Sap Management

Anoop Kaudle Prabhakar SAPMM Consultant

Certified SAPWM Consultant

Profile

• 5+ years of SAP experience as a SAP MM encompassing a wide range of skill set, roles and responsibilities.

• 3+ years of experience in SAP WM involving implementation and support activities.

• Have done two end to end Implementation in materials management, and have worked on support environment as well.

• Have done one implementation project in SAP WM , upgradation project and have also worked on support projects in WM.

• Have done one Business Re - engineering project involving redesigning business processes and Technical and Functional Up gradation from SAP 4.6C to SAP ECC 6.0

• Implementation of SAP Country Specific Business solution – CIN (Country India Version)

• Have good knowledge post implementation support environment and have efficiently handled day to day issues in support environment

• Extensive experience with analysis, design, development, customization and implementation of SAP ERP applications.

• Executed ERP development and implementations across pharmaceuticals, fertilizers and chemicals, power and retail industries.

• To complete the preparation of the production SAP system, including MM end-user training, system management and cut-over activities.

• Proficient in analyzing and translating business requirements to technical requirements and architecture.

• Utilize in-depth knowledge of functional and technical experience in SAP MM and providing functional and investigative support to technical users on interfaces, reports etc.

• Graduate in B.Tech Textile Technology.

• Good communication skills, interpersonal skills, self-motivated, quick learner, team player.

SAP Skill Set

ERP: SAP ECC 6.0

SAP Materials Management:

- SAP Country Specific Application CIN (Country India Version)

- Master Data such as MMR, VMR, PIR

- Processes such as standard procurement, subcontracting, consignment, pipeline stock transfers using STO.

- Complete Stock transfer processes.

- Pricing Procedure

- Release Strategy

- Batch Management

- Split Valuation

- FI – MM Integration

- External Service procurement

- Integration with other modules like Quality Management, plant maintenance, SD.

- Consumption based planning

SAP Warehouse Management:

- Basic functions like Number ranges for objects like TR, TO, Quants, Posting changes, SU numbers, invetory numbers, foreground/background processing during transactions and processes.

- Basic Stock management topics such as MMR maintained for WM, the quants and stock management in WM, special stock types managed in WM etc..

- Decentralized Warehouse Management.

- Inbound and Outbound processes involving deliveries.

- Warehouse processes involving goods receipt, goods Issue, stock tansfers, replenishment, posting changes and handling differences

- Putaway Control like Storage bin search, putaway strategies, influence of material master data on putaway etc..

- Stock removal control such as bin search for stock removal, picking strategies ec..

- Inteface between IM and WM

- Delivery processes in WM such as Put away for an Inbound Delivery, Stock Removal for Outbound Delivery

- Physical Inventory processs such as annual inventory, continuous inventory, cycle counting, Zero Stock Check

- Storage Unit Management – Putaway using Storage Unit Management and Stock Removal With Storage Unit Management.

- WM Interface with PP – PI, WM interfae with IM, WM Interface with Shipping and WM interface with QM.

SAP ALE/EDI Business processes – Idoc Interface

Education:

Bachelor’s in Textile Technology - 2003, Vishveshwaraiah Technological University, Karnataka, India

Professional Experience:

July 08- till date, Senior Application Consultant MM /WM IBM India Pvt Ltd

Nov 2011 to till date: Nestle Purina Petcare - DWM

Nestle Purina decided to have a separate box for the WM system from there ERP system. The objective of this project is to replace Nestle Purina Pet Care Company (NPPC) legacy Warehouse management system with a GLOBE Distributed Warehouse Management (DWM) solution.

GLOBE is NPPC’s global SAP template that is governed by the GLOBE Center (GC) and developed by the Business Technology Center (BTC).The GLOBE DWM solution is under development by BTC. When released it will be evaluated for the fit with local business requirements of NPPC and tested by NPPC before it is piloted (planned mid-year 2012 for two NPPC facilities). Development and configuration will be completed by the BTC. IBM will lead the evaluation, testing, implementation, training, and hyper-care support for 23 warehouses in North America.

Roles and responsibilities include

• Analyze Business Requirements during Business Blueprint Phase

• Map the Current Business Requirements to the Globe tool

• GAP analysis , Business Process Change and Impact Analysis

• Configure System for all agreed Business Processes like inbound and outbound processes, replenishments, putaway and picking strategy, replenishments, production storage area related business processes, design of warehouse storage types like bulk storage, open storage etc..

