Executive Summary:
Over * years of techno-functional experience in SAP ABAP, ALE/EDI Technologies .Experienced in 2 SAP Upgrade projects & having strong AFS/MM/SD/VC/SRM experience.
• In depth working knowledge of ABAP- WRICEF including Module-pool, Reports, Smartforms,
ALV, OOPS, BSP, WebDynpro, ESS MSS, and, OSS Notes search & implementation, Issue escalations to
SAP.
• Extensive experience in the different cross functional areas like SD, MM, VC, FICO, QM, PP, PM, SAP
BW, SRM. Ability to translate client requirements into a feasible design solution. Have experience working on
large projects in a team environment. Ability to multi-task efficiently on parallel efforts (customer issues,
prototyping/architecture, implementation etc).
• Participating with the design teams, business stakeholders and architecture groups to develop solution
roadmaps to support customer business innovation and growth Collaborate with the design team on
developing a strategy for introducing new technical features within your area of expertise.
• Extensive Experience in AFS-MM,PP modules and aware of all AFS procurement and purchase process
involving ARUN, Masterdata Creation, Contract Creation,PIR creation, MRP, Assign source, Conversions -PR
to PO, Delivery, OR/LA(original receipt) & GR/IR(Goods/Invoice receipt).
• Excellent Communicational, Interpersonal skills, Team synergy and Leadership attitude.
• Involved in end to end implementation of 2 SAP Upgrade assignments and well aware of all phases of
an SAP Upgrade project.
• Successfully completed 3 end to End implementation and 2 UPGRADE projects .Experienced in helping
team members meet targets set . Managed diverse phases of implementation starting from Kick-off through
weekly road maps of cut-over till go-live and go-live support.
• Experienced in different industry solutions of SAP like IS-OIL, IS-HITECH & IS-RETAIL.
• Highly experienced in all phases of Software development life cycle.
• Experienced in developing Technical design using the functional inputs.
• Good Working knowledge of cross applications like BAPI, ALE, EDI, IDOC, RFC, SCAT
And Workflow.
• Experienced in Performance Tuning, SQL Trace and Runtime Analysis
• Experienced in implementing Enhancements using USEREXIT and BADI, Business Objects.
• Experienced in Background job Programming & job scheduling.
• Experienced in Data conversion, data transfer techniques – Batch input methods – Session and
Call Transaction & LSMW’s programming.
• Good working knowledge in Cross platform and Interface technologies. External applications
include Lotus Notes, people soft , middleware includes XI, LEI,BizTalk,SAP Business connector.
• Having very good functional and technical expertise in Apparel and Footwear service industry.
• Well experienced in job monitoring tools like AUTOSYS, Webdocs, SAP R/3 & UWCC/WCC.
• Good working knowledge of SAP SRM integration with ADOBE FLEX.
• Can be responsible for providing technical leadership in area of domain expertise.
• Can be responsible for working with the team members to develop standards and best practices for
Implementing and supporting new development and technologies. Responsible for developing and
Overseeing the development of technical solutions to meet business requirements.
• Worked as a key project resource taking day-to-day work direction and accepting accountability for technical
aspects of development, including guiding and auditing the work of contract resources. Successful in utilizing
new SAP development technologies to deliver valuable business solutions Demonstrated technical and
leadership experience of a development group and/or project Experience and understanding of software
engineering concepts such as OOAD.
Key SAP Skills
• SAP - Versions 4.6C, 4.6B, 4.7 E , ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0, AFS 603
• SAP ABAP – Core and Advanced includes ABAP/4 Reports, ALV, Dialog Programs, ABAP Workbench,
BSP, SAP Scripts, Smart Forms, OOP ABAP, Classes, IDOC, ALE & EDI.
• Interfaces include BDC, RFC, BAPI, ALE, IDOC, LSMW, User Exits, Field Exits, BADI & ITS.
• Middleware skills in SAP XI 3.0, LEI (lotus Enterprise Integrator),SAP Business Connector 4.7, Microsoft
Bizalk 2006.
