SUMMARY:

Industry experience over 17+ years, while 12+ years in SAP consulting ECC platform with experience in several industry such as (Food, Automobile, Manufacturing, Steels, Innovative Materials, Building Distribution, Packaging and Engineering,). I has excellent communication & client facing experience and lead projects as Team Lead & Project from small to large implementations.

• Excellent Knowledge of Business Processes in Materials Management, Logistics Execution, Inventory & Warehouse management
• Excellent Knowledge of ASAP methodology and Solution Manager.
• Hand on Experience of MM/LE/WM module with integration and cross functional application experience of various other modules like MM - PP, IM-PP,IM-WM, MM-SD/OTC, MM-FI, MM-APO & IM-QM.
• Profound knowledge of ASAP Methodology all the way from Business blue printing to Go-Live & support and Solution Manager used as a tool for Prototype and customizing.
• Conducted Business Meeting to evaluate the business requirements and to analyze the GAPs.
• Developed and tested various scenario based Specification for WRICEF objects.
• Developed functional specification to interface SAP with other various external systems in LE such as TMS (Mercury Gate)
• Effectively analyzed and mapped complex business process using Best Business Practices.
• Worked in LSMW (Legacy System Migration Workbench) for migration of data from legacy ion for systems for master data such as Material/Vendor Master Records/Source list/PIR.
• Extensively involved in customizing the MM/ LE and WM organization structure.
• Configured Plants, Purchase organizations, Reference purchase organization, Purchasing group, and Storage locations. Maintained release procedures for Purchasing requisitions, Purchase orders. Created new movement types for new Business Scenarios.
• Developed a functional specification for PO Acknowledgement & Invoice receipt via e-mail & EDI Notification.
• Worked extensively with master records by maintaining different types of material, industrial sectors and user departments for material master.
• Configured shipping notification for delivery document.
• Configured Vendor Master with the creation of different Account group, usage of Partner functions, Payment terms and different number ranges accordingly various business scenarios.
• Configured new document type for External purchasing documents such as Purchase order, Stock transfer order, Release order for Contracts & Scheduling Agreement.
• Configuration and implementation of batch management with the classification by defining class, class type, and characteristic.
• Configuration and documentation of stocks that are to be delivered to Quality Inspection in accordance with business requirement.
• Profound knowledge of EDI based on X12 Standards using FTP (File Transfer protocol), RFC (Remote Function Call from/to SAP R/3), ALE/IDOC.
• Created a documentation for End User Training using solution manager.
• Effectively involved and developed testing strategy for the System Inteegration Testing, Unit testing, Integration testing & Regression testing using Quality Mercury Center.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP: SAP R/3, 4.7,5.0 and ECC 6.0 EHP4

SAP Primary Module: SAP Procurement / IM/Logistic Execution

Integrated Modules: MM,IM,WM, SD, PP, QM,APO (SNP)

Interface: EDI, Idocs

Databases: Microsoft SQL Server, MS Access

Operating Systems: Linux, Windows (NT, 95, 98, XP, 2000, Vista, window 7), Mac OSX

