Vijay Kumar

SAP SRM Functional Consultant

E-mail id: ablnvz@r.postjobfree.com

Contact No: 305-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

> Total 8 Years of excellent functional experience with logistics and

supply chain management.

> Over 6 years of experience in SAP implementation projects in Supplier

Relationship Management (SRM) and Material Management (MM) modules

with two successful full life cycle projects of MM and two successful

full life cycle projects of SRM.

> Experienced in various phases of implementation that includes

blueprinting, gap-analysis, configurations, testing, go-live, post-

implementation support, user training and documentations.

> Expertise in SRM Business scenarios like Self Service Procurement,

Plan driven procurement and service procurement, Contract Management.

> Good working knowledge of SRM shopping carts, contracts, Global

Outline Agreements, approval process, bid invitations, SUS, and SRM

sourcing cockpit, Procure to pay system

> Proficient in Technical Scenarios like Extended Classic and classic

scenarios and having good knowledge in Standalone and decoupled

scenarios.

> Proficient in Strategic Sourcing business scenarios like Bidding

Engine(RFX) and Contract Management

> Expertise in Catalog content Management(CCM) and Supplier self service

(SUS) with Enterprise Portal & Good knowledge in Document Builder,

Master data management (MDM), MDM 5.5, SRM-MDM Catalogs / MDM

workflow, MDM Console, Data Manager

> Strong expertise in MM Purchasing, Inventory Management, Release

Strategy and Pricing. Having strong Exposure in supply chain

management environment.

> Good Knowledge in SRM 7.0 functional features.

> Working knowledge in FI/CO, FM and Business warehouse.

> Possess excellent communication skills and presentation skills

> Extensive experience in working with the business users as well as

functional and technical consultants

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP SRM 5.0, ECC 6.0,ECC 5.0, R/3 4.7,SAP

SRM,MM, BI, MDM

Operating Systems Windows NT, 2000, 2003, XP Unix

Databases Oracle 10i, MS Access 2000, DB2

Tools HTML,SAP tools(LSMW, Workflow),MS office

SAP EXPERENCE:

SRM Module:

Having expertise with

o Employee self services functionality: Back End Integration with R/3

application with technical basic settings like RFC and ALE

settings,Idocs, cross application basic settings like Doc types and

number ranges

o Set up for SRM Organization structure and Vendor organization

structure.

o Configuration of Bidding Engine functionality and contract

management

o Master data replication e.g. Material Master, Vendor Master,

Sourcing hub determination for Product categories.

o Plan driven procurement configuration for direct material

requirements to be transferred to Sourcing hub after MRP run.

o Internal and external catalog content management functionality,

Punch out catalogs, Requisite catalog, Catalog content management

creating master catalog, OCI/OPI and middleware set up.

MM Module

o Expertise on Master data, PR, PO, P2P, Pricing Procedures,

Agreements, Services, Info records, Release Procedures, Inventory

Management, GR, GI, Movement Types, Reservation, Transfer Posting,

Stock Transfer, Invoice Verification, Account Determination,

Valuation, Split Valuation, Physical Inventory process and CBP,

movement type configurations, accounting settings for material

groups and Purchase order output determination settings.

o Strong Implementation knowledge on Optimization of purchasing

cycle, account assignment, subcontracting, third-party,

consignment, External Procurement- Stock transports, requisitions,

Outline agreements, scheduling agreements, RFQ, quota arrangements,

source lists, info records, release strategies, vendor evaluation

and master records.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Client: Jefferson County Commission, Birmingham, Al. Jan 2010 -

Jul 2010

Senior SAP SRM Consultant

Jefferson County uses mySAP Supplier Relationship Management 5.0 (SRM

5.0) module to procure consumable goods and services and request

inventory items via the portal using the SRM shopping cart. SRM was

implemented using Extended classic scenario which included the Business

scenarios: Operational Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Catalog Content

management and Contract management.

Responsibilities:

. Production Support, solving high, medium, and low priority service desk

tickets related to EBP, CCM and backend replication.

