SUMMARY:

• Over 2 decades of professional experience, with 17+ years of SAP Consulting experience across various SAP Logistics modules
• Expertise in architecting solution leveraging SAP MM.WM.QM.PM, iMRO modules across different Industry Domains.
• Proven experience in implementing solution with strong focus on Integration across different functional areas leveraging SAP FI - CO/PP/SD modules
• Successfully managed a project handling S/4 conversion and stabilization
• Hands on experience in Vendor development, Production buying, Strategic Sourcing, Value sourcing, Supplier management and managing the Supplier to warehouse logistics process
• Over a decade of experience in Client Interfacing roles in different SAP Projects varying from Global Implementations, Roll outs, Upgrade and Support
• Specialized in Implementation of SAP Supplier Relationship Management, Materials Management, Warehouse Management, Enterprise Asset Management and allied modules across different Industry Domains like Oil Field Services, Aviation and Manufacturing
• Extensive experience in managing the complete cycle of RICEFW developments with thrust on Automation, Mobility and rich user experience
• Worked on projects in waterfall and agile methodology
• Experience in working with multiple vendors and geographically distributed teams

KEY DOMAIN AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE:

Domain: Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Oil Field Services, Aviation

Technical: SAP S/4 HANA, SAP ECC 6, SAP iMRO,SAP APO, SAP SRM, SAP Business By Design

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to manage the KPI development leveraging Data Lake / Tableau and optimizing using harmonized SAP data across multiple instances
• Part of the Maintenance Transformation team focusing on Maintenance Process analysis and improvement opportunity identification
• Responsible for leading a 7-member team and manage the following tasks for the CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) project
• Project Planning, Scheduling and Manage the Project for New Operations data build solution
• Engage with key stakeholders for creating the Roadmap for the project related to Data Governance
• Manage the Pilot projects for inducting new Assets, Spare parts and Maintenance Strategies into SAP
• Conduct Re-Engineering Workshops to identify requirements in the New Operations data build process
• Provide expertise in developing a holistic and robust solution for the
• Data build for SAP Plant Maintenance Master Data s such as
• Equipment, Equipment Hierarchy, Functional Location, Functional Location Hierarchy, Equipment Classification, Material Master, Material Master classification
• Provide expert advice in developing solution for robust Document Management System
• Responsible for developing automated solution for Equipment
• Datasheets and extracting the required attributes
• Support the continuous improvement activities which improves the Data Quality and Data Integrity
• Responsible for proposing solution in the Data Cataloguing, Data Profiling, Project Work Collaboration etc., Project Preparation, Business Blueprinting, Realization, etc.,
• Lead the Functional Specification, Unit Test Case preparation, Business Process Test case and Integration test case preparation
• Responsible for Managing the Data - Migration for the New Operations Data build
• Data Analysis, cleansing and enrichment of the SAP Plant Maintenance Master Data
• Support the identification of KPI parameters and Health Check
• Monitoring for the Plant Maintenance Master and Transaction Data
• Responsible for Support and Change Management post solution deployment

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading a 5-member team to manage the Conversion Cutover, Hypercare and Support
• Project Planning, Scheduling and Managing the deployment of the solution to Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico regions
• Manage the Data Migration, Transformation, Data Enrichment and conversion of the source data
• Identify relevant Business Functions for optimizing the Business Processes based on SAP S/4 HANA Simplification List 1809
• Assess and propose automation opportunities
• Manage the continuous improvement projects for value realization
• Managed implementation of various critical Procurement and Business KPI s including Inventory Trend. Inventory Turnover, Procurement Lead Time, Inventory Usage, Spend Analytics, Procurement Master Data Quality, Vendor Delivery etc.,
• Implemented Procurement and Logistics controls, Checks and auto-categorization to improve Governance in Procurement and Logistics Process

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Implementation effort across all Phases of the SAP End to Implementation project such as Project Preparation, Business Blueprinting, Realization, Go-Live & Project Stabilization
• As part of Project Preparation, Lead the Proposal Development including Project Cost and Resource Estimation, getting required approvals, Plan and Prepare Application Road Map, Track IT project scope, prepare schedules for completing tasks, and review quality of work performed
• During Business Blue Printing Phase, conducted multiple Workshops for collecting requirements across different Process Areas like Procurement to Pay, Sourcing and Contract Management, Inventory Management, Quality Processing, Manufacturing, Foreign Trade etc., and drafted the Business Requirement Documents
• As part of Realization, Conduct FIT Gap analysis and address Process Gap, responsible for Configuration, Solution design, Development, Testing and Deployment of SAP functionalities across all the SAP Supply Chain Modules such as Materials Management, Warehouse Management, Quality Management, Logistics Execution
• Responsible for drafting and implementing the solutions in the areas of integration between SCM and MRO (Maintenance Repair and Overhaul) modules covering Pegging, Sourcing, Shortage, Picking, Warranty functions leveraging ‘iMRO Product
• Lead the Functional Specification, Unit Test Case preparation, Business Process Test case and Integration test case preparation
• Designed and deployed Priority procurement process to plan and procure spares based on demand priority in Aviation sector
• Solution architect for the on-demand planning and Global shortage visibility
• Responsible for Managing the Data - Migration for the Implementation Project
• Post Deployment of SAP solution, responsible for Support and Change Management

