Summary:

• Having 5 years of in-depth IT experience in SAP Implementation and production support projects.
• Worked on SRM Business Process (SRM EBP/SUS/Bidding), communicate and coordinate with business management, project executives and team leads for appropriate integration of processes and modules across the organization.
• Experience on 2 Full life Cycle implementations with SAP SRM (EBP Classic and Extended classic Scenarios and MM-), 1 Full life Cycle implementation with SAP MM and 1 year experience in Managing Catalogs (CCM 2.0, MDM 1.0, eMerge and BugsEye).
• Extensive knowledge in mySAP SRM/EBP process flow, implementation scenarios such as Classic, Extended Classic and Standalone.
• Experience in design, implementation and support in SRM 5.0, SRM 4.0, SAP 4.7 and ECC 6.0 environment.
• Solid understanding of the functional, development and basis of a SRM project.
• Extensive experience in both indirect procurement, plan driven (direct material) procurement and Service Management.
• Worked on e-Procurement (Source-to-Settle), Contract Management, Backend integration, Organization structure, Workflow, Master data, Self Service Procurement, Sourcing, Plan Driven Procurement (SUS) and Catalog Content Management.
• Extensively worked on SRM EBP, SUS (Self-Service Procurement with Supplier Enablement), Contracts and Bidding Engine (Bid Invitation and Live Auction) components.
• Configured Workflow conditions for Shopping cart, Confirmation, Invoice and E-mail based approval.
• Worked on user creation, authorization levels and business partner's integration with Organizational Structure.
• Worked on Requisite eMerge and BugsEye Applications to manage SRM catalogs.
• Worked on OCI for transmission of data from external catalogue to EBP.
• Replicating master data from SAP backend system using CRM Middleware.
• Involved in business enhancements of User exits, BADI, ALE, IDOCS, and EDI.
• In-depth knowledge and experience in integrating with SAP modules SRM, MM and BW.
• Experience in configuration setup of SAP MM (Procurement Process, Master data, Contracts, Scheduling Agreements, Release procedure, Inventory Management, MRP, Configuration of Organizational Structure and Material Master).
• Expertise in requirement analysis, mapping, design, development, prototyping, testing, end user training and documentation.
• Experience in putting a full test plan together including unit, integration, and user acceptance testing(UAT).

Technical skills:

ERP : mySAP SRM 4.0/5.0 SAP R/3 Version 4.6C/4.7, ECC 6.0, XI, EP, ABAP/4

SAP-SRM : SRM Self Service Procurement (EBP), Supplier Collaboration (SUS), Bid Invitation and Live Auction (Budding Engine), Catalog Content Management (CCM), Contract Management, Supplier Registration (ROS), Service Procurement, CRM Middleware, Organizational Structure, ITS, Sourcing and Workflow.
SAP-MM : Purchasing, Inventory Management, Logistic invoice verification and MRP.
Languages : ABAP/4, C, C++, Java, J2EE.
Web Applications : HTML, DHTM, XML.
Packages : Microsoft office suites like MS-word, MS-Excel, MS-Outlook, MS-Visio
Databases : MS-Access 2000, SQL Server 7.0

Education: MBA

Professional Experience

Confidential, Los Anglés, CA Oct 2008 - Current
SRM Functional Consultant

Scenario: Extended Classic

This is Production support project working with purchasing department on procurement process to close daily issues and working on Workflow enhancements (Line item approval, Workflow routing for SC approval, triggering emails upon confirmations etc..), Organizational changes including adding new plants to existing units and handling Invoice issues, executing test cases and integration of punch out catalogues.

Responsibilities:

• Enhancements and design workflow for line item approvals. Mapping Approval tables, Project codes, Plants and Internal orders for Capex budgets.
• Worked on the Business Add Ins (BADI) to meet the customer requirements. Enhancement on shopping cart for Resale and Cost Assignments (for Capital expenses and Operational expenses).
• Worked on Bid Invitation and Vendor quotation issues.
• Enhancements on changes to Organizational structure and User Maintenance.
• Replicating new Product categories and vendors.
• Enhancements on Shopping cart approval chain report and PO report.
• Enhancement on Confirmation of GR in SRM by uploading excel file and email alerts to the requisitioner.
• Configured Open Catalog Interface for the ability to interact with Vendor web catalog and transfer of shopping cart to EBP for MRO items procurement (Punch-out catalogues)
• Interaction with client for the business requirements and User Acceptance Test (UAT).
• Worked Procurement and AP processes issues.

