SAP MM Analyst
Resume:
Vijayasankar Rangarasu B.Tech, PMP
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rangarasu/26/510/353
Employment Location : Bangalore, INDIA
Role : SAP Project Manager/SAP Consultant MM/WM/SD
Experience Summary
. Total 10 years of experience including 7 years in SAP and 3 years in
Supply Chain domain.(MM/WM/SD)
. 2+ Years of Project Manager experience with ASAP methodology and 5
years of SAP Consultant experience in MM/WM/SD Modules.
. PMP Certified for Project Management and SAP Certified in Materials
Management.
. On-site Project Manager/Consultant experience in 1 End to End roll Out
at Malaysia and 4 Process upgrade projects for Asia pacific
Plants.(Third Party Order Processing, Process Weaver, Global Trade
Services, Global Custom Form roll outs).
. Off-shore Project Manager/COE Support experience with virtual team
environment in global roll outs to various regions US, Europe and Asia
Pacific.( (Direct Ship, Scheduling Agreement and Advanced Returns
management)
. Offer 5+ years of Onsite, multi-cultural working experience in
countries Sri lanka, China, Singapore, Malaysia and USA.
. Experienced in Business Transformation, Change and Crisis Management
in SAP activities.
. Played various roles as Project Manager, SAP COE, SAP MM/Logistics
Consultant and SAP Auditor .
. Efficient in multi tasking, off-shore management and Development
Coordination.
. Efficient in communication and client handling at various levels.
. Experienced in SAP Versions 4.6, 4.7, AFS 5.0, ECC 6.0 EHP 4,5,APO,
EBP,Solution Manager
. Experienced in SAP Project Tools HPQC,E Project, Solution Manager, MS
Office, MS Project
SAP Project Manager Responsibilities
Project Initiation
Understanding the business case - Collect processes, procedures and
historical information - Drive Pre configuration in test clients - Divide
projects in to phases and Toll gates - Identify project stakeholders and
users - Develop stakeholders management strategy - Kick off and Toll gate
meeting
Business Blue Print / Planning
Understand and finalize Business requirements - Drive SAP process mapping
and Gap Analysis - Gap Documentation - Finalize Business Blue print and SAP
Process Design - Drive SAP solution for identified Gaps - Finalize
Enterprise structures -Identify Data conversion objects - Develop project
management plan for Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Resource, Communication and
Risk - Finalize Scope - Develop project schedule - Define Quality standards
- Finalize Resource list- Define Communication plan - Identify risks with
risk response plan - Toll gate meetings - System decommissioning plan -
Identify test clients for SAP process simulation
Simulation and Validation
Drive Configuration completion - Drive Data conversion - Simulate and
Validate SAP Processes in VCCT Testing - Identify issues and maintain in
Issue Log - Drive Issue resolution - Sign off documents for Test results -
Hold regular meetings - Risk analysis - Status Reporting - Toll gate
meetings - Maintain Documentation for Job Aids and for critical issues -
Timely escalations - User Sign offs
Go Live
Identify cut over activities across all the function - Drive cut over
activities- Drive Configuration completion - Drive Data conversion - Risk
analysis - Hold Management meeting and communication for Go Live - Measure
SAP Readiness and Business function Readiness for Go Live - Prepare and
maintain Warranty Support Plan - Maintain Documentation - Toll gate
meetings for Go Live - Status Reporting
Support
Monitor SAP Issues after Go Live - Follow Warranty support plan - Drive for
resolution - Gain formal acceptance - Run final Toll Gate meeting -
Transfer to support community - Maintain project closure documentation -
Handle IT SOX Audit - User sign offs
SAP Consultant Activities
ASAP Methodology - Business Process Understanding - Requirements
Documentation-Scope Definition-Gap Analysis-Solution Proposals-
Configuration Management-Data Conversion-Functional Specification-Offshore