• Working knowledge on Project planning, Blueprinting, Configuration, Testing, Production Support
• SAP Upgrades from 4.7 to ECC 5.0 and from 4.6C to ECC 6.0
• Working knowledge of SAP modules MM, SD,FI/CO ,IM,QM,,PP & BW.
• Received training by IBM India in SAP XI 3.0
Educational Background
• Master of Science (M.S) 2002 - Osmania University - India.
• ‘A’Level Advanced Diploma in computer applications - DOEACC, NewDelhi.2000.
• Bachelor of Science in Electornics 1997 - Osmania University, India.
Professional Experience
Organization Location From To Designation Role
Cognizant Technology Solutions Teaneck, NJ Sep ‘08 Present Sr. Systems Analyst Project/Design/Development, Deliverable Management.
Project/Design/Development, Implementation, Upgrade, Documentation.
HCL Technologies Inc. Sunnyvale,CA Feb ’08 Sep ‘08 Sr.Consultant Consulting,Leading/Coordinating the Project/Design/Development, Implementation, Upgrade, Documentation
IVS consulting Houston,TX April, ‘07 Feb ‘08 Programmer Analyst Project/Design/Development,
IBM India Bangalore,
India April, ‘05 Feb ‘07 Application Engineer Project/Design/Development,
SRIT Bangalore,
India Aug, ‘03 April ‘05 ABAP Programmer Project/Design/Development,
Radiant Systems Hyd,India Nov ‘01 Aug ‘03 Consultant Project/Design/Development,
Professional Experience
Client 1: Autodesk Inc. , CA
Duration Jan ‘12 – till date
SAP Version: ECC 6.0
Industry: Technology
Role: ABAP/SD Techno functional cons. – AGILE Methodology
About Client :
Autodesk, Inc., is a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software. Customers across the manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, and media and entertainment industries including the last 16 Academy Award winners for Best Visual Effects use Autodesk software to design, visualize, and simulate their ideas before they’re ever built or created. From blockbuster visual effects and buildings that create their own energy to electric cars and the batteries that power them, the work of our 3D software customers is everywhere you look.
Roles & Responsibilities
• Responsible for guiding the overall design, developing standards and the day-to-day development of new code within their area of expertise. This includes, but is not limited to, working with the functional and processes, analyzing program requirements, development of requirements, supporting off shore development efforts and the completion of test plans. The current environment consists of ECC, Seibel, Sales force, ACM, and Solution manager.
• Performed detailed analysis on the Enterprise Flex orders(sales orders) and fixed a bug during validations of Sales orders. This helped business add multiple revenue allocation material records in an order.
• Designed ALE layer configuration between Stage and Dev environment for Material, Material configuration, Classes, Dependencies and characteristic master data.
• Responsible for creating dependencies, Configuration profiles for Materials, created complex material BOM’s and assigned dependencies to the material configuration as part of Variant configuration.
• Design and implementation of material master data as a solution to maintain zero price for the materials entered during sales order entry.
• Reviewed ABAP objects , custom BAPI’s, Data validation in SEIBEL, testing the functionality of all ABAP developments.
• Extensively analyzed and created solutions by creating dependencies in variant configuration to retrieve the configuration values from parent to child and grandchild materials. This was done to facilitate Enterprise Flex orders which have complex BOM structures.
• Designed and configured new Nested Bill of material(BOM) structure as part of solution towards implementing new Eflex order .
Client 2: EISAI Inc. , NC
Duration Jan ‘11 – Dec ‘11
SAP Version: ECC 6.0
Industry: Pharmaceutical
Role: ABAP Lead Developer
About Client :
EISAI is a 4.5 Billion turnover Pharmaceutical company Satisfying diverse healthcare needs around the world.
Around the world there are still many diseases for which no effective treatments exist and many patients who do not have adequate access to the medicines they need. As a global pharmaceutical company addressing these unmet medical needs, Eisai is committed to making contributions to better healthcare for patients and their families around the world through its business activities.
