SUMMARY:

• Senior SAP consultant and Project lead. Have more than 21 years of experience in various functions of management and in ERP System SAP R/3 3.1H/4.0B/4.5,4.7, 5.0, 6.0.
• Have led successfully several SAP Implementation teams, upgrade projects and Procurement divisions. Defining vision, strategy and implementation approach, and provide end-to-end solutions for SAP and non-SAP applications, managing custom development, performance testing, dry runs and cutover plan.
• Strengths and experience include business process re-engineering (BPR), building R/3 hierarchical structures, Configuration, Testing, Business procedure Documentation and Training. Have sound knowledge on Project Systems, FI/CO, CCA, PCA CO-PA, New G/L, Splitting, Asset Management, FSCM, IM, Materials Management, Sales and Distribution, Resource Related Billing RRB, HR, CATS and reporting, CATT tools of SAP. Experienced in developing end-to-end solution with sound integration knowledge. Have commendable experience in Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Services, Entertainment, Food/Consumer product, Banking/Financial, Chemical, Legal, Distribution / Retail, Media and Publishing Industries. Experienced in ASAP, Fast Track and other implementation methodologies. Have developed, User Procedures, Training Manuals/Documentation and managed helpdesk and User support teams.
• Strong business process knowledge in Manufacturing process - Repetitive, Discrete Manufacturing, MTS, MTO, ATO, SO, Production & Process orders in order to effectively implement Product Cost Planning and Controlling and strong knowledge in Master data such as Material Master, BOM, Routings, Recipes, Work centers & Costing sheets.
• Have worked along with big consulting firms such as SAP, D&T, PWC etc. as Sub contractor.
• Developing end to end solution for various industries and experience in pre-sales.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, Self motivated, result oriented.
• Very good team player and leadership qualities. Very flexible to adapt to new environments and can work under high-pressure environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SAPR/3 3.1f, 3.1h, 4.0b, 4.5b, 4.6c, 4.7, 5.0, 6.0 - Expert in FI/CO, CO-PA, PS, RRB and Costing. Good integration knowledge, with SD,MM and PP. 
Good knowledge on developing custom developments, user exits, workaround solution, functional and technical specifications and reviewing codes.
Familiarity with other tools - Visio, MS Projects, Knowledge on ABAP/4, XI, Solution Manager, CATT, Mercury, Solution composer.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Client : Confidential, Miami May’10 - To Date

Role: FI/CO, PS, CO-PA Lead consultant

Bacardi is implementing an integrated global solution for various entities across the globe for Beverages sales and solution.

Design and Develop solution to address POS and A&P, tracking the Advertisement, promotions and Marketing costs with Project system. The design includes integration with SRM, APO, PP, MM and SD modules with Pegging and Distribution functionalities. The solution is developed for America’s, Europe and eventually rolled to all global entities. Responsibility includes conducting Blue printing sessions, Make all Entities to agree upon a common process and Configuring SAP solution for America’s and Europe who is already live in SAP.

Design and implement FI/CO, PS, CO- PA, AA, AP, AR integration with all other SAP Modules such as SD, MM, PP, APO, WM, Vertex etc. Develop customized, RA and Settlement process. Design and configure intercompany process and FI/ CO process for Americas including Non-Leading Ledgers, Automated Banking Interfaces, concur interfaces etc. Support the Design and implementation of Excise Duty Solution for Beverage Taxes. Develop Roles and Responsibilities based on the new process ensure the same is in compliance with SOX.

Ensure end to end solution including Logistics, Ware house and Sales and distribution works correctly for the entire solution, act as an integration lead.
Ensure Inventory of finished goods and Raw material including Project Stocks are converted to SAP correctly and Open Sales orders, Purchase orders and Projects are converted correctly. This includes supporting in Writing conversion LSMW’s , ecatt scripts etc. Make sure all the conversion from legacy system to SAP is done accurately including Live Projects, G/L balances, Asset under construction(AUC), Fixed Assets etc. Support Month end closing Processes, including, Result analysis, Settlement, Allocations, Distribution, etc.

