SAP SD/EDI Functional Consultant

SAPTAK THARWAL – SAP SD/EDI Functional Consultant

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Saptak is a Senior SAP SD/EDI Functional Consultant with around 7.5+ years of SAP Implementations and SAP Support experience in SAP ECC 6.0/5.x/4.x.

Techno-functional skills in SAP EDI (SD/MM/FI/SRM modules) interfaces and functional knowledge in SAP SD, MM, FI, SRM, WM modules

He is skilled in SD/MM module of master data, EDI Interfaces, ABAP technical developments, assembly testing, functional acceptance testing, and documentation and post go-live support. Saptak is expert in working with business users and process owners to uncover requirements and execute business solutions. Saptak’s recent experience involves Customer/ Material Master Data, SAP EDI Configuration in SD/MM/FI modules working as a Techno-Functional Consultant. He has assimilated expert SME level knowledge of EDI / XML technical/business experience: SD Processes, Various inbound/outbound standard/custom IDOC types, BAPI’s, BDC, EDIFACT mapping, ANSIX12 transactions, Rosettanet PIPs. Saptak has hands on experience with process improvement documentation, project scope definition, blue printing (BPP) and functional requirements for RICEF objects. Experience in phased global rollouts in on-site/off-shore team model

Extensive industry experience, including: energy, oil and gas, consumer products, semiconductors, manufacturing and e-commerce

SAP SKILLS

• SAP SD/MM Master Data

• SAP EDI/ALE/IDOC Subject Matter Expert (SME)

• Great understanding of X.12/EDIFACT transaction sets, Rosettanet PIPs and EDI communication protocols

• Good knowledge of EDI translators.

• Comfortable working with 3rd party trading partners – customers, vendors, carriers

• Blueprinting, Requirements Analysis

• As-Is Study, To-Be Process, Solution Design

• ASAP Methodology

• Functional / Integration / User Testing

• Master data and process data

conversion, validation

• Post go-live support using onsite/offshore

• Global Roll-outs, Cutover, Hyper Care • SAP Versions: 3.1 to ECC 6.0, SolMan 4.0

• Functional: SAP SD, MM, FI, SRM, WM, SCE

• ABAP Techno-Functional with BAPI BADI ALV, SAPscript, ABAP query, Reports (classic, interactive, ALV), screen painter, BDC, workbench, conversions, user exits, dialog programming

• Hands on experience with RICEF objects –Reports, Interface, Conversion, Enhancement, Forms

• Workbench tools, Function modules, Class, User Exits, ABAP Proxy, OSS Notes, ITS, HTML templates

• SAP Netweaver technologies - SAP PI 7.0, Webdynpro for ABAP, Seeburger, webMethods

• Programming languages – C, C++, JAVA, VB

CERTIFICATIONS, ACCODLADES, EDUCATION

• SAP Certified Consultant

• Math Olympiad (India) Final Round

• BS, Electronics Engineering, Mumbai University (Mumbai, India)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EXXON MOBIL, TX JAN 2012 – TILL DATE

NA Stripes:-

• Acted as SD / EDI business analyst on SAP upgrade implementation project – ‘NA Stripes’ from Exxon Mobil’s Texas, Virginia and Canada office locations. The objective of the project is to migrate from legacy SAP 3.1 H system to new SAP ECC 6.0 system.

• Primarily involved in Customer Master / Material Master Data and Custom Table maintenance, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Partner Testing, Cut-Over Activities, Go-Live & Steady State Support of Canada & US Roll-Outs.

• Worked on generating EDI documents like, 850,830,855,860,865,856,810, etc. from SAP ECC 6 system and compared them against corresponding EDI documents from production legacy system in order to have minimal trading partner impact.

• Monitored inbound / outbound flow of production orders, shipments, invoices to check for workflow notifications and resolve error messages.

• Created EDI orders via CRM, 3rd party tool called Pegmost or via webMethods to create sales orders for testing different EDI transactions in OTC cycle.

• Involved in review/modification of mapping specs for existing EDI inbound/outbound transactions.

• Involved in documentation of test results of all downstream trading partners’ test variants on client repository – share point site.

• Extensively worked on middleware tool – WebMethods & project related tools like HPQC, Remedy, Beyond Compare, Ariba Spend Management, etc.

Environment:- SAP R/3 3.1H, SAP ECC 6.0, webMethods

INGRAM MICRO, CA SEPT 2009 – DEC 2011

IMG Global Roll-Out Implementation:-

• Acted as subject-matter-expert in the areas of EDI and SD/MM/FI interfaces on a global roll-out SAP implementation project – ‘IMG’ - worked from Ingram Micro’s US, Belgium & Netherlands office locations. Project primarily involved migration from legacy mainframe Gentran system to SAP system.

• Worked on end-to-end PDLC spanning EDI business requirement gathering, gap analysis, design, development, assembly testing, functional acceptance testing, partner testing, regression testing, cutover, go-live and hyper care period for implementation of SAP in New Zealand, Belgium, Australia, Netherlands, IM- Logistics, Sweden, Canada, North America, Cisco-IML roll-outs etc.

• Primarily worked as a functional lead for design, development & testing of new EDIFACT/ANSI X12/RNIF/XML/Flat File interfaces on OTC, P2P, FIN, SCE process areas, which includes

o ANSI X12 inbound/outbound interfaces like 850,855,860,865,856,810,997 etc.

o RNIF interfaces like 3A4, 3B18, 3B2, etc.

o Standard/Custom XML interfaces like Asynchronous / Synchronous Sales Order Create, Sales Order Search, Order Status Push, Price & Availability (P&A), SKU Create, Suggested PO, etc.

o Flat File interfaces including EDI reports like 830, 846 etc.

