SAROJA VERU
[pic]SAP Certified ABAP Consultant
SAP Certified ISU Consultant
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Summary:
About 11 years of experience as SAP ABAP Technical Developer, 2years of
techno-functional experience on SAP for Utilities(ISU-CCS, DM, BILLING and
Invoicing) with expertise in implementation, Maintenance, Upgrade,
Migration and production support projects with varied experience in the
areas of SD, MM, FICO, IS-Utilities, HCM, Travel and Expense Management and
CRM-Billing which includes Configuration Management, Implementation,
Testing up and Production Support.
Working as a Technical-functional Consultant for various clients which fall
under different kinds of Industry sectors including Pharmaceutical,
Manufacturing, Transportation, Chemical and Gas and Utilities.
A versatile top performing professional with proven Configuration, Business
Analysis, Presentation and Communication skills perfected through my
professional experiences
Technical Skills Summary:
> SAP R/3 : ABAP/4, Reports, BDC, SAP Script,
SMART FORMS,
LSMW, ALE/EDI/IDOC, User
Exits, BAPI, BADI,
Workflows,
Interactive Adobe Forms, BTE, Validation, Substitution,
EMIGALL, IDE.
> ERP packages : SAP R/3 4.6C, 4.7EE and ECC 5.0,
ECC 6.0, SAP XI/PI
> Operating Systems : UNIX, Win 2000, 2003, XP, 2007
> RDBMS : Oracle 8i/9i/10g, SQL server, DB2
> SAP Modules : SD, MM, FICO(AR, AP, GL, TE) &
HCM, IS-Utilities, CRM-Billing
> Productivity Tools : Microsoft Office with Access &
FrontPage, MS Project, MS/Access.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:
> Worked on various sub-modules of ISU like DM, CCS
> Have core SAP ISU product knowledge, Billing: Pricing & Invoicing; Device
Management: Meter Reading and Meter Management.
> Good knowledge of business processes in SAP IS-Utilities space.
> Have expertise in working with ALE/IDocs/EDI (Inbound and Outbound)
Technology to transfer, extend, reduce, filtering, administration,
monitoring and archiving of IDocs.
> Expert in ABAP DEBUGGER (Classic and new) tool.
> Expertise in Data mapping and Conversions with migration tools like LSMW,
Batch Data Communication (BDC) using Call Transaction and Batch Input
Session methods, BAPI and EMIGALL for Utilities.
> Have worked with Customizing and Enhancing, SAP Scripts, Smart Forms,
Print WorkBench(PWB) for Utilities.
> Specialized in RICEFW objects like Reports, Interfaces (Inbound and
Outbound), Conversions (BDC and LSMW, EMIGALL), Enhancements (BADI,
Enhancements spot and User exits), Forms (SAP Scripts, Smart Forms and
Interactive Adobe Forms), and Function Modules (BAPI and RFC).
> Have an in-depth knowledge of SAP system architecture and SDLC process.
> Have worked on Validation/Substitution enhancements in FICO and VOFM
routines in SD and FQ events in ISU.
> Good experience in designing complex business Enhancement Framework using
Enhancement Spots, Enhancement sections, Implicit and Explicit
enhancement points, traditional user-exits, BAdis.
> Have written programs using standard BAPI's.
> Developed the data dictionary objects (DDIC) Tables, Views, Structure,
Search help, Domain, Data Element.
> Working knowledge in RFC, Workflow.
> ECC 5.0/6.0 Upgrade and Unicode Conversion experience
> Expertise in ABAP Debugging, Performance Tools, Runtime Analysis, SQL
Trace.
> Knowledge on CHaRM(Change Request Management).
> Knowledge in searching the OSS notes and implementing OSS Notes.
> Trained and working knowledge in Process Integration PI or Exchange
Infrastructure XI.
> Experienced in gathering requirements from business process analysis,
peer review on TDS and validate functional design document & technical
design document, writing up development requests, draw program logical
flow diagrams, and test scripts for custom programs, reports &
enhancements. Good skills in prepare unit test scripts, debugging,
conceptual and detailed design, troubleshooting and code review to check
for program optimization, correctness & performance tuning.
> Worked in all kinds of priorities, supported production
fixes/bugs/breaks, escalated issue at right time, Handled off shore
resources, Maintain service level agreements SLA and time estimation for
the development objects, Prepare Development specifications, Design ABAP
solutions, code and test ABAP/SAP Scripts programs.
