SUMMARY

• Total 15 years of IT Experience and Ten years as a SAP R/3 Master Data Functional Consultant in Warehouse Management (WM), Inventory Management (IM), Quality Management (QM) and Materials Management (MM). Production Planning (PP)
• SAP Material Management (MM) Consultant with experience in configuration, support and end user activities.
• Extensive experience in SAP with good exposure in materials management, warehouse management, production planning modules.
• S4 HANA Inventory: Document type MATDOC, Material Master table, valuation method, actual costing.
• S4 HANA MRP: MRP for personal device, SOfulfillment, activate extended fields configuration.
• Strong ability to understand the business. And having knowledge in SAP BW.
• Experience in configuring & customizing of Material Master, Purchasing, Consumption Based Planning, Inventory Management (IM), Service master.
• Expertise Configuring MM Module - Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Orders, Outline Agreements, Info records, Release Procedures, Release strategies, Inventory Management, GR, GI, Movement Types, Reservation, Transfer Posting, Stock Transfer, Invoice Verification, Automatic Account Determination, Valuation, Physical Inventory process.
• Excellent configuration knowledge in Procurement Process: Subcontracting, Third-party, Consignment, Outline agreements, RFQ, Quota Arrangements, Source lists, Info records.
• Worked on Integration areas of cross-functional modules like PP, SD, and FI.
• Material Management Integration with SAP SRM, Configuring & Customizing of Purchasing (MM-PUR), Consumption Based Planning (MM-CBP), Inventory Management (MM-IM), External Services Management (MM-SRV) and Invoice Verification (MM-IV).
• Has experience in various versions of SAP implementation projects in 4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5.0 and ECC 6.0, and integration of MM module with SD,FI,PP,QM and interface of WM with IM,SD and Interface of IM Movement types with WM Movement types.
• Experience in Inventory Management, Goods Receipts, Goods Issue, MTO, MTS Invoice verification, Stock Transfers, Transfer Postings, Material to Material Transfers, Physical inventory, Stock determination, Cycle Counting.
• Created and managed master data for Material Master Records, BOMs, Work Centers, Standard Values and Activity Types, Routings, Planned and Production Orders, all MRP functionality and execution.
• Study the existing system of the client, mapping the system for file transfers between the legacy and the SAP R3 systems through IDOCS.
• Maintained plant parameters for Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) such as MRP groups, MRP controller, MRP types, planning calendar, planning horizon, lot-sizing procedure, and availability check for components.
• Responsible for automated testing in FI, SD and MM. Worked on SCM Movement and storage of materials, work in progress inventory and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.
• Customizing of SAP R/3 SCM (Procurement, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management and Invoice Verification)
• Extensive expertise in master data, SAP lifecycles, and SAP SCM.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with clear understanding of SCM business functions, and work as part of a team.
• Area of expertise is SCM (APO) with vast experience in APO including, DP (Demand Planning), SNP (Supply Network Planning) and PP/DS (Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling).
• Extensive experience in SAP configuration, User Acceptance Testing and data migration.
• Materials Management (MM) master data configuration - material master, vendor master, purchase info record and source list.
• Prepared user and training manuals for Material Management business process.
• Expertise in implementing ASAP methodology on all stages of projects including Business Process Analysis, Business Blueprint Mapping, Gap analysis to customization, Go-live, post live production support, User training and documentation.
• Closely interacted with the Functional and ABAP consultants.
• Worked as SAP MM Consultant for SAP Implementation, Support & Upgrade projects for various industries.
• Experience on SAP modules such as Product, Material, Vendor, and Customer and Location master.
• Good understanding of Industry best business practices and sound knowledge of SAP R/3 WM/MM module Version 4.6C, 4.7 and ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0 versions including complete customizing.
• Strong Integration skills of PP, PP-PI with WM, MM and QM modules.
• Worked in Source to Pay (STP) and Warehouse Management (WM) by integration of MM, QM, PP and SD (Logistics modules).
• Experience in Inventory Management, Goods Receipts, Goods Issue, Invoice verification, Stock Transfers, Transfer Postings, Material to Material Transfers, Physical inventory, Stock determination, Cycle Counting.
• Worked on HPQC, HP Service Manager, Ascendant, Charm, Control-m tools.
• Excellent skills in Business Analysis, Prototyping, System Configuration and Data Migration using LSMW and BDC procedures.
• Key contributor in the Product Development team of SAP LABS for Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) module.
• Worked on Account Determination, Price determination, Schema groups.
• Experience in enhancing and supporting Logistics Execution applications, this includes shipping, Warehouse management, Inventory management and Transportation.
• Defined material control data attributes for material types like ROH, HALB, and FERT. Assigned number ranges to various material types.
• Implemented WMS with major responsibilities included planning, design, development, configuration, warehouse capacity planning etc.
• Three full life cycle implementations of SAP R/3 WM/MM/IM Module and post live support SAP WM/MM Module with STP and ASAP methodology.
• Performed Unit Testing, Integration Testing and also assisted end users in User Acceptance Testing to validate the business scenarios.
• Excellent team member with good communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to perform, Open to new ideas & concepts, ability to learn quickly and team builder.
• Extensive knowledge in SAP Data Migration End-To-End Process.
• Worked extensively on QM Master Data: Inspection plan, Master Inspection Characteristics (MIC), Codes & Code groups, Selected Sets and Task lists.
• Familiar with interfacing and using Radio frequency devices (RF) as well as the SAP console to perform transactions on the warehouse floor, bar coding and handling units.
• Data Migration from Legacy system to SAP for up gradation / new implementation / integration, import of data from any other external system to SAP. Preparing the specifications required for uploading the master data and Interacting with the ABAP developers.
• Involved in all phases of a life cycle implementation, including blueprinting, gap analysis, mapping, design, configuration, testing, go-live, user training and post production support.
• Understanding & analyzing customer’s ‘As Is’ Business Processes and mapping ‘TO-BE’ processes. Finalizing the Business Drivers and project scope for the client by mutually agreeing and signoff on deliverables for the project.
• Ability to comprehend full life time cycle implementations using ASAP methodology understanding of business process, project preparation, blue print, realization (configuration), final preparation and testing.
• Performed gap analysis between legacy system master data and SAP master data (material/customer/vendor)..
• Experienced in working with ABAP consultants on different development and Enhancement Objects like User-Exits, Enhancements, Routines, and Custom Reports etc…
• Extensively worked on interfaces ALE, EDI, IDOCS and RFC's.
• Performed data migration from legacy system to SAP using Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW), SAP Master Data Management (MDM) along with data cleansing.
• Worked on User exits, Customer exits, BADI's and Enhancement Framework, Data conversion.
• Experience in new functionality like Storage Units, Handling Units and RF Solution/SAP Console, Bar code/label printing: enhancement by linking WM/IM transactions; PO put away in warehouse; Warehouse bin-to-bin move; RF activities monitor, bin stock inquiry.
• Experienced in preparation of Business Blue print with Business Scenario Documents (BSD's) and Business Process Documents (BPS's).
• Defined and tested the test conditions for unit testing and MM/QM integration testing with PP-PI, FI/CO & SD.
• Self-motivated with excellent Consulting Skills not limiting to Analytical, Communication, Interpersonal, Presentation, Leadership Skills & proven ability in Competitive environment.
• WM-IM interface for various movement types and cross-functional applications, and WM-PP interface for GR from Production and material staging WM-QM Interface for external procurement and from Production and WM Interface with Shipping.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, St Paul, MN

