SAP SD/MM Consultant

Candidate Abbrev. Name: M. B.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 7 years of SAP Experience in Sales and Distribution, Material Management, Logistics Execution
with standard, EDI & custom SAP applications.
• Good knowledge of cross-functional business processes with expertise in process improvement
as per client’s strategic vision (Warehouse Management (WM),FI) and EDI, non-SAP etc.
• 3 full cycle implementations in SAP Material Management and SAP Sales &
Distribution/Logistics Execution involving Order to Cash (OTC) and Manufacturing.
• Experienced with ASAP methodology - Project Preparation, Business Blue Printing, Realization,
Final Preparation, Go-Live.
• Experience in preparing Functional Specifications, RICEF objects Integration Pass Testing
Scenarios, User testing and End - End testing scenarios and End-User Training documentation.
• Good understanding of ABAP, excellent command over SQL queries and reports and also data
migration programs like LSMW and experience with HP Quality center tools along with IDOC
monitoring and EDI.
• Excellent project management, conceptual, analytical, communication and team building skills
with the commitment and energy to define and deliver a quality solution.
• Learning and growing skills as SAP product offering transforms HANA, Fiori,

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Software: SAP R/3 4.7, ECC 5/6.0, MS Office, SAP Solution Manager 4.0, Fiori (trained)
• Databases: MS Access, SAP HANA(in process)
• Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/2000/XP
• Programming Languages: SQL, Java, C++, C
• Tools : HPQC,JIRA

PTOFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Ø Bridgestone America Inc.; Nashville TN (Aug 2013 to Present)

PROJECT-1: Middleware Migration Project to SAP PO

• Develop Project Implementation Strategy with Project plan, Delivery schedule

• Leading the project on Migrating Middleware systems (EDI, WPS, and GENTRAN) to SAP PO.
Replacing current EDI documents like 850(PO), 856(ASN), 855, 810(Invoice), 820(Payment
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 remittance advise), 823(Lockbox) etc interfaces to SAP PO following agile methodology in
Phased manner for close to 200 customers.
• Involved in review/modification/Approving of mapping specs for existing EDI
inbound/outbound transactions and functional Specifications.
• Involved in documentation of test results of all downstream trading partners’ test variants on
client repository – share point site.
• Lead integration efforts with functional modules. Lead team through functional workshops.
• Partner with and support multiple teams, as needed, including Solution Owners, Functional
Integration teams and support/run teams.
• Exclusively involved in Cut over Plans and Hyper care support plans with roll back strategies
as well.

PROJECT-2: P2P Optimization Project

• Partner with Support team and Build team – FI team to efficiently re-engineer the existing P2P
process and understand the business requirements once gain to improve the back logs.
• Involved in Writing Functional specifications, Unit testing, Integration Test, Go live and After
Hyper care support.
• Solution Manager updates for Business Process mapping, documentation, configurations ,
transactions and change management
• Unit testing in Development server, Discussions with Super users for gap Analysis and
solutions.
• Prepare and work on cutover plan for go live, data migration, validation and testing.
• Unit testing in Development server, Prepare for site deployments, presentations and
discussion with business super users for gap analysis and solutions.
• Build QA system and continue with integration testing with cross functional interactions.

PROJECT-3: Building products services -SAP ECC 6.0 Implementation

Client : Firestone Building products services, IN.

Role : Sr. SAP SD/MM Functional Business Consultant

• Actively participating in cutover strategy for MM/WM object and Go-live preparation.
• Work closely with the business process owners to understand and implement the processes
and Logistics, Supply Chain Management and Shipping and Transportation in Sales Order
Processing.

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 • Defined Enterprise Structure – Company Code, Plants, Purchase Organizations, Storage
locations, Warehouse, shipping points, Loading Points, shipping Conditions, Sales
Organizations, Distribution channels and Divisions,
• Create and maintain test scripts for break fixes and new transports for any change requests
and participate in integration testing with appropriate end-user and technical groups.
• Analyze support issues logged with Help Desk especially with the help of tools like JIRA and
analyze the issue discussing with End Users and solve issues with accordingly.
• Assist teams in order to ensure successful integration of SAP and non-SAP functionality.
• Preparing the user manual and involved in training to business process owners.
• Training Business Users for PO creation, Goods receipts, after cutover Maintenance of dual
Legacy systems and Material master.

PROJECT-4: Steel cord Manufacturing SAP ECC 6.0 Implementation

Client : Meta-alpha, TN.