Development Coordination-User Acceptance Testing-Transport Movement-
Regression Testing
Cut over activities- Post Go Live Support- Business process improvements-
Test script preparation-Job Aid preparation- Power user and End user
Training-Project Document Update -Status Report-Issues Tracking and Closure-
Support Transition-Project Management
SAP Knowledge Area
Materials Management
Procurement Processes (Stock Materials- Consumables and Returns-
Subcontracting- Vendor Consignment - Third party procurement - Outline
Agreements - Intercompany STO )
MRP (Planning Run - Lot Size Calculation - Reorder point planning and
planning evaluation)
Inventory Management - Goods Receipts- Goods Issues-Stock Transfers-
Transfer Postings - Physical Inventory - Cycle Counting - Material
Valuation - Account Determination - Split Valuation - Batch Management
Sales and Distribution
Sales Processes (Standard sales order and Returns - Cash sales - Rush Order
- Free of charge deliveries-Returns - Consignment - Third Party Order
Processing - Cross company sales - Cross Company stock transfers - Outline
Agreements(Scheduling agreements-Quantity and Value Contracts)
Sales from Stock-shortage ( Order entry with insufficient stock - Transfer
of requirement and Availability check - Back order processing - Partial
Deliveries - MTO - Incompletion
Shipping - Shipping Point Determinations - Route Determinations-Delivery
Scheduling (Backward and Forward) - Transportation Scheduling - Precise and
daily Scheduling - Route schedules -
Special functions in Deliveries (Batches - Serial Numbers - Pricing -
Splitting)
Picking Process (Methods - Lean WM Versus WM - Transfer Orders)
Packing Process (Shipping Materials and Shipping units-Packing functions
PGI ( Goods Issue posting - Cancelling - Quality check in shipping - Proof
of Delivery)
Transportation - Inbound and Outbound shipments-Shipment processing and
monitoring- Shipment costing - Controlling Cost processing - Shipment Cost
settlement - Shipment cost calculation - Multidimensional Freight agreement
- Break Weight Calculation - Mass maintenance of shipment condition records
Warehouse Management
Warehouse structure - Storage Type-Storage section- Storage bins -Quants -
Stock Management(Stock categories-Special stock-Batch Management-Shelf Life
Functionality)- Warehouse Movements(WM Movement Types-Transfer Requirements-
Transfer Orders)- Goods Receipts(With or Without Inbound Delivery)-Goods
Issues(With or Without Outbound delivery-picking-packing)Stock
Replenishment (Internal Stock Transfers)-Picking Strategies-Put away
Strategies- Physical Inventory Procedures (Annual Physical Inventory
-Continuous Inventory- Cycle Counting-Zero Stock check)Storage Unit
Management - Hazardous Materials Management - EDI - Mobile Data entry-
Radio Frequency Identification technology - Cross Docking - Yard Management
Awards and Recognitions
. Customer Partner Award - 2
. Individual Excellence Award - 2
. Spot Award for Innovation- 1
. Team Excellence Award- 2
. Star(Best Employee) of the Year 2011 Award -1
. Customer Appreciation Award - 1
. Kaizan Award for Process Improvement -1
Education
. B . Tech in Textile Technology, Periyar University, Salem,TN, India,
Passed out in 2002
Employment History
Employer Designation Period Yrs/Mth
s
Honeywell Technology SAP Lead Consultant March 2007 to 5.9
Solutions, Bangalore, present
India
Intimate Fashions India Executive-Merchandisin Jan 2005 - June 1.6
Private Ltd, Chennai, g 2006
India
SGS India Private Ltd, Executive - June 2002 - Oct 2.5
Chennai, India Marketing/Textile 2004
Testing
SAP Project Details
Company Projects Role
Honeywell Advanced Returns SAP MM/WM Consultant
Management
Honeywell Direct Ship SAP MM/WM Consultant
Honeywell Scheduling Agreement SAP MM/WM Consultant
Honeywell Drop Shipment - Penang PM/ SAP MM/WM Consultant
Phase 2
Honeywell APO Roll out for Asia PM/ SAP MM/WM Consultant
Honeywell GTS Roll out for PM/ SAP MM/WM Consultant
Malaysia
Honeywell Process Weaver Roll PM/ SAP MM/WM Consultant