> Experienced in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Accelerated SAP
(ASAP) methodologies.
> Actively participated in numerous successful SAP implementation,
Maintenance and Support, Roll Out and Upgrade projects.
> Highly motivated self-starter with ability to handle multiple projects
and meet tight deadlines.
> Ability to learn quickly and take up new tasks and responsibilities.
> Can work effectively in cross-functional team environments and experience
of providing training and knowledge transfer to business users and
technical users.
> Strong organizational and people skills in drawing out requirements from
customers and an excellent team player.
> Excellent people management, team building, presentation, facilitation
techniques, motivation & leadership skills.
> Leading, Mentoring and Managing the SAP ABAP Team and preparing the
project score card.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Client: Peoples Natural Gas Company, Pittsburgh, PA Nov'11 to
Till Now
Role : SAP Techno-functional IS-Utilities Consultant
Implementation/support
Module : FI, CRM-Billing, PS, IS-Utilities - DM, Billing
and Invoicing, CCS, HCM, Travel and Expense Management, Asset Management
Environment : ECC 6.0, EHP 4, CRM 7.0
Project Name: CSI Peoples SAP Implementation/Support;P-TWP; EGC; T-CRB
Implementation
Description : This project is an Data migration, implementation and post
Go-Live support with new GAPS and post production issues.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for post go-live stabilization & support of Device management
(DM)
Created new scheduling records - portions and MRU's
Responsible for creating Connection objects with multiple device locations,
correcting plausible meter reads, validating and entering meter readings -
estimated and actual,, device installation, removal, replacement,
disconnections, reconnections, move-in/out documents.
Experience in creating Bill consumption based on Meter reading.
Lead the Data conversion team using EMIGALL for 3 implementations - P-TWP,
T_CRB, EGC.
Experience on ETL(Extract, Transform, Load) process of data conversion and
creating data templates.
Knowledge on IDE and IDE Configuration.
Knowledge on AMI, BPEM
Worked on READI Interface to get information from file and post AP
documents
Worked on Accrual and Reversal documents in FI (FBS1)
Worked on changes to benefits plan changes for medical, dental, vision,
life insurance and 401K plan for an employee which creates a file which
will be sent to a legacy system.
Working on a conversion report for unitization, and processing retirements
and Year-end balance adjustments for CU design orders.
Worked on an enhancement for PR05 to change Save and Send to Approval
process for new trips.
Created a PCARD Expenses report to display the trip expense details and the
symbolic accounts associated with it and the trip status.
Created a new report to create and update the standard table with the
Single Sign-on Certificates for the users in CRM system.
Written a Universal Services report which is legal report which has to be
updated with PUC on yearly basis.
Fixed total amounts issue in the Correspondence Form (SAP Script) for
customers.
Written a CRM-Billing report to display/download yearly consumption of NP1
customers in P1 pool.
Written a new HR report to maintain infotype 41(Date specifications) for
sick refresh.
Added new Fields requesting cost center, Employee name, and Partner
Activity name to CJI3 and implemented an OSS Note to display all the
fields.
Worked on corrections for 1099 Misc forms(SAP Scripts) for 2011.
Added search help to previous account number field in XK03.
Modified the IDoc program to receive the organization information from West
Penn Power.
Developed a year end asset balances report which can be downloaded to
EXCEL.
Added new fields Quantity and Base Unit of Measure to transaction
S_ALR_87012282.
Added fields Withholding tax code and withholding base amount to FI Upload
program.
Modified the Budget bill Calculation sheet program to read only one meter
reading from the table which does not have a suppress flag set.
Created a new BOR object and called it in a program to cancel the budget
billing plan.
Created and modified a validation for transaction FB50 to display messages.
Client: Talecris Biotheraupetics / Grifols, Raleigh, NC Oct'11 to
Nov'11
Role : SAP ABAP Developer
Migration/Conversions
Module : FI, MM
Environment : ECC 6.0, EHP 4
Project Name: Grifols - Talecris Migration.
Description : This project is for part of Phase - 1 of Talecris and
Grifols integration to map the G/L accounts and cost-centers.