SAP MDM/MM Lead Consultant

Environment: SAPR/3ECC6.0(Realization, Cutover, Go-Live, and & WRICEF)

Responsibilities:

• Wrote functional design documents for SAP enhancements and reports.
• Updated pricing conditions in the purchasing documents (created for all business scenarios) so tax conditions from tax engine are populated into purchasing documents.
• Worked in Master Data Conversions for data load in SAP from Legacy system using LSMW.
• Interacted with various SME’s from Finance and Human Resources hence retrieve information from their legacy systems and built dictionary definitions and rules on Information Value Management.
• Was part of the Master data team and participated in data migration activities. Interacted with the users in collecting the data and involved in uploading of Master Data using tools.
• Validated and evaluated purchase orders to confirm correct tax conditions were being populated and coordinated with power users to ensure all defects were resolved.
• Prepared test scripts covering all scenarios for mass update of purchasing documents using ABAP program.
• Prepared technical cutover task list and delivered Go-live support to end users by resolving all issues related to purchasing and invoicing.
• Performed full unit testing, integration testing, user, performance testing and UAT to support new release into production.
• Executed test scripts for multiple company codes (involving multiple countries) as per the business needs.
• Worked on EDI testing, IDOC segment and setting up EDI partner profile and Master data
• Responsible for all aspects of cash management, AR and AP including payment card processing, requirement analysis, requirements gatherings, system customizing and testing, legacy data conversion, user training, and report development
• Worked extensively in loading of master data from the legacy system to the SAP system.
• Go-live support resources to support client as they go-live with additional SAP functionality and processes.
• Performed logistics, go-live support, error identification, correction, process improvement, and advisory services.
• Generated and balanced accounts payable reports to vendor statements and Created and maintained file system to easily access vendor documents
• Provided accruals and proposed journal entries for month end reporting.
• Generated year end schedules and work papers for audit and Managed expense reports
• Processed Accounts Payable transactions which included generating checks, organizing, distribution and month end journal entries.
• Definition of Message types, Access sequences, Message Determination Schema for Output Control of Purchasing Documents.
• Configuration of Master data, which includes Material, Vendor, Purchase Info Records and also customizing the same as per the client's requirement
• Designed and Implemented SAP Functions: Vendor Evaluation, Release Strategies, Procurement of External services.

