PRAVEEN TETALI

(SAP SD /Vistex Lead Consultant & Solution Architect)

Mobile: 201-***-**** Email: adhmu1@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior Lead Consultant with over 16 years of experience in several SAP & other IT applications implementations, Roll –Outs, Post Go –Live supports, upgrade, Solution Design and Delivery.

Experience working with several SAP modules like SD, MM, IS- AFS,CRM,TPM & Vistex & APO Integration.

Vistex Experience includes working on Trade Promotion Management (TPM), Incentive and payback (IP), DMP, DMR, Funds Management, Claims, Agreements, Memberships, Bill backs, Rebates, Sales incentives, Composite workbenches, BADI’s, Vistex EDI Transactions and Workflow Approvals.

Involved in various stages of an implementation right from project preparation which includes project plan and scope, business blue print, gap analysis to customizations and go live support.

Worked as a lead consultant in several projects, in charge of establishing and designing new processes, presenting the processes to the business team, managing solution delivery and Managing External and Internal Consultants and team members.

Expertise in designing, coding & debugging ABAP VOFM routines, User Exits, append structures, enhancement points and custom modifications.

Extensively worked with development team to design & implement various objects which includes Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, Interfaces, Reports,User exits, BADI’s,BAPI’s, LSMW & BDC’s

Extensive configuration experience on Variant configuration, Pricing, Sales deal& promotions, Rebate processing, Billing, Copy control, Revenue, BW,FI-COPA integration and account determination which includes, Revenue, Reconciliation and Cost Centre determination.

Extensive process knowledge & configuration experience of the OTC (Order to cash process) from Sales Orders, deliveries through billing and posting to AR & AP.

Expertise in customizing Master data, Basic functions, Credit management, Output Determination,, BOM’s, Sales documents, Delivery, Billing document functionality.

Familiar with EDI and IDOC processing and transactions associated with it.

Experience working with SIS (sales information structures) and used it extensively in rebate, SD reporting,VISTEX Composite Solution, Sales Commissions & Trade Promotion Analytics.

Cross-functional integration experience with MM, PP, FI/COPA, BW, AR, AP and HANA.

Integration experience includes working with several products like Taxware, CRM, Sales Force, home grown order management Systems.

Experience Integrating SAP with Sales Force via several integration layers like ESB, TIBCO, PI, API Cloud and Demandware.

Experience in ASAP methodologies, project management & Change management.

Good communication skills, proficient in team participation, inter–team coordination and leadership capabilities.

Technical Skills:

ERP : SAP R/3 4.6, 4.7, ECC 6.0, Vistex IP & TPM,

Databases : Oracle 9i/8i, MS-SQL Server, DB2

Languages : C, C++, Java, JavaScript, XML, HTML, ABAP

Tools : Test Director, QTP, Remedy,HPQC, RevTrack& Service now.

CAREER EXPERIENCE:

Client: L’Oreal USA May 12 to Present

SAP Sr. SD /Pricing/Vistex Solution Consultant

Environnent: ECC 6.0

L’Oreal USA is the leader in beauty industry. L’Oreal develops & manufactures hair care, hair color, skincare, color cosmetics and fragrances for consumer and professional markets

Responsibilities /Deliverables

Working with business to gather requirements related to new support projects and on-going implementations.

Worked with EDI team on several EDI/IDOC transactions like EDI850(Purchase Order),EDI810(Invoice), EDI867( products transfer and resale reports), EDI820 (payment advice), EDI180( Return Merchandise Authorization and notification) & EDI812(Credit/Debit Adjustment)

Working with business/steering committee to control scope and budget of the project .

Leading different projects for client and responsible for solution delivery

Managing several resources/consultants to complete the project on time.

Extensive experience Designing Order Management, Pricing /Promotions and Billing Solutions as part of the OTC Flow.

Knowledge of SAP/EDI interface architecture, trading partner profile, EDPAR table and common EDI error resolution processes

Experience working with Middleware integration teams which includes TIBCO and PI.

Responsible for re engineering SD and pricing solutions

Worked on Vistex Solutions which includes Deal Management, DMP Module and TPM

Worked on to integrate forecasting table into SIS and calculating Agreement cost based on the forecasting units in Vistex Agreement.

