Summary
Narendra
SAP MM PP WM Consultant



SAP R/3 Functional Consultant with over 8 years of experience in areas of Materials Management MM, Inventory Management IM, Warehouse Management WM and Production Planning PP modules.
Extensive experience in planning, designing, configuring, implementing, testing and documentation of MM, IM and PP modules.
Successful completion of 3 Full Cycle implementations and an Upgrade as per the ASAP methodology.
Involvement in all stages of an implementation - Blueprint, AS-IS process, TO-BE requirements, Gap Analysis to customizations, Go-Live, Post-Live Production Support, User Training and Documentation.
Experience in ASAP Methodology and implementation of Enjoy SAP Transactions.
Worked in the P2P Procure 2 Pay cycle and P2O Plan to order environments.
Experience creating Functional Spec. documents on all RICEF objects Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements and Forms and close interaction with ABAP Team for successful development of these objects.
Experience with various SAP R/3 versions : 4.6B, 4.6C, 4.7 and ECC versions 5.0 and 6.0
Experience in MM and IM with a good understanding of integration with SD, WM, QM and FI/CO modules.
Expert in MM - Procurement and Purchasing or Inventory Management functionality
Expert in MM Master data management Material Master, Vendor master, Source Lists, Info Records, Quota arrangements, scheduling agreements and Contracts.
Expert in configuring various purchasing documents - Purchase Requisitions, PO s, Schedule Agreements, Outline Agreements, RFQ and Quotations.
experience in Logistics Invoice Verification LIV, Valuation and service entry sheets
Expert in customizing MIGO transaction screen to perform Goods Receipt GR, Goods Issue GI, Transfer Posting, Movement types, Physical Inventory and Reservations from the same screen.
Extensive experience in Demand Planning with the help of Forecasting, MRP Configuration, Capacity Planning.
Developed experience in the SAP MM, IM, PP modules along with a strong working knowledge of the Warehouse Management WM, Sales and Distribution SD and Quality Management QM.
MRP MRP controller, MRP types, MRP groups, MRP areas, Lot sizing procedures, Special procurement types, Firming, Planning Time Fence, planning Horizon.
Worked in MM areas of Inventory management, Purchasing, external Procurement, info records, release strategies, vendor evaluation, master records, pricing procedure.
Worked on IM and WM Physical Inventory processes Mass Processing and at individual level.
Worked on special stocks like subcontracting, third-party, consignment, returnable transport packaging and stock transport orders
Configured condition types, condition tables, access sequence, price determination process and schemas.
Worked with SD team for, Intra and Inter company stock transport orders STOs and third party items.
Worked with WM team on stock removal, stock placement, fixed bin storage, next empty bin, addition to existing stocks and bulk storage.
Working knowledge of storage bin, storage section, storage types, WM movement types.
Worked on planning strategies 10, 11, 30, 40, 20 and 50 for both Discrete and Repetitive manufacturing environment, planned independent requirements and strategy groups.
Developed custom reports for inventory analysis and production planning.
Worked on enabling Info structure reporting Standard analyses and Flexible Analysis
Worked with data migration tools like LSMW and developed BDCs for non-conventional data uploads.
Prepared unit test scripts, integration test scripts and end user training documentation.
Proficient in creation of user manuals and end user training using SIMPRO and other training tools.
Good knowledge and working experience of ABAP related development tools like debugging, transport management SE10, data dictionary and reports.
Has extensive experience in using transactions SQVI, SQ01, SE38, SE16 and SE37 to support implementation and support teams.
Excellent understanding of Supply Chain and Business Processes and aided in balancing the supply demand equation by using planning techniques
experience in analyzing and extracting core issues in complex business and technical processes and providing guidance and supervision to large and small groups.
Ability to work independently and also in a team environment.
Excellent communication, interpersonal and time management skills.



ERP : SAP
R/3 4.6C, 4.7, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0
Databases : ORACLE 9I/10G MS-SQL Server, Access.
OS : Windows NT/2000/XP, Linux.
Languages : C, Java, SQL, PL/SQL.
Tools : Office Excel, Word, Power Point, Visio

Education

Miscellaneous
Client : Cisco Systems San_Jose CA
Title : Senior MM WM Functional Consultant
Duration : 1 Year 5 Months
Responsibilities : Participated in requirements gathering and blueprinting, aligning processes according to standard manufacturing models global templates
Conducted workshops on Gap analysis and demonstrated SAP functionality to identify processes in SAP.
