Associate Principal Consultant, SAP WM, EWM, MM Pune, Maharashtra
- Total 12+ years of experience including 11+ years in SAP IT Warehousing, Inventory, Logistics and
- Supply Chain (7+ years leadership experience as Applications Lead, Integration Lead and Team Lead)
- 6 full life cycle SAP implementations using ASAP methodology; skilled in requirements gathering, functional design, configuration, integration, testing and documentation
SAP Module Proficiency:
- SAP Warehouse Management (WM) SAP Logistics Execution (LE) – Delivery, Shipment
- SAP Radio Frequency (RF) SAP Handling Unit Management (HUM)
- SAP Material Management (MM) SAP Inventory Management (IM)
- SAP Yard Management (YM) SAP Extended WM (EWM)
Skills and Competencies
- SAP ECC and S/4HANA expertise Mobility-Barcode, RFID, Bluetooth Project Management
- Solution Architect Application Development and Support Team Building
- Enterprise Data Management Microsoft Project, Visio, Office
Work Experience
Associate Principal Consultant, SAP WM, EWM, MM
- Bristlecone India Pvt. Ltd – Pune, Maharashtra
- October 2016 to June 2018
- Bristlecone India Pvt. Ltd, Pune Oct’16 – Jun’18
- Bristlecone is a supply chain consulting and system Integration multinational company, founded in 1996, with its headquarters situated at San Jose, California.
Role: Associate Principal Consultant, SAP WM, EWM, MM
- Worked on heading Pre-Sales for SAP ECC and S/4HANA projects and converted potential clients into long term projects
- Worked as Sr WM Functional Consultant for post go-live support of SAP WM implementation project
- (client: Mahindra Aerospace Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India)
- Worked on SAP WM-EWM pilot project for client POC in SAP ECC and S/4HANA.
- Worked as advisory WM consultant; Improved warehouse efficiency by 95% (client: Minda Spark,
- Pune, India)
- Worked as Sr MM Functional Consultant for implementation of PR-RFQ strategy for Bristlecone
- procurement team. (Internal project for Bristlecone India Pvt. Ltd, Pune, India)
Associate Manager, Enterprise Applications & Data Management
Emirates Global Aluminium
February 2014 to November 2015
reporting to Director, Strategic Transformation, IT)
- Leading special IT Application projects in relation with IT Strategic Transformation across various IT
- and business areas
- Working on a Single-SAP platform for entire EGA companies. This involves planning SAP
- landscape and roadmap for merging existing companies onto the new ERP system and planning for future global role outs.
- Managing the Engineering Document Management Program for Engineering Drawing documents
- for all Engineering, Operations and Major Projects. Document management system software used is
- Intergraph Smart Plant Foundation (SPF). Leading various implementation and upgrade projects for this application optimizing the process design and costs. Projected Licensing and IT savings of 1
- Leading SAP and MES Production Order Costing Optimization project for Casthouse and Finance
- business processes.
- Leading and managing the development and implementation of various strategic data architecture
- initiatives around Data Audit, Data Management and Data Strategy. (Includes SAP, non-SAPdata).
- Benefits targeting to 0.8 million. Successfully completed pilot POC audit project.
- Working closely with project teams, application architects, database administrators, enterprise
- architects and Business Intelligence teammates to ensure consistency in data definitions and data
- usage across systems and tools.
- Collaborating with other enterprise architecture functions (e.g., Security, Application, Technology) to develop and manage the data architecture element of the overall Enterprise Architecture.
- Working on defining an overall data management strategy roadmap and get buy-in and alignment from IT and business leaders.
- Managing Corporate Document Management Systems (DMS) selection project.
- Acting as Business Relationship Manager from IT for Major Project department
- Identifying business unit requirements based on business initiatives and corporate strategies.
- Mapping the requirements for the 3-5 year development window.
- Developing business unit roadmaps based on Corporate, Business and IT SAP strategies.