. Set up the purchase organizations. Connected the EBP data with core SAP

with RFCs and workflow. Modified Workflow for vendor entered invoices and

confirmations.

. Test the scenarios in the development system whenever necessary

. Trouble shooting and solving post implementation problems and

configuration changes to accommodate the requirements

. Responsible for post implementation support Jobs for SRM module

. Download of back end materials, product categories. Configuration of

invoices and confirmations in EBP and back end SAP for Local and

centrally purchased materials.

. Modified the Services to suit the front-end browser screen to

customer requirements.

. Support the issues related to the Procurement of Services and

Procurement of Direct and indirect materials.

. Business Partner (Vendor/Requisitioned/Purchaser/approver) maintenance

based on the employee changes.

. Workflow error Handling and production support, User Training handling

of Issues related to Shopping carts, PO documents.

. Actively involved and resolved the Issues related to EDI, ALE and IDOCS

with ABAP and Basis teams.

. Customized the new requirements generated and activated the customer

exits based on business requirements.

. Dealt with change requests in various areas of Supplier relationship

Management. Responsible for preparation of Functional Designs,

Configuration Designs and Test Scripts. Also responsible for providing

User Manuals when required.

. Testing and validation & preparation of Test Cases

. Developed system configuration manual and training manuals for end-users

Modules Implemented: SAP SRM 5.0, FM, FI-CO, GM.

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, Oracle 10g, Unix.

Client: Miami Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS), Miami, Florida.

April 2009 to Dec 2009

Senior SAP SRM Consultant

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is a $6 billion organization with

825 schools and over 55,000 employees on the payroll. As the fourth largest

school district in the country, M-DCPS provides educational services to

over 350,000 students in Kindergarten through Grade 12.

Project "BOSS" (Business Operating Solutions for Schools) is deployed to

replace aging Financial, Human Resource and Procurement systems the

district uses.

Responsibilities:

. Configured SRM shopping carts, contracts, Global Outline Agreements,

approval process, bid invitations, SUS, and SRM sourcing cockpit

. Configured Self service procurement, Plan driven procurement and Bidding.

. Configured Catalog content management for punch out catalogs and internal

catalogs.

. Configured Registration of suppliers and Supplier self service.

. Configured Classic scenario with self service procurement, Plan driven

procurement and contract management.

. Implemented BADI's to meet business requirements of MDCPS procure to pay

system.

. Worked on Shopping cart workflow according to the requirement of MDCPS by

implementing N step Badi which will determine the 3 level financial

approvers based on accounting structure and organizational hierarchy,

special approvers based on Fund, program and G/L account and Purchase

group and extra special approvers based on Construction indicator.

. Worked on enhancement to transfer of unsourced PR's from ECC to SRM by

using user exit BBP_BADI_EXTREQ_OUT in ECC system which in turn creates

an external requirement in SRM which is not the standard functionality in

classic scenario and to carry out Sourcing in SRM system.

. Worked on an enhancement to revert back the account assignments in the

purchase requisition to PO's, which will be created in ECC with respect

to external requirement in the SRM Sourcing Cockpit or based on the

winning bid for the PR's transferred to SRM from ECC.

. Worked on an enhancement to create PO's with various document types

originated in ECC based on origination in SRM like ECPO for catalog

purchases,ZNB for Free form text materials and ZUB for STO's for

Internal vendors according to the requirement of MDCPS Business

scenario.

. Worked on an enhancement to transfer of attachments from SRM system to

backend system.

. Worked on Enhancement to limit the line items of 40 in shopping cart to

accommodate for legacy system requirement.

. Worked on Enhancement to create PO's with various types of document types

in the backend system with reference to shopping carts according to

business requirement.

. Worked on an enhancement of Public Bid approval workflow according to the

requirement of MDCPS by implementing N step BADI which will determine the

4 level approvals by using custom table based on responsible purchase

group.

. Configured ALE-RFC Settings for backend integration from SRM to R3 and

IDocs.

. SRM Organization structure settings vendor organization structure

settings, assignments.

. Cross application settings like number ranges, Transaction types and

workflow settings.

