KRISHNA CHAITANYA GUDUR

Mobile: 401-***-**** SAP PP/QM/MM CONSULTANT Email: adig3t@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary:

Worked extensively for 8+ years in SAP with production planning and shop floor, discrete manufacturing and repetitive manufacturing environment. Skilled in Classification, batch management, ECM and other logistic execution functions.

Executed Shop Floor Capacity Planning & Plan to Produce scenarios over 3 years including, Availability Check, Release of Orders, and Printing Shop-floor Papers, Goods issue, Goods movement, Order confirmations and Order settlement.

Completed three full life cycle implementations, support and upgrade in functional areas including PP, PP-PI, MM, QM, SD.

Expertise in implementation and configuration of PP & MM modules in SAP ECC.

Experience in diverse industrial sectors- Food and Beverages, Pharmaceutical, Oil/gas industry and Automotive industries.

Worked on business processes like Make-to-stock, Make-to-order, Engineer-to-order, Variant configuration, integration with Sales and Distribution, Product costing etc.,

Experience in creating and configuring and maintaining Bill of Materials, Resource, Work centres, Routings, Recipes, and Process Management.

Core strengths are Resources/Work Centre, Process/Production Orders, Master Recipe/Routing, Order Execution, Scheduling, Back flushing, Capacity/Demand Planning, Demand Management, Process Instruction Sheets Etc.

SAP PP expertise in Master Data, Business Plan, SOP, demand management, MPS, MRP, RCP (rough cut planning), LTP (Long-term Planning), planned orders, process/production orders, confirmation, shop floor control, product costing.

Proficient in Standard Sales Operation Planning and flexible planning. Capacity Evaluations and Capacity Planning.

Material Management expertise includes purchasing, inventory management, configuration and creation – Material Master, Info record, Vendors, Stock Transport orders, special stocks like Subcontracting Purchase Orders, Purchase requisitions, Customers, Contracts, and invoice verification.

Implemented Capacity Planning and capacity levelling for work centres

Created and modified functional specification and coordinated with programmers for customization according to user requirements.

Excellent communication, inter personal, presentation and problem solving skills.

Technical Skills:

ERP systems : SAP ECC 6.0 PP, MM, Integration with QM.

SAP : PP, QM, MM, PP-PI, SD.

SAP related Tools : SAP Solution Manager, LSMW, and HP Quality Centre.

Operating Systems : MS DOS, Windows 98/XP/Vista/7.0.

MS Office : Word, Excel, Power point, Project

Intuitive Surgical Inc, Sunnyvale, CA. Jan, 2019 – Till Now

Title: SAP Business Systems Analyst (PP/QM)

Intuitive Surgical Inc. is an American corporation that develops, manufactures, and markets robotic products designed to improve clinical outcomes of patients through minimally invasive surgery, most notably with the da Vinci Surgical System.

Responsibilities:

Translated business requirements into SAP and other ERP systems (O9) functional requirements and created Functional Design Specifications

Created Test Scripts, developed SAP User Procedures, Training Curriculum and conducted Training Sessions for all levels of end users.

Involved in designing, testing, and implementation Repair/Refurbish Process for Endoscope device system, directly resulting in reducing Repair costs.

Developing and Configuring manufacturing Assembly work orders with MPI, EFT, Tool calibration and revision level in order to build the materials involving Corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to suit the FDA compliance

Developed training plans, schedules, course templates/content, and work instruction standards.

Integrating ERP system O9 with SAP ECC to get the PIR’s/Demand in order to trigger the Manufacturing execution which involves SAP XI/PI interface and RFC calls.

Identifying Custom development objects such as Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, Workflows (RICEFW), mapping SAP ECC with other MES, SAP MII, SAP PI system and preparing Business requirement documents (BRD)

Developing work flows for Purchase orders and requisitions from Ivalua to SAP ECC 6.0 based on the dollar value and designation for approval to External vendors.

Executing test scripts to ensure the right procurement business process flow like Intercompany STO’s between multiple plants across the globe, Subcon PO to external Vendors, RTV scenarios for Refund/Credit for the Parts.

MAXIM INTEGRATED, San Jose, CA. Mar, 2019 – Dec, 2019

Title: Sr.SAP PP/MM/WM/S/4 HANA Consultant

Maxim Integrated is an American, publicly traded company that designs, manufactures, and sells analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits. Maxim Integrated develops integrated circuits for the automotive, industrial, communications, consumer, and computing markets.

Responsibilities:

Conversion of Manufacturing Routings Data with custom developed programs into costing routings.

Assisted in data clean up and converting BOMs, Work Centres, Routings and other characteristics.

Interfacing the Manufacturing routing Data with SAP Product Life Cycle Management tools.

Developing SAP LSMW programs depending on the master data/Transaction data objects.