Client: Confidential, NJ Aug’09-May’10

Role: FI/CO, RRB, PS Integration Lead consultant

Daiichi Sankyo is one of the fastest growing Japanese Pharmaceutical companies in US with a turnover of $9 billion.

Project 1: CMC - RRB Intercompany Billing:

R&D divisions is responsible for all clinical trials and R&D expenses. These expenses are billed back to parent company in Japan. Certain cases with Markup, in certain cases only the cost is reimbursed. The un-billable time will be billed at 90% of the cost. Because of Organizational changes the present process and configuration needs to be changed. This needs to be done on a very tight timeline with out impacting any of the existing 80 plus projects. The initial implementation of this process took more than 10 months.

A new design was put in place with multiple DIP profiles, new assessment and allocations, Sales process, materials and Cost element groups. Existing sales orders were converted using the old projects and new reports were created to support the billing process. Entire Design, Configuration and conversion was completed in a record time of one month to meet the year-end deadline.
Project 2: Completed EBS Implementation with BOA:
Designed, configured and rolled out Electronic Bank statement. This includes using search strings, User exits, BADI’s to match automatically. Check, ACH, Wire, Bank charges, Payroll, direct debits, Funds, ZBA, Taxes etc.

Plan and change the process to automate the payment process and move to more electronic payments.

Project 3: CIT with PS and FI/CO:
Propose solution, plan and develop new process fixing all the existing issues related to CIT Projects. This includes developing a proposed solution addressing the issues related to Asset capitalization, settlements and the wish list from the various departments of the company. Functionalities proposed include, Time management (CATS), capitalizing internal costs, Resource scheduling, capturing all costs and capitalize and expense costs based on the nature of the cost. Redesign business process and policies on direct procurement of assets and capital projects. Redesigning of SAP system, to fix issues related to settlement and Project status management process. Develop new Process for direct Asset Procurement.

Project 4: R&D clinical projects redesign - Detailed planning of Protocol in clinical Studies and RRB.
Design and develop Planning methods to reflect budget Vs Actual, in lower than Protocol level of clinical trial projects in SAP Project system. This will give better control and visibility on the spending on R&D divisions Clinical Trials. Redesign Project Systems with detailed structures and activities; develop integrated purchase requisition and ordering process to avoid the manual errors. Develop process for services performed and invoice receipts. Develop new improved RRB (Dynamic item processor) process for billing the projects at different levels of the project instead of billing at project level.

Project 5: Redesign and develop process for AP. Review the current Process for Purchasing, GR, IR and Payment process using Workflow and scanned Invoice copies (PDF attachments). Combine Payment methods, Payment Terms, Vendor Master and Payables process combining two different divisions and multiple bank accounts. Move Vendor Payment method from checks to ACH. Introduce ERS for Material suppliers. Develop process for P-Cards.

Other responsibilities include, taking care of any SAP related issues for R&D division as a lead. Resolve all Production issues, layout road map for all new projects. Support Production related to AR/AP/Assets, ECCS etc. Co-ordinate and get all the BI reports from Phase II Reporting projects.

Plan, Develop and manage new process and rollouts on new functionalities including PS, P2P, Treasury BI etc. Redesign and configure system related issues to Purchasing Taxes and Intercompany Billing (RRB). Fix and develop process for Budgeting and Planning R&D Projects. Develop and manage reports in BI (BEX), Fix issues related to Payments, Invoice processing, T&E, Billing and AR cash application etc. for the entire company. Design and develop Authorizations, based on Cost centers and profit centers. Develop/modify process related to PS/CO in the areas of R&D and commercial marketing in line with management’s requirements.

Client: Confidential,MA May’06-May’09

Role : FI/CO, RRB/SD, PS Integration Lead consultant

Invensys is one of the leading companies in Process system control. They have been using SAP extensively in different group companies for past several years. GIBS Project is consolidation of all the IPS companies in different SAP systems (instances) and bring the companies with similar business into one global process leveraging the best practices under one instance and one Controlling Area. Interface with PHR system (SAP HR instance). Ensure Integration with data consistency with BI and SRM. Globally 36 companies brought under one controlling area and one system. This enabled the company to analyze the businesses profitability in better and efficient way.

