Candidates About

 

Laith Solagh

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

·         Over 15+ years in SAP Consulting including Functional experience in Production Planning PP, Purchasing MM, PM (Plant Maintenance) Logistics & SCM APO. Process Design and supporting major proposal efforts in the supply chain areas.

·         Hands on expertise in SAP best practices including:  Implementations, Rollouts, Upgrades, Migrations, Year-End projects, Interfaces & Support Projects.

·         Hands on experience in Native HANA modeling. Created multiple schemas and table definitions. Experience in creating Attribute views, analytical view and calculated views. Good Knowledge in Direct Extractor Connections.

·         Five (5) full cycles of SAP R/3 implementations with ASAP Methodology and extensive background in production support and upgrade of MM, PP, PM, PP-PI & SD modules in Versions 4.6c, 4.7, ECC 5.0, ECC6 & ECC7.

·         Two (2) Full life Cycles implementation in within PP/MM areas of S4 HANA by designing and implementing S4 HANA solution, also worked on S4 HANA Data Migration Cockpit tools, and implementing SAP HANA Analytics plus S/4HANA and HANA Cloud Platform, I managed the project aspects from business blue print all the way up go-live with end business leaders and users also managing a team of consultant’s off-shore and on-shore from functional and technical standpoint.

·Experienced in SAP BW for s/4 HANA and migrating standard SAP Models to In-memory optimized models and Performance testing.

·Hands on experience of s/4 HANA reporting and HANA live system to extract and import the delivery unit.

·Dynamic professional with over 18 years of rich overseas & domestic experience in ERP Functional Consultancy (SAP – PM Module), Process Enhancements and Man Management.

·Configuring the SAP (PM) as per requirements of the To-Be Processes. Areas covered include corrective maintenance, breakdown maintenance, preventive maintenance, refurbishment of repairable spares and external services. Prepared Test Plans using Quality Centre.

·         Understanding business process and preparing Maintenance Plans (Time based and Performance based).

·Well verse with SAP HANA Administration, Performance Optimization, Modeling using Different types of views, SQL, SQL Script topics.

·SAP HANA Data provisioning using SAP Landscape Transformation and SAP Data services, DXC, Flat File Uploader, SAP HANA Architecture.

·Rich experience in all aspects of project work: Requirements gathering, Design, Configuration, Unit testing, Integration testing, Documentation, Data Conversion/Migration, End user Support and Training. Experienced in Business Process Analysis and Configuration.

·Designed and implemented SAP HANA data modeling using Attribute View, Analytic View, and Calculation view.

·Experienced in the SAP MM- WM with knowledge of cross-functional modules such as Sales and

·Configurable Materials BOM and Routing, Variant Class, Characteristics, Characteristics Values. Assigned Object Dependencies, Preconditions, Actions, Selection Conditions, Constraints and Procedure to Configurable Profile.

·Worked in discrete manufacturing, production process industry (PP-PI) and repetitive manufacturing environment.

·Designed and Configured the Plant Parameter for Quality Management.

·Configuration of PP-MRP processes, production orders, process orders, repetitive manufacturing, classification, batch management, capacity planning, demand management.

·Worked on MTS (Make-to-Stock), MTO (Make-to-Order), Make-to-Order for Configurable Material, Stock Requirement/ MRP Lists, variant configuration, super BOMs, phantom items. Experience in SAP Management leading SAP Technical Teams & SAP Functional Teams.

·Defining Supply Area, Control cycle, Kanban correction, Kanban Control board, Defining Kanban Strategies for the business process, JIT, Kanban Evaluation, Kanban with MRP and Kanban without MRP.

·Managed SAP Functional core modules such as: Configuration activities, Business Process Mappings, Business Process Design, Functional Specifications, Functional/Technical Testing.

·Partners with and develops /builds relationships with the Customers, merchants and buyers to create value relationships, facilitate the integration of products and services, oversee the sharing and analyzing of data, troubleshooting issues and lead process improvement projects

·Self-motivated with excellent Consulting Skills not limited to Analytical, Communication, Interpersonal, Presentation, Leadership Skills and proven ability in Competitive environment.

