Candidates About

 

Jayanta Chakraborty

 

Expertise

 

Experienced SAP EWM-VC-PP-APO Consultant with expertise in end to end implementation and support (transition, Assisted/Guided/Parallel perform phases through steady state support) and strong Process Integration skill across end to end supply chain. Possess cross functional knowledge in SAP Order Management, Procurement and Inventory management and Product Costing. Conversant with new dimensional S4 methodology and roadmap from SAP and also possess knowledge in S4-EWM, MRP and training exposure in IBP V.17.09

 

Performed progressive roles from Consultant, Project Manager, Managing Consultant, and Sr. Solution Architect and Managing Architect with People Management responsibilities spread across multiple geographies in several global projects / initiatives. Well versed with Software Development and maintenance support lifecycle from blueprinting through realization, go-live, hyper care & sustain and also conversant with Release management & Audit compliance requirements. Proficient in gap analysis, requirement gathering, solution delivery in Integrated Supply Chain Management environment, adept in managing risks & issues and stakeholder management. As business COE of client, have participated in Vendor evaluation / selection and associated resource management.

 

Overall 16+ years of experience with 10+ years of experience in SAP in large scale global environment in client facing roles as well as Client and hence well versed with business environment and it’s dynamic needs from both sides. The SAP exposure is backed by 6+ years of industry exposure in shop floor manufacturing and production planning with Product Development & Quality Assurance.  

 

Skill summary

 

SAP Extended Warehouse Management with E2E implementation exposure (version 9.3)

EWM Service pack / Stack upgrade – Led End to End from SCM / Logistics point of view

SME in SAP Variant Configuration

SAP Production Planning and exposure to MRP/PP on S4 HANA

SAP APO (DP & GATP)

SAP IBP (trained in 17.09)

Complete E2E set up of Core Interface for APO/EWM with CIF enhancement

Cross functional knowledge of SAP SD, MM, CO and QM

Process Integration across supply chain areas

Interface design and data mapping with SAP and non-SAP MES systems

Project & Delivery management

People management

Testing and end user training

 

Professional history

 

Organization: Johnson Controls, Inc.                                Period: Jan’15 till date

           

Role: SAP COE Managing Solution Architect

 

 

This role has end to end responsibilities of owning the enterprise SAP template design, gathering new business requirements, fit-gap analysis & techno-functional solutioning, cost estimation, schedule and budget adherence and key stake holder expectation management with focus on integrated supply chain between process and technology areas. Following are the major activities performed as part of this role starting from current engagements:

 

Extended Warehouse Management implementation (Version: 9.3)

 

ü  Requirement gathering for a complex manufacturing and warehousing process including non-SAP Manufacturing Execution System (MES-GE Proficy) with N-link (BPML compliant) as middleware

ü  AS-IS and TO-BE analysis to map existing business process into ECC-EWM landscape

ü  Business process reengineering in line with latest capability in line with SAP offering and process simplification

ü  Utilization of Advanced manufacturing integration with EWM like PMR (Production Material Request) and EGR (Expected Goods receipt) process and enhancement of the same to map customized business requirements

ü  ECC and EWM system preparation in terms of required BC set implementations relevant for business functionalities in EWM and making existing ECC system compatible with EWM

ü  Complete ownership of end to end set up of Core Interface and qRFC between ECC & EWM and set up of Integration models for master / transactional data and relevant jobs

ü  Interface mapping with MES systems with EWM and ECC and well versed with communication methods as per business need

ü  End to end set up of required configurations with respect to ECC and EWM organization structure, manual mapping between two systems, ECC material master set up (additional view set up for EWM) and auto-replication of the material into Warehouse product and ensuring consistency

ü  Master data set up in EWM like Warehouse & it’s controlling parameters, SCU, BP, Resource, Pack-spec etc. handling of BP conflicts in case of STO process

ü  Single handedly executed a sub-project by enabling ECC system (SAP_APPL-606-SAPKH60604) compatible with EWM V9.3 for PMR functionality by implementing several corrections and prerequisites OSS Notes and business functions

ü  Establish connections between two systems and distribution design (model creation/generation) for inbound/outbound/production material staging/shipment

ü  Interface design for synchronous and asynchronous communication with MES systems as per shop floor requirements and driving inbound & outbound communication methods by brainstorming with middleware and MES team

ü  Preparation of interface mapping document for seamless integration

ü  Preparation of Functional specifications with test scenarios/error handling and working with development team to implement the design

ü  Custom logic of delivery distribution for specific delivery type level and updating of delivery in ECC in ‘distributed’ status with respect to change made in EWM

