Consultant Name KATIGIRI LINGANNA
SAP MM/PM Techno functional Lead 737-***-****
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Profile
Total of 12+ years of SAP Experience, 8+years of SAP MM/PM Techno Functional consulting experience with three full Cycle End-to-end implementations; post live production support.
Excellent knowledge of SAP technology and Business Processes.
Resolving operational and technical issues before they get out of control.
Ability to manage people across different geographic locations, and cultures.
Detailed knowledge of the SAP components and their integration with other related SAP products.
Not afraid to take on responsibility.
An in-depth understanding of operational policies, processes and methodologies.
Delivering of project deliverables within the agreed timelines and with quality.
Collaborating with colleagues both within, and outside the IT organization.
Solving complex, inter-related problems at a strategic level.
Managing SAP projects utilizing the SAP project management tools.
Giving guidance and support to team member’s right across the board.
Making key design and delivery decisions.
Leading SAP solution implementation at a detailed level.
Very good experience as Onsite Coordinator, Lead in the Offshore and Onsite Model. Had Lead 15 Offshore and 10 Onsite team.
Strong experience in implementation and support of SAP MM Module, across various industries and integration with PM, SD and FICO.
Worked on different phases of implementation from business requirement collection, project analysis, process design, blue prints,
Configuration, prototype, data loads, Project Realization, unit testing, integration testing, and production support.
Expert Knowledge in Customization and Defining of Enterprise Organization Structure such as Plant, storage location, purchase organization, purchase group and system messages.
Defining number ranges for Materials, Material types, Material groups, and Purchase order types, and Number ranges of purchase orders.
Defining document types for Request for quotation, text type for Header texts, copying rules for Heard texts, Release procedure with Classification.
Expert in workflow Release strategy for Purchase requisition, Purchase order, Classification and Price Tolerance limits.
Expert experience in creation of Materials, vendor master, Purchase requisitions, Release of Purchase requisitions, Purchase orders, Goods receipt, Invoice verification and posting.
Purchasing and inventory management functions/MRP/Invoice verification, scheduling agreements purchasing.
Inventory Management, Logistics Invoice Verification, Physical Inventory, Material Valuation, Material Requirements Planning (MRP), External Services Management and Basic Quality Management experience.
Experience in Creation of Unit testing, Integration testing and Performance acceptance tests.
Organized successfully various User Training workshops on MM Module and prepared handouts and material to end users under knowledge transfer programs.
Industries: Oil & Gas, Oil & Drilling, Energy & pipeline, Medical systems, SAP Realtor, Manufacturing, Multimedia, Publications, ISU Retail, lawn service.
Achievements and Awards
Open SAP Certified for SAP HANA UI5.
Given Winshuttle Training to Different Territory employees in Capgemini.
Received project Star Award Multiple time in Capgemini.
Long time service Award.
Project Star Awards in Jan 2010 and July 2010.
Experience/Project Work
Dow Chemicals Company, SAGINAW, MI Jan’ 16 to Till Date.
Project Description: LER Master Data/Configuration.
Scope: ECC 6.0, LER Master Data
Role: MM Functional Consultant/Onsite -Coordinator.
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
•Managed 3 Onsite and 5 Offshore Team Members across different geographic locations, and cultures
•Material Master Data uploads for all the views and Vendor master data upload for General, Company code and Purchase organizational.
•Number range assignment for Material types and Groups.
•Configuration for priorities and Master to create follows Up action in the Task tab in work order creation.
•Basic configurations to Notification types and Order types.
•Number range assignment for Equipment creation and Equipment Upload using IE01.
American Water Works, Inc., Cherry Hill, NJ Nov’ 15 to Jan’16.
Project Description: Webdynpro/NWBC Configuration
Scope: ECC 6.0, Webdynpro, NWBC 5.0.
Role: SAP MM Functional Consultant.
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
•Mapping of organizational structure related to MM like company code, plant, purchasing organization, purchasing group, storage locations and assignment of the above organizational units.
•Creation of master data in MM like material master records, vendor master records, info records.
•Setting up of business transactions of PR-RFQ-Quotation-PO-Outline agreements-IM-Invoice verification.
•Customizing plant parameters for consumption based planning.
•Defining MRP groups, controllers.
•Customizing the conversion of PR's to PO's and automatic creation of schedule lines.
•In the area of purchasing, customized source list requirements, quota arrangement usage, info record maintenance, creation of PO's from assigned PR's.
•Setting up of stock transport orders, sub-contract orders.
•Defining release strategies for PR, PO, and outline agreements, service entry sheet.
•Calculation of effective price using pricing procedures, condition types and assigning schemas to vendors. Configuring plant parameters for Inventory management, maintaining tolerance for goods receipt, automatic creation of purchase orders.
•Configuring the system for Invoice verification, maintaining tolerance groups for users, tolerance limits for variances in price, quantity, and date.
