SUMMARY

• Around 10 years of industrial experience, which includes 5 years of leading SAP R/3 Manufacturing modules and Supply Chain Management implementations.
• Experienced in Selling Software and Services to satisfy unique client needs.
• Expert in configuration and customisation of MM, PP, QM, DP and SNP modules.
• Six SIGMA and SAP XI implemented in 2 projects.
• Well experienced with SAP developed patches, X - Steps AFS etc.
• Worked extensively on all modules in pharmaceutical industries and discrete, repetitive.
• Involved in six full life cycle implementations of SAP R/3 Manufacturing module and four UP-Gradation projects.
• Team Lead and Solution Arch. in successful implementations (Pharmaceutical, Discrete and repetitive).
• Good understanding of inter module integration points.
• Thorough knowledge of implementing ASAP Methodology and Express Methodology.
• Organized workshop for business users, wrote Client/SAP version specific System Requirements Specification Documents and Detailed Design Specification Documents for off-shore teams.
• Through knowledge of writing functional specifications for ABAP team and helping enhance the vanilla code to attain the functionality not provided by Vanilla SAP.
• Developed Custom Idocs, Worked with Bapis and advised technical leads about various change pointers and generation methods.
• Devised/Analyzed different interfaces to keep master/transactional data in sync when business needed to operate on different ERPs. (Compliance Suite, WebMethods, Optiva, S & AR, LIMS, QCMAIN etc).
• Worked with Quality Assurance team to ensure proper documentation standards are kept in different phases of the project and FDA regulations are met.
• Responsible for providing project scope, setting and realizing milestone dates.
• Involved in developing and performing unit testing, system integration testing and User Acceptance Testing of MM, PP, PP-PI and QM modules.
• Involved in designing end-user training and providing postproduction support.
• Excellent business and organizational knowledge of various industries.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PP: Long Term Planning, Sales & Operations Planning, Demand Management

MM: Vendor Master, Material Master, Info Records, Source List

PP: MPS / MRP, Capacity Planning, Flexible planning

MM: Purchasing Requisitions, RFQ, outline agreements, Stock Transport Order.

PP: Make to Stock, Make to Order

MM: Consumption Based Planning MRP, Scheduling agreement

PP: Planned Order types, Production Orders types, Batch Determination Strategies.

MM: Logistics Invoice verification, different Procurement Process along with PR release procedures.

PP: Planned Order types, Production Orders types, Batch Determination Strategies.

MM: Subcontracting, third party processing, consignment stock, Inter-company billing

PP-PI: By-Product / Co-Product, Electronic Batch Record COEBR

QM: Selected sets, Codes & Code groups, Inspection Plans, Inspection Characteristics

PP-PI: PI Sheets, Process Messages, Product costing.

QM: Inspection Methods, Sampling Methods, Sampling Schemes, Dynamic Modification Rules. Vendor evaluation

PP-PI: Planned Order Type, Control Recipes, Batch Balancing, Process order types

QM: Triggering Inspection Lots, Inspection Types. Six Sigma result recording.

PP-PI: MRP views, BOMs, Recourses, BOM

QM: Results Recording, Defects Recording, Usage Decisions, Vendor evaluation

PP-PI: Shop fsloor integration (Interface to Compliance Suite, Web Methods, link to scales, etc)

QM: Inspection Lot Completion, Sample Management, Test Equipment Management and Calibration

PP-PI: Cross-plants planning, Special Procurement Keys, Fore Casting, Work Scheduling.

MM/IM: Physical inventory, Transfer posting, Goods movement (GR/GI), special stocks, physical inventory and reservations

PP-PI: Master Data - Recipes, Resources, BOMs and Process Industry Sheets.

WM: Storage types, storage sections, storage bins, Inbound/Outbound Deliveries

IDOCs: Material Master, Batch Master, Process Orders, BOM’s, RFC on SPRO tables etc

WM: Picking and packing strategies. Route determination and transportation

IDOCs: Material Master, Batch Master, Process Orders, BOM’s, RFC on SPRO tables etc

