Sr. Principle Consultant

Synopsis

> B.Tech in Polymer Technology (MK University).

> SAP Functional Consultant with 11+ years of total experience, including

9+ years of SAP experience specializing in APO Demand Planning, SNP,

PP&DS, Production Planning (PP - PI) Material Management (MM) and Quality

Management (QM) with strong knowledge in Warehouse Management (WM).

> Experience in Three end-to-end implementation & Roll outs, and Multiple

Support Projects.

> Experienced in all phases of the implementation projects, from Project

Preparation, Blueprinting, Business Process definition, Configuration,

Testing, End-user and Project-team training, Go-live and Production

support.

Skill Set in SAP APO, PP, QM & WM

APO Demand Planning:

> Configured Planning Object Structure,

Periodicities Storage Bucket Profile, Planning

Areas, Time Buckets Profile, Planning books,

Data Views, Forecast Profile, CVC's,

maintaining Time Phased Horizons.

> Configured and designed the disaggregation and

aggregation logic based on proportional

factors at the Planning Area level and at the

Planning Level by maintaining calculation of

Proportional Factors

> Created Advanced Macros in Planning Book and

the Data View level at different stages to

facilitate the existing Forecast Calculation

> Created Alert macros for facilitating Demand

Planner to use management by exception

> Provided business procedure/definition steps

to the Demand Planners including running

Planning in background and releasing the time

based forecast data from DP to SNP, PPDS and

ECC.

> Conducted Work Shop on Data Realignment.

> Worked on several SAP OSS notes to resolve and

develop specifications to enable and support

necessary customer requirements gaps

> Provided training to Demand Planners on Demand

planning interactive table, different views of

Univariate Forecast in interactive planning

using drill down at characteristic level such

as APO location and APO product and also on

KPI comparison by APO Location and APO Product

> Provided training on analyzing functions of DP

interactive planning table such Pivot sorting,

distribute function

> Worked with DP BOM Concept

> Worked with Annual Operative Planning and

Strap Planning

> Worked with Process Chain creation for various

nightly Jobs.

APO PP & DS:

> Configure change transfer for master data, maintaining distribution

definition to publish results from APO.

> Setup to Transfer of required master and transactional data

> Generation of Product Data structures (PDS) as master data via CIF.

> Master data setup for detail scheduling processes like single

activity, multi activity resources. Capacity profiles, Production

calendar

> Design Conversion rule for ATP check for planned orders to process

orders conversion in APO.

> Conversion of SNP plan to PPDS plan.

> Maintain work areas, time profiles, Propagation ranges, strategy

profile, detail scheduling planning board profiles, heuristics

profile, overall profile,

> Setting up Global parameters and defaults as per business requirement.

> Familiar with low level code determination, planning file entries and

pegging areas.

> Design of custom Product heuristics & Scheduling Heuristics for

specialty material's production planning and detail scheduling.

> Having knowledge to impart training on DS Board for reschedule and

capacity leveling of finite resources.

> Detailed knowledge on complex features of interactive scheduling on DS

Board.

> Set up of scheduling sequence heuristics with custom characteristics

like primary material, CAD Drawing & Wafer size,

PRODUCTION PLANNING:

> IMG activities related to PP Module.

> Configuring PP Master Records, viz., Material Master, BOM, Routing, Rate

routing and Work Centers and Production Resource Tools.

> Sales & Operations Planning (PP-SOP): Creation of Product Groups, Sales

Plans, Production Plans, Disaggregating the plans.

> Master Planning (PP-MP): Demand Management - Defining Planning

Strategies, creation of planned independent requirement (PIR) and

Customer Requirements.

> Master Production Scheduling (PP-MP-MPS) and MRP (PP-MRP) - Various

planning methods, total planning at plant level, single item single

level, foreground/background mode, planned orders, and conversion of

planned orders.

> Production Orders (PP-SFC): Creation, integration for planning, order

release and printing. Carrying out material staging, order control,

confirmations and goods issue/receipts and Order Settlement.

> Create Master Recipe, Resource, Production version, Process order

creation, Process order confirmation.

> Customizing: Setting up planning calendar, quota arrangements, lot-sizing

procedure, MRP areas, order types and order type dependent parameters,

production scheduling profiles, Defining Operation Control Keys, Trigger

points and settings for availability checks

MRP:

> Various planning methods, total planning at plant level, single item

single level, foreground/background mode, planned orders, and conversion

of planned orders.

