Professional Summary:
Around Eight years of experience as SAP APO functional consultant with expertise in Implementation, Maintenance and Production Support Projects in DP, SNP, PP/DS.

• Hands-on experience of ASAP methodology with experience in all phases of Project Implementation-Preparation, Business Blueprint, Realization, Pre-go Live, Go Live and Post live Support.
• Experience in Supply Chain Planning Concepts and Processes include Designing, Developing, Testing, Implementing and supporting all aspects of the Core Interface (CIF), Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP) and Global Available to Promise (GATP), Production Planning and Detail Scheduling (PP/DS).
• Knowledge of various Forecasting Models and Forecasting Techniques.
• Experience in Configuration and Implementation of DP Info Cubes using Administrative Workbench, Generating and Changing Characteristic Value Combination, Planning books, Planning Areas, Macros and Creating Statistical Forecast.
• Maintained Time Bucket Profiles, Forecast Profiles, Planning Versions, Promotional Planning, Life Cycle Management and "Like" Modeling.
• Experience on working with SNP Heuristics, Optimizer and Capable to Match (CTM) techniques.
• Maintained Strategy Profile for PP/DS.Maintained Setup Groups, Setup Matrix & Setup Keys.Maintained Alert Profiles & Overall Alert Profiles.
• Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between ECC and APO. Mass Maintenance of Master Data in APO. Monitoring of CIF errors using the qRFC monitor.
• Experience of development activities WRICEF.
• Experience in Creating Test Scenarios, Manage Testing, Develop User Training Documents and Training Users on new solution.
• Clear understand of Business Process and Modeling it using ARIS
• Excellent analytical & communication skills and ability to interact with business users. Able to translate Business Requirements into Deployable Business Solutions and work in team environment.
• Having strong management, administration, problem solving and decision-making ability

SAP APO : SAP APO 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 7.0.
SAP BI : SAP BI / BW Reporting from R/3.
Databases : MS, ORACLE, MS ACCESS.
Tools : Quick Test Professional, Tivoli, Control M.
Performance tools:HP Load Runner, HP Quality Center.

Professional Experience:

Client: Confidential, St. Louis, MO (May' 12 to Present)
JD: APO - TEAM LEAD
Module: SNP, PPDS
Version: SAP SCM 5.1

• Involved in the design, development, testing, documentation, cutover activities and go-live support for the Supply Planning and Shop floor scheduling (SFC) process of the project SUNSHINE for HOME & GARDEN business
• As part of requirement gathering, understood the detailed functional requirements prepared by the business and coordinated with users to lock the requirements
• Prepared and presented the SNP and PPDS system design to business group and cross functional IT groups of HOME & GARDEN business for sign off.
• Design Multilevel scheduling framework solution in PPDS using MRP Heuristics and custom scheduling heuristics to have a balanced short term scheduling plan taking setup transitions into account.
• Modeled Setup groups, Keys and Matrices to model setup times between transitions.
• Configure PPDS Planning runs, Order views, DS board configuration to differentiate between sequence dependent set up statuses.
• Modeled Subcontracting Scenario with Third Party Components for SNP-OPTIMIZER.
• Modeled Vendor Capacity with SNP- OPTIMIZER.Worked on Incremental Optimization.
• Provided the Business with the solution for their Seasonal Fluctuations in Demand, with Product Groups.
• Provided the Solution with Maximization of Profit Motive
• Created the Discrete Optimizer Profile with all the relevant setting as per the Business Requirements.
• Worked Extensively on CIF, from initial setup to troubleshooting of CIF Errors.
• Created Integration Models and Batch Jobs for Master & Transactional Data.
• Helped the Business to do the Master Data Mapping.
• Created a Complete Night Batch Run for the Business.
• Configured the SNP-Alerts
• Worked with the ABAPER to Create the Custom Alerts for the HOME & GARDEN Business users.
• Lead the UAT.
• Lead the User Training.

Client: Confidential, Camden, NJ (Feb '11 to April '12)
JD: APO SNP & PP/DS
Module: SNP & PP/DS
Version: SAP SCM 7.0

• PP/DS for Process Manufacturing-Integration of PPPI master data, production versions/recipe integration via CIF. Alternate resource modeling using resource classification. Activity relationships between phases.
• Configuration of PP/DS Overall profiles, Strategy profiles, Heuristic Profiles and DS Planning Board profiles etc. DS for solving shop floor scheduling problems by synchronizing multi resources using same setup keys.
• Configuration of various heuristics for Planning and scheduling. Maintenance of strategy profiles for scheduling.
• Extensive configuration of the planning board profile to improve performance and user friendliness.
• Developing reporting formats, backlog rescheduling report, shortage list report and production plan report.
• Setup PPDS in background using process chains. Setup complex variants for the PP and DS runs

