Karthika M R

  • SAP Techno-functional Consultant
  • San Jose, CA
  • Member Since Apr 06, 2023

Candidates About

 

Karthika M R

Professional summary

·         Over 9 years of experience as SAP Techno-functional consultant.

·         Expert at SAP Workflow.

·         Experience in ABAP Web-Dynpro, Enhancements, Interfaces, Reports, Data migration and Adobe forms.

·         Worked on 2 Support projects, 2 SAP End-End Implementation Projects, 4 Rollout projects and 1 upgrade project.

·         Have sound Knowledge in: SAP SD, MM, FI/CO, APO, GTS and HR Modules.

SAP ABAP

·         Having 9 + years of experience as SAP R/3 ABAP/4 Programming with SAP SD, MM, FI/CO, APO, GTS and HR Modules.

·         Vast experience and extensive knowledge of ABAP reports (Classical, ALV, interactive), Module pool programming, Smart forms, Adobe forms, BDC programming, LSMW, Interfaces including ALE/EDI IDOCs, files.

·         Expert at ALV grid, OO-ABAP, Smart forms, Adobe forms, Module pool programming, Enhancements and BAPIs.

·         Comprehensive working experience and sound knowledge of Object oriented ABAP programming.

 

SAP Workflow

 

·         Expert in SAP Workflow, Designed and Handled Critical Workflow Objects in End-End implementation Projects.

  • Conducted organization level trainings on Workflow as well.

ABAP Web-Dynpro

          Worked on ABAP Web-Dynpro Customization mostly in the Demand Planning module. 
   

          Have good knowledge in OO ABAP and worked on Web-Dynpro using classes

Technical Skills

ERP Package              : SAP Version ECC 6.0.

Module Specialization            : ABAP, WEB-DYNPRO, WORKFLOW

SAP modules                : SD, MM, GTS, APO, FI/CO and HR

Professional Qualification

Academic study

Year (from-to)

University

Aggregate %

MS in Software Engineering

2008-2012

BITS PILANI

8.00(CGPA)

B.Sc.(Physics)

2005-2008

University of Kerala

92.7%

Professional Experience

Working in WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES from October 2008 – Till Now

 

Project I                                                                                  July 2015 – March 2018

 

Client  

Apple Inc.

Duration

2 year 9 Months

Project

Apple Test Environment Support

 

Project Description

 

Apple Test Environment Support (TES) is the project initiated to get the clear accountability of testing systems, reduction in testing delays due to environment issues, better collaboration among multiple IS&T applications and to address common test environment issues and achieve efficiencies in demand fulfillment, capacity utilization and environment availability, provide infrastructure and landscape support during testing efforts.

The aim of the project is to check readiness, validation in preparation for a testing events; and ensuring that infrastructure is in place and ready. With this project, the testing environment will be built to the specification of the newly developed business application and thus helping in smooth migration of developed business application to testing environment. This will result in haste free quality analysis, user acceptance testing, integration testing and end-to-end stress testing. The project basically involves SAP Core, SAP Retail, SAP APO, SAP GTS, SAP CRM, SAP TMS and SAP BW Modules.

The following are the major tasks in this project.

  • Providing infrastructure and landscape support during testing efforts
  • Application onboarding, requirements gathering, scope expansion for the project
  • Creating flow and functionality documentation of the involved processes
  • Conduct integrated testing for various projects

 

Position

SAP Techno-functional Consultant, Technical Lead

Contribution

  • Responsible for resolving the incidents raised by testing teams and business users during UAT, IT and performance testing
  • Responsible for setting and monitoring alerts for interfaces, background jobs, file system utilization, CPU and swap utilization.
  • Maintaining and publishing an inventory of interfaces and jobs that exist and are supported on each environment
  • Ensuring that requested jobs and interfaces are in place and ready for testing events
  • Worked on various modules like GTS, APO, SD and CRM and prepared documents on the process flow
  • Have good understanding on Apple Care process and have prepared documentations on the same for support purpose
  • Co-ordinate  end to end testing as part of each project and record using radar test scripts

Environment

SAP ECC 6.0

 

 

Project II                                                                                Nov 2014 – June 2015

 

Client  

NIKE-AFS

Duration

8 Months

Project

NIKE-AFS

 

Project Description

 

Nike, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development, manufacturing and worldwide marketing and selling of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories and services. The Nike global SAP rollout and Support project deals with implementation and changes to SAP ABAP objects related to SD and SAP Apparel & Footwear Solutions (AFS) modules. The project has two major releases yearly (Spring release and Fall release) and monthly minor releases.