Confidential, Essex VT

SAP WM/EWM Master Data Consultant

Environment: SAPR/3ECC6.0(Go Live and end user support)

Responsibilities:

• Prepared CutOver task list for system change over.
• Providedgo-live and post-live support. Coordinated with the local team to resolvepost go live integration issues.
• Involved indata migrationfrom various corporate systems and interacted with end users and functional consultants.
• Extensively usedLSMWin order to obtain the data from various non-legacy systems.
• Involved in outbound process such as goods issue which includes picking, loading, shipping and billing. Able to train client staff with process related standard work tasks.
• Consolidated Material Master, Vendor Master and Customer Master Data.
• Managed and loaded data to production environment via Winshuttle (Data loading tool)
• Successfully configured and converted Master Data & Transactional Data for Customer Master Conversion, Customer Credit Maintenance, Customer Hierarchy Conversion Customer Material Info Record, Material Master (sales views), Open Sales Orders & IDOCs, LSMW and Winshuttle.
• Handledproduction support issuesin the form oftickets, queries and change requests, trouble documents.
• Provided end user support with following: creation of stock transfer order, TR/TO, batch to batch transfer, inbound / outbound deliveries, purchase order, put away of finished goods, creation and unpacking of handling units (HUs) and master data change.

Confidential, Auburn Hills, MI

SAP Lead Master Data/MM Implementation and Data Migration Consultant

Environment: SAPR/3ECC6.0(Configuration, Data Migration,Validation&RICEF)

Responsibilities:

• Prepared MRD (migration requirement definition)and DMD (data migration definition) documents of SAP objects such as material master, vendor master, Info Records, Purchase Order, Production order, Bill of materials, Work Center, Routing, Capacity Profile, Dependent Requirements, Source lists.
• Checked data integrity of master data and transaction data so it can be uploaded to SAP without upload errors.
• Analyzed end user customer requirements for Document Management workflow solutions and Risk management SAP applications developed in-house, and prepared functional specifications for the same.
• S4 HANA Logistics: Deployment types, supply chain planning, integration business planning, PIR, MRP Procedures, MRP KRY Features, Procurement types,MRP LIVE, Operation procurement
• Worked on external tax system to calculate tax rates for the line items based on tax jurisdiction codes of customer master data and material master data.
• Configuration of various tax conditions in pricing procedure to facilitate SAP ECC and Sabrix integration
• Created and configured customer hierarchy and master data such as business partner roles as per business requirements and data for account and contract management, configured service quotations, contracts, and price agreements.
• Explained the To-Be process requirements to local MIS and power users so data extraction from legacy system meets requirements of ETL tool and SAP.
• Prepared mapping tables of G/L Accounts, cost centers, currencies, As-Is and To-Be base unit of measure, incoterms, legacy - SAP storage locations.
• Modified extraction logic so legacy data meets ETL tool and SAP requirements.
• Prepared CutOver task list for system change over.
• Prepared Special Operations List for business members to complete so SAP Go-Live happens smoothly.
• Prepared goods movement process flow of raw materials, Finished Goods Materials, and subcontracting materials in To-Be process based on discussion with all stake holders.
• Configured subcontracting To-Be process based on business requirements.
• Configuredvendor master record; created vendor account groups, number ranges, incoterms, text types, purchasing group, partner determination, and terms of payment.
• Configurationof special stocks in inventorymanagement for subcontracting and vendor consignment Materials.
• Setuptolerance limitsfor invoice verification, and processed verification, block, release of invoices
• Configured WM organization structureby defining and creating storage types, storage sections, storage bins manually & automatically designed storage areas, high rack storage, bulk storage, fixed bin storage & other commonly used storage area.
• Involved inallocationof material for the specific vendor on the basis of certain criteria.