Confidential, Texas

SCM Track Lead

Responsibilities:

• Implementation coordinator for Global Roll Outs and Implementation
• Managed client communication and Information flow
• Handled enhancements and development projects across multiple modules Viz., SAP MM, PP, PM, QM, SD, Logistics and SAP APO-PPDS
• Incident handling as per SLA (Service Level Agreement)
• Involved in day to day process improvement and value stream mapping of projects
• Managing Data Conversion consisting of more than 20 Master data spread across diversified modules
• Process consulting and support in P2P (Procurement to Pay) /Quote to Cash / Make to Order / MRP/ Kanban/Re-Manufacturing /Rental Service processes
• Responsibly handled a project aiming at automating the PO creation for external components involved in Production Order
• Involved from Project Inception to final deployment across multiple geographies
• Involved in Global Rollouts and deployment of SAP ECC 6.0 system for more than 200 plants globally
• Responsible for managing classification of more than 50000 vendors and over a million f Material Master based on UNSPSC classification
• Managed the Kanban Project deployment featuring Kanban labels and Kanban Stock Transfer process.
• Involved in standardization of more than a dozen PO output types to one output type which resulted in significant maintenance cost reduction
• Handled the project which aims at developing a dashboard for all Data migration programs
• Project Management activities including Planning, Scheduling and Prioritizing Projects, MIS reports, Team Management, Mentoring, New Initiatives
• Designed and developed solution for calculating the Transportation Cost for the Shipments and reporting the same

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for day to day Support activity of the Procurement and Inbound Logistics activity
• Supported the activities of entire US region
• Worked in an environment with diversified systems like SAP ERP, APO, BW, Mainframe WMS, Enterprise Portals etc.,
• Trained the offshore team to handle support process and responsible for offshore operations
• Handled on call support
• Managed the support involving diversified processes like Standard procurement, Intra company Stock transfer. Goods Issue, Transfer Postings, Inventory Adjustment and Master Data maintenance
• Worked on enhancements to improve customized programs performance and troubleshooting the same
• Management of SLA adherence
• Supported batch jobs monitoring and interface to third party WMS systems (Mainframe)
• Handled the Incident Management, Problem Management and Change Management process.
• Worked on Solution Manager and Remedy tools

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in developing a Proof of Concept on Government Billing and Accounting for US Public Sector
• Configured Third Party Order Processing (Integration with SD)
• Configured Order Related Billing and Delivery Processing
• Intercompany / Intra Company Stock Transfer Scenarios Configuration
• Exposure to Resource Related Billing - Integration with Project System and Logistics and Billing Related Project Elements with DIP profile
• Worked with Message Type Orders and IDoc type ORDCHG
• Customized the IDoc type to delete duplicate condition item in Sales Order
• IDoc Error Troubleshooting and Processing
• Developing Test Scripts and User Manual Preparation and Business Process Procedure Documentation
• Worked on Smartform modifications in Invoice
• Configured the Availability Check functionality for Sales Order

Confidential

SRM Application Management Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Supported extensively the complete Procure to Pay Scenario Viz., Shopping Cart, Purchase Requisition, Purchase Order, Goods Confirmation, Invoice and Payment
• Incident Management and providing solutions in the area of all SRM functionalities
• Handled the message flow issues between the client’s system and the Business Partner (Supplier) for supplier registration, Business Partner Creation, Purchase Order Communication, Purchase Order Confirmation, Advance Shipping Notification
• XML messages Analysis
• ABAP Dump analysis and de-bugging
• Providing Solutions towards BTM / XI Messages Issue (Message based integration between various Process Components)
• Extensively involved in Script based testing after release of new service packs
• Regression Testing of the function where new hotfixes were applied.
• Providing solutions towards Adobe Document Services while trouble shooting Interactive Forms
• Responsible for establishing Support process /Procedures in line with frame work of ITIL and establishing metrics
• Service Catalogue Creation
• Worked on ESOA platform and familiar with Deployment Units, Process Components, Business Objects, Services, Service Interfaces
• Training on ESOA, Net weaver, Loose Coupled Integration, Application Platforms, Business Objects, Business Scoping

Project lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for completing the Business Blue Print
• Coordinated with the Onsite Team to understand the Business Process and mapped the same
• Mapped the Organization structure
• Mapped the Procurement to Pay process for Goods, Fixed Assets and Services Procurement
• Integration with other modules such as Funds Management / Grants Management / Project System and Asset Management mapped
• Analyzed the interface requirements to connect the Third Party System to SAP

