SUMMARY

• 11 Years of functional experience in SAP APO (advanced planning & Optimizer). Demand planning (DP), Supply Network planning (SNP), Production Planning &Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS), and Global Available - to- Promise (GATP), Business Warehousing (BW), and Core Interface (CIF).
• Hands-on experience of ASAP methodology with experience in all phases of Project Preparation, Business Blueprint, Realization, Pre-go Live, Go Live and Post go-live Support.
• Experience in Supply Chain Planning Concepts and Processes including Designing, Developing, Configuring, Testing, Implementing and supporting all aspects of the Demand Planning (DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP), Production Planning & Detailed scheduling (PP/DS) and Global Available to Promise (GATP).
• Demand Planning Experience: Configuration of APO-Demand Planning MPOS, Planning Areas, Planning Object Structures, Designing, Planning Books & Data Views, Designing Macros, Maintaining Time Bucket Profiles & Storage Bucket Profiles, life cycle planning, promotion planning, and Forecasting Strategies, Background Job and Process Chain maintenance, Phase In/Phase out procedure, Alert Monitor, Characteristic Value Combinations, Releasing DP to SNP.
• Supply Network Planning Experience: Master Data, Interactive Planning, Planning Area Configuration, Planning Book and Macro Design, SNP Heuristics, Optimization, Capable-to-Match, Advanced Safety Stock Methods, Deployment and Transportation Load Builder.
• Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling (PPDS): Heuristic methods, PPDS Master Data, PPDS Optimizer, Integration with Detailed scheduling, Transferring Plants and Distribution center, Raw Material Planning.
• Global Available-To-Promise (GATP): Rules Based ATP, MATP, Characteristic Planning, Availability Checking, check Instructions, Check mode, Requirement type, Requirement class, ATP categories.
• SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW): Worked in administrator workbench for the
• Creation of Info sources, Info packages, Info cubes, Update rules, source systems, uploading data into the Info cubes, transfer routines, which includes the extraction and transfer of data between ECC and APO.
• Data loading in to planning area and restate the data/Validation of data in APO/BW/Planning area and resolve data mismatch issues at all levels.
• Knowledge of Business Scenarios related to Make-to-Stock and Make-to-Order, Configured and implemented BW reporting using BEX analyzer/browser
• Core Interface (CIF): Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between ECC and APO.
• Knowledge on legacy systems JD Edwards, Seeburger, TITAN etc.
• Good understanding of SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) concepts that are relevant to successful implementation of DP module.
• Relationship with business users, and the clients.
• An exceptional team member with a strong management, administration, problem solving, and decision-making capability.
• Proven ability to effectively manage time and prioritize tasks in order to consistently complete projects on time according to specifications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP Applications: SCM APO 5.0, 7.0, ECC 5.0, 6.0, BI/BW Reporting

Packages: MS Office, Visio.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Bridgewater Township, NJ

Sr SAP APO DP and SNP Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SCM 7.0

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the Creation of Master Planning Object Structure, Planning Areas.
• Defined planning books and Macros for interactive planning and Defined Macros to perform calculations to carry out tests and created Alerts.
• Created info areas, info catalogs, info source, and info cube, Remote cubes, Multi cubes, Update Rules, Export Data Source, Info packages.
• Configuration of the multiple planning books both for the Heuristic,CTMplanning and S&OP process
• Defined Planning Books, Data Views and Macros for interactive planning to perform calculations, creation and assigning of Alert Profiles in SNP.
• Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between ECC and APO.
• Developed Transfer Rules and Update Rules for Info Cubes.
• Setting up of the Master data for SNP and creation of Planning version and planning book.
• Used Multilevel ATP check and Rules based ATP check.
• Worked on Multilevel ATP check for configured products.
• Involved in the design, development, testing, documentation, cutover activities and go-live support for the Supply Planning process of the project ATOM (NA and Europe).
• As part of requirement gathering, understood the detailed functional requirements prepared by the business and coordinated with users to lock the 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 and maintain XREF data.
• Wrote functional specs for NRP and DRP mapping to multiple SAP systems.
• Wrote DOMD’s for creating purchase requisitions and Sales orders in multiple ERP’s by integrating planning from OMP.
• Design, build, test and documentation of EDG integration with ERP’s and OMP planning.
• Configure deliver functions for both inbound and outbound transfer ASN’s sales orders.
• Support integration testing and other deployment associated activities
• Assist the business functions supporting process analysis, knowledge transfer and planning optimization.
• Worked with Business team for BST, UAT and Hyper-care for both ATOM NRP and DRP.
• End user training.