- Emirates Global Aluminium – Abu Dhabi, AE
- June 2009 to November 2015
- Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the fifth largest aluminium producer in the world is an aluminium
- conglomerate with interests in bauxite/alumina and primary aluminium smelting.
Senior Team Lead, IT Applications
Emirates Global Aluminium
October 2012 to February 2014
- Led 12 direct Sr. business analysts and 36 indirect consultants from IBM AMS support team and other vendors.
- Managed the requirements gathering, design, development, implementation and maintenance of the SAP Application Processes in EMAL
- Managed the Application Maintenance Services (AMS) on-site and off-site teams to deliver solutions
- for incidents and problems within the agreed SLA’s for related SAP modules.
- Managed team roaster as per business and company schedule and implement it without interruption.
- Managed the SAP ECC upgrade project – from ECC 4.0 to ECC 6.0.
- Attended weekly / bi-weekly meetings with CIO, Business Senior Managers and IT Management team
- for updating Incidents, Problems, Service Requests and Projects.
- Advisory role in business process optimization and application recommendation.
Senior Team Lead/HOD for Business Analysts (WM-MDE-LE-SD)
Emirates Global Aluminium
June 2009 to September 2012
Analyzed warehouse and shipping related AS-IS process and developed the detailed TO-BE process
for EMAL warehouse and outbound logistics processes.
- Proposed standard and customized solutions (if required), and recommended the most efficient and effective solutions for business processes.
- Proposed upgrades, business process redesigning, new developments as per technology and business trends and requirements.
- Provided workable efficient solution in LIMITED TIME. (Entire SAP WM module implemented in less
- than 40 days’ time, thus helping EMAL SCM department to manage and transfer stocks in more
- efficient manner)
- Successfully managed and implemented Warehouse barcoding project within budget costs and allocated time frame (saving almost 80% of warehouse activity time)
- Lead, designed and implemented all pending (> 1 year) SCM projects and completed them within
- 4 months. (Projects: Shelf-Life, Valuation Class, Refurbishment, Project Returns and Consignment
- Materials)
- Precisely carried out the critical task of moving over from IM managed inventory to WM managed
- inventory for 70,000+ materials.
- Designed and developed customized WM/MDE/RF tables, transactions and reports for EMAL Goods
- issues process, Trucking, Containerization process using handling units. New solution saved 78% of user time allowing to ship 1600% more (improvement from 5 trucks per day to 80 trucks per day)
- Conducted Unit testing and Integration testing for the all the SAP and customized transactions.
- Conducted Training for 6 super users and 80 users in Warehouse, Cast House, Logistics and Sales
- and Marketing.
- Developed Business Process Design documents (BPD), Business Systems Designs (BSD), Functional
- Specifications, Unit and Integration test scripts, UAT documents for all business processes ensuring
- accurate business controls and authorizations required.
- Involved in integration of SAP with other SAP modules and non-SAP applications like MES,
- Freight Forwarder portal, Network Folders, 3rd party RF applications, etc. (using SAP PI and .net)
- Ensured that 90% of SAP service calls are closed within the agreed SLA
DELPHI CORPORATION – Troy, MI
June 2006 to May 2009
Delphi is a leading global supplier of mobile electronics and transportation systems. Worked for Delphi client
SAP LE / WM Team Lead
Broadlight USA
June 2006 to March 2008
- Lead a team of 6 members for NA Packard Wave 3 Projects.
- Approved decisions regarding all LE related activities for Delphi logistics operations.
- Analyzed warehouse and shipping related AS-IS process and developed the detailed TO-BE process
- to suit the Delphi’s business objectives.
- Carried out meetings for cross functional groups to analyze and implement the user specific needs in SAP LE modules.
- Conducted Unit testing and Integration testing for the all the SAP and customized transactions.
- Lead the User Acceptance Testing process for Delphi Mexico Plants.
- Supported 2 post go-live activities by providing on-site support as Team Lead for all LE processes.
- Configured 5 complex warehouses for stock management, putaway and picking activities.