Design and Develop Process, for Time and Material and Fixed bid Customer Projects, using Project systems, RRB and standard Project orders. Develop and configure Project systems and CO to meet the requirements of Project managers and Financial controllers of different divisions of the company to manage the projects, Resources, Financials and Reporting.

Responsibility includes

Design, Develop and implement inter-company Cross labor Process. Cross company Labor Billing implemented using Resource Related Billing (RRB) functionality of SAP for EE centers across the globe for the time Booked on various Global projects. Develop Process and implement for Accounting Projects including POC and Non POC projects with global nature. Resolve issues related to Result Analysis and Settlement Issues related to Projects, Service contracts and Sales orders. Configure RA and settlement for Revenue and WIP calculation based on project progress and posting differently for different types of projects and business scenario’s.

Design, Develop, configure and implement Revenue Recognition Process for Service contracts, POC and NPOC Projects. To meet the, develop solution using user exits to meet the requirement and develop Reports for Project and Segment reporting (profit center and business segments etc.)

Develop and manage interface of Payroll and Benefits from PHR system (SAP HR) to PBS SAP global system. Interface Concur (travel management) to SAP for billable and non billable Expenses of Employees. Design and develop interfaces for Bank Accounting.

Develop Global Month End process, schedule and sequence Month end closing activities. Automate and simplify the month end process with help of AUTOSYS and Configuring SAP COCKPIT for manual Jobs. Develop process of fixing the errors and preventing the errors from future month end closing process. Month end process includes transfer of time, inter-company billing, Result Analysis , Settlement of Projects, Costing runs and settlement of production orders, Open close periods(including MM periods), Running Revenue recognition programs, Exchange rate uploads, Revaluation of Activities, Assessments and Distributions. Sequencing month end jobs, for companies in different time zones, across the globe.

Develop solution for inter-company processes between manufacturing and trading companies also companies from different regions, using STO for manufactured components along with Project system PS.

Designing cross labor and materials used in different projects using resources and materials across companies utilizing RRB functionalities of SAP. Resolving issues related to Planning, Budgeting, and controlling / Costing , CO-PA issues related to Project management, Production, Service management and Sales related. Resolve issues related to new G/L, AR, AP, G/L splitting functionalities and Asset management for multiple countries, with uplift depreciation. Design, Develop rollouts for multiple countries (Canada, Brazil, Chile, China, Russia, India, UK, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Slovakia, Chez. LAO, ME, EMEA Etc) considering local statutory requirements, conversion plans and go-live. Configuring FI/CO, CO-PA (Profitability Analysis) and SD Integration including Tax procedures(VAT), Conditions etc considering the localization issues, modify tax routines/ requirements in pricing procedures and implement relevant notes for tax localization. ,Integration with external Tax software.

Implement Product Costing, Planning, in integration with COPA. Work centers & Costing sheets, for Companies with manufacturing facilities.

Worked in Product Cost Planning and controlling integrating with COPA for the MTO and MTS scenarios. Created costing sheet, costing variants for scheduled costing run. Cost controlling- Costing variants for Orders & Cost collectors, RA keys, WIP calculation, posting rules for settlement, Variance, settlement profile, PA transfers structure. Load activity prices, material prices.

Design and configure Down Payments on Projects for EMEA countries including Taxes on down payments.

Design, develop and configure EDI processes and Automation.

Develop Travel expenses process and interface to Concur Expense system globally.

Develop enhancements and workaround solutions for inter-company Product costing
Modules used extensively are SD, PS, PP, MM, FI/CO and CO-PA (profitability analysis).

Support and resolve issues related to Bank, Lock box processes, Interfaces, Tax and Excise / Customs duties calculation across various countries.

Design and implementation of Rollout Projects, for various companies across the globe with Global processes. Support and Guide the local teams and localization, legal requirement issues for more than 16 roll outs in one and half years.

