Appala Naidu SAP EWM Functional Consultant
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Professional Summary:
Overall, 11 years of IT experience which include 8.6 years of experience in SAP application development, design analysis, evaluation of customer needs, functional requirements and business process and 3.9 years of specialized experience in End-to-End implementation of SAP S/4 HANA EWM & SCM EWM 9.5
Involved in requirement gathering, preparation of functional design documents, Unit Testing, Client UAT and performed cutover activities
Managed major projects as Deployment Lead such as S/4 HANA green field implementation, SPS Upgrades
Having a good client work experience in Singapore and Malaysia
Good knowledge in ABL and Label Applicator
Work Experience:
Currently working as SAP EWM Functional Consultant with Accenture, Bangalore from Feb-2015 to till date
Worked as SAP-ABAP Developer with ABB India (Payroll-Kepran INFOSOFT), Bangalore from Nov-2012 to Jan 2015.
Worked as Microsoft .Net developer with GloMantra eServices Pvt.Ltd, Bangalore from Jun-2010 to Oct-2012.
Expertise Summary:
SAP Releases
SAP R/3 ECC6.0, SAP S/4 HANA EWM 1909, SCM EWM 9.5
Technical Skills
SAP S/4 HANA EWM 1909, SCM EWM 9.5, SAP ABAP/4, SAP MM Data Migration.
Industries
Mining, Retail and Utilities
Web Technologies
Microsoft .Net (ASP.Net), HTML
Certifications / Licenses:
C_EWM_95_SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Extended Warehouse Management 9.5
C_ACTIVATE13 SAP Certified Associate - SAP Activate Project Manager
Education Qualification:
Qualification
Educational Institution
Bachelor of Computer science
Acharya Nagarjuna University, A.P.
SAP Professional Summary:
Project1 – Support: Problem Management:
Company : Accenture
Client : H&M, Sweden
Role : SAP EWM Functional Consultant
Environment : SAP SCM EWM 9.5
Duration : June-2020 to Present
Responsibilities:
Performing as an SAP EWM Functional Consultant in Problem Management and responsibility to provide permanent solutions of major incidents for all the European, USA and China market warehouses of large Swedish clothing retail company.
Identifies trends and potential Problem sources (by reviewing Incident and Problem analysis).
Analyzing issues with existing discovery deployments, analyze and resolve the same.
Performing NPLs (No Problems Later) for critical (Red) severity problems.
Lead Root Cause Analysis investigations to successfully identify root causes of problems that impact the various warehouses.
Working with JIRAs tool for which problem tickets created and presenting at the CAB meeting.
Leading team two teams to monitoring daily incidents and helping them to resolve within stipulated timeline.
Worked on EWM Monitoring reports and configuration for custom monitoring reports.
Solving issues related to replenishment process for fast moving products.
Supporting and working on Roll-Out project for LATAM WHs
Project2 – Greenfield Implementation:
Company : Accenture
Client : BHP, Australia
Role : SAP EWM Functional Consultant.
Environment : SAP S/4 HANA Extended Warehouse Management
Duration : March-2018 to May-2020
Responsibilities:
Involved in all the phases of S/4 HANA EWM lifecycle implementation using ACTIVATE Methodology
Handled business workshops with warehouse and logistics teams to implement the unified solutions of several warehouses across APAC region
Prepare Business Process Design (BPD) and Functional Specifications (FS)
Designed & Configured Enterprise Structure by defining plants, storage locations, warehouse number, availability groups, storage types, work centers, work center layouts, storage sections, storage bins, etc
Configured PPF actions for label printing, form printing & automatic action processing
Configured transportation units & automatic creation of shipments using IDocs
Developed custom RF screens and flows to support various processes
Created EWM master data such as product master data, HU master data and packaging specifications
Configured process-oriented storage control for inbound and outbound process. Configured external steps and storage processes for deconsolidation, and VAS
Configured layout-oriented storage control for high rack storage in combination with process-oriented storage control
Configured wave management, wave templates and condition technique for wave determinations
Configured warehouse order creation rules for outbound and automatic generation of pick handling units
Worked on EWM triggered opportunistic cross docking to manage the warehouse space and reduce cost of labor and storage requirements
Configured the system for resources, assignments of users to resources and personalize the screen and menus of mobile transactions
Involved in EWM master data loads during pre-cutover and post-cutover
Project3 – Implementation:
Company : Accenture
Client : BHP
Role : Cutover Deployment Lead.