Responsibilities:
Extract, Convert the old G/L Accounts and load the new G/L accounts
according to the mapping given by Grifols.
Extract, Convert and make the prices of the material zero through
transaction MR21 after making the price estimate as zero in CK41 and reload
the new price through MR21.
Extract, Convert and change the G/L account in Purchase Order, Purchase
Requisition, Scheduling agreements through BAPI's.
Maintain the G/L account mapping table with old and new accounts.
Identify and change the batch jobs (ABAP interfaces) and batch job variants
which have hard-coded G/L account number or cost-centers.
Responsible for creating own Technical Unit test plan and the necessary
schemas, CRT and maintain necessary documentation and involved in User
Acceptance Testing.
Client: Bayer Business Technology Services LLC, Pittsburgh, PA
Nov'10 to Oct'11
Role : SAP ALE/EDI IDocs Interfaces Expert, Forms
Developer Implementation/support
Module : SD, MM, LE, Procurements, SCM
Environment : ECC 6.0
Project Name: Bayer Advanced Project - IBS Info_eXchange.
Description : This project is for sending out and receiving the electronic
documents from the Bayer Crop Science Customers such as Home Depot, Lowes,
Target, Wal-Mart and few other Crop customers.
Responsibilities:
Gathering of requirements for the development from the business team
/customer.
Worked on Hornbeck-AGRIS interface to send out the invoices (Outbound EDI
810) to the farmers which reads the data from a settlement file and creates
an IDOC which in turn creates the Invoice. A different interface program
updates the table with the Invoice number.
Created a Master Bill of Lading Form which can be used globally and meets
the requirements of all the Bayer Advanced and Bayer Crop Science customers
and update the ASN (EDI 856) to contain the Master bill of lading number.
Developed a VOFM routine to check if a shipment has a single delivery and
exit printing the Bill of lading documents if it's a single delivery in the
shipment.
Worked on various outbound/ inbound EDI transactions 219, 204, 753, 754,
850, 855, 856, 810 to send/receive EDI data from the Customer.
Worked on Pricing conditions and the customer expected price at child level
in the Order and also take this from Order to Invoice (EDI transactions
850, 855, 856, 810).
Involved in processing IDocs from Creation of Orders to Order
Acknowledgement, ASN, Invoice and Shipment (EDI transactions 850, 855, 753,
754, 856, 810).
Worked on IDoc Extensions and has written code in the enhancement.
Have written wrapper function module and a process code for inbound
shipment (EDI 754) creation and invoice creation (EDI 810) and attached a
workflow notification if the IDoc fails.
Responsible for maintaining partner profile, output type configurations and
custom tables.
Responsible for archiving of IDoc's, Work items, and MM batch records using
SAP's archiving tool SARA/ADK and related MM_SPSTOCK, IDocs, and WORKITEM
archiving objects.
Responsible for creating own Technical Unit test plan and the necessary
schemas.
Involved in UAT, Post Production and Post Implementation Support
activities.
Responsible for solving the Sev 1, Sev 2, Sev 3 tickets.
Experienced in using Solution Manager for maintain documentation and
transport requests.
Responsible for execution and development of assigned tasks and
Deliverables within specified time lines and budgets and adhering to the
programming standards and the software quality processes throughout the
development phase.
Client: Mylan, Pittsburgh, PA DEC'09 to Oct'10
Role : SAP ABAP Lead Developer
Development
Module : SD, MM, FI(AR,AP,GL), HR, PP
Environment : ECC 6.0
Description : MYLANONE is an implementation project for integration of its
subsidiary Matrix Laboratories started in 2009.
Responsibilities:
Analysis of existing code and gathering of new requirements for the
development/change.
Extensively worked on ALE, IDocs, EDI (transfer, create, extend, filter,
monitor, archive) - both Inbound and Outbound also created process codes.
Leading, Mentoring and Managing the SAP ABAP Team and preparing the project
score card.
Extensive involvement in Knowledge Transfer sessions.
Tasks and responsibilities as a Lead Development consultant: assigning
work to fellow developers, create and release transport request, estimating
development time for modifications or new developments, progress report on
developments using Solution Manager, Project maintenance tasks like
entering task and assigning task.
Responsible for conversion programs for migration of legacy data into SAP
Create and debug ALV Reports, SAP Scripts, Smart forms, ADOBE Forms, BAPI,
RFC, BDC, User-exits, Enhancements, BADI's.
