SUMMARY:

• More than Seven Years of IT experience as I Series Consultant in development, enhancement and support environments.
• Around Three Years of Non- IT experience as Production Planning engineer using RAMCO ERP.
• Exposed to analyzing, designing, developing, testing and implementing system solutions to meet the business unit requirements.
• High proficiency in problem solving, logical and analytical abilities.
• Excellent communication skills, leadership qualities, systematic approach and ability to work effectively in a fast paced environment.
• Skilled in management of full project life cycle; concept through implementation.
• Skilled in work load management of the team and monitoring the milestones of the team deliverables.
• Worked on configurations and execution of Supply Chain Modules such as Warehouse Management, Central Order Management and Freight Forwarding.
• Self-disciplined with attention to detail; able to prioritize and handle multiple responsibilities.
• Skilled in RPG III, RPG IV, RPG Free Format and Modular programming.
• Extensively used File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
• Skilled in Screen Design Aid (SDA) and Report Layout Utility (RLU).
• Worked on procedures and service programs.
• Skilled in Sub file programming.
• Well organized job and change control.
• Used ACOM for few reports in Finance module.
• Skilled in different EDI types, i.e., Flat file, EDIFACT and X12.
• Exposed to MQ Series while interfacing between Sales module and PkMS
• Skilled in Sales Software (Order Entry, Invoicing)
• Exposed to SAP R/3 and SAP Advance Planning and Optimizer.
• Experienced working on web GUI for I-series programs by using tools like CGIDEV or PCML concepts.

TECHNICAL SKILL:

ERP :LIMS, SAP

Specialization :Supply Chain Management, GL

Change Management :Change Master, Aldon

Operating Systems :Windows 98/NT/2000/XP, OS/400 & UNIX

Languages:RPG Free Format, RPG IV, RPG III, CL, SQLRPGLE, LANSA, C, C++, HTML, .Net

Tools:I-Series Navigator, Hawk Eye, CGIDEV2, PkMS, MQ Series, ACOM

Database:DB2/400 and Oracle

PROJECT DETAILS:

Client: Confidential. Jul 2010 – Present
Title: I-Series Lead Consultant

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Reporting the deviations in resolving the issue and taking corrective actions in order to satisfy client and the same time updating the client on the developments.
• Sending a meeting invitation to client and weekly discussions up on the developments and the ticket status, Work hrs booked, average tickets and other related issues and coordinating the team.
• Coordinating with client and Off shore team on daily basis and measuring the milestones of the deliverables.
• Defined and specified technical specifications & Preparation of Test Scripts for Integration Testing.
• Worked on integration between People soft and I-Series.
• Worked on the different functionalities related to Order management, Sales, Finance and Order fulfillment.
• Conducted user training and prepared end user manuals and documenting the support issues in the team site.
• Monitoring the daily/weekly/monthly data loads from 3rd party to I-Series.
• Resolved Issues with in SLA.
• Used RPG Free Format to improve the efficiency and readability of the programming in few application modules.
• Worked on LANSA, RPG ILE and SQL Procedures in developing / maintaining the applications.
• Extensively used File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to transfer data / files from one AS/400 system to other.
• Exposed to PKMS ware house modules.
• Worked on Job control and CL programming.
• Used SQL embedded RPG programming in Order Interface application.
• Exposed to MQ Series to interface between PKMS and Order interface.
• Worked on sub file programming in Order entry and fulfillment application.
• Provided reports using LANSA and RPG.
• Used SQL/400 and Query/400 while analyzing the production issues.
• Integrated AS/400 application and other 3rd party software using Flat files.
• ACOM forms used in creating Invoices and dunning letters for Account Receivables team.
• Coordinating with the onsite and offshore teams while providing solutions for the reported issues and new features.
• QA and UAT Support.

