Functional Consultant Sap Pp

Manikanta Babu

SAP- Functional Consultant

Phone: +1-501-***-****

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

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Around 10 years of professional experience as a Functional Consultant in SAP PP/PI module with their integration with MM, EWM and QM modules in various faces of SAP S/4HANA implementation, Go-Live and Production support.

• SAP consulting experience across different industry sectors such as automotive, machine and equipment manufacturing, beverage industry.

• Experience covers all aspects of the implementation process including business process analysis, requirements gathering, design, complete system configuration, testing, end-user training, and production support.

• MES &MII integration touch points with cross functional modules such as IM/MM, production planning.

• Worked on Discrete manufacturing, repetitive manufacturing, process industries and variant configuration for automobile industries.

• Strong Cross Functional Experience with integration of Production Planning (PP) with Quality Management (QM), Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) and Material Management (MM) functionalities.

• Implemented Four full life cycle projects in SAP PP/MM/VC, one upgrade project, three enhancements projects and multiple roll-outs in Discrete Manufacturing, Repetitive Manufacturing and Process (PP-PI) Manufacturing

• Well versed with usage of ASAP methodology for the structured and systematic SAP project implementation.

• Analyzed and optimized Fiori UI designs for key functionalities within SAP PP, leading to increased user adoption of the applications and improved efficiency in production planning activities.

• Good knowledge of Project implementation that includes AS-IS and TO-BE processes, gap document, Process Definition Document (PDD), Organization Definition Document (ODD), configuration, Functional Specs Preparation, unit testing, integration testing and User-acceptance testing.

• Expertise in setting up intercompany processes and generating stock transport purchase orders and configuring delivery.

• Involved in activities like Project Preparation, Requirements Gathering, Business Blueprint, realization, testing and Gap analysis, Functional Specifications for RICEF conversion programs and Documentation.

• Expert in data migration from legacy system to SAP system through LSMW.

• Configured repetitive manufacturing applications such as production version, product cost collectors, back flushing, and Kanban.

• Good Knowledge of Variant Configuration like Super BOM, Super Routing Object Dependencies, Constraints, Variant Pricing, Integration of VC with QM Costing with Sales Onder Cost Estimate.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to establish and maintain ITAR-compliant processes, including document control, data security, and employee training programs.

• Maintained and tracked records related to ITAR compliance, including technical data, export licenses, and shipment records, ensuring accuracy and completeness.

• Good knowledge of Inspection Plan (IP), Master Inspection Characteristics (MIC), Inspection Methods, Inspection Lots, Dynamic Modification rule (DMR), Sampling Methods, Inspection Types and sources, Result and defects recording, routings, usage decisions (UD), quality notification.

• PP Module (Production General): Master data (Material Master, BOM, Work Center, Routing, Rate Routing, Production Versions), MRP, MPS, Planned Order, Production Order, Work Scheduling, Capacity Planning, Scenarios on Make to Order, Make to Stock, Planning Strategies (10, 11,20,40,50,52,82), Demand Management, SOP Flexible Planning.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP systems

SAP R/3 4.7, ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0, S/4HANA

SAP

PP, PP-PI, PP-APO, MM, QM, EWM

SAP related Tools

SAP Solution Manager, LSMW and HP Quality Center

Operating Systems

MS DOS, Windows 98/XP/Vista/7.0, Mac, Linux

Databases

My-SQL, Oracle 9i/10g, MS Access

MS Office

MS Project, Word, Excel, Power point

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Client: Husqvarna Group Company, May 2024 - Present

Location: Olathe, Kanas City

Role: SAP PP/QM/MM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Design, implementation, and customization of SAP PP (Production Planning) and QM (Quality Management), (MM) Material Management modules, ensuring alignment with business requirements.

• Configure and customize SAP PP/QM/MM functionalities, including BOMs, Work Centers, Routing, MRP, Inspection Plans, Quality Notifications, Direct & Indirect procurement, goods receipt, invoice receipt, stock transfers, MRP, consignments, inventory management to meet the specific needs of the client.

• Conduct blueprint design sessions, gather requirements, and perform gap analysis to tailor the SAP S/4HANA solution to the production and quality management processes.