Client: Confidential,Miami, Florida(Oct '10 to Jan '11)
JD:APO PP/DS
Module: SNP,PP/DS
Version: SAP SCM 5.1

• Master data maintenance for PPDS. Created Setup Groups and Set up Matrix. WC maintenance. Production versions/routings modeled to take into account alternative bottling lines.
• Sequencing set up to align production with same set up groups to minimize the set up times.
• Maintained Detailed Scheduled Planning Board profile. Decision Tables for color coding.
• Maintained Strategy Profile, Maintained Time Profile, Maintained Optimization Profile, defined Propagation Range and maintained PPDS Alert profile.
• Created Work Areas.Worked on the Interactive & Automatic Planning Scenarios.
• Performed Support activities in PP/DS such as creating an Order in DS board, PPDS Interactive Reports, PPDS Online Reports, and Mass Conversion of Planned Orders into Process Order.
• Configured PP/DS alerts. Monitored Exceptional or Critical Situations using Alert monitor
• Involved in the monitoring of proper transfer of Master Data from legacy system with R/3 through CIF.
• Maintained CIF Integration models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between R/3 and APO.
• Resolved Various CIF issues.
• Resolved problems faced in APO during day-to-day working of users.
• Developed training documents for the End Users, knowledge transfer with end user.

Client: Confidential,Omaha, Nebraska (Aug '09to Oct'10)
JD: APO
Module: APO SNP, PP/DS
Version: SAP SCM 7.0

• Worked as a support member for the Go-Live PP/DS project at one of their plants.
• Troubleshooting the issues.
• Involved in running the production heuristics
• Worked on PP/DS Alert Profile, Work Area, propagation range, strategy profile, maintained Optimization profile.
• Production planning runs
• Worked on setup group matrix
• Worked on master data issues.
• Worked on production reports
• Worked on DS board
• Resolving issues of CIF Queues, Consistency check on R/3 and APO.
• Resolving resource overloading and Detailed scheduling of production lines
• Setting up MRP steps for planning at various level of BOMs ( Finished & Semi-Finished)
• Publishing results to R/3 and Suppliers (Planned orders, schedule lines
• Training users on PP/DS
• Resolved problems faced in APO during day to day working of users
• Was involved in USER TRAINING.

Client: Confidential,St. Louis(May '08 to Aug'09)
JD: APO Support/Implementation
Module:DP,SNP
Version: SAP SCM 5.0

• Worked as a support member for the US project
• Worked on implementation for the Brazil project.
• Creating hierarchy of the products for the implementation project.
• Maintain CTM profiles for the Brazil project.
• Created a BI crop spread report for both the US and BRAZIL projects.
• Worked extensively on macros.
• CIF from R3 to APO & master data management.
• Created Process chains for the Brazil project.
• CIF user exits.
• Writing FDS for enhancements in US project.
• Upgrading the reports for the US project.
• Maintained planning calendar, Planner Responsible and Creating variant for SNP Transaction Data Deletion.
• Worked on Safety stock planning.
• Used Standard Safety Stock planning.
• Quotas arrangement setup for products based on the % ratio among the growing regions in Supply chain Engineer. These are further used to run the CTM plan.
• CTM profile and distribution of Demand (forecast and stock) based on Quotas to the plants and growing regions
• Helped in User Training.

Client: Confidential, Austin, Texas (Jan' 07 to April'08)
JD: APO Implementation
Module: DP, SNP & GATP (EMEA region)
Version:SAP APO 4.1

