Shankar Sampangi

  • SAP Project Co-ordinator
  • New York City, NY
  • Member Since Apr 29, 2023

Candidates About

 

Shankar Sampangi 

SAP Certified Technical Consultant with 13+ years of experience in SAP Implementation, Support and Enhancement projects. SAP experience includes RICEFW objects Development, Testing, Integration Testing, End User Training, Documentation, Quality Compliance of Deliverables and Post GO Live Support. SAP expertise includes Good understanding of SAP R/3 Business Framework Architecture, extensive knowledge in ABAP/4, ALE/EDI, IDoc, design and development of Workflow. Creation of RFP’s.

                                                        

4.2 Years of Experience as Sales Executive for Manufacturing Industries Consumables (Metal Cutting tools & Coolant), supplied to heavy machineries, automotive spare parts manufacturing companies in Government and Private Sectors. Activities involved - Collecting Orders and payments from customers, planning materials for stock (Fast moving), Creation of Purchase Requisitions, and dispatching, delivery of materials to Customers and Billing.

Experience Summary

·         Total Experience 17+ Years, Relevant Experience 13+ Years.

·         Working as SAP ABAP Technical consultant with L&T InfoTech Los Angeles till date.

·         Worked as Senior SAP ABAP Technical Consultant with Accenture Services Pvt Ltd Bangalore from May 2007 to Nov 2007.

·         Worked as SAP ABAP Technical Consultant with TCS Bangalore from Oct 2006 to April 2007

·         Worked as SAP ABAP Technical Consultant with BearingPoint Chennai from Jan 2005 to Sep 2006

·         Worked as SAP ABAP Technical Consultant with Whirlpool Bangalore from Aug 2003 to Dec 2004.

·         Worked as Sales Executive with Maksel Engineers Pvt Ltd Hyderabad from June 1995 to Aug 1999.

 

SAP ABAP Experience

·         Experience in 2 Production Support & Maintenance project and 7 End-to-End Implementation projects

& 1 upgrade project

·         Technical Expertise includes ABAP/4, ALE, IDoc, CRM ABAP, design and development of Workflow

·         Design and development of Interfaces for middle wares – XI/Tibco/Seeburger for Web Portals/third party softwares.

·         Good Functional Knowledge in Business Process areas like OTC, P2P, MTO, RMA  and MTI for Manufacturing, Retail and FMCG industries

·         Good Understanding of SAP GTS module Export Regulations

·         Good understanding and work experience in Ortec Leo application for Logistics execution

·         Attended Functional Training on SAP EHS, Good Knowledge of SAP EHS

·         Good understanding and experience in developing RICEFW objects for SD, MM, FI, CO-PA, QM, WM, SCM, GATP, SAP EHS, SAP GTS, Vistex-IP and Ortec Leo.

·         Good working experience with Enhancements and Copy Control Routines and BTE’s in SD, MM and FI

·         Good Experience in Preparing Technical Specifications, Development and Unit Testing of RICEFW objects

·         Experience as Control M team member for Monitoring Background jobs, RFC’s, IDoc’s, Express update termination errors etc and intimating the right persons.

·         SAP Versions Experience - ECC 6.0, ECC 5.0, 4.7 Enterprise edition and 4.6c

·         Niche Skills Vistex, SAP GATP and SAP GTS.

·         Knowledgeable in usage of Ticketing tools Remedy and Peregrine and Client specific tools for logging in problem Tickets

·         Excellent communication, Problem solving and Analytical skills

·         Training provided for the team & Fresh Trainees over ABAP, Adobe forms and Workflow.

·         Contribution for Reusable Objects repository

·         Suggesting strategies for Efficient cutover activities

·         Work experience in different time zones across globe for different locations

 

 

 

 

Project – 1

GE Water                                                                                                                     Feb 2017 – till date

Project:                    SAP ARTS support & maintenance

Role:                         SAP Project Co-ordinator

Environment:            SAP ECC 6.0, EPC, PI, BW

Tools used:                Service now, Snap logic.

 

Company profile:    GE Water is a leading technology provider for water management. GE Water has 50,000 customers in 130 Countries with 75000 employees around the world.

 

Project Profile: SAP ECC 6.0 support/enhancement/upgrade

 

Responsibilities:

·         Understanding business processes, system landscape, IT Infrastructure, User base by business

·         Suggest improvements in Business processes, create change requests to fulfill if any gaps identified

·         Understand Business issues reported by users, communicate the issue and resolution to offshore Functional/Technical team.