WM: Shipping point, shipping point determination, Mobile Data Entry.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SAP PP/QM Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lead full cycle implementation at multiple locations.
• Worked on SCM WRICEF GAP analysis for ECC to S/4 HANA implementation.
• Implemented the prototype for S/4 HANA simple logistics in 2 US and 1 Canadian plant.
• Lead numerous meetings with Client Counter parts and Business analyst’s.
• Involved in Master Data conversion from legacy to SAP using direct extraction.
• Worked in PP areas of configuration of Master Data (Resources, BOMs and Routings)
• Worked on customizing the Production order, release, confirmations and availability check.
• Interacted effectively with the finance team prior to master-data and configuration with respect to assigning appropriate G/L accounts to the corresponding data.
• Defined order types, unit of measurement conversion checking rules and confirmation parameters in process order management.
• Configured batch search strategy types, search procedures, sort rules, and SLED for various materials.
• Involved in unit testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing.
• Created End User Documentation and Training Materials.
• Worked on PP-WM integration extensively to allow production orders to be confirmed from Custom RF screens.
• Implemented Various OSS notes to solve custom problems in MRP runs, production order release, COGI access control etc.
• Worked on customizing the production order layout.
• Worked on custom reports and enhanced standard SAP reports to enable better reporting and Matrix tracking.
• Worked on MII and PP integration, enabling managers to see Operator by Shift/Line and production.

Confidential, Waukegan, IL

SAP PP-PI/QM COE Lead, S\4 HANA in R&D Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lead the core team in a full cycle implementation of multiple plants across the globe which included countries in Europe and Asia.
• Worked with SAP team from Germany to do the CRP for S\4 HANA.
• Implemented S\4 HANA in the R&D facility for SAP PP and QM.
• Involved in project preparation and Scope control to meet tight deadlines.
• Prepared Business Process and documented blueprint.
• Lead numerous meetings with Client Counter parts and Business analyst’s.
• Involved in Master Data conversion from legacy to SAP using direct extraction.
• Configured Material Master and Master Data.
• Worked in PP-PI areas of configuration of Master Data (Resources, BOMs, Master Recipes)
• Worked on customizing the creation of Process orders, release, confirmations and availability check.
• Worked on design X-Steps, testing them and rolling them out to new sites.
• Interacted effectively with the finance team prior to master-data and configuration with respect to assigning appropriate G/L accounts to the corresponding data.
• Worked on integrating SAP with external tools on LTP and flexible planning solutions to manage the demands coming from Europe, Asia and Africa.
• Defined order types, unit of measurement conversion checking rules and confirmation parameters in process order management.
• Configured batch search strategy types, search procedures, sort rules, and SLED for various materials.
• Designed and implemented Xsteps, and maintained the repository.
• Implemented Xsteps in Multiple languages across the Globe.
• Developed Functional and technical specs to build missing functionality in Xsteps.
• Configured the interfacing of Weigh and Dispense system such as Werum and Felten with process orders.
• Involved in unit testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing.
• Involved in configuration of inspection lots, quality certificates, catalogues, selected sets and profile assignment.
• Change Management - Helped user switch from 4.6c to ECC 6.0.
• Implemented strategies to enable User to use all the new tools in the template.
• Enhanced Standard SAP data screen to allow production runs to be separated.
• Created End User Documentation and Training Materials.
• Modeling and design of messages, transformations, and cross-component integration processes
• Configuration options for managing collaborative processes and message flow.
• Worked on customizing the production order layout.
• Worked on custom reports and enhanced standard SAP reports to enable better reporting and Matrix tracking.
• Worked with R&D to track developments of the new-drugs in the SAP, yet keep the design and process flow simple.

Confidential

SAP PP/ QM Functional Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead multiple internal delivery initiatives to build internal talent and ready to deliver business solutions.
• Involved in project preparation.
• Prepared Business Process and documented blueprint.
• Lead numerous meetings with Client Counter parts and Business analyst’s.
• Involved in Master Data conversion from legacy to SAP using direct extraction.
• Configured Material Master, Vendor Master and Master Data.
• Worked in PP areas of configuration of Master Data (Resources, BOMs, Master Recipes)
• Worked on customizing the creation of Process orders, release, confirmations and availability check.
• Interacted effectively with the finance team prior to master-data and configuration with respect to assigning appropriate G/L accounts to the corresponding data.
• Defined order types, unit of measurement conversion checking rules and confirmation parameters in process order management.
• Configured batch search strategy types, search procedures, sort rules, and SLED for various materials.
• Configured the interfacing of LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) with quality management.
• Involved in unit testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing.
• Involved in configuration of inspection lots, quality certificates, catalogues, selected sets and profile assignment.
• Created End User Documentation and Training Materials.
• Modeling and design of messages, transformations, and cross-component integration processes
• Configuration options for managing collaborative processes and message flow.
• SNP Planning Sequence.
• Supply Network Planning Strategies.
• Principle of the Optimizer.
• Planning Process.
• Deployment and Transport Load Builder.

