Candidates About

         

         Prasad Sahasrabuddhe- PMP ® ITIL ®                                                     SAP SD LE WM Consultant                             

Experience Summary:

·         SAP R/3 and ECC 6 Consultant specialized in the functional area of Sales & Distribution and Logistics Execution.

·         12 years of experience in SAP SD-LE module + 8 years of Functional experience in Sales/ Marketing and Production.

·         SAP experience includes 5 Enhancement / Support projects, 2 End to End implementations Projects, 2 Roll Outs, and 1 SAP Upgrade project.

·         Worked as SD Lead during Global rollouts for state Puerto Rico and country Germany.

·         Excellent exposure to Onsite-Offshore working models.

·         Lead SD related activities, which includes the supervision of onsite consultants and offshore support consultants as needed.

·         Expertise is in the fields of Order To Cash Process including STO, Third party sales, Consignment sale, Inter company sale, Inter company Stock transfer; Condition Technique, Pricing, Billing Plans, Resource Related Billing; Rebate processing, Account Determination, Output Determination, Text determination, Route Determination, Warehouse management and Transportation Management

·         Conversant with Project System, Material Management, EDI-IDOC, Variant Configuration, Credit management in SAP, SD integration with FI Module in the areas of Tax Codes, Revenue recognition, Revenues Account Determination, Automatic Postings, Availability check, Transfer of requirements and integration of SD with Project Systems (PS) module.

·         Conversant with Credit Card Functionality and related configuration.

·         Worked with BAPIs and BADIs.

·         Worked on SAP projects for Machine Tools, FMCG, Service and High Tech Electronic industry.

·         Experience in Preparing Functional specification and business process support to development team.

·         Configuration knowledge in SAP SD LE module

·         Experience in Functional Unit Testing, System Integration Testing and Support user for UAT.

·         Worked with key business users to configure and modify SAP to meet business requirements using Best Practices.

·         Assisted onshore and offshore manager to plan estimated man-hours to fulfill new business requirement. Also to plan if any additional resources needed.

·         Familiar with HP Quality Center (HPQC Tool) testing tool.

·         Good exposure in Problem analysis and Problem solving.

·         Strong experience in SD-FI-MM-PP integration modules.

·         Overview of SAP CRM.

·         Experience in leading the team.

·         Interface with external consultants in support of business systems and applications.

·         Participated in additional duties with manager like Project performance audits, Project Health audits, Workstation security protocol initiatives and technical interviews.

·         Actively supports Client’s commitment to Quality and Safety, with an emphasis on continual improvement.

·         Experience with analysis, design, development, customizations and implementation of SAP application.

·         Experience in interaction with business users, super users and service owners from Client’s side, understanding and analyzing Client’s requirement, writing and understanding Functional specifications and its execution.

·         Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal skills, self-motivated and team player.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skill Set

ERP: SAP R/3 4.7, ECC 6 SD- LE Module

O/S:    Windows XP /2000 Server, MAC OS 8.0                       

Processes:   IBM’s QMS (Quality Management System)

 

 

 

Certification: 

·         PMP ® - Project Management Professional Certified. PMI, USA.

·         ITIL ® - V3 Foundation Certification, Examination Institute for Information Science, 2008, London, UK

 

 

 

 

Education:

·         Master In Management Science (Production and Material management), 2009, Pune University, India

·         Master In Management Science (Sales and Marketing), 2007, Pune University, India

·         Post Graduate Diploma In Management Science (Sales and marketing), 2005, Pune University, India

·         Diploma In Mechanical Engineering, 1994, Board Of Technical Examinations, India  

 

 

 

 

 

Professional Experience in SAP

 

 

Client-Apple Inc.                                                                                                                                         Sunnyvale, CA

Business Unit: Apple care Logistics

Project Type: Implementation and Support                                                                              

Duration: October 2014- Till date

Role: SAP SD LE Consultant

Employer- DGN Technologies

 

Project description:

Apple care repairs and replace products’ high level requirements will be taken care in this business unit under different Projects.

 

Enablement of Direct Ship from OEM to DCs through the implementation of an AppleCare Global EDI Model and associated processes for Good and Bad repair and replace requests from customer.

