NAGA LAKSHMI
Senior SAP SD Consultant
Contact: 201-***-****
Email: ab9kz1@r.postjobfree.com
Over 8+ years of experience in SAP R/3 implementation with two full life
cycle implementations in all phases including Implementation, Design,
Configuration, Testing and Production Support within several industry
sectors including Pharmaceuticals, Chemical, Food & Beverage, other
Manufacturing and Consumer Products with Strong understanding and
experience in cross-functional applications of SD with MM, FI, PP, CS, IM,
CRM, LE, BW and WM in business scenarios.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
. Participated as SAP functional consultant in Two Full Life cycle
implementations using ASAP methodology.
. Experienced in Project Preparation, Business Blue Print, Realization,
Testing, Cutover, Go-live and Support.
. Experience in GAP Analysis: Analyzed AS-IS and formulated the TO-BE
processes from Several Sessions with the Core Team Members.
. Expert in the customization of customer master data, material master
data, and data sharing among sales organizations.
. Expertise in Order to Cash (OTC) life cycle having customized
different Order types like Inquiry, Quotation, Cash Sales, Rush Order
and Contracts. Other documents types maintained included delivery and
billing, shipping and transportation documents.
. Order Management (OMS): Expertise in configuring Basic Functions
including Text Management, Output determination, Sales BOM, Revenue
Account assignment, partner determination and copy control.
. Expertise in Pricing customization in Sales and Distribution by
Defining Pricing Procedure, Condition Table's Access Sequence, and
Condition Type using Condition Technique. Created Price, Freight Cost,
Rebate Discount and Tax Condition Types as per the Business
Requirements.
. Expertise in Logistics Execution (LE):-Functionalities like Outbound
Delivery Processing, Picking, Good Issue, Shipment, Shipping cost
functions, Bill of Lading and Warehouse Management and also worked on
Material Listing, Availability Check and Transfer of Requirement.
. Inventory Management - Customization for Movement type, creation of a
new movement type as per client requirement, number assignment for
Inventory Management Documents and integration with the Warehouse
Management.
. Expertise in pricing including condition technique, data
determination, VOFM routines, Pricing IDOCS.
. Batch Management: Determining batches for sales orders and deliveries.
. Involved in updating business process and validation documentation
required to support requirements definition, configuration, test plan
creation, test execution (unit, operation, and qualification), work
instructions and end user training.
. Worked with WRICEF programmers in enhancement work for pricing and
output determination over standard SAP configuration using
communication structures.
. Worked on Billing including Billing Types, Complaint Documents,
Billing plan, milestone billing and account determination Invoices,
Credit Memo, Debit Memo, Rebates, Individual, Collective Billing,
Inter-Company Billing and Invoice split.
. Good knowledge on ABAP/4 Coding, Debugging, User Exits, BADI's, ABAP
Queries, ALE, and System modification.
. Experience in preparing EDI and IDOC documents. Involved with EDI
development team in identifying message type for 844(Charge backs),
Orders (850), Order confirmation (855), Order shipping notification
(856), and Invoice (810).
. Well-versed in Pricing, intercompany billing, stock transfers,
Availability check, transfer of requirements (TOR), returns, Credit
management, Inventory management, Revenue management, Account
assignment and Reporting.
. Worked on Sales Order processing, Third Party Process and Credit/Debit
Memo.
. Worked on Analysis & Mapping of business processes (As-Is, To-be), Gap
Analysis, Configuration/Development, Conversion (LSMW), Testing,
Implementation, User Acceptance & Training, Documentation.
. Expert knowledge in SD integrations with FICO and MM modules and good
knowledge in SAP testing tools.
. Providing solutions to tickets raised by end users.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
. ERP : SAP R/3
4.6C, 5.0, ECC 6.0
. Modules : SD, MM, FICO, CS, IM, WM,
LE, CRM, SM, BW, PP.
. Database : Oracle 10g, 9i,
8i, Sybase, MS Access.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Eisai Pharmaceuticals, Woodcliff Lake, NJ
Aug 2012 - Till Date
Eisai Inc.is a U.S. pharmaceutical subsidiary of Tokyo-based Eisai Co.,
Ltd., a research-based human health care (hhc) company that discovers,
develops and markets products throughout the world. The project was a
full lifecycle implementation.