Role : Sr. SAP SD/LE/MM Functional Business analyst

• Setting up organization structure of material management and relevant configuration like

purchasing organization, valuation area plants, storage location, and warehousing structure etc.
• Finalization of material groups, purchasing groups, payment terms, Inco terms, Pricing
Procedure.
• Finalization of various numbers ranges for material master, vendor master and all purchasing
and inventory documents.
• Configured Material Master: Created screen sequences, field selection for data screens, material
types, etc.
• Configured the Release procedure with classification for Purchasing Requisitions with account
assignment as per the approval hierarchy of the Company.
• Customization of Customer Master with partner determination functions and Material Master
with sales unit, delivery unit and Base unit of Measures.
• Configuration of shipping and transportation activities - Shipping conditions, loading groups,
unloading groups, Route Determination, Handling units, Freight costs and Output
Determination for the Single/Multiple (Manifesto) shipments.
• Developed Functional specs for custom tables and reports to meet the business requirements.
• Preparing the user manual and involved in training to business process owners.
• Involved in Handling tickets after GO live and also supported off shore team in understanding
the complete process for interfaces and trained to handle tickets and analyze the root cause of
the problems.

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 PROJECT-5: Internal projects in SAP SD/LE

• Actively participating in Logistic Execution process, by supporting third party Warehouse

Management systems such as High Jump, Shipping and Transportation- JDA (TMS 3rd party
software).
• Configuring new Output and output determination procedure, text determination and partner
determination (Label creation for various customers).
• Customized Delivery blocks and their status such as minimum and maximum weight to be
maintained, working on enhancements involving delivery splits.
• Involved in Variant Configuration total process flow like Creation of Configurable Material,
Creation of Characteristics, Creation of Class, Creation of Configurable Profile, Creation of Object
Dependencies and Creation of Variant Condition Records.
• Configured delivery processing, picking, packing, shipping point determination and storage
location determination.
• Worked with the third party Transportation Management System (JDA) to plan all the Shipment
and Transportation Planning in the TMS and interfaced the same with the SAP with the help of
output types.
• Worked extensively with the Inbound and Outbound Interfaces to fit in the Logistics Design.
• Worked with EDI team in analyzing the various issues related to IDOC and its segments.
• Worked extensively on different Output Forms related to Distribution (Pick List, Packaging
Instructions, and Shippers’ Letter of Instructions, Bill Of Lading, Transport Booking, and US
Certificate of Origin).
• Involved in Business Process Management, requirement gathering, gap analysis and prepared a
detailed document of AS-IS study and developed the detailed TO-BE processes to suit the
company objectives.
• Experience in the configuration of stock transfer order, inter company stock transfer orders.

Ø SilverXis Inc., Arlington TX (Aug 2010 – Jun 2013)

PROJECT-6: SAP ECC 6.0 Support Project

Client : Port Authority, NJ (Sep 2012 to May 2013)

Role : Senior SAP MM & SD Functional – Material Master Production support

• Managing Material management and complete Procurement process issues involving Issues with
Purchase requisitions, Purchase orders, Invoice verifications and Request for quotations.
• Handling daily tickets in Purchase order creations, Source lists, Pricing conditions, for surcharges,
Goods issues, Goods receipts, Logistic invoice verifications, Creating new movement types for
scrapping, account determinations
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• Providing end user training to all the core team members of the client in SAP navigation,
Material Master, Vendor Master & Purchasing Transactions.
• Analysis and resolution of design issues and gaps involving Master Data, Storage locations and
Storage Bins.
• Create and maintain test scripts for break fixes and new transports for any change requests and
participate in integration testing with appropriate end-user and technical groups.
• Analyze support issues logged with Help Desk especially with the help of tools like HPQC (HP
quality center) and analyze the issue discussing with End Users and solve issues with
accordingly.
• Assist teams in order to ensure successful integration of SAP and non-SAP functionality.
• Developed additional Enhancements/Scope Changes for existing issues or new changes as
mentioned by the client and write detailed functional specifications for RICEF objects and
perform functional unit testing.
• Executed required testing and modified application configurations to resolve errors and
provided assistance in training all levels of SAP users as needed in partnership with training
team.
• Worked Extensively with BW team for reporting and other functional design involving SAP MM
and IM areas.

PROJECT-7: SAP ECC 6.0 Implementation, SAP OTC Project

Client : IBM – Bridgestone, Nashville, TN (Aug 2010 to May 2012)

Role : SAP MM, SD Functional Consultant

• RMA (Rubber manufacture Association) - customized reporting for Bridgestone.