SME for Pricing, Rebates, Sales Deals & Promotions and Pricing on the cloud solutions.

Worked on Re engineering the SAP Deal Solution implemented, gather the requirements, redesign and re implement the solution in Vistex.

Managing Onsite and Offshore Consultants.

Worked on Rebate Solutions within SAP, which includes Retroactive Rebates VBOF. Also recently worked on Rebate VBOX reorg.

Successfully configured SD Integration with Finance & COPA, MM /WM & BW/BI/EIW, APO & HANA .

Worked on Trade promotions process

Integration experience includes working with landscapes on payment card processing system.

Worked with Several Interfaces and Integration Experience with different systems like Mosaic, Sales Force, CRM, Demandware and APO

Worked on CIF interfaces from APO

Clients- Mead Johnson, Tree House Foods Feb 10 to May 12

West-Ward/Baxter Pharmaceuticals

SAP SD/Vistex Team Lead

Worked on SD pricing, Order processing, Vistex with Clients in Consumer products, Food Service and Pharma industries.

Business Process Analysis

Worked on with business to work on Vistex processes which includes Bill backs, Chargeback’s, Sales Incentives, Rebates, Trade Promotion Management(TPM), Claims, GPO Admin fees and how it can be best implemented in Vistex

Worked with customer service team on several pricing related requirements within the order to cash process

Worked with Business to organize blue printing workshop sessions.

Worked in FDA Regulated environment and GMP Processes

Configuration:

Responsible for configuring Vistex to handle Trade Funds, Trade Promotions, Bill backs /Chargeback’s functionality, Sales Incentive and Rebate Workbenches

Responsible for designing/writing functional design documents (FDD) and technical specifications/Technical Design Documents (TDD) for custom development objects, routines and user exits and identifying GAPs

Responsible for configuring pricing procedures for Rebates, Off invoices and other Sales and distribution flows

Worked on Membership Functionality to maintain the GPO Members

Worked on Admin fee process for GPO’s

Extensively worked on Claims, Agreement Request, Agreement, Bill back, Sales Incentive, Membership, Expected Claims, Rebate workbenches, transactional and Composite IP

Configured Output Determination for various business documents to print and to exchange electronic documents using EDI.

Configured Rebate types, condition type groups, condition types.

Budget assignment configuration includes, budget assignment and release and reservation processes

Responsible for configuring the pricing procedures, Sales deal / IP agreement types.

Working on Vistex -FI Integration Configuration( Fund centers, commitment items etc).

Prepared training materials using Uperform, RWD and trained super users and end users

Designed & implemented fund workflows with budget approvals which enables users to approve the budget

Extensively worked on Post with Clearing and Deduction management workbench

Worked Extensively on Header and Item Copy control, Accrual and Settlement profiles.

Extensively Worked on BADI’s in Claims, Agreements, BB, CR and SI Workbenches

Responsible for Integration of SD /Vistex with FI/COPA & BI

Worked on EDI Transactions like EDI 844 ( Incoming Claims), EDI867( Secondary Sale/Redi Process/Trace Sales ), EDI 852( Inventory Updates ), EDI 849(BB workbench Vendor response ), EDI 845( Agreement Outbound response)

Coding and Debugging-

Was responsible debugging issues related to IP module, SD Pricing, FI and COPA Integration & Vistex BADI

Testing:

Carrying out testing activities for SD and Vistex Integration processes

Change Management/On site Lead

Responsible for preparing the Project Scope, Presenting to the PMO.s

Onsite lead consultant managing the onsite resources and off shore development team

Acted as SAP Security, testing liaison for the client for SAP processes

Person responsible for approving new security roles and work with the security team to implement the same

Client: L’Oreal USA Jan 09 to Feb 10

SAP SD /Pricing Consultant

L’Oreal USA is the leader in beauty industry. L’Oreal develops & manufactures hair care, hair color, skincare, color cosmetics and fragrances for consumer and professional markets

Business Process Analysis

Worked on Professional Products Division( PPD) Implementation and CPD Adjustable Rate Planning(ARP )Implementation

Worked extensively on Pricing, rebates, sales deal /promotions and all SD-FI/COPA integration processes

Worked with business to analyze the new customer master fields needed to drive the ARP process.