Carry out defined activities for development/enhancement and workflow
triggering.
Was involved in PI implementation team.
Developed Adobe forms for offline scenarios and developed the technical
documents.
Using SAPLRWCL Enhancements spots for MIGO transaction.
Used BAPI function module BAPI_PHYSINV_COUNT_ITEMS to get the count of
error records.
Developed a pricing VOFM requirement to copy the freight charges from the
last item picked on the delivery to the billing document
Experienced in CHaRM and Solution manager to upload the test plan,
technical spec.
Worked in EDI transactions 850(PO), 810 (Invoice), 855(PO Acknowledgement).
Review of Functional Specifications in order to validate the estimates and
design.
Completion of ABAP programming deliverables, ensuring that they are
coordinated with and meet the requirements of SAP business users within
specified time lines and budgets.
Coordinated onsite-offshore model, work distribution and guide them for
various process of development.
Provided 24X7 on-call support to Global SAP team.
Client: Federal Mogul Corporation, Southfield, MI DEC'08 to OCT'09
Role : SAP ABAP Lead Developer
Upgrade/Support
Module : SD, MM, FI(AR,AP,GL), HR, PP, WM, SCE
Environment : 4.6C, ECC 6.0
Project Name: Project Everest-Federal-Mogul Onsite-Offshore Support
Description: Federal Mogul - Project Everest for North America, China, and
Glasgow is a Roll-out / Implementation/Upgrade Project which has started in
October 2007.
Responsibilities:
> Upgraded the system from 4.7 to ECC 6.0 with SPAU, SPDD, Code corrections
and syntax check and obsolete functions.
> Experienced in SPAU, SPDD Code corrections, and implemented valid OSS
notes.
> Extensively worked on ALE, IDocs, EDI (transfer, create, extend, filter,
monitor, archive) - Inbound, Outbound and held Knowledge-sharing sessions
in ALE, IDocs.
> Solve technical problems in the objects (create and debug ALV Reports,
SAP Scripts, Smart forms, ADOBE Forms, BAPI, RFC, BDC, User-exits,
Enhancements, BADI's, BTE) (WRICEF).
> Upgraded the projects to ECC 6.0. Worked with Unicode check, syntax
check, Dialog programming modifications and user exits development.
> Implemented method NEW_PRICING_VBAP, NEW_PRICING_VBKD,
MOVE_FIELD_TO_TKOMP and MOVE_FIELD_TO_TKOMK for Pricing / Pricing catalog
/ Re-pricing logic for sales orders (MV45AFZB) using Explicit Enhancement
Spots.
> Remediate all the inbound and outbound interface programs, RFC's.
> Replaced all the obsolete function modules, statements and transaction
codes
> Made all programs unicode compatible by making syntax free during the
upgrade process. Fixed all the syntax errors that were not corrected by
SMARTSHIFT.
> Developed a user-exit for electronic bank statements and bank
reconciliation interface programs to send and receive statement from
Citibank and Wachovia. Use the SAP standard transaction FF.5 to upload
input bank statement files into SAP and see the display in FEBAN.
Interface programs belong to treasury module under cash management.
> Developed a billing copy routine using VOFM to change the billing date as
future date to delay revenue recognition date and worked on VOFM pricing
formula (condition value) to round the unit price and net value to
document currency decimals in SD.
> Experienced in using SAP Solution manager to upload the test plan,
technical specs.
> Involved in IDoc archiving and developed and implemented the archiving
strategy in PMS (archived more than 2.2 TB of Data, more than 40 objects)
> Designed and Developed the low cost storage architecture, devices for
archived data
Hands on Expertise on ACS flash copy (worked closely with IBM and SAP)
> Worked in all kinds of priorities, supported production
fixes/bugs/breaks, escalated issue at right time, Handled off shore
resources, Maintain service level agreements SLA and time estimation for
the development objects, Prepare Development specifications, Design ABAP
solutions, code and test ABAP/SAP Scripts programs.
> Coordinated onsite-offshore model, work distribution and guide them for
various process of development and provided 24X7 on-call support to
Global SAP team.
> Was involved in PI implementation team.