Client: Confidential San Jose, CA (Bcone) Jan’06- May’06

Role : FI/CO Team lead / integration lead ECC 6.0

Responsibility includes, coordinating development of solution in SAP R/3, CRM, SCM, BW etc. consolidating several other systems. Manage the integration and solution development. 
Plan and conduct Blue printing Work shops for FI/CO, manage deliverables, signoff for finalized solutions and processes. Manage the scope of the solution. Integration workshops with other functional areas (MM, SD, CRM, GTS, BW) of SAP. Develop solution for the complex business scenario Including integration with channel management in CRM, Taxes and third party Tax Software.Design and Develop Settlements and complex inter company transactions, third party orders, ATP for OTC, Procure to Pay scenarios etc. Capture the costs for R&D projects capitalize into assets. (PS/CO).

Design, develop process for AP, AR, Asset management, Product costing with integration to Legacy production system for MTS scenario.

Design and develop reports in BI for Management on Profitability and costing.

Assist Project Manager and guide the team on implementation with integration issues, developing and delivering solution using solution manager, composer and other tools.

Client: Confidential. IL (SAP) July’05- Jan’06

Role : Sr. SAP Consultant FI/CO 5.0/Integration consultant

United Stationers is one of the largest distributors of stationeries and other office products including Technology products and Furniture with a turnover of 4.2 billion. 
Responsibility included conducting workshops for Blueprint, Design and develop solution to meet business requirements of the company with SD, MM, FI, CO, CO-PA, ECCS with XI. Planning and scheduling of resources and tasks, for Functional and Technical enhancements of the Project. Manage the resources and tasks with given Budget targets and deliverables. Co-ordinate and assist Project Manager for solution development. 
Solution was developed considering the complexity of the business such as 90 % of the business is conducted electronically and with volume of approximately 140,000 sales orders, more than 300,000 stock items, Profit Center based Balance sheets, Profitability analysis/ Product Costing by Vendor/item, complex Rebate and Cash discount Programs(EBIT).

Lead the Designing and development effort of PCA, CO-PA, AP, AR, Taxes for North America, Bank, Cash Application, SAP Cockpit for month end activities and FSCM credit management. Design included 65 interface objects, 5 enhancements and several user exits for FI. Develop Functional specs, Conversion programs, interfaces and resolve integration issues with SD and MM. Train internal team and consultants on configuration of SAP system.

Client: Confidential, VA (SAP Americas) April’05-May’05

Role : Sr. SAP Consultant FI/CO, PS 4.7

Design and develop solution to meet the legal industry. This is IS solution being developed by SAP America. Work with users and other teams to develop an integrated solution to meet the specific requirements of legal industry related to partnership accounting, bill-back etc. Conduct workshops to gather requirement and design the solution related to FI/ CO, and integration of SD,HR and PS along with other teams.

Client: Confidential, Boston (Deloitte Consulting) Sept’04 - April’05 

Role: Lead SAP Consultant FI/CO, PS 4.7

Phase I Design, configure Assets, Depreciation, AUC, Internal orders, Settlements, Capitalization of Titles, Banks, AP. Design, develop enhancements for settlement rule creation, AUC, collective settlements. User exits for cost center and Profit center authorization. Considering Special Purpose ledger split program requirements and Phase II scope. Train consultants on these areas. Create BPP’s and co-ordinate UAT. Configure Tax Procedures, user exits, routines and interface with Sabrix Tax software. Other Functionalities used include, Projects, Result analysis, settlement, AUC, capitalization etc.
Phase II - Design, develop media solution for managing Titles and Profitability analysis of different Programs and Projects using PS, CATS, FI, CO-PA, MM and SD. Develop solution for capturing Time and material thru Projects, run Result Analysis, setup settlement profiles with AUC(Asset under Construction) and capitalize for own Titles and design solution for Time material type of scenario projects and Sales order process for “Test case” scenario. Prototype considering the similarities and variations between different divisions of the parent company. Conduct Workshops, gather requirements and demo proposed solution for managing Title management and product development with Project system and CO-PA. Complete Blue Print. Complete prototyping the solution. Convince different divisions to buy into the solutions.