Roles & Responsibilities
• Review offshore ABAP developments, setting up timelines, developing Technical specifications, performance tuning, testing the functionality of all ABAP developments onsite and offshore.
• Regular project tracking activities include Monthly metrics report weekly SLA metrics report which gauges the work handled at offshore and onsite.
• Solved a major production issue related to creating material request BSP in SRM FLEX. The webservice was not responding to the HTTP request . Analysed & Changed the existing config for BSP , Webservice & ICF(internet communication framework) configuration
• As part of the SRM change requisition process implementation, some enhancements were identified to improve the process of creating purchase requisitions within ECC from SRM shopping carts and update of existing purchase orders : Created an abap report which converts the SBx/SRM purchase requisitions to Purchase orders and send the PO output to vendors. Created BADI implementation in SRM to get & modify PR number range.(badi : BBP_BS_GROUP_BE). Modified the screen exit to pass the values from SRM to ECC.
• Developed SRM BADI’s for product catalogue to copy the material number, product ID from SRM portal to ECC. Badi definition used is bbp_create_be_rq_new.
• Analyzed and fixed issues with new Adobe Flex implementation which replaces traditional SRM UI. Issues are related to shopping cart full functionality like - internal/external notes not being passed to PR, created a SCREEN enhancement to add custom feilds to the standard SAP screen, ..etc
• Created a Sapscript for printing the LABELS in ZEBRA printer using ZEBRA Label designing software version 1.0.5 of mySAP Business suite and called the script in a BADI - 'MB_DOCUMENT_BADI ' in MIGO transaction for LIMS morphotek plant.
• Design and implementation of ABAP reports for product costing, Material BOMs and Costing report.
• Design and implementation a complex interface for BW roll forward report(material where used list) and cost estimate for each material used in making the finished product.
• Designed ALE interface to send material BOM data to ASIA instance based on the filter for MRP type. This interface will send SAP Bill of Material Information from SAP to JDA. The program will run in two modes: Initial will send all applicable BOMS, and Delta which will send only the BOMs changed since the last time the program ran.
• Design and implementation ALE interface e for sending material master data to JDA. Created IDoc type,Message Type, configured ports, partner profile & distribution model. For all Materials that have been flagged to send to JDA, this program will look at the Material Master tables and extract the required fields and send it to JDA via 2 custom IDOCs. One IDOC will contain the MARA information and correspond to the JDA Item table and the second will contain Plant / MRP area info and correspond to the Schedule line Level Information.
• Modified Purchase Order SMARTFORM in order to match it with new project(Morphotek).The major changes were changing the header , vendor address, replacing the $ symbol from all areas in output page dynamically with header currency.
• Designed an ALV report in ECC which takes the PR's created in ECC from SRM and convert those to corresponding PO's. This report also enables CHANGE functionality in SRM. i.e when a user changes the shopping cart information or adds new items to shopping cart for an existing Order and we get the PR's to ECC which will be converted to PO's with version management enabled in PO.
• Extensively Worked with different Standard BADI's in SRM for the new changes and bug fixes. Some of them include bbp_doc_check_badi, bbp_doc_change_badi, BBP_create_be_rqst(create pr) and bbp_catalog_vwr.
Client 3: NIKE Inc .
Duration Sep ‘08 – Jan ‘11
SAP Version: ECC 6.0
Industry: Retail, AFS 603
Role: Sr.ABAP Lead Consultant
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world's leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment with revenue in excess of $18.6 billion USD in its fiscal year 2008 (ending May 31, 2008). As of 2008, it employed more than 30,000 people worldwide. Nike and Precision Castparts are the only Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the state of Oregon, according to The Oregonian.
Responsibilities
• Worked as an ALE/EDI Architect in Inventory Management Team developing and configuring multiple ALE scenarios.
• Worked closely with Business System Analysts and Business experts in various testing cycles, UAT, Dry-run, Cut-over and Go-live.
• Worked as key resource in multiple projects like Trading company, UMBRO, CHINA plant, etc.
• Handled offshore-onsite model and lead a team by taking the ABAP work responsibilities and deliveries.