Configuring and developing Alternative item BOMS and Group BOMS with customized strategy and usage probability based on product that is being manufactured.

Data load using custom developed BAPI’s or function modules using Win shuttle tool.

Involves RICEFW developments in SAP, few of them include, Developing Batch determination enhancements during production order release.

Developing programs and process for Outsourcing operations, involving control key configurations for subcontracting operations.

Interface with IBP planning where Creation of Orders are managed in IBP and Transfer to S4 HANA

Migration system design and support in coordination with the SAP XI/PI Team for the Material Records for their bi-directional transfers between different Legacy systems.

Lead the development of innovative enhancements programs for SAP Product lifecycle Management

MRP area planning, MPS and MRP Live in S/4 Hana in Implementation phase using SAP Activate Methodology.

Activating business function for MPR Live and FUT.

ARTHREX, Naples, FL. Jan, 2016 – Mar, 2019

Title: Sr.SAP DTS (PP/QM/QIM)

Arthrex is a global medical device company and leader in new product development and medical education in orthopaedics. With a corporate mission of helping surgeons treat their patients better, Arthrex has pioneered the field of arthroscopy and developed more than 9,500 innovative products and surgical procedures to advance minimally invasive orthopaedics worldwide

Responsibilities:

Worked as Demand to Supply lead consultant for a team of 3 off shore consultants.

Reorder point planning, MRP area planning and MPS

Configuration set up for batch management, Batch search strategies/Condition records.

Responsible for Maintaining ECM for master data.

Defined plant parameters in MRP, defined MRP controller, MRP groups, MRP types, Special procurement, planning calendar, planning horizon, planning time fence, safety stock availability, range of coverage availability profile, procurement proposal

Responsible for Revision level work flows development.

Implemented Standard sales operation planning in ECC 6.0 for a set of product groups.

Controlling or minimizing Back order’s using effective Sales and operation planning.

Implemented Capacity Planning including Rough Cut Capacity Planning, Long term planning custom report and configuration.

Maintaining class and characteristics for material master and batch master.

Responsible for new implementation of SAP QIM configuration.

Implemented QM module with Digital signature, Custom Sampling procedure, Sampling Scheme. Along with Master data load for inspection plans/MIC’s

Maintaining code and code groups in SAP QM.

Enhancements on Delivery with Batch split and Batch determinations based on destination country.

Testing Intercompany STO Delivery for the batch determination functionalities.

Configured Target QM system for incoming inspections.

Multiple Bag-round jobs set up and monitoring day to day.

Performed functional specifications for development of all SAP PP reports.

Trained end-users on process flow, stock/requirements list, planned order conversion, use of various movement types for different purposes.

Worked on Quality Notifications including Corrective Action and Customer Complaints.

Expertise in System testing, Unit testing and FAT test for enhancement and break/fix.

NMHG, Sulligent, AL. Sept, 2015 – Dec, 2015

Title: Sr.SAP PP/QM/MM Consultant

NACCO Materials Handling Group is engaged in the design, engineering and manufacturing of equipment used for materials handling throughout various market niches. Its products include warehouse trucks, counterbalanced trucks, cargo trucks for large capacities and trucks used for container handling. The company s manufactured products are marketed under the Hyster, Yale and Sumitomo-Yale brand names.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for requirement gathering from power users from PRMS (legacy system) and writing Functional specifications for RICEF objects.

Custom Reports on Sales open order layouts involving projected dollar value inventory

Following up with ABAP team for development.

Configuring custom order types Production Order types, Planning strategies and confirmation control keys.

Configured, Designed and Implemented Catalogues, Inspection Characteristics, Inspection Methods, Sample Determination, QM-Specific Data in Material Master and Dynamic Modification Rules.

Demand Management using sales and operation planning and flexible planning.

Prepare Financial Statements Reports, Including Revenues, COGS, and Expenses & FOP and Balance Sheet Commented for monthly variances.

Worked on Quality notifications, Quality inspection objects.

Worked on ZEBRA printing labels and Smart forms.

Worked on Shipment labels and bill of lading.

Expert in Custom reports enhancements and interfaces.

Designed Event driven KANBAN PP integration with warehouse management (WM), stock posting, transfer order and custom table updates with RF transactions.

Worked on pre validation for master data, BOM, Routing loads and conversion programme loading with LSMW.

Designed labour bar code and labour inspection tickets with production order transaction data involving RF gun.

Worked on reports involving SD integration and functional testing.

Integration testing with MM/SD/FICO such as Plan to produce, Procure to Pay, Demand to fulfilment, Order to cash scenarios involving SD integration

Functional testing for all RICEF objects.

Designed reports and interfaces involving Long Term Planning scenarios and Demand Management.

Quality notification master data and printing zebra smart forms.