Out for Asia
Honeywell SRM EBP Roll out SAP MM/WM Consultant-
Onsite
Honeywell CA Penang Phase 1 SAP MM/WM Consultant-
Onsite
Honeywell ACHC SAP MM/WM Consultant-
Onsite
Honeywell CHOEM SAP MM/WM Consultant-
Onsite
Intimate Fashions India SPRINT'2 Internal SAP Lead
Pvt Ltd
Project 1 - Onsite Malaysia
Client HONEYWELL Aerospace Avionics (M) Sdn Bhd, Penang,
Malaysia
Company Yearly $ 350 Million
Revenue
Project Name CA PENANG PHASE II ( Drop Shipment Capability)
SAP Modules SD/PP/FI/WM/QM
Project Management MS Project, MS Power point, HPQC, Solution Manager,
Tools e-Project
Role Project Manager
Reporting to ERP Director- US/ SAP Practise Head -India
Duration Sep2010-till date
The scope of the project is to upgrade the business to Direct shipment with
US/NON US customers by developing solution in various functions planning,
Quality, Logistics and Export Compliance.
Project Team Size - 15+ Users - 150+
Activities
. Led 15+ members of team for Third Party Order Processing process
upgrade project
. Global working environment with other country stake holders.
. Activities include Requirements documentation, Defining Scope,
Developing Project Plan, Execution, Monitoring, controlling and
closing.
. Define Success Criteria for each function based on stakeholder's
expectation and delegating
to the entire team
. Issues Tracking and drive to the closure with appropriate solution.
. Drive toll gate tasks and close with stakeholders approvals.
. Project Documents update and Handing IT SOX Audit
. Ensuring Stake Holders engagement on critical decisions
. Identify Risk and Risk Mitigation plan
. Drive Cut over and Business process change management
. Coordination with offshore and other country development team.
. Ensuring no OTTR and revenue impact for the business.
. Meeting Stake Holders Expectation at each phase and in the entire
project duration.
. Successful support Transition
Achievements
. $100M worth of Intercompany STO Business migrated to Direct Shipment
mode successfully.
. Business and System transition were performed without impacting the
current business process and Site Quarterly revenue.
. 200+ users were trained and transition to the new business.
. Business Process improvements were carried out in Shipping function by
introducing new Global Custom form and by cutting down extra
transactions. he change of process helped the plant to improve
productivity and contributed to the cost saving.
. New development carried out to keep system control to prevent Quality
Tag Missing Shipments.
It improved the site performance with the customer.
. The process improvement was carried out in Demand upload function to
reduce fluctuations and volatility. It helped the site to reduce
over/under consumption issues.
Assignment 2 - Onsite Malaysia
Client HONEYWELL Aerospace Avionics (M) Sdn Bhd, Penang,
Malaysia
Project Name APO Roll out (Advanced Planning Optimizer)
SAP Modules SAP PP /APO
Duration Dec2012-till date
Role Project Manager-APAC Transition
Reporting to ERP Director- US/ APO Program Manager - The USA
The scope of the project is to decommission the legacy Demand Management
system (Rapid Response) and to move the activities to APO for 40 demand
management users in two Asian sites.
Project Team Size - 10+ Users - 40
Activities
Requirements Documentation with Stakeholders expectation- Defining Success
Criteria document-
Issue tracking and drive to the resolution- Execution and co-ordination of
Unit Testing and Integration Testing- Drive toll gate tasks and close with
stakeholders approvals- Ensuring Stake Holders engagement on critical
decisions- Drive Cut over and Business process change management -Ensuring
no OTTR and revenue impact for the business.-Meeting Stake Holders
Expectation at each phase and in the entire project duration.
Achievements
. $350M worth of Demand Management process was migrated Rapid Response
to APO System.
. Business and System transition were performed without impacting the
current business process and Site Quarterly revenue.
