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Kavitha - SAP MM/WM Consultant

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Location: Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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Kavitha SAP MM/WM Consultant Phone: (346)359-2725 Email: [email protected] SUMMARY SAP Senior Analyst Experience with 12 Years of experience with Purchasing domain and SAP Imp End to End Implementations of SAP, MM, WM, Stock Room Management, HANA S/4, Implemented S4 Greenfield and Brownfield projects. Expertise in S/4 HANA, SAP MM, WM LE. Hands on S/4 HANA 1709 & 1809 Expertise in Project planning and executing Business blueprint workshops for requirements gathering and creating Business blueprint and defining future state business process in SAP Experienced S4 HANA project, SAP Activate Methodology in Road Map viewer, accessing specific Road maps, different Activate Phases, contents and navigation to Deliverables and Tasks using Accelerators Experienced Plan and Execution of Agile Sprints, Sprint Planning Meetings, Sprint Execution Activities, Daily Stand up meetings, Sprint Demos and Sprint Retrospective Hands on experience on in sales order processing, customer master, pricing, delivery processing, partner functions, Shipping & Transportation, invoice verification, billing, and credit management. Hands on experience in cross module integration like SAP MM -PP, MM-PM, MM-PS, MM FI, MM -CO, MM-WM MM-SD Hands on experience in Shipping point Determination, Route Determination, Transport and Delivery Scheduling, Backward Delivery Scheduling, Partial and Complete Delivery, Subsequent Outbound delivery split and grouping of Deliveries. Expertise in creating and executing Functional design documents (FDD) to help the business understand the business processes of new developments and enhancements and creation of Functional specification documents (FSD) to help the development team get the build logic and technical details for the required build. Extensive experience in the areas of: Order Management, Pricing, Billing, Service notifications, Service Orders, Repair Orders, Repair procedures, RRB, Return Orders, Debit/Credit memos, Variant Configuration, Master Data including Classification, Dependencies, Material Masters, and Bill of Materials Release procedure with workflow and Flexible Workflow, with new concept introduced in SAP S/4HANA with the objective of simplifying workflow configuration by building a HR Mini master. implementations in client engagements, ranging from implementations and upgrades to enhancements. Have Techno functional experience in ABAP debugging. Assisted clients in the selection, implementation and support of SAP solutions, including design, configuration, and testing. Provided functional and business process expertise for various verticals and project teams, consisting of consultants, remote global resources and client employees. Participate in design activities and a gap analysis Expert level subject matter knowledge not only from an SAP perspective but also from a business point of view Good cross-modules knowledge and able to architect integrated logistics solutions CERTIFICATIONS: SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement Education Qualification: MBA from Lamar University Texas, USA SKILLS Strategy Goal Oriented Process SAP MM, WM Technology ECC, S4 HANA SAP Consultancy, Delivery, Project Management Languages English, Hindi, Telugu. SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE Client BMW Duration August 2022- Till Date MM WM System Analyst Position SAP MM, IM, WM, S4 HANA implementation Responsibilities & Deliverables Facilitated the implementation and support of SAP S/4 Hana MM and WM Implemented Stock room Management Performed the Stock room Management compliance check, Configured the Stock room compliant Business process. Performed detailed analysis of complex business process requirements and provide appropriate system solutions; identify, interpret, validate and document customer requirements. Facilitated workshops to collect business requirements. Mapped business requirements, processes and objectives; develops necessary product modifications to country specific' needs. Instrumental in Design, customize, configuration and testing of MM, IM and WM modules. Identified gaps, issues and work around solutions. Worked on IDOCS like WMMBXY, WHSCON, ORDERS, SHPMNT, SHPORD. Created partner profiles, Plant Vendor (LI), Customer Vendor (KU), ports, process codes and Message types. Developed custom report for 846 data transfer between 3PLs like HAVI, through IBM SI, through flat files for Inventory reports. Optimised STO process using SPED output type and WMTA for creating automatic transfer orders for Inbound deliveries and outbound deliveries. HU configuration, created partner locations for HU manged storage locations and packing stations, Acted as liaison with business users for troubleshooting: investigated, analysis, and solving MM/WM related problems. Documented as is, to