Srini Pothineni

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Mason, MI

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Sr SAP SD OTC/Vistex Professional

Professional Profile

Highly accomplished senior IT professional with 15 years of overall experience of which 13 years in to core SAP SD, MM, Vistex, CS & Warranty Implementation & Production support projects

Career Highlights

Senior SAP SD Pricing, Vistex, warranty, Customer service professional with exceptional record of multiple SAP end to end implementations, support& upgrade projects across US, Canada and India. SAP SD Solution Architect, Expertise in Vistex, SAP SD, Customer service, includes ATP, Product allocation, Rebates, Chargebacks, Sales incentives, Consignment Process, Third party sales order process, Intercompany sales process, Contract Management, Credit Management, warranty process, and Pre-sales activities.

Worked on interfacing SAP with non-SAP systems, multi-site /multi-country roll out, best practices. Worked on ECC Versions 6.0, 5.0 & 4.7 c

Comfortable with leading cross-functional, cross-platform and multi-business discussions; good at knowledge dissemination to business leaders from strategic, planning and operational perspectives, good at resolving conflicts and building consensus.

Proficiency at every stage of software project-life-cycle–consulting methodologies, project planning, requirement generation, process improvement, gap analysis, change management, development and testing, knowledge transfer, training and mentoring.

SD Pricing: field catalog modifications, condition tables, condition types, pricing procedures, user-exits, rebates, sales promotions, deals, contracts, free goods, FI integration, billing issues, Revenue recognition issues,

Worked on EDI- Configuration, Partner profile creation, replicating failed Idoc

Issues and resolutions. Worked on various enhancements and interfaces.

Roles held: *SAP SD & Vistex Implementation Consultant* SAP SD Functional Analyst* SAP SD Lead* SAP SD Business Analyst*Sr ERP Analyst

Industry Application

Hitech*Automotive*Manufacturing*Healthcare*FMCG*Pharma*Retail*Direct sales*Food Distribution

Professional Experience:

Employer: Dart Container. Start date 03/14/2016 - Present

Role: SAP SD/OTC Consultant / Sr. ERP Analyst

Responsibilities

Translate conceptual user requirements into functional requirements in a clear manner that is comprehensible to developers/project team and Executive Management.

Guide business users and IT team members on SAP Vistex functionality and

Configuration.

Perform system configuration within the SAP modules.

Gather requirements for new development objects and write Functional

Specifications.

Play a leadership role in agile solution teams including business and IT personnel to configure and develop SAP solutions.

Support modules within SAP SD, Vistex including custom delivered programs.

Provide timely reports on Distributors bill back settlements.

Provide guidance to team members in resolving OTC production support issues.

Troubleshoot inbound and outbound interfaces.

Lead offshore team and resolve production support issues as per the SLA.

Identify business requirements, Design and develop RICEFW object work with the developers and functional resources. Perform functional unit testing (FUT), string testing & integration testing.

Achievements

Successfully implemented Dart De Mexico Vistex project

Successfully implemented SOH (Suit on Hana)

Successfully enhanced implemented Vistex objects as per business requirements

Resolved many long outstanding Quote to Cash issues and improved customer order delivery times.

Saved more a million $ after enhancing Vistex bill back functionality.

Streamlined Vistex billback settlement process.

Worked on Vistex Sales promotions and Sales incentive issues

Presently working on SOH implementation.

Resolved Sales order related issues

Worked on partner determination issues.

Resolved EDI related issues

Worked Sales order enhancements.

Worked on Edi error resolution.

Worked on MM/SD/FI integration issues.

Resolved AFS Interface issues

Employer: Openbox Solutions Period: March 2014 - March2016

SAP SD/ MM/ VISTEX Consultant

Project: Sysco Corporation Houston TX

Worked as SAP SD/MM/VISTEX functional Lead

Participated in requirement gathering workshops to get full requirement

Involved in all phases of implementation.

Upgraded Vistex version 6.00 C to 6.00E

Worked on Vistex Sales rebates, Purchasing rebates.

Worked on QTC issues

Worked on partner determination issues.

Worked with technical team to resolve issues around pricing and sales commission’s computation.

Project: Monotype Imaging Boston MA

Project Lemonade: Monotype chose SAP as its strategic platform to integrate business processes, automate complex business processes.

Role: SAP SD/MM Team lead

Responsibilities:

Support and resolve project issues around OTC area

Configure sales documents, contracts & Responsible for writing functional specs

Worked on sales order related issues

Project: WEST-WARD Pharmaceutical

Role: SAP SD Analyst

Location: Eatontown, NJ

Responsibilities:

Supporting OTC functionality

Responsible for all SD-Pricing &Vistex functional support.

Conducted requirement workshops to get client requirement for product allocation methodology.

Environment: SAP ECC 6.00, VISTEX

Database: Oracle

Employer: Avon Products Inc., White Plains, NY Mar 12 – Mar 14

Project: Avon Products Inc: To address Avon's current and future business needs, the integrated service model will encapsulate a combination of innovative ideas from within the organization, industry and Avon leading practices, and lessons learned.

Role: SAP Specialist-Manager -SAP Architect

Retail industry end to end implementation

Conducted requirement gathering workshops with stake holders

Lead Functional teams in the project.

