SUMMARY:

• 9+ years of Extensive IT Experience working in SAP R/3(Rel: 4.7 to ECC 6.4) functional consultant in SAP Material Management (MM), ARIBA & Production Planning (PP), as a functional consultant/Business Analyst
• 3 full - life cycle SAP implementations with ASAP methodology - Scoping, Project Preparation, Business Blue Printing, Realization, Final Preparation, Go-Live and continuous support including AS IS - TO BE and Gap analysis.
• Extensive experience in SAP MM, PP & ARIBA configuration, customization and cross-functional integration with SD, FI/CO, WM, QM & APO, Solution Manager, SAP Fiori, eCATT modules.
• Organized and maintained Material Master data for various clients for efficient business process representation
• Excellent experience in SAP MM Purchasing, Inventory Management, MRP and Purchasing settings.
• Experience in ARIBA P2P and Invoice Pro scenarios, Ariba-PI-ECC interface and trouble shooting.
• Good exposure in handling service request & handling enhancements request with Ariba.
• Extensive experience with designing and configuring Purchase Requisition, Purchase Order, Quota arrangement, Subcontracting, Consignment, Stock Transfer Order (STO), and Physical Inventory process, Cycle Counting, Batch Management and Serialization.
• Experience in PP module on the configuration & flow of processes- Demand Planning, work center, BOM, Routing and Material requirement planning (MRP) and its configuration settings, defined MRP profiles, MRP groups, MRP type.
• Worked on creating and maintaining S&OP, Demand management, shop floor control.
• Knowledge of Supply Chain & Business Processes of Industries. Worked in different Business Division & Industries for SAP R/3 Implementation.
• Expertise in analyzing and extracting core issues in complex business and technical processes as well as providing guidance and supervision to small and large groups.
• Experience in writing Functional Specifications for customizing RICEF and conversion and transfer of master and transactional data from legacy to SAP systems and also worked on LSMW for master data upload.
• Experienced in analyzing utilization of user exits for the business process enhancements.
• Worked on IDOCS and EDI.
• Performed Unit Testing, Integration Testing and also assisted end users in User Acceptance Testing to validate the business scenarios using quality tools such as HP Quality Center, JIRA etc.
• Generated output using Intermec and Zebra type Label printers.
• Expert in RF - Web console Architecture and hands on experience on ITS Mobile.
• Efficient team member with excellent work/time management skills, excellent leadership, communications and interpersonal Skills, ability to work under strict deadlines.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP: SAP R/3 4.7 to ECC 6.4

SAP Modules: SAP MM/IM, ARIBA, PP

Tools: LSMW, BDC, Solution Manager

3rd Party tools: HPQC, SmartKart, AS/400, Microstrategy, Asset Suite, JIRA

Programming Languages: C, C++, SQL

Databases: MS Access, Oracle 8i, 9i

Operating Systems: Sun Solaris, Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP/Vista/7/8

Microsoft Tools: MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS Word

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Allentown, PA

SAP MM/Ariba Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for implementation of P2P Processes for Materials by leveraging the functionality of Ariba Sourcing, Ariba Contract Management, Ariba P2P, Ariba Procurement Catalogs(APC), Ariba Network (Ariba on demand/Cloud solutions) and SAP MM.
• Worked on preparing the AS-IS, GAP and TO-BE documents for P2P processes and sourcing processes.
• Worked on design, configuration and customization for Master Data set up for Ariba and MM for the procurement of materials.
• Worked on design, configuration and customization for Ariba Sourcing and Contract management with MM for the procurement of materials.
• Worked on Sourcing and MM integration for the process flow of contracts from Ariba and ECC through SOA services.
• Worked on design and configuration of Ariba P2P process to procure Materials and Integrated with MM through Process Integration (PI). Guided PI/XI team for integration Ariba Solutions and MM.
• Worked on Ariba Upstream modules & Ariba Downstream modules and integration with SAP procurement
• Worked on design and configuration of Approval Work Flow to route the shopping carts to Purchasers and financial approvers in Ariba P2P.
• Worked on design and configuration of Ariba procurement Catalogs integration with purchase requisition for the procurement of Catalog items from Ariba Catalog Suppliers.
• Worked on design and configuration of Ariba P2P, MM, Ariba Supplier Network for the process flow of requisition Purchase Order, Advance shipping Notification, Inbound delivery, GR and LIV Invoice.
• Worked on integration of Ariba Network for the suppliers to log in and create POA, ASN and LIV Invoice through PI.
• Worked on design and configuration LIV Invoice process in SAP MM.
• Worked on design and configuration of Material Master Data and Vendor Master Data set up in SAPMM.
• Worked on defining the test cases to cover the P2P and sourcing scenarios in ALMQC.
• Worked on cutover activities for FIT1, FIT2, UAT and Production set up for P2P Scenarios.
• Worked on hyper care and production support issues after go-live and global roll outs for Ariba Sourcing, Ariba P2P, Ariba Procurement content (APC), Ariba Network and SAP MM for S2P Scenarios.
• Worked with end users to develop reports using Ariba Spend Visibility to improve the Supply Chain processes.
• Worked on developing the customizing reports across the Ariba Sourcing, Ariba P2P, MM and Ariba Network modules for entire P2P processes to meet the Target Requirement.