• Fixing the bugs in diligently in QAST,SIT,HUT phases of testing.
• Doing productions support – handling SL1/2/3 tickets/issues and solving them till end, Interacting with BSA’s and Users for testing.
• Job monitoring and taking action for job failures and long runs in Multiple production servers. Tools used are AUTOSYS, SAP job scheduling, WEBDOCS, UWCC and SAP R/3 transactions.
• Worked in SAP Upgrade remediation of different ABAP programs , Interfaces and Function modules.
• Developed new ALE connections, partner profiles, Distribution models, logical systems, ports, Custom IDoc types, Message types, Partner profile configuration, developed inbound and outbound IDoc interface function modules,RFC destinations, relating IDoc types-Message types, IDoc types and FM’s – inbound and outbound, testing the Idoc data and debugging for bug fixes.
• Developed XML conversions for Upgrade version replacing the existing datasets and flat files in order to avoid Unicode issues.
• Worked in different process areas of AFS – MM and PP module – like MRP/ARUN/Contract Consumtion/PIR creation, MM pricing, Assing source to PR’s, Conversions/PO create for all 3 line of business(APPARREL, FOOTWARE & EQUIPMENT ).
• Worked with SAP standard BAPI’s for PO create/change, PR create/Change.
• Debugging standard SAP transactions like ME21n, ME22n,ME51n,ME59 for issue resolution.
• Researched on production support issues and Implemented different OSS notes.
• Worked as ABAP Architect handling complex user exits and combining multiple exists into single ones by analyzing the code and functional requirements.
• Worked on ABAP data extracts to BW using standard extracts(V2 jobs), LIS structures, LBWQ and SMQ1. Solved issues where data was not passing to BW properly for special custom code changes(DRS Alignment).
Client 4: Walter Kluwer Financial Services, Saint Cloud, MN.
Duration: Feb ’08 – Aug ’08
SAP Version: ECC 6.0
Industry: Financial services
Role: Sr. ABAP Consultant
Wolters Kluwer is The Professional's First Choice for information, tools, and solutions that help professionals make their most critical decisions effectively and improve their productivity. Utilizing the latest technologies, we ensure that our customers have the solutions they need, when they need them, and in the media best suited to their requirements.
Responsibilities
• Involved in end to end implementation of SAP Upgrade and well aware of all phases of Upgrade project, coordinating with Offshore on daily basis tasks.
• Impact Analysis both technically and functionally.
• Fixing the errors in SPAU Phase in various standard programs in SAP, accepting or rejecting the changes by analyzing the impact and the customer needs.
• Fixing various Data Dictionary objects in SPDD phase by analyzing the to the business needs.
• Modifications of CATT scripts through SCAT.
• Establish connection to Peoplesoft using SAP Business connector as middleware , ALE settings, Connection establishment and IDoc tracking.
• Executed Pre-Upgrade and Post-Upgrade activities in ABAP perspective.
• Executing the Business Testcases after upgrade making sure that the customer needs are met and business is not affected with the upgrade, and fixing errors in the process.
• Distribution of work among Offshore Team members and helping them during issues.
• Code fixing in the Custom programs, function modules, sripts, BDCs & Interfaces.
• Worked with data transfer from external system (XMII) to SAP R/3 and vice-versa using IDoc’s . Solved issues with data transfer using program RBDAPP01.
• Created RFC destinations using SM59, set up ALE layer for Order data transfer between SAP and Peoplesoft through Business connector.
• Created ALE setup between different clients and communicated between them after Upgrade. Data sent using IDocs were mainly MATERIAL, CLASS, VALUES, CHARACTERISTICS, DEPENDENCIES.etc
• Debugged standard programs like Salesorder, Material configuration (CU50), Display Overheads (CO43), display class and values (CL03) during BUG fixing Phase.
• Involved and analysed in Project planning and landscape design – existing and proposed new landscape.
• Created and delivered Presentation on SAP Upgrade ( 4.6 C to ECC 6.0) – ABAP perspective.
