Sap Data

Kishan Thoppae

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Summary

> Seven years of Work experience including SAP & Engineering along

with a Master's degree

> Industries served: Entertainment & Hi-tech, Manufacturing,

Pharmaceutical, Retail, & Consumer products

> Performed three full life cycle implementation in SAP MM/WM & SAP MDM

using ECC 5.0 & ECC 6.0

> Provided Production Support in SAP WM/MM using SAP R/3, ECC 6.0

> Worked on developing Functional Design Specification for RICEF Objects

- Reports, Interfaces, Conversions,

Enhancements and Forms

> Experienced in Master Data Objects - Material Master, Customer Master,

Vendor Master, Info records, Source list,

BOM's, Routings, Master Recipe and Work Center

> Experienced in Materials Management Configuration - Number ranges,

List of Values for all the fields in Material

Master, Material types, locking down fields and activation/deactivation

of views based on Material types

> Experienced in Warehouse Management Configuration - Material

Movements, Material Strategies -Picking &

Put-away, Movement Types

> Inventory Management: Annual inventory, Continuous inventory & Cycle

Counting

> Worked on Master Data Conversion Objects - Material Master &

Classification

> Built Multiple interfaces between SAP & Legacy systems for Material

Master using Webmethods

> Worked on Procure to Pay Cycle (P2P), Order to Cash Cycle (OTC), Third

Party process and Stock transport Order

> Coordinated and lead various testing activities - Functional Unit

Testing, Integration Testing, System &

User Acceptance Testing

> Good experience on ABAP, IDOC'S, EDI, ALE, HP-Quality Center, SAP

Queries - SQVI and Informatica tool

> Integration Experience with other SAP Modules - SD, PP, QM & FI

> Six Sigma: Green belt certified from Wayne state University

> Lean Manufacturing tools: Six Sigma, 5S, Poke-yoke, Continuous

Improvement (Kaizen), KANBAN

Systems, Process Mapping, JIT, Standardized work, SMED and PDCA

Education

Master of Science - Industrial Engineering

Jan '04 - Dec '05

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Aug '99- May '03

Madras University, India

Work Experience

Employer: Dolby Laboratories Inc., San Francisco, CA

June '11 - Current

Role: Business Systems Analyst (SAP Project Engineer)

> Performed As-Is & To-Be for SAP phase 2 implementation for Dolby

Manufacturing

> Lead and Managed multiple phases - Blue print, Configuration,

Development, Testing and Production Support as part of SAP 2.0

implementation

> Performed role as a Business Unit Manager and Approved all the SAP MM &

BOM Process Change, Configuration Change, Security Change and Service

Desk Tickets

> Lead the team consisting of Directors, Managers and Consultants on

strategy, management and governance of material master data including the

integration of data ownership and management in business processes

> Lead, Defined and executed the global Data Governance framework and

associated processes, to include the establishment of Data Stewards

throughout the key business organizations

> Lead, Developed and approved SAP Data Cleansing and Migration plans and

scripts

> Contributed to the delivery of the Global ERP program based on an

established roadmap that ensures the global data adheres to the common

industry practice

> Lead and Managed the Business users and Consultants on proper training

and documentation of all data migration and conversion processes

> Developed and lead the requirements for Business Units and IT to

determine the most effective and efficient solutions to serve customers

> Explore, recommend and implement SAP data cleansing and migration tools

as required

> Lead and Managed in building the interface between the Agile PLM to SAP

using Java, SAP PI and IDOC's for Material Master and BOM

> Lead, Developed and mentored a high quality Global Master Data team

> Ensured consistency and integrity of Master Data elements which exist in

multiple information systems along with the IT team

> Lead, Managed and Signed off the Functional Design Specification

document, Testing Scripts, Testing Phases - Integration Testing & UAT and

Work Instructions for SAP MM and BOM

> Lead the business users, Directors and IT to Develop BI MM Report

> Provided Production Support for MM & BOM for SAP 2.0 post go-live

Employer: Wipro Technologies, East Brunswick, NJ

Mar '08 - May '11

Client: Johnson & Johnson, Piscataway, NJ

Feb '09 - May '11

Role: SAP MM/MDM Lead Consultant

> Performed As-Is, To-be, Implemented, Tested for Six interfaces between

SAP and Legacy Systems (like

Codman JDE, Spider, Logility and Master Data Management (Siperian)