be, prepared Business Requirement Document / UAT document / SIT document / End User Manuals / Functional Specification Documents / Configuration Document etc. IM and WM implementation for the Warehouses. Responsible for providing oversight and delivery of complex projects, enhancements, and service requests within the SAP platform Responsible for system architecture to develop features and stories to deliver business capabilities within SAP Warehouse management and procurement (MM) space. Focus on partnering with solution architects within portfolios, shared service platforms and infrastructure to ensure stability and continuous improvement of processes and capabilities Client UCT Austin, TX, USA Duration Dec 2021 July 2022 MM WM Brownfield implementation Position SAP MM WM, S4 HANA 2020 Responsibilities & Deliverables Defined the procure to pay processes specific to the new Plant with reference to the Global template. Defined the as-is process and mapped the to-be in SAP. Gap- fit analysed for the processes not fit in SAP standard process, defined the Gaps with enhancements. Defined the Data migration strategies and data uploaded effectively and mitigated all the cutover and master data. Defined the Quotation process for global and local suppliers. Defined the Direct procurement of stock material, defined make and buy parts, indirect procurement for consumables and asset procurement, Blanket purchase orders for spares parts. Defined inbound delivery process as part of advance shipping notifications (ASN s) Extended the approval process with Release strategies for the new Plant and Hierarchy Defined the contracts for long term supplies with the vendor selection process. Internal Orders used for all procurement for engineering and large asset projects. Purchase requisitions and PO s defined for engineering assigned to an internal order. Batch traceability done by a top-down or bottom-up analysis. Inventory management and Warehouse management process defined. Involved in requirements gathering and prepared Business process documents, Training, testing and Hyper care Configured 7 warehouse managed plants, Configured RF menus in all the warehouses using RF programs and usage of RF monitor for monitoring all the Queues Defined the storage types, picking areas, and storage bins Activated storage unit management across all the Warehouses. Defined Staging areas, Doors for inbound and outbound staging areas for determining the deliveries & TO s Setting up Automatic TO s for replenishing fixed bins. Configured dynamic Cycle counting for all the storage types. Configured advanced picking and put away strategies for inbound and outbound goods flow. Proposed and configured RF queue management for their outbound and replenishments process. Configured WM-PP interface. workflow and Flexible Workflow, it is a new concept introduced in SAP S/4HANA with the objective of simplifying workflow configuration by building a HR Mini master. IM and WM Rollout of New acquired Warehouses with the SAP system. RF transactions are widely used in warehouses, the same has to be extended to new warehouses. Radio Frequency is primarily used in Warehouse Management process in distribution environment as it efficiently handles the huge volumes of transactional data processing requirements. The following processes are utilized with radio frequency devices: 1. Goods Receipt Processes with shipping notifications 2. Goods Issue Processes for outbound Deliveries 3. Internal Warehouse Processes 4. Stock Transfer Processes within the Distribution Network 5. Physical Inventory Processes for the warehouses within the Distribution Network Client RWC Atlanta, Georgia, USA Duration May 2020 Nov 2021 SAP S4 HANA Greenfield implementation Position SAP MM WM Responsibilities & Deliverables Defined inbound process including receiving with PO and inbound deliveries, std and custom placement strategies receiving into bulk, case, active pick locations with RF directed put away Implemented storage unit management-based storage types, ID points interfacing with HU management Business blueprint document prepared, and Gaps filled using gap-fit-analysis. Defined Stock Placement and Stock Removal strategy. LEQ Loading Equipment Quantity, SUT Storage Unit Type (Pallet / Box / Carton) and UoM established for all materials, Defined Fixed Bin is the go-to place for Put away and Pick. Implemented RWC Repack Production Order process, this process inside the DC. Repack process is based on a Production Order with RF transaction to confirm, which completes Production Order, consumes components, and then triggers Put away into Inventory. Defined RF based Cycle counting, RWC will use RF based cycle counting process and Inventory Control group will clear variances at month end. Physical inventory / cycle counting can be executed on RF unit: RF download count tasks. RF verifies bin and count. Increases accuracy of count. Moving away from paper-based counts. Subcontracting process with WM managed open storage bins defined. Involved in Debugging using ABAP