SAP LE/WM Consultant

Karan Kumar

Sr. ERP Analyst (SAP LE)

Honeywell International India Pvt Ltd

Pune IN

Mobile: +91-866*******

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

Summary of Experience

SAP professional with 7+ years functional experience in consulting, E2E implementations, global roll-outs and post go-live support.

4 full life cycle implementations, 6 roll-outs and 3 Optimization projects using ASAP methodology for systematic and structured SAP project implementation.

Extensive experience in Supply Chain Management process which includes Logistics Execution (LE), Warehouse Management (WM), Shipping, RF Processes (MDE) and understanding of cross-functional modules (SD/MM/PP).

Worked on client facing roles in projects managing both on-site and of-shore engagements in India, Europe, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, South Africa and North Africa.

Good communication Skills, best as a team player and good at planning and scheduling tasks.

Skill Set

ERP Packages: SAP ERP ECC 7.5, 6.0

SAP Modules: LE, WM, Lean WM, Security.

Process Mining: Celonis

Other Skills: MS Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, SAP Workbench Producer and Snagit.

Overseas Training / Consulting Exposure

1)Training Program in Germany for 3 months at Adolf Würth Gmbh (AWKG) to understand Würth business processes and accustom to business specific processes in highly customized SAP environment (WS1 – Würth System One).

2)Trained in Process mining for SAP Logistics processes with integrated software Celonis.

3)Functional and Business support in Australia (Würth-AU) for 2 weeks.

4)Global Rollout Workshop with all Würth IT companies for 1 week in Germany.

5)Implemented, rolled out and supported projects in EMEA and APAC regions in following countries: Germany, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, Belgium, France, Netherlands, South Africa, Czech Republic, Spain, Slovakia, UK, Sweden, Tunisia, Malaysia and Singapore.

Valid Visas

1)B1 Visa valid until 2028

2)UK Business Visa valid until 2020

3)Schengen Visa valid until 2024

Accomplishments

1)Bravo Gold awards for delivering SAP Logistics solutions across Elster businesses in Honeywell.

2)Bravo Gold award for setting up Security processes in Logistics function.

Organisation: Honeywell International India Pvt. Ltd.

PROJECTS

Sr.

Project name

Project type

Logistics Complexity

MFG

Client / Project Description

Location

Project duration

1

HBT Tackle

3PL Transition

3PL warehouse

No

Warehouse movement from HON owned in AU to Ceva Logistics in MY with EDI Interfaces.

Malaysia

Jan 2020 - Ongoing

2

SPS Rajang

3PL Transition

1 WM, 2 IM, 2 3PL

Yes

Consolidating MFG and warehousing operations from SG (3PL) and MY (HON) to outsource all operations to DB Schenker 3PL in MY.

Malaysia, Singapore

Feb 2020 - Ongoing

3

PMT Elster Electricity EMEA

Global Rollout

3 IM & 2 3PL

Yes

Elster manufactures Electricity meters in Timisoara (RO), Mainz (DE) and Stafford & Cannock (UK).

Romania, Germany, United Kingdom

Feb 2020 - Ongoing

4

King’s Shoe Manufacturing

Implementation

1 WM DC &

1 3PL

Yes

King’s main line of business is that of Footwear; which is about 70% of the total revenue

Singapore

Mar 2019 – Dec 2019

4

SPS Nabeul

Global rollout

1 IM DC

Yes

Manufactures Disposable flat fold masks, Moulded Mask & Harness, clothing for nuclear environment.

Tunis, Tunisia

Feb 2019 – Oct 2019

6

SPS Combisafe

Global rollout

1 WM & 3 IM DC

No

Combisafe specialises in fall protection and safety gear products. With mother warehouse in Sweden, distribution is across Europe.

UK, Sweden, Germany, France

Feb 2019 - Ongoing

7

Elster Water EMEA Phase 2

Implementation

2 3PL WM DCs & 6 IM DCs.

3PL warehouses RF operated

Yes

Elster Water manufactures meters. It includes 2 biggest DCs to supply customers across EMEA, APAC and Americas.

Spain, Slovakia, UK, Germany

Feb 2018 – Jan 2019

8

Project Mercury

Optimization

1 WM & 2 Plants

Yes

2 major plants were brought under single roof and connected to a single warehouse.

Czech Republic

Jun 2017 -Nov 2018

9

Elster Water EMEA Phase 1

Implementation

6 IM DCs

Yes

Elster Water manufactures water, gas and electric meters.

Belgium, France, Netherlands, South Africa

Mar 2017 – Jan 2018

Primary Responsibilities:

Consult business users to understand AS-IS.

Prepare business process maps and floor layouts for complex warehouses.

Define TO-BE processes in SAP and demo solutions to business users.

Identify process GAPS, prepare FS and get it developed in conjunction with developers.

Create new test scripts in HP ALM and work with business users for UAT.

Train super users and assist in training end users on SAP processes.

Mandatory onsite participation for cutovers, go-lives and hyper-care support after go-live.

Setting up WM organisation structure.

Define Storage Types, Storage Sections, Picking Areas, bin types, etc.

Search strategies in WM for storage type for stock putaway and removal, storage section and storage bin type search strategy.

Define warehouse number ranges.

Master data setup for storage bins and materials.

Transfer Requirement and Transfer Order Configuration (automatic creation, confirmation)

Physical Inventory setup with variants (Annual Inventory, Cycle Count, etc.) and handling differences in warehouse.

Fixed Bin Replenishment in warehouse.

Define Shipping Points for outbound processes.

Storage Location determination for picking.

Plant and Shipping Point Assignment.

Transportation Planning Point management for shipments.

