SUMMARY:

• Over 12 years of SAP implementation experience in SAP APO DP, SPP, SNP, SNC, PPDS, CIF,GATP,MRP, SAP BW,SD,MM,AFS Module and understanding business process of SCM such as Demand and Supply Planning,IBP, PP, S&OP and Replenishment.
• Completed four full life cycle implementations, two production support, pre - sales, Presentations, blueprinting, realization, cut-over, post go-live support & upgrade, one upgrade with experience in various Industries like High Tech, Retail, Manufacturing, Utilities, and consumer products, Automotive, Oil, Health and Pharmaceutical.
• APO upgraded experience from 5.0 to 7.0.
• Extensive experience in working on objects related to DP, SNP and PPDS while working on SAP APO implementation project.
• Clear understanding of cross-functional applications for SAP APO which includes non SAP ERP applications like JDE and Manugistics in Industrial scenarios.
• Experience in using Autosys Batch Scheduling tool, ARIS, Solution Manager, ASAP Methodology, other SAP Best practices in SCM.
• Deep understanding of SCM, SPP, Procurement Planning, Inventory Planning and the Operations Research Concepts.
• Expertise in Project Management, Business Process Reengineering, Six Sigma, Agile, Lean Manufacturing and Optimization concepts.
• Excellent analytical & communication skills and ability to interact with business users. Able to translate business requirements into deployable business solutions and work in team environment.
• Responsible and accountable for the coordinated management of multiple related projects directed toward strategic business and other organizational objectives.
• Build credibility, establish rapport, and maintain communication with stakeholders at multiple levels, including those external to the organization.
• Developing MIS reports like open orders, open deliveries, customer orders for the quarter, using ABAP Query. Strong knowledge on ABAP Queries, EDI, IDOCs, ALE, Smart Forms, SAP Solution Manager and SAP tools like TLB, TAO, TDMS, LSMW,BDC and User Profiles.
• Experience in Capable-to-Match planning (CTM) for sorting demands and the sequence in which CTM is to cover these demands and MRP.
• GATP: Configuration of Availability Checks using Product availability check and rule based ATPs. Live Cache Monitoring and Reporting Global ATP Processing and Backorder Processing. Creation of programs for Mass ATP Check and Dynamic BOP variant. Creation of reports to validate GATP and BOP processing. Responsible for minor enhancements as per client requirement and fine tuning of the process.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP Applications: SCM APO5/7, SAP R/3, SAP ECC6 Ehp7, SAP BW7.1.

Programming languages: C, C++, Java, ASP.Net, JavaScript.

Tools: MS Office, MS Visio, MS Excel, MS Project.

Database: MS Access, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Austin, TX

SAP APO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Blue prints and mapped Business scenarios for automation of Order to Cash (OTC) flow.
• Developed SAP APO objects involving enhancements, reports, interfaces, function modules and data dictionary related objects.
• Reviewed and analyzed functional specifications in coordination with client and onsite team, prepared technical specifications and provided effort estimates.
• Responsible for configuration for Rule based ATP check. Configured the overall GATP settings in APO.
• Worked on testing Backorder processing, Product allocations and Rule based ATP check by creating scenarios using sales orders in ECC.
• Troubleshooting configuration issues in GATP and its integration with ECC.
• Performed business requirements JDA into SAP functional and configuration requirements for DP/SNP Process. Created Info cubes, Multi cubes, update Rules, Export Data Source and Info packages.
• Involved in the Creation of Master Planning Object Structure, Planning Areas, Characteristic Value Combinations (CVCs), Master Data and Time Series Objects, Storage Bucket profile and Planning Bucket Profile for monthly buckets and weekly buckets.
• Managed deployment orders optimal service and inventory levels by reviewing SAP and Alert Monitor for exception-based planning. Studied forecasting process by carrying out forecast at different aggregation levels using different forecast models, and arrived at optimum solution by comparing the forecast.
• Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between ECC and APO. Set up Release of Demand Plan to SNP.
• Set up the supply chain model (Work areas-Location, Products, Resources, PPM, Transportation Lanes and Quota Arrangements).Mass processing of planning activities in the background.
• Collaborative Supply Planning (supplier and manufacturer exchange data over the Internet).
• Releasing the Demand Planning results as planned independent requirements to SAP SCM and SAP ECC. Ensuring Data continuity and quality between APO and ECC using the CIF functionality.
• Setting up of the Master data for SNP and creation of Planning version and planning book. Set up the supply chain model (work areas-location, products, resources, PPM, transportation lanes and quota arrangements).
• Perform SNP runs using SNP heuristics, created cost and Optimization profile for SNP optimizer. Mass processing of planning activities in the background.
• Collaborative Supply Planning (supplier and manufacturer exchange data over the Internet).Created CTM model for key products.
• Test scenarios were created to support the business requirements based on customer’s priorities.
• APO PPDS Multi-level production planning (optimize set-up and problem solving) and
• Heuristic Run. Detailed Scheduling activities for optimal production sequence.
• Master Data resources and PDS configuration.
• Worked with ABAP programmers in enhancement work for DP over standard SAP configuration using communication structures.
• Participated in several EDI, BAPI, BADI enhancements to meet business requirements.
• Production planning steps configuration. Evaluation of the Production planning.
• Feasible production plan as all constraints are considered in the configuration.
• Simulation of bottlenecks at all order levels up to the sales order creates transparency about the right prioritization and increases delivery date fulfillments in the configuration. Optimizer based planning allows a significant higher capacity utilization.