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved right from the project inception stage in all five stages of implementation viz., Project Preparation, Blue Print, Realization, Final Preparation and Go-live and Post Go-Live Support
• Identified the Core Team Members, Process Owners and provided Hands on training to the core team members on the entire SAP MM cycle
• Business Process study done for Powder Metallurgy, Forging, Fasteners, Pump Plants as part of the AS IS study
• Module specific processes and cross module integration aspects mapped into, AS IS Business Process document
• Charted out plan for custom developments after analyzing gap between TO BE & standard SAP
• Involved in various cross - module integration discussions between FI, QM, PP, PM & SD
• Organization Structure Configuration
• Configuration of new material types, material groups
• New Document Types Configured for RFQ, PR, Contracts, Scheduling Agreement and Number ranges assigned
• Automatic Account Determination Configured
• Configured Invoice Verification - Subsequent Credit, Subsequent Debit, Credit Memo
• Release Strategy Configuration for PR, PO and Service Entry Sheet
• Tax Processing configured as per Country India Version
• Handled Goods Receipt, Goods Issues, Transfer Postings, Movement Types, Reservation configurations and Process
• Pricing Procedures to cater domestic, import and stock transfer procurement models
• Message determination with new Message type for PO and Scheduling Agreement with medium external send and EDI / IDocs
• Deployed Consumption Based Planning to plan for ‘C’ class materials
• Activated Shelf Life Expiry check for various logistics movement types
• Worked on Batch Classification and capturing the characteristics during Goods Inward
• QM Master Data (QM View in Material Master, Quality Info Record)
• Quality Plan, Quality notifications, Master Inspection Characteristics, Result Recording Custom reports, reason codes for material movements
• QM Configuration includes the QM in Procurement areas like define Control Keys. Certificate Key Processing Delivery Blocks, Document Types, QM System
• Third Party, Inter and Intra Company Process configuration
• Formulated the MRP with Planned Independent Requirements
• Extensive knowledge in Sub-Contracting Bill of Material
• Mapped the business process for handling production scrap
• Knowledge in Routing and Product Costing
• Worked on automation of the entire Procure to Pay (P2P) Scenarios using Automatic PO, Automatic Schedules, Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS), Revaluation and Automatic Document Adjustment
• Conceived and developed a user friendly report to track the status of a PR for the complete P2P cycle (i.e., till the invoice is made)
• Drafted the Process Definition Documents for the various processes finalized in TO BE
• Prepared more than 100 Functional Specification towards module relevant Z developments which includes various reports, BDC s, Field Exits, User Exits and Badi
• Master data strategy development and Data Migration using LSMW.
• Uploaded more than 100,000 Material Masters of material types including ROH, HALB, FERT, VERP, ERSA, FHMI and extended the same to different plants

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for procurement of over 300 components of different nature which covers Precision Plastic injection molded components, pressure die casted aluminum castings, machined steel comps wiring harnesses, press components ( which constitutes 30 % of the total components ) & various proprietary parts like Horns, Mirrors, Lamps ignition systems, starter motors & other electrical / electronic, accessories
• Handled procurement of mass consumption components like fasteners of various types, gaskets, rubber, sealants etc.,
• Responsible for planning & scheduling activities of the all the components handled. Also responsible for validating the auto schedule released through MRP in SAP
• Handled imported items & has good idea on the importing cycle including Import Duty handling, licensing, advance payment etc.,
• Responsible for maintaining the inventory level within the stipulated level & working out various alternatives to bring it further down
• Responsible for Vendor accounts re-conciliation & co-ordination with our accounts for smooth realization of all accounts transaction
• Monitoring of entire logistics activities pertaining to all material which we are getting from both Northern, central & Southern regions. Also familiar to imports logistics
• Responsible for identifying quality vendors to suit our business needs
• Development of components for new projects
• Co-ordination with the vendor in finalizing the design concept & manufacturing feasibility study to freeze the product design. This is part of concurrent engineering mode which we have adopted in developing the components
• Responsible for completing the PPAP documentation for all the components developed. This includes signing off a Quality Agreement with our Sub-contractors
• Identification of vendors & nurturing them to be a strategic partner for all future development activities
• Co-ordination with Quality Assurance team to achieve DOL status for all the developed components
• Responsible for achieving target cost reduction as budgeted
• Preparations of FIRST PRINCIPLE costing for all the components which were developed

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Core team member in a Roll out Project for a new plant
• As a core team member, responsible for master data validation, upload, Unit testing, Integration testing, End - User training
• First Point contact for end user SAP Problems
• Responsible for testing customized reports developed
• Guidance & training towards processing of various Purchasing Documents, viz., RFQ, Purchase Requisition, Purchase orders, MRP (CBP), Scheduling Agreements, Purchasing Masters