• Worked from Belgium & Netherlands onsite location during partner testing, cutover, go-live & hyper care phase of project to handle critical issues, defects & incidents.

• Appreciated and recognized for significant contribution as a functional lead in integration of trading partner Cisco with Ingram Micro – Logistics (IML) via Seeburger.

• Provided SAP SD/EDI technical and non-technical support team members and end-users on various EDI transactions and IDoc error resolution techniques during partner testing, go-live and hyper-care phase.

• Involved in development/review/modification of mapping specifications for new/existing EDI inbound/outbound transactions of IM’s trading partners.

• Co-ordination with technical teams of SAP ABAP and Seeburger India & US to ensure the delivery was met per requirement without any follow-up issues.

• Documented all important documents like, functional doc, test results, issues, etc. and uploaded on Solution Manager.

• Extensively worked on middleware tool – Seeburger & project related tools like Solution Manager, HPQC, J-Meter, soapUI, etc. to log defects, post xml file, etc.

Environment:- SAP ECC 6.0, Seeburger

Proctor and Gamble (P&G), OH Jun 2008 – Aug 2009

SRM SUS-SNC Implementation / BBP Product Support:-

• Worked as a techno-functional consultant in areas of EDI, ALE-IDOC, ABAP, Workflow, BADI, PI, ITS in SAP SRM 4.0, ECC 6.0.

• Developed Process Codes, Custom Transactions for EDI transactions.

• Designed and developed a complex error notification process for EDI and Batch Interfaces.

• Involved in setting up various inbound and outbound EDI IDOCs including setting up partner profile, process codes etc., and creating custom function modules for those outputs for which no standard SAP function modules existed.

• Possessed functional knowledge of SRM processes like shopping cart creation, PR/ PO creation, GR confirmation, etc.

• Designed, proposed and implemented enhancement for updating vendor master data from all backend systems to SRM boxes via ABAP server proxy.

• Designed & implemented ‘Invoice Report’ with R/3 PO Number, SUS Invoice Number as selection criteria through BSP.

• Enhancement to the approver workflow to send mail to approver using dynamic sender’s id.

• In order to improve portal application speed, performance optimization improvements were implemented for backend objects (Function Modules) getting called in different processes of SRM.

• Involved in crisis & hyper care stages of the project to resolve high priority issues related SRM processes.

• Modifications to the HTML template used in ITS for approver selection criteria in shopping cart reports.

Environment:- SAP ECC 6.0. SRM 4.0, SNC

THALES, Canada Mar 2008 – May 2008

cFolders 4.5 Implementation:-

• Worked as system analyst in areas of ABAP & BADI in cFolders 4.5 & ECC 6.0

• Designed an end-to-end business scenario for creation, export & updation of ECN (Engineering Change Number) from R/3 to cFolders 4.5 & vice-versa.

• Designed & developed a custom report using read and write APIs of cFolders to read data (ECN, MPN, BOM, Material) from cFolders to R/3 and to write data from R/3 to cFolders respectively.

Environment:- SAP ECC 6.0

CHEVRON, CA May 2007 – Feb 2008

Oronite ProjectONE:-

• Worked as an EDI system analyst in areas of ABAP, ALE/EDI, Smartforms for Chevron Oronite’s SAP implementation project – ‘Oronite ProjectONE’

• Designed & developed new outbound interfaces like,

• To transfer Purchase Order data from SAP to Conex system via IDoc extensions when a new Purchase Order is created in R/3 system.

• To send Sales Order data from SAP to external marketplace vendor like Celtis, Imperial via middleware - PI (Process Integration).

• Design of Smart Form Layout which contains information regarding ‘Delivery Note’ for customer as receipt of the delivery.

Environment:- SAP ECC 6.0

CHEVRON, (INDIA) AUG 2006 – APR 2007

Project Olympic – Implementation:-

• Worked as APO technical consultant in demand planning module of SCM APO 5.0 for Chevron’s global roll-out SAP implementation project – ‘Project Olympic’.

• Developed standard online collaboration forecast tool using BAPIs for understanding customer’s forecast information, production, sales and marketing to improve the accuracy of forecast.

• Possessed conceptual knowledge on ‘Overview of GATP (Global Available to Promise)’.

Environment:- SAP ECC 6.0, SCM 5.0

ULTRATECH CEMENT (INDIA) AUG 2005 – AUG 2006

Receipt Tracking Report (SAP R3 4.7)

• The project demanded the creation of a Receipt Tracking Report to keep track of the raw materials that were purchased, the Purchase Order for which was generated later. It also involved enhancing the performances of existing reports and module pool programs.

• Gathered requirements through meetings with Business Analysts

• Developed new ABAP reports and enhanced existing ones

• Developed new module pool programs

Environment:- SAP R/3 4.7

FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTORS, (INDIA) SEPT 2004 - AUG 2005

ABAP Developer

• Developed an object using LSMW tool for Material Master to upload data from flat file to SAP R/3 system.

• BDC program to change Customer Master-Sales Area details. The user text file consists of all details related to Customer Master shipping and billing details using LSMW tool.

• Designed and coded a BDC program for migration of data from external file to SAP R/3 on Material Developed SAP Smart Forms on Handling Units.

• Developed SAP Smart Forms for Delivery notes and Invoices.

Environment:- SAP R/3 4.7

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