• Involved right from the BRD creation, Analysis, Design, Construction, SIT & UAT Phases of the SNP (Subcontracting implementation).
• Had a diverse set of audiences as this implementation was for the European & Middle eastern Division of HP.
• Implemented CTM solution & was involved in all the necessary activities during the Phases mentioned above.
• Had heavy user interaction during the BRD, Analysis phase & Design Phase.
• Involved in developing various Functional design documents, constructing, testing & migrating it to the Production.
• During the Construction Phase was involved in various construction related activities like Creating Planning Areas, Planning Books, Selection ID'S, Macros, Master data selections for the CTM profiles, Variants etc.
• Good experience with CIF both implementing & trouble shooting.
• Good experience working with the other downstream R/3 systems in regards to Master data set up & Data Transfers.
• Got a chance to work with the PROCUREMENT team & involved in various Procurement activities too ( SAP MM & PP)
• Set up Planning areas, Master Planning Object structure, Planning Books, Data views, Selection IDs, Time Bucket profiles, Storage Bucket profiles, Planning Calendar, Macros, Statistical models, Activity Profiles, Release profiles, background jobs, process chains and Alerts.
• Set up CIF and transferring master data (Products and locations) using CIF
• Coordinated with all the other downstream systems to determine the right Master data settings in SAP ECC.
• Worked on the complete Master data set up.
• Involved in Analysis for ABAP routines in RSA1 workbench for given process chains looking for changes in ABAP according to given Business requirements.
• Involved in Analysis of SAP APO and BW servers and also was owner of two systems for HP Product number changes.
• Involved in Integration testing, UAT and Regression testing in respective APO and BW servers.
• Developed advanced DP macros including user exit macro to calculate DP2SNP release key figures and bookings and scheduling the macros using process chains.
• Loading files in RSA workbench.
• Data integration from R/3 to APO
• CIF from R/3 to APO and vice versa
• Complete configuration of product allocation including settings in Demand Planning
• Configuration for Rule based ATP check.
• Tested Backorder processing, Product allocations and Rule based ATP check by creating scenarios using sales orders in R/3.
• Troubleshooting configuration issues in GATP and its integration with R/3.
• Complete configuration of product allocation including settings in Demand Planning
• Master Data Management in SAP APO
• Understanding of ABAP programming.
• Safety Stock planning.
• Used Enhanced Safety Stock Planning.
• Expertise in BW RSA workbench
• Extraction of Data from ICH Portal and report preparation.
• Delivery of MIS Reports.
• User Requirements in the New Environment and Fixing Issues
• Escalating Business related issues which occur in reports and entering them in solution manager.
• Escalation of Loading error issue to the next level
• Executing reports as per the client requirement and do data analysis by comparing reports with Source System reports.
• Training the new End User.
• Documenting all the changes based on Client's Procedures.
• Helped in User Training & did the Hyper care (post Go-live).

Client: Confidential, DE(Jan '07 - Dec'07)
JD: APO SNP, PPDSImplementation
Module:DP, SNP and PPDS
Version: SAP APO 5.0

• Understood the Business process as part of knowledge transfer and mapped the structure of the company (for ex; regions, divisions, brands, products and customers) for planning purposes in the SNP and PPDS Master Data.
• Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between R/3 and APO.
• Set up SNP Master Profile and configured SNP Master Data Locations, Product Masters, Resource & Production Process Models (PPM).
• Created a Supply Chain Model to represent the Supply Chain Network with all relevant locations (suppliers, distribution centers and customers), resources (storage, handling and supply capabilities) and relationships (Transportation Lanes).
• Quotas arrangement setup for products based on the % ratio among the growing regions in Supply chain Engineer.
• Execution of HEURISTICS and Plan needed based on the forecast quantity coming from Demand planning.
• Worked with the ABAP consultants on the maintenance and planning of master data through BAPI interfaces and writing specs for custom development
• Developed User training documents and conducted Knowledge Transfer
• Implement SNP Heuristic for Rough cut Production planning, Capacity leveling using Heuristics, Deployment & Transport Load Builder for Cross-Plant Planning. Configure CIF. Sub-Contracting in SNP.
• Configure push/pull deployment. ATD/ATI group maintenance. Real-time deployment to take into account demand at source location. Horizon maintenance for deployment.
• PPDS - Production Planning Heuristics for component planning. Conversion heuristic configuration. Configure heuristic to plan time based lot sizes.
• Set up DS functionality for sequencing of SFC and production. Maintain custom strategy profiles, enable multilevel scheduling frame work using top down heuristic. Setup groups,

Client:Confidential,India(Jan' 05 - Dec' 06)
JD:APO DP Implementation
Module:DP
Version: SAP APO 5.0

• Configured Planning Object Structure, Periodicities Storage Bucket Profile, Planning Areas, Time Buckets Profile, Planning books, Data Views, Forecast Profile, CVC's, maintaining Time Phased Horizons.
• Configured and designed the disaggregation and aggregation logic based on proportional factors at the Planning Area level and at the Planning Level by maintaining calculation of Proportional Factors
• Created Advanced Macros in Planning Book and the Data View level at different stages to facilitate the existing Forecast Calculation
• Created Alert macros for facilitating Demand Planner to use management by exception
• Provided business procedure/definition steps to the Demand Planners including running Planning in background and releasing the time based forecast data from DP to SNP.
• Conducted Work Shop on Data Realignment, Life Cycle Modeling including Phase In and Phase Out Scenario, Promotion Planning and on Collaborative DP
• Worked on several SAP OSS notes to resolve and develop specifications to enable and support necessary customer requirements gaps
• Provided training to Demand Planners on Demand planning interactive table, different views of Univariate Forecast in interactive planning using drill down at characteristic level such as APO location and APO product and also on KPI comparison by APO Location and APO Product
• Provided training on analyzing functions of DP interactive planning table such Pivot sorting, distribute function.

Education:
Bachelors in Computer Science Engineering