Candidates About

Sahil Purushan

SAP EWM Functional Consultant           

SUMMARY

• SAP Consultant with over 10 years of extensive experience in EWM/WM/MM /SRM modules with multiple full life cycle implementations and two support projects in EWM and multiple implementations in Procure to pay.
• Expertise in multiple industry domains that include Manufacturing, Public Sector, Pharmaceutical, Consumer goods and Utilities across all the verticals
• Specialized expertise in methodologies including Business Gap analysis, Business Blue Print, Realization, Final preparation, Go-Live and Post-Live Production support.
• EWM expertise: Inbound processing, Outbound processing, Posting changes, Stock transfer, Physical Inventory process, Cross docking (CD), Batch Management and Retail business  includes article master and Good Knowledge of Store replenishment process
• Experience in setting up Yard management, Labor management, Wave management, Configuring PP-EWM production supply, Value Added Services (VAS) like Kitting Process: Kit to order and Kit to Stock
• Configured complex warehouse using Process oriented storage control (POSC) and Layout oriented storage process (LOSC) for Inbound and Outbound processing                            
• Skilled  in RF applications with SAP Console and ITS Mobile applications, RICEF, cockpits and complex reports for streamlining the works and managing subsequent activities smoothly to provide tailored solutions as per customer requirements
• S/4 HANA: Trained in EWM embedded S/4 HANA 1610 and possess a sound knowledge in configuration and UI application in S/4.
• MM Expertise: Highly skilled in various Material Management processes like Purchasing and Procurement, Inventory management, Invoice Processing and verification, Account Payable (AP), and Release strategy
• SRM Expertise: SRM 7 Certified consultant with Very good functional and practical knowledge on SRM especially in the areas like Self Service Procurement for Shopping Cart, Confirmation or Service entry sheet, GR and Invoice, Sourcing, Strategic Purchasing, etc.
• Expertise in PP/SD: MRP, Production /Process order, BOM, Shipment & Routes
• Extensively worked on New Enhancement Framework, User Exits, Modification Overview and BADIs. Well experienced in Developing Smart Forms and object oriented programming (OOPS)
• Excellent work experience on Release Procedure, price determination process, valuation and automatic account assignment, Organization Management and Data Migration/Data Conversion Using LSMW, ABAP Query & ABAP Debugging
• Conducted trainings using various methods like webinars, onsite and classroom presentation during realization, cutover and after go live support for business & super users and induction trainings for new resource
• Demonstrated efficient leadership skills with interpersonal skills, self-motivation, quick learning, and a best team player to work with indirect supervision

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor of Engineering, VTU.India.

• SAP Extended Warehouse Management by SAP Labs
• SAP EWM 100
• SAP EWM110
• SAP EWM 120
• SAP SRM technical and Functional.
• 3-months full time ABAP training
• SAP Material management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Client:    Revlon Consumer Products.  Oxford NC

Environment: ECC 6.0 & EWM 9.2         

Type:      Development                                                            

Tenure:  February 2017 – November 2017

Responsibilities:

• Prototype the business scenarios in EWM Box to understand the system from the decision-making perspective
• Worked with the Infrastructure team to provide the high-level estimates on IT & Infrastructure Requirements and Business teams to segregate must have and nice to have requirements.
• Worked on advanced  production integration with process order for material staging and GR-from Production inbound delivery
• Worked on PMR for material staging for Crate parts/Bulk order staging
• Worked on Make to ship and Make to stock process
• Set up Inbound process for vendor orders and Intercompany transfer
• Extensively involved in Key User, Super User and End User trainings and training documentation
• Created a mock warehouse to train users on how to use Hand held technology when performing tasks involving the receiving process and put away/picking. Trained users in the basic RF skills required to execute SAP EWM transactions in a managed warehouse facility. Also assisted in training warehouse staff and business individuals in the basic skills involved in the use of SAP EWM.
• Involved in all stages of Testing, String Testing, Dry Run , Functional testing, regression testing, and integration testing, and User Acceptance  Testing (UAT)

