Anand Tripathi
**** ********* ** #* **** Chester OH 45069
Email: *********@*****.***, phone: +1-859-***-****
Summary
• Senior SAP PP consultant with 8+ years of experience in SAP logistics consulting
• Big 5 consulting and large scale deployments experience
• PP/MM Implementation lead global deployments (over 200 sites)
• Business process mapping experience in Production Planning, Purchasing, Inventory management and
shipping domain to SAP modules.
• Experience in requirements gathering, gap analysis, process design and production deployment
• Extensive functional spec development experience for ABAP programs and RICEF objects.
• Experience with PP, MM, SD, LE, WM, QM and APO
• Experience in Steel, Mines, Tobacco, Industrial equipments and Chemical Industries.
• SAP PP, APO certification
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Masters Degree in Management studies
Technical Summary
• SAP Module and sub module experience
o SAP PP-PI: Sales & Operation Planning, Demand Management, Long Term Planning, MPS, MRP,
Production Orders, Capacity Planning, and Product Costing. Analysis and configuration of PP
Master Data including Material Master, Work Centers, BOM, Routing and Master recipe, ATP
configuration for PP, MM & SD modules.
o SAP MM: Purchasing master data Vendor master, purchasing info records, Source list and Quota
arrangement usage. Other areas: Inter-Plant Planning, Sub-Contracting.
o SAP- Legacy Systems Interfaces: Interface developed with ARIBA for Sun Chemicals, developed
Interface with HCS to capture sales and Inventory related transaction in SAP, developed Interface
with Aventis to capture procurement of consumables, customized interface with third party systems
to transmit purchasing and shipping documents via EDI.
• Deployment/Roll out experience :
o Two full life cycle implementation experience using SAP PP/MM at Tata Steel and Siam
International wires.
o SAP PP Roll out Implementation for Siemens Power generation
o SAP PP Roll out Implementation for over 50 sites for British American tobacco
o SAP PP - PI Roll out Implementation for over 200 sites for Sun Chemicals
Experience
Aug 2008 – Till Date Accenture Cincinnati OH
Sr. Consultant SAP PP /MM Client: Sun Chemicals
• SME supporting SAP PP-PI, MM Implementation at Sun Chemicals
• Technical Lead for a team of 12 offshore resources.
• Providing Post Implementation enhancements & Support for over 200 sites for SAP Purchasing and
Manufacturing modules
• Completed over 50 RICEF developments in PP and MM modules
• Configured make to order, make to stock and project based planning scenarios, designed production
execution solutions as per global template for the roll outs
• Designed functional specifications for ABAP development to map business scenarios in Production planning,
Purchasing and Inventory modules.
• Developed ABAP queries and functional specs for ABAP reports to meet various reporting requirements for
Sun Chemicals.
• Designed SAP interface with third party system (Atrion) for feeding & printing hazardous material info using
trigger programs with classification master data.
• Designed and implemented Subcontracting MRP Area and third party purchasing processes at multiple Sun
Chemical locations.
• Customized forms and output documents for Purchase order, Process order, and Delivery notes for printing
outputs and sending via fax/email and through IDOCs.
• Team Lead for SAP and legacy Manufacturing and Purchasing applications
• Designed SAP interface for non SAP reporting tools
• Post Implementation support for APO DP applications.
• Designed functional specifications/Use Cases/Test plans using SAP Netweaver components for Logistics
Master, Vendor master, Purchasing Info Record and source list data across Sun Chemicals global units.
Oct 2007 – Aug 2008 Accenture Cincinnati OH
Sr. Consultant SAP PP /MM Client : Siemens Power Generations
• Implemented SAP PP discrete manufacturing for Siemens PG .
• Configured Early warning system in LIS to meet various reporting requirements.
• Configured MRP and Production order executions to address pending issues from implementation for make to
stock and make to order scenarios.
• Worked as onsite SME for Manufacturing/Inventory/Purchasing and Logistics Execution processes and lead a
team of 5 consultants to provide seamless post implementation activities.
• Revised material requirement planning (MRP) process and MRP master data to meet project planning
requirements for North American power generation units.
• Developed enhancements for standard cost estimate as per Siemens Customer requirements.
• Provided post implementation support in MRP/Production order execution and purchasing modules using
global team (onsite/ off shore teams).
July 2007 – Sept 2007 OmniSoft Dearborn, Michigan
SAP PP Analyst
• Preparation of training documents for PP Power users and support groups
Sept 2006 – June 2007 IBM Global services Kolkata, India
Consultant SAP PP for British American Tobacco
• Roll out Implementation for over 50 sites using SAP PP discrete manufacturing functions.
• Developed an interface to upload planned independent requirements from i2 to SAP.
• Developed RICEF objects in discrete & repetitive manufacturing application
• Imparted training to master data users on material master, Bill of materials, work center and routings and
production versions.
• Developed Business blueprint, functional specs and test cases for roll out
• Supported British American Tobacco (BAT) SAP system for Europe, Asia Pacific and African countries and
coordinated with BAT management team to develop and deploy SAP PP(Production Planning) solution
• Received client excellence award from client BAT Russia and special recognition from IBM for meeting 100
% SLA in support and enhancement issues.
• Trained users in demand management, MRP, production order and repetitive manufacturing
• Provided post Implementation support in SAP PP.
Tata Steel Jharia, India,
Consultant SAP PP Iron ore and Coal manufacturing Jan 2004- Sept 2005
• Implemented SAP PP, MM system at multiple Iron Ore and Coal mine units of Tata Steel
• Worked on Requirements Gathering, Gap Analysis, Solution Design, Development and deployment activities
• Implemented SAP PP system for Raw coal excavation from open cast, underground coal mines and clean coal
production
• Designed BDC program for Data migration from legacy system
• Designed and configured SAP PP system for Iron ore excavation and production of Iron ore fines.
• Trained SAP PP Support teams across various mines and collieries units for quick SAP adoption.
• Developed functional specs for custom development of ABAP reports
• Wrote test cases and coordinated testing activities.
• Designed role/access profiles for user authorization
Tata Steel Jamshedpur, India
Consultant SAP PP Tubes manufacturing Sept 2005- Feb 2006
• Implemented MRP for scope of planning level and MRP for selected materials for Tata Tubes
• Designed interface program for production order confirmation system
• Developed ABAP queries and functional specs for ABAP reports.
• Supported PP end users during post deployment phase across various units at Tata Tubes.
Tata Steel Jamshedpur, India
Consultant SAP PP Siam Industrial Wires Manufacturing Feb 2006- Aug 2006
• Designed and configured SAP PP system for the industrial wire production units
• Designed consolidated production system for posting confirmations and goods movements using OOTB SAP
PP functions.
• Developed ABAP queries and functional specs for ABAP reports.
• Designed Master data and BDC program for data migration from legacy system
• Developed test cases and coordinated testing activities.
• Coordinated the preparation of role profiles for PP user authentication
Sierra Leathers Ltd Bangalore, India
Production Engineer Leather Manufacturing Oct 2000- June 2002
• Worked as shift manager for leather tannery operation.
• Worked on maintenance process optimization for increased productivity.
Education
B.S. Mechanical Engineering Karnataka University, India
M.S. Management Studies Malviya National Institute of Technology, India
• SAP PP & APO certification
References
• References will be provided as needed.