. Create and maintained internal/external catalogues using CCM 2.0 and

Configured Open Catalog Interface for the ability to interact with Vendor

web catalog.

. Worked on conversion W-RICEF object needed to upload all legacy contracts

first is created as an SRM global outline agreement.

. Worked on Enhancement to restrict manual Entry of Ship To Location in the

shopping cart which will prevent requisitioners from entering any drop

ship location on a requisition.

. Configured to Replicate HR organization structure from ECC system to SRM

system.

Module Implementation: SRM 5.0, MM, HR

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, Oracle 10i

Client: RHODIA CHEMICALS, Cranbury, NJ

Dec 2008 to April 2009

Senior SAP SRM Consultant

Rhodia is a leader in its businesses and it has strong presence in the

industrial, automotive, tire, electronics, perfume, health, beauty and home

care markets. Rhodia implemented my SAP SRM to make simple for

indenter/Purchaser and Optimize operational Procurement by automating it

wherever possible.

Responsibilities:

. User requirements analysis, to-be design of MM and SRM - EBP

. Configured ALE-RFC Settings for backend integration from SRM to R3 and

IDocs.

. SRM Organization structure settings vendor organization structure

settings, assignments, user creation.

. Cross application settings like number ranges, Transaction types and

workflow settings

. Configuration of operational procurement like self-service procurement,

service procurement and plan driven procurement and contract management.

. Configuration of strategic sourcing application like bidding engine

(RFX), Contract Management.

. Post go-live support: Resolved the problems encountered by the user in

the day-to-day use of SAP MM/SRM module. Test the programs in which the

user encountered errors and accordingly correct the setup in case of

system issue or train the user about the steps procedures to follow to

run the programs correctly.

. Create and maintained internal/external catalogues using CCM 2.0 and

Configured Open Catalog Interface for the ability to interact with Vendor

web catalog.

. Supplier self services for inbound delivery through enterprise portal

using XI

Module Implementation: SRM 5.0, MM, WM, SD, FI-CO, PP AND QM

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, Oracle 10i

Client: Torrent Pharma Inc., Kalamazoo Michigan

May'08 to Dec'08

Senior SAP SRM Functional Consultant

Torrent Pharmaceuticals manufacturing Medicines, Chemicals etc. It

manufactures and markets innovative pharmaceutical and biotechnology

products. Established and spread over different states in Europe as well as

in other countries Russia, Japan, Spain, and Italy etc.

Responsibilities:

. Understanding the clients business process requirements and the as-is

situation of the business process, Mapping the business process in line

with the SAP functionality and Documented Business Process procedures.

. Analyzed Client Requirements, Created Business Blue Print design using

ASAP. Identified Gaps and suggested development in SAP.

. Mapped to-be business processes onto SAP through system configuration

and writing master data definitions.

. User requirements analysis, to-be design of SRM/MM Plan to supply

standpoint business processes.

. Documented configuration of MM and SRM training material.

. Configured Open Catalog Interface for the ability to interact with

Vendor web catalog and transfer of shopping cart to EBP for MRP items

procurement

. Involved in Knowledge Transfer of MM modules Data Design to the

Super users.

. Demonstrated the business flows to the users

. Cross application setting for Transaction types and number ranges,

workflow settings

. Configuration of operational procurement like self service procurement,

service procurement and plan driven procurement

. Configuration of strategic sourcing application like Bidding Engine,

Contract Management

. Configured ALE-RFC Settings for backend integration from SRM to R3

. SRM Organization structure settings, vendor organization structure

settings, assignments, user creations.

. Involved in development of unit test scripts and executed unit and

integration testing for EBP, CCM.

Module Implementation: SRM 5.0, MM, WM, SD, FI-CO, PP AND QM

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, Oracle 10i

Shepherd chemicals, Middletown, OH

July 05 to May 08

Senior SAP SRM/MM Functional Consultant

SHEPHERD CHEMICALS is a leading manufacturer of Inorganic Metal Salts and

Organic Metal Chemicals to the global community. Metal salts and metal salt

solutions are used in a range of catalyst applications in the petrochemical

industry which improve the efficiency and environmental performance of oil

refineries and Organic Metal products are used in radial tires to improve

the safety and adhesion of the components within the tire.