•Maintaining parameters for automatic invoice reduction, executing ERS, invoicing plan, GR/IR account maintenance.
Client: TOPCO US LLC Chicago IL
Project Description/Scope: Project Everest/ Implementation ECC 6.0, MM, BW, BI, CRM, HR.
Role: SAP MM Techno functional/Lead Duration: Jan 15 to Sept 2015 .
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
•Managed 5 Onsite and 8 offshore team members across different geographic locations, and cultures..
•Master data cleansing, upload and validation.
•Maintenance of Excise Master Data, Maintenance of Tax Codes, Condition Records Tables and access sequences.
•Uploading of excise master data
•Maintenance of Tax data, Capturing, Posting and Excise JV”s
•Extraction of registers, Printing, Subcontracting of excisable and non-excisable goods
•All CIN Scenarios including import scenario, Fist stage dealer, capital goods procurement, cancellation of excise invoices, Vendor Returns etc
•Maintenance of excise transactions and account assignments
•Involvement in Inventory Management including Stock transfers, Transfer Postings
•Business analysis and mapping SAP to the business process
•Definition of Organizational Units and their assignment
•Configuration for Material Master, Vendor Master and Purchasing Document types
•Configuration of Material Types
•Configuration of Automatic Account determination
•Customizing release procedure for purchase documents
•Timely resolutions of end user queries assigned by the landing desk and if necessary proactively discuss critical issues with Sr. Consultants
•Cut-over activities including knowledge transfer Created LSMW Tools for Master data upload
•Involved in Portal integration and Security roles
•Configure the Languages for Maintenance activity types.
•SAP Master data administration thus ensuring data integrity and security
•Creation of test cases for FIT1, FIT2 and Integration testing and Testing of Data Loads.
•Ensure successful completion of testing and Go live activities.
•Data migration through LSMW method.
•Successfully completed the Integration testing.
Client: Gas Natural Inc Mentor, OH
Project Description/Scope: Project Everest ISU CRM/ ECC 6.0, PI, DM, BI, FICO, FICA,HR.
Role: Onsite MM Techno functional Lead Duration: APRIL '14 – Jan ‘15
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
•Managed 5 onsite and 10 offshore team Members across different geographic locations, and cultures..
•Business analysis and mapping SAP to the business process
•Definition of Organizational Units and their assignment
•Configuration for Material Master, Vendor Master and Purchasing Document types
•Configuration of Material Types
•Customization of price determination process
•Configuration of Automatic Account determination
•Procurement cycle – Purchase Requisitions, RFQ’s, Quotations, Purchase Orders
•Customization of stock transport orders
•Customizing release procedure for purchase documents
•Timely resolutions of end user queries assigned by the landing desk and if necessary proactively discuss critical issues with Sr. Consultants
•Cut-over activities including knowledge transfer Updating the Equipment Master data by using LSMW
Client: ACS (American Chemical Society) USA, Columbus.
Project Description/Scope: ACS- Customer Fulfillment, MM, SD, FICO, FICA.
Role: Onsite Technical Team Lead Duration: Dec '13 - March '14
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
•Interacting with onsite team to understand requirements for the new scope of the project. This will include attending requirement meetings where explaining the various modules in the system and implementing SAP to cover those modules.
•Attending meetings for gap analysis and providing design solutions for it.
•Assisting the functional team with writing the functional specification documents
Client: Spectra Energy Corp USA, HOUSTON
Project Description/Scope: SAP ECC 6.0, HR, @HAND, SONIC, ARIBA.
Role: On Site MM Functional Duration: FEB ‘13 - DEC '13
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
•Ability to manage people across different geographic locations, and cultures.
•Resolving operational and technical issues before they get out of control.
•Maintenance of Excise Master Data, Maintenance of Tax Codes, Condition Records Tables and access sequences.
•Uploading of excise master data
•Maintenance of Tax data, Capturing, Posting and Excise JV”s
•All CIN Configuration, End User Training in excise.
•Extraction of registers, Printing, Subcontracting of excisable and non excisable goods
•All CIN Scenarios including import scenario, Fist stage dealer, capital goods procurement, cancellation of excise invoices, Vendor Returns etc
•Maintenance of excise transactions and account assignments
•Involvement in Inventory Management including Stock transfers, Transfer Postings
•Business analysis and mapping SAP to the business process
•Definition of Organizational Units and their assignment
•Configuration for Material Master, Vendor Master and Purchasing Document types
•Configuration of Material Types
•Configuration of Automatic Account determination
•Customizing release procedure for purchase documents
•Timely resolutions of end user queries assigned by the landing desk and if necessary proactively discuss critical issues with Sr. Consultants
•Cut-over activities including knowledge transfer.