Environment: SRM 5.5 (EBP, Bidding Engine), ECC 6.0 (Material Management, FICO), MDM 1.0

Confidential, India. Jun 2008 - Aug 2008
SRM Functional Consultant

As a SAP SRM Functional Consultant involved in project preparation, worked with end user group to define system functionality, business blueprint design on Supplier Collaboration, Configuring EBP system, end user training, study and enhancements on current ongoing SRM system - Self service Procurement, Supplier Registration, Bidding engine and MM Procurement process.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in discussing Business Requirements and Preparing Business Blue Print (SRM Supplier Collaboration - MM SUS).
• Enhancements and design on Contract Management (Global Outline Agreement and SRM Contracts).
• Enhancements on existing Supplier Registration Process (ROS) and creating business partners in SRM.
• Analyzed current SRM processes/transactions and recommended changes to automate the current processes to optimize efficiency.
• Configured workflow for supplier registration, shopping cart, bid invitations, contracts, confirmations and Invoice.
• Configuration/testing of Procurement processes in EBP & integration with R/3 using Extended Classic Scenario.
• Configured shopping cart processing, purchase order processing including purchase order response and contract processing.
• Configured EBP self-service procurement, plan-driven procurement in EBP.
• Created organization structure, roles, users and contact persons for vendors.
• Worked with the Technical Lead and guide ABAP team to carry out ABAP enhancements.
• Did Replication of Materials, Product Categories and Vendors from R/3 to EBP.
• Involved in Preparing Functional Design and Technical Design Specifications.
• Configured the standard workflow and created new Workflow Templates to extend the approval process with creation of new business objects.
• Involved in end user training and documentation.
• Involved in User Acceptance Test (UAT).

Environment: SRM 5.5 (EBP, Bidding Engine, SUS), EP, PI, R/3 4.7, ECC 6.0 (Material Management, FICO), HTML, BSP.

Confidential, Yash Technologies, India Jan 2007 - Jan 2008
SRM Functional Consultant

As a SAP SRM Functional Consultant involved in full life cycle implementation (Supplier Collaboration MM SUS Scenario) - project preparation, business blueprint, realization/configuration, integration tests, end user training for client Wabash.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the business requirement at Wabash and came up with a solution document for implementing mySAP SRM Supplier Self Services (Plan Driven Procurement)
• Successfully managed configuration of Plan Driven Procurement (MM-SUS)
• Integrating the standard mySAP SRM SUS solutions with XML communication using SAP XI, for external facing portal needs.
• Integrating Business Intelligence for Spend Analysis using mySAP SRM SUS (PDP) was challenging as the standard PDP scenario doesn't provide any standard info source, Data Sources required.
• Documenting all the Project implementation information, this includes the Requirement analysis documentation, Blue Printing Documentation, Customizing Documentation, Testing Documentation and etc.
• Configuring all the standard functionalities and custom functionalities to enable the supplier collaboration working.
• Testing all the configuration objects and customized objects to ensure that is delivered to the client with best quality in specified time and with out compromising on performance.
• Interaction with client for the business requirements and User Acceptance Test (UAT).
• Involved in end user training and documentation.

SRM Responsibilities:

• Setting Up Services for SAP Supplier Self-Services
• Configured SUS user Management.
• Research and Analysis on all mySAP SRM SUS related customizing issues.
• Defining Technical settings for E-Mail
• Creating an Organizational Plan
• Creating an Organizational Plan for Suppliers and making settings for Business Partners.
• Adjusting unit of measures, currencies and exchange rates.

MM Responsibilities:

• Setting IDocs and creating Distribution Model.
• Configured User Exit and created Purchase Order output.
• Did vendor specific configuration (Setting up vendor master data and setting up vendor for order output)

Environment: SRM 5.5 (EBP, SUS), R/3 4.7 (Material Management, FICO), BW 7.0, XI 7.0, BSP, HTML, XML.