> Configuring MRP for Consumption based planning (MM-CBP): Reorder Point,

Forecast based planning. Configuring Lot Sizing Procedures to be used in

MRP.

WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT

> Configuring Storage Types, Sections and Bins. Defining Put away and Stock

Removal Strategies.

> Setting up of Material Masters for Warehouse Management.

> Configuring Transfer Requirement Types and WM Movement Types. Setup of

Auto TO creation.

> Configuration setup for Confirmations, Physical Inventory and Print

Control. WM integration with other modules, especially with MM-IM, PP and

SD modules.

> GR and TR creation with and without Inbound Deliveries. GI and TR

creation for outbound deliveries, picking for production supply.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT:

> Setting up Material master for Quality management view.

> Create Inspection lots, Result recording and Usage Decisions

> Setting up Sampling Procedures, Dynamic Modification rule, Master

Inspection characteristics, Inspection Method and Insp Plans/Task Lists

(Q).

> Configuring Inspection Types, catalogs, Insp Characteristics, and

Inspection Method.

> Configuring Control Keys.

> Quality Notifications.

MATERIAL MANAGEMENT:

> Setting up Master data such as Material master, Vendor master, Source

List.

> Create Purchase order, scheduling agreement, Subcontracting Purchase

order, Stock transfer order and delivery.

> Developed a new program to replicate the material master data from one

plant to other plants.

CROSS MODULAR

> Experience with LSMW, CATT for migration of legacy data into SAP.

> Worked with Sales Order BOMs.

> Strong Cross-modular integration between QM, PP and WM modules and also

with MM module.

SAP Experience

NTT Data

Client: Honeywell - Specialty Materials

10/2010 - till date

Honeywell is a global company; they are into many businesses including

Aerospace, Automation and Control system, Specialty Materials,

Transportation systems. We are supporting mainly for Specialty materials,

here they are manufacturing additives, Advanced fibers and composites,

Fertilizer, electronic material, Resins/plastics, specialty gases etc,.

Project: APO DP Implementations

> Implemented and Rolled out APO DP Process for Specialty Additives

Business

> Rolled out DP for Health Care and Packaging Business

> Implemented Price pull from ECC Condition Records to APO DP for

Revenue Calculation Purpose

> Completed Realignments Project for NEW GL Changes

> Implemented Period Shift Concept to provide proper Lead time for

Shipping Date and Billing Date from original DP Plan which is based on

Customer Requested date

> Rolled out DP Process for Gas Membrane Business Line

> Worked on Implementing DP BOM to capture Precious Metal forecasting

and Revenue

> Implemented Best Fit Statistical Forecasting Method for all Honeywell

Business Lines.

Project: PP & DS Roll out and Support:

> Rolled out PP & DS for Spokane Plant which is producing all critical &

highly pure metals materials with Copper, tin, titanium & Gold and

Silver

> Setting up custom alerts & analyzing Alerts and resolve the issues to

maintain KPIs.

> Lot sizing procedures & PPDS horizon, Pegging and alerts settings.

> Generation of all Master Data like PDS, Product etc through CIF

> Configure change transfer for master data, maintaining distribution

definition to publish results from APO.

> Maintain Planning areas, Planning Books, time profiles, Propagation

ranges, strategy profile, detail scheduling planning board profiles,

heuristics profile, overall profile,

> Design of custom Product heuristics & Scheduling Heuristics for

specialty material's production planning and detail scheduling.

Project: PP, QM and APO Support:

> Creation of LTP Version, LTP Load, Capacity Leveling and reporting

> Configure Variant Configuration for Slitter Process

> Configuration done for Material Level Batch Management for Final GR as

well In house Production

> Worked on Process Message and Process Sheet which integrated with PIMS

third Party tool.

> Worked on various zprogram developments, enhancements and Performance

tuning.

> Worked with Various Business Function Activation and Implementation.

> Worked with Shop Papers, Scripts and Bar Codes

> Worked with CIF and SNP as Support Project

> Monitoring Daily CIF Jobs, CCR, CQ reports and Reconciliation

Project: QM CAPA Implementation & LIMS Interface

> Configured and Implemented different Notification types for QM

Complaints

> Implemented Notification for SCAR (Supplier Corrective Action Report)

for Purchase Orders.