Client 5: VOLVO, North Carolina
Duration: Jan ’10 – Feb ’10
SAP Version: ECC 6.0
Industry: Automobile - MFG
Role: Sr. ABAP Consultant.
: Volvo Trucks North America manufactures, distributes and supports a broad line of Volvo Class 8 trucks and tractors for on-highway and vocational use. New or used truck purchases by our customers are supported by a strong dealer network and by industry-leading parts and service programs.
Responsibilities
• Analysis and Design of ESS/MSS implementation for VOLVO, Identifying the changes involved and modifying the package according to the needs of VOLVO. Implemented EMPLOYEE SELF SERVICE successfully and involved in developing the design of MANAGERS SELF SERVICE.
• Performed the role of HR Portal Administrator – analyzing and checking the portal roles of the new employees and assigning/unassigning the desired roles based on their authorizations in R/3.
• Performed the role of Portal Developer and provided support for the project. Analyzing the issues, Debugging and fixing the defects.
• Performed changes to the code in ABAP and BSP’s. Checking and assigning authorization roles in R/3 and solved issues related to authorizations and access to portal for the users and other portal defects.
Client 6: Shell Oil Company, London, UK
Duration: April ‘05 to Feb ‘07
SAP Version: 4.7 E,ECC 6.0
Industry: Oil & Gas Industry
Role: SAP ABAP AE
It is a global group of energy and petrochemicals, operating in over 145 countries. Shell is best known to the public for service stations and for exploring and producing oil and gas on land and at sea. But it delivers a much wider range of energy solutions and petrochemicals to customers. These include transporting and trading oil and gas, marketing natural gas, producing and selling fuel for ships and planes, generating electricity and providing energy efficiency advice. Shell-GSAP is used for the downstream line in Oil extraction.
Responsibilities
• Developed a complex Report which is based on the standard Transaction MB26 which does the stock evaluation, determination and Goods movement, Goods issue is created further with an ALV output.
• Worked as Data Conversion Analyst at onsite for data conversions which includes developing LSMW scripts, data cleansing, running the scripts, uploading and verifying the data and interactive with functional and business users for validation.
• Developed Two Function Modules which validates the Postal code and email ids. These function modules are called dynamically from BSP Application.
• Developed LSMW object for uploading Real estate contract data using BAPI. (Business Object BUS1505, Method CREATES). (Transaction RECN, RE80 ).
• Developed following LSMW Objects for Vendor Classification & QA ed the Functional Specification Documents:
Create a Class and assign characteristics to the class using Standard Batch Input Object ‘0140’. (Transaction CL01).
Create Characteristics and Assign Characteristic values to the Characteristic using BAPI (Business Object BUS1088) (Transaction CT04).
Assign Classes and Characteristic values to the Vendor using standard Batch Input Object ‘0130’ (Transaction CL20N).
• Developed Technical specifications for the following Objects in Data conversion:
Asset Master (Transaction AS92) in FI,Creation of Batches (Transaction MSC2N) in IM.
Master data - Service Master (Transaction AC03) in MM,Master data - Open Contracts (Transaction AC03) in PP,Material/Equipment BOM (Transaction CS02) in MM,Maintain QM master data: Inspection Method (Transaction QS33),Maintain QM master data: Inspection Plans (Transaction QP02),Create Contract (Transaction VA41) in PP,Maintenance Plan ( Transaction IP02),Create Purchase Order General (Trasanction ME21) in PP,Create Purchase Requisition (Transaction ME51) in PP,Document Management Master : Include Classification ( Transaction CV02N),PM Notification: Equipment usage history (Transaction IW22),PM work order (Open) (Transaction IW32),Developed LSMW using Custom ABAP program for Create Project, WBS Elements (Transaction CJ01).
• Done QA for the technical and functional part of the Specification documents in Data conversion.
• Developed a complex Interface Program which transfers Material and Service data from R/3 to EBP (Catalogue) system through XI Exchange Infrastructure.
• Developed Technical specifications for List of shipments for Non-zero stock balances.
• Developed an enhancement for General Ledger Create Foreign Trade Report (F.02).