Confidential, Austin, TX

SAP MM/WM/MDM Consultant

Environment: SAPR/3ECC6.0(Configuration,DataLoading,Validation&RICEF)

Responsibilities:

• Implementation according toASAP methodologywhich includes BusinessBlue-Printing, Realization and Go live and Support.
• Worked inGAPAnalysisand helped client in selection and implementation of suitable solutions.
• Configuration of purchasing documents, requisitions,RFQ, release procedures, pricing conditions, info records, invoice verification and maintain source list
• Configuredvendor master record; created vendor account groups, number ranges, incoterms, text types, purchasing group, partner determination, and terms of payment.
• Configurationof special stocks in inventorymanagement for subcontracting and vendor consignment Materials.
• Setuptolerance limitsfor invoice verification, and processed verification, block, release of invoices
• Configured WM organization structureby defining and creating storage types, storage sections, storage bins manually & automatically designed storage areas, high rack storage, bulk storage, fixed bin storage & other commonly used storage area.
• Involved inallocationof material for the specific vendor on the basis of certain criteria.
• Configuredautomatic and immediategeneration of transfer requirement and transfer order
• Set up in moving stock from one storage location to another withstock transfer order
• Configured WH structure forRF devices and Mobile Data Entryfor various movement types in warehouse
• Activated RF monitorfor various warehouse and inventory management transactions
• Processed transactions such as GR, GI, stock transfer posting,availability check and stock differences
• Conversions for data load in SAP fromlegacy systemusing LSMW.
• Configured materials withShelf-Life Expiration Dateand configured materials for split valuation.
• Created physical inventory settings, documents, posting differences, inventory sampling, and cycle counting.
• Used Runtime Analysis, debugging and dump analysis, in order to analyse the performance of Applications in ABAP Workbench
• Worked onEDI process(partner type, partner profile, message type, Inbound and outbound parameters) for purchase orders (850), order confirmation (855), order shipping notification (856) and Invoices (810).
• Customized process for single step picking strategy as well as two stage picking strategy
• Developed specs for multipleRICEFobjects-Reports, enhancements to transactions, and user exits.
• Schedule and monitorbackground jobsfor automatic update for various tables.
• Creation oftest data, preparation of test plans, unit & integration testing.
• Preparedend-user manualand provided necessary training to end-users.
• Providedgo-live and post-live support. Coordinated with the local team to resolvepost go live integration issues.
• Handledproduction support issuesin the form oftickets, queries and change requests, trouble documents.

Confidential, Forth worth, TX

SAP Master data Functional Analyst

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 (Roll Out, Configuration, Testing and Post Production support)

Responsibilities:

• Design & Blueprint phase: In this phase, scheduled the necessary SME’s for design workshops and was involved in the discussion of the core business processes and mapping it with the existing Rexam Core model. Functional specifications (FSPEC’s & FIREC’s) included enhancements, interfaces, reports & Forms & conversions were documented as per the requirements.
• Worked in Master Data Conversions for data load in SAP from Legacy system using LSMW.
• Developed specifications for multiple RICEF objects-reports, user exits, and enhanced standard SAP reports.
• Was part of the Master data team and participated in data migration activities. Interacted with the users in collecting the data and involved in uploading of Master Data using tools like LSMW.
• Customized plant parameters for MRP and consumption based planning and defined MRP groups and controllers.
• Establishing the whole procurement Cycle from automatic creation of Requisitions from MRP run to invoice verification.
• Configured MRP settings for Single-item/Multi-level MRP run.
• Tested a user exit validation of shipment and warranty updates. Upon post goods of the shipment for outbound delivery this user exit updates the equipment master last ship date and warranty begin date as ship date.
• Involved in gathering requirements from the user and preparing functional specification.
• Involved migration of data using LSMW.
• Preparing the Technical Specification.
• Enhancements to the existing programs according to the client requirement.
• Configured WM function in basic Master data update, Warehouse structure setup like storage type, Storage section, Bins, Quant’s, Stock management (for batch), WM movement types, Goods receipts, Goods Issue, Stock Replenishment, Picking and Put away strategies, HUM, automatic generation of Transfer orders from Transfer requirements during Goods Receipts by creating Special Indicators.
• Define Packing material type and material group and assigning them for HU creations and created Packaging instruction using transaction POP1 and assigned material to the packaging instruction using transaction POF1 and extensively worked on testing Pallet and Carton Labels.
• Responsible for implementing user requirements for a SAP Console rollout to all the sites. Designed SAP Console screens, including storage location to storage location move, with QA inspection lots, storage units and complex configurations. Also worked on goods issue and goods receipt from Process Orders, including the receipt of by-products and intermediate products, the staging of production raw materials and other applications. Produced detailed Functional designs for offshore development and tested the resultant code at unit system and user acceptance levels.
• Worked extensively on the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) & integration testing (script) of MM- IM - WM
• Testing integration of PP module; MRP runs, conversion of Planned Orders into Purchase Requisitions, creation of schedule lines.
• Provided user training and support for various teams in OTC processes-Customer Service team and Billing Team.
• Manage SAP Support calls: issue resolution / debugging / bug fixing / apply OSS notes. Configured EDI/IDOC for different message types to distribute data also involved in customizing the interfaces
• Configured Shipping parameters for Warehouse processing outbound deliveries through shipping points and automatic specification of picking location and configured Delivery types for normal sales order and Return Deliveries Inter and Intra stock transport order types.
• Worked on Inter Company Billing. Credit/debit Memos, Revenue Recognition and inter-company stock transfers.
• Configured message Types for Purchase Order and setup Release Procedures for purchasing documents.
• Assisted the QM team on configuring QM in procurement/ production and shipping processes, setting up QM Master Data. Worked on configuring Quality inspection, Result Recording, Notification processing, In-process Inspection and Result recording process.
• Worked on preparing Testing scenarios. Test scripts / Scenarios involved end - to - end based on the actual business. There were 4 cycles of testing which included integration and regression testing
• Worked on Cut over Activities, Go live and Post Go Live Support in supporting the business on the entire logistics front outbound and inbound along with the business personnel independently on site.