Confidential, Jackson, MO

SAP ERP Support Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathering requirements as per the business need and preparing Business Blue print document. Identified the gaps and prepared Functional specification document.
• Responsible for configuring Material Master, Bill of Material, Work Center and Routing.
• Responsible for configuring order types, scheduling parameters, confirmation parameters, production scheduling profiles, lot sizing procedures.
• Defined and maintained production lines, rate routings and assigned production lines to rate routings.
• Performed single-item, single-item/multi-level MRP runs and monitored MRP/Stock requirement list-individual and collective display.
• Configuring MRP groups for import, local consignment and finished goods as per business requirement.
• Worked extensively on configuring Sales and Operational planning (SOP) and Demand Management.
• Defined Requirement types, Demand Management techniques, BOM explosion and Routing selection.
• Created MRP element through MRP runs, basic and lead time scheduling. Also evaluating MRP results via MRP lists and Stock requirement list.
• Configuration for auto confirmation through barcode, goods issue, correction of errors in goods movement, confirmation of quantity through QM.
• Configured screen layouts material master (Purchasing view), vendor master, material types, movement types, goods issue and goods receipt.
• Worked on Procure to Pay (P2P) including manual and automatic creation of Purchase orders, invoice verification.
• Worked on implementing best practices for handling of purchase order, stock transport orders and scheduling agreements.
• Prepared testing documents for unit testing as well as integration testing.
• Actively participated in resolving the data issues and conflicts within the functional team.
• Monitoring scheduled jobs and their performance.
• Provided training for end users and prepared training manuals.
• Performed unit testing, UAT on various process flows for both PI and MM modules.
• Co-ordinated the Go-live, provided Post go-live support and logging of production issues.

Confidential, Northfield, IL

SAP MM/PM Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participated and facilitated various work sessions and workshops during solution definition phase.
• During this solution definition phase, extensively involved in Prototype, business meeting presentations, demos etc.
• Business contact lead responsible for implementation SAP Asset Management across the US & Canada
• Deployment of high-quality and cost optimized SAP Asset Management (Plant maintenance) functionality, across 32 US business units and 2 Canadian business units.
• Creating strong relationships with business process owners and users
• Serve as key conduit to business users for support as well as new requirements and analysis
• Training the global SME's (Subject Matter Experts) for go-live implementation covering:
• Notification & Work Order creation including (R&M & Capital Work)
• Creating Purchase Requisition from a work order
• Understanding the structure of Equipment Masters
• Managing business KPI (Key performance indicators)
• Managing stock inventory
• Provide input to test scripts and execution testing
• Work with business areas to understand problems and requirement with the system and recommend /development specs to resolve.
• Generated tickets for test problems reported during unit testing to the relevant issue owners.
• Maintained various custom reports generated from SAP during deployment phase for system preparation and clean-up activities before go-live.
• Master Data- Direct & MRO Material Types, Material Groups, number ranges, vendor account groups, partner functions, number ranges etc. changes from SAP 4.7 to SAP ECC.
• Involved in Master Data Migration and conversion from legacy system to ECC for both MM/PM using LSMW and BDC based on the requirement of the client.
• Consistently involved in the project plan as a team member from the PM/MM perspective, keeping a disciplined view of scope and schedules.
• Hands-on ability to customizing (configure) SAP to cover the business requirements & settings in line with the defined template settings
• Documented issues during the go-live
• E-procurement and Invoicing using Smart Kart for MRO Materials
• Develop and lead F2F go-live training both US & Canada onsite locations