- Involved in integration of WM with MM, SD and MDE/RF modules.
- Designed and developed customized WM/MDE/RF tables, transactions and reports for Delphi
- Automotive processes like Receiving, Inventory, Warehouse and Shipping.
- Interacted with ABAP/4 consultants for data conversions/loads.
- Involved in customized MDE Serial Number Assignments for all Finished Goods.
- Participated in Process Assessment activities with SME’s.
- Documented and tested all processes for SAP production implementation.
- Supported 6 post go-live activities by providing on-site support as WM-MDE functional consultant.
Functional Consultant, SAP LE / WM
DELTA TAU – Chatsworth, CA
August 2005 to January 2006
Chatsworth, California, USA Aug ’05 – Jan ’06
Delta Tau Data Systems is the technology leader in high-performance machine control products.
Role: Functional Consultant, SAP LE / WM
- Member of the SAP team formed to analyze benefits of integrated ERP software for Delta Tau’s
- Global businesses (mainly master data study from legacy system)
- Conducted Master Data Load meetings every week in order to discuss and plan the TRD’s for the actual data load process (static and dynamic loads – WM views, serial loads, inventory loads)
- Conducted knowledge transfer sessions with the business users to make them understand the fit of SAP MM/WM for their current company data like vendors, materials, warehouse, bins, etc.
- Proposed LSMW/Customized programs to transfer the master data into the SAP system.
- Involved in KT sessions to trainers for all WM business scenarios.
- Created and tested test scripts for various business objects configured in SAP WM module using Load
- Runner for unit and integration testing.
- Involved in creating and verification of End User Manual/Work Instructions using Infopak software.
- Trained business users regarding WM business scenarios as a part of planning phase support.
Integration Lead , SAP Logistics
SHELL SOLAR, California – US
April 2004 to July 2005
USA Apr ’04 – Jul ’05
Part of the Shell Group of companies, Shell Solar provides large-scale solar systems around the world.
Role: Integration Lead , SAP Logistics (SD, LE, MM, WM, RF)
- SAP Integration Lead for Phase 1 implementation. Managed a team of 14 members (PTP, WM, OTC,
- FI/CO, Data, ABAP, and PP) for the entire integration and user acceptance cycles.
- Coordinated meetings with on-site and off-site personnel in order to achieve complete success in all
- integrated scenarios.
- Planned the entire integration testing scenarios from the Business Supply Chain Processes.
- Worked with team members in order to test every integrated scenario down to the basic level
- Assured all SAP documents were correctly posted in various modules
- Assured all Scanners worked as per requirement and labels printed and scanned using RF devices.
- Managed time and resources in the critical UAT cycle of the implementation.
- Played key role in getting a Go-Ahead for the Go-Live
- Role: Functional Consultant, SAP LE / WM
- Studied all outbound supply chain process (AS-IS) and proposed TO-BE processes in SAP
- Developed Functional Specs for various business process requirements and enhancements.
- Achieved 100% success in deployment of SAP project (team of 21 members)
- Demonstrated various MM/WM transactions and business scenarios for the users as a part of end user
- Monitored various interfaces and inbound and outbound IDOCS as part of Production support
- Coordinated successfully all the activities from pre-support to post-support implementation.
- Developed test sets and test scripts using Test Director
Trainee, Process Engineer
STRETTO ENTERPRISES – Pune, Maharashtra
May 2001 to April 2002
Pune, India May ’01 – Apr ’02
Stretto Enterprises has established itself as a top company for designing a HMI interface of turnkey plants and equipment for fermentation and distillation systems.
Role: Trainee, Process Engineer
- Verified business value streams for business processes.
- Designed To-Be screens for all the plant processes
- Designed P & IDs using FIX Intellution software for SCADA.
Education
Skills
Microsoft Office (10+ years), IT Project Management (7 years), SAP ECC S4/HANA (3 years)
Certifications/Licences
ITIL Foundation Certification
April 2016 to Present
SAP SCM-WM Certification
May 2009 to Present