Environment: ECC 6.0,SCM7, Remedy, MSVisio2010, Share Point, MS Office2010, Business Objects, HPALM11, Tableau, MS Windows7 Pro

Confidential, Hershey, PA

SAP APO Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Performed APO upgraded from 5.0 to 7.0.
• Involved in the JDA requirements gathering, configuration, development, maintenance and enhancement of functional specifications, testing, training, go-live and production support.
• Configuration in Order Management, Sales Organizational structure, Sales documents and ATP, SD master data like Customer Master, Material master, Master data for Sold-to party, Ship-to party, Bill-to party and defining Customer groups, Material master for Accounting, MRP, Purchasing, Storage views and the Customer Material information record.
• Configured the Availability Check with ATP and Transfer of Requirements by defining checking groups, checking rules for availability check in sales orders and deliveries.
• Translated SAP requirements to functional specifications for reporting, interfaces, data conversions, enhancements, forms, and workflows.
• Conducted AS-IS / TO-BE business process via client interviews and process workshops and configured the TO-BE business processes for OTC functionality.
• Requirements gathering, detailed analysis and feasibility review of requirements, High/Low Level Design approaches, scope analysis, development and documentation.
• Worked on various custom enhancements written functional specs and coordinated with the ABAP team to get the enhancements completed.
• Mapping and GAP analysis is done for each module, I have seen people defining integration after mapping, gap analysis and configuration is done.
• Designed current business flows, study current business processes and its complication, Flow diagrams and DFD are prepared, most of the time in Vision format and all this forms the part of AS IS document.
• Designed and configured sales organizational structure, sales documents and ATP.
• Creating and updating Info cubes, planning book related to DP & SNP.
• Assisting the end users on Master data related issues.
• Configured APO SNP (Optimizer, Heuristics), DP to meet Client’s business requirements such as forecasting, optimizing material procurement and distribution, dynamic safety stock, subcontracting, scheduling agreements, and material constraints including execution of production orders in ECC.
• Involved in Creation of Master data, Data Conversion using LSMW, Services and Basis Functions. Involved in Service Parts, Stocking List, Preventive Maintenance and Service Parts Production.
• Performed BOD (Bill of Distribution) maintenance and Hierarchy Structure.
• Resolving issues on DP/SNP/CIF/GATP/APO-BW and PPDS modules which are created by the incident management tool.
• Assigning tickets/Service requests to the team members basing on the severity and priority. Developed SAP APO objects involving enhancements, reports, interfaces, function modules and data dictionary related objects.
• Consolidated the Integration models in the right sequence for all the Transactional and Master data.
• Configured daily split and weekly split of demand during DP-SNP release for certain selections.
• Key customer contact for all business and technical questions/concerns related to the design and implementation to the Supply Chain and Demand Planning environment.
• Actively worked on APO infrastructure project to reduce the number of master data issues.
• Supporting the Order to cash Go-live on the Replenishment/VMI model and new markets deployment. Coordinating the Onsite/Offshore knowledge transition activity.
• Analyzing the specification documents.
• Actively involved in the Global model enhancement in different SCM modules including DP/SNP/PPDS/GATP/MRP.
• Performed unit, regression testing and presenting to change boards for moving the changes to production.

Environment: ECC 6.0, SCM7, Remedy, MSVisio2010, Share Point, MS Office2010, Business Objects, HPALM11, MS Windows7 Pro

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Sr. SAP APO Consultant

• Prepared Functional Specifications for reports, conversions, interfaces, enhancements and forms for APO DP/SNP and Production Support.
• Performed the rule-based ATP check along with the configuration of the overall GATP settings in APO.
• This is a technical upgrade, but with a little difference is rolling out new SAP Deployments for the legacy sites and the new functionality required is being designed and will move into production along with the existing functionality.
• Involved in demands in talking with the customer's representatives, transforms the essence into an abstract and algorithmic business model. Hence, he identifies the use cases and transforms them into logical and technical views.
• Customized the respective business area and making sure the system reacts in the manner according to the constraints of the requested use case.
• Created Product and Product group Type, SPP Inventory Planning, Realignment (stocking), Forecasting, and Stocking Decision Process.
• Configuration in Material Master and Vendor Master, used LSMW for master data migration from Legacy systems.
• Writing functional specs and interacting with ABAP Team to develop any user exits.  
• Process the CTM planning results in either the interactive planning table in Supply Network Planning.
• Initially performed discovery testing in Sandbox to identify issues before going for cycle testing.
• Worked along with the Mazda counterpart including 4 upgrade resources to define the scope and identified/created/modified scripts in all the areas and worked with testing team to get it uploaded into Quality center.
• Assigned test scripts to the team members for execution in their respective areas.
• Providing status updates to the project management on the progress of the upgrade at every stage.
• Worked with the ABAP team to fix the issues identified as a part of testing.