• Detailed understanding of client’s requirements and developed FSD (Functional Design
Specifications for various RICEF objects and tested the objects for consistency and Accuracy
after execution.
• Developed complex interfaces for RMA (Rubber manufacture association) reporting which
involved multiple enhancements triggered by this interface, which was a customized SAP
Product for Bridgestone- tire industry.
• Setting up organization structure of material management and relevant configuration like
purchasing organization, valuation area plants, storage location, and warehousing structure etc.
• Finalization of material groups, purchasing groups, payment terms, Inco terms, Pricing
Procedure.
• Finalization of various numbers ranges for material master, vendor master and all purchasing
and inventory documents.

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• Preparing the cut over strategy for MM, SD object and Go-live preparation and post go live
support.
• Co-ordinate cut over plans and data migration for Customer Master, Material master, Vendor
Master and Purchasing Info records from legacy systems using LSMW.
• Maintained Plant Parameters, Extended material to all Storage Locations, Created Bill of
Material for all Material and Plants.
• Acted as subject-matter-expert in the areas of EDI and SD/MM/FI interfaces on a global roll-out
SAP implementation project – Project primarily involved migration from legacy mainframe
Gentran system to SAP system.
• Provided SAP SD/EDI technical and non-technical support team members and end-users on
various EDI transactions and IDoc error resolution techniques during partner testing, go-live and
hyper-care phase.
• Involved in development/review/modification of mapping specifications for new/existing EDI
inbound/outbound transactions of IM’s trading partners.
• Setting up organization structure of material management and relevant configuration like
purchasing organization, valuation area plants, storage location, and warehousing structure etc.
• Extensively worked on Availability Check, Sales Orders, Delivery, Shipping and Route
Determination.
• Configured transportation planning, shipping points and Shipping point determination as per the
storage locations and plants. Also, worked on defining transportation zones and document
settings.
• Configuration of Shipping and Transportation activities - Processing Deliveries, Shipping
Information & Analysis, Batch Splits, Transportation Planning and Scheduling, Route
Determination - defining route, modes of transport, shipping types, routes and stages,
transportation connection points, transportation groups and transportation zones.
• Worked on Logistics Execution (LE) functions like Delivery Processing (inbound and outbound
processes), Picking, Packing and Transportation.
• Worked with various goods movements of handling units like Good Issue, Goods receipt and
other movements like reversals & general goods movements posting.
• Developed new condition records and maintained them for various condition types for different
pricing procedures as per Business requirements.
• Created test scenarios for unit testing and integration testing for routing processes and getting
the sign-off after successful completion of testing.
• Create and maintain test scripts for break fixes and new transports for any change requests and
participate in integration testing with appropriate end-user and technical groups.
• Preparation of testing document and Integration testing with other module LE, SD and FI/CO.
• Created a Query to List for all cut over process for all Material master conversions with required
fields, access restricted specific Users based on custom transaction.

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 Ø Cognizant Technology Solutions, Asia (Jun 2005 – Jun 2008)
PROJECT-8

Client : eBay and other internal Projects

Industry : Software solutions – SAP R/3

Role : Program/Business Analyst – SAP MM/SD

• Prepared AS IS Business processes documentation and finalized TO BE Process.

• Responsible for 24X7 production support. Worked as an onsite coordinator. Responsible for
conducting WMR (Weekly Meeting Reviews) with offshore team to check the status of existing
tickets.
• Requirements gathering, understanding the complexity of the current production systems and
mapping the processes in SAP.
• Worked on various critical issues from Order to Cash
• Trained in managing off-shored large scale call-centre operations and processes such as
Activations, Customer Service, Billing, Training, Sales and Retention for a telecommunications
company.
• Assisted in redesigning the Change Management Process and the training material for
performance improvement
• Created Business process procedures for business end-users and Monitored interface of MM-
IM.
• Prepared Master data Templates to extract the data from the legacy System
• Performed Unit testing and Integration testing to cover all business process Scenarios.
• Conducted training to the power Users and to the End Users.
• Create and maintain test scripts for break fixes and new transports for any change requests and
participate in integration testing with appropriate end-user and technical groups.
• Analyze support issues logged with Help Desk especially with the help of tools like HPQC (HP
quality center) and analyze the issue discussing with End Users and solve issues with
accordingly.
• Executed required testing and modified application configurations to resolve errors and
provided assistance in training all levels of SAP users as needed in partnership with training
team.

EDUCATION:
• Bachelors in Technology- Chemical Engineering, Anna University, ASIA - 2006
• Masters of Science in Engineering Management focusing on Supply Chain and Project
Management, Syracuse University, New York- 2010 (3.25/4.0 GPA)

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