> Coordinated and lead requirement gathering with Process team (Procurement

& Inventory team) for Material

Master Conversion Object

> Worked on Master Data Conversion Objects - Material Master &

Classification

> Coordinated with the Management and development team to understand

business rules and work flow for Data

Cleansing, Data remediation for Conversion objects

> Worked on the Data Governance model for various Master Data objects -

Material Master, Vendor Master,

Customer Master and Production related Objects - BOM, Routings, Master

Recipe and Work Center

> Configured and worked on setting up the Data Maintenance activity for a

Material using Cross Plant & Plant

specific status based on the Master Data Procurement and Production

related Objects

> Material Master Configuration - Setting up External Material Number

ranges, Defining List of Values for various

Fields (Division, MRP Controllers, Lab/Office, Material group, MRP Type

and so on), locking down of interfaced

Material Master Fields, Activation & Deactivation of various Material

Master Views for Material types and

Configured New Material types

> Performed analysis to track changes in Material Master - Classification

Configuration to meet business needs and

Activated the audit trail to track changes

> Maintained functional specifications that support the business

requirements to the Creation, Maintenance

And Publishing of Material, Vendor and Customer master core data

> Lead and Coordinated various stages of testing activities - Functional

Unit testing, Integration testing, System

Testing & UAT testing

> Built test scripts for Interfaces & Data Maintenance activity against

each Functional & User requirement for

Functional Unit testing, System testing and User Acceptance Testing in

HP-Quality Center

> Performed User Acceptance test, ensuring that business processes are

correctly mapped to the system

specifications

> Developed Functional Design Specification documents for Interfaces and

Conversion Objects

> Developed Material Master Work Instructions for SAP End users

> Involved in documenting User requirements specifications (URS) and

Functional specifications (FS) and ensured that URS/FS are appropriately

mapped to the test cases in the qualification testing protocols

> Documented Business Process Requirement (BPR) and Business Process

Procedures (BPP) to monitor and track the Master Data Process

> Knowledge and Experience using SAP ABAP, IDOC's, SAP Netweaver Portal and

Informatica

> Lead and Coordinated the End to End Master Data activities for

Conversions and Interfaces with the Stake holders like - Business,

Functional and the technical team

Client: Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA

Mar '08 - Jan '09

Role: SAP MM/WM Consultant

> Performed Design, Development & Testing of enhancement in EDI for

different Vendors

> Worked on roll out projects for different countries within Apple

> Worked on developing the Interface using Webmethods & XML between the

Apple & FedEx for shipment

of repaired products between the Customer & Vendor

> Worked on maintenance of Material Master, Info Records and Source list

> Performed data analysis on Data governance/Standardization on the MDM

design and architecture

> Responsible for Mapping of fields between SAP & Web methods for the

Interface Project

> Performed Design & Testing with FedEx to find solutions & resolve

issues related to XML

> Performed testing of different business scenario's by enhancing the

Purchase Org., Sales Org, Shipping points &

Hence forth for Vendor's in Asia Pacific

> Integration experience of various modules like SD, PP, QM & FI

Employer: Advansoft Intl, Arlington Heights, IL

Dec '06 - Feb '08

Client: Nestle North Waters America, Stamford CT

Jan '08 - Feb'08

Role: SAP MM/WM Consultant

> Worked on Production Support Project in resolving hundreds of IDOC's due

to Purchase Order, Sales Order, Inventory and Warehouse Postings

> Resolved issues related to the Organization Data's, Purchase Order, Sales

Order and Inventory Posting

> Integration experience of various modules like SD and PP

Client: Welspun, Mexico & USA

Jan '07 - Dec '07

Role: SAP WM/MM Consultant

> Implementation as per ASAP methodology - Project preparation, business

blue printing, realization & Go- Live

> Responsible for configuration/customization for WM including

review/analysis of AS-IS and TO-BE documents

> Responsible for assessing current Warehouse operation, creating process

flow design, implementation, Configuration

and deployment of SAP

> Configured Storage Unit Management and their master data requirements

like creation of Warehouse, Storage

Type, Storage Section & Storage Bin

> Configured stock placements & removals using different Picking and Put

away strategies

> Configured WM-PP interface to withdraw Raw material from the Warehouse

and transform them into Finished

Goods in the shop floor

> Developed interfaces for RF devices via SAP console to integrate RF

devices into SAP and WM module

> Implemented/Configured RF queues, assigned users to different RF queues,

custom mobile data entries screens and

Activated RD monitor

> Worked on Materials Management Configuration - Number ranges, List of

Values for all the fields in various

Material Master Views, Material types, locking down fields and

activation/deactivation of views based on Material

types

> Worked on Procure to Pay Cycle (P2P) and Customized the various Purchase

Order document types

> Configured and customized vendor master, Purchasing Info record and

Source list

> Activated batch management with shelf life expiration date and

classification

> Subcontracting: Customized material master, vendor master, purchase

order and Goods receipt to get the

job processed by the External Service provider

> Configured Handling Unit Management for both the inbound & outbound

Warehouse

> Worked on Material Master, Configurable materials, Material BOM's,

Routings, Master Recipe's and Work Center

> Lead and Coordinated Unit, Integration, System and User acceptance

testing

> Integration experience of various modules like SD, PP, QM & FI

Employer: Nipuna Services, Parsippany, NJ

May '06- Oct '06

Client: Caterpillar, Peoria, IL

Role: Quality Engineer

> Managed and coordinated with a group of eight peoples

and planners to create continuous flow line assembly

documentation for 140 torque converters in three weeks

> Performed trouble shooting on BAPING of kitting

operations for torque converters & transmissions

which

increased from 36 to 125 kits

> Worked as a part of team for MQ12005 certification

> Involved in developing Process FMEA for the New Part

Introduction

> Reviewed the existing process and performed process

audit for transmission and torque converter assembly

unit

> Collected data's for different arrangement and set

time standard's using Operation Data

> System software based on MOST methodology

> Reviewed the existing process and took pictures to

create visual aids

Project Intern: Phil-Good Products Inc., Oklahoma City, Ok

Jan '04 - May '04

Role: Industrial Engineer

> Involved with the design, development & implementation of an ergonomic

design worktable

> to improve productivity and reduce stress, fatigue & eliminate

injuries

> Recruit subjects and design, organize, observe and evaluate tests on

both the workstations

> Collected data through surveys, questionnaires and performed analysis

> The new workstation increased the productivity by 20%, reduced

injuries by 50%

> Experience in time study and motion study

Computer Skills

> ERP Packages: SAP R/3 4.7, ECC5.0 & ECC 6.0

> Master Data Management System - Siperian

> PLM - Agile

> SAP Software tool - Solution Manager & Netweaver Portal

> Quality Tool: HP-Quality Center

> Documentation tool - RWD Info Pak

> Program Management tool - Hansoft

> Modeling Software tool - ARIS Flow

> Operating Systems: Windows - XP, Vista & 7

> Packages: MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point & Access)

> Modeling Software: Auto-Cad, Pro-E & Catia V5

> Statistical Software: Minitab 14

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