Implementation of Global and scalable solution through SAP ECC,SAP TMS and 3PL Logistics modules.

 

Worked upon implementation Projects as mentioned below-

 

1.    AC AMR KBB TMS

2.    AC Brazil KGB

3.    Direct Ship-Battery Parts Delivery split

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team Involved: SAP SD, FI, ABAP, BASIS, AOS, and EAI on need basis

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6, MAC OS 7.

 

 

 

 

Client-Apple Inc.                                                                                                                                         Sunnyvale, CA

Business Unit: AOS-SAP Release

Project Type: Implementation and Support                                                                              

Duration: June 2012- September 2014

Role: SAP SD LE Consultant

Employer- Wipro Technologies

 

Project description:

Under this Business unit we provide SAP-AOS (Apple Online Store) integration, configuration, implementation and support from SAP perspective during Production releases from AOS side 

 

Worked upon implementation Projects as mentioned below-

 

1. RDC Email Project.
2. OLSS returns for China and Korea
3. Puerto Rico AOS SAP Expansion.
4. Signature Rules Project.
5. Beautiful Email Project
6. GIFT returns Project.

 

 

 

 

Responsibilities-

 

·         Involved in meetings with Business team to understand requirement.

·         Prepared conceptual design for SAP related changes.

·         Prepared final design and get it approved from Global Development team.

·         Worked on configuration changes.

·         Prepared and executed FUT.

·         Designed and executed IT tests scripts.

·         Coordination with users for UAT to resolve UAT defects.

·         Worked with Regression Testing team.

·         Prepared and executed cutover activities as per cutover plan.

·         Provided warranty support after Go-Live and also worked on Knowledge transition documentation to Application Support team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Client-Micron Technology                                                                                                                      Boise, Idaho, USA

Project: Micron EBS SAP                                                                                                             

Project Type- Support/Enhancement

Duration: Nov 2011- Jun 2012

Role: Functional SAP SD LE Consultant/Onsite Lead at USA location.

Employer- IBM Global Services Ltd

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

Micron EBS is Enterprise Business Support provided by IBM to Micron’s all SAP ERP applications and interfaces across the locations North America, EMEA and Asia. SAP functional areas include MM, SD/LE, FI, HCM, ABAP, Security and Basis.

Scope of EBS includes- Incident management, Problem management, Enhancement through Change requests and subsequent developments in existing SAP functionalities.

IBM is having offshore and onshore model to cover up all the regions and different time zones of Micron.

 

I was working at onshore location Boise, Idaho as ERP Package solution consultant for SD-LE module.

 

 

Responsibilities -

·         Resolved incidents within SLA compliance.

·         Responsible to support SD-LE module and non-SAP interfaces with SD-LE.

·         Root cause analysis, development, testing and implementation through Problem Management.

·         Responsible for preparing functional specifications for Change requests approved by client.

·         Continuous coordination with business users, super users, SMEs and Service Owners from Client’s sides.

·         Responsible for preparing test cases for testing Business scenarios in SAP.

·         Involved in Functional Unit testing, Integration testing for new implemented business scenarios.

·         Active participation in IBM’s internal meetings and meetings organized by Client.

·         Provide necessary guidance, direction to the offshore team members as and when needed.

·         Responsible for coordination and delegation of work to offshore team members.

·         Provided on-call production/project support during off-hours.

 

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6,

Team Involved: SD/LE, FI, MM, PP, APO, ABAP, BASIS, Non-SAP

 

 

 

 

Client-Texas Instruments                                                                                                                                    Plano, Texas

Project: TI Technical Upgrade ECC 6.0                                                                                     

Project Type- Upgrade/Implementation

Duration: Sep 2010- Oct 2011

Role: Functional SME and Team Lead for Logistic Execution module at onsite USA location.

Employer- IBM Global Services Ltd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

The Texas Instruments project is an enterprise core upgrade and Unicode conversion activity.  The overall objective of this project is to upgrade the current R/3 4.7 Enterprise environment to ECC 6.0 and perform a Unicode conversion using SAP’s Near Zero Down Time (NZDT) process.  This solution will provide Texas Instruments access to new technologies from SAP as well as other products.