Project Management Tools: MS Project

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Mt. Prospect, IL

SAP Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Engage in complete cycle testing of PO, STO,PR, PIR, Inbound Delivery, PGR, Outbound Delivery, PGI, Invoice, EDI with external system etc.
• Provide direction for all aspects of delivery for MM/IM/Inbound/Outbound Logistics.
• Responsible for all inbound and outbound logistics business process and supporting technology, including material receiving, stock transport orders, all shipping processes including shipments to third party warehouses and customers
• Analyze business processes and identify relevant systems based solutions alternatives and discuss these with business users. Work directly with users and management to build consensus on a solution and coordinate implementation activities. (Break/Fix)
• Collaborate with business leaders and key users to continuously improve business practices (New Processes)
• Reports project status update to the respective business leads, operations leaders and stake holders
• Use business process requirements to detail application requirements, solution design, adherence to SAP best practice, activities includes Requiremnts gathering, Solution design, Complete configuration, Prepare BPP’s, Test Scripts.
• Engaged in end solution for the business process with the SAP best practice and custom development
• Configuration of process area and test the solution
• Coordinated with AMS offshore team for the projects and support delivery and validate.
• Allocate work to solution delivery and operational support team members and provide quality reviews of deliverables
• Deliver Subject matter expertise in the Functional practice area of business.
• Resolving production service request through ticketing tool.
• Bridged between the business team and the development team to ensure functional requirements are understood and ensure development requirements integrated. Oversee all responsibility area testing to ensure the solution is delivered from a quality perspective and meets the original functional requirements
• Collaborate with cross functional areas provide solutioning projects and engagements.
• Configured Handling Unit (HU) Management for Outbound delivery packaging.
• Implemented end to end Inbound delivery transportation cycle.
• Designed the FORM VICS (bill of lading),P.O, SU.Pick List and Packing list
• Configured document type for purchase order, Inbound delivery & outbound delivery’s type and done EDI mapping for 3rd party logistics providers to meet the Business Requirement.
• Involved in creation of functional specifications for enhancements identified for split delivery procedure, ensuring that the required configuration is done for achieving the desired results.
• Configuration of Message types, Access sequences, Message Determination Schema for Output Control of Purchasing and delivery documents.
• Closely worked with Master Data team for maintaining various vendors,material master, PIR, Source List data.
• Supported the functional aspect of outbound and inbound delivery IDOC’s as part of 3rd party Transportation requirement.
• Conducted various Business workshops for requirement gathering.
• Provide Gap analysis for business scenarios & discussed with business people & team lead.
• Created purchase organization and reference purchase organization for special type of procurement.
• Created Direct procurement process for Stock Material and Indirect procurement process for consumables.
• Definition of Message types, Access sequences, Message Determination Schema for Output Control of Purchasing Documents.
• Configured internal No. range for Goods Receipt, Good Issues and Stock Transfers.
• Setup and documented process for user shipment cost Process and assisted the FICO resource in finding out the root-cause for the discrepancies in Accounts.
• Configured return process for vendor material from plant.
• Created custom reports mapping and Functional specifications for Raw materials Purchasing forecast, PPV report on HANA environment, Budget/forecast/Actual purchase reports.
• Designed specification for multiple RICEF objects---reports, enhancements to transactions, user exits, BADIs, BAPIs and enhanced standard SAP reports.
• Involve in post Go-Live Supporton small/medium projects.
• Worked with the 1st level support in troubleshooting the Corporate support issues/change request/Break fix.

Confidential, Mt. Prospect, IL

SAP MM Consultant

• Defined organizational structure.
• Submitting business process blue prints to client and sign off from business owners.
• Base line, final configuration.
• Writing functional specification for customized programs/reports and enhancement testing and transportation.
• Unit and integration testing for key business process.
• Involved with Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements and Forms where ever applicable.
• Design of RF Scanning Functionality and usage of mobile functionality in process enhancements
• Configuring documentation.
• Data collection and migration (SLO)
• End user training through class room training workshops.
• Creation of training materials and documentation.
• Go live and support.
• Location coordination/issues handling and resolution.
• APO Process knowledge
• Conceived the Business Process documentation and construct the scenarios for testing.
• Execute test Scripts on scenarios
• Execute detailed test case steps including expected inputs and expected results and compile/gather test data
• Assisted business users in conducting UAT.
• Document actual test results and including any identified defects
• Communicate with teammates to drive defect resolution and knowledge sharing
• Self-manage activity to ensure test cases are completed within predefined schedules
• Escalate issues and risks to project leaders
• Created new account assignment and Item Categories for discriminating the kind of stock.
• Configured new purchase order document types required by parts purchase department to generate purchase order for placing order with vendor.
• Configured new purchase order document type for stock transfer order required by the business.
• Configured different account groups based on internal/ external number ranges, views, and field selections.