ü  Handled COGI entries in EWM in line with ECC functionalities by developing customized process leveraging EWM to IM adhoc document flow

ü  Leading preparation of test scenarios and test scripts development

ü  Leading change management process and associated end user training

 

EWM – Service pack/Stack upgrade

 

          Worked with SAP to arrive at functional need for the upgrade to address post

Implementation glitches

          Business case preparation and budgeting and presentation of the need to

           Secure project funding

          Impact analysis of existing landscape including connected ECC system

          Scoping of testing requirements and execution planning

 

IBP Training

 

          Getting trained into all modules of IBP 17.09 to keep abreast with new supply

Chain offerings of SAP 

 

APO – Global Available to Promise implementation

 

ü  Being a new functionality for existing landscape, performed extensive workshops with business for requirement gathering

ü  Convinced business stakeholders by setting correct expectations regarding GATP features and  achieving diverse business requirements in hand with only APO Demand Planning instance being available

ü  Complete Core Interface set up for the between ECC & APO and associated Integration model set up for master & transactional data

ü  Well versed with customizing settings for ATP in ECC (Requirement class/type), Sales order type configuration for integration with RBA

ü  End to end customizing in APO for GATP (Check Mode & Control, scope of check etc.), Master data for Product Allocation (MPOS, PA, PAG, PAO)

ü  Various aspects of Rule Maintenance and Rule Determination

ü  Advanced calling of Production from ATP check and ATP tree functionalities

ü  Aware of functionalities and configurations of CTP and MLTP

ü  Backorder processing (BOP) functionalities of GATP and EDQA

ü  Conversant with Multi-Item Single Delivery (MISL) as well as Product Interchangeability

ü  Conversant with Configurable Process Scheduling (CPS) 

ü  Executed complex Proof of Concepts for complex scenarios in line with requirements to demonstrate standard GATP functionalities for a Sales order across ECC-APO. Following scenario demonstrated:

 

a. Standard GATP process process 

b. Standard Multi-level ATP process

c. Standard Product allocation and integration of APO Demand

    Planning for Forecast based allocation

d. Rule based ATP

e. Combination of Allocation in MLTP as well as in Rule based scenario

f. Combination of MLTP with Rule based scenario

 

ü  Presently blueprinting has got completed and final consensus going on key-decisions with different business stakeholders and realization is supposed to get started from August 2016

 

Implementation SAP Variant Configuration template

 

Implementation of SAP VC template for existing SAP instance where Sales order configuration happens outside SAP in a non-SAP software. Due to low volume of business for the product line and hence associated less budget for the initiative the requirement was to enable configuration flow from non-SAP to SAP in a cost effective manner. 

 

Activity performed:

 

ü  New interface conceptualized to bring configuration from non-SAP legacy system to SAP through EI infrastructure. However the design involved development of new interface and hence was not viable with respect to budgetary constraints.

ü  Unique design conceptualized detailed below….

a. Developed a string with all characteristics values concatenated

b. Transfer of the string through workflow/e-mail to SAP users.

c. Developed smart out of the box design to populate the individual

    characteristic value by splitting that string

d. The logic has validation of characteristics value in build in the ABAP

    Function module with logic to check each character length to infer that

    string length to correct characteristic.

e. The design can introduce VC functionalities for any business/ product line

    and maintenance-free and cost effective.

 

Implementation Product Cost Collector for grouped Production order scenario

 

Supported introduction of Product Cost collector for manufacturing for replacement of order based costing. This was done to improve settlement process under combined production order scenario using Sap IS-Mill functionality. The need to group the production orders for multiple deliveries items for transportation optimization and maintaining sequence of manufacturing in line with delivery priority/ship-to location. Grouping of production in AS-IS process was done through activation of IS-Mill functionality. This was grouping of all child production orders under one umbrella production order. Due to inherent nature of this design all nested production orders cost was getting settled to header during settlement and since the number of nested child orders are very large, so the settlement use to take many hours and was not acceptable to business

 

Activity performed:

 

 

ü  Grouping of Production order conceptualized through Document Management System through ‘object linking’ for Document Info Record with Production order. This is standard SAP functionality which is capable of creating soft grouping of orders

ü  Delivery reference for the corresponding Production orders were achieved through classification (object linking class)

ü  New order type conceptualized with Product Cost collector as settlement object

ü  Configured error message to stop creation of Production order in case a material does not have the PCC already created

 

General responsibilities

 

ü  Resolving live production issues as L3 support for SAP EWM, Production Planning, Variant configuration APO Demand Planning

ü  As part of enterprise COE team, front ending in strategic business initiatives like S4 HANA adoption into existing business and impact / benefit analysis along with timeline.

