HARSHA PRAHALAD

SAP Functional Consultant – Material Management

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Express Entry Profile Number: E000586070

Currently in Bangalore, India; willing to relocate at the earliest

Looking for challenging assignments in SAP to utilize my experience and expertise in MM WM and PP and work for the betterment of the organization and grow with the same

CAREER SNAPSHOT

Experience: A resourceful SAP Consultant with 6+ years of experience in SAP–MM module (Material Management)

oExcellent functional understanding of SAP concepts and business process

oGood experience in Configuration & Support

oSound knowledge of integrated Modules viz., SD WM and PP

Hands on experience of working in a project environment and supporting clients in designing and implementing their objectives in innovative projects

Well acquainted from the concept and design, the configuration and testing to the implementation and subsequent roll out at various locations

Involved in all phases of ASAP implementation viz., blueprinting, gap analysis, mapping, design, configuration, testing, go-live, user training & post production support; exposure in integrating third party software with R3 system

Familiar with MM concepts of Masters, Procurement process, Inventory management, Invoice verification, Inventory valuation, Key configurations in Material management and enhancements, EDI and LSMW creations

Global Exposure: Interacted with the customers & counterparts from different parts of the world, including US, Germany & APAC countries; ability to work effectively in cross-functional team environment and with people from diversified backgrounds

Personal Traits: Consistent performer with proven record of ‘on time service delivery with excellent quality’ & lateral thinking; successfully created functional specifications with logic for customized development

Skillful in resolving complex issues in a logical & systematic manner and infer solutions through critical analysis

Innate ability to acquire new skills within short time and adapt to rapidly changing work practices & environment

Articulate and versatile team player with excellent interpersonal and communication (oral & written) skills

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

Requirements Analysis

Business Process

Gap Analysis

Test Case Preparation

Handling Enhancements

Cross Module Knowledge

Configuration & Support

Team Management

Training & Development

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP : SAP ECC 4.7 and SAP ECC 6.0

Languages : C

Operating System : Windows 9x/2000/NT/XP/Vista/7

Software : Microsoft Office, Ansys

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Fluent in English, Hindi, Kannada and Telugu

Scored overall 8 band in IELTS

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering from Mechanical Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore 2009

CAREER SNAPSHOT

Organization

Designations

Duration

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.

MM Consultant

Jan 2013 Till Date

Wipro Infrastructure Engineering

Senior Engineer SAP

Aug 2011 Jan 2013

Firepro Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Engineer PMO SAP

Aug 2009 – Aug 2011

PROJECTS HANDLED

Project Title # 1:

Support and Enhancements

Client:

Alstom

Organization:

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.

Role:

Functional Consultant

Duration:

Dec 2014 Till Date

Description:

SAP Post Go live Support and Enhancements

Responsibilities:

Handle incidents and enhancements and provided effective solutions to the business on time

Address and resolve issues related to Master data, procurement process, Inventory management Key configurations in MM and integrated modules like PP and SD

Conduct Non Regression testing of all the standard and customized scenarios once in every quarter and provide business with accurate results and analysis

Prepare User acceptance testing scripts and Functional specifications for the client

Project Title # 2

SAP Training

Organisation

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.

Role

SAP MM Trainer

Duration

2014 Jul 2015 July

Responsibility

Trained the newly recruiters in MM module of SAP (14 members in each batch)

Assigned them a case study (demo project ) in the sandbox client which consisted of configuring all key organizational structure in MM, Master data creation, integration part with FI, PP & SD modules

Evaluated the configurations made and helping them execute important scenarios to complete a business cycle like subcontracting, STO, release strategy, pricing, and invoicing

Project Title # 3:

Support and Enhancements

Client:

Organization:

Panasonic

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.

Role:

Functional Consultant

Duration:

Jan 2013 Dec 2014

Description:

SAP Post Go live Support and Enhancements

Responsibilities:

Handled severity 1 2 and 3 incidents and provided effective solutions to the business on time

Part of major developments and enhancements which require more than 100 man hours effort and cross module knowledge

Active member of the transport team and managed a team of 3 members in order to coordinate with the client about the movement of transport and time

Active member of B2B workshop team; handle issues related to online ordering of Panasonic products

Project Title # 4:

SAP Implementation

Client:

Organization:

Walmart

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.

Role:

Functional Consultant

Duration:

Jan 2014 Jul 2014

Description:

Implementation and Go Live activities

Responsibilities:

Configured basic organizational structure viz., Warehouse number, Control parameters for warehouse number, Transportation planning point, Storage type, Storage type, Picking Area, Storage Bins, blocking reasons, Bin structure, storage type indicators, storage type search strategy, movement type sequence

Configured the stock removal strategy, shipment type and requirement type on Physical inventory

Project Title # 5:

SAP Implementation

Client:

Organization:

Wipro Aerospace and defense and China Implementation

Wipro Infrastructure Engineering

Role:

Functional Consultant

Duration:

June 2012 – Till Date

Description:

SAP Implementation, end to end Cycle & Go - Live Activities

Responsibilities:

Configured MM Organizational unit and assignment to overall structure

Configured Vendor Master, Created vendor account groups, number ranges info records, source list

Configured Purchasing documents like PR, PO, Purchase groups, Document Type, Scheduling Agreements, Contracts and Goods receipt, Item category and also procure to pay process Scenario and split valuation of materials

Involved in customization of Price Determination Process, Stock Transport Orders and subcontracting

Configured Release Procedures of PR, PO, Number range for Purchasing Requisitions, Request for Quotation, Purchase Orders and Contract

Co-ordinated cut over plans and data migration for material master, vendor master and purchasing info records from legacy systems using LSMW (Legacy System Migration Workbench)

Created BBP and User Manual and smart forms for purchase documents.

Testing for Go-Live & User/Client Training

Project Title # 6:

In-house Support and SAP 6.0 Upgrade & Testing

Client:

Wipro Infrastructure Engineering

Role:

Functional Consultant

Duration:

Continuous

Description:

SAP In house support and development activities for the plant, and SAP 6.0 Upgrade, Migration and Testing of Functional Cycle

Responsibilities:

Solved day to day tickets in MM module and coordinated with other integrated modules (FICO,PP,SD)

Implemented Amortization of tool cost for the new project

Worked on Vendor portal & Price approval request portal which was successfully integrated with SAP

Tested one full cycle of SAP MM in ECC6.0 and EHP 5.0 and been a part of upgrade

Project Title # 7:

Roll Out and Support

Client:

Firepro Systems Pvt Ltd.

Role:

Engineer

Duration:

Aug 2009 – Aug 2011

Responsibilities:

Responsible for Rollout across diff plants, SAP In house support and Ed user Training

Involved in different phases of life cycle rollout of SAP R/3 including Business Process engineering, Production Support and End-user training

Configured Material master, Screen sequence, Field selection for data screens, Industry Sectors, Material Types, Number ranges, Material groups, Purchasing value keys, Material status and initialized period

Configured Vendor master, Vendor account groups, Screen layout, Number ranges, Terms of Payment, Inco terms, Text types, Purchasing Groups, Partner Determination

Customized Item Categories & document types for purchasing documents- purchase requisitions, purchase orders, customized and set up release procedures for purchase order & purchase requisition

Roll out for all the regions and Conducted user training

Note: Details of all the projects will be provided upon request

References are available upon request

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