Client: Confidential, Atlanta Mar 2009 – June 2010
Title: RPG Consultant

Roles & Responsibilities

• Served as a liaison between the client, consumer and the company by answering routine questions and resolving problems to ensure client satisfaction.
• Investigated clients’ inquiries regarding the status of an assigned specialized service.
• Responsible to understand the business process and provide feedback on the same to the technical team for development of reports and layout sets.
• Examined various records such as statements, print outs and correspondence with researching problems.
• Worked on Automotive Finance and General Ledgers.
• Developed, tested and implemented transport planning.
• Responsible for participating in a continuous improvement process plan.
• Understanding the degree of complexity of customizing done in all the sub modules including information systems.
• Listing of issues arising out of users day to day transactions and loading them along with resolutions.
• Detailed product training to the core team member.
• Used PCML to integrate AS/400 and Java
• QA and UAT Support.
• Resolved Issues with in SLA.
• Developed maintenance screens and process routines using RPG ILE concepts.
• Extensively worked on sub file programming in Transaction module.
• Exposed to Crystal Reports in Finance module.
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP) was used to transfer data/ files across two different AS/400 machines.
• Worked on Job control and CL programming.
• Implemented finance module using SQL embedded RPG programming.
• Used SQL/400 & Query/400 in researching of production issues.
• Effectively used Arrays and tables for validation errors and single page sub file programming.
• Data transmission and configuration set up done using data area and data queues.
• Used Socket jobs to interface data between two different I-series machines.
• Worked on CGIDEV to enhance features to make availability through HTML.
• Modularized the code using Modules, Service Programs & Binding Directories.

Client: ConfidentialDec 2005 – Feb 2009
Title: Techno Functional Consultant

Roles & Responsibilities

• Served as a liaison between the client and the business users by answering routine questions and resolving problems to ensure client satisfaction.
• Coordinating with client and Off shore team on daily basis and measuring the milestones of the deliverables.
• Investigated client’s inquiries regarding the status of an assigned specialized service.
• Responsible to understand the business process and provide feedback on the same to the technical team for development of reports and layout sets.
• Creation/Checking of functional specifications in logistics module.
• Examined various records such as statements, print outs and correspondence with researching problems.
• Worked on Invoicing Modules and General Ledgers.
• Developed, tested and implemented transport planning.
• Responsible for participating in a continuous improvement process plan.
• Understanding the degree of complexity of customizing done in all the sub modules including information systems.
• Listing of issues arising out of users day to day transactions and loading them along with resolutions.
• Trouble shooting accessing software and equipment problems as needed.
• Developed process routines and screens using RPG IV Programming.
• Used sub file programming in modules like Order entry, Central order management and Freight forwarding.
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP) was used extensively to transfer data between two different AS/400 machines.
• Worked on Job control and CL programming.
• Extensively used SQL/400 and Query/400 in the analysis of production issues.
• Used SQL embedded RPG programming to develop maintenance screens in Warehouse management module.
• Arrays and tables used in logging the validation errors and in transaction details maintenance screens.
• Used PL/SQL Procedures to do logging related to our sorting application on Oracle database.
• Worked on data base concepts like Multi member physical files and join logical files.
• X12 EDI interface used to integrate SAP R/3 and I-Series for one ware house management location.
• Used EDIFACT and Flat file EDI format to communicate to the 3rd party vendor application from i-series application.
• QA and UAT Support.

Client: Confidential, Novato, CA Jul 2005 – Oct 2005
Title: I Series Programmer

Roles & Responsibilities

• Extensively worked on Preparing AID (Application Information Document)
• Carried over the Peer code reviews and Test Results Review across the teams.
• Monitoring the scheduled tasks on weekly basis.
• Developed applications as per the technical specifications.
• Used RPGIII, RPG IV Programming techniques to develop the applications.
• Extensively used sub file programming in claims module to show transactions at detail and header level.
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP) used to assist in the change management procedure.
• Worked on Job control and CL programming.

Client: Confidential July 2002 – Apr 2005
Title: Production Planning Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities

• Involved in production planning of manufacturing of batteries
• Worked on creating daily planning schedule.
• Worked as production floor in charge.
• Managed the resources to meet the daily production targets.