Confidential, Chattanooga, TN

SAP Retail/WM-LE/MM Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 Retail,SAP SCM 5.1 (Process Design, Realization and Testing)

Responsibilities:

• Understanding user requirements, filling in the storyboard for the business processes, preparing the BPML (Business Process Master List) and business Blue Print in Warehouse/Materials Management for the SAP implementation.
• Responsible for the technical and functional upgrade from SCM 5.1.0 to SCM 7.0.
• Developed Test Scripts and collected master data.
• Set up organizational enterprise structure and Global settings for IM-MM/WM modules
• Performed customizing of master data like Material Master and Vendor master
• Configured the complete purchase cycle of raw materials, Finished Products and third party procurement using the optimization techniques of MM purchasing. Processing of PR's, RFQ's, quotations and PO's and outline agreements.
• Applied OSS notes in the areas of SCM block planning and maintenance.
• Resolving issues of CIF Queues, Consistency check
• Executed complete Procurement process - Customized material types assigned number ranges, setup screen layouts for purchasing documents like RFQ, Quotation, Purchase Requisition's and Purchase Order's.
• Functional Team Lead - Managed a group of R/3 functional consultants to develop and integrate the SAP WM/MM module. Managed Project timeline and milestones for the team.
• Configuring Inventory Management Parameters for all Goods movements like Goods Receipts, Goods Issues, Reservations, GR for blocked stock, Goods returns and Created physical inventory settings, documents, posting differences, Annual Inventory, Inventory Sampling and Cycle counting.
• Configured Output Determination for Deliveries and Billing Documents, Shipping Points, Shipping Conditions and Shipping Point Determination, Configuration of Shipping and Transportation activities - Processing Deliveries.
• Analyzed and evaluated the warehouses activities including receiving, storing, moving, picking, shipping and quality inspection
• Resolved issues in inventory by using Batch management, handling of special stocks, and creation of new storage locations for business gaps.

Confidential, Sanford, NC

SAP MM/WM Functional Analyst

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7 to ECC 6.0(GO- LIVE and Post Production Support)

Responsibilities:

• Worked extensively on MM/WM/SD Interface through the Shipping module to process delivery documents.
• Help resolve issues related to make to Order Production (MTO) and monitored the Warehouse Monitor and help keep all the parameters in check.
• Involved in resolving and clearing issues related to Inventory, Interim Storage areas and negative stocks, Picking and Put away of Material from the Warehouse and Interim Production areas and shipment of Packing Materials and empty Totes and Containers.
• Worked on Storage unit (SU) management to optimize warehouse capacity and control material flow by utilizing storage units within the warehouse.
• Involved in setting picking and Put-away strategies specified for the material/WM also specifying Capacity of storage bins correctly if they are incorrectly specified while being created.
• Help familiarize the operations of RF user console like entry of data to post GI/GR, physical inventory count results, Transmission of delivery documents in shipping and resolve any issues related to it and to track the material receipt process.
• Setup creation of outline agreements - scheduling (delivery/forecast delivery) and contracts Value/quantity based. Tested new ABAP program ZFI GL PALM EXTRACT to send the confirmation report from LH system to TPE source system through HPSB and SFTP server.
• Prepared the training documents for end user with client team and also conducted the workshops for training for the plants trainer.
• Post Go-Live support by resolving various issue in purchasing and inventory management in a timely manner.