PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• A chemical engineering graduate with 16 years of experience.
• Currently working in SAP IBP, S/4 HANA, PP, QM &APO areas as a Solution Architect.
• Is currently Designing to deploy S/4 HANA solution for Manufacturing in global Landscape.
• A PMP certified Manager who works for Fortune 500 MNC companies to Design, Develop and Deploy Supply chain Solutions globally.
• Worked on interfacing SAP modules to MES shop floor systems (like SCADA, LIMS, Wizcon, Bizerba, etc). Also interfaced to other systems like Compass, Primavera, Navision, Bestmix, Actemium systems.
• Worked on HPQC, Solution manager for documentation, tracking, reporting and performing project activities.
• Has expertise working in PLM - ECM, DMS, Content server, Variant Configuration, Kanban, Discrete and Process (PP-PI) Manufacturing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

SAP SCM consultant

Responsibilities:

• Solution Management: Analyse, Test and implement new Innovations Solutions in exisiting architecture (HANA database on ECC, S/4 HANA & SAP IBP migration)
• Team Management: Manage Resources, Projects, Internal project requirements.
• Systems management: Handling Change Requests, Analyse on going support activities (onshore/offshore).
• Currently working on migrating North American SAP systems onto SAP S/4 HANA systems.

Confidential

SAP SCM Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Monitored and analyzed Historical consumption data, designed and developed Forecast Models as per the sales pattern.
• Analyzed for Error totals, MADs, forecast parameters, and assigned Forecast parameters as per the historical patterns and with low error totals and close to MAD.
• Developed report for calculating LOST SALES and updating Consumption values accordingly.
• Updated Consumption values, so to smooth out stock out situations and making Forecast Close to Actual demand.
• Designed and developed MRP reports, forecast error calculation reports, Consumption smoothing reports.

Confidential, New Jersey

SAP APO (SNP/PPDS) Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Monitored optimizer logs and analysed the potential data/solution issues.
• Developed KPIs and mapped onto optimizer Logs to analyze the results and suggested business solutions for inventory, safety stock levels etc.
• Designed Collective order/Direct Production solution for Planning in APO and executing in ECC.
• Resolved complex business issues and suggested changes in existing system.

Confidential, New Jersey

SAP SCM Solution Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Support the data interfacing with LIMS and MES systems.
• Monitored the data transfers, troubleshooting error and rectifying issues raised during exchange of data.
• Streamlined the performance and improved the PP-PI design in generating the recipes and exchanging the same with shop floor systems.
• Monitored the data transfers with in the landscape architecture (between APO, ECC, MES systems).
• Fine-tuned the timing in transfer the data and enhanced the performance of the systems in SAP.
• Worked in monitoring the process chains and rectifying the errors being raised in Demand Planning and Supply network planning.

Confidential, Massachusetts

SAP APO (DP) Lead.

Responsibilities:

• Developed backup cubes to retrieve data from Planning Areas into Infocubes, by generating data sources from PA and scheduled the same to happen on a regular basis using Process chains.
• Handled complex MACROs to calculate and update different keyfigures values according to the Characteristic level selected.
• Univariate forecast Model is used, which is scheduled to run on a monthly basis using Process chains to generate requirements using historical sales data.
• Network Heuristics are used to generate requirements for Production and capacity is levelled using standard capacity levelling profiles (adapted 9ASNP02 PB).
• Product specific Transportation lanes are defined for heuristic based deployment runs.
• Used realignment functionality to copy the data of existing products/CVCs to new Products.
• Used different CIF Integration models to transfer Master and Transfer data.
• Used user exit to update the priority field of PDS in ECC before CIF to APO.

Confidential

SAP SCM (PP-PI) Lead consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analysis the AS-IS process at each cluster and mapping it to Kernel Business process Design.
• Providing solutions to meet client’s requirement and offering solutions to follow best practices of supply chain.
• Developed interfaces for data exchange between SAP and shop floor manufacturing systems.
• Worked with XI for data exchange between different PCS systems, using XML, *.txt etc files containing data of Process order and stock adjustments.
• Automated PP-PI functionality of SAP to generate/complete Process instruction and process messages without user interaction.
• Automated Shop floor Execution process using MES interfaces and handling the errors in GI and GR using Process Messages and automatic Costing of Process orders.
• Developed Z programs to meet client’s/cluster’s specific requirements in SAP.
• Used Batch Management functionality for traceability of Raw/finished products.
• Used Engineering Change management functionality for recording changes done in Bills of Materials.