• Functional Unit Test for each individual configuration and for develop prior to moving it to the testing environment

• Integration Testing.

• Conducting Sessions with Clients for Knowledge Sharing and Training for new functionalities

• Help Client Team for Preparation of Integration Test Scenarios , Integration test Scripts

June 2009 to Oct 2011 Marks and Spencer SAP Implementation MM/WM

As a SAP Consultant working for stock Management team.

Key member in the team involved in design of stock business processes in M&S.

Was a key member in implementing WMS in one of the GM DC in release 3.

• Was involved in all the 3 releases of SAP Implementation in M&S

Release 1 – Procure to Pay of all GM Vendors

Release 2 – Procure to Pay of all Foods Vendors

Release 3 – Driving complete M&S Logistics moving the stock from NDC to RDC and from RDC to Stores and also implementation of WM in one DC.

• SAP WMS was implemented in one DC .

• Played a key role in mapping up of various processes involving Picking and Put away strategies.

• Was involved in complete component and integration testing of various WM business processes like Goods receipting, Goods Issue, Posting Changes, Stock Transfer replenishment, 2 step picking

• Have worked extensively on the interface of SAP with various other WM and allocation system both related to Food and GM.

• Integration with buying work stream for various scenarios like GM and Foods Returns process, goods receipt etc..

• End to end design of all the M&S retail processes in all the divisions such as Main chain, Franchises, Outlets, International business and ECom.

• Responsibilities include blue print designing of all the GM and Food process of M&S and mapping the same into SAP.

• Complete responsibilities of Component integration testing and System Integration testing of all the business processes and interface related to stock such as creation of STOs inbound, sending Po's outbound, Stock adjustments from legacy WMS inbound, inbound delivery outbound to Stores WMS CSSM, PO status update from Editrack status tracking system.

• SAP configurations involving defining document types for STO, defining delivery types, basic shipping functions, defining output types for inbound and outbound deliveries, FI MM Integration, partner profile setting for inbound and outbound interfaces

• Designed complete end to end design of stock conversion which involved, removal of complete stock from SAP, Updating Map for each article at plan level and updating the stock of each material t plant level.

Aug 2008 – May 2009 Essar Power SAP ECC 6.0 – MM Implementation

As a MM Lead Consultant responsible for end to end Implementation of Materials Management Purchasing and Inventory and Taxation.

• Complete end to end Implementation of SAP ECC 6.0 Version MM Purchasing and Inventory.

• Develop business blue printing on organization structure such as configuration of plants, Storage location, purchasing organizations, purchasing groups etc and various MM business processes in Essar Power.

• Providing Best Practice solutions in Inventory Handling and Controlling of inventory Stock by efficiently managing the business processes.

• Designing new developments and enhancements in MM module.

• Write functional specifications for client in MM Module and work closely with the technical team

• Configuring the SAP system for Materials Management accordingly and transforming the business requirements into an approved working production-ready system.

• Conduct Unit testing and Integration Testing.

• Efficiently handled Cut over activities and GO Live Preparation.

• Responsible in handling Post Go Live Support activities.

Environment: SAP ECC 6.0

Team Size : 7 to 10 members

Sep 07 – Apr 08, Associate Consultant Siemens Information Systems Ltd

Sep 2007 – Apr 2008, Merck India Ltd - WM Implementation

Implementation of Warehouse Management in Merck India Ltd for one of the warehouse unit.

• Complete physical warehouse activities are mapped in WMS in SAP

• Played a key role in mapping up of various processes involving Picking and Put away strategies.

• Handling differences in Warehouse Management

• Picking area concept was implemented which enables to execute parallel picking and thus accelerating the shipping process.

• Automatic determination of storage bins was configured for put away and picking processes.

• Basic functions like number ranges for quant, TR, TO, posting change notices, groups etc...was handled with high level of distinction

• Stock removal processes involving outbound deliveries, auto creation of TOs for outbound deliveries.

• Posting changes and stock transfers.

• Interface between IM and WM.

• Cycle counting inventory process.

• Complete unit testing and integrated testing were carried out and documented.

• User hands on training and detailed documentation of all the cycles.

Environment: SAP 4.6C

Team Size : 3 members

Nov 05 – Sep 07, Associate Consultant Siemens Information Systems Ltd -On the roles of S2 info tech Pvt Ltd – A Staffing Arm of Siemens in India

Jan 2007 to Aug 2007 Bharat Forge,Merck India – Support WM

Roles and responsibilities include:

• Support of WM processes for day today issues for the client involving inbound and Outbound processes

• Stock Reconciling activities with IM and WM.