·         Set priorities for the reported issues/deliverables

·         Suggest SAP system and data related security issues

·         Communicate with third party Logistics companies for any SCM issues/enhancements

 

 

Project – 2

Johnson Controls Inc                                                                                                 Dec 2016 – Jan 2017

Project:                    SAP EHP7 SP5 upgrade

Role:                         SAP Project Co-ordinator

Environment:            SAP ECC 6.0, PI, BI-HANA

Tools used:                Service now.

 

Company profile:    Johnson Controls Inc is an American multinational conglomerate producing  automotive parts such as batteries and electronics and HVAC equipment for buildings, is one of the fortune 500 companies.

 

Project Profile: Upgradation of SAP ECC 6.0 from EHP4 SP10 to EHP7 SP5 to enable GST implementation

 

Responsibilities:

·         Adjustments of standard SAP objects in SPDD & SPAU transactions

·         Adjustment of impacted custom objects, lock and release Identify impacted custom objects.

·         Move transport of copies across systems in parallel landscape

·         Functional Testing and UAT

 

Project – 3

Paramount Pictures                                                                                                   Aug 2013 – Nov 2016

 

Project:                    Paramount Studios & Overseas Theatrical – SAP ECC 6.0, GTS, Vistex Implementation

Role:                         SAP ABAP Team Lead for End-to-End Implementation, Cutover and Hypercare

Environment:            SAP ECC 6.0, GTS 10.0, BI 7.0, SAP Solution Manager and Vistex-IA

Tools used:                Informatica, Open text, Midas, FIS, PRISM, Invoice Works, PIM.

 

Company profile:    Paramount Pictures Corporation is a U.S. media conglomerate of Viacom. Paramount pictures is one of the largest film and television production/distribution studios.

 

Project Profile: The scope of this project includes implementation of SAP ECC, GTS & Vistex-IA for Paramount Studios business and Paramount International Theatrical business

 

Responsibilities:

·         Developed objects for enabling PO approvals using mobile devices, PO approval workitems triggered via workflows

·         Enhanced ME21n and ME22n to populate default delivery date and prompt user to change delivery date manually before saving the PO

·         Integrated SAP with Opentext to display scanned attachments of Vendor Invoices in FI transactions that are stored in Opentext

·         Applied OSS note for disabling Hierarchical Access Functionality for pricing

·         Developed Report using SALV classes in Vistex-IA module for sales rep Incentives, and Customer rebates

·         Configured Number Ranges for IP documents, Account assignment types in Vistex

·         Developed Shippers Export declaration form in SAP  GTS  system for Customs clearance using Adobe

·         Enhanced Sales Order User exit to put custom Block by checking address of the Sold-To-Party against SPL in GTS system

·         Enhanced Sales Order additional data tab to hold Customs document details generated in GTS system

·         Developed a report in GTS to display BP master, roles and assignment to FTO and Legal Unit.

·         Developed a report to display Business transactions and  LOC(Letter Of Credit) assignment

 

Project – 2

Paramount Pictures                                                                                                  Oct 2012 – July 2013

 

Project:                    Paramount Universal Logistics – SAP ECC 6.0, GTS 10.0 Implementation

Role:                         SAP ABAP Team Lead for End-to-End Implementation, Cutover and Hypercare

Environment:            SAP ECC 6.0, GTS 10.0, BI 7.0, SAP Solution Manager

Tools used:                Informatica, Open text, Midas, FIS, PRISM, Invoice Works, PIM.

 

Company profile:    Paramount Pictures Corporation is a U.S. media conglomerate of Viacom. Paramount pictures is one of the largest film and television production/distribution studios.

 

Project Profile: The scope of this project includes implementation of SAP ECC 6.0 for Paramount Pictures Logistics by Universal Studios

 

Responsibilities:

·         Developed an Interface to reconcile distributor collection data territories wise

·         Developed Liquidation Report

·         Developed upside down calculation report for inventory handling

·         Team member for configuring SABRIX

·         Developed objects for SABRIX integration for Tax calculations using User exits and Badis

·         Developed an interface to send Vendor Payment feed to epayment services system – SUNGUARD

·         Developed a Report in GTS to display Customs duty rates per country and product classification.

·         Developed Interface to GTS to update delta Sanctioned Party list on daily basis using RFC from ECC

 

Project – 3

Ingram Micro                                                                                                             May 2011 – Sep 2012

 

Project:                    Ingram Micro PCG – SAP ECC 6.0, Ortec Leo and Vistex Implementation

Role:                         SAP ABAP Team Lead for SAP and Vistex data exchange via EDI and XML

Environment:            SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, BI 7.0, SAP CRM and SAP SRM, SAP Solution Manager and Vistex-IP

Tools used:                Tibco and Seeburger (EDI, Genesis).