 

SKILLS:

 

·         MM: Purchasing, Inventory Management, ship-direct, Stock transport orders, Vendor and customer returns, Sub-Contracting, VMI, EDI 850/852, Release procedures, Invoice Verification, Forecasting and MRP, External Service Management and SRM for MRO materials.

·         PP/PI: Advanced Planning, Bill of Materials, Routings, MRP, Work Centers, Master Recipe, Batch Management, SOP, Production and Process Orders Creation, Confirmations, Kanban and ECM and MES solutions

·         APO: Demand and Supply Network Planning, Planning object structure, Planning Areas, Planning Books, Storage Bucket Profiles, forecasting profiles, Release profiles, life cycle planning, location split and product split, Info Cubes, Info Sources and CIF

·         QM: QM in Procurement, Production and Delivery inspection, Inspection Plans with multiple specifications, DMR Rules, Defects Processing with Quality notifications, Inspections Points during in process inspection, Inspection with Handling units, FMEA, Audit Management Certificates of analysis during deliveries

·         Solution Architecture: Provide IT Architecture and direction, identifying and implementing new products and technologies that enhance the Portal.

·         Management: Scoping, Planning, Estimating, Scheduling, Risk Identification, Tracking, Status Reports and Closing of Projects.

·         SAP HANA: Data provisioning using SAP Landscape Transformation and SAP Data Services, DXC, Flat File Uploaded, SAP HANA Architecture. SAP HANA SP04, SAP BI 7.0, SAP BO 4.0, SAP BODS.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

Capgemini Consulting                                Southfield, MI                            Jan 2017 – Present

Sr. SAP Functional Lead Consultant

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:                             

 

·         Set up Planning areas, Master Planning Object structure, Planning Books, Data views, Selection IDs, Time Bucket profiles, Storage Bucket profiles, Planning Calendar, Macros, Statistical models, Activity Profiles, Release profiles, background jobs, process chains and Alerts.

·         Managed delivery of SAP development objects. Coordinated communication with off-shore delivery centers, provided guidance to functional designers, and reported metrics to senior leadership.

·         Worked on HANA Views, Optimizing Data loads with the use of SLT and minimizing HANA space.

·         Using the SAP HANA studio created the data modeling for analytical, attribute and calculation views.

·         Analyze business requirements, provide scope/schedule estimate and then implement the solutions either directly through systems configuration or translation of business requirements into clear and unambiguous functional specifications.

·         Involved in installation and configuration of SAP Business Objects Data Services 4.0.

·         Involved in creating decision tables and performed calculation using function provided by HANA.

·         Managed team, internal resources and external consultants plus implementation partner with 8 team members mostly made up of off-shore resources

·         Worked with the CIO on setting up processes for all current SAP projects to ensure SOX compliance, standardizations, uniformity, program objectives, etc.

·         Set up the supply chain model (work areas-location, products, resources, PPM, transportation lanes and quota arrangements).

·         Worked on Integrate SAP S/4HANA with SAP BW platform with guidance on how to set up the integration and pre-built content delivered with SAP BW environment.

·         Enhancement & AMS related task management for SAP BW/HANA systems. Its Multi system environment with user all over the globe with local and common objects embedded into system for reporting purpose. Improving system performance for better output. Exporting data to other system for reporting purpose. Making Audit related data available to Auditors.

·         Work closely with the Supply Chain executives and stakeholders to define the objectives and build the strategy for SAP to support the current and future Supply Chain initiatives within and outside deployment projects

·         Working with MM Purchasing (P2P), ESM, and Logistics Invoicing.

·         Interacted with key users to prepare the AS-IS document and then prepared the TO-BE document as per business requirements during the Blue print phase of the project. 

·         Gap analysis has been carried out to find the interfaces, middleware's needed to do the data migration as well as to understand and identify the custom development objects required during implementation. 

