PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• SAP Functional consultant with 9 years of extensive experience in Production Planning (PP).
• Experience in PP module on the configuration and flow of processes - Demand Planning, work center, BOM, Routing and Material requirement planning (MRP).
• S/4 HANA project experience including migration from current ECC version and knowledge of new S/4 HANA features.
• Rich knowledge in Material Requirement planning (MRP) and its configuration settings, serial number, defined MRP profiles, MRP groups, MRP type.
• Expertise in configuring Process Management, Process Instructions and Process Messages including Process Order and SAP PP-PI configuration.
• Configured objects in capacity requirement planning like formulae, availability check during order create and release, standard value key, shift sequences, production schedulers, MRP controller and schedule margin key.
• Worked on MTS (Make to stock), MTO (Make to order), Make to order for configurable material, stock requirement/MRP lists, Variant configuration, super BOM's.
• Ability to create test plans, test case designs based on the business use cases.
• Integration testing, unit testing, functional testing, and helped end user in accepting testing.
• Developing functional specifications for various outputs like printing of quotations and purchase orders for standard purchasing, subcontracting, consignment, Goods Receipts slips, Labels, pick list and packing slips, Bill of Lading.
• Knowledge of change control procedures as per FDA regulations in Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Industry.
• Involved in all phases of ASAP implementation, including blueprinting, gap analysis, mapping, design, and configuration, testing, go-live, user training and post production support.
• Configurable Materials KMAT with Super BOM and Routing, Variant Class, Characteristics, Characteristics Values. Assigned Object Dependencies, Preconditions, Actions, Selection Conditions, Constraints and Procedure to Configurable Profile.
• Core Industrial and Manufacturing background with exposure to Retail, Telecommunication, Federal, Manufacturer and Pharmaceutical environments.
• Expertise in batch management, batch classification and back flush to issue materials.
• Configured Material Master, Vendor Master, Purchasing, Contracts, Scheduling agreements, Info records, Source lists, Release Strategies, Pricing, Service master, Account determination, Batch determination, serialization, Vendor evaluation and Partner determination.
• Proficiency in Spec Designing, Gap Analysis, Technical Documentation, interacting with the Super Users & End User Training, Reporting and Data Conversion and uploading of Master Data, Go-Live implementation and after go-live support.
• Understanding & Analyzing customer’s ‘AS-IS’ Business Processes and mapping ‘TO-BE’ processes.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP Systems: SAP R/3 4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5.0, 6.0, S/4 HANA

SAP: PP, PP-PI

Computer Languages: C, C++, JAVA, Python

Operating Systems: MS DOS, Windows 98/XP/Vista/7.0, Mac

MS Office: Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio, Project

SAP Tools: HP Quality center, LSMW

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Lancaster, PA

SAP PP/QM Consultant

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Nature of Project: Full Lifecycle Implementation
• Worked as a Multi-Functional, Multi-Project Consultant involved in both full life cycle implementation and Up-gradation Project
• Prepared functional specifications and configured based on client requirements.
• Configured Plants, Storage Locations, Purchase Organizations and Purchase groups.
• Implemented SOP, Demand Management, MRP, MPS, capacity planning, and classification.
• Configured Inventory Management Parameters for all Goods movements like Goods Receipts, Goods Issues, Reservations, GR for blocked stock, Goods returns etc.,
• Configured the system for Intra-company and Inter-company stock transfer.
• Used the planning strategies 20, 70, 10 & 50
• Implemented the solutions for different kind of products manufactured using Steel, rubber and plastic.
• Designed the solution for manufacturing and assembly units.
• MRP run solution based on demand through PIR, Sales order and Scheduling agreements.
• Implemented the concept of ECR with digital signature.
• Concepts of safety time coverage, planned delivery days were used for accurate dates in PR’s created as a result MRP run.
• Implemented the concept of FOI and LOI.
• Concept of sampling schema was implemented.
• Extensively worked with Shop Floor Control activities and particularly with all phases in this Make - to - Order scenario.
• Configured Material Master Records including defining material types, defining the MRP views required as per the user requirement for PP.
• Configured “Bill of Materials” for finished materials and Semi-finished materials as per requirement.
• Configured dynamic availability check and setting up of missing part check.
• Setting up discussions with FICO, and SD leads at various stages to ensure the proper and correct account postings for all goods movements.
• Worked extensively with the Shop Floor Control including creation of Process Order types, Resources, Goods Movements, Operation confirmation and Availability checks.
• Implemented Quality Management module with emphasis on QM in Production with respect to statistical process control.
• Blue print documents for the following business scenarios - QM in Procurement, QM in Production, QM in Sales and Distribution, QM master Data, QM notifications-Vendor related defect notifications, Internal Problem notifications, Customer Complaint notifications, and new product Development notifications
• Participated in the sessions to collect the requirements from business in the Compounding and SFS business areas and prepared the Business Blue Print for the Variant Configuration module.
• Designed and developed the required Characteristics, Classes, Object Dependencies and Variant Tables for the KMATs.
• Worked with business users in setting up the Super BOMs and Object dependencies for selection of BOM components. Designed and developed the custom pFunctions to query the database tables and get the IDs that required for SD and QM teams.
• Configured ALE for sending the Variant Configuration Master Data from development client to be required test clients.
• Involved in developing the Training Material for the users in Variant Configuration module.
• Worked closely with PP team in getting the required characteristic values to the Process Orders. Supported both the MTO and MTS strategies for business processes.
• Identified the training needs and trained the core users. Participated in the preparation of customization documents and user’s manual.