Confidential, iGate, India May 2006 - Dec 2006
SRM Functional Consultant

As a SAP SRM Functional Consultant involved in full life cycle implementation (Self Service Procurement: Standalone Scenario) - project preparation, business blueprint, realization/configuration, integration testing, end user training for client Wabash.

Responsibilities:

• Configuration/testing of Procurement processes in EBP & integration with R/3 using Standalone Scenario.
• Created the Organization structure, roles, and users and did the assignment of proper attributes.
• Did Replication of Materials, Product Categories and Vendors from R/3 to EBP.
• Worked on the middleware for transfer of SAP R/3 master data to EBP.
• Configured the standard workflow and created new Workflow Templates to extend the approval process to 5 levels with creation of new business objects.
• Worked on the Business Add Ins (BADI) to meet the customer requirements.
• Implemented N-step approval BAdi to determine dynamic approval during shopping cart creation.
• Configured Open Catalog Interface for the ability to interact with Vendor web catalog and transfer of shopping cart to EBP for MRO items procurement.
• Modified the Services to suit the front-end browser screen to customer requirements.
• Involved in ITS Server configuration with EBP.
• Configured Bidding Engine and Live Auction Cockpit for strategic sourcing scenario.
• Implemented sourcing functionality like contracts, info records, source list, Vendor list and Bidding process for direct material procurement.
• Defined Ad Hoc agents to determine agents for the approval of purchasing documents at runtime.
• Involved in routing Work item dynamically to approvers Inbox based on EBP purchasing organization structure.
• Configured EBP system with Logical System assignments, Model Distribution for connection to back ends R/3 system.
• Replication of HR Organizational strucutre
• Research & implementation of applicable OSS notes.
• Re-engineering of existing business process
• Responsible for on-going maintenance and enhancements.

Environment: SRM 4.0 (EBP, Bidding Engine), R/3 4.7 (Material Management, FICO).

Confidential, iGate, India Jan 2006- May 2006
SRM Functional Consultant

Scenario: Catalog Content Management (Requisite eMerge and BugsEye)

Project Description:
This project is fully application support for KFI (Kraft Food International). We enable the supplier for KFI to maintain the material information (i.e. price, quantity, description etc.) in KFI database. We are responsible for validation of raw data provided and applying business rules as specified by suppler and loading in to the database and finally keep tracking of status of the data. . Our business process involves loading the data provided by the supplier into database. Our process called "Catalogue Validation" will validate all the raw data and converts into information according to business rules provided by the supplier.

Responsibilities:

• Automation of Manual process in handling raw data from unskilled buyers to a valid data into a database.
• Maintain the data for each supplier confidentially and providing views to them as per their rolls.
• Transfer the data to production server (BugsEye) after the work approvals
• Preparing scripts that are applicable on the business rules provided by the supplier.
• Validating the data.
• Creating and providing the views to the suppliers.
• Maintain the past catalogue history for the each supplier.
• Reporting of user search behavior in both the application.
• Tracking weekly and monthly efforts for submit to the client

Environment: SAP-SRM 4.0, EBP, eMerge and BugsEye, Oracle 9i, Windows 2000 Server, MS Excel.

Confidential, iGATE, India May 2005 - Dec2005
MM Functional Consultant

As a MM Functional consultant responsible for Implementing, Preparation of End User Training Manuals and End User Training and handling issues in SAP MM Module.

Responsibilities:

• Configured Material Master and vendor master, Responsible for all IMG configurations and testing in the MM module.
• Configured new plants and maintained plant parameters for the new plants.
• Configured and integrated Plant, Purchase Org, Storage Locations, Material Types and Views, Material Masters, MRP Groups, Vendor Masters and Partner Functions, Purchasing. Info Records, Purchase Requisitions. Planned/Purchase Orders.
• Managed master data for Material Master, Vendor Master, Service Master
• Established Vendor Evaluation with price comparison, auto source determination and quota arrangement.
• Supported on day-to-day complex issues arising from material procurement
• Solved problems on Info records and Source lists and other master data.
• Established Release strategy for purchasing orders and requisitions
• Involved in preparation of new tables and new functionality developments depends on customer requirements with ABAPers.
• Support to the end users by solving day to day issues in MM.

Environment: SAP R/3 4.6, MM, Oracle 8i, Windows.