Nikhil Chaubal Mobile: +1-513-***-**** E-Mail: adjo7e@r.postjobfree.com

Senior Consultant – SAP MM

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Illustrated capabilities in executing multiple end-to-end implementation projects, Application support and Roll outs including requirement gathering, blueprinting, realization, integrating, upgrading, customizing, configuring, testing, document preparation, user training and production support in SAP MM and IM (Inventory Management) module for over 9 years.

Certified S/4 HANA Sourcing and Procurement 1709 consultant.

Rich integration experience of MM with modules such as SD, PP, and FI

Rich experience in full implementation cycle involving: -

oProject implementation using ASAP methodologies on SAP 4.7 to ECC 6.0

oBusiness blue printings - Requirement definitions, system/process mapping & solution design

oGap Analysis

oTest Phase Planning (Unit/Integration/UAT) involving test script creation

oCut-over activities including knowledge transfer

Extensive exposure in different processes of Master Data Maintenance, Purchase to Pay, Make to Demand, including knowledge of business scenario testing and gap analysis

Met aggressive timelines by effectively managing the project scope using the Reports, Interface, Conversion, Enhancements and Forms (RICEF) Log

Possess excellent communication & problem-solving skills; capability to work accurately and pay attention to details

SKILL SET

Definition of Organizational Unit hierarchy and their assignments

Configuring:

oMaterials Master including a definition of views required, Number Ranges for Material types, etc.

oVendor Master including the creation of Account Groups and usage of Partner functions and Partner Schema determination and their assignment to document types and account groups.

oPurchasing Info Record, Purchase Requisition, Purchase Order, Scheduling Agreement, Contract involving the definition of Document Types, Number Ranges, Screen Layout, etc.

oValuation and Account Assignment including the definition of Valuation Control, a grouping of Valuation Areas, the definition of Valuation Classes, Account groupings and Automatic G/L Account Assignment

oLogistic Invoice Verification (LIV) involving System Messages, Vendor Tolerance Group, Planned Delivery Costs

Defined

oRelease Procedures for Purchasing documents with & without Classification

oMessage types, Access sequences, Message Determination Schema for Output Control of Purchase Orders

oCondition types, Access sequences, Calculation schema, Scheme groups, and Determination for Pricing in Purchase

Implemented:

oStock Transport Order (STO) scenarios with Inter-Company Billing functionality.

oSubcontracting scenario

oConsignment

oThird party

Managed development of ABAP Queries

Provided end-user training and documented user manual and training material

ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE

DELOITTE CONSULTING INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED May 2019 – Jan 2020, Oct 2020- Dec 2020

Senior Consultant

Client: Costco, China. Seattle, Washington

Overview: Costco Wholesale Corporation, doing business as Costco, is an American multinational corporation that operates a chain of membership-only warehouse clubs and is Fortune 500 Company. It recently opened its first warehouse in Shanghai, China

Role:

Interfaced with a client to understand the Costco EURO and Taiwan Business and designed a template for Costco China ERP

Retail Master Data- Article Master, Site Master, Merchandise Category, Article Hierarchy, Retail Pricing, Assortment, Listing and different interfaces, legacy systems.

Configured various Retail process in ECC.

Led the discussions with various departments for pricing and purchasing process.

Used RICEF (Report, Interface, Conversions, Enhancements, and Forms) knowledge to prepare User requirement specification (URS) and convert the URS to Functional specification (FS)

Led and authored testing scenarios in Procurement and Inventory management area for System Integration Testing phase.

Worked on IDOC error handling, testing and reprocessing in case of IDOC failures for interface between SAP and POS system.

Managed the design, build, test, cutover, go-live and post-go-live support phases

Delivered user training for the various process

Highlights:

Credited for learning the SAP-IS Retail Module for Costco China project and implementing successfully

Leading the discussion with business with on merchandising processes and providing solution within the set timelines.