ü  As SME, representing JCI on S4 adoption program in EWM and overall supply chain space with SAP and other partners  

ü  Participated in evaluation activities of new software solutions offerings from different vendors e.g. testing software Tricentis from Wipro

ü  Requirement gathering from business about diversified needs across multiple line of businesses including new acquisitions, divestiture and process improvement ideas through discrete projects

ü  Continuously discuss with business partners to complete the fit-gap analysis and explain them with pros & cons of requirement in line with organizations future roadmap.

ü  Presentation of the agreed upon solution to demand council along with the sponsor to ensure approval of the requirement

ü  Leading solution for end to end business requirements and proof of concept through subject matter expertise and integration knowledge across supply chain areas

ü  Preparation of cost estimation of the solution by working with relevant teams like Project Execution, Technical services (ABAP/EI/PI), Testing COE, Security, Knowledge Management and Operations

ü  Preparation of High Level Design Document covering detailed milestone planning of project phases and cost estimate

ü  Presenting the final design including the cost to get business approval to initiate solution implementation process.

ü  Conducting weekly cadence meetings as integration lead with different COE process pillars to discuss project updates, process adherence, upcoming pipeline works and on time mitigation of risks & issues for seamless process governance

 

Achievements:

 

ü  Received IT Spotlight award for resolving age-old issues of inventory

Inaccuracy for palletized inventory

ü  Received merit award for consistent contributions from JCI IT COE leadership

ü  Established myself as the go-to person through expertise and hard work for IT leadership and plant’s team

 

 

 

 

Organization: IBM India Pvt Limited

 

Client: Caterpillar Inc at Peoria, IL                                 Period: Oct’12 – Jan’15      

 

Role: SAP PP-VC-APO Lead

 

In this role, executed responsibilities to provide his SAP expertise in Production Planning, Variant Configuration, Advanced Planning & Optimization and integration knowledge in SD, MM, IM and Product costing. Here are the duties he had performed as a part the role:

 

ü  Got detailed experience in large, multi-country global end to end SAP implementation project covering requirement gathering, Gap analysis, Realization, Unit & Integration and Regression testing, Cut over activities, Go-live and hyper care support. This has given him in depth hands on experience to complete development life cycle of a software development.

 

ü  Acted as supply chain lead for Process Integration across multiple teams to address complex SAP software design issues cutting across multiple SAP business processes and ensured reliable, quality solution in line with the SAP template design with minimum downtime.

 

ü  Facilitated many design discussions and conducted brainstorming sessions across different functional areas and drove the decision making processes.

 

ü  Prepared Proof of Concept (POC) documents for new business requirements and prototyped the same in the system to address business needs e.g. characteristic value flow in multilevel super BOM, consistency check in nested configuration, demand shift for components of phantom assembly, MRP design to address scheduling of planned orders as per daily production capacity

 

ü  Development of product specifications for VC objects from client own legacy systems and configuration of the same through VC master data and transfer of the same master data across different clients (quality, pre-production) for integration & regression testing to ensure compliance throughout end to end supply chain and order management process

 

ü  Architected VC design for Nested Configurable materials in interplant and intercompany scenario and also develop Material Variant process flow for the client by working with experts from renowned Configuration Work Groups (CWG) where I am member since 2007

 

ü  Contributed to site readiness, deployment, functionality releases and resolved critical business issues for live production system pertaining to SAP VC objects across associated areas of Production Planning, Sales & Distribution, Product Costing and Engineering Change management

 

ü  Resolved critical  Production Planning issues with integration with  other supply chain areas like APO, Material Management, Quality Management and Engineering Change Management 

 

ü  Got detailed exposure for traceability through Serial number functionalities

 

ü  Deepened expertise in handling Core interface issues between APO & ECC

 

ü  Evaluation of engineering change to determine impact on SAP Master data and related business processes and resolved complex issues

 

ü  Created functional designs for enhancements of existing SAP functionalities for interim releases. Configured system enhancements and tested system configuration.

 

ü  Led end to end enhancement with capturing of requirement, effort estimation through designated template, requirement gathering, solution design, prototyping, testing and implementation of the same.

 

ü  Participated as COE member to define strategy for root cause analysis for critical & high priority production issues in order to eliminate recurrence of them.  

