SUMMARY:

• Accomplished SAP Supply Chain/ Production Planning consultant with 14 years of SAP consulting - architecting and delivering sap solution (Greenfield implementation, rollout and support projects) to global organizations in Food, Automotive components, Engineering, Chemicals and Packaging industry.
• 12+ years of prior business/ functional experience as an Industrial/Production Engineer/ Production Manager.
• Proven shop floor experience in Automotive, Light engineering, Consulting and IT service industry. Managed and delivered projects/operations significantly improving plant performance measured against Delivery, Inventory Turnover, Labor Productivity, Logistics System Improvement and Customer Satisfaction. Hands on with KAIZEN, TQM, SMED, TQC, BPR and other global practices leading towards achieving world class manufacturing conditions.
• SAP Consulting: End to end implementation, rollout and support projects in SAP using ASAP methodology or client specific methodologies, good grasp of business processes, conducting and facilitating requirement gathering workshops, prototyping, fit-gap analysis, requirements mapping and tracking, solution design, unit, string and integration testing, UAT, RICEF, Functional design of Interface with MES, Production Support, Project Management and People Management. SAP skill area includes PP (Discrete, Repetitive and Process), QM, PP-WM and Integration with CO, MM, SD and WM.
• Operation Management: Managed and delivered creditable outcome in manufacturing environment through enhanced production system leading to improved profitability, better working conditions and highly satisfying customers.
• Business Development: spearheaded business development functions for IT organization and successfully established product and services among corporate and government customers, build and strengthen existing and new partnerships with product developing organizations for representing them in India.
• Academic Engagement: Organized and conducted many executive training programs on computer aided factory layout, organizational redesign and Value Engineering.
• Production Planning Module: Hands-on experience with Material Masters, BOMs, Work Canters/Resources, Recipes/Routings, Production Version and PRT’s. Change control of Master Data with Engineering Change Management (ECR/ECO), Resource Network/Hierarchy, APO integration, Demand Management Covering Make to Stock, Make to Order, Long Term Planning and MRP (MRP and Consumption Planning). Capacity Planning and leveling,
• PP-CO Integration: Design, configuration of work center/ resource parameters to capture required cost details. Design, configuration of BOM and Routing/Recipes to capture Material and operational direct/indirect) cost to support organizations costing requirements.
• Shop Floor Control: Production/Process Order Maintenance, Production Scheduling Profile, Order Release, Shop Floor papers, Order Type parameters, Confirmation Parameters, Process Management. Back flushing, COGI (Goods Movement Error Processing)
• Engineering Change Management (ECM): ECN, ECO in BOM, Recipes.
• Quality Management Module: Inspection Plans, Inspection Types, Material Master, Inspection Characteristics, In process and Post process inspection, Inspection Lot processing, Results Recording, Notifications and Usage Decisions, Quality Info-records, inspection lot for calibration.
• Batch Management/Serialization: Defined and Configured for Production and Repetitive process, Batch Classification, Batch Determination. Batch Derivation. Serialization Profile.
• Material Management: Goods Receipt, Goods Issues, Stock Transfer, Physical stocks, Batch determination, Output determination, Subcontracting, RF Transactions. Physical inventory.
• Handling Unit Management: HUM in Discrete and Repetitive mfg, Generated customer labels at HU creation during production.
• PP WM Integration: Control Cycle, Production Supply Areas, Pick and Crate parts, Transfer Orders, Activating PP interface with WM.
• PP-APO: ECC Master data (Material master, Resources, Recipes) integration with APO.
• FRICE: Build, tested and implemented functional specs for Shop Floor Papers, WIP Labels, HU Labels, Enhancements, Use Exits, OEE Reports, BI Driven Report, Interface for PLC/Legacy Systems, Functional specs for Interface with MES in PP and PP PI module and Batch Jobs.
• Solution Manager: Good working knowledge of solution manager.
• HP Quality Centre (HPQC) (Mercury Test Centre): Authored and executed Test Plans within the Mercury HP Quality Centre Application.
• Training: Development of Training material using U-Perform, creation of data for user training, Conducting workshops, end user training.
• Project Methodology: IBM Express Solution, ASAP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Chicago, IL

SAP PP-PI/QM Consultant

• Design and configuration of BOM, Resource, Recipes to meet CO requirements.
• Custom program to link SFG with FG orders to support Linked Order design. (Linked order design was conceptualized to mimic Collective Order without std collective order conditions)
• Custom Transaction to collect machining and labour time for batch of production and subsequently distributing such collected time for each process order while executing confirmation.
• Custom Scheduling tool facilitating users to convert sales orders, due for delivery in a given week days range, to process orders and interactively schedule/sequence such process orders.
• Cutover Activities pertaining to Physical inventory, initial stock upload, smoke test.
• Custom development for executing Mass Goods Issue.
• Extensive Hyper care (post go live) support to help users in using SAP, Batch management at receiving, goods receipt and Goods Issue (Batch determination) Batch traceability, Batch guiding users in clearing COGI errors etc.