 

Company profile:    Ingram Micro, USA world’s largest Technology Distributor & a leading Technology Sales, Marketing & Logistics Company. Ingram Micro is a fortune 100 Company which distributes and markets IT products from Computer Hardwares, Networking Equipments and Softwares.

 

Project Profile: The scope of this project includes Implementation of  EDI-IDoc and XML-IDoc interfaces.

 

Responsibilities:

·         Created Custom output type, configured and Enhanced standard SAP Messaging Control to trigger outbound idoc based on condition record created for combination of Header and Line item data

·         Enhanced SAP for FATCAT(Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act)

·         Enhanced Vendor Master to store/populate/capture FATCA details via ME21n/ME22n and ME23n

·         Enhanced outbound ASN for Logistics customers to provide Shipment, Transporting unit details determined by Leo to help customers during goods receipt

·         Enhanced Idoc type CREMAS05 for additional fileds of FATCA during Inbound and Outbound processing of Vendor Master

·         Created and configured Custom message types/Idoc types for IP-Chargeback documents

 

Project - 4

Ingram Micro                                                                                                           May 2009 – April 2011

 

Project:                    Ingram Micro – SAP ECC 6.0, GTS 10.0, Ortec Leo and Vistex Implementation

Role:                         SAP Technical Consultant for End-to-End Implementation, cutover and Hypercare

Environment:            SAP ECC 6.0, GTS 10.0, BI 7.0, CRM, SRM, Solution Manager and Vistex-IP

Tools used:               Impulse, IST, Open Text, Tibco, Seeburger, Remedy and Share point

 

Company profile:    Ingram Micro, USA world’s largest Technology Distributor & a leading Technology Sales, Marketing & Logistics Company. Ingram Micro is a fortune 100 Company which distributes and markets IT products from Computer Hardwares, Networking Equipments and Softwares.

 

Project Profile: The scope of this project includes Implementation of SAP ECC 6.0, GTS 10.0, BI 7.0, SAP CRM, SAP SCM, SAP SRM, SAP GATP and Vistex-IP

 

Responsibilities:

·         Enhanced VA01/VA02/VL01/VL02 Transactions to put Blocks based on custom logic using exits

·         Involved in Integration of IST tool with SAP to search for End User information while creation/Change of sales order

·         Extended outbound Purchase Order Idoc to capture End User data for Licensing Material in Third party Scenario

·         Created Call transaction BDC for XK02 to upload Geo co-ordinates and Parameterization data in Leo additional data tab

·         Developed smartforms using Leo data for pallet labels printing with barcodes, content information and pallet safety handling instructions

·         Developed a report for Leo Routing to display the ship orders, Transporting units, delivery stops, Mileage and space utilization

·         Developed a report to update Moving Average price on daily basis using MR21 as required for claim processing by Vistex

·         Upload PIR Create/Change using call Transaction ME11/ME12

·         Enhanced PGI process to create PO for Vendor in Third Party Scenario

·         Developed a report to display return material details for RMA process

·         Enhanced Customer master creation to cross check customer country with US Embargo list in GTS

·         Developed a Report in GTS system to Check for Export/Import Licenses validity dates for the Product Master

 

 

Project - 5

L&T Electrical & Electronics Division (EBG)                                                              Jan 2008 – April 2009

 

Project:                    Anant – SAP ECC 6.0 Implementation

Role:                         SAP ABAP/Workflow Consultant for End-to-End Implementation                               

Environment:            SAP R/3 ECC 6.0 and BI 7.0.

 

Company profile:    L&T Electrical & Electronics Division (EBG) is a part of Larsen & Toubro, one of Asia’s largest engineering & construction conglomerate. EBG’s business includes manufacturing and worldwide sales of Switchgear, Metering & Protection Systems, Medical Equipment, Petroleum Dispensing Pumps and Control & Automation.

 

Project Profile: The scope of this project included implementation of ECC 6.0 along with CRM 5.0 and BI 7.0 in 8 Strategic Business Units in the EBG Division.

 

Responsibilities:

·         Developed dynamic alv report for workflow to show approver at each level with provision to retrigger the workflow

·         Enhanced Workflow for Park and Post Journal Entries

·         Developed mass GR upload tool using ALV oops with provision of editing the data

·         Enhanced Selection Screen, Code and Output of standard report MB51

·         Used BTE’s, FI Validations and Substitutions to park and post Accounting Documents

·         Enabled/Disabled post pushbutton in FB03 using BTE

·         Developed Interfaces in SAP by Copying and Modifing standard report program for posting electronic bank statements with ACH, SWIFT and BAI formats

·         Developed Vendor Tax Reporting for Auditing

 

Project - 6

TIMKEN                                                                                                                      May 2007 – Nov 2007

 

Project:                    TIMKEN – SAP ECC 5.0 Rollout

Role:                         SAP ABAP Consultant at Onsite responsible for rollout of SAP R/3 ECC 5.0 for China

SAP Version:             SAP R/3 ECC 5.0 and XI

 

Company profile:   Timken is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of highly engineered anti-friction bearings, alloy steel and components and related products, service. Timken has operations in 26 countries on six continents, with a team of 25000 employees.