Trained end-users on process flow, stock/requirements list, planned order conversion, use of various movement types for different purposes.

Worked on Quality Notifications including Corrective Action and Customer Complaints.

Co-ordinate with other internal support management teams.

Altria, Richmond, VA. May 2015 –Aug 2015

Title: Sr.SAP PP/MM/QM/ S/4 Hana Consultant

Altria is a global leader in the Tobacco goods sector that, through its various businesses, designs, produces and sells cigarettes and chewing tobacco. Present in all major markets worldwide, Altria is focused on expanding its presence in high-growth markets, including through joint ventures.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the design, configuration, and implementation of the SAP Production Planning, Discrete manufacturing, Capacity planning and Support to key users of subsidiaries and customer base including US, China, Mexico, Romania, India and other JIT factories across the world.

Plant level MRP, planning at material level, multi-level MRP, MPS, Consumption based planning - reorder point planning, MRP area planning and MRP Live in S/4 Hana

Implemented Make-to-stock and Planning-with-final-assembly strategies using entire product definition structure with a combination of variant configurations.

Custom manufacturing using Variant configuration for different characteristics.

Used custom KMAT material type for variant configured Machines.

Liaised with client business process owners and identified strategic business requirements.

Visited different client locations all over the US for requirement gathering.

Worked on additional costs, such as labor, machinery and overheads in the production order.

Worked on Capacity Planning & Management for maintaining material stock for production orders.

Understood the Clients, company codes, plants, and storage locations under the organization structure.

Designed the business blue print document for the TO-BE process.

Developed a conceptual design for the QM functionality and worked on the integration of QM module with PP.

Performed Gap Analysis, and developed customization settings for PP, MM & QM business processes.

Worked on PP Master Data, creation of BOMs, Work centres, Standard values & Activity type, Routing, and MRP functionality and execution.

Worked on both Make to order and Make to stock strategies.

Executed shop floor activities including creation of production orders, availability check, and release of orders, printing shop floor papers, goods issue, goods movement, order confirmations and order settlement.

Configured MRP parameters, control keys, scheduling formulas, special procurement type keys, schedule margin key and strategy group. Defined MRP Types, MRP Controllers, Planning strategies, lot sizing procedures, and Alternative Determination for MRP.

Involved in configuration of Enterprise Structure which includes creation of plant, storage locations, control areas, and purchase organizations. Configured Vendor Master, Info Record, MM Source List. Worked on Stock Transport Orders, Subcontracting, External processing, Purchase Orders, and Purchase Requisitions.

Exxon, Detroit, MI Aug, 2013 – Nov, 2013

Title: SAP PP/PI Consultant

Exxon is one of the major oil companies with presence in 170 countries. It is engaged in every aspect of the oil, gas, and geothermal industries, including exploration, production, refining, chemicals manufacturing and power generation.

Responsibilities:

As PP functional consultant involved in understanding ‘as is’ process and blueprinting ‘to be’ processes with gap analysis and identifying custom development objects.

Gathered system requirements for MRP/Planning to utilize planning time fence to more closely adhere to production schedules.

Assisted in data clean up and converting BOMs, Work Centres, Routings and other characteristics.

Developed functional specifications for modification of Production Order List program.

Worked on Master Data management like Material Master, Vendor master and purchase info records. Also worked on configuration of master data according to client needs.

Configured Batch Management – Batch Determination, Classification, defined characteristics & Batch Strategies.

Worked extensively on vendor evaluation and special procurement types such as Consignment, Subcontracting, Third Party and Stock Transfer.

Worked on the whole Procure to Pay Cycle (P2P) from creation of Requisition to Invoice verification.

Worked with goods receipt, goods issue, stock transfers and invoice verification

Tecumseh Corp, Hyderabad, India Dec, 2012– July, 2013

Title: SAP Consultant (Intern)

Tecumseh Products Company is renowned for bringing an extra dimension of product innovation, customer reliance, and product quality to the air conditioning and refrigeration industry. These facilities are not just responsible for engineering product solutions, but the university partners also provide Life Science Research on how their products interface with mankind and the environment.

Responsibilities:

Provided support for handling SAP issues based on SLA with the client.

Managing Maintenance & Support for Great Lakes.

Provided on call application monitoring production incidents support like responding to issues and queries from end users, monitoring of batch jobs etc.

Analyzed and solved complex system problems as part of the overall SAP PP-PI support process.

Provided functional specifications for new developments to ABAP team

Worked on PP-PI related assignments in order to organize all aspects of the work; including, coordination of testing and worked with IT Quality group and working with business counterparts.

Addressing new requirements of the client for improving Business Processes

Liaison between business and technical team during all phases of testing (Product, Integration and UAT)

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Osmania University, INDIA May 2013

Master of Science, Univ of Texas May 2015

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