Client: Federal Mogul Corporation, Southfield, MI OCT'07 to NOV'08
Role : SAP ABAP Lead Developer
Roll
Out/Implementation
Module : SD, MM, FI, HR, PP, WM, SCE
Environment : 4.6C, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0
Project Name: Project Everest-Federal-Mogul Onsite-Offshore Support
Description: Federal Mogul - Project Everest for North America, China, and
Glasgow is a Roll-out / Implementation Project which has started in October
2007.
Responsibilities:
Developed an interface to send TPS master data to file
Posted the failed IDocs using Transaction codes BD87 and WE19. Also
involved in testing of inbound and outbound process while dispatching
IDOC'S from one system to another system, implemented Change Pointers
Technique, IDOC Filtering and Developed an IDOC interface to create inbound
deliveries, setting up partner profiles and ports and RFC Destinations.
Implemented a BADI to print customer address and vendor address for TMS.
Developed an Interface program which uses BAPI Function modules and also
developed custom BAPI's to transfer the data between systems.
Developed a custom IDoc and transferred the data through a Business
Transaction Event (BTE) for E-banking in CITIBANK based on specified
conditions.
Developed BDC programs for G/L Account posting, Automatic Payment and
Vendor Invoices, Pricing condition records and Customer partner profiles.
Development and customizing of SAP Script, Smartforms, Adobe forms layout
sets in SD.
Schedule batch jobs in SM36, overview in SM37 and monitoring in SM50 and
created the variants for the batch jobs.
Performance analysis of developed code, coverage analyzer, code inspector
SLIN, ST05, SE30 and checked the code function based on the business
process flow.
Experienced in using CHaRM and experienced in creating DER's and TPR's for
maintaining the data related to requirements.
Worked in all kinds of priorities, supported production fixes/bugs/breaks,
escalated issue at right time, Handled off shore resources, Maintain
service level agreements SLA and time estimation for the development
objects, Prepare Development specifications, Design ABAP solutions, code
and test ABAP/SAP Scripts programs.
Coordinated onsite-offshore model, work distribution and provided 24X7 on-
call support.
Client: SARALEE Corporation, Downers Grove, IL APR'05 to SEP'07
Role : SAP ABAP Developer
Implementation
Module : SD, MM, FI, PP
Environment : 4.7EE, ECC 5.0
Responsibilities:
Analyze functional specifications, write, modify, and test ABAP code for
complex solutions in accordance to RICEF (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions,
Enhancements and Forms) list including: User Exits, interactive and batch
programs, integration to external systems.
Closely worked with the Business System Analyst team to ensure high quality
solution design as per their standards within the given timeline.
Extensively worked on IDocs for Inbound and Outbound. Also used Change
Pointers Technique and worked on Modification, Reduction and enhancing
IDocs.
Responsible for writing conversion programs, developing interfaces,
extensively used LSMW.
Involved in creation and modification of Form Layouts(SAP Scripts and Smart
Forms)
Peer Review for Code, TS, and UTP in compliance with the client's
standards.
Documenting the objects developed (Project and technical documentation).
Worked on Outbound and Inbound Interfaces(IDocs) in ALE scenario,
modification of Standard SAP Scripts, Smart forms, Reports, BDC, User-exits
and BADI's and BAPI's, LSMW, Data Dictionary objects.
Client: EIMSKIP MAY'03 to MAR'05
Role : SAP ABAP Developer
Implementation
Module : SD, MM, FI, PP
Environment : 4.7EE
Responsibilities:
Analyze functional specifications, write, modify, and test ABAP code for
complex solutions in accordance to RICEF (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions,
Enhancements and Forms) list including: User Exits, interactive and batch
programs, integration to external systems, reporting and software
configuration to meet complex assignments.
Preparing technical specification as per the business requirement given by
the end users.
Design, development, modification and Testing (perform unit testing and
support for integration and User acceptance testing) of new and existing
ABAP codes.
Developing the objects as per coding standards and performance tuning of
the custom ABAP code as per clients standards in various SAP modules like
MM, SD, FI, PP.
Peer Review of the deliverables in accordance with the clients standards..
Worked on Outbound and Inbound Interfaces (IDoc)in ALE scenario, modified
of Standard SAP Scripts, Reports, BDC, User-exits and BADI's and BAPI's,
Smart forms, LSMW, and Validations and Substitutions.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Technology from JNT University.
References available on request