Client:    PACCAR Inc.  Renton WA

Environment: ECC 6.0 & EWM 9.2         

Type:      Development                                                            

Tenure:  February 2016 – January 2017

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the client's business process requirements and the AS-IS situation of the business process. Mapping the business process in line with the SAP functionality and preparation of business blueprint.
• Worked with both technical and business team members to determine data defaults and standards, building data migration templates in Excel, loading and formatting the data into the Excel data templates, data cleansing, loading the master data into SAP EWM using data loading tools.
• Involved in end to end configurations from ECC to EWM system. Established WH Organization structure, replication of product master data and transaction data to EWM
• Designed and mapped complex warehouse process (POSC) with VAS, deconsolidation, Quality inspection and counting.
• Set up the wave templates for outbound deliveries release and yard management for shipment.
• Extensively involved in Packaging Specifications, Replenishment and Warehouse Activity Monitor. WPT, Warehouse orders, Warehouse Task, HU, etc.
• Configured ERP-EWM (LE-TRA) for outbound shipment and yard management for TU/vehicular movements
• Mobile data Entry, RF screen modifications, Resource Management, and Post Processing framework (PPF)
• Configured Physical inventory (PI) for low stock check and ad-hoc inventory

• Development, unit testing and integration testing for the following key RF Framework transactions :

Ø  Cross Docking based on the vendor and products

Ø  GR By warehouse door-Default delivery search days and select the TU for the door. Handling Unit created in back ground with default packaging material

Ø  Configured the PPF action for the inbound delivery print

Ø  Developed RFC function module to get the batch details from ERP

Ø  Customized email notification from bin/pick denial

Ø  Configured the PPF action for the inbound delivery print

• Involved in designing and forming strings in warehouse test string environment and prepared test plans, which specify testing overview, testing approach, testing strategy, roles & responsibilities and scope of testing, and creation of test data for testing and uploading in to HP Quality Center.
• Data migration and correction while testing to ensure accuracy of products in EWM
• Participated in strategy and status meetings to report issues. Communicated developers, Functional consultants through all phases of testing prioritize bug resolution
• Training the users for carrying out their warehouse activities and using the warehouse monitor to view outbound and inbound transaction results.

Client:    NISSAN          Franklin TN

Environment: ECC 6.0 & WM/EWM

Type:      Support                                                        

Tenure:  May 2014 – January 2016

Responsibilities:

• Customization done for Enterprise Warehouse structure in SCM including storage type, section and bins, activity areas
• Definition of the SLA Determination Procedure for various use case scenarios
• How to set up the SLA Escalation functionality including and Description of SLA specific monitoring and reporting capabilities
• Defined Warehouse process types for various warehouse operation, configured warehouse order, warehouse task, storage type search sequence for Put away, stock removal methodology for picking
• Configured EWM triggered cross docking for opportunistic Inbound and Outbound driven process
• Creation of functional specification documents and coordination with development team to create or modify Smart forms.
• Configuration in Sales & Distribution, routes, serial numbers, etc.
• Carryout High Level Design reviews, Functional specifications documentation and prototyping,
• Defining support procedures, and implementing practical business solutions under multiple deadlines.
• Completing appropriate change management documentation and ensuring appropriate application controls and security are in place.
• Worked in small enhancements Provide on-demand project level SAP application functional support (New configuration settings mapping new business processes, Changes in configuration, addressing inter modular integration issues)
• Testing: reducing the bad fixes or incorrect transports, Aggression testing and negative testing is carried on for any of the new enhancement, developments moving to the production system to avoid bugs moving to the production system.
• Day to day support and look after issues in purchasing, inventory management, procurement, invoice verification

Client:    Bacardi Martini, Miami FL

Environment: ECC 6.0 & EWM 7.1

Type:      Support                                                        

Tenure: July 2013 – April 2014

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for successful completion of blue print document from SCM part. Studying and evaluation of possible solutions for as is processes and designing the to be processes to meet the current scenario.
• Involved in all the phases from initialization, Realization, Cutover, Go Live and Post Production Support.
• Worked on creation and updating of Master data
• Configured APO, EWM core interface (CIF) functionality to transfer master and transactional data from ECC
• Worked on creation of BOM in ECC and kit to order for Outbound process
• Worked on various storage behavior, put away rules, staging areas, warehouse doors etc
• Designed Test documentation (Test Plan, Test Case Specifications, Test Scenarios, and Procedures) for functionality testing
• Performed Unit Testing, Integration Testing, and Regression testing and assisted super user with User Acceptance Testing as part of the reporting work stream
• Worked on Slotting and rearrangement of storage bins
• Customized RF presentation profile for various resources
• Worked with Mobile data entry screens, RF customized screens and various output labels.