Client: Confidential, New York Oct ’03 - Sept ‘04 

Role: Lead SAP Consultant FI/CO, PS

Resolve all existing issues related to Production system in short term and develop long-term strategies and proper solution. Develop Proof of concept, with PS, FI/CO, SD and MM with RRB. This involves considering all the global requirements and reporting inline with Service provider solution. Impact analysis on existing system and develop deployment strategy. Develop new business application model to overcome all the existing cross-functional issues as an interim solution. Resolve all issues related to custom interfaces, BW extractions and Programs, related to AR/AP, Bank, SD, Tax related issues and SD integration. Develop integrated Solution for automated inter- company transaction involving MM, SD, FI/CO (AR/AP). Design, develop solution for capturing Business development costs and overhead costs with Internal Orders. Design Develop AR cash application process with bank interface (ACH, Wire, Lock box.). Develop solution and interface for AP Check printing (outsourcing). Converting Existing G/L accounts to open item managed G/L accounts. Implement Internal Orders and Controlling concepts for tracking all overhead, marketing and Pre-sales costs. Design all the interface modifications and BW extract programs. Develop controls and design solutions in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley. Develop strategies for implementing the new Solution with PS and RRB

Client: Confidential, (Division of VW) Sep ’03 - Oct ’03 

Role: SAP Consultant PS, FI/CO, CATS, SD

Design, develop, implement, SAP’s Service provider solution for the IT consulting division (total Solution Development). Develop Strategies in line with their existing SAP system. Configure, test PS CATS, FI, SD Modules. Enhance modify SAP Functionalities in PS, SD, FI to meet the custom requirements. (6 User exits and 2 modifications). Develop Custom Program for revenue Recognition and Work-in Progress calculations. Develop Interface programs to integrate CATS and MIRO etc. Move all the Developments to QA System. Conduct UAT Tests.

Client: Confidential May ’03 - Aug ’03 

Role: SAP Consultant PS, FI/CO, IM, Assets

Analyze, design solutions for issues related to Project Systems Investment management and Asset Accounting. Analyze the existing design and gaps to fit their requirements and redesign / Develop enhancements to, existing SAP functionalities. Develop specifications for enhancements and reports. Develop testing plan and user acceptance tests for custom upload programs. Customize and modify existing design in PS, IM, AP and AM modules. Modify and develop Validations and configure the PS, AM for meeting the new requirement / Line of business. Resolve all existing production issues related to settlement, Asset management (AUC) and Project Systems. Train the SAP support Team to resolve any further issues related to Assets and Project Systems.

Client: Confidential, Betz Feb ’03 - Apr ’03 

Role: SAP Consultant PS, FI/CO, IM, Assets 

Review and Analyze the Process, fix errors related to Project system, Investment measures (Asset under Construction), Asset Management and Result Analysis, Settlements. All the Expenditures related to Projects are captured in Project Systems (as Investment Measures) WBS Elements or into CO in Internal orders and rolled into Asset under Construction. Once the Project is Completed and Productive then Assets are capitalized. Review, redesign the Project Profiles, WBS Element Structure, Internal Orders, Planning Profiles, Appropriation Requests, Revenue Planning, Settlement Profiles, Asset Classes Capitalization Procedures and Account determinations, Tax determinations and interface. Analyze Cost Element Groups, Cost Centers, CC reports, reports etc and fix errors,. Configure RA keys, Settlement Structures, Allocation cycles.Apply relevant OSS notes if necessary to fix the errors, review all the custom programs and change to adopt 4.6c functionalities and Screens. Review and rewrite all user Procedures/ Training documentation. This is an upgrade Project in a highly customized system with multiple countries and large user group. Different countries and different teams will adopt the Central Template. All the upgrade fixes needs to be done considering different countries and requirements.