 

ü  Handled Incident & Change management process as Team Lead for ticketing tool Remedy and demonstrated expertise for transport management process for break-fix & configuration changes ensuring SOx compliance 

 

ü  Providing coordination & subject matter assistance to offshore team in India & Mexico in resolving techno-functional problems and handling difficult situations with business users

 

ü  Applied Project Management tools and techniques to manage escalations from client leadership and business users and worked as coordinator with IBM team to address the requirement resulting satisfied customer

 

ü  Development of end user training document and system check out template for disaster mitigation & planned outage testing

 

Achievements:

 

ü  Received Eminence & Excellence in IBM as Top Contributor award for 2013 for consistent performance

 

ü  Received prestigious Beacon award in 2012 in IBM for contribution to the client and IBM’s success

 

ü  Developed detailed knowledge of SAP Sales & Distribution module touching upon all critical functionalities like Pricing, Availability check and end to end business process flow

 

ü  Got exposure to niche APO Model Mix Planning and related master data like iPPE, Restrictions and also in MMP Planning & Sequencing process

 

ü  Developed unique re-usable estimation template for remote functional configuration for new plants coming in SAP scope and related questionnaire template to collect relevant information. It can be used for global roll out to deploy SAP configuration in quick & cost effective manner through remote offshore team from any geography

 

 

Client : Caterpillar Inc at Kolkata, India               Period : Nov’11 – Sept 2012       

 

Role: Project Manager

 

Responsibilities:  

 

ü  Responsible for managing the on time resolution of business issues for US based AMS project with a team spread across US, India and Mexico

 

ü  Conversant with Agile and Scrum methodologies

 

ü  Tracking of deliverables, monitoring of incidents from creation to closure, schedule adherence as well as ownership of resolution quality for the team.

 

ü  Managed project financial and achieved profitability maintaining schedule adherence

 

ü  Developed re-usable project governance dashboard for status reporting to key IBM & client stakeholders and presentation skill to articulate the right message to relevant parties in timely manner  

 

ü  Promoted documentation of SAP Software programs within his team and successfully captured business process details and related software design in Application Information Documents (AID) which served as knowledge transfer documents for the team and client

 

ü  Provided SME leadership and SAP ERP expertise to process integration and overall design and collaborated with other process managers and COE counterparts to deliver optimum solution as per SAP best practices

 

ü  Identified required skill set and ensured on-budget staffing for successful delivery and also maintained team moral

 

Achievements:

 

ü  Received Lean Gold Mentor Badge for playing the role of  Value Stream Owner (VSO) for implementation the Lean methodology in the account

 

ü  Demonstrated capability to manage a large team of consultants with diverse skill and experience across multiple geographies and achieved rating ‘A’ in project management review within IBM

 

ü  Showed flexibility to play dual role of Project Manager and functional SME simultaneously for the need of business and executed both responsibilities successfully

 

ü  Cross skilled team members by conducting functional training in SAP PP and VC to support project need and developed competency for IBM

 

 

Client: Caterpillar Inc. at Kolkata, India                      Period: Oct’09 – Oct’11        

 

Role: Project Lead SAP PP-VC

 

 

Responsibilities: 

 

ü  Provided consultation to business customers on solution to critical SAP design issues and thereby ensured business continuity with minimum downtime

 

ü  Ensured adherence to the Service Level Agreement for self and the team for issue resolution as per predefined contract with client and demonstrated confidence and credibility to manage multiple deliverables simultaneously

ü  Demonstrated skill in SAP Production to Delivery under make to stock, make to order and engineer to order scenarios as well as in the integration areas with SAP Quality Management, Procure to Pay, Order Management, Record to Report and Inventory management

 

ü  Participated in SAP process design for Finish to Order, NPI (New Product Introduction) and demonstrated skills across multiple process areas like Production planning, Variant configuration, Project System, Procure to Pay, Order Management

 

ü  Developed configurable objects for clients ensuring business rules through object dependencies and interface design for customer facing interface. For this led the team in preparation of SAP VC master data like characteristics, configuration profile, supper BOM & Routing and ensured IPC compatibility through Knowledge base and Run time objects.  

 

ü  As a COE team member he was involved in development of estimation model for SAP enhancement framework and associated cost benefit analysis

 

ü  He consulted with internal & external teams to capture data points for recurring SAP software issues and proactively evaluated the information and modified many existing specifications in SAP Plan to Delivery and associated supply chain areas to ensure performance improvements and long term solution to customer problems. He has initiated capturing these data in IBM software tool ‘Catapult’ which was proved very productive.

 

ü  Developed strong negotiation skill and effectively demonstrated that in difficult situations with internal & external customers to arrive at agreed upon solution.

 

ü  Worked extensively in ECC to legacy interface issues e.g. Siemens Team Center (Visual Process Planning)

 

ü  Deepened knowledge in Incident & Change Management process in production support environment and received detailed exposure to ticketing tool