. 40 + users were trained and transition to the new system
. Business Process improvements were carried out in demand function by
introducing Auto demand upload and notification process. It helps for
the productivity improvement and reduce manual work.
. Ensuring real time demand all the time.
Assignment 3 - Onsite Malaysia
Client HONEYWELL Aerospace Avionics (M) Sdn Bhd, Penang,
Malaysia
Company Yearly $ 350 Million
Revenue
Project Name Process Weaver Roll out (Logistics)
SAP Modules LE/WM/TS
Duration June-August 2011
Role Project Manager - APAC Transition
Reporting to Roll Out Program Manager - The USA
The scope of the project is to replace the world link system with Process
weaver system in shipping department to upgrade Business to support a
consolidated shipment process(Fedex IPD).
Project Team Size - 10 Users - 240 Users Plant - 7 Asia Plants
Achievements
. Single Merchandising Fee instead of Multiple Merchandising Fee in US
Custom Clearance due to Consolidated shipment process.
. $ 600K Cost saving (Duty Tax + Custom Clearance)
. 30% - 50% Cost saving in Freight Charges.
Assignment 4 - Onsite Malaysia
Client HONEYWELL Aerospace Avionics (M) Sdn Bhd, Penang,
Malaysia
Project Name Global Trade Services Roll-out as per new Strategic
Trade Act
SAP Modules LE/WM/TS/GTS
Duration July-2011
Role Project Manager
Reporting to Export Compliance Manager - The USA
The scope of the project is to enable a new Strategic Trade Act in GTS
System with some master data updates with relevant form changes.
Achievements
. New STA was enabled in GTS and shipping function as per the custom
regulations.
. Master Data and Form were redefined to meet the new STA.
Project 5 - Onsite Malaysia
Client HONEYWELL Aerospace Avionics (M) Sdn Bhd, Penang,
Malaysia
Project Name CA PENANG PHASE 1 (SAP End to End Roll out)
SAP Modules MM/SD/PP/FI/WM/QM,EBP
Duration August 2008-May2010
Role Lead Consultant(MM, LE,WM)
Reporting to Project Manager
The scope of the project is to implement end to end SAP solution in Penang
Malaysia along with Business transition from US. This is a green field SAP
End to end Implementation. Team Size - 30 Users - 500+
Key Achievements
. $ 350M Value of Business moved from the US to Penang Malaysia.SAP
solution was rolled out
As part of the Business Transition and Green Field project.
. SAP Solution was set up for all the Procurement, Logistics, Inventory
and Warehouse processes, EBP along with other functions.
. Organization Structure defined in SAP based on the Site business and
corporate requirements.
. Nearly 15+ managers and 450 +users were trained to SAP processes to
carry out the business activities.
. System Monitoring,Continuous SAP process improvements were carried
out in Procurement and logistics function along with other modules.
. Successfully implemented Inventory Control process like KANBAN
External Procurement
and Replenishments, Wall to Wall cycle count since these processes are
new to honeywell.
Project 6 - Onsite China
Client Aero China Holding Company,Shanghai,China
Company Yearly $10M
Revenue
Project Name ACHC (SAP Roll out)
SAP Modules MM/FI,EBP(Enterprise Business Portal)
Number of Users 30
Team Size 8
Duration June2008-Aug2008
Role Lead Consultant(MM, LE)
Reporting to Project Manager
Key Achievements
. $ 10M Value of Business was moved from Legacy to SAP.
. 6+ Managers and 25+ users were trained in SAP Solution.
. Organization Structure defined in SAP based on the Site business and
corporate requirements.
. SAP solution was kept for Procurement of Consumables along EBP.
Project 7 - Onsite China
Client NEIAS Honeywell (Nanjing) Aero,Nanjing,China
Company Yearly $200M
Revenue
Project Name CHOEM (SAP End to End Roll out)
SAP Modules MM/SD/PP/FI/WM/QM
Number of Users 200
Team Size 30
Duration June2007-May2008
Role Lead SC Consultant(MM, Logistics)
Reporting to Project Manager
Key Achievements
. $ 200M Value of Business was moved from Legacy to SAP.