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Sr SAP APO SNP PPDS Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SCM 7.0

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for finding the design gaps and do the GAP analysis for the NIKE US project which client gone go live for 2 plants and responsible for business requirement gathering and provide solution for design gaps.
• Configure alerts for SNP & PPDS.
• Worked on PPDS master data and scheduling board, PPT and heuristics profiles.
• Worked on SNP to PPDS order conversion jobs and integration of planned orders and converting them to process orders and release for manufacturing.
• Worked on SNP Master Data, Planning Area Administration, Planning Books, Heuristics, CTM, Optimizer, Advanced Safety Stock Planning, PP/DS integration, Aggregated Planning, Deployment and TLB.
• Set up Deployment Heuristics and assigned TLB Profile to the transportation lanes.
• Defined lot size, production horizon, fixing horizon, etc.,
• Perform SNP runs using SNP Heuristics, created cost and Optimization profile for SNP optimizer and created CTM model for the products. Multi resource planning for PPDS orders.
• Configured PPM/PDS explosion and scheduling, firming, pegging, setup times, converting planned orders into process orders.
• Redesign the in-line blend resource.
• Maintained the concerned master data required to run the CTM planning engine. This included Production Versions, PDS’s, Recipe group/Recipe’s, Product Locations.
• Worked on scheduling issues using product priorities, setup matrices, setup groups, order start and finish dates.
• Resolved CIF queues errors and maintained system integration.
• Ensuring Data continuity and quality between APO and ECC using the CIF functionality.
• Monitor the scheduled background jobs.
• Worked on STO issues in PP.
• Resolved the ATP issues on order confirmation.
• Worked on various enhancements, developments and redesigning the business processes carried out the during the post go live period.
• Responsible for design, testing and cutover activities and post go live production support.
• Trained end users in scheduling board and support them during go live.
• Worked on hyper care issues both in ECC(PP) and APO(PPDS) directly with end users on daily basis.

Confidential, Charlotte NC

S/4 HANA PPDS (Support)

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SCM 7.0

Responsibilities:

• 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
• 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.
• Supported the daily production tickets related to PPDS.

Confidential, Winston Salem, NC

Sr SCM APO DP, SNP, PPDS, and GATP Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SCM 7.0

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Business Blueprints, Realization, Final Preparation, Cutover and Post Implementation.
• Involved in the configuration of Planning Areas, Characteristic Value Combinations (CVCs) and Master Data. Created Time Series Objects, Storage Bucket profile and Planning Bucket Profile for monthly buckets and weekly buckets.
• Monitor process chain daily and see to it that the CVC’s are created properly.
• Analyzed customer demand and configured appropriate key figure values for forecasting.
• Understanding the entire Supply Chain Configuration currently implemented in the SAP SCM Environment and suggesting changes in business process / Master Data / Batch Jobs.
• Defined Planning Books, Data Views and Macros for interactive planning to perform calculations, creation and assigning of Alert Profiles in SNP.
• Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between ECC and APO.
• Setting up of the Master data for SNP and creation of Simulation versions for business verification process.
• Perform SNP runs using SNP Location/ Network Heuristics at various levels of the supply chain and creation of CTM model for the products.
• Defined various heuristics in customizations in PP/DS. Selection of heuristic profile for interactive planning in PP/DS. Maintaining propagation ranges in customization.
• Designing the data integration process for theSNPandCTMplanning run
• CTMprofile and distribution of Demand (forecast and stock) based on Quotas to the plants and growing regions.
• Perform set up of Deployment Optimizer profiles, cost settings in master data and batch jobs.
• Knowledge of basic ABAP Debugging, IDOCS, LSMW, BADI’s.
• Working on various external procurement relationships such as Info Records and Scheduling agreements.
• Maintained PP/DS heuristics, product planning table configuration and user exists.
• Configured PPM/PDS explosion and scheduling, firming, pegging, setup times, converting planned orders into PP/DS orders, exception groups in the PP/DS planning log, product view.
• Created SAP HANAartifacts like schemas, tables, views, sequences, synonyms, procedures to associate the relations between multiple dimensional and facts data of material data.
• Worked on Export/Import of HANAModels across landscape in HANA.
• Create customize reports and graph inHPALM.
• Troubleshooting configuration issues in GATP and its integration with ECC.
• Configured GATP Settings - Maintained check instructions and check control.
• Configured Rules Based ATP Check settings and Multilevel ATP check settings-maintained check instructions check control, field catalog, created condition table, access sequence, and condition type and rule strategy.
• Configured backorder processing settings - defined filter type, sort profile, assigned rules strategy etc.

Confidential, New York City.

Functional SAP APO & PP Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SCM 7.0