ACCENTURE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED Sep 2013 – May 2019

Application Development Lead

Spearheaded activities as Application Development Lead for development projects

Managed and supported the technical implementation of SAP systems entailing mapping of business requirements (As-Is & To-Be Analysis) and facilitating effective Change Management as per clients requirements.

Gathering requirements from the functional team and preparing technical specifications for application development

Key Projects Executed

Client: Mondelez International Inc.

Overview: American multinational confectionery, food, and beverage holding company based in Illinois which employs approximately 83,000 individuals around the world.

Role:

Led a team of 10 members to provide support process for APAC and EMEA regions

Executed daily support activities including resolution of P1, P2 and P3 tickets within defined SLA’s

Headed end-to-end implementation of various changes including minor enhancements

Worked extensively on SAP Readsoft tool for Vendor Invoice management.

Set up, maintenance and error handling for IDocs communication with B2B and other third party systems.

Client: Nesher Pharmaceuticals LLC

Overview: It is a growing company in St. Louis, Missouri owned by Zydus Cadila and is ranked 10th largest generic pharmaceutical company in the US.

Role:

Managed the complete SAP process including design, build, test, cutover, go-live and post-go-live support phases

Attended the workshop to learn the As-Is business process from purchasing perspective

Conducted GAP analysis by utilizing the As-Is business process and SAP best practices to update the To-Be process and created business blueprint documents

Developed Master data conversion templates for:

oPurchasing including Vendor Master, Purchasing Info Record, and Source list

oMaterial master data for usage, values, character length, SAP field configuration objectives, etc.

Organized meeting legacy data owners and SME’s to:

oDefine master data conversion techniques

oIdentify master data field values in SAP with legacy field values for different logistics master data objects

Client: Cargill Inc.

Overview: It is an American privately held global corporation based in Minnesota. Its major businesses are trading, purchasing and distributing grain and other commodities.

Role:

Managed tickets for SRM and prepared roll-outs for various plants

Played a key role in designing, estimating and delivering changes to RICEFWs through change management and problem solving approach.

Led Incident Management offshore team, providing solutions to complex issues in P2P and SRM space.

Worked on trouble shooting XML messages after data rectification and reprocessing for SRM system.

Involved in master data maintenance

Developed reports and validations in the existing environment

Configured automatic account determination

Piloted SAP’s Agriculture Commodity Management

Highlights:

Distinction of securing top rating in all 3 projects executed

Credited for single-handedly executing the Nesher Pharmaceuticals project by ensuring a spot on stock upload for stocks worth 30M $

Successfully completed UAT for over 30 users

Led team of 10 members with 3 fresher's; trained and mentored the skill set of team and achieved assigned deliverables for Mondelez client

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

INVENIO BUSINESS SOLUTIONS Nov 2012 – Sep 2013

MM Consultant

Client : EROS International

Overview : Eros International deals with acquiring, producing and distribution of Indian films across theatrical,

television and other formats

Role :

Involved in Daily support activities and developing new RICEF’s for client.

Refresher and new Joiner training to users in EROS.

Physical Inventory quarterly maintenance.

VVF LIMITED Sep 2010 – Nov 2012

MM Consultant

Overview : VVF is a manufacturing and marketing company of personal care products and oleo chemicals with a worldwide presence in operating centers spread over North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Far East.

Role :

Involved in the preparation, build, test, cutover, go-live and post go-live support phases for SAP MM rollout & Implementation for VVF.

Loading for Material and Vendor master data using LSMW.

CERTFICATIONS

S/4 HANA Sourcing and Procurement 1709

ACADEMICS

B.E. (Instrumentation Engineering) Mumbai University Mumbai, India

VISA - H1B Valid till 10/10/23

KEY COMPETENCIES

SAP MM Implementation

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Requirement Analysis

Design / Implementation

Business Process Improvement

Client Relationship Management

Team Management

SAP Materials Management (R/3 4.7 & SAP ECC 6.0)

S/4 HANA Sourcing &Procurement Certified

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