Responsibilities:

. Production Support, solving low, medium and high priority tickets

related to EBP, CCM and backend replication and MM.

. Workflow error Handling and production support, User Training handling of

Issues related to Shopping carts, PR, PO documents.

. Purchase requisition Approval process, setting up of starting conditions

for shopping basket. Set up the purchase organizations. Connected the

EBP data with core SAP with RFCs and workflow. Modified Workflow for

vendor entered invoices and confirmations.

. Download of back end materials, product categories. Configuration of

invoices and confirmations in EBP and back end SAP for Local and

centrally purchased materials.

. Modified the Services to suit the front-end browser screen to

customer requirements.

. Support the issues related to the Procurement of Services and

Procurement of Direct and indirect materials.

. Business Partner (Vendor/Requisitioned/Purchaser/approver) maintenance

based on the employee changes.

. Actively involved and resolved the Issues related to EDI, ALE and IDOCS

. Customized the new requirements generated and activated the customer

exits based on business requirements.

. Dealt with change requests in various areas of Materials Management and

Supplier relationship Management. Responsible for preparation of

Functional Designs, Configuration Designs and Test Scripts. Also

responsible for providing User Manuals when required.

. Testing and validation & preparation of Test Cases

. Developed system configuration manual and training manuals for end-users

. Trouble shooting and solving post implementation problems and

configuration changes to accommodate the requirements

. Responsible for post implementation support Jobs for SRM module

Modules Implemented: SAP SRM 5.0, MM, WM, FI-CO, PP, SD and QM

Environment: SAP ECC 5.0, Oracle 9i, Linux

Client: Lanco Kondapalli Power (PVT) Ltd.

May '02 to April'03

SAP MM Functional Consultant

LANCO Kondapalli Power Plant is an Independent Power Project (IPP) located

at Kondapalli near Vijayawada in India. The Plant is a 368.144 MW Combined

Cycle Power Project operating on Natural Gas as primary fuel. The plant has

two Gas Turbines of GE Frame 9E, two Heat Recovery Steam Generators and one

Steam Turbine.

Responsibilities:

. Involved in the AS-IS and TO-BE analysis for the functional

implementation of the business requirements.

. Gathered the business process requirements and prepared functional

aspects in R/3 as per the client requirement.

. Created organizational structure with Company Code, Plants, and

Storage Locations.

. Created number ranges for purchasing documents like Purchase

Requisitions, Purchase Orders, and Goods Receipts.

. Implemented procurement processes with FI integration to maintain

material master, vendor master, and info records.

. Prepared functional design specifications for customized

requirements.

. Maintained field selection of data screens specific to material

types, industry sector.

. Created training documents for the end users and actively

participated in the end user training.

Modules Implemented: SAP MM, WM, SD, FICO, PP

Environment: SAP 4.6C, Windows NT, Oracle 8i

Lanco Kondapalli power

May '00 to May '02

Assistant Purchase Manager

LANCO Kondapalli Power Plant is an Independent Power Project (IPP) located

at Kondapalli Industrial Development Area near Vijayawada in India. The

Plant is a 368.144 MW Combined Cycle Power Project operating on Natural Gas

as primary fuel. The plant has two Gas Turbines of GE Frame 9E, two Heat

Recovery Steam Generators and one Steam Turbine

Responsibilities:

. Review of technical details of the material to be purchased as per

the requirement.

. RFQs, Quotation comparison.

. Preparation of Purchase requisitions, Purchase Orders, contracts, Sub

contract Orders.

. Verification of good receipts & Invoices.

. Vendor Development activities and Vendor Evaluation.

. Inventory management, Month end Posting, Stock Valuation, Stock issue

etc.

. Delivery and Billing Process. Interaction with Accounts for

Collections and Payment.

. Finally, Involved in Physical Inventory, Internal Audit, Market

Survey, Budgets etc.

Education: Master's in Business Administration (IT, Material Management)

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering.

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