SUMMARY:

• A System Software Engineer graduated from Mysore University, Karnataka, India and having overall 16 years of extensive work experience in configuration, testing and developing of software modules for retail and banking industry.
• 5 Years of functional configuration experience in SAP MM. 6 years in mobility and software application configuration & testing. 6 years in application development VB6 & Oracle.
• Excellent understanding of business processes in Material management & Inventory management
• Worked on multiple applications - Article Master, Store Request Inventory, Cycle Count, Order Proposal Work bench, Labelling Application, Receiving, Pack down and BI Reports. Involved in validation of bar codes scan in SAP Mobility applications on Motorola First Phone.
• Experienced in full life-cycle implementation phases of a project (ASAP Methodology) - blueprinting, realization, testing ( Unit testing, System Integration, End to End and User Acceptance testing ), final preparation, training, documentation, data uploading, go live and post go live (production) support
• Interacted with business partners to understand the AS-IS process and work on developing TO-BE process. Conducted Business blue printings - Requirement definitions, system/process mapping & solution design.
• Designed, tested and supported for the development of functional specifications for RICEFW objects- Interfaces, Reports, User exits, Conversion and Enhancement of standard SAP functionality.
• Worked on different kinds of projects such as New End-to-end implementation projects, Development projects, up gradation projects, Enhancement projects.
• Worked on BAPIs, BADIs, Functional modules, EDI and ALE using partner type, partner profile, message type, Inbound and outbound parameters. IDOCs interfaces for Purchasing and inventory activities related to Purchasing and Inventory Management between the SAP and Non- SAP systems.
• MM-Purchasing/Procurement: Hands on experience in configuring Material Master, Vendor Master, Partner schema, Purchase requisition, Purchases order, Vendor management, shelf like check and pricing schemas. Configured MM Organizational Elements: Company code, Purchasing Organization, Plant & Storage loc. Expertise in designing scenarios like outline agreements, RFQ, source list, info records, quota arrangement, Scheduling agreement, Reservation, Vendor consignment, subcontracting and vendor evaluation.
• Inventory Management: Customizing done in Goods Movements, Cross Company and Intra-company Stock Transport orders using Stock Transport order (STO), Subcontracting, Customer and Vendor Consignment & Third Party Orders, Physical Inventory, Cycle Counting.
• Configuration of Inventory Management Movement Types, Number ranges for material document of Goods Receipt, Goods Issue, shelf life check for movement types and Stock Transfers- inter and intra company.
• Involved in configuration of MRP: Configuration done in Plant parameters, Forecast planning, MRP controllers, and Lot-sizing procedures. Pricing Calculation Schemas for a condition tables, access sequences, condition records and condition types.
• Involved in Logistics Execution: Stock transfer, posting change, Physical Inventory, Back flushing. Prepared documentation for mapping rules to migrate vendor master through LSMW.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SAP Functional: Materials Management

SAP Technical: Basics of ABAP and XI

Programming Languages: VB Scripting, C

Databases: DB2 and Oracle (PL/SQL)

Mobility Tools: Windows 6.5 Emulator

Testing Tools: HP ALM, JIRA, HP UFT, Panaya, SOLMAN, SAP TAO

Reporting Tool: Expertise in Crystal Reports 8.0

Knowledge in using Microsoft tools: Windows operating system, Visual basic 6, Utility of Oracle 10g, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database and XML, MS Office toolsProject Management Tool: Microsoft Project Plan

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Atlanta, Georgia

Functional Lead

Responsibilities:

• SAP MM Configuration and custom enhancements
• Configuration and integration validation for external applications
• Configuration and maintenance of Master data Management
• Prepare Functional Specifications
• Project Planning and Work Schedule Management
• Meet with Project Stakeholders to discuss user requirements, system specifications and timelines
• Test strategy and test plan reviews
• Defects Review with testing and development team
• Prepare and Manage test cycle schedule and milestone chart
• Support to performance team
• User Acceptance Testing Support, Production Implementation, Pilot Support, Document Lessons Learnt and Closure

Confidential, Atlanta, Georgia

Test Lead/Functional Lead

Responsibilities:

• Prepare Project Plan and Manage Project Team
• Effort and Cost estimations
• Determine resources needs, onboarding and transition to project team
• Analyze Requirement, Perform Gap Analysis, Identify environment requirements
• Testing Process Design & Techniques Implementation AND Leverage best practices
• Test Strategy, Test Plan, Traceability, Test Design, User Manual Documentation Reviews and walkthrough
• Coordination with Functional, Architect, Project Management and Offshore team for project execution activities
• Review project related issues and defects triage with development and functional teams
• Identify dependencies, issues, assumptions, risks and mitigation
• Prepare and publish periodic project status reports and resource utilization
• Review and approve timesheets, and leave requests
• User Acceptance Testing Support, Production Implementation, Pilot Support, Document Lessons Learnt and Closure

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Project Lead

• Prepare Project Plan and Manage Project Team
• Analyze Requirement, Perform Gap Analysis, Identify environment requirements
• Test Strategy, Test Plan, Traceability, Test Design, User Manual Documentation Reviews and walkthrough
• Assign tasks to project team, track work schedule and review tasks
• Coordination with Functional, Architect, Project Management and Offshore team for project execution activities
• Review project related issues and defects triage with development and functional teams
• Identify dependencies, issues, assumptions, risks and mitigation
• Prepare and publish periodic project status reports and resource utilization
• Review and approve timesheets, and leave requests
• User Acceptance Testing Support, Production Implementation, Pilot Support and Closure

Confidential, Schaumburg

Project Manager

• Consult and negotiate with clients for new project proposals
• Meet with clients to discuss user requirements, system specifications, costs and timelines
• Control and allocate the project budget and expenditures
• Procurement of software and hardware tools for project development, testing and maintenance
• Identify resource requirements, recruiting personnel for new requirements and allocation of resources for projects based on their skill sets
• Conduct weekly conferences with project team and clients to discuss project status, project metrics and review the service level agreements
• Account Management and Invoicing for Staffing

Confidential

Project Lead

• Analyze Requirement, Perform Gap Analysis, Identify environment requirements
• Prepare Project Plan and Manage Project Team
• Test Strategy, Test Plan, Traceability, Test Design, User Manual Documentation Reviews and walkthrough
• Assign tasks to project team, track work schedule and review tasks
• Coordination with Functional, Architect, Project Management and Onshore team for project execution activities
• Review project related issues and defects triage with development and functional teams

Confidential

Project Lead

• Maintaining Retail and Corporate Customers
• Savings, Investment, Card, & Mortgages Account
• Bonds & Transactions
• General Ledgers Maintenance
• Internal and External Payments