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Business Blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation and Go-Live and support.
• Set up the demand-planning book planning object structure, planning area, planning book and macros in the interactive demand planning.
• Maintained Characteristics Value Combinations (CVC), Forecast Profiles and Data Views.
• Maintained Storage Bucket and Time Bucket Profiles.
• Configured statistical forecast models, model selection, statistical forecasting, forecast error analysis etc. in Demand Planning.
• Generated planned independent requirements (PIR) based on the customers historical sales data using various statistical forecasting methods of Demand Planning.
• Customized PP in the following areas: Material Master, BOM, Work Centers, and Routings.
• Customized plant parameters for MRP, defined MRP groups and Controllers
• Utilization of Update Rule start-routines to accommodate BOM conversions and automatic realignment of location, material and customer data prior to Info Cube load.
• Designed test cases and Integrated Testing Data upload from BW to DP.
• Debugged CIF related issues, worked on CIF Error handling, and CIP Post processing, CIF reconciliation and Delta Reports, well versed with Error Handling and CIF transactions.
• Master data modifications in SAP ECC to minimize problems during master and transactional data transfers.
• Configured APO SNP planning area, planning books, selection profile for planning book, planning calendar.
• Transferred SNP orders to ECC, setting up master data such as product, storage and transport resource, and location.
• Set up supply chain model, transportation lanes, quota arrangement, optimization profile, TLB profile, ran SNP optimizer, heuristics and Configured CTM techniques.
• Configuration of the customSNPplanning books and data view for Heuristic,CTMand Deployments runs
• Configuration for Rules-based ATP check.
• Testing of Backorder Processing, Product Allocations and Rules-based ATP check by creating scenarios using sales orders in ECC.
• Provided support to end users in integration of APO with SD/MM/PP and provided training to demand planners and end users. Created End User Documents and Training Materials.
• Worked with Handling Unit Managementto reflect packing-based logistics structure.
• Implemented Batch Management internal number release during the goods receipt process
• Customized PP in the following areas: Material Master, BOM, Work Centers, and Routings.
• Defined plant parameters in MRP, defined MRP controller, MRP groups, MRP types, Special procurement, planning horizon, planning time fence, safety stock availability, procurement proposal.

Confidential, Maumee, OH

SAP APO/PP Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SCM 7.0

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Business Blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation and Go-Live and support.
• Configured the data views for planning books as per customer requirements.
• Analyzed customer demand and configured appropriate key figure values for forecasting.
• Understood the business process as part of knowledge transfer and maintained the S&OP process using DP and SNP performed enhancements in Data View, DP Graphs, and improved forecasting by selecting most appropriate models and the best statistical parameters for Univariate Forecasting.
• Live cache consistency check for DP and SNP planning area.
• Involved in analyzing and documenting the AS-IS business process and finalizing the To-Be conditions.
• Gathered the requirements from users, analyzed them and prepared functional specifications for implementing the same.
• Involved in configuring the make- to- stock strategy, defining requirements type and allocating the requirements class.
• Create new generic items with complete rule sets, using either configuration information or table-based validation information.
• Maintains item information and troubleshoots issues related to item master, BOM and associated master data requirements.
• Configured SNP planning tools - Heuristics planning and safety stock planning functionality.
• Ensuring data continuity and quality between APO and ECC using the CIF functionality.
• Worked with Handling Unit Managementto reflect packing-based logistics structure.
• Implemented Batch Management internal number release during the goods receipt process.
• Customized PP in the following areas: Material Master, BOM, Work Centers, and Routings.
• Customized plant parameters for MRP, defined MRP groups and Controllers
• In Production Planning SOP/LTP/Capacity Planning, Demand Management, Transfer of Requirements from Sales, working knowledge of Available to Promise (ATP), Planning Strategies including Make-to-Stock and Make-to-Order.
• Provide SAPProcurement (MM/PP/SD) configuration to accommodate design requirements including procurement and manufacturing processes
• Created various standard Material Management (MM) documents which include Purchase requisition (PR), Purchase Orders (PO), Purchase Info Record.
• Perform SNP runs using SNP heuristics, created cost and Optimization profile for SNP optimizer.
• Setting up of the master data for SNP (Locations, Products, resources, PPM, Transformation lanes mean of transport and Quota arrangements) and creation of SNP planning version and planning book.
• Maintained CIF Integration Models for Master and Transaction Data transfer between ECC and APO.
• Created SAP HANAartifacts like schemas, tables, views, sequences, synonyms, procedures to associate the relations between multiple dimensional and facts data of material data.
• Configuration of Planned orders and Production Orders. Conversion of Planned orders to Production orders.
• Execute upload and test the data accuracy as per defined procedure.

Confidential

Functional SAP PP Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing and documenting the AS-IS business process and finalizing the To-Be conditions.
• Gathered the requirements from users, analyzed them and prepared functional specifications for implementing the same.
• Involved in configuring the make- to- stock strategy, defining requirements type and allocating the requirements class.
• Customized PP in the following areas: Material Master, BOM, Work Centers, and Routings.
• Customized plant parameters for MRP, defined MRP groups and Controllers
• Defined plant parameters in MRP, defined MRP controller, MRP groups, MRP types, Special procurement, planning horizon, planning time fence, safety stock availability, procurement proposal.
• Created various standard Material Management (MM) documents, which include Purchase requisition (PR), Purchase Orders (PO), Purchase Info Record.
• Defined Work Center categories, capacity categories, shift sequence and period pattern keys for estimating available capacity, work center formula and key for performance efficiency rate for costing.
• In routings and work centers, customized task list usage, standard values and parameters, defined control keys, maintained task list types, material type allocations, defined work scheduler/planner group, defined control keys, reduction strategies, routing selections.
• Configuration of Planned orders and Production Orders. Conversion of Planned orders to Production orders.