Summary:

• 17 years of overall experience in information technology with over 12 years of experience in SAP Implementation
• Specialized in Customization and Configuration of Materials Management module of SAP and ABAP programming.
• Expertise also includes Sales &Distribution, Finance/Controlling, Plant Maintenance, Warehouse Management, Quality Management, Business Warehouse and Netweaver PI modules.
• Played Lead roles and Managed software development and implementation projects.
• Proficient in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle including Analysis, Design, Configuration, Programming, Testing, Implementation, Maintenance, Project Management, Delivery Management and User Training.
• Hands on experience with Preparation of Project proposals, Statement of Work, Functional & Technical specifications and User guides.
• A team player with excellent inter-personal, analytical, communication and leadership skills.

SAP Skills:

• As-Is/To-Be Process Study
• Gap Analysis
• Configuration of MM module
• ALE/EDI Configuration and IDoc Processing
• Configuration Management & Documentation
• SAP implementation using ASAP

Other Skills

• OSS Analysis & Application
• SAP Upgrade
• Configuration of SD Module
• BW Configuration/Maintenance
• SAP Security & Authorization Administration
• Project Management
• User Training

ABAP Skills

• Development of Classical / Interactive Reports, ALVs, SAP Queries
• Interface Design and Development
• Data Conversion ( BDC / LSMW)
• Enhancements - BADIs, User Exits
• Forms Processing (SMARTFORMS/SAP Script)
• Applications Integration(Netweaver XI )
• Development & Application of BAPIs
• Web DynPro Development
• Object Oriented Programming
• Performance Analysis & Tuning
• Workflow Programming
• Computer Aided Testing( ECAT/SCAT)

Worked with SAP Versions ECC 6.0, 4.7, 4.6C, 4.0B, 3.1I

Other Programming Skills:
Maximo 4.5, Indus Asset Suite, Peoplesoft, Java 2.0, J2EE, JBuilder 4.0 , Oracle 8, Oracle Forms and Reports, MS SQL Server, XML, ASP, Java Script, VBScript, Mercury Test Director, MS Windows 2000/NT, UNIX, IBM MQ Series, Remedy 7, SharePoint,CITRIX.

Project Experience:

Confidential, Jul’00 – Present
SAP Manager

Client: Confidential,Elliston,VA Mar’08-Present
Lead SAP Consultant
Working as a Lead SAP consultant with in house project team on the following projects and responsible for timely delivery of project deliverables.

SAP Enhancements Project
Responsible for preparation of functional and technical specifications. Worked with Business leads in mapping as-is & to-be processes and gap analysis.
Worked on re-organization of material master records, Classes and Characteristics.
Responsible for configuration of Materials Management module.
Used LSMW for conversion of Financial master & transactional data for the integration of Clayton Marcus portfolio.
Developed Production Plan program for production scheduling.
Worked on Production Cut Schedule program that helps fabric cutting for the items that are scheduled for production.
Modified Dennison Tag print program/form, Sales Order Acknowledgement form, Shipment document form using SAP Script.
Worked on Law Label and Packaging Slip data extract programs.
Developed Product interface to send production statistics to external LeadTec system that enables incentives based on daily production
Developed a program to email Sales Commission statements to Sales Representatives in PDF form
Configured Sales & Distribution area for the enhancements.
Worked on Smartforms for Billing Document output.

SAP Variant Configuration Redesign Project
This project was aimed at the complete redesign of product variants for ROWE. Worked on building classes, characteristics, configuration profile and object dependencies. Was responsible for developing custom variant functions that validate object dependencies. Efficiently managed complex variants that map characteristics of different ROWE products with minimal impact on system performance. Developed custom functions that validated objects which are tightly integrated into object dependencies.

BW Maintenance and Enhancements Project
Maintained Custom data sources in R/3.
Debugged standard and custom extractors, reinitialized data sources.
Worked on Extraction Transformation and Loading of data into data targets using process chains.
Created and maintained Transfer and Update Rules.
Worked with Reports and queries using BEx Analyzer.

