Anurag Nikhare

abl3g9@r.postjobfree.com

***** ****** **** ** # *, St. Louis, MO 63146

Phone: 573-***-****

Objective: To obtain a full time or contact position as a Business Analyst

or Consultant

Education:

Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO

Dec 2009

M.S. Information Science and Technology (IST)

GPA: 4.0 / 4.0

Graduate Certificate in ERP

Pune University, Pune, India

Aug 2006

B.E. Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering

GPA: 3.53 / 4.0

Summary:

. SAP Certificate of Excellence

. Graduate Certificate in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

. 3 years of SAP experience

. 1 Full life-cycle implementation

. 18 months experience in SAP HR (HCM) module - Organization Management

(OM), Personnel Administration (PA), Benefits

. 1+ years functional and configuration experience in SAP PP, PP-PI, MM,

APO, Enhancements, Master Data creation, Training and SAP Queries in

ECC 6.0

. 1+ years of SAP SD experience with Customer Master, Billing,

Allocations, Pricing, Orders and Order Types, complete OTC cycle,

configuration and master data creation

. Coordinated and led training on SAP Solution Manager (Change Request

Management)

. Experience with Inventory Management, Warehouse Management (WM),

Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Recipe, Bill of Materials

(BOMs), Work Centers, Plant Maintenance, Production Versions

. Team Lead for IT Education Project - coordinated a team of four

members

Experience:

Monsanto Company St.

Louis, MO

SAP Business Analyst

Feb 2010 - Present

. Designed, tested and implemented SAP HR (HCM) based solutions as part

of the Global SAP HR Services team and the SAP for HR Project Team

. Responsible for configuration of Personnel Administration and

Organizational Management sub-modules

. Made significant contributions towards development of SAP BW reports

for global HR business users enabling easy access to critical

information for decision making

. Developed specifications for maintaining security in the SAP HCM

system using structural authorization

. Led integration testing sessions with business users

. Responsible for maintaining consistency in Organizational Structure

across two different SAP HR landscapes - in ECC 6.0 and ECC 5

. Designed functional specifications for SAP HR Organizational

Management, Personnel Administration and NetWeaver Portal for ESS and

MSS

. Gathered business requirements by direct interaction with business

users based across the globe

. Performed regression testing for custom programs after prior to each

monthly cutover

Monsanto Company St.

Louis, MO

SAP Business Analyst

June 09 - Dec 09

. Designed, tested and implemented critical SAP PP - PI, MM, WM and APO

based solutions for Monsanto's North American agriculture business

resulting in significant improvement in seasonal harvest activity

across plants in USA and Canada

. Conceived and created custom BOM load program for Monsanto Canada

resulting in time savings of over 300 hours / season

. Facilitated meetings with business leads to achieve consensus on

requirements for custom programs for Bin Ranking process resulting in

reduction of errors by 15%

. Provided expertise for Team on SAP Solution Manager - Change Request

Management and coordinated training of 12 business analysts resulting

in smooth transition from legacy system

. Designed, implemented and tested SAP Queries providing custom reports

to business leads - resulting in real time data analysis to support

critical business decisions

. Team Lead for IT education project - coordinated logistics, directed

workflow and provided training for user to IT Co-op Teamsite

. Conducted gap analysis and presented business process blueprint for

Puerto Rico implementation as part of a team leading to consensus on

the need to adopt new design for existing SAP processes

. Designed functional and technical specifications for SAP PP-PI,

Inventory Management (IM), Warehouse Management and APO - delivered

over 38 changes to custom programs in less than 6 months time

. Performed for configuration of SAP PP-PI, MM and APO modules for

inventory management, warehouse management, materials management,

purchasing, MRP and planning

. Performed Master Data creation for Material Master, BOMs, Recipes and

Production Versions as part of Puerto Rico project implementation

. Identified required support areas for training of end-users

contributing to efficient usage of custom programs by business users

. Gathered requirements by direct interaction with business leads and

users for row crops business

. Designed and used WinRunner scripts for mass data changes and

corrections

. Developed and maintained Teamsite for team using Microsoft SharePoint

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla, MO

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Sep 08 - June 09

ERP Systems Configuration and Integration

. Performed configuration for SAP FI/CO, MM, PP, SD modules for class-

included Company Code creation, General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable

(AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Plant Creation and Maintenance,

Purchasing, Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Defined Number

Ranges for several document types, Billing, Shipping, Credit

Management

. Created and maintained master data for General Ledger Accounts, AP,

AR, MRP, Vendors, Contracts, Materials, BOMs, Work Centers, Routings,

Customers, Pricing, Billing, Shipping

. Helped students with troubleshooting SAP FI/CO, MM, PP and SD modules

. Setup and corrected lab exercises for SAP FI/CO, MM, PP, SD modules

. Graded labs and homework assignments

Supply Chain Management (SAP APO)

. Configured SAP APO module for in-class students

. Worked with Integration Models, Core Interface (CIF), Demand Planning

(DP), Supply Network Planning (SNP), PPDS, Supply Chain Engineering

and Planning Book

. Helped students with troubleshooting SAP APO

. Graded labs and homework assignments

Curtis Wilson Library, Missouri S&T

Rolla, MO

Library Assistant

Feb 08 - Aug 08

. Checked-in, checked-out and re-shelved books

EDS India

Pune, India

SAP HR Associate

Aug 06 - Nov 07

. Designed functional specifications for SAP HR module

. Performed Workflow Analysis of Leave of Absence, Referencing,

Recruitment and New Hire processes - leading to improved process flow

with a 12% time saving for end-users

. Configured Personnel Administration module

. Interacted directly with UK based client to gather and analyze

requirements

. Performed complete testing that included creation of testing scripts

. Led testing team for training of UK based HR users

Skills:

SAP: SAP PP-PI, IM, WM, MM, SD, HR, FI/CO and APO

Languages: C, C++, HTML, VB

Testing: WinRunner

Applications: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, MS Office, Sharepoint

Courses:

ERP System Design and Implementation Information Systems Project

Management

ERP System Configuration and Integration Global Project

Management

Supply Chain Management (SAP APO) Lean Manufacturing Systems

Use of Business Intelligence Introduction to the Six

Sigma Way

Probability and Statistical Analysis Leadership in a

Technology-Based Organization

Honors and Activities:

. President, IEEE Student Chapter, DYPIET, Pune, India

. Student Ambassador, Center for ERP, Missouri S&T

. Member, International Students Club, Missouri S&T

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