 

My role was as Functional SME and Team Lead for Logistic Execution module at onsite location Plano, Texas, USA

 

 

Responsibilities -

·         Responsible for all the deliverables planned by project management in all the phases of this project. Phases of this project are like As Is, Blueprint, Realization and Go Live.

·         Need to understand SOW and make sure my deliverables are within SOW of this Project.

·         Responsible for all deliverables related to LE area and also lead offshore counterparts to make these deliverables defect free and timely manner as per Project Plan.

·         Active participation in all the meetings and workshops arranged with Business users to take various decisions during Blueprint and Realization Phase.

·         Monitoring defect and its Priority, which will get recorded in HPQC tool during FUT, SIT and UAT phase. Also responsible to assign these defects to correct team to get it resolved.

·         As a Team Lead for Logistics Execution, I was responsible to maintain smooth coordination between onshore and offshore for delegation of work and to get status on regular basis.

·         Monitored offshore activities regularly and reported to onshore Project Management Lead as and when required.

·         During Blueprinting phase I actively participated in various meetings with business users to finalize impact assessment of various new transactions, programs and core mod/Smash objects dispositions.

·         Captured various screen and functionality level differences between R3 4.7 and ECC 6 as a part of Business readiness activity during Blueprinting Phase.

·         As a part of project deliverables during Blueprint phase, completed first pass analysis of SPDD/SPOU /Smash objects to make decision on Keep the object or revert to standard SAP during upgrade to ECC 6.0.

·         Was responsibility for Functional Unit testing and System Integration testing during Realization phase of this Project.

·         Actively involved in Functional Unit testing and System Integration testing for Logistics Execution Module. Testing includes various standard and customized processes for LE.

·         During this phase I demonstrated proactive and ownership approach for all the defects logged in HPQC to get those resolved in stipulated time. I maintained necessary coordination between business users and IBM development team.

·         Provided my all assistance to development team from Functional perspective to understand test sequence behind defect and to replicate defect as and when needed.

·         Actively participated in all review and status meetings/discussion during FUT, SIT and UAT phase.

·         Worked on Automation of Test scripts for various Business scenarios for SAP and WEB using tool ‘’Worksoft Certify’’

 

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6, Windows XP

Team Involved: SD/LE, FI, MM, ABAP, BASIS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Client-United Paper Mills

Project: UPM- ELK                                                                                                                            

Project Type- Support/Enhancement

Duration: Dec 2008- Jul 2010

Role: SD LE Functional Consultant), Functional Lead for COL implementation.

Employer- IBM Global Services Ltd

 

 

Project Description:

 

UPM is a global forest products group with core businesses in printing papers, specialty papers, label materials and wood products. In its main product areas, UPM is a leading manufacturer in all key markets.

 

UPM has production in 14 countries and employs about 26,000 people. The group's key mills are located in Finland, Germany, France, UK, Austria, the United States and China.

 

This project was all about to provide functional support to existing SAP processes and implementation of new enhancements.

 

 

My role consisted of the following activities -

·         Responsible for delivering complete solution for the assigned technical task within estimated time.

·         Responsible for providing Root cause analysis and solution for the recurring errors getting to the Client while performing business transactions.

·         Responsible for providing solution to key users on Business critical issues with respect to SAP.

·         Responsible for preparing functional specifications for Change requests approved by client.

·         Responsible for preparing test cases for testing Business scenarios in SAP.

·         Responsible for resolving normal, minor issues and high priority issues within SLA.

·         Monitoring other ERP interfaces which are integrated with SAP system.

·         Providing technical support for the existing implementations and rollouts.

·         Responsible for documenting solution and processes, which served as knowledge foundation in the team.

 

 

As a Functional Lead for COL implementation -

Responsibilities –

 

·         Involved in Data mapping activities to provide necessary inputs to COL team to map SAP data with COL database.

·         Various change requests created to develop Functional modules so that required data related to PO, Order, Delivery, Invoice, stock, etc in SAP get extracted by COL team and subsequently COL database gets update. I was involved in preparing Functional specifications and in Unit testing of these change requests.

·         Handled COL related day-to-day requirements and issues.

 

Environment: SAP R/3 ECC 6

Team Involved: SD/LE, ABAP, BASIS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, 'san