Environment: SAP 4.7, ABAP, BW, MS SQL 9.0, Visual Basic, LeadTec and Windows NT

Client: Confidential,Omaha NE Oct’07- Feb 08
Lead SAP Consultant

SAP Implementation & Integration Project
Worked as a Senior Consultant with in-house project team to help accelerate implementation tasks in Plant Maintenance, Sales & Distribution, Materials Management, Finance/Controlling functional area.
Developed custom transaction to automatically create Transfer Orders for Shipments and print Pick List with bar codes. Implemented User Exit to assign Storage/Handling Unit assigned in the delivery. Developed custom Picking List print program with Custom SmartForm.
Developed and implemented custom PM Job Ticket print program with Custom SmartForm. Form included bar code printing for Order No, Confirmation numbers and material numbers.
Responsible for legacy data conversion using LSMW. Converted Customer Master records (Sold-To, Ship-To, Bill-To and Payer), Pricing Conditions and Vendor master records.
Customized SAP Standard Foreign Currency valuation Program to post financial documents with additional fields.
Coordinated customization of Plant Maintenance module.
Worked on program to capture Customer open balances and send emails with monthly balance statements.
Developed dialog program to create PM Notification and create Maintenance Order from a custom Transaction.
Analyzed and Coordinated configuration for dynamic Credit Check.
Developed batch program to set block indicator manually posted Invoices.
Developed AP Use Tax report.

Environment: SAP, ABAP, Oracle 9.2, JD Edwards, White board, and UNIX.

Client: Confidential,NY May’05- Sept’07
Lead SAP Consultant(MM/ABAP) (Science Applications International Corporation)

Managed a Team of technical and functional consultants for the project and was responsible for maintaining project plan and timely delivery of project deliverables.

Work Management implementation Project
Worked on Indus Asset suite (Work management) implementation projects for various Entergy North East plants.
Prepared functional and technical specifications for SAP – IAS interfaces.
Configured ALE and EAI for the SAP –IAS interface.
Developed inbound and outbound SAP Interfaces for internal orders, Material requests, material masters, Purchase orders, Document codes, Delete requests etc.
Developed data extract programs; Responsible for balancing Asset and unvouchered liabilities balancing between SAP and Peoplesoft.
Configured Materials Management and Controlling modules.
Configured new Material Class, Characteristics and reclassified materials.
Re-organized a group of materials for Batch management.
Worked with Business team on materials sent out for repair.
Developed material journals interface and Invoices interface from SAP to Peoplesoft
Managed team of on-site and offshore developers in achieving project deliverables on schedule and per specifications.
Responsible for month closing activities in SAP and generating monthly reports for Materials and finance teams.
Worked on Physical Inventory counting for the plants and posting the differences.
Coordinated preparing test specifications, testing and defect resolution activities, used Mercury Test Director of preparing test cases, running tests and recording results

SAP Upgrade ECC6.0 Role out and Maintenance

Configured and tested Procure to Pay process for the upgrade, tested Purchasing, inventory management and Logistics Invoice verification transactions and applied patches as necessary.
Configured new blocking reasons for Invoices
Maintained Factory Calender for the Fiscal year.
Worked on SAP Security providing role based access to SAP for users across the fleet.
Configured Purchase requisition release process.
Worked on enhancements, performance tuning and fixes to interface programs.
Applied OSS Notes and coordinated application of patches.
Conducted Train the Trainers sessions for the upgrade roll out.
Prepared and maintained monthly, quarterly reports for SOX compliance/Auditing requirements.
Provided production support and management of day to day issues with SAP Application.

Involved in modification and enhancement of SAP - CCS Business Warehouse data extraction, transformation and load programs and testing.
Worked with Info Cubes, ODS Objects, Info sources, Info objects, Transfer rules, and update rules.
Involved with creating BEx Analyzer queries, Workbooks, Structures, Calculated Key figures and restricted Key figures.
Worked on requirements gathering, data analysis, and modification of interface programs.

Environment: SAP, ABAP, BW, Oracle 9.x, Indus Passport, EAI, Remedy, Mercury Test Director and Windows NT

Client: Confidential,New Jersey Dec ’04-Apr’05
SAP Team Lead
Worked as the Team lead in the following SAP projects and managed a team of functional and technical consultants.