Confidential, Dallas, TX

SAP MM/IM/Ariba Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided Production Support as part of a team, resolving the Incidents related to purchasing
• Involved in updating and configuring Master data and master records.
• Supporting day to day issues related to Ariba.
• Experience in Ariba-PI-ECC interface and trouble shooting.
• Good exposure in handling service request with Ariba.
• Good experience in handling enhancements request with Ariba.
• Taking care of Ariba downtime situations.
• Resolved issues related to Goods Issues, Goods Receipt, Reservation, Physical Inventory, Movement Types, Transfer Order, Stock Transfer, Purchase Order, Invoice Verification and other relevant objects in Inventory Management.
• Resolved inventory issues related to the postings of batch managed material using RF.
• Worked on issue related to posting of documents through custom interfaces.
• Configured special stock scenarios in Inventory management for Subcontracting, Consignment materials.
• Worked on custom Release Procedures for Purchase requisition and Purchase orders.
• Worked on goods and invoice verification and customization of business partner functions.
• Processed materials with Shelf Life Expiration Date (SLED) and batch management in the WM system.
• Designed and described Technical and Functional Specifications for customized transactions and programs.
• Configuring the Organizational Structure like Purchase Organization, Plant etc and their assignments.
• Performing root cause analysis for batch failures. Identified number of issues in existing system design and proposed corrective measures.
• Translate customer requirements into formal requirements and design documents
• Prepared Material Master Data maps for all the relevant fields and prepared specifications for Material master conversion and worked on service materials and non-stock materials.
• Identified, obtained, understood, and referenced / attach purchase-associated documents such as contracts, specifications, schedules, insurance certificates.
• Support issues in Catalog enablement and updating catalog CIF files.
• Support PTP Process in Ariba

Confidential, Minnetonka, MN

SAP MM/PP Techno-Functional Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering and preparing Business blue print document identified gaps and prepared Functional specification document.
• Worked across multiple project teams to assist with design, build and testing of the solution.
• Defining MRP controllers, Scope of planning for total planning and planning horizon. .
• Maintained Reorder point and planning time fence, also defined the calendar for planning cycle.
• Defined production schedule profile and serial number profile for the make to order (MTO) stock.
• Configured Schedule Margin key, strategy groups for make to order (MTO), production versions and product cost collectors.
• Maintained REM profiles and backflush indicator for material which are required in repetitive manufacturing.
• Handling MRP with processing key NETCH, NETPL and NEUPL, monitoring MRP list, exceptional message handling, and releasing production orders
• Configured the release procedure for PO and message output determination.
• Configured warehouse management settings with various storage types, selections, storage bins.
• Configured control parameters for Transfer Request/Transfer Order (TR/TO), Setup and developed WM interface with IM, PP.
• Worked extensively on inbound processing for GR confirmation, out-bound processing for deliveries, 2-step picking.
• Activated serial numbers for components produced in plants and used in assembly for other plants.
• Optimized the costs of the final products by changing the routings and maintaining In-house production.
• Optimized the tolerance data based on the production rate and scrap quantity produced, configured the task list, control key, standard text key.
• Developed specifications for multiple RICEF Objects-Reports, enhancements to transactions, user exits and enhanced standard SAP reports.
• Prepared and executed unit and integration test scripts to test business procedures.
• Provided training for end users and prepared training manuals.

Confidential, Rosemont, IL

SAP MM/IM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Analyzing (GAPs) and evaluating existing ‘AS IS’ and proposed ‘TO BE’ system with the business and IT team.
• Extensive involvement in the conceptual design, configuration, prototype presentation, testing and documentation of user manuals of MM module. Played key role as a member of the team interacting with the process owners, top management and users.
• Consistently involved in maintaining the project plan from the MM perspective, keeping a disciplined view of scope and schedules.
• Extensively involved in designing the workflow for Purchase Requisitions based on the Req’s value.
• Have participated in resolving issues related to the workflows.
• Hands-on ability to customizing (configure) SAP to cover the business requirements & settings in line with the defined template settings
• From the Direct procurement perspective, I was involved in configuring organization structure, material types, and vendors, setting up tolerances for price variances, account determination, system messages, number ranges for materials and vendors, material groups and purchasing groups etc.
• From the Indirect procurement perspective, I was involved in configuring indirect buyers and commodity codes, release strategy at purchase requisition and purchase order level, setting up the commodity code or material groups to derive the indirect accounting ( G/L accounts, Cost Center and Project Centers) etc.
• Partner with the ABAP Team to carry out detailed system design and write functional specifications for development
• Involved in PTP master data and transactional data conversion approach.
• Provided various documentations like functional designs, configuration rationales, system and assembly test scripts, training materials etc.
• Responsible for facilitating the gathering of requirements specific to Accounts Payable from 14 sites in 5 countries (which included 7 different stand-alone legacy systems).
• Responsible for training team members on, and for facilitating the creation of global business process flows related to Accounts payable; which includes FI-AP and MM-LIV invoice entry, exception handling and the payment program.
• Maintenance and creation of vendor master data including the setting up of tolerance limits for employees. Defining and setting payment blocks
• Assisted the Vendor Master Team with cleanup and validation of bank details for over 7,000 vendors paid via wire worldwide.
• Involved in ensuring system enhancements and upgrades have been thoroughly reviewed, tested, approved, and communicated to the end-user community prior to production system implementation.