·          Worked in both discrete and repetitive manufacturing environments with MTS and MTO scenarios. 

·         Configured Planning with final assembly and Planning without final assembly strategies as per business needs. 

·         Configured master data's such as Material master, Bill of material, work center, Routing, Production version and Product cost collector. 

·         Defined MRP controllers, MRP types, Special procurement types, purchasing group, and Production schedulers. 

·         Configured Material Availability Check, Capacity Availability check-Capacity Evaluation and Capacity Leveling. 

·         Worked with configurable materials and Variant Configuration, maintaining dependencies for BOM items and Operations in routings along with conditions records, class, characteristics, and configuration profile. 

·          Involved in setting demand management functions and MRP parameters like planning horizon, creation indicators such as purchase requisition, delivery schedules and MRP list, planning mode, and Scheduling.  Created Users, Roles, Privileges, Packages, Schemas as part of HANA Security and Development.

·         Designed and implemented SAP HANA data modeling using Attribute View, Analytic View, and Calculation View.

·         Responsible for arranging the training on the overall Material Management functionality in ECC 6.0 including setup Material master, Vendor master, Contracts, Info records, Pricing Condition records, BOM and release strategy.

·         Set up supply chain Engineer and the basic settings for SNP like the Optimizer and the Heuristics.

·         Process purchase order, from RFM and requisitions. Enter change orders, revision, Confirm PO. Expedite orders for Drawing, MMR, status report, test report, and pull material/commodity in, pushed material out.

Carhartt Inc,                          Dearborn, MI                                          March 2015 – Jan 2017

Sr. SAP Functional Lead Consultant

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:                             

·         Involved in enhancements of Data Services Jobs, HANA Models and applying Patches on HANA.

·         Ran all aspect of Program and Project Management – blueprint, communication (internal and external), timelines, deliverables, issues/risks, training, security, role mapping, workforce transition, cutover, data conversion, scope, Post-Go-Live Support, etc.

·         Supervised and train employees, to include organizing, prioritizing and scheduling work assignments

·         Managing large software applications, gathering internal and external client requirements for the management of those applications in implementation and production settings, and turning those requirements into client-specific, compliant, cost competitive solutions.

·         Interacting with experienced and client buyers and/or influencers and making a contribution to the development of new business including designing, costing documenting, proposing and transitioning the technical solution.

·         Designing, building, testing and deploying the technical components required for successful SAP solutions, especially RICEFs (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Extensions, Forms) design and development.

·         Govern the Global SAP Supply Chain template in conjunction with the business partners and define new capability improvements for the global template.

·         Provide design guidance and standards to deployment projects, driving the alignment and harmonization of requirements among the different regions.

·         Partner with business or functions to lead and drive problem resolution activities identifying solutions in alignment with identified business cases.

·         Support Change Management activities and business adoption of the new solutions

·         Support business readiness and stabilization processes during/after deployment ensuring proper and effective handover to the business divisions and functions.

·         Performed as Change Management Manager, providing and executing Communication Plans, Training Plans, Risk/Issue resolution and tracking, Knowledge Transfer and Workforce Transition Plans.

·         Worked closely with the business and project team members to evaluate business needs, defining and prioritizing requirements and agreeing process flows and analytical capabilities that align wherever possible with leading practice business processes.

·         Configured various objects in Capacity requirements planning like formulas, availability check during order create and release, standard value keys, overall profile, shift sequences, scheduling parameters for planned and production orders, production schedulers and MRP controllers, order type dependent parameters, Production Order confirmation and Scheduling Margin keys.

·         Worked on Supply Chain configuration, defined MRP relevant floats for different plants.

·         Developed test scripts for Purchasing (PO), Goods receipts (GR), Invoice verification and Goods Issues (GI).

·         Enhancement/Development on HANA and Implementation on SAP BW on HANA (Source System - SAP CRM 7.0 and Client Legacy Non-SAP Application)

·         Gathered the requirements for STO processes and worked with Senior MM and SD consultants for configuring the various scenarios of inter plant and inter company stock transport orders and took responsibility of implementation.