Production Material Staging with WM-PP interface and MF60

WM and PP Control Cycles for material movements for production and replenishment.

Kanban setup in warehouse for bin replenishment via Kanban Board.

Configured multiple storage locations for picking stock, reserve stock, return stock, quarantine stock.

Movement types MM-WM

Route determination.

Upload Commodity Codes for EU and non-EU countries.

Configure HTS codes for Foreign Trade Import/Export.

Training users on WM and Logistics processes, transactions and reporting

Discussions with management regarding critical issues and/or changes.

Data migration like material master data field mass updates (planned del days, GR processing time, purchasing groups, MRP profiles etc.)

Additional Responsibilities:

SAP Security PoC

oRole Owner for Logistics CoEs and end user roles.

oHandle role changes to add new tcodes, ACTVT changes, Org. elements, etc.

oGRC Approver for assigning FF (Firefighter) Access and Deployment CoE Support to Logistics CoEs in Production system during project cutovers and go-lives.

oRole assignments to new team members in entire SAP landscape.

Regression Test Factory PoC

oHelp testing team with logistics errors and issues during weekly testing before Production Import.

oReview exiting test scripts to add new processes and scripts to HP ALM tool.

oWork with Test Factory team to update data elements for existing test scripts.

Organisation: Wurth IT India Pvt. Ltd

PROJECTS

Sr.

Project name

Project type

Complexity

Client / Project description

Location

Project duration

1

Thomas Warburton Pty. Ltd.

Implementation

3 WM Plants

Specializes in high quality products designed to suit a wide range of industries in the Automotive, Mining, Cargo, Manufacturing, Maintenance and Construction sectors.

Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, Australia

Mar 2016 – Jan 2017

2

Würth (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Global rollout

1 WM Plant

The core product range consists of everything from fasteners to electrical connectors, tools to the complete Würth line of chemicals.

Bangkok, Thailand

June 2015 – Jan 2016

3

Glastris Automotive Refinish

Optimization

2 IM DCs

Würth India took over BASF, the Import, Distribution and Technical service of Glastris Automotive Refinish business. Client wanted bi-furcation in terms of sales, purchase and distribution for new business line. 2 new plants were created in SAP.

Mumbai, India

Feb 2015 – May 2015

4

RWIPL, MWIPL and BWIPL

Global rollout

1 WM & 16 IM DCs

All companies in India were amalgamated legally into a single entity named as Würth India Pvt Ltd in Jan 2015 and hence were considered under a single company code with different DCs.

Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, India

July 2014 – Feb 2015 (8 months)

5

Würth Australia Pty Ltd

Onsite Go-live support

3 WM DCs

3 DCs with Central warehouse at Melbourne and 2 Distribution Centres at Queensland and Perth.

Melbourne, Gold coast, Australia

June 2014 – July 2014 (1 month)

6

Würth India Pvt. Ltd.

Implementation

8 WM and 6 IM DCs

The implementation was done for 14 DCs across India with biggest DC in Mumbai.

Mumbai, Lucknow, Pune, Bangalore, India

April 2012 – May 2014

Primary Responsibilities:

Involved in requirement gathering and prepared Business process documents, Realization, end user Training, Testing and during Go-live phases of the project.

Configured plant structure, warehouse specifications, storage locations based on the requirements.

Set up interim storage areas to handle goods receipt and goods issue activities.

Picking strategies including Standard Strategies First-In First-Out (FIFO), Picking by Shelf Life Expiration Date (SLED).

Configured Shipping points for plants and shipping Point determination.

Configured MM-WM movement types and control reason assignment.

Stock Transfer Order (STO) process configuration.

Supported Data Migration team for effectively loading Warehouse Stock.

Drawn layouts of all warehouses in MS-Visio with all storage locations, storage types, storage bins and Office area details.

Confirmation Control setup for inbound delivery creation during Goods Receipt.

Planning and Defining Scope of project with IT team and presenting same to Client.

Arranging weekly calls with Business heads and IT team members to track project progress.

warehouse management system configuration, process design, development and implementation, writing functional specifications, testing and post go-live support.

Warehouse master data including Storage types, Storage sections, Storage bin structure, Stock placement and put away strategies, Transfer order creation and auto confirmation, storage unit types (SUT) and Bin types.

Implement warehouse activity monitor with all the critical parameters.

Weight based and Maximum quantity per bin Capacity Check implementation.

Setting up the WM interface with MM by defining the Material Replenishment Planning for Goods Receipt and Goods Issue and with SD for picking the materials from the warehouse against deliveries.

Maintain catalogue for Usage Decisions in QM.

Defined WM-QM interface for sample processing and interim storage type search for Putaway Control.

Set up QM Master Data such as Code Groups, Master Inspection Characteristics, and Inspection Plans.

Additional Responsibilities:

WM Data Migration Activities via LSMW

oStorage Bins for all storage types

oStock Removal and Putaway Indicators for all articles

oSetting Storage type for all articles.

oFixed storage bin, planned delivery time, GR processing days update in material master with MM17.

Logistics Support Team PoC

oHelp testing team with logistics errors and issues during weekly testing before Production Import.

oReview exiting test scripts to add new processes and scripts to HP ALM tool.

oWork with Test Factory team to update data elements for existing test scripts.

Education Qualification

B. Tech (Honors) (Computer Science & Engineering)

Punjab Technical University with 74.72% marks in 2011

Higher Secondary Certificate

PSEB Board with 77 percentiles in 2007

Senior Secondary Certificate

ICSE Board with 87 percentiles in 2005

Personal Details

Date of Birth: 25/12/1988

Gender: Male

Marital Status: Married

Languages: English, Hindi, Punjabi

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

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