Configure Project System, Investment Measures (Asset under Construction) and Asset Management for new Implementation for Europe and South America. Support Both teams on design and standard Practices

Client: Confidential Sep ’02 - Jan ‘03

Santa Monica, CA

Role: SAP Functional Consultant FI/CO, SD and Assets. Develop, Design and implement SAP Solution for meeting their business requirement with FI/CO, SD, MM, SPL, and BW of SAP. Blue Print, Realization, Go-Live, Training Users and Support. A Rapid Implementation, which has been carried by the team with short period using ASAP methodology. Full Cycle. Modules handled SD, FI (AP, AR, Banking, Assets), MM, Cash reporting - extraction for BW. Design, Develop, Configure, SD, AP, AR, Assets modules. Support MM - Purchasing, Invoice verification. Configure Sales Orgs, Sales contracts, Pricing Procedures, Account determinations, billing etc. Configure AP, AR, Assets, Banks, and all related Account determination procedures. Develop and test enhancements for Revenue Recognition program, Interfaces along with Technical resources. Develop Design for Cash application to Sales and Purchases. Report Cash applications with SAP’s BW Module. Plan Develop, Roles, Authorization and Security. Plan and execute, QA and user acceptance testing. Data Conversion and Go-live

• Production support.

Client: Frog Design Inc. CA Dec ’00 - Aug ‘02 Role: SAP Project Coordinator (Administrator) SAP R/3 4.5b and 4.6c Frog design is a leading design company in the world with clients such as Apple, Motorola, Dell, I2, SAP, Microsoft etc.. Frogs areas of work extend from Mechanical eng. to Digital Media Design. Have offices in multiple locations and multiple discipline of work. Job description: Plan, Manage and execute SAP system upgrades, Resolving SAP system issues, and Business process related issues/User Issues. Analyze Business process and new requirements, implement enhancement to the existing functionalities in the SAP system. As the business nature calls the main focus is on the Project system and Proper costing of all expenses and recognizing revenues. Train and Develop the Super Users to Support the Help Desk functionalities in Project Systems, SD and FI/CO. Develop User Training strategies and Documentation. Manage the Licensing and other System related issues with various departments and update the management with Proper guidance on deciding the system requirements from time to time. Plan, Redesign and Upgrade SAP system. Plan coordinate End user acceptance test, Develop Roles and Authorizations, Integration tests, Communication plan, etc. Maintain User Logins, Authorizations, Monitor Batch jobs, Analyze system Dumps, Fix errors, Create and apply OSS Notes, with basis team help. Manage correction and transports requests. Writing Reports Thru report painter, Query etc. as per management’s requirements.  Project system &FICO:  As a design consulting company the business nature is getting Projects and executing the projects Profitably. Which involves capturing costs of different activities carried by different discipline/ departments accurately. Capturing costs of all the materials, travel and activities including subcontracting and labor costs. Set up activities Project profiles, WBS element types to meet the requirement. Create activity and network types to capture the costs accurately. Maintain the rates for different activities and different departments (cost centers). Create Characteristic Values, Update and maintain for operating concern. Create Value categories and assign cost elements. Check consistencies Set up Projects and Planning boards properly and maintain it from time to time to meet the requirements. Set proper result analysis keys and Settlement rules to different projects and different WBS elements according to the requirement. Capture costs by confirming the activities, transforming the time booked by Internal and external employees for different activities. Check and setup proper account assignments for PO’s, Expenses and Costs incurred for projects. Design, Monitor business process to control Periodic activities of Project managers. This ensures accurate and proper Cost accounting and Profitability analysis of Projects. Run Month end Closing Programs (result analysis), Clear Error logs and lock periods for posting. Report Profitability and Costs incurred on particular projects to the executive team & CFO. Design and report utilization reports related to Project, Departments (cost centers) etc. FI/CO: Asset Management: Analyze, redesign and rectify the existing asset management module in SAP. Reconfigure Asset Masters, Asset Classes, account determinations, Depreciation accounts, Chart of depreciation and depreciation keys, Posting Rules etc. Upload and rectify the existing Master data’s matching the Financial statement/ G/L. with CATT tools. Manage assets and run Depreciation Programs in various depreciation areas. Year end closing and Opening new fiscal year. Formulate and manage Asset Acquisition, transfer, Retirement and Inventory rules. Accounts receivable: Maintain, Account Groups, Screen layouts, Customer master Records, Match codes, Document types and account determinations for taxes, Cash discounts, Rebates, Work list for Balances etc. Tolerance Groups, Authorization for Users etc. Accounts Payable: Account groups (vendors), Tolerance limits, Vendor master, Tax calculations, Account determination, Account assignments, Payment Processing rules, 1099 reporting. Posting Keys, Parking documents, blocking reasons, Release codes default values etc. Out going Payments, Check run. Finance: Maintaining Financial Statements, G/L accounts, Modifications, Bank accounts, Check Register, Payment runs, check lots, Cost elements, Cost center, Groups etc. Activity Pricing, Period Locks, Allocation Cycles. Actual Posting etc. Maintaining Cost centers, CO-PA reports, analysis etc. Reporting and analyzing costs involved with various projects and departments thru report painter and queries.

