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Pothuri Chandramouli

Sr. SAP SD Consultant

SKILL HIGHLIGHTS

ERP Skills:                            SAP R/3. 4.6C. 4.7E and ECC 6.0. ERP 6.0.

Education:                   Master of Marketing Management (MMM) from Pondicherry. U, India.

Bache lor of Business Management (BBM) from A.U. India

Certifications:                    Project Management Professional from PMI, USA.

                                                PMP # 1260264

 

•         Having 12 + Years of experience in SAP SD configuration of business processes in SAP R/3. Strong experience in 2 full life cycle implementations.

•         Experienced in ASAP methodology of SAP implementations, Rollouts, Upgrade& Support projects with phases: Blue Printing, Project Preparation, Realization, Testing, and Go-Live Cutover.

•         Worked with Prestigious clients like Hubbell, Visteon Inc, Cephalon, HD Supply, Apple Inc, HBC, AstraZeneca.

•         Profound experience on SAP-SD with Basic Functions, Pricing, Sales Order Management, Integration with MM, FI, WM modules.

•         Expertise in working on ALE-IDOCS, SAP Smart Forms, and EDI setup for Sales Order Management.

•         Responsible for the changes/modifications in SAP SD module through change requests in Solman environment.

•         Experienced in configuration and maintenance of SNRO objects for SD module.

•         Experienced in SAP Customer Service (CS) with Service Processing Business Processes, Service Contracts, and Resource Related Billing (RRB)

•         Experienced in creation and controlling of Equipment Master and serial number profiles for Equipment.

•         Experienced in configuration of Variant Configuration in SD module.

•         Strong understanding about Reports, Interfaces, User Exits and Script Forms.

SAP SD Expertise

 

•         Configuration of Organizational Structure for Sales and Distribution Module.

•         Configuration of Variant Configuration.

•         Creation and maintenance of SAP Smart Forms for all Sales Output documents.

•         Experienced in SD Pricing Control by configuring the timely changes to pricing procedures and creating new pricing procedures.

•         Experienced in SAP Third Party Sales Process configuration settings and fixing all the issues in various Third-Party Order Processes.

•         Experienced in Inter Company Sales Processes by configuration of the required settings for Intercompany sales Processes.

•         Experienced in configuration of Consignment Process in Sales Order Management.

•         Worked in various industries; Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Wholesale Trading, Retail Electronics.

 

 

Yash Technologies, Wilmington, DE; US                                                                                                                               May 2017 - Present

Role:  SAP SD Consultant

 

Responsibilities:

 

• Conceptualization, designing, and implementing SAP SD module in end- to – end phase manner
• Work with Onsite and offshore team members in the projects
• Conduct SAP system performance testing to monitor SAP system
• Designing quality solutions taking into account the software design concepts, business requirements and industry best practices
• Getting trainings in SAP All-In-One tools proprietary of Yash Technologies, like ManufacturingOne, WholesaleOne, CPGOne. These all are proprietary SAP ALL-IN-ONE tools of Yash Technologies.

 

 

Client: Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, Wilmington, DE; US                                                                       July 2016 – May 2017

Role:  Sr. SAP SD Consultant

 

                Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals is currently in Business mergers and as part of it this project is for migrating Medimmune’s SAP data onto Astra Zeneca’s SAP environment. Project’s objective is to merge 3 company codes SAP data from Medimmune to existing company code in Astra Zeneca’s SAP environment. The project team used SAP’s SLO methodology for this migration project. This project is an Implementation engagement.

 

Responsibilities:

·         Working with Onsite and Offshore teams for deliverables within the promised SLAs

·         Responsible for creating Functional Specification Documents for 70 RICEF objects related to OTC business processes.

·         Responsible for Testing and verifying SLO converted Configuration data, Master data, and Transactional data for the 3 old companies merged into one new company.

·         Responsible for Creation and execution of Test scripts for all the Business processes after Data Migration done by SLO process

·         Generating module status reports for Work Stream Lead and attending calls on daily status with offshore team.

·         Responsible for Coordination with multiple non-SAP teams for system integration testing and executing the SIT and UAT plans.

·         Responsible for Coordination with SAP Americas Team in implementing System Landscape Optimizer (SLO) tool for Data Migration.

 

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, EHP 5 and with SLO tool by SAP

 

Client: Hudson Bay Corporation, St. Louis, MO; US                                                                                    May 2016 – June 2016

Role:  PMO Project Coordinator

 

Project Description:

                Hudson Bay Corporation (HBC) is currently in Business mergers and as part of it this project is for onboarding the merged company’s Order Management System (OMS) built on IBM Sterling OMS environment. Project’s objective is to onboard non-OMS system processes onto Sterling OMS of existing HBC environment. The project team used PMI’s Agile methodology for this project.