Industry : HealthCare
Version : SAP R/3 (ECC 6.0)
Role : SAP SD Consultant
Responsibilities:
. Gathered information regarding the existing business processes and
product information from the Sales Team.
. Assisted in the preparation of the Blueprint documents, as-is and to-
be, for the implementation of the SD module.
. Worked with ABAP programmers by writing Functional Specification for
User Exits, Custom Reports, Interfaces, Enhancements, and Forms.
. Configuration of customer master, material master, sales organization
structure, Customer material info, scheduling agreement, Sales BOM,
contracts, Rebate agreements Info Record.
. Configured end-to-end Order to Cash (OTC) process.
. Configured various sales, billing and delivery document types as per
the client's requirements and the corresponding Copy Controls.
. Extensively worked in Data Migration from legacy system to SAP using
LSMW.
. Configured Stock transfers (Inter Company), Availability check using
ATP logic and Transfer of requirements (TOR).
. Configuring Inventory Management Parameters for all Goods movements
like Goods Receipts, Goods Issues, Reservations, GR for blocked stock,
Goods returns etc.
. Involved in Logistics Execution (LE) Module including Shipping Points,
Routes, Transportation, Leg Determinations, Goods Issue Delivery
document configuration, Delivery Item categories, Shipping Point
Determination, Shipment, Shipment cost functions, Picking, Packing,
Delivery Scheduling, Delivery Blocks: at Item and Header Levels,
Posting Goods-issue in Delivery.
. Coordinating with on site team in day-to-day trouble shooting tickets.
. Created new Pricing strategies based on the client's requirements
using the condition technique.
. Configured Batch Management Process with class, characteristics,
access sequence, strategy types.
. Co ordination between onsite offshore testing team.
. Configured and customized exclusive Pricing Procedures with Price,
Costs, Surcharges, Discount, Freight, Profit Margin using Condition
Technique, VOFM routines, conversions.
. Generated mapping documents between SAP for EDI transactions (both
inbound and outbound), IDOC extensions and IDOC types, verification of
outbound IDOC and of inbound IDOC.
. Worked on ABAP requirements ABAP debugging, VOFM requires and
formulas, data transfer requirements in copy controls, User exits, Z
Programs and function modules.
. Tax configuration in association with FI team members.
. Configured Text determination, revenue account determination, shipping
point determination, Transportation, material and free goods
determination.
. Maintained Output determination for different types of SD outputs.
. Worked on integration between SD, FI/CO, PP, IM, LE, PS, CRM, BW and
MM modules.
. Prepared testing scripts and performed end-to-end testing.
. Prepared end user training documentation and conducted the training.
. Provided post Go-Live support.
Ashland Chemicals, Houston, TX
Dec 2011 - Jun 2012
Ashland Inc, listed among the FORTUNE 500 and S&P Midcap 400.will provide
the specialty chemicals, technologies and insights to help customers create
new and improved products for today and sustainable solutions for tomorrow.
Industry : Chemical
Version : SAP R/3 (ECC 6.0)
Role : SAP SD Consultant
Responsibilities:
. Involved in support for numerous Production problems in SD and Cross-
Functional Applications.
. Assessment & Initialization study for production Support.
. Conducted GAP analysis between their existing SAP system and their
newly acquired divisions and preparing the business blueprint
documents.
. Configured end-to-end Order to Cash (OTC) process.
. Extensively worked in Data Migration from legacy system to SAP using
LSMW.
. Integration with MM and FICO on Creation of Third party Order
Processing, Inter-Company Order, Revenue Account Determination and
Credit Management.
. Logistics Execution: Route Definition and Determination, Shipment,
Shipment cost functions, Delivery/Transportation Scheduling.
. Inventory Management: Configured Materials Master including Material
Types, definition of views, required Number Ranges for Material types
etc.
. Configuration of inter company stock transfer and intercompany sales
process.
. Responsible for the tickets and issues relating to SD, PP, IM, LE, BW,
PS & MM.