. 15+ Managers and 150+ users were trained in SAP Solution.
. Implemented Non English PO Forms in Chinese country due to language
barriers at Vendor Side
Assignment 8-Off shore India
Role SAP COE and Support - Lead SC Consultant(MM,
Logistics)
Activities
. Transport Request review, approval and release
. Conducting the Unit level and Regression testing for new
configurations in Testing Clients
. Acquire the UAT for transport movements to Production environment.
. Providing inputs for the new business GAP requirements in deployments
. Providing the training on the business process for the new team
members in deployments.
. Involved in Pre-configuration discussions.
. Providing Post Go-live support to the plants on the new processes and
system improvements.
. Understand complex problems and formulate recommendation for
resolution
. Contribute suggestions and ideas for continuous improvements of the
system
based on insights gained on problems encountered thus far
. Create Functional Design documents and work closely with the
application development
team to ensure delivery
. Prepare component and functional test documentation such as test
cycles, test conditions,
test data, and test scripts; and execute component test according to
test plan Support users during the User Acceptance Test phase and
provide necessary rectification of issues raised
Assignment 9- Onsite USA
Client Honeywell Transportation Systems- GreenVille,
Clearfield-USA
Assignment SAP FRAM Audit
SAP Modules MM/WM/SD
Duration June 2010
Role SAP Process Auditor - Lead SC Consultant(MM,
Logistics)
Reporting to Plant Leader
Activities
. Reviewing the Business Blue Print and SAP Solutions implemented.
. Reviewing the Scope of the implementation with related business
process
. Analyzing the documents of User Training and project activities.
. Preparing the Questionnaire for Super User, End User and Manager
level
. Documenting the Audit Results in predefined templates
. Consolidating the Audit recommendations for further improvements
. Providing the presentations of the audit results to the Plant leaders.
Employer 2 : Intimate Fashions India Private Limited, Chennai, India
Designation : Executive Merchandising
Period : Jan 2005 to June 2006
Industry Type : Garment Manufacturing Company
Project 1
Client Intimate Fashions India Private Ltd, Chennai, India
Project Name SPRINT'2 ( SAP Implementation)
SAP Modules SD/PP/FI/WM/QM
Number of Users 400
Team Size 30
SAP Version AFS 5.0
Duration Feb 2005 - June 2006
Role Executive Merchandising /Lead Super User - MM,SD,WM
Reporting to SAP Project Manager/Plant General Manager
Activities
. Explaining the Plant Business Process and system requirements to SAP
Consultants.
. Contributing to define Organizational Structures in SAP.
. Validating the SAP Solution with the Business Process
. Identify the GAPs from the testing and explaining to SAP Consultants.
. Contributing to Data Mapping activities.
. Contributing to Data Cleansing activity.
. Contributing to Preload and post load data validations.
. Performing the User Acceptance Test for SAP Solutions and Transport
Movements.
. Leading the internal Super User team
. Providing the status update and feed backs in Steering Committee
Meeting.
. Providing Project Status and issue update to Plant Leaders.
. Contributing to Cut over and Go Live activities.
. Performing Post Go Live support.
. Providing the SAP Training to end users.
Employer 3 : SGS India Private Limited, Chennai, India
Designation : Executive- Marketing/Textile Testing
Period : June 2002 to Oct 2004
Industry : Textile Garment Testing
Responsibility as Executive Marketing/Testing
. Testing of branded materials like TomHilfigure, Tesco, Walmart as
per the testing standards
. Provide test results to garment manufacturers.
Personal Details
Date of Birth 14-June-1981
Age 31
Nationality Indian
Passport No Z1822878
Current Visa Status US Business Visa until 2019, Malaysia EP
until Oct 2013
Passport validity Till 2019
Current Employment Location Bangalore, India
Marital Status Married
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