PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

A highly adaptable, resourceful experienced functional consultant with 20 years functional experience in the domain of Production Planning, Purchasing, Materials and Inventory Management, Plant Maintenance Management.

• Over 6 years of extensive functional experience including two full life cycle SAP-R/3 implementation, Customization and production support/co-ordination in PP module.
• Implementation experience includes business requirement analysis, mapping clients' business process to SAP processes (As Is-To Be), GAP analysis, Configuration, Re-engineering, Prototyping, Testing, Training, Documentation & Post Go-Live Support.
• Well versed with ASAP methodology for structured and systematic SAP project implementation.
• Strong computational and analytical problem solving skills
• Proven ability to work in both independent and team environments.

• SAP R/3 4.7C MM/SD/PP modules including configuration
• Production Planning & Master Scheduling
• WINDOWS 95/98/200/XP/Vista
• Purchasing & Inventory Control

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical

• ISO Design & Documentation,
• Strategic Management & Corporate Identity
• Process Measurement , Quality Cost Measurement & Analysis

SAP PP Consultant

• Analysed the as-is condition of the client, existing manufacturing system and carried out the to-be analysis, business process re-engineering and configuration.
• Performed fit-gap analysis. Conducted Business discussions with core team and business process workshops for Blue print design. Prepared Blue Print Documentation
• Documented critical changes, trained client team about the new system functionality and tested the integration of the PP and MM module.
• Participated in configuration and customization of PP functionalities: Master Data (Materials, BOMs, Resources and Production Versions), Product Master Data, MRP, Work centers, Routing.
• Configured and executed the shop floor activities including creation of orders, conversion of planned orders, printing of shop papers, goods movements, order confirmations and availability check
• Implemented Detailed Scheduling, Capacity Planning, Evaluation and Levelling to allocate operations to resources Configured PI sheets, process messages and process instructions.
• Interacted with the Controlling team to solve issues related to costing sheet, activity pricing, work center, activity type and cost center assignment mapping, and product cost collectors.
• Achieved the Go-Live date and gave Go-Live and Post Live Support. Conducted end user training, institution of help desk and end user documentation

Confidential, Atlanta GA Sep'2007 - Oct' 2008
SAP PP/MM Functional Consultant

• Used net requirements planning strategy and transferred data to Demand Management.
• Implemented Repetitive manufacturing environment for production activities.
• Involved in the configuration and maintenance of master data like Material master, BOMs, Rate routings, Production versions, Product Cost collector.
• Worked on planned order parameters for defining the Order profile, Availability check, Control keys for routing data.
• Defined reporting points for the back flush process.
• Configured order types, REM profiles, MRP parameters.
• Configured purchase order types, scheduling agreement types.
• Maintained number ranges for orders, routings and inventory documents.
• Co-ordinated with technical consultants (ABAP consultants) and gave functional specifications for customizing reports according to the user requirements.
• Involved and co-ordinated unit and integration testing with other modules and created test scenarios.

SAP PP/MM Functional Consultant

• Responsible for creation and configuration of Material Master data, BOM's, production order type dependant parameters.
• Maintained plant parameters such as MRP controller, MRP groups, MRP types, Lot sizing procedure, availability check for components, conversion of procurement proposals.
• Created a variant for MRP run and scheduled a background job to run every weekend.
• Configured and executed shop floor activities including conversion of planned orders and carrying out goods movements and order confirmations.
• Identified error causes and error recoveries for incorrect performance of some material movements.
• Interacted with shop floor users and provided solutions with respect to issues related to incoming materials (MIGO) and corrected inconsistencies with the purchase orders.
• Responsible for maintenance of number ranges for inventory documents,
• Responsible for maintenance of info records and source list for purchase materials.
• Worked along with technical consultants and developed customized reports for PP and MM module.

Confidential, Saudi Arabia Jan'2000 - March' 2004
SAP PP Functional Consultant

As a team member responsible for the following activities:

• Maintenance Support in PP Module.
• Addressing the problems of end user & Providing Solutions.
• Member of SAP Help- Desk to assist the End users Online.
• Conducting End user trainings for the PP Module.
• Maintain accuracy of PP Related Master Data. Like
• Material Master: Configuration of material Master Record & selecting views.
• Creating Material Master Record for the New Product Development items.
• Bill of Material: Taking feed back from Egg. /Design departments in case of any change in Bill of Material & modifying the same with Change number history.
• Work Centers: Creation and Maintenance of Work Center with Capacity data, Capacity categories, Available capacity, customizing parameters.
• Routings: Creation and Maintenance of routings in case of any change in process flow of products

Confidential, Saudi Arabia Sep 1995 - 2000
Planning Head

• Participated in the preparation of the Master production schedule & MRP
• Ensured the schedule of all production jobs/ordersutilizing effective cost control practices working closely with the ProductionManager, Quality.
• Monitored, evaluated, and corrected problems associated with production delays to ensure compliance to the production plan
• Supervised Inventory Control, Shipping/Receiving, Trucking/Logistics, and Material Handling areas of the Production Department.
• Worked very closely with Purchasing IPO offices to shorten long leadtime materials
• Heavily involved in cost reduction programs.