Management Sap

RAM VINEETH

SAP System Analyst Lead

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• Over 8 years of experience as an SAP Functional consultant in the areas of SAP

Materials Management Module including 3 full life cycle implementations.

• Experience in ASAP and Agile methodologies.

• Experience in ASAP methodology with its implementation phases such as Project

Preparation, Business Blueprint, Realization, Final Preparation, and Go Live &

Support.

• Analysis and design, go-live, project planning, configuration, quality

assurance, testing, post-implementation report development and user training

• Expertise in implementation and configuration of the MM module for Master

data, Procurement, Inventory Management, Invoice Processing etc.

• Expertise in Master data conversions including Material Master, Vendor

Master, Purchasing Info record, Source List, Bill of Materials etc.

• Worked in MM areas in Special Procurement Processes like Subcontracting,

Consignment, Third Party, and Stock transport Order etc.

• Very good understanding of cross-functional applications of MM, IM, WM,

FICO and PP modules in industrial scenarios.

• Configured Pricing conditions, conditional tables, access sequence for

Purchase Order Pricing determination.

• Configured Release strategies for various purchase documents. Configured

Release strategy with and without classification for Purchase requisition.

• Configured Output Determination procedures for Purchase Orders, Contracts and

Scheduling Agreements.

• Experience in Vendor Invoice management.

• Configured BOMs, Routings, Work centers for Production Master data

• Expertise in developing Test Scenarios/Scripts for Unit, Integration, and User

Acceptance Testing

• Designed Functional Specification Documents and developed interfaces in

conjunction with technical support.

• Experience in Data Migration and Data Uploads using BDC (session method &

call transaction method), BAPI and Legacy System Migration Workbench

(LSMW).

• Ability to analyze and understand problems, develop an action plan, successfully

complete the task within operating and financial guidelines.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Client : Hewlett- Packard (ESIT/EGIT), Houston, TX Dec 2012 – till

date.

Project : Support in Solution Management

Role : SAP System Analyst Lead.

Environment : ECC 6.0

Modules : MM/SD/FICO

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the Business Requirements, studied the AS-IS Business Process,

submitted a solution design involving the TO-BE Business flows, documenting

the operating procedures and performed gap analysis between AS-IS & TO-BE

Process in the production environment.

• Configured the Materials Management module such as defining Material Master

Data, Purchasing, and Inventory Management (IM).

• Configured Material Types, Material Groups as per the requirements of the

Client.

• Configured screen layouts, Data screens, Sub-screens, Fields and Field selection

groups for Material Master

• Worked with the user to create characteristics, classification and dependency logic

for Variant Configuration (VC).

• Good understanding of Super BOM, Object dependencies and Pre-conditions in

VC .

• Configured Vendor Master, Item categories and Account assignment

categories for PO, Purchase Requisition, and Defined Quota Arrangement Usage.

• Configured Messages, Item categories, account assignment categories, access

sequences for Stock Transport Orders

• Configured Document types for Outline Agreement.

• Configured Movement types, GR, GI, Transfer posting in Inventory

management component of MM module

• Configured reason for movements for various IM movements.

• LIV- logistics invoice verification (MIRO), invoice parking and invoice block,

invoice verification in background.

• Settings for vendor evaluation-weighting keys, weighting factors.

• Employed Excel Spreadsheets to transfer initial stock from legacy system into

SAP and mapped the data into material master of SAP system.

• Created Scheduling Agreements, Contract Agreements and Quotations

• Worked on Source lists, quota arrangement, Info Records for Standard,

Scheduling agreements and Sub-Contracting.

• Worked on MIGO transactions for Goods receipt (GR)/Goods issue (GI) for

purchase orders, sales order, and stock transport orders.

• Carried out Unit Testing and Integration Testing with all possible Business

Scenarios to ensure minimum problems after Go-Live

• Applied fixes and OSS notes and data correction reports for

resolving SAP system errors and production issues.

Client : Nation Star Mortgage, Dallas, TX Oct 2011 – Nov 2012

Role : SAP MM Lead Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the Business Requirements, studied the AS-IS Business Process,

submitted a solution design involving the TO-BE Business flows, documenting

the operating procedures and performed gap analysis between AS-IS & TO-BE

Process in the production environment.

• Designed and drafted upgrade plan, reviewed new functionalities with business

owners and made blue print document of the proposed system.

• Participated in the design process, assisted in defining project scope for the

company and planned implementation of SAP MM/PP module with full life-

cycle implementation using ASAP methodology

• Analyzed the business processes, mapped the processes and prepared templates in

the material management module for SAP R/3 implementation

• Was actively involved in the Realization phase by participating in tasks like

Configuration, Master Data Loads and Unit/Integration/User Acceptance testing.