HR:

• Creating the Organizational structure, Position management and time management info types for, accounting the attendance and absences and Effective HR Management reporting.
• This demo system consists of all HR sub modules except Payroll and time evaluation.
• This design was made considering the already existing HR system, the present HR system covers only very little portion of the HR Departments requirement.
• This system was given demo successfully. Waiting for management approval for implementation and budget approvals..

Client: Confidential, VA Mar ’00 - Dec ’00

Role: Senior SAP Consultant

Index Impo. is an IT Consulting Company Concentrating on SAP and an approved vendor for Siemens Systems. Designing, Rectifying and implementing SAP system for Clients in MM, SD, FI, CO-PA, HR, PS modules. - Client FROGDESIGN SAP R/3 4.5b and 4.6c  Project system: Configuring Project Profiles, status Management, WBS elements, Types, Templates, Profiles etc. Networks, Settlement rules, Result analysis, etc. Maintaining Work centers,. Setting up Network types, Profiles, Parameters. Defining Control Keys, Person Responsible Maintaining Activity types, Cost elements and Value categories, Defining Account assignment categories and Purchasing document types for Purchase requisitions. Defining Work center Categories, Usage, Person Responsible and Default values.Defining MRP Controllers, Capacities, Formulas etc. Configure Resource allocation and Capacity Planning (Capacity Categories, Planners, control Parameters etc.). Define Milestones and usages.  Define Value Categories, Cost elements, Check consistency. Configure Result analysis Cost elements, Result Analysis Key, Version, Valuation Methods, Assignments for Result analysis. Defining Posting Rules for Result analysis. Defining default result analysis keys for Project Definition, Networks.  Creating Variants for Result analysis and Settlement Programs. Running Result analysis and fixing errors and running settlement Programs. Running allocation cycles to Generate the Revenue reports and management reports.  Materials Management: Purchasing/Procurement: Material master, vendor master, Purchase info record, Source list, RFQ, PR, PO, Contracts, Confirmations, Conditions, Account Assignment, Partner determination, Rebates / Subsequent settlement, Release strategy and output determination. Service Entry Sheets, Approval, Transfer etc.

Valuation and Account assignment:

Automatic account determination, Define price control for material types, split valuation based on procurement type, defining valuation control, valuation classes, Account grouping and create automatic postings.