Debugger, run time Debugging Analysis, solving problems, including research, driving to root cause and creating efficient solutions. Used the ABAP run time analysis tool, System dump analysis to analyse and improve runtime performance of the existing ABAP Programs. New and Custom storage types defined and setup. RWC has a different Storage Bin naming convention. Which is: Aisle / Bay / Level / Slot but built differently and it's a 10-character format instead. Worked on automatic determination of shipping points and routes. Customized outbound delivery documents, picking, packing and transportation. Customized transport and delivery scheduling, delivery note, backward delivery scheduling, partial delivery and grouping of deliveries. Physical bar codes on the racks are used to confirm Pick and Put away. Defined RF based bin to bin transfers, go to source bin, do RF transaction Z_RF_B2B scan source bin, then move to destination bin, scan destination bin, click post, which completes the Move. This reduces manual effort and increases accuracy. Integrated Ship Erp process with outbound process Outbound fulfilment activities including wave picking, interfacing with outbound shipments staging to multiple doors. Defined FIFO stock removal strategy for pricking front Fixed Bin first and Reserve Bin next. to pick oldest stock from Reserve to replenish. FIFO is used throughout. Implemented RWC inbound put away process to auto generate Storage Unit Numbers (SUN). Use LEQ for pallets to create SUNs. Palletization to assign different Pallets and creation of TO for put away. Implementation of cross docking functionalities to reduce warehouse processing and increase system throughput of goods from receiving to shipping. Company DSM Nutritional Products Duration June 2019 Apr 2020 Support, Build & Enhancements Position SAP MM Consultant Responsibilities & Deliverables Worked as MM Team Lead for Support and roll outs. Resolved all the issues without any deviation within the SLA. Resolving tickets raised by the users through solution manager. Provided end-user training to the Super Users and Core Users. Worked on different Enhancements with the developer. Functional support provided to Technical team for new developments. Roll-out for the New Plants and Company codes using the Global templates Handling production support issues through ticket raised by user. Resolved 100% issues as per the defined SLA s without any deviation Handled all types of issues related to inventory management. Defined STO from plant to plant. Enhancement for initial blocking of invoice if material is not released from quality. Defined new release strategies for Purchase Requisition & Purchase Orders. Customizing field selection for material master. Client Unilever Duration Apr 2016 May 2019 Position SAP MM Responsibilities & Deliverables As a MM Consultant for the S4HANA-1909 Implementation US and Roll outs to their US and Canada Divisions used Agile Sprints with Sprint Planning, Sprint Execution activities Involved in Implementation and Roll out of AP/MRO Project to US and Canada Divisions Involved in 2 weeks Sprint Planning and User stories preparations Responsible to deliver assigned User Stories Worked on Vendor master Interface Configuration, identify development objects, work with offshore development team, create FSD documents Identify reports, provide mapping specifications and FSD Suggest and make sure to available FIORI Launchpad catalogs and required Tiles Designed, Configured and documented P2P processes, Subcontracting, PR/PO Release Procedure set up, STO with Delivery (Intra and Intercompany), Pricing procedure, MM/FI integration, Account Determination, Vendor/shipment returns processes and Inventory Management inbound and outbound processes involved in WM. Worked on Business Partner configuration, Contracts, Info Records, Source Lists, MRP, Automatic PO Responsible for design and set up of Confidential owned locations and 3 PL FSL Locations of 100 Plants Worked on EDI/IDoc, set up for FSL 3PL locations EDI 850 (Orders 05) and 997 (PO Acknowledgement), EDI 940/945, EDI 943/944 and EDI 846 inv recon process and set up Worked on SAP PP master data mapping and set up, MRP process, BOMs, Work Centers, Routings, Production versions for manufacturing process orders Designed Warehouse structure for all the Plants and DC s and Business process for inbound and outbound movements Designed and configured Trailer inspection, Gate in / Gate out process, Lumper sign in, Receipt from production, Receipt of shipment, , Adjust receipt, Receipt reconciliation Activated and enable the Storage unit management enabled in SAP which will be used as pallet functionality, SU is used as the pallet, SU number as barcode on Pallet. Defined size and capacity of the pallet using the Material master setup. Defined RF transactions for Put away process, Inbound delivery reference functionality in receiving and put away the stock in storage bins Configure RF screen to enable the creation of TO through RF gun. Set up for automatic inbound delivery