ENVIRONMENT: 1610 SAP S/4 HANA

Confidential, Glendale, California

SAP PP-PI/QM Functional Analyst

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Nature of Project: Enhancement and Support
• Working as a SAP PP-PI Functional Analyst involved in both Production support and enhancements
• Worked on Creating and maintained PP-PI Master data BOM, Master Recipe, Resource's and Production Version for newly created plants.
• Worked on SAP custom program to auto create BOM's.
• Involved in new plants roll out including MRP Planning File Entries, Maintaining MRP Plant parameters, Scheduling Parameters and Special Procurement Keys.
• Configuration of PI sheets, process messages for selected products; Assigned Process Instructions to Phases and developed customized PI sheets (Browser-based)
• Configured Control Recipe destinations, Process messages and Process instruction categories; Created PI categories using PI assistant wizard
• Used the combination of planning strategies 20 & 70 to bifurcate the demand planning Vs supply planning. 21 strategy group for the materials driven through project systems.
• Highly integration with the PS module for the business segments like CDS, CMS, Discovery, biology & Chemistry.
• Sort string usage to identify the materials which has similar characteristics for controlling the quantities at the time of creating the manual reservation.
• Used the concepts of phases and relationships in master recipe for accurate results in production scheduling.
• Manual reservation creation with process order - phase link using the BAPI.
• External number range for process order as per the product code, serial no and fiscal year logic.
• Usage for batch characteristics for recording the crucial parameters for the production GR batch.
• PI sheets usage for recording the phase start and end timings online.
• Option of weighing details recording for the batch and by-products at the time of goods issue and phase confirmation.
• Concepts of safety time coverage, planned delivery days were used for accurate dates in PR’s created as a result MRP run.
• Change records for process orders were captured successfully.
• Fiori apps training to the client for the tiles Monitor Internal Requirements, Monitor Material Coverage, Monitor Process Order, etc.
• Mixed batch inspection process
• Worked on various Class Types including Material class, Batch class, and Order Control class and managed Object Dependencies for characteristics and characteristic values.
• Provided support to end users and coordinated with them to resolve various issues on Z- reports, serial numbers, batch job failures and custom tables.
• Created Inspection Plans and assigned to Inspection Characteristics and Sampling Procedures to Inspection Plans.
• Configured process order types, resources, goods movements, and Operation Confirmation and availability checks.
• Configured Quality Notifications in aspects of the internal problem.
• Configured the Quality notification workflow to streamline the Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) management, by automatically notifying relevant quality, manufacturing, purchasing and engineering teams.
• Created SAP Queries, Query group, and Info, set for having custom reports.
• Worked extensively on Unit testing and Integration testing, used work soft certify for testing the system for any inconsistencies and Created new test scenarios for custom enhancements for the new plants.
• Used solution manager as an implementation tool throughout the project for developments and bug fixes.
• Selection of use of material variant or use of configurable material as per client's requirement.

