Plan, Attributes and Attribute inheritance and User Maintenance Tools.
• Expertise on Master Data maintenance , Integration of Business Partners, Replication of Business Partners, etc.
• Good experience on Self-service Procurement Processes like Shopping cart, Confirmations, Invoices.
• Expertise in Sourcing, Bidding & Live Auction.
• Worked on Local Purchase Orders, Conditions, Contracts and Vendor List maintenance.
• Worked on Service Procurement with local and MM-SRV scenarios.
• Specific responsibilities include the support and development of Procure-to-Pay process that include Procurement Contract Administration & Management, MRP, Shopping Cart, Requisition & PO fulfillment, Warehouse Inventory Management & Receiving, Spend Analysis Reporting, Catalogs, Vendor Invoice Processing, Message Outputs, and Vendor EDI & Interfaces.
• Excellent trouble shooting skills on Customer complaints related to SAP Product as well as Customer modifications. Adhere to the Service Level Agreements entered with different types of Customers like Premium Customers, MAX Attentions Customers, etc.
• Simulate the reported problem in the SAP internal system always, before doing remote logon in Customer’s system. Work effectively with Client through the development and issue resolution cycle.
• Involved in Preparing Functional Design Documents for Master Data Replication, Shopping Cart Approval Process.
• Import Supplier data (Product catalog and Product hierarchies), Master data, Contracts to SRM-MDM Import manager.
• Performed configuring technical settings of CCM including importing, managing and approving content of CCM.
• Worked in the planning, conceptual design, configuration, prototype presentation, testing and documentation of user manuals of SRM Module.
• Performed configuring organization structure setup for purchasing groups, vendor groups in EBP and SUS and assigned required attributes.
• Configured supplier self registration (ROS), supplier screening and supplier directory.
• Successfully configured shopping cart, business partner, confirmations, invoices, vendor list, sourcing cockpit, bidding engine and live auction cockpit as per clients need
• Configured migration of vendor master, products and product categories from backend systems.
• Worked on posting of goods receipts and invoice verifications in the backend systems by the way of distribution model and proper setup of batch jobs for sending and retrieving data of shopping carts, PO’s between SRM and backend systems.

Configured Bidding and Live Auction:

• Define transaction type. Integration bidding engine with EBP system. Customizing bidding functionality in sourcing. Process Bid Invitations. Converting bids into purchase orders or contracts.
• Maintain Bid Invitation profiles with weight, scores, valuation.
• Creating LAC, Factored cost bidding, English, Dutch auction.
• Configured Contract Management:
• Manage contracts, creation of contracts, upload contracts, upload contracts to catalog, Release and approve contracts. Configured Central, Local, Global outline contracts.
• Integration with E-Sourcing for mapping the Contract Management Process
• Configured Contract life cycle management.
• Involved configuration of MDM Catalog and RFx components of SRM.

Configured E-sourcing 5.1 and CLM 2.0:

• Implemented SAP E-sourcing and Contract life cycle management which includes Spend Analytics, Project creation & management, RFX, Auctions, Contract management, vendor management.
• Implemented project management with project creation, tracking and management of sourcing activities, management reporting, and workload management.
• Configured RFX (RFI, RFQ, RFP) to standardize competitive bid process with schedule, information libraries.
• Configured Live Auctions with a self-service, web-based, collaborative tool with forward and reverse auctions.
• Configured CLM with various phases: Draft contract, negotiate, approval, storage, mange compliance, admin optimize. Design of central repository of all master agreements and agreements with related contracts.

MM Activities:

• Analysed procure to pay process and gathered business requirements.
• Coordinated and performed analysis, design, configuration and implementation of backend systems with SRM. Involved in customizations based on regular changes in business activities with preparation and modifications of function specs.
• Involved in configuring systems to perform procure to pay.
• Configured organization structure related to storage locations, purchasing organizations, purchasing groups and plants.
• Worked on RFQs, quotations, PRs, POs, goods receipts, invoices, service masters, vendor evaluation, pricing procedure and account determination.
• Implemented WM business scenarios like T.R, T.O, put away, stock removal, G.R, G.I, Delivery processes, STO, PCN, Batch Management, IM-WM interfaces, Physical Inventory, shipping, Picking, Packing, Warehouse Monitor, Mobile data entry.

Confidential

Implementation/Support/Upgrade of SRM 4.0/5.0 with SAP R/3 4.7.

SAP MM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed all types of Procure-to-Pay scenarios, including master data maintenance; configuration and customization of master data, plant set-ups; purchasing procedures; inventory management; logistic invoice verification as well as integration areas between MM and the related modules, like WM, SD, PP and FICO.
• Mapping business processes into SAP, handling configuration as well as creation & maintenance of the master data.
• Coordinated and performed analysis, design, configuration and implementation of backend systems with SRM. Involved in customizations based on regular changes in business activities with preparation and modifications of function specs
• Carry out Unit & Integration testing and leads data migration initiatives.
• Configured Material Master Data: Created Material Types for Raw materials with sales view, Returnable packaging materials, Reports generated Based on Material Number, Material Groups, Material Types, and Stock Overview, Mass Maintenance of Material Master.
• Configured Vendor Master: Functions, Vendor sub ranges, Fixed Vendor, Payment Types, Pricing
• Configured Goods Movements in Inventory Management. Involved with Automatic Account Assignment.
• Configuration and testing of special procurement Processes like subcontracting, consignment and stock transport orders.
• Configured organization structure related to storage locations, purchasing organizations, purchasing groups and plants.
• Worked on RFQs, quotations, PRs, POs, goods receipts, invoices, service masters, vendor evaluation, pricing procedure and account determination.
• Implemented WM business scenarios like T.R, T.O, put away, stock removal, G.R, G.I, Delivery processes, STO, PCN, Batch Management, IM-WM interfaces, Physical Inventory, shipping, Picking, Packing, Warehouse Monitor, Mobile data entry