Confidential,Milwaukee, WI

SAP QM/PP-PI Consultant

• Deep engagement with business representatives and leading to design of Master Data Bill of Material, Resources, Resources Hierarchy, Resource Network, Resource Classification, Recipes, Production Versions, Inspection chart to facilitate Planning and Execution in ECC, MES, INFORAS and APO.
• Designed QM process for production and defined interfaces (QM and PP-PI) with MES.
• Master Data conversion specifications and guiding Business representatives in building master data load files where ever required.
• Complete Base Line configuration and unit test.

Confidential,San Leandro, CA

SAP PP-PI Consultant

• Responsible for designing configuring, testing (unit and integration), processes to support product cost structure as defined for global requirements and implementing new design to plants in phased manners to all the North America plants, Training to users on changed transactions and processes and hyper care.
• Functionality includes configuring new order type (Production, Sanitation, R &D and Repacking), restructuring master data (Recipes, Resources, and Resource Hierarchy), collective orders, costing and capacity formulas, Confirmation Enhancements.

Confidential

Delivery Lead MTD

• Delivered services for localization of Global template rollout which includes, Integration and regression testing, Defect resolution, Security Design, Data Migration, building Training data for PP and QM modules and hyper care. On-going user support for the production issues rose through Remedy Tool as service restoration or service request (New enhancements, changes which may lead to new configuration (includes configuration of PI sheets and CRD and FRICE) as the case may be. Participate in Change Board Meetings for prioritization of change requests. Managing development objects across team members, reporting remote team activity, guiding other team members on processes, issues etc.

Confidential,Jackson, MI

SAP-PP Lead

• Workshops on PP module and processes among process owners
• As Is business processes. And design of To Be process leading to blue printing document identifying designed processes, Gaps and their proposed resolution.
• Configuring the System as part of Realization, building functional specs for required FRICE, Master Data Mapping with Legacy system. Unit Testing, Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing. Functional design of Interface with PLC and SOP tools.
• Build Training Plan scope and training assets for user training, delivered training among super users.
• Final Preparation before go-live, hyper care support.
• Managing and reporting project progress, through team, cross functional, project level meetings.

Confidential

SAP SCM Solution Lead

• Managed project activity, task and coordination with business representatives and consultants for the completion of required task.
• As-Is processes were captured trough plant visit and discussions with business representatives.
• To Be processes were designed and blue print documents produced consisting of designed processes, Gaps and their resolution
• Configuring the system as part of Realization, building functional specs for required FRICE, there was no legacy system hence master data was built from scratch. Unit Testing, Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing executed to validate the designed solution.
• Trained end users with designed solution.
• Accomplished task associated with Final Preparation before go-live.
• Provided hyper care support.

Confidential

Solution Architect

• Engages with client in scoping of exiting application landscape as used in their retail operation encompassing, Planning, POS, Receiving and Shipping, Customer Service etc. building bid proposal for supporting the entire application landscape with respect to Skills requirement, Number of FTE’s required for successful bidding.

Confidential,Milwaukee, WI

SAP Support Centre Manager

• As Support Centre Manager mandate was to Project was to provide SSC leadership and Tier 2 technical and functional resources to support Rockwell’s SAP production environment. Manage Transition of services form the incumbent service provider, stabilize production environment and assist RA with implementing baseline procedures to enable RA to achieve Advanced Certification with SAP.
• Engages with client in scoping of exiting application landscape as used in their retail operation encompassing, Planning, POS, Receiving and Shipping, Customer Service etc. building bid proposal for supporting the entire application landscape with respect to Skills requirement, Number of FTE’s required for successful bidding.

Confidential,Columbia, MD

Project/SCM lead

• Lead on-site team in Knowledge Transition activities, prepare KT plan schedule and report its progress and work to meet slippages and delays.
• Coordinate with offshore stream leads to ensure the progress of KT.
• Reviewing delivery artefacts like Application Information Document (AID) and guiding team their completeness.
• Closely work with Delivery Manager in building engagement process for medium and large enhancement project.
• Closely work with client process leads in requirement gathering estimation and validation for large and medium enhancements and roll outs requirements.