ENVIRONMENT: 1610 SAP S/4 HANA

Confidential, Lake Forest, IL

Lead SAP PP/QM Consultant

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Nature of Project: Enhancement and Support
• Been through various stages of ASAP methodology, worked right from Blue print phase to Go-Live phase of the life cycle.
• Extensively worked on Shop Floor Configuration for the new plants; Custom Order Types, Order Type Dependent Parameters, Scheduling Profile and Confirmation Parameters.
• Reconfigured 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.
• Involved in new plants roll out including MRP Planning File Entries, Maintaining MRP Plant parameters, Scheduling Parameters and Special Procurement Keys.
• Maintained make to order planning, planning with final assembly strategy for various products.
• Involved in developing custom programs to calculate safety stock and re-order point based on the demand and history.
• Worked on the integration of the Demand data between ECC and APO
• Helped in maintaining backorder processing, back flushing, and automatic goods movements.
• Involved in Configuration of Inventory Management like Goods Receipt, Goods Issue, Transfer posting, Return Delivery and Stock transfers, Reservations, and Reporting in inventory management.
• Configured planning strategies and requirements types, creation of MRP elements, basic and lead time scheduling, strategy group to MRP group assignments, define MRP controllers, plant parameters, and lot size calculations and planning horizons.
• Involved in Master Data mappings of Material Master, Vendor Masters.
• Created and executed Unit and Integration testing plans based on input from business and IT team members.
• Worked on Make to Order (MTO) strategy 40 (Planning with Final Assembly) as per client requirements.
• Worked on Capacity Planning and configured Capacity Evaluation, Capacity Leveling, and Capacity Requirements.
• Configured PO, PR, STO, Source List, Quota Arrangement, Purchase Info Records.
• Configured and designed Vendor Evaluations, Scheduling Agreements, and Consignment.
• Developed Functional Design Specifications according to requirements for enhancements in reports for PP and MM.
• Worked on QM Blueprints for the major PM business processes: Raw material Inspection, In process Inspection, Final Inspection, Calibration, QM in Return and repair Processing & Certificate of Analysis (COA).
• Monitored Order confirmation and backflush of material on Shop floor and supported the transition from legacy system to SAP during Cut Over period.
• Active production support for issues related to Production Planning and Material Management.
• Worked with frozen schedules using planning time fences and MRP types.
• Configuration of core SAP MM, Purchasing requirements to meet defined business requirements.
• Provided Go-Live and post Go-Live support.

ENVIRONMENT: SAP ECC 6.0

Confidential, Exton, PA

SAP PP-PI Consultant

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Nature of Project: Full Life Cycle Implementation
• Involved in Full Life Cycle Implementation from designing to end user training and production support.
• Manufactured scenarios in PP-PI for Make to Stock (MTS).
• Worked on Material Master, Resources, Master Recipe, and MRP, Converting Planned Orders, Release, Confirmations, Goods Movements and Cancellation.
• Involved in creating batch Management, Batch Determination, Batch Classification, Batch Strategies and Serialization.
• Defined the planning parameters like Planning Horizon, Planning Time Fence, maintained Safety Stock, Lot Sizing Procedures, and Rounding Profiles.
• Maintained and defined Scheduling Parameters, parameters for Basic Dates, scheduling parameters for Planned Orders. Defined Order types, order type dependent parameters, settlement type, status profile and control indicators.
• QA inspection lot BADI enhancement to build DD250 Shipment number - custom tables built to support process.
• Defined Conversions for Planned Orders to Purchase Requisitions, and Purchase Orders.
• Worked together with Business Users for identifying and designing the various test scenarios and for creating detailed Test Cases and Test Scripts for Unit testing using Mercury Quality center.
• Worked on Control recipes simulation in Master Recipe, Control Recipe monitoring and reporting process message through PI sheet.
• Worked on process orders and Confirmation of process orders through process messages.
• Defined Control keys, Confirmation parameters based on different order types for various production orders.
• Integration testing with MM/SD/FICO such as Procure to Pay, Demand to fulfilment order to cash scenarios.
• Recorded the Gaps using solution manager which were analyzed during the workshop and have designed to the solutions for the gaps.
• QM Master Data including QM view, MIC, Inspection Method, Sampling Procedure, Inspection Plan and Certificate Profile
• Trained process owners for Classes and Characters maintenance, material master for configurable material.
• Configured, Designed and Implemented Catalogs, Inspection Characteristics, Inspection Methods, Sample Determination, QM-Specific Data in Material Master and Dynamic Modification Rules
• Involved in the backlog teams in helping the end users with clearing the backlogs and understanding the business flow in the organization.
• Prepared documentation for knowledge transfer and trained key users. Monitored the helpdesk and resolved the issue/quarries for end users.