Client: Spectra Energy Corp USA, HOUSTON
Project Description/Scope: Power plant ECC 6.0
Role: Team lead and Sr. Consultant Duration: OCT '12 - FEB '13
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
•Coordinated with offshore team to complete the developments.
•FS Intake and Review, providing solution to open issues.
•Coordinated with SAP Security, Basis and Citrix IT Guys.
Client: Spectra Energy Corp USA, HOUSTON
Project Description/Scope: Stream line, SAP ECC 6.0, ARIBA, SRM, CLM, HR.
Role: On Site MM Techno functional Duration: OCT '11 - OCT '12
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
•Managed 6 Onsite and 13 Offshore team Members in across different geographic locations and cultures.
•Provided technical support for the installation of the mobile application.-Mobile Applications for Utilities (MAU). This application was installed on Panasonic tough books.
•Provided support in the areas of mobile services, cross connections and utilities services.
•Interacted with the company's help desk and his team members on a daily basis to address problems and escalated them if necessary.
•Provided the client with a cheat sheet of common errors encountered in the application and the appropriate solution.
•Setup and configuration of the overall Quality Center technical and operating environment in a Windows Server and SQL Server environment
•Trained client in notification management and variant configuration.
•SAP IS-Utilities Work Management configuration / support experience. Hands-on experience with all aspects of IS-U Work Management
•Thorough understanding of Work Orders, Notifications, Service Orders, Disconnections, Reconnections, Move-In's and Move-Out's.
•Thorough understanding of Mobile Asset Management for Utilities (MAU)
•Ability to evaluate impact of configuration or process changes across other SAP modules.
•Ability to work closely with clients to find solutions and identify business process improvements.
Client: Vantage oil drilling company Singapore.
Project Description/Scope: Vantage, ECC 6.0, CEVA Logistics, HR.
Role: On Site PM Techno/functional. Duration: JAN '10 – Oct '11
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
•Assisted in the development of strategies to accomplish business unit objectives including consolidation and negotiation of blanket purchase agreements, risk assessment and cost benefit analysis and RFQ's.
•Interacted with many levels of management within Northrop Grumman as well as external suppliers.
•Working knowledge of the FAR, Knowledge of current market trends, price fluctuations and strategic planning, exceptional communication skills.
•Knowledge of subcontracts/administration and pricing.
•Executed high-dollar, complex purchase orders in support of multiple business units.
•Purchased goods and supplies and software, Negotiated price, terms, delivery and other pertinent provisions of purchase orders in accordance with company policies and the Government Contract Law (FAR) using the ERP system SAP.Coordination with Build team onsite and offshore
•Realization phase process analysis
•Making Functional specification
Client: Scotts Miracle-Gro Upgradation.
Project Description/Scope: Scotts Miracle-Gro Upgradation ECC 5.0 to ECC 6.0, HR
Role: Sr. Developer Lead. Duration: July '09 - Dec '09
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
•Effective solutions provided to HR issues although new to the HR ABAP.
•Understanding the major HR business process (Hiring, voluntary retirement, leaving, Time sheet, retirement and organizational reassignment).
•Solved Critical issues related to ALE IDOC, Work Flow, HR.
Client: Warner Home Video
Project Description/Scope: Warner Home Video ECC 6.0, EDI.
Role: Sr. Developer Duration: May ’09 - July '09
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
•FDS Intake, TDS preparation and presentation to the client.
•Overall co-ordination with team members.
Client: McKesson
Project Description/Scope: SAP End to End implementation (SAP ERP 6.05)
Role: Team Member Duration: Jan '09 - May '09
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
•FDS Intake, TDS preparation and presentation to the client.
•TDS review, Code Review and Technical assistance to team members.
Client: Larsen & Tubro Electrical Business Group (EBG)
Project Description/Scope: Project Anant
Role: SAP Technical Team Leader Duration: July '07 - Jan '09
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
•Requirement analysis and review.
•Project estimation and Work allocation.
Client: Collage
Project Description/Scope: Collage Infrastructure
Role: Developer Duration: April '07 - July '07
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
•Requirement analysis and review.
•Designing Technical specifications, Coding
Client : Philips Medical Systems
Project Description/Scope: Philips Medical Systems ECC 6.0
Role: Developer Duration: FEB '05 - APRIL '07
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
•Requirement analysis and review.
•Designing Technical specifications, Coding.
Client: Tamilnadu Petroproducts Ltd.
Project Description/Scope: TPL
Role: Developer Duration: Oct '03 – FEB'05
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
•Analysis of new Requirement.
•Solution Designing.
Training attended:
1. SAP ABAP/4.
2. SAP Workflow.
3. Web Dynpro
4. GUIXT
5. Winshuttle
6. VB 6.0, Oracle 8i.
7. Open SAP HANA, Open SAP Mobile. EWM.
Education:
1. Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Nagarjuna University.
2. Master of Engineering in Computer science from Visvesvaraya Technological University.