Confidential, Malvern, PA

SAP MM/IM/LE Consultant

• Configured MRP and customizing experience in MM in Purchasing, CBP, Inventory Management, Logistic Invoice Verification (LIV) and Vendor Evaluation.
• Provided SAP Functional Design documents for development team including full life cycle implementation.
• Assisted in post go live documentation to aid in the continuing support of the SAP Implementation.
• Organized and facilitated Business Process workshops to define asis and tobe processes for ProcureToPay processes involving representation from 3 manufacturing sites from different geographical locations.
• Involved in User Acceptance Testing with Business Partners and IT.
• Defined Organizational Unit hierarchy and their assignments.
• Successfully configured Materials Master including Material Types, definition of views, required Number Ranges for Material types etc.
• Defined Message types, Access sequences, Message Determination Schema for Output Control of Purchase Orders.
• Defined of Condition types, Access sequences, Calculation schema, Scheme groups and Schema Determination for Pricing in Purchase Orders.
• Extensive knowledge of Inventory Management including GR/IR, Transfer Posting, Stock Transfer Automotive Movement, Movement Types, and Reservations.
• Purchasing, Subcontracting using BOMs, Consignments, external procurements Requisitions, contracts, scheduling agreements, Invoicing, RFQs, PR/RFQs/PO/release procedures and confirmations, pricing procedures, Quota arrangements, source list, Info records, Vendor Evaluation, Master records.
• Successfully worked with FI team for Account Determination.
• Configured automatic and manual account determination, split valuation, invoice verification and MRP including customization and enhancement in MM.
• Designed complex warehouse structures, and configured placement, Removal, Replenishment, Inbound/Outbound deliveries, Posting Changes, Stock Transfer, Storage Unit Management and Batch Management.
• Configured Order types, Delivery Types, Contracts, Transportation, pricing condition, Master Data, Account Determination, Billing and payment processing and batch management.
• Worked with FICO team during FI MM integration and in grouping Valuation Areas into Valuation Grouping Code.
• Data migration and conceptual design for master data transformation in IM/WM modules from legacy system to SAP & validation of data integrity and good experience in working with LSMW.Worked with LSMW with standard Batch/direct input and batch input recording.
• Purchasing - Configured and customized Purchase Requisition, Purchase Orders, Setting of Document Type, Source Determination, SLED and Number Assignment for Internal and External Purchasing document. Configure release procedure with/without Classification. Settings for special procurement process including Subcontracting, Vendor consignments and pipeline.
• Extensive experience in setting up, and customizing master data in MM.
• Involved in Unit Testing, Integration Testing, and Regression Testing.
• Successfully prepared Functional Design Documents and worked with teams for RICEF objects.

Confidential, Northbrook, IL

Business System Analyst

• Conducted various Business workshops for requirement gathering from country BPO’s and educate the SAP business process .
• Prepared Global template on Master data conversions.
• Designed, Developed, Integration testing, performance testing of data migration processes, and ongoing maintenance of Master Data, Transaction data using SAP MDM and other migration tools.
• Lead SAP Data migrationteamfor Legacy data analysis, Master Data (Materials, Vendors), and transactional data (inventory, open PO) collection, extraction, cleansing, harmonization, and transformation to load into SAP.
• Design, develop and maintaindata migration programs and manage migration tools like LSMW.
• Prepared Functional Specifications for data conversion from legacy systems.
• Lead the Data team of legacy data specialist for the conversion of material master/vendor master/Purchase info records/ Bill of Materials.
• Build logic and Mapping rules for Data conversion on the data objects.
• Gap analysis prepared business scenarios & discussed with other gross functional team lead.
• Configured new material types and created functional specification for new data field required by the business for this material type.
• Configured different account groups based on internal/ external number ranges, views, and field selections.
• Writing a functional specification for release strategy with and without classification for purchase requisitions and with classification for purchase orders.
• Defined new characteristics and class under communication structure EBAN & CEKKO assigned these classes for facilitating the release strategy.
• Developed a functional specification for PO Acknowledgement via email & EDI Notification.
• Responsible for standardizing data naming, establishing consistent data definitions.
• Drive Data Governance and establish governance guidelines and principles. Lead and facilitate the creation of governing principles to guide decision making and help to ensure that the optimal governance structure are in place.
• Identify, analyze and report/resolve data issues, related to uniqueness, integrity, accuracy, consistency and completeness.
• Provided analytical and governance skills to maintain and develop enterprise master data through enterprise VISTEX DMR tool.
• Planned and organized tasks, report progress, manage & coordinate with the integration partners for implementation.
• Provide recommendations to address and resolve business issues for a specific business group.
• Drive strong partnership between Data Conversion Analysts and all other IT teams to ensure common messaging to Business Divisions.
• Responsible for Product Data design decisions, functional requirements and conversion documentation.
• Understand standards and procedures to support material, PIR and vendor master data migration.
• Gather legacy source data and present to business teams making data migration efforts efficient.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