> Implemented Notification for CCAR (Customer Corrective Action Report)

for Sale orders

> Implemented Notification for ICAR (Internal Corrective Action Report)

for In house Quality issues

> Implemented Interface with SFDC to generate Notification through SFDC

Case automatically and the Corrective Actions will be updated back

into SFDC

> Configured and Rolled out QM Module for multiple sites

> Worked on Interface development to Send Inspection Data to LIMS and

update MIC and UD Back from LIMS in SAP

Project: MRP Excellence

> Changed Master Data to excel the MRP Planning

> Changed and reloaded Master Recipe, BOM and Material Master Data

> Developed new Reports for SIOP Review meetings.

Patni Computer Systems

05/2008- 10/2010

Project: Motorola

Motorola is a global Communications and mobile manufacturer for more than

80 years. They are mainly into the mobile, Bar code Scanner, Cellular

Networks business. I am working here as a PP and QM Consultant providing

project support.

Role: SAP PP & QM Consultant

Environment: SAP ECC 4.6 B

Project Responsibilities

> Dealt with issues relating to planned orders, Production orders, Material

Requirement Planning, Back flush and confirmation.

> Worked on BMC Remedy tool to track the Incidents, Change Request and

Problem tickets.

> Dealt with weekly status report and Monthly MPR report and presenting PPT

to the client.

> Successfully done a new hub short vendor report development which is

having interface between Supplier website, UNIX file, SPAN server, ZOM

output by coordinating with ABAP.

> Setting up and maintenance of Materials Masters, Bill of materials,

Routing, Work center.

> Helped users with setting up MRP for Consumption Based Planning, such as

maintenance of MRP type, lot sizing rules, planning strategy groups and

reorder points. Configuring of Special Procurement keys.

> Monitoring of PP Batch Jobs.

> Worked on issues relating to Interfaces, resolving problems with IDOCs.

> Worked on several reports for enhancements and changes. Enhancements and

changes to several standard SAP functionalities, such as addition of tabs

to the selection criteria and output of the report. Developing new

reports as per the business requirements.

> Worked on resolution of high and medium impact tickets and incidents

making sure service level agreements were always met.

> Worked on Enhancement Change Requests for P2P and P2M tracks involving

configuration changes, program changes as well as smart forms and sap-

script changes. Also worked on routine maintenance tasks, break fixes as

well as emergency Change Requests.

> Preparation and updating of Functional Specifications.

> Coordinated the work with the onsite and the offshore teams. Interacted,

coordinated and worked with the business, the PSTs and various Functional

and Technical tracks for resolution of issues, tickets and incidents and

as well as completion of Change Requests.

> Knowledge on PP- PI Process order creation, confirmation and settlement.

Perlos Telecommunications (I) Pvt Ltd - Engineer Molding

Client: Perlos Telecommunications Nokia Park, Chennai

07/2007-04/2008

Perlos Telecommunications, A Joint Venture Company with Lite On, Taiwan.

One of the biggest MNC in the Mobile parts and electronic components

manufacturing field, Europe based company. They are supplying the Mobile

and electronic parts to the Nokia, Sony Ericson, LG, Samsung, Motorola,

etc, With Global footprint all over the world more than 10 plants are

there. Current SAP Version 4.6 B

Role: SAP PP Consultant

Environment: SAP 4.7

Project Responsibilities

> Customized the Material master for specified material types with views

required.

> Configured and created Material master, Bill of Material, Work center,

Routing, Production Versions, Labor capacities and Work center Hierarchy.

> Exposure to Variant Configuration in PP Module.

> Gap analysis was done & workarounds were devised wherever feasible.

> Master data building was the Key activity. Material Master, BOM,

Routings, Work centers - the basic data that were relevant to PP, was

generated.

> Gap analysis was done & workarounds were devised wherever feasible.

> Training the users on the system and its Processes.

> Selection of different MRP strategies like MRP, Consumption based

planning, No Planning etc...

> Planning runs like net change planning, net change in the planning

horizon.

> Creation and Maintenance of Material master data like Material Master,

BOM, Routings, and Production Versions.