Client:    MRF Tyres  India

Environment: ECC 6.0 & EWM 7

Type:     Support                                                         

Tenure: January 2013 – June 2013

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Storage Bin Structure for all materials in the following areas like Template, Structure, Start Value, End Value and Increment.
• To ensure continual flawless services to all Amgen markets in Warehouse & Inventory management processes
• To provide resolutions for issues raised by warehouses in daily basis, tracking day to day issues and providing technical solutions, discussing best practices and workaround to client
• Worked on SAP Console-Verification Profiles, RF Menus, Barcode Scanning, Screen Management, RF Queue Management
• Worked on WM Movement types, Storage type search, Storage section search, Storage bin type search.
• Trained and prepared quick guide references for the end user's
• Designed the Master Data process flows and workflows for Vendor, customer and Material Master records.
• Configured Division, delivering plant, shipping plant, item category, transportation group, loading point. Worked on QM module and its integration with SAP MM and WM modules.
• Designed the PO portal with SAP interface.
• Managing the Onsite and Offshore Logistics Team

Client:   Liberty Life        Multiple locations

Environment: ECC 6.0 & SRM 7.2

Type:      Implementation                                                        

Tenure:  October 2011 – December 2012

Responsibilities:

• Key member to develop a complex workflow using process controlled workflow, which consists of dynamic workflow for cost center split scenario where we were supposed to club the accounting line item whenever a similar cost center is used for value, percentage and quantity distribution
• Led the team in SRM BRF Workflow
• Worked on supplier self-service for purchase order response and vendor replication to ROS from SRM
• Setting up the organization model, creating purchasing departments, groups and assigning users to the organization
• Conducting various workshops to the customers and end users regarding various activities related to workflow, process in SRM, e mail notifications and many others
• Worked on Aligning UOM, uploading Currency, Exchange rate and upload of payment terms from backend system
• Replicating Product (materials & service) master from ECC to SRM through Initial and delta download
• Replicating Vendor master from ECC to SRM from transaction
• Worked on project documentation and Blue print preparation using Solman Integration
• Worked on both SRM-SUS
• Integration to Ariba supplier network (ASN) and worked upstream in Ariba

Client:    SSW Toronto 

Environment: ECC 6.0 &  SRM  7.1

Type:      Implementation                                                        

Tenure:  January 2010 – September 2011

Responsibilities:         

• Acted as configuration consultant for Procure to pay and supple to order for Up/Downstream
• Worked on Technical settings include Back end system integration like Defining logical system, Define RFC user, ALE settings include Creating distribution model for message output through Idoc, Define system landscape, Define backend system for product category, etc.
• Worked closely on cross application activities include Maintaining number ranges and Transaction documents, Text schema for different purchasing documents and maintained similar document types, number ranges in the backend system

·         Worked closely on cross application activities include Maintaining number ranges and Transaction documents, Text schema for different purchasing documents and maintained similar document types, number ranges in the backend system

·         Worked on classic procurement in replication of scheduling agreements to supplier self service using PI and output determination in ECC

• Extensively involved in configuration of Material master record, vendor master record, Master Data for Vendor, Customer, Materials and Bill of Materials (BOM)
• Involved in designing partner profile in IDocs for both inbound and outbound interfaces and EDI interface for Purchase order

·         Determination of G/L accounts and valuation classes

Client:    Boehringer Ingelheim   Germany

Environment: ECC 6.0 & SRM  5.5

Type:     Implementation                                                         

Tenure: July 2007 – December 2009

Responsibilities:

• Worked on planned driven procurement.
• Worked on direct and indirect procurement, service procurement and supplier collaboration

·         Worked in small enhancements Provide on-demand project level SAP application functional support (New configuration settings mapping new business processes, Changes in configuration, Addressing inter modular integration issues)

·          Testing: reducing the bad fixes or incorrect transports, Aggression testing and negative testing is carried on for any of the new enhancement, developments moving to the production system to avoid bugs moving to the production system.

• Implemented inter-company stock transport orders to facilitate material transfer within companies and also cross-companies
• Worked on subcontracting and third party procurement