Invoice Verification

Setting of document types, number ranges, Invoice block, tolerances, Planned and unplanned delivery costs, Debit and credit memo/notes, item amount check, setting of display and total variants, setting of tolerance groups and assignment etc. FI/CO-PA: Configuring, Financial statement versions, G/L/ Vendor/ Customer Accounts. Allocation cycles, Value categories, Cost elements, Cost centers, Activity Pricing, Configure CO-PA reports etc.  Sales and Distribution: Maintaining Sales Areas, Account groups, Partner determination, Order types, Creating and maintaining Item categories, Usage, Reasons for blocking Maintaining copy controls for documents, Billing document types, copy controls, Billing Plan, Date types etc. Configuring Resource related billing, Pricing, Schemas, conditions, Account assignments and tax determinations. Maintaining country codes and Tax schemas  HR:  Configuring CATS, Time sheet entry profiles, Info types, attendance absence types, Absence calculation rules etc. Work scheduling. Capacity planning and assignment’s to work centers. All settings and enhancements related to Project systems - SAP R/3 4.5b Clients: Best Food, Rhone Poulnec (Aventis Pharma), Stanley Access Technology, Pegasus NJ Jan ‘98 - Mar ’00 Role: Senior SAP Consultant SAP R/3 3.1f Post production Support Systems (Help Desk) for resolving the problems faced by the users from different location across North America along with other consultants in the areas of purchasing, Inventory, Batch Management, Delivery and automatic account determinations and PP interfaces. Working on constraints of batch management and inventory related issues. Develop User Training Documentation and Train Users. Go-live support. - Client Best Foods Inc. NJ SAP R/3 3.1f Worked on designing and implementation of SAP solution for consulting services for Pegasus Systems. Involved in Feasibility study, Project Scope, Blueprint and Implementation, adapting ASAP methodology in 4.5b. Lead the project team for some time and coordinated go live. FI/CO, HR, MM, SD, Project Systems, with WBS elements, Network timesheets, Resource related Billing, Service entry sheets, Cost elements, Cost centers, Work centers etc., Preparing project proposals for implementing SAP R/3 systems- for Pegasus Systems, NJ. Actively Involved in Designing, Developing Solutions, preparing Presentations - for Pitching Projects, with Prospective Clients. In the areas of ERP and CRM practices for Pegasus systems. SAP R/3 4.0b and 4.5b and Siebel Worked on Maintenance project for trouble shooting in the areas of MM and SD related to billing, delivery and Account assignments. At Stanley Access technology, Farmington Connecticut, along with SAP Consultants in the area of delivery, Service orders, inventory and billing 4.0b(fixing Errors after they went live). Develop Proper User Training Manuals to fix the errors in SD and MM. - Client Stanley Access Technology. Farmington, CT. SAP R/3 4.0b  Studied the requirement of plants in different countries and played an active role in re-designing Organizational structures, Business process, Material Master structure, Material groups for global implementation. Configured MM Procurement and vendor evaluation process. Setting up partner determination procedures, shipping notification, source determination procedure and default values. Conducted Modular and integration tests for system configuration changes and facilitated the Transportation of changes from development client. Studied the global reporting requirements and configured the system for common requirements. Created user-training manuals for MM, Designed LIS reports and created specs for new reporting requirements - Client Rhone Poulenc - Rorer - France. Involved actively in supporting the various issues addressed by the consultants from the site and providing them with required solutions - in SAP R/3 ERP Solutions - Pegasus System India.

Client: Confidential India Sep ’89 - Dec ’97

Role: Senior Purchase officer/SAP team Titan is one of the leading, TATA Group of Company, manufacturing the \'Titan\' Brand watches, clocks and \'Tanishq\' brand jewelry. As a Senior Purchase officer was responsible for Vendor-Development, Planning and Procurement (Supply chain) as primary functions. Had independent charge of direct production components such as watchcases, straps, etc. Guided Technical Officers and Graduates in developing new methods for effective and Efficient production and procurement of the above components. The section is responsible for development of new products and regular procurement valued and Budgeted at Rs.300 Millions, in coordination with Product styling, Marketing, QC, and Production. Also lead the MRPII/ERP implementation team for Materials Management, Inventory management and Distribution Carried out the following responsibilities and activities: Vendor Development, Procurement/Purchasing, Planning/Forecasting Procurement budgeting, Warranty Administration, Inventory Control & Spares Management, Establishing Sales and Distribution network. Performed Business Process Re-engineering to map new processes into the System. Created unique procurement and warehouse management strategies which were accepted as a model in the organization. Key member in formulating Procurement and Materials Management Policies and strategies to keep up with the changing business environment. Lead the materials management and Product Development of one Division of the company with the team of engineers, designers and commercial Officers. Introduced the JIT concept for entire packaging items Procured by the company. KANBAN system for Collaterals (all accessories such as Guarantee Cards, service manuals etc.) And components in module assembly. Education: Mechanical Eng., MPT, Madras - India Executive Trainings in IIM, Bangalore