• Developed an ALV Grid report to Output the List of shipments/Nominations with Non-zero stock balances.
• Extended standard IDOC for HR master and performed validations for HR minimaster data in IDoc Inbound processing.
• Implemented a BADI definition CMS_BRE_RULE_BADI in CRM-CHM to perform Special bid claim validations which include End user specific, All or none and Promos.
• Pre sell-in validations, implement a BADI definition CMS_PRE_SI_BADI in CRM-
CHM to filter the unwanted order document type, item category records and change the division for required order records.
• Developed an interface in CRM to create territory objects using function module CRM_TERRMAN_TERRITORY_CREATE and, function module CRM_TERRMAN_TERRITORY_UPDATE to update existing territory id with new zip codes for each dealership.
• Involved in collecting the Functional specifications from functional consultants, and preparing technical specifications, coding and unit testing the code.
• Responsible for the Performance tuning of the programs using the tools like Runtime Analysis and the SQL Trace.
• Developed User – Exit for enhancement on Transfer of Product Master data from R/3 to APO system.
• Developed User – Exit for enhancement on Transfer of Location Master data from R/3 to APO system.
• Developed User – Exit for enhancement on Transfer of Resource Master data from R/3 to APO system.
• Developed Technical specification for building a Custom ABAP program to download Monthly Export Import Statistics (value and quantity).
• Developed a Routine program which has 15 user exits in it. This routine program will be triggered whenever a material is moved for movement type 303.
Client 7: TUV Reihnland, Germany
Duration: Aug ‘03 – April ‘05
SAP Version: 4.6 C
Industry: Service Industry
Role: SAP ABAP Developer
TUV is one of the biggest certification based organizations in the world. It certifies various products including software, hardware, and home appliances.Etc. It is based in Japan and has branches in 34 countries across the world.
Responsibilities
• Integrating SAP R/3 and Non SAP system (Lotus notes) using LEI and importing the data from SAP R/3 to Notes d/b.
• Created Technical design document on Data transfer from R/3 to Notes using LEI, data mapping by understanding the functional specifications
• Created connection documents, Data mapping in Lotus Notes for integration
• Created Technical design document by understanding the functional specifications
• Uploaded Data to SAP R/3 from Non SAP using BDC call transaction method for Transactions XD01, XD02, and VAP1 & VA21.
• Developed RFC enabled function module to download the LOG records from NON SAP to SAP R/3.
• Created an ALV grid report outputting changed certificate data for a given range of input date.
• Developed RFC enabled function module to transfer Customer data from Sap to external system. (For Scheduled and Manual Import) in SD.
• Developed RFC enabled function module to transfer Sales data from Sap to external system. (For Scheduled and Manual Import) in SD.
• Developed RFC enabled function module to transfer Employee-Service-hours data from Sap to external system in MM.
• Developed RFC enabled function module to transfer Material Master data from Sap to external system in MM.
• Developed RFC enabled function module to transfer Material group data from Sap to external system in MM.
• Developed RFC enabled function module to transfer Test Standard data from Sap to external system.
• Modified an RFC enabled function module to transfer Customer data of changed customers from Sap to external system. (CAB china).
• Developed RFC enabled function module to transfer HR master data from Sap to external system.
• Developed a BDC-batch input program for transaction XD01 and XD02 to transfer data from external system to SAP R/3 .( From Lotus notes database to SAP system)
• Collected the Requirements and created Functional and technical design documents
Computer Proficiency
• Testing Tool: Mercury QTP Test Director, Quality Center.
• Office Tools: MS Office, MS Project, MS VISIO, Lotus SmartSuite
• Mailing S/W: MS Outlook, Lotus Notes.
• Operating Systems: WIN 9X/NT/2000/XP/Vista
• Languages: ABAP, C++, Java, HTML.
• Database: MSSQL Server, ORACLE, MS ACCESS, IBM A/S 400
Certifications
• Advanced Diploma in computer applications from DOEACC, NewDelhi.
• Gem Award recognition for outstanding performance at client side.