Extensively worked and solved high criticality pricing issues by doing some research with SAP OSS notes and SAP support in the help desk platform provided by L’Oreal CDC(Centre de Compétences)

Worked on change management process.

Worked on with FI team in the Taxware implementation as pricing SME

Responsible for presenting any new processes related to pricing /billing to the steering committee.

SAP OSS

An issue has been identified in the reconciliation account determination UE creating a dump when the exit was activated. OSS Note: 160211(Usage of USER_EXIT creates data inconsistency). Researched and implemented this note to fix the issue

Configuration:

Responsible for configuring customer master which included, defining account groups, layout, new customer groups and enhancements in the customer master screen.

Solved various tax related posting issues by offering configuration fix which eliminated month end manual tax postings corrections by FI Journal Entry.

Debug, Test, modify and implement various Pricing Routines in VOFM .

Worked extensively on SIS info structures, particularly condition update (S071) and rebate agreement ones (S136)used in building custom reports.

Coding and Debugging-

Was responsible for designing, coding & debugging VOFM routines & User exits.

Responsible for debugging any production issues as it related to pricing, billing and SD –FI integration

Conversion Programs & Reports

Worked on creating LSMW’s and execution of pricing, customer master and material master conversion from DPM

Developed various MS Access & SQVIs reports which helped business in validation.

Change Management

Responsible for working with the change management team to co ordinate transport imports into production client

Managed the SD tickets in remedy software

Responsible to manage the pricing batch jobs and submit any change requests to modify or create new steps in the Jobs with IBM Control M team.

Training

Traveled to client Customer service locations and trained several end users for the Go – Live and the new processes.

Post Go Live Support

Resolved month end reconciliation issues with the business and was the IT owner to get the issues resolved in VF04, and VFX3( Release document to accounting) .

Familiar with EDI & IDOC processing

Familiar with IDOC transactions like WE05(IDoc List), BD87(Select IDOC’s) & WE19(Test tool for IDoc processing)

Used WE19 extensively to re create the purchase orders (850’s) in test system

Worked with BW team debugging any Flash Validation issues & reports/cubes.

Client: L’Oreal USA Aug 08 to Jan 09

SAP SD /Pricing Lead Consultant

L’Oreal USA is the leader in beauty industry. L’Oreal develops & manufactures hair care, hair color, skincare, color cosmetics and fragrances for consumer and professional markets

Business Process Analysis

Worked on L’Oreal USA Consumer Products Division, Phase 2 Rollout

Was responsible to plan and develop new SAP system processes and devise ways to apply the industry standards and best practices to the existing operations & processes

Was responsible for designing the pricing processes & copy controls for several order flows

Was responsible to implement several processes which include promotional programs like BOGO’s, BAGB’s & Value Packs

Configuration:

Responsible for configuring customer master which included, defining account groups, layout, new customer groups and enhancements in the customer master screen.

Worked on the Pricing Configuration,rebate Functionality & Sales deal and promotions.

Worked on configuration of cost centre, revenue, reconciliation account determination, Business Area account assignment & Revenue Recognition.

Worked on automation of L’Oreal CPD’s Military Commissary process” in SAP which includes automatic check cutting using SAP Rebate & FI, F110 Transaction.

Training

Participated and trained several end users for the Go – Live

Post Go Live Support

Was responsible in resolving various tickets related to pricing, billing and account determination.

L’Oreal USA Feb07 to Aug 08

SAP SD /Pricing Lead Consultant

L’Oreal USA is the leader in beauty industry. L’Oreal develops & manufactures hair care, hair color, skincare, color cosmetics and fragrances for consumer and professional markets

Business Process Analysis

Worked on L’Oreal USA Consumer Products Division Implementation

Was Responsible for complete pricing flow analysis in the legacy system today and designing to be Pricing flow

Offered various recommendations to improve the existing pricing processes by analyzing the Legacy computer & business problem of systems.

Responsible for organizing and lead meetings to map out the end to end flow from pricing to billing and as it impacts to FI/COPA, BW and other third party applications

Configuration:

Worked on the Pricing Configuration, which includes Defining new procedures, access sequences & Tables & routines.

Configuration of cost centre, revenue and reconciliation account determination

Coding and Debugging-

Was responsible for Designing, coding & debugging VOFM routines

Post Go Live Support

Was responsible in resolving various tickets related to pricing, billing and account determination.