Confidential, Boston, MA

SAP PP/ QM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Lead the full cycle implementation in 5 manufacturing facilities.
• Involved in project preparation.
• Prepared Business Process and documented blueprint.
• Lead numerous meetings with Client Counter parts and Business analyst’s.
• Involved in Master Data conversion from legacy to SAP using direct extraction.
• Configured Material Master, Vendor Master and Master Data.
• Worked in PP areas of configuration of Master Data (Resources, BOMs, Master Recipes)
• Worked on customizing the creation of Process orders, release, confirmations and availability check.
• Interacted effectively with the finance team prior to master-data and configuration with respect to assigning appropriate G/L accounts to the corresponding data.
• Defined order types, unit of measurement conversion checking rules and confirmation parameters in process order management.
• Configured batch search strategy types, search procedures, sort rules, and SLED for various materials.
• Configured the interfacing of LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) with quality management.
• Involved in unit testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing.
• Involved in configuration of inspection lots, quality certificates, catalogues, selected sets and profile assignment.
• Created End User Documentation and Training Materials.
• Modeling and design of messages, transformations, and cross-component integration processes
• Configuration options for managing collaborative processes and message flow.
• SNP Planning Sequence.
• Supply Network Planning Strategies.
• Principle of the Optimizer.
• Planning Process.
• Deployment and Transport Load Builder.

Confidential, Boston, MA

SAP PP/QM Functional Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead life full cycle implementation in three manufacturing plants in Ma.
• Involved in project preparation.
• Prepared Business Process and documented blueprint.
• Lead numerous meetings with Client Counter parts and Business analyst’s.
• Involved in Master Data conversion from legacy system to SAP using direct extraction.
• Configured Material Master, Vendor Master and Master Data.
• Implemented Discrete Manufacturing with Serialization in different Plants under same company code.
• Analysed Standard Part Substitution and Designed custom part sub logic specific to Confidential need.
• Worked on customizing the creation of Production orders, release, confirmations and availability check.
• Interacted effectively with the finance team prior to master-data and configuration with respect to assigning appropriate G/L accounts to the corresponding data.
• Defined order types, unit of measurement conversion checking rules and confirmation parameters in process order management.
• Configured consumption strategies and goods issue logic based on Genealogy.
• Involved in unit testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing.
• Involved in configuration and custom designing of Available to promise calculation in sales and production planning.
• Created End User Documentation and Training Materials.
• Modeling and design of messages, transformations, and cross-component integration processes
• Configuration options for managing collaborative processes and message flow.
• Integrated DP and SNP planning with ECC.
• Implemented various planning strategies, 81 Make to Order and 65 forecast consumption.
• Configured Stock transport orders within company and inter-company STOs.
• Planning Process in the Engineering depart based on Forecast and Forecast consumption of Goods Issue.
• Designed custom reports in BI for Supply demand visibility and Back order processing.
• Designed Custom Front Ends for shop floor activities based on Make to Stock and Make to order processes in the Plant.

Confidential, San Diego, CA

SAP PP-PI/ QM

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Functional Consultant and involved in a full cycle implementation of multiple plants.
• Involved in project preparation.
• Prepared Business Process and documented blueprint.
• Lead numerous meetings with Client Counter parts and Business analyst’s.
• Involved in Master Data conversion from legacy system to SAP using direct extraction.
• Configured Material Master, Vendor Master and Master Data.
• Worked in to have both discrete and repetitive in different Plants under same company code.
• Worked on customizing the creation of Process orders, release, confirmations and availability check.
• Worked with the business counterparts to standardize Xsteps.
• Held design session to collect X-Step requirement.
• Developed FDS’s to produce missing functionality.
• Interacted effectively with the finance team prior to master-data and configuration with respect to assigning appropriate G/L accounts to the corresponding data.
• Defined order types, unit of measurement conversion checking rules and confirmation parameters in process order management.
• Configured batch search strategy types, search procedures, sort rules, and SLED for various materials.
• Involved in unit testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing.
• Involved in configuration of inspection lots, quality certificates, catalogues, selected sets and profile assignment.
• Created End User Documentation and Training Materials.
• Change Management - Helped user switch from 4.6c to ECC 6.0.
• Implemented strategies to enable User to use all the new tools in the template.
• Modeling and design of messages, transformations, and cross-component integration processes
• Configuration options for managing collaborative processes and message flow.
• SNP Planning Sequence.
• Supply Network Planning Strategies.
• Configured Stock transport orders within company and inter-company STOs.
• Planning Process.
• Deployment and Transport Load Builder.