Configured MM in new clients, defining enterprise structure like plants, storage locations, purchase organizations, purchasing groups and assigning them to respective company codes and plants.
Configured Material master, vendor master, custom material types, defining material groups, material status, unit of measures etc.
Configuration for purchasing master data Source list, Info records, Quota arrangements, Scheduling agreements, contracts and vendor evaluation
Configured purchasing documents Purchase requisitions, request for quotations, purchase orders, scheduling agreements, contracts
Worked with different kinds of stock types standard, consignment, subcontracting and third-party.
Worked on the whole procurement Cycle for automatic creation of requisitions from MRP run to invoice verification.
Implemented automatic source determination process with fixed/blocked vendor functionality.
Configured conditions, condition tables, access sequences, conditional schemas, price determination process and scope of list for conditions.
Designed and wrote functional specifications for PO, STO and PR smart forms.
Configured custom IM movements for inventory adjustments, scrap to custom accounts
Configured automatic account determination for inventory postings
Configured MIGO screens and GI/transfer posting specific settings.
Configured GR and set tolerance limits, automatic storage location creation, screen lay out, missing parts list
Configured physical inventory related setting in IM/WM and worked with business to develop mass processing of physical inventory documents.
Configured and created BOMs, Routings, Work centers and extended the material master records to include work scheduling, MRP and forecasting views.
Configured allowable items in BOM headers and configured BOM status keys.
Created profiles for production order confirmations, final and partial confirmations.
Worked on production order release strategies, availability check for components, scheduling of the production order, printing shop floor paper like time tickets, move tickets and material pull lists, defining production schedulers, scheduling profiles etc.
Worked with shop floor activities, creation of production orders, availability check and order release, printing shop floor papers.
Created profiles for production order confirmations, final and partial confirmations.
Production order release strategies, availability check for components, scheduling of the production order, printing shop floor paper like Time Tickets, move tickets and material pull lists.
Worked with OSS to create new notes related to first time problems and implementing those.
Worked closely with core team of about 40+ people for go-live preparations.
Prepared End to end, integration, UAT and unit test plans to test the promised functionality
Conducted user training using BPPs, training decks, powerpoints and hands-on exercises.
Client : A P PHARMA Inc, Redwood City, California
Title : Senior WM/MM Functional Consultant
Duration : 1 Year 4 Months.
Responsibilities : Analyzed the Business Requirements, studied the AS-IS Business Process, submitted a solution design involving the TO-BE Business flows, documented the operating procedures and performed gap analysis between AS-IS and TO-BE process in the business procedures.
Participated in the design process, assisted in defining project scope for the company and planned implementation of SAP WM module with full life-cycle implementation using ASAP methodology
Analyzed the business processes, mapped the processes and prepared templates in the material management module for SAP R/3 implementation
Configured the master data and transactional data items like storage types, storage sections, storage bins, picking/put away areas, doors, transfer requirements, transfer order TO.
Configured shipping point, picking, packing, route determination and transportation.
Configured interim storage types, interface between IM-WM, reference WM movements, internal WH movements.
Defined and assigned organizational structure in WM like definition of warehouse and assigning this to plants and storage locations.
Configured Picking/Put Away strategies for stock placement and stock removal from storage bins.
Worked with core PP team for material staging from WH to shop floor.
Configured reference IM/WM movements, so that GI to production order or run schedule will kick off PICK list, so that material is staged for Issue at right time.
Configured custom Picking strategies for raw material and assemblies for shop floor dispatch.
Worked with core team and demonstrated thorough understanding of entire production planning and reporting by working on various RICEF objects.
Worked with User exits in Transfer Order to populate data to a Z-table, so that Kanban will kick off TO automatically.
Worked extensively with Customized Z Transactions and Tables for customer specific products and processes.
Configured Movement types, GR, GI, Transfer posting in Inventory management component of MM module
Configured reason for movements for various IM movements.
Worked on MIGO transactions for Goods receipt GR or Goods issue GI for purchase orders, sales order and stock transport orders.
Defined profiles and assigned verifications profiles to Goods Movements using Mobile Data Entry
Recorded Reason for Goods Movements, copied and changed Movement Types
Maintained Print Indicator for Goods Receipt Documents, GI/Transfer Posting Documents and Automatic Movements
Prepared functional specifications, interfaces, custom reports based on user requirements and coordinated with ABAP Programmers
Carried out Unit Testing and Integration Testing with all possible Business Scenarios to ensure minimum problems after Go-Live
Prepared user manuals and documentation according to clients standards.