 

The following are the major tasks in this project.

  • Understand thoroughly the requirement and propose feasible solution
  • Raise queries proactively regarding the FS for development.
  • Deliver the object within the committed deadline.

Position

SAP Technical Analyst

Contribution

  • Responsible for development, support, maintenance and implementation of SD SAP APO and SAP AFS module specific developments.
  • Developed and enhanced the Master BADI framework on AFS scenarios.
  • Developed Master BADI Infrastructure for IDOC user exits.
  • Developed new Custom report/interface and enhanced the performance for them.
  • Responsible for coaching, guiding and mentoring junior members in the team to help them scale up faster

Environment

SAP ECC 6.0

 

 

Project III                                                                               Sep 2014 – Nov 2014

 

Client  

NSN-ERM

Duration

3 Months

Project

NSN-ERM

Project Description

Nokia Siemens Networks is a multinational data networking and telecommunications equipment company.

 

The project is an implementation of ERM (Enterprise Resource Management) modules such as CM (Competence management), DP (Demand planning), RM (Resource management), TR (Time registration) etc. This application makes it easy for the enterprise to manage the resources.

 

The following are the major tasks in this project.

  • Understand thoroughly the requirement and propose feasible solution
  • Understand the functional specification.
  • Raise queries proactively regarding the FS for development. 
  • Deliver the object within the committed deadline.

Position

SAP Technical Analyst

Contribution

  • Responsible for development, support, maintenance and implementation of Demands Planning and Resource Management Modules.
  • Worked on ABAP Webdynpro Customization mostly in the Demand Planning module.
  • Worked on enhancements related to resource management module.
  • Have good knowledge in OO ABAP and worked on Webdynpro using classes
  • Worked on Defect fixing, analyze and resolve issues in portal

Environment

SAP ECC 6.0

 

 

Project IV                                                                               July 2012 – Jan 2014

 

Client  

GE Lighting

Duration

22 Months

Project

GE Lighting

 

Project Description

 

General Electric Company, or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. The company operates through four segments: Energy, Technology Infrastructure, Capital Finance and Consumer & Industrial.

 

GE Home and Business Solutions has a business need to transform the existing mainframe solutions in North America and SAP in Europe to One SAP (SAP ECC 6.0) platform across these regions which require changes in the existing business process procedures and IT systems.

 

The business processes as part of the initiative are Finance and Controlling, Management accounting, Sales and Distribution, Material Management, Production planning, Quality management, Supply Chain management and Manufacturing. From SAP perspective, it includes following modules – SD, GTS, Vistex Integration, APO, PP, MM, WM, QM, GATP, FI, CO, FSCM, SCM, SNP, DP, PPDS, BW, ABAP, BASIS, EP, SolMan, GRC and Pi/Xi

 

The following are the major tasks in this project.

  • Understand thoroughly the requirement and propose feasible solution
  • Understand the functional specification.
  • Raise queries proactively regarding the FS for development. 
  • Deliver the object within the committed deadline.

 

Position

SAP Techno-Functional Consultant

 

Contribution

 

  • Worked on WRICEF objects which cover Workflow, interfaces, extensions, conversions, reports, adobe forms in different modules like SD MM and FI.
  • Worked on enhancements including User exits, BTE and Enhancement point. Have good knowledge on VOFM.
  • Have good knowledge in OO ABAP and worked on Business objects and classes
  • Worked on IDOC and Proxy based interfaces connecting different systems and having PI as middleware.

Developed inbound interface for uploading data from legacy to SAP using IDOC.

Developed outbound interface for sending specific data to legacy system by using Proxies, RFC.

  • Developed many objects to automate and streamline the business process in different modules like SD, MM and FI.

SD: Quotation pricing approval related to SD Quote process,

         Screen Enhancement in VA21/VA22/VA23

         List Price determination Interface

MM: Material creation and Extension,

        PR Release process

FI: GL Account posting verification

       Approval Process

  • Proposed business solutions to stream line the process using workflow.

 

Environment

SAP ECC 6.0

 

 

Project V                                                                                Apr 2011 to June-2012

 

Client  

TNT

Duration

14 Months

Project

TNT China, TNT Germany Rollouts

Project Description

 

TNT provides the widest range of time definite and day definite express delivery services in 200 countries. TNT China & Germany Rollout projects are local Country specific project for China and Germany in which all the Legal and Tax requirements on SAP were dealt.