• Manage data migration for both PP/QM and MM master data (material master, BOMs, work centers, inspection lots, Procurement, GI and GR), ensuring data accuracy and consistency during migration from legacy systems.

• Plan and execute implementation rollouts across multiple locations in North America, ensuring adherence to global templates while meeting local business requirements.

• Ensure seamless integration between the SAP PP/QM modules and related modules such as MM (Materials Management), SD (Sales & Distribution), and FI/CO (Finance and Controlling).

• Develop and execute comprehensive testing strategies, including unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT) to validate the configuration and customization of the system.

• Provide post go-live support, troubleshooting production issues, handling incidents, and offering continuous improvements for both SAP PP/QM and MM modules.

• Deliver end-user training and develop documentation, such as user manuals and SOPs, to ensure effective use of SAP PP/QM and MM functionalities.

• Recommend process improvements and enhancements within SAP S/4HANA to optimize production planning and quality management processes, based on best practices and business requirements.

Client: HD SUPPLY, Dec 2022 – April 2024

Location: Houston, TX

Role: SAP PP/QM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Performed detailed AS-IS analysis through flow charts to map physical flow of manufacturing

processes followed by in-depth study of processes designed to develop the To-Be models.

• Designed manufacturing scenarios in PP-PI for Make-To-Order strategies.

• Created and managed master data for material master records, BOMs, Work centers, Standard values and Activity types, Routings, Planned and Production orders in discrete manufacturing.

• Implemented collective conversion of planned orders of different material components under MRP area or controller.

• Proficient in SAP S/4HANA PP and MM modules, including configuration, master data management, and process optimization.

• Cleaned and Configured the Master data including the material master, master recipes and resources.

• Worked on Config for batch derivation and batch determination as per business requirement.

• Integrated with various MES external suppliers and provided data mapping requirements.

• Assisted in development of a report to display planned orders with more data selection options (plant, MRP controller, material, and planned order date).

• Extensive work with SOP, demand management, production control and goods movement

functionality within SAP.

• Successfully carried out integration with Materials Management (MM), Quality Management (QM), Extended Warehouse Management (EWM).

• Successfully developed training material, training exercises and provided individual and group

training sessions to the end users.

• This signifies using Fiori apps to make production planning processes within SAP more efficient and less time-consuming.

• SAP PPM solution with integration to PLM areas such as DMS, ECM, EHS Objects

• Configured MRP types, process order types, designed batch creation rules.

• Conducted MRP planning methods such as total planning at plant level, Single-item Multi-level,

Single-item Single-level.

• Designed system settings for Inventory Management and Invoice Verification transactions for

automatic postings to G/L accounts.

• Created planned orders, converted planned orders into process orders constantly reviewed MRP/Stock requirement list to ensure proper working of all the functionalities. Worked on Migration of process orders.

• Configuration SAP S/4HANA for product costing and work centers, production staging process.

• Trained users in configuration aspects of PP-PI module of SAP in the areas of List of Ingredients, Resources, Master Recipes, Control Destination, Process Instructions, SOP, Demand Management, MRP and Process Order Scheduling.

Client: Wiley Publishers, Aug 2020 -Nov 2022

Location: New Jersey

Role: SAP PP/MM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configure SAP APO to set up communication channels, mappings, and routing rules for data and process flows. Develop custom adapters and mappings as needed for specific integration scenarios.

• Create and maintain interfaces between SAP systems and non-SAP systems. This involves mapping data structures, defining message formats, and ensuring data consistency.

• Implement and configure the SAP APO module to support advanced planning and optimization processes.

• Configuration in SAP S/4HANA MM involves setting up organizational structures, defining document types, configuring release strategies for purchase orders, defining material types, and more.

• Core PTP functionalities include PR/PO creation, goods receipt (GR), subcontracting, and vendor-managed inventory (VMI).

• Designed and conducted workshops with the client to gather requirements and design the SAP S/4HANA MM solution that aligns with the client's business processes and objectives.

• Collaborate with supply chain and planning teams to design and optimize planning models and algorithms.

• Provide expertise in demand planning, supply network planning, production planning, and detailed scheduling.