Confidential

SAP SCM Lead (PP-PI, QM)

Responsibilities:

• Developed PI sheets for selected products in polymer manufacturing unit.
• Interfaced LIMS system with SAP and exchanged characteristic data, results and Usage decision.
• Updated Batch characteristics with QM characteristics and used batch value specific deliveries to customer as per Batch determination set up.
• Generated QM certificates based on the actual results.
• Interfaced to MES systems and existing Legacy ERP systems.
• Also involved in configuring the R/3 system for PP-REM, PP-PI and for QM

Confidential

SAP PP - PI/QM Lead

Responsibilities:

• Designed SAP according to the different Business process scenarios.
• Production Planning involves planning of FG/SFG basing on expected Sales Forecast. Planned orders are converted depending on the demand to cater to the different sales orders.
• Different order types are defined for each kind of execution process.
• Depending on the type of FG/SFG, execution is carried out basing on either Process Instruction (PI) sheet or without PI sheet.
• Material consumptions, Activity details, QM Result Recording are done through PI sheet.
• Process Instruction categories are configured and used in different Master Recipes.
• Quality Management has been designed for Procurement Inspection, in line Process Inspection, after production inspection, stability monitoring, recurring inspection and Miscellaneous Inspections.

Confidential

SAP APO (DP, SNP) Consultant .

Responsibilities:

• Developing the CIF interface with R/3 and APO using Enhancements and User Exits.
• Implementing the standard functionality of the SNP Module, Rough cut capacity planning using Heuristics, CTM and the SNP Cost Optimizer.
• Setting up of the SNP Planning Areas, Planning Books, Data views and macros in SNP.
• SNP Master Data including Product Master settings, PPMs, Resources, Locations, Quota Arrangements, Transportation lanes, etc.
• Live Cache Interfaces to load transaction data.
• Planning Area Maintenance including setting up of Order Categories, defining Custom Key Figures for the Planning Books.
• Planning Books and Data View Maintenance and mapping the signed-off requirements onto the SAP Solution.

Confidential

SAP PP-PI lead consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in designing the Business Process Flow for different kinds of scenarios.
• Using OPC/ODA to read the data from WIZCON shop floor control system to PI sheets and validating the read data using the variables.
• Configured the Customizing Client according to the Business Requirement and transported to development, Quality and Production Client.
• Automatic creation of Process messages on event driven basis and send them in background.
• Downloading the control recipes to the PCS, capturing the process data using process messages.
• Involved in developing the functional specifications. A process called Kitting where HU is received, Unpacked and Re packed into small HUs depending on the process order material list. A front end was developed to capture the data from the weighing system using external interface.
• The different business scenarios include Subcontracting, Normal Process Executions, Return goods/Rework Process Execution Using MTS strategy.

Confidential

SAP PP consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in developing Business blue prints, flow processes for different scenarios. Developed different functional specifications like FG Batch user exit involving production versions, calculating shelf life of FG after the confirmation of first operation/phase.
• The different business scenarios include Subcontracting, Annual/Monthly planning, Normal Process Executions, Return goods/Rework Process Execution.
• Planning Scenarios includes MTS/MTO strategies for different business scenarios using MPS functionality for FG/SFG products.
• Involved in implementing PI sheets for FDA approved drugs.
• Applications are designed to use material Quantity calculations, Batch Specific Unit of measures and Active ingredient calculations using classification system.
• Designed in using evaluating, levelling capacities and classified Recipe Operations/Phase to select particular Resource in Process order.
• Using different activities in Resources to capture production costs.
• Using Period end closing Functionality to calculate the cost of production.
• Involved in QM activities like designing Procurement inspections involving Manufacture Part Numbering (MPN) functionality, in process inspections using inspection points and handling return goods inspections.

Confidential

SAP R/3 Core team member

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Configuring Plants, MRP Areas, and Resources with required formulas for Labor, chilling, power times and activities and Master Recipes.
• Selection of different MRP types like MRP, MPS, and Consumption based planning.
• Lot-sizing procedures like fixed, lot size and Master data for Quota arrangements. Planning runs like net change planning, net change in the planning horizon.
• Configured master data for order types and its dependent parameters, assigned number ranges for orders, confirmations, etc.
• Configured operations for availability check, back order processing, schedule margin keys and confirmation parameters.
• Batch number is configured and assigned via user exit in the form of time-and-date stamp at the creation of Process order.