• Configured the Materials Management module such as defining Material Master

Data, Purchasing, and Inventory Management (IM).

• Configured Material Types, Material Groups as per the requirements of the

Client.

• Configured screen layouts, Data screens, Sub-screens, Fields and Field selection

groups for Material Master

• Configured Purchasing component of MM module by creating Purchasing

groups, Source Lists, Purchasing Info Records.

• Defined Purchase Organization and Storage locations, Assigned Purchase

Organization to Company Code, Plant to Company Code

• Configured Vendor Master, Item categories and Account assignment

categories for PO, Purchase Requisition, and Defined Quota Arrangement Usage.

• Configured and created condition tables, access sequences and schemas for

messages for PO, PR.

• Configured Messages, Item categories, account assignment categories, access

sequences for Stock Transport Orders

• Defined price determination process, defined custom condition types for freight

burden etc.

• Configured basic data for foreign trade and transportation data.

• Configured Document types for Outline Agreement.

• Configured Movement types, GR, GI, Transfer posting in Inventory

management component of MM module

• Configured reason for movements for various IM movements.

• LIV- logistics invoice verification (MIRO), invoice parking and invoice block,

invoice verification in background.

• Settings for vendor evaluation-weighting keys, weighting factors.

• Employed Excel Spreadsheets to transfer initial stock from legacy system into

SAP and mapped the data into material master of SAP system.

• Created Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Orders, Scheduling Agreements,

Contract Agreements and Quotations

• Worked on Source lists, quota arrangement, Info Records for Standard,

Consignment and Sub-Contracting.

• Worked on MIGO transactions for Goods receipt (GR)/Goods issue (GI) for

purchase orders, sales order, and stock transport orders.

• Prepared functional specifications, interfaces, custom reports based on user

requirements and coordinated with ABAP Programmers

• Led the final preparation phase of the project, coordinated the team, and helped

meeting the global target of performance of the system guidelines.

• Carried out Unit Testing and Integration Testing with all possible Business

Scenarios to ensure minimum problems after Go-Live

• Participated in Cut-Over plans, defect resolution and logging of errors.

• Coordinated data transfer from legacy system to SAP R/3 system using LSMW

tool.

• Coordinated load of open PO, Inventory reconciliation and physical inventory for

go-live.

• Prepared user manuals and documentation according to clients’ standards.

Client: ASSURANT, MIAMI, FL April 2010 –

SEP 2011

Project: Development and support.

Role: SAP MM Lead Consultant.

Environment: ECC 6.0 (SD, MM, WM, FI/CO) EHP5.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the Business Requirements, studied the AS-IS Business Process, submitted a

solution design involving the TO-BE Business flows, documenting the operating procedures

and performed gap analysis between AS-IS & TO-BE Process in the production environment

• Involved in the design process, coordinated in defining project scope for the company and

planned implementation of SAP MM module with full life-cycle implementation using ASAP

methodology

• Expertise in configuration of all stages in Procurement to Pay

• Dynamically involved in the Realization phase by participating in tasks like Configuration,

Master Data Loads and Unit/Integration/User Acceptance testing

• Participated in configuration of the Materials Management module such as defining

Material Master Data, Purchasing, Inventory Management

• Have good experience in Configuration of Purchase Requisition, RFQ, Quotation

and purchase order

• Wide Knowledge in Goods receipt and Invoice verification

• Configured Material Types, Material Groups as per the requirements of the Client

• Configured screen layouts, Data screens, sub-screens, Fields and Field selection groups for

Material Master

• Configured Purchasing component of MM module by creating Purchasing groups, Source

Lists, Purchasing Info Records

• Configured service master, and have wide knowledge in creating service entry sheet

and service conditions

• Configured Vendor Master, item categories and Item-account assignment categories for

PO, Purchase Requisition, Defined Quota Arrangement Usage

• Configured Messages, Item categories, account assignment categories, access

sequences for Stock Transport Orders

• Configured Movement types, GR, GI, Transfer posting in Inventory management

component of MM module

• Created Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Orders, Scheduling Agreements, Contract

Agreements and Quotations

• Worked on Source lists, quota arrangement, Info Records for Standard, Consignment and

Sub-Contracting

• Worked with IM movement types, Goods Receipt (GR), Goods Issue (GI), stock

transfer, and transfer posting

• Configured allowable items in BOM headers and BOM items, configures BOM status

keys

• Maintained Planned independent Requirements by transferring data from Sales and

operation Planning. Configured schedule margin keys, capacity categories, standard value

keys, and control keys for routings. Configured allowable items in BOM headers and BOM

items, configures BOM status keys.

• Worked with Quality Certificates incoming/out going, Quality notification and

Quality control etc.

• Configuration and maintenance of Basic data like Inspection Characteristics,

Inspection Methods, Catalogs, and Samples etc.