. Configured Billing Documents Types: Deliveries related Billing,
Periodic and Milestone Billing, Collective Processing of Billing
Documents, Individual Invoices, Collective Invoice, Invoice Splits,
Invoice Lists Billing Plans.
. Responsible for implementing the pricing configuration for new line
of products in the company. Copied and modified the existing condition
types, condition table and pricing procedure to meet the client
pricing requirements. Coordinated with the technical team to add new
fields to the pricing table (KOMP, KOMK) and wrote functional
specifications for required user exits.
. Configuration of the pricing procedures, VOFM routines, condition
types, access sequences.
. Generated mapping documents between SAP for EDI transactions (both
inbound and outbound), IDOC extensions and IDOC types, verification of
outbound IDOC and of inbound IDOC.
. Worked with ABAP programmers by writing Functional Specification for
User Exits, Custom Reports, Interfaces, Enhancements, and Forms.
. Involved in gathering requirements testing parallel testing, created
and documented test plans.
. Analyzed the ticket, resolve the issues and update the ticket in
various application, order processing, deliveries, transportation,
billing and reports.
. Manually performed UAT Functional Testing of Sales Order (VA01),
creating SO from existing Sales Order, Display Sales Order (VA03).
. Prepared the Test Plans and Test Cases for Billing and Cross-
interface Functionality.
. Involved in Unit, String, Security, Integration and Regression testing
of Order-to-Cash transactions.
. Provided End user Training and Post Production Support.
Acrison Inc. Moonachie, NJ Oct
2010 - Nov 2011
Acrison is an innovative global leader in dry solids metering and handling
technologies for more than 40 years.
Industry : Software
Version : SAP R/3 (ECC 6.0)
Role : SAP SD Consultant
Responsibilities:
. Completed AS-IS process mapping for Sales and Distribution Processes.
. Finalization of TO-BE processes based on recommendation and the best
practices suggested by SAP R/3.
. Study of the company's structure and documentation and participating
in workshops to give final shape to the Business Blueprint.
. Participated in the Functional/Technical team meetings during the
preparation, blueprinting/design, realization, and testing and cutover
phases.
. Definition and Assignment of Enterprises Structures like the Sales
Organization, Distribution Channel, Division, etc.
. Worked on EDI transactions such as Partner Profiles, IDOC extensions
and IDOC types, verification of outbound IDOC.
. Defining and assigning Number Ranges for sales, delivery and billing
documents.
. Created customers master records centrally with appropriate account
assignments and partner functions and also created Material Master
Records and Customer Material Info Records.
. Configured Sales Document Types, Item Categories, and Schedule line
categories, account group assignments for Inquiries, Quotations,
Scheduling Agreements, Sales BOM and Partner Determination.
. Processing an Inter Company Sale, Inter Company Stock Transfer Orders
and variant configuration.
. Logistics Execution: Transportation - Freight cost pricing and
settlement, Route and leg determination, Shipment, Shipment cost
functions, Shipping - Packing, Loading and Post good issue.
. Configured Standard Automatic Functions during Sales Order Processing
like Pricing, ATP, back order processing, Transfer of Requirements,
Inter-company Sales Orders and Invoicing.
. Manually tested Order Types like ZOR, ZEX, ZCR, and ZDR whether the
output is as per expected results like Standard Order Overview screen
is displayed.
. Responsible for the tickets and issues relating to SD, PP, IM, LE, BW,
PS & MM.
. Coordinated with Test Analysts to develop Testing scenarios, UAT,
Functional Testing, Regression testing, and Interface Testing.
. Prepared Unit test plans and documentation for end user training.
. Worked on production related issues with regards to pricing Condition
type change, Sales, Delivery billing document changes.
Shure Electronics, Chicago, IL
Jul 2008 - Aug 2010
Shure is a consumer and professional audio-electronics manufacturer
of microphones, wireless microphone systems, phonograph cartridges,
discussion systems, mixers, and digital signal processing. The Project was
SAP support of multiple instances in SAP. Which was SAP 6.0 installation
and Support included Break Fix Support, as well as enhancement support.
.
Industry : Electronics.