• Implement and enforce security measures to protect data transmitted through SAP APO. Ensure compliance with industry regulations and data privacy requirements.

• Specialized in providing Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and Electronic Batch Record (EBR) solutions through SAP.

• Monitor and optimize the SAP APO platform for efficiency and scalability. Identify and address performance bottlenecks.

• Provide training to end-users, developers, and administrators on using SAP APO effectively. Offer support and guidance to resolve integration-related issues.

Client: Takeda Pharmaceuticals Oct 2018 – July 2020

Location: Deerfield, IL

Role: SAP PP/QM Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Executed shop floor activities including creation of production orders, availability check, and release of orders, printing shop floor papers, goods issue, goods movement, order confirmations and order settlement.

• Responsible for maintaining Material Master, Bill of Materials, Work Centers and Routings.

• Worked on Capacity planning: Worked with available capacity, reallocate within planning table, evaluation, levelling, re- scheduling, and dispatching operations.

• Forecasted demand of product groups and transferred Planned Independent Requirements from the Sales and Operation Planning to Demand Management.

• Worked on repetitive manufacturing applications such as planning table, production version, product cost collectors and cost estimate.

• Configured order type, dependent parameters, scheduling parameters, scheduling profiles, release strategies, confirmation parameters about planned and production orders.

• Maintained plant parameters such as MRP controller, MRP groups, MRP types, Lot sizing procedure, availability check for components, and conversion of procurement proposals.

• Maintained inspection characteristics in QM and integrated those in the work scheduling (Material Master view) and production processing functions (routing operations) of the Production Planning (PP) component.

• Worked on purchase groups, creating vendor master data, stock transfer order, source lists, subcontracting, creating outline agreements and contracts, and maintaining physical inventory as SAP PP/MM consultant.

• Performed single-level and multi-level MRP runs and monitored MRP stock requirement list in individual and collective display.

• Implemented new functionality of Detailed Scheduling, Capacity Planning, and leveling using planning table.

• Worked on MM functionalities- Material Masters, Info Records, Source Lists, Consumption Based Planning, Purchasing and Inventory.

• Worked on EDI process (partner type, partner profile, message type, Inbound and outbound parameters)

• Worked on Configuration in Inventory Management: Goods Receipt, Goods Issues, Stock Transfer, Reservations and Reporting in IM.

• Took ownership of End-to-End Integration Testing of Order to Cash process flow for newly introduce Prototype materials.

• Prepared Functional Specification Document for RICEFW objects.

• Provided Functional Support in all stages of SAP PP and trained the users in handling errors.

Client: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Dec 2016 – Aug 2018

Location: Mumbai, India

Role: SAP PP Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Maintained the MRP, Forecasting and Work scheduling views in the material master.

• Created master data such as bill of materials, routings and work centers based on the business requirements.

• Defined standard value keys and parameters in configuration as per user requirements.

• Customized the task list usage keys as required by the user.

• Was involved in customizing SOP functionalities and transferring plan demand management.

• Defined the MRP controllers, missing parts MRP controller.

• Implemented repetitive manufacturing as per the requirements.

• Configured repetitive manufacturing functions such as REM profile, planning table, product cost collectors and back flushing.

• Used the net requirements planning strategy and transferred data to demand management.

• Was involved in training the users extensively and providing support after implementation of the project.

Client: Alok Industries, March 2014 – Nov 2016

Location: Mumbai, India

Title: Jr. SAP Functional Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured different areas of PP like Production Master Data (Material Master, Bill of Material, Work center, Routing), MRP (MRP Types, MRP Groups, Plant Parameters, Single-item Multi-level and Multi-item Multi-level)

• Maintained planned independent Requirements by transferring data from Sales and operation Planning.

• Configured schedule margin keys, capacity categories, standard value keys, and control keys for routings.

• Transferred initial stock from legacy system into SAP by creating suitable spread sheets in Excel as a reference for entering different material data into material master of SAP system.

• Defined parameters for Purchase requisitions, Purchase orders, Goods movements, and Invoice Verification.

• Worked on maintaining Master data like Material master, Vendor master, Info records, Source lists, Contracts and Scheduling agreements.

Education:

Bachelor of Technology From JNTU(H) - 2015

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