• Finding gap with the current implemented processes, RICEF analysis and amending

• RICEF developments to fit the SAP system exactly to the current business processes.

• Updating warehouse management related master data in the current master records.

• Setting up of Model reference storage types, storage sections, storage units and bin types for the physically expanded warehouse.

• Set up of TO split/ TO sort functionality.

• Setting up of production supply areas

• Configuration of the warehouse activity monitor.

Nov 2006 – Jan 2007 Gujarat Narmada Fertilizer Company Ltd - MM

Business Re - engineering and Technical and Functional Up gradation from SAP 4.6C to SAP ECC 6.0

• A thorough discussion was carried out at the business blue printing phase on organization structure such as configuration of plants, Storage location, purchasing organizations, purchasing groups etc.

• Configuration of release strategy, pricing procedure, document types for Purchase orders, purchase requisitions, contracts etc.., FI-MM Integration activities.

• Discussions involved various processes like reservations; Consumption based planning, reservations including MRP and Non MRP materials, work order reservations, Availability check, and emergency procurement process for plant maintenance activities.

• In purchasing, a complete mapping of various processes likes Spot Buying Process, Pre Negotiated Buying, Emergency Buying, and Integration with the E-Portal activities etc.

• Preparation of Template for uploading of master data’s like vendor master, material master purchasing info records.

• Uploading of master data’s such as Vendor master records, Material master records through LSMW.

• Business processes like Stock transport order scenarios, Consignment process, pipeline handling, subcontracting etc were thoroughly discussed and mapped in purchasing and inventory applications.

• Complete SAP standard Vendor evaluation was implemented.

• Purchase Order Pricing: discounts, taxes and delivery costs conditions types, calculation schema, condition records, and transaction keys;

• Setting up of Release strategy of purchasing documents

Nov 2005 – 2006 Gujarat Narmada Fertilizers Company Ltd --- on site Support – MM

Associated with on site support of MM module and was an on site co-coordinator.

• Merger activates of GNFC and NCPL, a sister concern Company of GNFC.

• Implemented VAT Taxation procedure in SAP as VAT was introduced in Gujarat State on April 2006.

• Configuration of Additional Duty of Customs as per Budget 2006.

• Setting up of Release strategy to purchasing documents.

• Day today issues involve areas like Pricing Procedure, Release Strategy configuration, Stock transport Order, Pipeline handling, Consignment process etc..

Environment: SAP 4.6C

Team Size : 3 members

Sep 2004 – Oct 2005, Associate MM Consultant Siemens Information Systems Ltd – on the roles of Qualiband Technologies.

Sep 2004 – Oct 2005 Off Shore Support of Indian Domestic Clients like Deepak Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd, Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd, Bharat Forges - MM and WM

Post Implementation support – Off Shore Support for MM and WM related issues

• Roll out activities such as creation of new plant and storage locations, purchasing groups. Uploading of master data’s such as Vendor master records, Material master records through LSMW.

• Master Data: Vendor Master, Material Master, Info Records, Source List,

• Creating documents and reports, Functional Specifications.

• Complete unit testing and integrated testing with other modules like SD, PM and FI will be carried out and documented.

• Configuration of release strategy, pricing procedure, document types for Purchase orders, purchase requisitions, contracts etc.., FI-MM Integration activities.

• Setting up of print controls in WM for TO printing.

• Setting up of WM master data in MMR in WM View.

• Loading of WM master data's such as control cycles, batch search strategy.

• Executing the Warehouse Activity Monitor

Sep 2003 – Sep 2004, Executive Officer Fibers and Fabrics International Pvt ltd.

Fibers and Fabrics International is the leading manufacturer of denim and Non denim fabrics and garments having a turnover of more than 300 crores. Buyers of Fibers and Fabrics include world leaders like Arrow, Tommy Hilfiger and many more.

Played a key role in handling day today inventory activities of raw materials and bringing out items based upon the Production schedule,

Day to day in-house follow-up i.e. with production, purchase, finance, stores and dispatch and execution for the various interlinked activities required extensively during execution of project

Coordinating with plant stores for RM/PM, central material function.

Co-ordination with central planning with respect to production priority & raw material availability.

Scheduling and ensuring timely dispatches.

Follow up with the Procurement of packing raw materials for intermediates and finished products

Training and Certification:

SAP certified in Logistics Execution and Warehouse Management

References: Available upon request

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