• Worked with ASN and Inbound delivery

• Prepared training documents and user manuals

• Conducted end user and super user training in multiple facilities using web tools & net

meetings as well as taking training onsite

• Supported cutover plans and was involved in Go-Live of the project.

Client: Hershey’s, Harrisburg, PA Jan 2009-

Feb 2010

Project: SAP Implementation and Production Support.

Role: SAP MM Lead Consultant.

Environment: ECC 6.0 (MM, SD, QM & FI/CO).

Responsibilities:

Prepared Business Blueprint by considering “AS-IS” processes and by proposing “TO-

BE” processes and performed Gap analysis in the production environment.

Studied the business processes, mapped the processes and prepared templates in the

material management module for SAP R/3 implementation

Configuration of Materials Management module such as defining and assigning various

components of the company and material master data, Info Records, source list,

purchasing, Inventory

Configured Purchase Organizations, Purchase Information System, Pricing, Purchase

groups and other Purchase functions

Configured Purchase Request (PR), Request for Quotation (RFQ), Purchase Order (PO)

and Purchasing Info record and source lists

Configured transfer postings, goods issue, goods receipt for purchase order,

reservations and special stocks of inventory management

Developed interfaces, customer reports and enhancements specifications for the

development and migration of custom reports, forms and user exits and worked with the

developers in testing the reports and user exists created on timely basis

Carried out unit and integration testing with all possible business scenarios to ensure

minimum problems after Go Live

Participated in cutover plans and go live of the project

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Client: RELIANCE Industries limited, Mumbai, India May 2006- DEC 2008

Title: SAP MM CONSULTANT.

Environment: SAP 4.7, FI/CO, MM, SD.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the preparation of Base line configuration documents in the areas of

Enterprise Structure, Master data, Purchasing, Inventory Management and

Account Determination.

• Prepared standard configuration template documents for Material Master and

Vendor Master.

• Involved in user Interactions in collecting the data from the users related to

Master data and uploaded the master data from Legacy to SAP system using tools

like LSMW.

• Developed Functional Specifications for the gaps identified in the areas of Master

Data as per user requirements.

• Involved in Defining and Assignment of various organizational elements in MM

Module.

• Created New Material Types and defined control functions for Material types as

per the requirement.

• Defined Vendor Account Groups and Number ranges for vendor Master Data and

assignment of Number ranges to Vendor Account Groups.

• Designed Screen field settings for Material Master and vendor Master data and

designed functional specifications for custom defined fields for Material master.

• Configured the settings for Purchasing Info Record and Source list requirement at

Plant Level.

• Configured settings for Automatic Source determination in Purchasing

Requisition document.

• Worked extensively in Master Data, Purchasing, and Inventory management in

Goods receipts, Issues, transfer postings and Stock transfers.

• Actively participated in the workshops and presentations and guided application

to validate business processes and solutions with the end users.

• Configured settings for Stock transport orders and third party business processes

• Configured release procedures for Purchase orders, contracts and Scheduling

Agreements.

• Configured print control parameters for all external purchasing documents.

• Configured new Movement types and involved in settings related to account

determination.

• Involved in preparation of test plans and test cases and successfully conducted

Unit testing and Integration testing.

Client : CMC, INDIA Jun 2005 – Apr 2006.

Role : SAP MM Consultant.

Environment: SAP R/3 4.6C, Oracle9i, Windows 2000, ABAP/4.

Responsibilities:

• Mapping the Business Process Requirements of the client with that of SAP using

MM functionality.

• Involved in gathering requirements and Preparing the SAP MM Business Blue

Print of the Client.

• Configuring and Assigning SAP MM Organization elements in SAP R/3 system

which includes Plant, Storage Location and Purchasing Organizations.

• Configured Masters, which include Material Master, Vendor Master and

Purchasing Info record.

• Configuring attributes for Material Types and Assigned Number Ranges for

different Material Types.

• Interaction with cross functional module consultants in designing the integration

processes.

• Configured Document type settings and assignment of Number ranges for internal

and external Purchasing documents which include Purchase Requisition, Purchase

Order and Contracts.

• Configured IM parameters for various Goods movements like Goods receipts,

Goods issues, Returns and Stock Transfers.

• Exposure to different Procurement types like Subcontracting, Consignment, Stock

Transport order and Pipeline.

• Configured Automatic Account determination procedure. Involved in creation of

Account category reference, Valuation class, Valuation grouping code and

assignment of G/L accounts for various transaction keys.

• Configured print control settings for Purchase orders, Contracts, Goods receipts,

Goods issues and transfer posting documents.

• Inventory Management: Goods Receipt, Goods Issue and Transfer Posting.

• Involved in preparing End user Training documents and trained the users

effectively in SAP MM functionality.

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