Environment : SAP S/4 HANA Greenfield Implementation and SPS Upgrades Service Packs
Duration : Mar-2016 to Feb-2018
Responsibilities:
Gathering cutover requirements based on scope of implementation systems from oracle to SAP S/4 HANA
Developed detailed cutover checklist and project plan incorporating both technical and operations or business tasks. Responsible for creating and maintaining the Cutover Project Plan as per the cutover standards
Responsible for detailed project management of the cutover and conversion deliverables to the new system, resolving discrepancies or process issues related to cutover
Responsible for ensuring successful planning and execution of integrated release cutover activities and associated system outages
Plans the resources, human and physical required for cut-over activities
Develops the command center logistics, communication and escalation plan and command center documentation. (Policies, procedures, downtime processes)
Provides cutover status reporting to project leadership and key stakeholders Involved in coordination of legacy shut down activities prior to Epic activation
Ensures entry into and exit out of cutover stage gates are met including the final Go/No-Go meetings with key business stake holders and leadership
Leads cutover activities for Pre-Go-Live, Go-Live and Post Go-Live
Works closely with the workgroups to document the cutover plan for each application.
Develops back out / contingency plans for Cutover
Acts as the final point of escalation for all Cut-over issues, proactively bringing about appropriate interventions when the Cutover may be jeopardized
Ensure that cutover activities are planned and ready to be tested during executions phases
Project4 – Implementation:
Company : Accenture
Client : BHP
Role : SAP MM Data Migration Analyst
Environment : SAP ECC6.0
Duration : Feb-2015 to Feb-2016
Responsibilities:
Working with business users/owners to gather data migration requirements, design data mapping documents, and define business rules for cleansing, and transformation requirements
Collection of master data requirements to be processed in SAP, provide parameters for identifying obsolete / inactive records
Consolidation of Material master, Vendor master, and Customer master data
Data Migrations activities from various legacy systems for all MM migration objects (Master Data and Transactional Data
Interacting with legacy business users to understand business process, business logic and to assess major data objects, data volume for data migration
Project5 - Implementation:
Company : Kepran INFOSOFT
Client : ABB India
Role : SAP ABAP Developer
Environment : SAP ECC6.0
Duration : Nov-2012 to Jan-2015
Responsibilities:
Analyzing the functional requirement and preparing technical Specifications for the same.
Coding of the Object
Uploading long text for Material Master ‘Purchase Order Text’
Developed a BDC Session method to upload cost center by using T-Code “KS01”
Developed a LSMW to Transfer Material master data from Legacy system to SAP system
Enhanced BADI “BADI_MATERIAL_CHECK” to change the material description
After we create a Material using MM01 if somebody is editing by Unit of Measure of a Material then System should not allow by using BADI “BADI_MATERIAL_CHECK”
Developed standard IDOC to populate custom segment in customer master data
Worked on designing ALE/IDOC interfaces for various systems to facilitate data transfer. The application areas include SD, MM and FI
Distributed customer master and material master data pertaining to particular plant/company code across multiple R/3 systems
Project6 - Implementation:
Company : GloMantra eServices Pvt.Ltd
Client : ADTA (Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority)
Role : Microsoft .Net developer
Environment : ASP.Net 3.5, C#, Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Duration : Feb-2011 to Oct-2012
Responsibilities:
Design and implement the ADTA workflow and web forms development along with extensive use of user controls
Understanding the defined Architecture developed and proposing the suitable architecture for development. Initiate Coding & Development Code writing tools. Onsite co-ordination
Project7 - Implementation:
Company : GloMantra eServices Pvt.Ltd
Client : DMA (Data Maintenance Application) - Nehru Group of Institutions Coimbatore
Role : Microsoft .Net developer
Environment : ASP.Net 3.5, C#, Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Duration : Jun-2010 to Jan-2011
Responsibilities:
Used N-tier architecture for presentation layer, the Business and Data Access Layers and were coded using C#
Developed Web Forms using C# and ASP.NET
Written stored procedures using SQL in SQL SERVER 2005
Extensively used Grid Views with sorting and paging
Effective in working independently and collaboratively in teams
Student Module (includes Admission, Attendance, and Examination Details)
Staff Module (includes Staff Appointments, Attendance and Time Tables)
Fee Module (includes Student College Fee, Examination Fee Details)
Library Module (includes Book Issues, Book Returns and Book Status etc)
Transport Module (includes Bus Route Information, Vehicle Info and Student Bus Assignments etc)
Reports Module (includes all types of Reports for all modules)