SAP P2P Consultant

• Developed test cases for the Project Line routing and its fixations of the originating plant.
• Analyzed current process in the rounding profiles and the vendor multiples which was bleeding and fixed through enhancements.
• Analysed the issue of non conformances GR and fixed the issue.
• Analysed the issue of segregating the responsibilities of blocked invoices got fixed with workflow.
• Involved in configuration and testing for drop shipment process based on business requirement.
• Interacted with the technical consultants in developing and functional specifications for enhacements.
• Developed problem analyses and root cause assumptions for fixing the issues .
• Gathered requirements from the end users and analysed the issues for current and future solutions.

Confidential, San Antonio, TX

SAP MM/WM Consultant

• Developed problem analyses and root cause assumptions for escalation.
• Received, logged, and resolved incident requests for SAP applications.
• Performed technical system and application data analysis for SAP system.
• Managed various technical project efforts and initiatives.
• Analyzing of current landscape and recommending future enhancements.
• Troubleshooting systems production issues that are critical.
• Activity monitor, 2step picking, WM print setup) Shipping (Delivery Processing, Picking and packing, Basic Shipping Functions (shipping point, Picking location, loading points, Routes, incompletion procedure, etc.), Delivery types, item categories, delivery split, Copy control.
• Raised tickets during production support to ensure the errors are fixed and the issues are logged.
• Worked on purchase orders, stock transport orders, cross company orders, transfer postings, reservation and special stocks.
• Prepared the training documents and trained the end users in using the developed transactions and RF scanners during process assessments.
• Gathered requirements from the end users and prioritized their issues.
• Involved in support activites on physical inventory process and Created necessary documents required for the client to carry out the physical inventory process for cycle counting.
• I nvolved in Batch determination shelf life expiration date (SLED ) and picking based on materials, Collective processing of Outbound deliveries, Posting changes and Stock Transfers.
• Displayed delivery, printing, packing labels, creation of transfer orders for replenishment, Physical Inventory count (cycle count), Bin to bin transfer, Bin stock lookup, etc.
• Involved in production support for endusers by noting down the problems and giving solutions .

Confidential, South field, MI

Senior SAP P2P Consultant

• Configured Purchasing documents such as Requisitions, Purchase Order Optimization processes, Inventory Management, MRP, Vendor Master, Material Master, Invoice Verification and providing SAP MM functionality knowledge sharing to end users.
• Analyzed Client purchasing methodology to optimize processes within SAP R/3 by configuring Automatic PO generation, updating PIR from purchasing documents such as PO and Outline Agreements, maintaining Source List requirement at Plant level, and defining Processing Time for PR, PO and GR.
• In IM, configured GR so postings were made to appropriate Stock Status such as Unrestricted Use, Quality Inspection, and Blocked Stock or GR Blocked Stocked. Did Interwarehouse transfers, involving Storage Location to Storage Location Transfer. Carried out Reservations and Goods Issue.
• Carried out subcontracting and consignment PO and defined Plants, and maintained Storage Locations for each Plant.
• Mapping and customizing the price determination process by using condition techniques and access sequences.
• Actively supported the company wide replenishment process in the supply chain group like MRP, RP, Promotions, Physical Inventory, Retail Store functions.
• Configured Purchasing structure, Inventory Management, Goods Receipt, invoice verification and stock movements.
• Defined Release Procedures for purchasing documents.
• Logistic Invoice verification configuration (LIV) involving System Messages, Vendor Tolerance Group, Planned Delivery Costs etc.
• Vendor Master configuration including creation of Account Groups and usage of Partner functions and Partner Schema determination and their assignment to document types and account groups.
• Implemented Intercompany and Intracompany Stock Transport Order (STO) scenarios.
• Develop Design templates for legacy data mapping and developed LSMW for data migration.
• Successfully migrated Material, Vendor master data and open PO, Stocks data into SAP.
• Directly involved with Assembly, Integration and authorization testing.