Enhancements to Purchase Order Tracking

• Worked on developing a web interface to SAP to provide information on Purchase requisitions and Purchase orders to Coach vendors. The application uses SAP- Internet Transaction Server(ITS) to host the application on the web portal parters.coach.com
• Developed web dynpros to host the application on the internet.
• Modified Coach’s custom SAP transactions to accept/decline vendor proposed delivery schedules.
• Managed a team of on-site and off-shore resources consisting of functional and technical team.

Cost Sheet development project

• Developed a custom Cost sheet application to track and manage product costing within SAP which involved extensive dialog programming with interfaces to MM, SD and FI/CO modules. The cost sheet had a web interface to be able to access cost sheet across internet.

Environment: SAP, ABAP/4 , SAP ITS, ADO .Net, Visual Basic, VB Script, SQL Server and Windows NT
Client : Confidential,New York Aug’01– Nov’04
SAP Lead(MM/ABAP)
Managed a Team of technical and functional consultants for the project and was responsible for maintaining project plan and timely delivery of project deliverables.

• Worked on SAP upgrade project upgrading to SAP Enterprise version 4.7.
• Carried out delta configuration of MM module.
• Worked as the Team Lead for onsite and offshore team of developers.
• Responsible for technical upgrade and Modification Adjustments of SAP Objects.
• Implemented Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) for integration between SAP and Peoplesoft applications with WebMethods integration platform.
• Developed SAP-Peoplesoft Interface programs for Material Journals, Invoices, Tax & Discount Posting. Used BAPIs extensively.
• Coordinated development and modification of data conversion Programs, Reports, interface programs.
• Implemented enhancements using Business Add Ins(BADIs).

Implemented ALE interface between SAP and Maximo Work Control System.

• Developed interface APIs to process inbound and outbound files for data transfer between SAP and Maximo work control System.
• Used BAPIs to create material requests in SAP
• Configured outbound IDOCs with IDoc types ORDERS, MATMAS, INVCON, FIDCPP01 and INVOIC.
• Configured Partner profiles, Ports for IDoc processing.

Configured Order types and number ranges for Internal Order processing
Configured new subscreens for Account assignment
Developed programs for extracting inventory data and code block data.
Implemented Code blocking in Internal Order Processing transaction

• Designed Code block account assignment Screen
• Used User Exit to add code block menu option.
• Applied OSS Notes for SAP standard programs for enabling the enhancement.

Maintained the interface programs that send accounting documents to Peoplesoft Finance system
Scheduled and monitored the background jobs.
3) SAP Implementation for Entergy – Vermont Yankee Plant, Vermont
Created new Plant and Configured Procure to Pay cycle for the new plant
Configured Purchasing Groups.
Developed BDC programs for loading legacy EMPAC Contracts and Purchase Orders into SAP system.
Modified layout set MEDRUCK for Purchase Order, Contract printing using SAP script.
Developed layout set for Purchase requisition printing
Developed custom data objects for mapping legacy vendors, account codes, and payment terms.
Involved in preparation of training manuals and user training.

4) SAP Implementation for Entergy - Pilgrim Plant, Rhode Island
Configured new Plant and Procure to Pay cycle.
Developed data transfer programs for loading legacy CMIS contracts and Purchase Orders into SAP system.
Implemented code block based accounting process.
Developed report - ‘Invoice Routing Slip’.
Developed custom data objects for loading history records (Agreements, POs and Invoices)

Customized Purchase order transaction ME21 to have additional screens with transaction ZE21/ZE22. Developed custom screens and screen flow logic to process custom fields.
Developed a layout set for Purchase Requisition printing using SAP script.
Developed reports the following:

• VETS vendor information report.
• Material Pick Ticket report.
• Report to list all vendors with purchase orders of a given value in the given period
• Material Classification report

6) SAP Implementation for Entergy - Indian Point 2 Plant
Developed data transfer (BDC) programs to load Purchase orders, Outline agreements, Purchase Requisitions, Material Masters and Vendor Master data
Developed batch input programs to load long text and item text for purchase orders and contracts.
Implemented Code Block based Account assignment :

• Developed dialog screens to add code block fields.
• Developed function modules for code block validation with Peoplesoft.
• Used User Exit to implement code blocking.

Education
BS in Engineering

Training:
Undergone training in SAP Materials Management module, Sales and Distribution Module, and ABAP/4 Programming.
Trained in Netweaver/XI.