Conducted training sessions for section users and super users in WM functionality by web based tools and net meeting.
Applied fixes and OSS notes and data correction reports for resolving SAP system errors and production issues.
As a team member was involved in Cutover plans and supported after the go live.
Client : Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA
Title : Senior MM/PP Functional Consultant
Duration : 1 Year
Responsibilities : Analyzed client needs during the design phase and participated in evaluation of the entire supply chain management process from production, shipping and distributing of the products.
Involved in the Realization phase by participating in tasks like Configuration, Master Data Loads and Unit/Integration/User Acceptance testing.
Customized and created various Master data like Material Master, Vendor master, BOM, Work centers, Routings and PRTs.
Worked with MPN manufacturing part number, remanufactured parts and service parts.
Defined Manufacturer Part Profile and reasons for Blocking Approved Manufacturer parts.
Defined various goods movement types in IM and WM as per user requirement.
Developed Interfaces, customer reports and Enhancements specifications for the development and migration of custom reports, forms and user exits and worked with developers in testing the reports and user exits created on a timely basis.
Responsible for SAP MM/PP configuration in case changes requested.
Maintained plant parameters for Materials Requirement Planning MRP like MRP groups, MRP controller, MRP types, planning calendar, planning horizon, lot-sizing procedure, rounding profiles and availability check for components.
Worked with Demand Management involving Planned Independent Requirements, defined number ranges for planned independent requirements, Requirements Types/Requirements Classes, Planning Strategies, make-to-stock and make-to-order, Automatic Split, Maintained consumption mode and period of adjustment and defined firming period for maintaining independent requirements.
Configured automatic purchase requisition from MRP, planned/production orders handling and different planning strategies.
Implemented make-to-stock strategy for most of the product range.
Worked with production order processing ; creation of production orders, conversion of planned orders into production order, printing shop floor documents, availability check, goods movements and order confirmations.
Configured different areas of PP like Production Master data Material Master, Bill of Material, Work center, Routing, Repetitive Manufacturing Cycle and Back flushing.
Carried out Unit Testing and Integration Testing with all possible Business Scenarios to ensure minimum problems after Go-Live.
Provided Post Go-Live support and resolved daily production issues.
Trained Super Users in configuration and error handling procedures and imparted functional training to other end users and managed Authorization.
Client : Sterlite Optical Technologies Ltd, Edison, NJ
Title : MM Functional Consultant
Duration : 1 Year.
Responsibilities : Involved in customizing of Materials Management - Inventory management IM and purchasing.
Involved in study of company s business process and preparing as-is and to-be process.
Involved in development of functional process design and identified areas to streamline processes in multiple functional areas.
Preparation for data collection and involved in interacting with core team members and users.
Involved actively in scoping phase of process to gather the required technical details for the MM process.
Finalizing of organizational structure of Business processes to be integrated with SAP system.
Defining number ranges for various documents - Purchasing docs, Goods movement docs.
Defining of Purchase Organization and Storage locations.
Defining of Product divisions and material groups.
Defining of Industry sector, Material types and setting of number ranges.
Configuration of Purchasing documents requisition, source of supply quotas, RFQ, quotation entry and analysis/ PO/ automatic, vendor known/unknown, release procedures. Defining number ranges for various purchasing documents.
Setting up Purchase Info Records, RFQ/Quotation, Purchase Requisition, Purchase Order processing, Contract, Scheduling agreement and Vendor evaluation.
Goods Issue/Goods Receipt, Automatic movements, reservation, Physical inventory, movement types and other relevant objects in inventory management.
Creating Outline agreements like scheduling delivery, forecast delivery, contracts like value based and quantity based.
Release strategy with a standard workflow in purchasing documents like purchase requisition, purchase order, contract and service entry.
Settings for vendor evaluation defining and assigning Weighting Factors, Weighting Keys.
Configured Movement Types, Storage units, Storage types, Storage Bins, Hazardous materials.
Worked on prototyping, user training, reporting, definition and realization of interfaces, authorizations, end-user documentation.
Client : GLEASON WORKS, Rochester, New York.
Title : WM RF Functional Consultant
Duration : 1 Year 5 Months
Responsibilities : Worked with the user community to identify their requirements, design enhancements and functionality to help meet user requirements.
Studied and analyzed these client requirements using the ASAP methodology.
Carried out GAP analysis and completed the study of system deficiencies with regards to SAP delivered functionality.
Prototype and conceptual Blue Print Design BPD was presented for detailed implementation of the module.