Version : SAP R/3 (ECC 6.0)
Role : SAP SD Consultant
Responsibilities:
. Configuration of sales order processing with respect to Inquiry,
Quotation and Order.
. Maintained Item categories settings like automatic item category
determination, schedule line categories, and contracts process.
. Configured end-to-end Order to Cash (OTC) process.
. Created and changed existing pricing procedures, condition tables,
access sequence and records for automatic pricing and maintained
pricing procedure determination, condition exclusion groups,
graduated scaling where applicable.
. Logistics Execution: Transportation - Freight cost pricing and
settlement, Route and leg determination, Shipment, Shipment cost
functions, Shipping - Packing, Loading and Post good issue.
. Maintained Material Determination, Material listing and exclusion
process, Invoice and billing process, account assignment, sales
incompletion logs, Variant configuration, credit management, ATP,
Inter-company Sales Order and Third Party processing.
. Copy control settings for sales, delivery and billing documents.
. Established methods for integrating SD functions into the already
defined FICO, MM, and SD functionality.
. Documented Test cases corresponding to business rules and other
operation condition.
. Responsible for the tickets and issues relating to SD, PP, IM, LE,
BW, PS & MM.
. Preparation of Unit test Plans and Integration Test Plans. Execution
of test plans and result recordings.
Arizona Beverages, Long Island, NY
Nov 2007 - Jun 2008
Arizona is a manufacturer of various flavors of iced tea, juice
cocktails and energy drinks. As a member of the SAP R/3 support team, I
have been involved in the below responsibilities.
Industry : Food & Beverage
Version : SAP R/3 (ECC 6.0)
Role : SAP SD Tester
Responsibilities:
. Configured end-to-end Order to Cash (OTC) process.
. Reviewed the Automation scripts
. Written functional and technical specifications for the new custom
developments which included forms, reports and enhancements.
. Interacted with SAP service team in applying relevant OSS notes to
the system to resolve issues.
. Created testing strategy for unit testing and integration testing.
. Modification of pricing communication structure and add fields in
the catalog.
. Changes to the Availability Check, back order processing and
Transfer of Requirements process to make it more efficient during
sales order processing.
. Customization of new SD Order type, item categories & schedule line
categories to map the requirements of customized Third Party
solution with respect to SD and MM integration.
. Maintained Output determination for different types of SD outputs.
. Fixed the problem of blocking the printing of order confirmations
for the orders on hold due to credit limit.
. Account Determination procedure to facilitate proper interface
between SD and Fl.
. Conducted entry validation tests - both positive and negative Tests.
. Maintained SD integration with FI in the case of Service related
Revenue Recognition based on Delivery.
Erhardt + Leimer (India) Pvt. Ltd, Ahmadabad, India
Sep 2004- Oct 2007
Industry : Service Provider.
Version : SAP R/3 (ECC 6.0)
Role : SAP SD Tester
Responsibilities:
. Performed Unit Testing and involved in Functional Integration testing
to ensure that new enhancements do not adversely affect existing
functionality.
. Involved in Cross Functionality of SD with MM and FICO.
. Configuration of Copy Control for sales documents.
. Responsible for assisting in trouble shooting that the live production
sites encountered.
. Involved in preparation of Test Plan
. Monitored Background jobs and period end closing procedures.
. Tested new payment terms for the down payments as per the client's
requirements
. Study business process changes/requirements and configuration to
fulfill the requirements.
. Testing of Configuration settings for organizational structures which
include sales organization distribution channel, division, sales
offices and sales groups.
. Provide support for urgent problems faced by SAP users.
. Training to end users and troubleshooting day to day problems for SD
module transactions.
. Testing Pricing Procedure using Condition Techniques based on
distribution channel and created Access sequences for Specific
division with relevant discounts.
. Creation of test scenarios for unit testing and integration testing
for all SD business processes and getting the sign-off after
successful completion of testing.
. Resolved tickets on time and maintained good reputation with users.
. Configured different Pricing Procedures based on business
requirements.
. Involved in Identification of Order to Cash (OTC) related test
Scenarios.
. Prepared test scripts for various enhancements carried out and
provided training to end users.
EDUCATION: MBA in Pharmaceutical Management Studies.