 

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for deployment of project over several releases.
• Responsible to provide detailed project scope and sizing of the projects so appropriate resources are allocated.
• Responsible for getting interlock from other project groups.
• Lead weekly status meetings with the team to monitor progress.
• Liaison to business and top management.
• Responsible for creation and changes to all SOWs related to this project

 

 

Environment: Project Management with Agile Methodology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Client: Apple Inc, Sunnyvale, CA; US                                                                                                               Sept 2014 – Feb 2016

Role:  Sr. SAP SD Consultant

 

                Apple Inc, a giant in consumer electronics industry and manufacturer of smart phones, Macintosh Laptops and Desktops. This project is SAP Application Maintenance Support engagement and the team is responsible for smooth control and maintenance of Global SAP ECC instance for World-wide Apple Business operations.

 

Responsibilities:

• Gathering requirements for all the Business Processes bug fixes and coordinating with technical team to get the changes done to the ABAP programs.
• Primary responsibility is to support all high Priority issues with P1 and P2 categories within agreed SLA with Business groups.
• Responsible for Root Cause Analysis for several business processes issues in SD.
• Developing SAP Query reports and giving SAP Query training to users
• Worked on AppleCare repair orders, Notifications, and repair related deliveries, and resource related billings.
• Experience in interface between SAP SD and non-SAP systems via ftp and RFC.
• Worked on areas like SNRO objects for extending the number ranges and creation of new number ranges.

 

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

 

Client: Apple Inc, Sunnyvale, CA; US                                                                                                               Nov 2013 – Sept 2014

Role:  Sr. SAP SD Consultant (worked in SAP Performance Testing Team)

 

                Apple Inc, a giant in consumer electronics industry and manufacturer of smart phones, Macintosh Laptops and Desktops. This project is SAP Performance Engineering Support engagement and the team is responsible for through testing of the performance of Apple’s SAP Production environment after every minor or major enhancement or upgrade to SAP system.

 

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to assess the Risk of the Performance testing for the changes to be implemented
• Identifying the baseline scenarios to be tested before the actual changes deployment
• Validation of the test system configuration used for performance testing
• Suggest the performance enhancement recommendations
• Thorough test of the stand alone objects in the performance testing lifecycle
• Provide the approval of changes that may move into production environment

 

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0

 

Client: HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, San Diego, CA; US                                                                     Nov 2011 – July 2013

Role:  Sr. SAP SD/CRM Consultant.

 

Project Description:

                HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, a giant in wholesale commercial products for housing management companies across US and Canada. This project is SAP Application Maintenance Support engagement and the team is responsible for smooth control and maintenance of NA SAP ECC instance for US Business operations.

 

Responsibilities as SD/CRM Consultant:

• Work on OTC/CRM Master Data related Production System changes.
• Responsible for 2nd level, 24-hour support, for Production issues from offshore and onsite.
• Responsible for Support of production data fixes, system analysis of issues, gathering requirements from users for any modifications of existing Business processes.
• Responsible for creating Functional Specifications for the issue under consideration & get the issue resolved with help of technical team.
• Responsible for Resolving High-priority Business issues raised in HDS Internal tool – ESMS
• Responsible for regular Master Data replications from CRM to ECC system in production systems.
• Responsible for Testing the upgraded SAP system in Dev/ Quality and Staging environment after a technical enhancement done in ECC and CRM areas.
• Testing interfaces related to OTC after EHP5 upgrade/ Power outage/ PI upgrade
• Maintain proper documentation on Knowledge repository in Solution Manager
• Sharing of Knowledge among the Team
• Worked in Change Management area of Solution Manager

 

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6.0, EHP 4

 

 

Client: Cephalon Pharmaceuticals, PA; US                                                                                                       Jan 2010 – Aug 2011

Role:  Sr. SAP SD Vistex Consultant.

 

Project Description:

                Cephalon Pharma, a biological company, subsidiary of Teva Pharma industries group based out of Pennsylvania state in US. This project is SAP Application Maintenance Support engagement delivered from offshore in India. Project team is responsible for support of SAP modules FICO, SD, MM, ABAP and Vistex.

 

Responsibilities as SD Consultant:

·         Work on OTC/Vistex related Production System changes.

·         Provide 2nd level, 24 hour support, for Production issues

·         Responsible for the changes/modifications to be done in SAP Vistex module from Functional perspective.

·         Develop Functional Specifications for the reports related to Vistex claims and settlements.

·         Worked on EDI/IDOC interface environment by supporting the conversion of inbound/outbound IDOC files to EDI subsystem

·         Maintain proper documentation on Knowledge repository

·         Sharing of Knowledge among the Team

 

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC with Vistex version 4.7 C

 

Client: Kverneland ASA, Stavanger; Norway                                                                                                April 2008 – Jan 2010

Role:  SAP Project Lead

 

Project Description:

                Kverneland, an agriculture-tool manufacturer of ploughs, based out of Stavanger city in Norway. This project is SAP Implementation engagement delivered from offshore in India. Project team is responsible for support of SAP modules FICO, SD, MM, ABAP and Basis.