Client: L’Oreal USA Oct 06 to Feb 07

SAP SD /Pricing Lead Consultant

L’Oreal USA is the leader in beauty industry. L’Oreal develops & manufactures hair care, hair color, skincare, color cosmetics and fragrances for consumer and professional markets

Production Support

Worked on production support for the L’Oreal USA Luxury products division’s SD Process and provided support and subject matter expertise for lot of tickets originating from the Phase 1 implementation

Configuration:

Worked on the Pricing Config, Rebates, Sales Deal,Promotions &VOFM.

Worked as a SME in Pricing, Rebate, Sales Deal /Promotion and FI/COPA Analytics .

Client : Technicolor, THOMSON CA Jan 06 to Sep 2006

Sr. SAP SD/VC Pricing Consultant

Technicolor is Thomson owned company and a DVD manufacturing and replication company, which manufactures DVD & Tapes for major customers like Disney, Paramount, and Microsoft & Universal.

Business Process Analysis

Worked on the designing the blueprint for the phase 2 rollout of CSI project.

Analyzed & designed the variant configuration & Pricing design integrating with order entry, pricing & production process

Configuration:

Giving specification to developers for a custom developed pricing program for the Sales BOM’s which reads the classification in 001 class of material master & writes in the 300 variant class of the material master.

Worked extensively on the Variant Configurator, which includes Defining classes & characteristics, object dependencies, constraints, configuration profiles & Variant condition records.

Worked on pricing,costing., PP process including production order, BOM. Routing & reference operation set.

Client: Electro Scientific Industries Nov 05 to Jan 06

Sr. SAP SD Functional Consultant

Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. (ESI; NASDAQ: ESIO), is one of the world's leading suppliers of innovative production laser systems for micro engineering applications.

Responsible for configuring the order management process which includes Order types, Copy control, listing and output determination functionality

Worked on output determination for sales, shipping & billing

Client: Technicolor, THOMSON CA May 05 to Nov 05

Sr. SAP SD/VC Pricing Functional Consultant

Technicolor is Thomson owned company and a DVD manufacturing and replication company, which manufactures DVD & Tapes for major customers like Disney, Paramount, and Microsoft & Universal.

Business Process Analysis

Worked on the designing the blueprint for the Implementation of CSI project.

Worked on the Mapping documents and interfaces between JBA & SAP

Configuration:

Giving specification to developers for a custom developed pricing program for the Sales BOM’s

Worked extensively on the Variant Configurator, which includes Defining classes & characteristics, object dependencies, configuration profiles & Variant condition records.

Client: Western Sugar CO Mar 05 to May 05

SAP SD/MM Functional Consultant

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7

Western sugar is a Denver based Company which currently operates sugar-processing plants at Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Lovell & Torrington .

Worked on up gradation from 4.6 to 4.7

Working on the issues which creeped in because of the up gradation which includes in the areas of SD, MM and integration with FI

Client: Adobe Systems CA Sep 04 to Feb 05

SAP SD/CRM Functional Consultant

Adobe systems is world’s largest software companies. Adobe helps people and business communicate better through its world –leading digital imaging, design and document technology platforms for consumers, creative professionals and enterprises. Worked with SAP America on the global implementation involving US & EMEA Regions

Business Process Analysis

Working on the Output determination process at Adobe

Integrating the billing process of the US with EMEA which includes working on VAT and other billing issues between the two countries.

Configuration:

Created new output types, delivery document types and billing document types to implement different process

Testing:

Carrying out testing activities in the CRM System for the call center & Internet sales applications

Client : Vanity Fair Corporation NC May 04 to Aug 04

SAP SD/AFS Consultant

VF Corporation is the world’s largest apparel company. The company owns many brands like Wrangler, Lee, Riders, Rustler, and North Face & Nautica

Worked with AFS System

Responsible for understanding business process and gather test requirements.

Advansoft Worldwide IL Jan 04 to April 04

SAP SD Functional Consultant

Participated in Global and detail design workshops with the project team

Involved in the Configuration of the enterprise structure for SD which includes Company Code, Sales Organization, Division, Sales area and business areas.

Education:

BE in Electronics& Telecommunications Engineering. INDIA.

MS in Computer Engineering. USA.

Citizenship Status – US Citizen

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