 

Project Profile: The scope of this project included implementation of ECC 5.0.

 

Responsibilities:

·         Understanding of Functional design and preparing Technical designs and Unit test cases

·         Developed Interface for Creating Quotation from Inquiry and sending the details to Portal

·         Developed Interface for creating Sales Order from data received from Portal

·         Developed Interface using XI for Integrating legacy system ADS with SAP for booking Man hours punched on the shop floor

·         Code review and  Documentation at each stage of Object Life cycle

·         Attending Functional Acceptance tests with Client and getting the Objects Sign off.

 

 

Project - 7

BEMIS                                                                                                                       Oct 2006 – April 2007

 

Project:                    BEMIS – SAP R/3 4.7 Enterprise Edition Implementation

Role:                         SAP ABAP Consultant involved in End-to-End Implementation of SAP R/3

SAP Version:             SAP R/3 Enterprise Edition 4.7

 

 

Company profile:   Bemis Company, Inc. is the largest flexible packaging manufacturing company in U.S.A and a major manufacturer of pressure sensitive materials used in industries including graphic arts, digital imaging, assembly engineering, communications and medical ever since it was found in 1858.

 

Project Profile: The scope of this project includes implementation of SAP R/3 Enterprise Edition 4.7

 

Responsibilities:

·         Developed 1042s Tax forms for US using Adobe

·         Developed Resale Certificates using smartforms for different states in US as per respective state Laws

·         Developed Interface for reporting Independent Contractor details to US Federal Government

·         Copied and Modified standard PO scripts as per business requirements

 

Project - 8

Burger king (BK)                                                                                                        Jan 2005 – Sep 2006

 

Project:                    Burger King – SAP R/3 Enterprise Edition 4.7 Implementation

Role:                         SAP ABAP Consultant involved in End-to-End Implementation of SAP R/3

SAP Version:             SAP R/3 Enterprise Edition 4.7

 

Company profile:    Burger King is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Burger King operates in more than 11,550 outlets in 71 countries among which 66% of the outlets are in USA, and 90% of the outlets are privately owned and operated.

 

Project Profile: The scope of this project included implementation SAP R/3 Enterprise Edition 4.7

 

Responsibilities:

·         Preparing Technical designs from given Functional Specifications

·         Coding and development of RICEFW objects as per company standards in SD and MM modules

·         Modifying Standard SAP Script Layouts and Print Programs

·         Configuring Partner profiles, RFC destinations, and IDoc’s for data communication

·         Involved in development of Interfaces using BDC for creating Master data.

·         Translated Custom report to French and Spanish

·         Created GR/IR Aging reports to send reminder notification to concerned business users and their immediate supervisors

·         Developed an interface for calculation and posting of the Journal Entry for Obsolescence Accruals

·         Copied and modified standard print program of  F104 to convert SAP Script to PDF and mail

·         Uploading of Accounting tables data to Auditor’s shared folder services

 

 

Project - 9

Whirlpool                                                                                                                  Aug 2003 – Dec 2004

 

Project:                    Whirlpool – SAP R/3 4.6c

Role:                         SAP ABAP Consultant responsible for Application Support and System Enhancements 

SAP Version:             SAP R/3 Version 4.6c

 

Company profile:   Whirlpool emerged as global leader in 1980’s is the manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances. Acquisitions and merging of Kelvinator and TVS made Whirlpool leader in Indian Home Appliances. Whirlpool has manufacturing operations in 13 countries and markets 11 major brands across 170 countries worldwide.

 

Project Profile: The scope of this project included Application support for SAP R/3 4.6c

 

Bug fixes

·         Fixed bug in Warehouse management reports to display correct quantities in stock, in transit considering the returned quantities and movement types

·         Fixed bug in Call Transaction BDC not to overwrite with SPACE if fields are sent with blank data

·         Fixed bug in Custom Sales Order script to display correct discount price, freight, Tax and Totals

·         Enhanced existing Custom reports with extra columns to be displayed in output

·         Fixed bug in user exit of FBL5N to display correct output

·         Enhanced Application log view report with extra fields to be displayed in output

·         Added selection screen parameters in ALV header to know on what parameters each spool was generated

 

Education                                                                                                                                                  

·         Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering

·         University - JNTU