Environment: ECC 6.0, SCM5/7, Remedy, Visio, Share Point, MS Office2010, Business Objects, HPQC10, MS Windows7

Confidential, Austin, TX

Senior SAP APO Functional Analyst

• Complete IMG configuration of Order-to-Cash and Sales Order Processing includes - Inquiry, Quotation, Contracts, Sales Order, Pricing, Shipping point, Rebates, Route determination, Billing and Transportation Planning. Using Back Order Processing and Availability-to-Promise (ATP)/Transfer of Requirements techniques (TORs), stocks are assigned automatically to Outstanding Order Quantities. Cross system, Rule-based ATP customizing.
• Translated business requirements into SAP functional and configuration requirements for DP/SNP Process. Assisted in the development of many enhancements to cater the business requirements and automate the planning system.
• Key customer contact for all business and technical questions/concerns related to the design, configuration and implementation of APO DP.
• Mapped the structure of the company (for example, business unit, brand, top customers, etc) for planning purposes in the DP master data.
• Responsibilities include requirements gathering, detailed analysis and feasibility review of requirements, High/Low Level Design approaches, Scope Analysis, Development, Testing and documentation. Created outlier correction and Life Cycle Planning (Phase in and Phase out).
• Experience in business analysis, design, modeling, development and implementation of SAP APO DP and SNP.
• Designed, analyzed and tested the history conversion of ECC transaction from Envision (data warehouse), DSO, BI and APO BI cubes.
• Performed data transfers between ECC, BW, APO and live cache which include creation of the sales/shipment/billing documents in ECC, validating the transaction in DSO, BI Cube, APO BI cubes and into the Planning Area.
• Giving Functional specification to ABAP programmers for enhancement of APO DP User Exits.
• Assisted in the configuration, design and testing the core APO DP functionality which included statistical forecasting, like modeling, phase in/phase out, reporting, advanced macros, planning books, alerts based exception-management processes, and release to SNP and, (MRP)Forecast to Plan,
• Experience in configuring and customizing the APO Characteristics, Key Figures, and Navigational Attributes to collect data and support the demand planning hierarchy.
• Good understanding of APO DP statistical forecasting and modeling techniques.
• Involved in configuring and customizing Master Planning Object Structures, Planning Areas, Aggregates, Time buckets profiles and storage buckets profiles, planning books and data views to support storage of DP data in Live Cache and enable fixing at different levels.
• Created advanced macros using the Macro builder to support complex requirements for data manipulation in the planning book. Several macros were provided which generated alerts when certain threshold conditions were exceeded in order to make it a more exception based management process.
• SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) concepts that are relevant to successful implemented in APO DP/SNP and GATP. Set up complex strategy for lifecycle planning for plant shutdown.
• Set up process chains and monitored the batch jobs (sales history loading, forecast generation & release, forecast backup to the BI cubes, planning area back up.
• Assisted in defining complete test scenarios to cover full scope of the business and carry out the unit and integration tests. Conducted the PP knowledge transfer to offshore team.

Environment: ECC 6.0, SCM5/7, Remedy, Visio, Share Point, MS Office2010, Business Objects, HPQC10, MS Windows XP/Vista

Confidential, Tulsa, OK

SAP APO Functional Consultant

• Accomplished the AS-IS system study, Gap analysis, and formulated TO-BE strategy on interaction with client’s business requirements, matching with SAP Best Business Practices.
• Primary responsibilities included for managing all the internal test of various SCM functionalities in evolving different business scenarios across various functionalities to suggest the clients with the best possible solutions.
• Created Planning Book for Inventory Planning in DP/SNP.
• Defined the time stream (planning period) used in CTM planning and (MRP) Forecast to Plan.
• Set up SNP Master Profile and Supply Chain Model and defined Work Area to represent the Supply Chain Network with all relevant locations (Suppliers, Distribution Centers and Customers), resources (Storage, handling and Supply Capabilities) and relationships (Transportation Lanes).
• Client/Customer demonstration of the system with the latest available business solutions in SCM across multiple business lines, hence increasing business capabilities and also evaluate comprehensive determination of real world business solutions into SAP SCM based solutions and also SAP ECC.
• Additional responsibilities included coordinating with SAP technical resources and data management resources to ensure the health and also productivity of the software remains scalable and accessible to all business units across the client supply chain including External supply and subcontracting.

Environment: ECC 6.0,SCM5, Remedy, Visio, Share Point, MS Office2007, Business Objects, HPQC10, MS Windows Vista