Watertec Systems India Pvt Ltd - Engineer PPC

03/2005-06/2007

Watertec are the Pioneers in the manufacturing of International Quality

Bathroom Fittings and Accessories in Engineering Polymer for the past 2

decades. Watertec is a grand success in India, Malaysia with a market share

of more than 40% and more than 60% in Maldives and is a very popular

product in the South Asian Countries. Watertec India has more than 2000

dealer network across India. It has taken the fullest advantage of the

brand equity of UMS Group India and Watertec Malaysia.

Role: SAP Implementation Core Team Member

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Implementation Responsibilities

> Involved in mapping various business processes from the current AS-IS

system to the required TO-BE system.

> Responsible for configuring the Master data: Material Master, Bill of

material, Routing and Work center. Configured PP module for different

planning strategies.

> Mapped Current Business Processes (Legacy system) related to planning,

MRP, Goods Issue, and Goods Receipt into SAP with customization

/configuration for Production planning and its integration with MM and

QM.

> Configured consumption based planning for automatically creating planned

orders and Inventory based Purchase orders.

> Post implementation production support to the user specific problems and

issues depending on the new business procedures and enhancements with on-

going roll outs.

Solutions Implemented:

> Material Reconciliation through capture the Runner a part of production

by introducing the Co Product as such as By product to capture the Lumps

which is wastage of the process.

> Production Version introduction to capture the exact material and type of

coloring agent used.

> Consumption of co product as a BOM Material by introducing recursive ness

function process, part of

CIP /cost saving.

Functional Experience

Agni Plastics Pvt Ltd, Namakkal

03/2003-02/2005

Operations Engineer

Agni Plastics is a leading plastic injection molded components

manufacturer, job work for TVS, Mallya groups and electro link.

Production Planning and Inventory Management

> Planned production and maintained inventory as per economic order

quantities for components with known constant demand. Carried out demand

management for items with uncertain demand patterns.

> Developed master production schedules stating specific production goals

by product and time period as per the production plans.

> Reduced inventory cost by 15%, by reduction of excess and obsolete

inventory and improved inventory turn over.

> Managed the day-to-day operations in inventory and work in process.

> Shop floor work scheduling & monitoring, controlling goods movement

> Adopted continuous process improvement and on-line statistical quality

control tools to improve productivity

> Implemented Lean, SMED, 5S practices

> Monitoring & improving Machine Efficiency, Utilization, OEE, & Material

Utilization

> Exposure to TPM,5S,SPC,Global-8D,PDCA cycle and PFMEA Concepts and

implementation

> Production Planning and Control of Operations and Material Requirement

Planning.

> Ensuring smooth operations including shift management to maintain

productivity.

> Effective man management, Timely execution and extraction of work from

operators and shift in charges.

> Wastage control.

ISO 9001:2000 Certification

> Developed process control standards for the items being produced.

> Created and maintained production line visual aids and processes as per

ISO 9001 standards.

Manufacturing Process Design

> Implemented process design employing Single Minute Exchange of Dies

(SMED), resulting in the reduction of forging die setup times from 2

hours to 25 minutes.

> Increased the production capacity from the units 343221 to 431128 (20.43

%) within a period of 1 year in Injection molding

> Maintain the Production status to 90+ % for the last 1 and Half years

continuously.

> IM machine OEE at around 84% continuously.

> In house rejection level as under 1.5%.

Training Programs

Organization Topic Year

NTT DATA APO CTM Implementation 2013

NTT DATA APO SNP Implementation 2012

NTT DATA APO PP & DS Implementation 2011

NTT Data APO DP Implementation 2011

Patni Training on WM Module Implementation 2009

Perlos Six Sigma Green belt training 2008

Perlos Lean Manufacturing 2007

Perlos Material flow Management 2007

Water Tec 7 QC tools 2006

Water Tec ISO Awareness, Internal Auditor Training 2005

CIPET Trouble Shooting & Machine Maintenance 2005

CED Training for Entrepreneurship Quality 2001

CLHRD Personality Development 2002

Water Tec Implementation of 5 'S 2006

Water Tec SAP Production Planning 2004

Educational Credentials

Madurai Kamaraj University, India

03/1999-03/2003

B.Tech in Polymer Technology

Contact Details

Phone: +1-312-***-****

Email: **********@*****.***

References

> References available on request.

Contact this candidate