ENVIRONMENT: SAP ECC 6.0

Confidential, Dallas, TX

SAP PP/PP-PI Functional Consultant

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Nature of Project: Full Life Cycle Implementation
• Worked closely with the business and project team members to evaluate business needs, defining and prioritizing requirements and agreeing process flows and analytical capabilities that align wherever possible with leading practice business processes.
• Created work centers, routings, production versions, Info records, cost centers.
• Created cut over plan prior to Go-Live.
• Configured various objects in Capacity requirements planning like formulas, availability check during order create and release, standard value keys, overall profile, shift sequences, scheduling parameters for planned and production orders, production schedulers and MRP controllers, order type dependent parameters, Production Order confirmation and Scheduling Margin keys
• Wrote function specifications for as per the business requirements for ABAP team.
• Worked in Data Migration using LSMW, BDC.
• Involved in creation of operations and phases in master recipes by defining control keys, relationships between phases and standard values Configured Production Variants using material master formula within recipes.
• Worked on Material requirement planning, Master production scheduling, Long term planning and reorder-based planning.
• Involved in new plants roll out including MRP Planning File Entries, Maintaining MRP Plant parameters, Scheduling Parameters and Special Procurement Keys.
• Implemented Detailed Scheduling, Evaluation and Leveling to allocate operations to resources Configured PI sheets, process messages and process instructions.
• Worked on Control Recipes simulation in master recipe, control recipe monitoring, Reporting process messages through PI sheet.
• Created and configured the Master data including the material master, master recipes and resources. Calculated capacity requirements for resources by using standard values and formula constants.
• Configured settings for batch determination and batch check in case of process orders.
• Defined batch-specific material unit of measure to capture amount of active ingredients
• Production Support for Production order creation, Batches Management, Inventory Posting and Quality Management.
• Defined characteristics groups, characteristics, and set up process message categories as customization of process messages.
• Configured Repetitive manufacturing functions such as REM profile, planning table, Product cost collectors and back flushing.
• Interacted with the Controlling team to solve issues related to costing sheet, activity pricing, work center, activity type and cost center assignment mapping, product cost collectors.
• Created training documentation and trained users.
• Collected Data from users before customizing.
• Provided support during and Post Go-live.

ENVIRONMENT: SAP ECC 6.0

Confidential, Richmond, VA

SAP PP Consultant

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Nature of Project: Full Life Cycle Implementation
• Prepared data mapping spread sheets, custom reports, enhancements and uploaded master data for BOM, Work Centers and Routings.
• Responsible for configuring background jobs for MRP run, Special procurement keys to resolve planning and production issues between different plants.
• Used various planning methods for MRP and total planning at plant level both online as well as background.
• Resolved MRP issues with relevance to scheduling dates of PO and planning file entry.
• Configured routing determination, MRP plant parameters, MRP groups, MRP types, lot size calculation, planned orders and movement types.
• Configured Production scheduling profile, Production order types and automatic purchase requisitions from MRP.
• Worked extensively on Sales and Operation Planning (SOP) and Demand Management.
• Defined Requirement types, Demand Management techniques, BOM Explosion/Routing selection.
• Created various standard Material Management (MM) documents which include Purchase requisition (PR), Purchase Orders (PO), Purchase Info Record.
• Creation and changes in release strategies in Purchase requisition and Purchase orders.
• Worked on Vendor Master, Source List and defined screen layout for Purchase Info Records.
• Defined number ranges for Purchase requisitions and Purchase orders.
• Developed custom reports for production order status, backlog of the load, list of production order quantity changes.
• Responsible for training my counterpart besides training and creating documents and presentations.
• Interacted with ABAP team to deliver the client requirements
• Performed data migration using LSMW for master records like material master, vendor master, purchase info record, open purchase orders.
• Worked with BASIS team regarding the issues on user access to setup enterprise profiles.
• Worked on unit testing, integration testing on various scenarios for the PP module.

ENVIRONMENT: SAP ECC 6.0

Confidential

SAP PP Consultant

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Nature of project: Enhancement and Support
• Was involved in configuring the MTO and MTS strategies, defining requirements type and allocating the requirements class.
• Worked on scheduling methodologies, configured strategy group and assigning of strategy group to MRP group.
• Created and maintained Bill of Materials and Routings for the semi-finished and finished products as per the requirements of the business.
• Designed Event driven KANBAN PP integration with warehouse management (WM), stock posting, transfer order and custom table updates with RF transactions.
• Prepared the unit test scripts and integration test scripts and executed the unit test and integration test.
• Was involved in creating inactive versions of the plan using SOP and transferring the active version of the plan to demand management.
• Modified the settings for production scheduling profile, missing parts profile.
• Configured and executed the Shop Floor activities including creation of orders, conversion of planned orders, shop floor papers, goods movements, order confirmations and availability check.
• Good Working Experience in Enhancements- User exits, BADI’s.
• Implemented Capacity Planning and capacity levelling for work centers.
• Configuring custom order types Production Order types, Planning strategies and confirmation control keys.
• Changed the configuration settings that existed for lot-sizing procedure and defined rescheduling check.
• Modified the settings for reorder point and time-phased procurement of raw material.
• Maintained the configuration profile and made necessary settings in the configuration for classification.
• Created and executed test scripts in Unit Testing and Integration Testing.
• Identified the training needs and trained the core users. Participated in the preparation of customization documents and user manual.

ENVIRONMENT: SAP R/3 4.6C