Configuration validation, gap analysis and resolution, component and integration testing, troubleshooting and break fix support.

Worked on ecommerce integration issues.

• Developed Functional Specification as per requirements and worked on FRICE (Forms, Report, Interface, Conversion, Enhancement)

• Involved in Unit testing and Integration testing by using the Mercury Test Director.

Set up master data as part of consolidation.

Configured Vistex Sales Deals, Contract Management, Incentives, Master Data, Billing and Payment Resolution.

Worked on reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements (RICEF) integration

Resolved Egain (Email sending application) issues

Post implementation support to end users to solve their day today problems they face while working on ERP system.

Worked on CRM-Web-UI- Transaction launcher, Ecommerce portal.

Environment: SAP ECC 6.00, SAP CRM 7.00, IBM Ecommerce, Vistex

Database: Oracle

Employer: Wipro Limited Apr 10 – Feb 12

SAP SD OTC Consultant

Project: Pitney Bowes Stamford, CT

Pitney Bowes provides technology solutions for small, mid-size and large firms that help them connect with customers to build loyalty and grow revenue.

Role: SAP SD Lead Business Analyst OTC

Duration: Oct 2011 to Mar 2012

Environment: SAP ECC 6.00

Database: Oracle

Supporting the existing SAP OTC and interfaces of PB process.

Partner with business users & leadership to identify opportunities to improve the business processes aligned to the overall business strategy

Worked on repair issues

Contributed to resolve service order issues

Collecting business requirements and developing system proposals and specifications for new capabilities

Coordinating order to cash project teams to ensure the successful implementation of new IT initiatives on schedule and within budget

Project: Care Fusion, San Diego, CA

CareFusion infusion, dispensing and ventilation technologies generate data to help improve decision making, efficiency and cost. The http://www.carefusion.com/medical-products/carefusion-brands/carefusion-smartworks/index.aspxCareFusion smart works provides a simple means to capture, consolidate and analyze information from CareFusion technologies while standardizing system management to drive continuous improvement.

Role: SAP SD Lead Business Analyst OTC

Duration: Apr 2010 to Oct 2011

Worked as a contributor to the Enterprise SAP Application implementation and production support project.

Worked on EDI-Idoc issue resolutions

Worked on 3pl idoc issues.

Worked on SD, SM, MM, FI integration issues

Created test scenarios for unit testing and integration testing.

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 VISTEX, SAP CRM 7.00

Database: Oracle

Employer:Prodilink Solutions Sep 2007 – Mar 2010

Client: John Deere, Moline, IL

Deere & Company, as brand name John Deere, is an American corporation based in Moline, Illinois, and one of the largest manufacturers of agricultural machinery in the world

Role: Sr. SAP SD Analyst

Duration: Sep 2008 – Mar 2010

Responsibilities:

Core team member Phase 2 for NAAG, C&F,C&CE DIVISIONS

Worked on SAP Enterprise Portal for Product Registration enhancements

Worked on pricing issues

Worked on SD MM, PP, SD- FI integration issues

Resolved billing issues related to mile stone billing and periodic billing

Configuration of different Document types and number ranges for the same.

Environment: ECC 6.0, SAP Enterprise portal, SAP CRM

Database: Oracle

Client: General Motors (GWM), Flint, MI

Role: SD Functional Consultant

Duration: Sep 2007 – Aug 2008

Responsibilities:

The Major objectives of GM Warranty implementation is as follows.

Appropriately pay and administer warranty transactions

Streamline the warranty claims administration process

Worked on Warranty claims

Involved in custom developed SAP program for parts return program.

Re assign warranty for vehicles

Process warranty claims from non-conclusive status

Co-ordinate the Warranty Management offshore team in resolving tickets

Reject claims which are duplicate and non-eligible

Resolved EDI-IDOC issues

Monitor Remedy tickets & assign to GWM team.

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 5.0 SAP VMS,JAWA TOOL KIT

Database: Oracle IBM mainframes

Employer: Deloitte Consulting (India) Pvt.Ltd. Jan 2006 – Sep2007

Client: Warner Brothers Vanguard project, Burbank, CA

Role: SAP SD Lead Duration: Jan 2007 - Aug 2007

Responsibilities:

Actively involved in Warner brothers IS Media Vanguard project implementation

Implemented IS Media sales and distribution module

Customized media orders and media issues, media product family.

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7

Employer: Deloitte Consulting India Pvt.Ltd.

Client: Bayer Health Science USARole: SAP SD Consultant

Implementation& production support team Lead order to cash

Industry: Manufacturing: Service Area: Enterprise Applications

Environment: SAP R/3

Database: Oracle

Client: Rohm & Haas USA

Role: SAP SD Consultant

Order to cash production support team member

Is-Retail sap industry solutions

Worked on billing issues related to periodic billing and milestone billing

Project: Sap SD Post Production Support

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7

Database: Oracle

Employer:Vanguard Technologies (I) Pvt.Ltd Bangalore, May2005 – Jan 2006

Client: Samtel Color Limited, India

Role: SAP SD Consultant

Logistics consultant & Post implementation Support Project Lead

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7

Database: Oracle

Educational qualifications

Degree: Bachelor of Arts

School Name: VRS&YRN College

University: Andhra University (Vizag AP India) Duration: 1981-1984

Degree: Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications.

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