 

The aim of the project was to have integration between the business processes in the Express Back office in UK and China, Germany. The business processes as part of the initiative are Finance and Controlling, Supply Chain management and Supplier Relationship Management. From SAP perspective, it includes following modules –SRM, FI, CO, FSCM.

 

The following are the major tasks in this project.

  • Understand thoroughly the functional specification.
  • Raise queries proactively regarding the FS for development. 
  • Deliver the object within the committed deadline.

 

Position

SAP Technical Analyst

Contribution

  • Developed new WRICEF objects from scratch which covers Workflow, interfaces, extensions, smart forms, reports.
  • Worked on OLE objects for the Legal reports requirements.
  • Proactively participated in the development and also gave trainings to the team members.
  • Worked on file based interfaces which connects different systems.

 

Environment

SAP ECC 6.0

 

Project VI                                                                               Oct 2009 to March-2011

 

Client  

TNT

Duration

17 Months

Project

TNT HR Implementation UK

Project Description

TNT is a HR Implementation project where you develop both Core and Value add objects for several countries across the globe (for TNT Express). I

TNT is a Leading worldwide provider of business express delivery solutions. Offers door to door services for all types of documents, parcels & freight.

 

The following are the major tasks in this project.

  • Understand thoroughly the functional specification.
  • Raise queries proactively regarding the FS for development. 
  • Deliver the object within the committed deadline.
  • Validate the client data uploaded

 

Position

SAP Technical Analyst

Contribution

 

  • Migrated Legacy data to SAP using BDC and LSMW Batch Input method
  • Created validation reports using ALV for validating the data loaded in the system for different modules and prepared the analysis reports.
  • Analyzed and implemented OSS Notes in the system.
  • Worked on Interfaces, ALV reporting, Workflow, extensions, smart forms, reports.

 

Environment

SAP ECC 6.0

 

Project VII                                                                             Aug 2009 to Sept-2009

 

Client  

Hitachi

Duration

2 Months

Project

Hitachi HGST Upgrade from 4.6 to ECC 6

 

Project Description

 

Hitachi is a Japanese multinational engineering and electronics conglomerate company headquartered in Japan. Hitachi is a diversified company and has 11 business segments: Information and Telecommunication Systems, Electrical Systems, Social and Industrial Systems, Automotive Systems, Electronic Component Devices, Construction, and Financial services.

 

The aim of the project was to upgrade process in SAP from Version 4.6 to ECC 6.0. The responsibilities included requirement gathering, understanding the requirements, impact analysis, coding, and bug fixing, resolving technical issues and testing.

The following are the major tasks in this project.

  • Upgrade the programs from ECC 4.6 version to ECC 6.0 Version
  • To identify Issues in upgrade
  • Performance tuning
  • Coding and Testing

Position

SAP Technical Analyst

 

Contribution

 

  • Worked on Upgrade activities including Changing Obsoleted statements in SAP 4.6 version with the SAP ECC 6.0 based on the coding standards.
  • Worked on Performance Tuning and implemented solutions for improving the performance

Environment

SAP ECC 6.0

 

Project VIII                                                                            Jan 2009 to July-2009

 

Client  

Convergys(J&J)

Duration

7 Months

Project

Johnson & Johnson Wave B

 

Project Description

 

Convergys is the world’s largest provider of outsourced customer management solutions with over 50 contact centers and more than 40,000 agents globally. Convergys is a global leader in providing customer care, human resources and billing services.

 

The Project was rollout for the regions EMEA and LATAM mainly for the HR module. The business processes for this initiative was mainly Human resource and Finance.  From SAP perspective, it mainly dealt with the Human Capital Management (HCM/HR) module.

 

The following are the major tasks in this project.

  • Streamline the HR process for the Client
  • Upload the HR data using the conversion programs
  • Validate the data using the Validation reports

 

Position

SAP Technical Analyst

 

Contribution

  • Worked in Test Data Management, wherein created Organization Unit, Positions and Hired Employees and updated their records in various Info types.
  • Migrated Legacy data to SAP using BDC and LSMW Batch Input method
  • Created validation reports for validating the data loaded in the system for different modules and prepared the Validation reports.
  • Performed various functional actions on employees, i.e., Hiring, Termination, Promotion, etc.
  • Developed new WRICEF objects from scratch which covers Classical and ALV reports.

 

Environment

SAP ECC 6.0