Managed complex warehousing facilities, automatic warehouse, custom designed storage areas, high rack storage, bulk storage, fixed storage, fixed bin storage and other commonly used storage areas.
Configured Goods Receipt, Goods Issue and Transfer Postings and Invoice verification.
Setup the system for the creation of automatic Transfer orders and Transfer Orders.
Configured the Put Away and Picking Strategies in WH.
Involved in performing cross company Stock Transport Orders STO.
Handling of special stocks and creation of new storage locations for business gaps.
Defined different movement types in WM, storage bin structures, storage type indicators and providing the information required for stock placements and removals.
Used mobile data entry methods to confirm transfer order.
Involved in developing Functional specs to Radio Frequency devices.
Configuration and customizing of purchasing function by creation of Purchase requisitions, Purchase orders, Release strategies, RFQ, contracts, Scheduling Agreements and Outline agreements.
Pricing procedures defined for different vendors based on the pricing complexities associated with each purchase area.
Preparation of Integration test scripts for testing.
Involved in Go-Live and also in post-production support of the Project.
End user training, presentations, creating documentation which include user manuals, master data manuals and customizing guide.
Client : D and E Communications, Clay, Pennsylvania
Title : MM WM LE Consultant
Duration : 10 Months.
Responsibilities : Configured and customized master data like Material Master, Vendor master, Purchase requisition, RFQ, Quotation, Purchase orders, Release procedures.
Defined and assigned screen sequences to Material Type/Industrial Sector and configured setting of number ranges.
Created Material Master Records for different material types.
Worked on Goods Receipts, Goods Issues, GR for blocked stock, Goods returns and various movement types.
Used RF Console devices to track the Material Receipt Process.
Analyzed the implementation of RF devices for specific warehouses.
Configuration of Logistics Execution that include shipping point, picking, packing, route determination and transportation.
Defined terms of payment in vendor master for individual vendors and defined the Incoterms for vendor.
Defined vendor hierarchy categories and assigned to various purchasing organizations.
Configured the setting of partner schemas in partner determination.
Developed new Pricing schemas with Condition types.
Carried out split valuation of materials based on valuation category.
Creating Outline agreements- scheduling - delivery/forecast delivery, contracts- value/quantity based.
Worked on Goods Receipt, Stock types and stock movement documentation, Reservations, Physical Inventory and stock transfers.
Customized material master data in Warehouse Management views.
Grouped together different materials types and assigned specific number ranges.
Configured movement types, cycle counting in WM.
Client : Celltech Pharmaceuticals, Inc, NY
Title : MM PP Functional Consultant
Duration : 10 Months.
Responsibilities : Project Planning for ASAP road Map for the Material Master Data conversion.
Gathered the required information and prepared detailed document of AS-IS study and developed the detailed TO-BE processes to suit the company s objectives.
Conducted GAP analysis and suggested development work in SAP to overcome the gaps.
Configured Organizational structure, Company Code, purchase Organization, Plant, Storage locations.
Assigned Purchasing organizations and Plant to company code, defined Plant Parameters.
Materials Management : defined Master Data : Material Master, Vendor Master, Info Records, Functions and Source Lists. Maintained Invoice Receipt Tolerance limits.
Defined new PO document types. Configured Version management of Purchase order to maintain versions of Purchase order.
Configured Purchasing documents purchase requisition, RFQ, PO and release procedures.
Defined number ranges for various purchasing documents. Configured automatic account determination for material posting.
Created Outline agreements, scheduling agreements, forecast delivery and contracts- value/quantity based.
Performed invoice verification, logistics invoice verification and evaluated receipt settlement.
Configured GR, GI, Transfer postings and Stock transfers, Reservations, Plant-to-Plant Stock transfers using stock transport orders and reporting in Inventory Management.
Configured Creation of Storage Locations Automatically for different movement types with Goods Issue, Transfer Posting and Goods Receipt.
Configured the Inventory sampling and Cycle Counting. Customized Field Selection, cycle Counting and Tolerances for physical inventory documents.
Configured and created master data of materials, BOM, Routing, work center and Production order confirmation parameters.
Extended the material master records to include work scheduling, MRP and forecasting views
Configured aspects of production planning and production execution modules of SAP R/3, in the areas of BOM, SOP, demand management, MPS, MRP and production orders.
Prepared functional specification documents and interacted with the ABAP consultants in resolving the production issues.
Involved in end user training, Unit testing, master data uploading
Solving client s transactional and Post go live problems, addressing Inter Module Integration Issues, addressing new requirements of the client for improving Business Processes.