 

Responsibilities as Project Lead:                                                                                                                        

• Responsible for chairing the Blueprint meetings with Business groups for SD related Business processes.
• Responsible for design and develop project planning for implementing SAP SD processes.
• Responsible for configuration of Organizational units in Sales and Distribution module.
• Responsible for configuration of various sales documents as per the Blueprint document.
• Responsible for configuration of Output determination for all types of sales outputs (order confirmation, delivery confirmation, invoice etc.)
• Responsible for full configuration of SD pricing control in the implementation.
• Responsible for Third Party Sales scenario’s related SD configurations and Inter-company sales relevant SD configurations.
• Responsible for configuration of Variant Configuration for the BOM materials for Ploughs product.
• Responsible for all SD relevant configurations finalized by Business as per Blueprint document.
• Responsible for Conducting conference calls on weekly basis between Client’s IT team and India offshore team for clarifications and project weekly update information sharing.
• Responsible for Creation and publishing of weekly metrics data and monthly metrics data.
• Responsible for Conducting Senior Management Review meeting once in a month. Preparation of MoM for the meeting.
• Preparation of Project Risk Analysis Document whenever required, and attending the Risk audit conducted by Risk Management Group of the Company.
• Conducting Project Quality Audit every month along with Project Quality Auditor.
• Maintaining the required configuration Management documents as per quality norms in a shared knowledgebase website.
• As part of Client Communications, publication of weekly efforts report to all important stakeholders in client’s IT department.
• Preparation of monthly dashboard details for discussion with client’s top management.
• Responsible for Procurement of merchandise from un-registered vendor, after making the vendor as registered in company’s procurement system.

 

Environment: SAP R/3 ERP 4.7

 

Client: Kverneland ASA, Stavanger; Norway                                                                                             Oct 2007 – April 2008

Role:  SAP SD/CRM Consultant

 

Project Description:

                Kverneland, an agriculture-tool manufacturer of ploughs, based out of Stavanger city in Norway. This project is SAP Staff Augmentation engagement where client IT management asked two of Functional consultants to work on internal projects and support activities of Kverneland SAP system from client headquarters in Norway.

 

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all the important internal SAP projects while at client place
• Worked in the SAP template project which is designed and developed to rollout the SAP system to other European based plants

·         Responsible to provide 2nd level, 24-hour support, for Production issues.

·         Maintain proper documentation on Knowledge repository

·         Sharing of Knowledge among the Team

·         Responsible for configuration of Variant Configuration by creation of characteristics, variant references, variant pricing for sale of automatic plough machines.

·         Worked on Sales and Operations Planning (SOP)

 

Environment: SAP R/3 ERP 4.7

 

Client: Visteon Inc, Van Buren Township, MI; US                                                                                       June 2005 – Sept 2007

Role:  SAP SD Consultant

 

Project Description:

                Visteon Inc, an automobile component supplier and subsidiary of Ford Motors USAA, based out of Michigan. This project is SAP Application Maintenance Support engagement delivered from offshore in India. Project team is responsible for SAP modules FICO, MM, SD, WM, Basis and ABAP.

 

 

 

 

 

Responsibilities as SD Consultant:

• I am responsible for the changes/ modification to be done in SAP SD module. I have experience in working on EDI setups and IDOC files environment.

·         Solving the EDI setups issues through creating Request for Change through change management process.

·         Resolving the end-user problems in converting the Inbound/Outbound IDOC files to EDI subsystem.

·         Resolving SD related issues in Scheduling Agreements, Output Determination, CUMS, etc by clarifying the end-user’s standard requests or through making changes/modification to the system.

• Modification of existing SD related report programs, creation of new reports as per the business user requirements.
• Responsible for resolving Business Processes issues in Third party Sales order Processes, Inter Company Order processes, and Scheduling agreements Processes.

 

Environment: SAP R/3 ERP 4.7

 

Client: Hubbell Inc, Shelton, CT; US                                                                                                                  Jan 2005 – June 2005

Role:  SAP SD Consultant

 

                Hubbell Incorporated operates manufacturing facilities in 16 countries around the world. This project is to test the newly implemented SAP processes in Business Operations of Hubbell. The project has been executed from offshore in India. The system was tested for the modules SAP SD, Asset Management, MM, WM using Test Director Testing Management tool.

 

Responsibilities as SD Consultant:

·         Worked on SAP OTC module and tested all the business scenarios using testing tools like QTP and Test Director. 

·         Test script creation and execution in QTP

·         Parameterizing the test script and executing the script with multiple iterations

·         Business processes tested include: standard order to Cash, Rush order scenario, customer consignment stock, Third party scenario, integration areas with FI and Asset Management modules

·         Testing the integration scenarios with multiple iterations in Test Director by calling the QTP script in Test Director

·         Executed the Asset Management module related scenarios in QTP

 

Environment: SAP R/3 ERP 4.6c