Confidential, IL

SAP PP /MM/QM

Responsibilities:

• Performed AS-IS and TO-BE analysis and presented the TO-BE business process to the process-owners for approval.
• Configured and set up the organization structure - Plants, purchasing organization, purchasing groups, storage locations and MRP controllers.
• Configured Stock transport orders within company and inter-company STOs.
• Configured Purchase Info records, Source List and Quota Arrangement to enable Automatic PO generation.
• Creation of MM master data in R/3 including Materials master, Vendor master, Info Record, Source List, etc.
• Extended the materials using a Customized program for material master mass extension.
• Configuration of different parameters for Material master, Vendor master, and purchasing master data.
• Defined valuation control, areas, classes, account grouping and automatic account assignments for movement types.
• Configuring and defining the checking rule and availability check.
• Configuration of Goods Issues, Goods Receipts, Automatic Movements, Reservation, Movement Types and other relevant objects in Inventory Management
• Setting up Material posting period to allow materials receipt.
• Interacted effectively with the finance prior to master-data and configuration with respect to assigning appropriate G/L accounts to the corresponding data.
• Configured and Designed the Warehouse management system.
• Complete configuration of WM module for different Putaway and Picking strategies, movement types and interface with MM, SD modules.
• Change Management - Helped user switch from 4.6c to ECC 6.0.
• Implemented strategies to enable User to use all the new tools in the template.
• Inbound/Outbound Deliveries, Automatic/ Manual creation of Bins, Mobile Data Entry ( RF Devices), Goods Receipt / stock transfer with auto transfer order creation with IM activities
• Created Integration Test Scenarios for all MM/WM related transactions & reports.
• Performed Unit and Integration testing along with negative and regression testing.
• Modeling and design of messages, transformations, and cross-component integration processes.
• Configuration options for managing collaborative processes and message flow.

Confidential, Alexandria, LA

SAP PP/MM/QM

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Functional Consultant and involved in a full cycle implementation.
• Involved in project preparation.
• Prepared Business Process and documented blueprint.
• Lead numerous meetings with Client Counter parts and Business analyst’s.
• Involved in Master Data conversion from legacy to SAP using direct extraction.
• Configured Material Master, Vendor Master and Master Data.
• Worked in PP areas of configuration of Master Data (Work Centres, Routing)
• Configured Work Instruction sheets and worked on creating production orders, release, confirmations and availability check.
• Interacted effectively with the finance team prior to master-data and configuration with respect to assigning appropriate G/L accounts to the corresponding data.
• Defined order types, unit of measurement conversion checking rules and confirmation parameters in production order management.
• Worked on production orders and confirmation of production orders through Bapis.
• Configured batch search strategy types, search procedures, sort rules, and SLED for various materials.
• Designed and implemented Variant configuration, and maintained Super BOM, routing and object dependencies.
• Configured the interfacing of LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) with quality management.
• Involved in unit testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing.
• Involved in configuration of inspection lots, quality certificates, catalogues, selected sets and profile assignment.
• Created End User Documentation and Training Materials.

Confidential, Rochester, NY

SAP PP/MM/QM & APO SNP integration

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Functional Consultant and involved in a full cycle implementation.
• Involved in project preparation.
• Prepared Business Process and documented blueprint.
• Lead numerous meetings with Client Counter parts and Business analyst’s.
• Involved in Master Data conversion from legacy to SAP using direct extraction.
• Configured Material Master, Vendor Master and Master Data.
• Worked in PP-PI areas of configuration of Master Data (Resources, BOMs and Routing)
• Worked on customizing the creation of Process orders, release, confirmations and availability check.
• Interacted effectively with the finance team prior to master-data and configuration with respect to assigning appropriate G/L accounts to the corresponding data.
• Defined order types, unit of measurement conversion checking rules and confirmation parameters in process order management.
• Configured batch search strategy types, search procedures, sort rules, and SLED for various materials.
• Designed and implemented Variant configuration, and maintained Super BOM, routing and object dependencies.
• Configured the interfacing of LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) with quality management.
• Involved in unit testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing.
• Involved in configuration of inspection lots, quality certificates, catalogues, selected sets and profile assignment.
• Created End User Documentation and Training Materials.
• Modeling and design of messages, transformations, and cross-component integration processes
• Configuration options for managing collaborative processes and message flow.
• SNP Planning Sequence.
• Supply Network Planning Strategies.
• Worked on the Planning Process.
• Deployment and Transport Load Builder.