creation process through a custom program and background job setup Batch management is enabled to handle and store the tire attributes in batches Defined outbound process through OBD and Shipment process. Transfer order creation through RF Gun. Defined Custom RF functionality for cycle count process know for bins with mixed materials along with the standard RF functionality for Cycle count process. Developed multiple custom reports on WM area for special requirements of the client Defined Bin capacity and SU capacity with enhancement to accommodate the Pallet quantity. Defined the Picking and Put away strategies based on the business requirements. Defined Staging areas, Doors for staging and Loading the Pallets during picking Configured Staging areas and Doors determination for Deliveries into TOs Configured Cross docking solution for all the warehouses Client ABB LTD Duration Jun 2014 to Mar 2016 Was this a full project lifecycle: N (Support and Rollouts) Position SAP MM GST Consultant Responsibilities & Deliverables SAP MM: Business Workflow Releasing strategy, Workflow Notifications, PTP Support, RICEF, established criteria and set expectations concerning deliverables & Project costs i.e. Estimation of Efforts for Projects. Implementing and safeguarding the client in transition to the New GST system offering the special localized solutions, functionalities of the Indian tax systems carefully integrated within the standard business processes - for helping companies transit smoothly to GST Updated with all proposed amendments impacting the areas of Tax computation, Tax incidence, Tax structure, Reporting and Utilization Reviewing the SAP India Notes implemented as and when released and update the users if any missing manual configuration, customization and comply the changes. Implemented Successfully all India specific processes and Migration of Open PO s Phases: Blueprint, functional design, testing, training, go-live and support ECC 6.0, EHP 8, Check the impacts of new development requests on the existing systems, Created Process Definition Document / Design Document (PDD) and Business Process Procedure (BPP) for the new solutions provided. Scope: Inbound deliveries, Outbound deliveries, stock movements, Material and Equipment master, Inventory Management. Reverse Logistics i.e. Customer Returns, Plant Maintenance, Equipment master, and functional location updations etc, Interface development between SAP - Interface between SAP & SAP PI via Idoc. Worked on Enhancement in Integration between CEVA Logistics tool and SAP, mapped the data through IDOC segments. Worked on PO Version Management enhancement. Instrumental in bug fixing the PO print with PDF! transaction without PO release. Client Cheminova a/s Denmark India Roll out & CIN Implementation Duration Jan 2013 to May 2014 Was this a full project lifecycle: Y (Rollouts and India Tax Implementation) Position SAP MM WM TAXATION Consultant Responsibilities & Deliverables Worked as SAP MM WM and TAX Implementation for complex India CIN configuration. Improve the accuracy and accessibility of Logistics Information Maintenance of Excise Master Data, Maintenance of Tax Codes, Condition Records Tables and access sequences. Uploading of excise master data Maintenance of Tax data, Capturing, Posting and Excise JV s All CIN Configuration, End User Training in excise. Successfully implemented India localization and made it work by taking the high risk of deviating from SAP Best practice s India of multiple pricing procedures into single one as per Cheminova Global template. Company Spandana Sphoorty Financial Ltd Duration Nov 2008 to Oct 2012 Position Purchasing Officer (Domain) Represent large department store for negotiating contracts for consumer products. Oversee activities of workers who buy, sell, and distribute products. Process purchase orders and requisitions for products. Communicate with prospective vendors to determine terms and availability. Interview applicants and train staff using tailored training program. Devise purchasing instructions and policies and ensure proper procedure from both the company and vendors. Prepare reports for costs and market conditions. Work with other staff members to generate product specifications. Resolve issues with contracts and supplies. Maintain thorough records of orders. Develop and implement organizational policies for the department. Manage budget for purchasing department. Create specifications for the delivery of new products. Consider environmental impact when determining transportation needs. instructions and policies and ensure proper procedure from both the company and vendors. Prepare reports for costs and market conditions. Work with other staff members to generate product specifications. Resolve issues with contracts and supplies. Maintain thorough records of orders. Develop and implement organizational policies for the department. Manage budget for purchasing department. Create specifications for the delivery of new products. 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