Confidential, NJ

SAP PP-PI/WM

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Multi-Functional, Multi-Project Consultant involved in both full life cycle implementation and Up-gradation Project.
• Development of new programs i.e. ZBALOC, ZBSYNC, ZQAC2 etc for Bottle/Batch level tracking.
• Business Process and documented blue prints design based on the NON-SAP BA team discussion.
• Prepared functional specifications and configured based on client requirements.
• Configured Plants, Storage Locations, Purchase Organizations and Purchase groups.
• Configured purchasing activities including purchase order processing, Purchase requisitions, Info records, Release procedures and maintained pricing conditions.
• Defined partner schemas and assigned to account groups.
• Implemented SOP, Demand Management, MRP, MPS, capacity planning, and classification.
• Configured Inventory Management Parameters for all Goods movements like Goods Receipts, Goods Issues, Reservations, GR for blocked stock, Goods returns etc.,
• Configured the system for Stock Transfer between plants and storage location to storage location within plant.
• Configured creation of storage locations automatically for different movement types with Goods issue/Transfer posting and Goods receipt.
• Configured Material Master Records including defining material types, defining the MRP views required as per the user requirement for PP/PI.
• Configured “Bill of Materials” for finished materials and Semi-finished materials as per requirement.
• Configured resources including defining of work center formulas and control keys as required.
• Configured dynamic availability check and setting up of missing part check.
• Carried out the configuration settings of PP module and batch-process for production of pharmaceutical products.
• Helped in maintaining backorder processing, back flushing, and automatic goods movements.
• Setting up discussions with FI/CO, and SD leads at various stages to ensure the proper and correct account postings for all goods movements.
• Configured the Process Management system by setting process instructions, types and created process messages.
• Worked extensively with the Shop Floor Control including creation of Process Order types, Resources, Goods Movements, Operation confirmation and Availability checks.
• Ensure customer satisfaction by delivering the speed and quality of service level that customers expect.
• Implemented Quality Management module with emphasis on QM in Production with respect to statistical process control.
• Created inspection plans, master inspection characteristics and inspection methods.
• Worked on results and defects recording and usage decision making for transfer posting of quality stock.
• Worked on GI/GR for Purchase Orders, Sales Order, Stock transfer and Transfer posting.
• Identified the training needs and trained the core users. Participated in the preparation of customization documents and users manual.

Confidential

SAP PP

Responsibilities:

• Documented blue prints design based on the BA team discussions.
• Prepared functional specifications and configured based on client requirements.
• Configured Plants, Storage Locations, Purchase Organizations and Purchase groups.
• Configured purchasing activities including purchase order processing, Purchase requisitions, Info records, Release procedures and maintained pricing conditions.
• Implemented MRP and Capacity requirement planning.
• Configured Inventory Management Parameters for all Goods movements like Goods Receipts, Goods Issues, Reservations, GR for blocked stock, Goods returns etc.,
• Configured the system for Stock Transfer between plants and storage location to storage location within plant.
• Configured Material Master Records including defining material types, defining the MRP views required as per the user requirement for PP/PI.
• Configured “Bill of Materials” for finished materials and Semi-finished materials as per requirement.
• Configured resources including defining of work centre formulas and control keys as required.
• Configured dynamic availability check and setting up of missing part check.
• Carried out the configuration settings of PP module and batch-process for production of pharmaceutical products.
• Helped in maintaining backorder processing, back flushing, and automatic goods movements.
• Setting up discussions with FI/CO, and SD leads at various stages to ensure the proper and correct account postings for all goods movements.
• Worked extensively with the Shop Floor Control including creation of Production Order types, Resources, Goods Movements, Operation confirmation and Availability checks.
• Ensure customer satisfaction by delivering the speed and quality of service level that customers expect.
• Created inspection plans, master inspection characteristics and inspection methods.
• Worked on results and defects recording and usage decision making for transfer posting of quality stock.
• Worked on GI/GR for Purchase Orders, Sales Order, Stock transfer and Transfer posting.
• Identified the training needs and trained the core users. Participated in the preparation of customization documents and user’s manual.