·         Assisted with the functional design of workflow, forms, reports, interfaces, conversions, and enhancements in SAP MM functionality.

·         Worked on sales and operations planning (S& OP) - creation of info structure, planning hierarchies, Planning Types, Macros.

·         Provided functional guidance to team to support QM integration within business.

·         Configuration of PP-MRP processes, production orders, process orders, repetitive manufacturing, classification, batch management, capacity planning, demand management.

·         Performed assessment of business requirements, documented the findings, assessed scope of studies & suggested solutions through SAP for implementation and customizations

·          Working as a team lead to monitor and manage the team members and solve their issues if needed.

·         Successfully implemented the QM module with quality planning, inspections, digital signatures, audit trails, and batch status management.

·         Generated Quality Notifications for the Non-Confirming Materials during procurement of materials from Vendor and during Production.

·         Configured routing determination, MRP plant parameters, MRP groups, MRP types, lot size calculation, planned orders and movement types.

·         Configured product costing maintaining overhead rate, BOM, assigning activity type to the cost center, and integrated with other modules like PP, MM.

 

Autonuem Auto Supply Inc,                 Farmington Hills, MI                    Feb 2014 – March 2015

Sr. SAP Functional Lead Consultant

RESPONSIBILITIES:                             

 

·         Worked as responsible member for SAP PP-PI track in different phases of the project plan beginning from Ideation, Proposal, Design, Development, Validation and Launch of the deployment project.

·         Maintained and worked on inventory management with physical inventory.

·         Hands on experience in Native HANA modeling. Created multiple schemas and table definitions. Experience in creating Attribute views, analytical view and calculated views. Good Knowledge in Direct Extractor Connections.

·         Configured, Designed and Implemented Catalogs, Inspection Characteristics, Inspection Methods, Sample Determination, QM-Specific Data in Material Master and Dynamic Modification Rules.

·         Worked closely with the business and project team members to evaluate business needs, defining and prioritizing requirements and agreeing process flows and analytical capabilities that align wherever possible with leading practice business processes.

·         Working with MM Purchasing (P2P), ESM, and Logistics Invoicing.

·         Customized IMG activities in procurement and inventory management processes, such as purchasing of non-stock and stock materials.

·         Configured PPM/PDS explosion and scheduling, firming, pegging, setup times, converting planned orders in PP/DS, configured PPDS module including converted SNP planned orders into PPDS orders, exception groups in the PP/DS planning log, product view.

·         Configured Demand management plant parameters such as MRP groups, MRP controllers, MRP types, and lot-sizing procedure.

·         Configured, Designed and Implemented Catalogs, Inspection Characteristics, Inspection Methods, Sample Determination, QM-Specific Data in Material Master and Dynamic Modification Rules.

·         Performed analysis on shop floor activities as per business process, configured and executed functions such as order creation, order release, availability check, shop floor papers, order confirmation, and order information system.

·          Performed assessment of business requirements, documented the findings, assessed scope of studies & suggested solutions through SAP for implementation and customizations

·          Working as a team lead to monitor and manage the team members and solve their issues if needed.

·         Successfully implemented the QM module with quality planning, inspections, digital signatures, audit trails, and batch status management.

·         Generated Quality Notifications for the Non-Confirming Materials during procurement of materials from Vendor and during Production.

·         Configured routing determination, MRP plant parameters, MRP groups, MRP types, lot size calculation, planned orders and movement types.

·         Configured product costing maintaining overhead rate, BOM, assigning activity type to the cost center, and integrated with other modules like PP, MM.

·         Configured Production scheduling profile, Production Order Types and Automatic Purchase Requisitions from MRP and Goods Movements.

·         Involved in the customizing and configuration of FI (New GL, AR, AP, FM, and AA), CO- Product Costing, CO-PA, Cost Center, Profit Center, and Internal Order.

·         Configured and created- info records, Vendors, Stock Transport orders, Purchase requisitions, Customer and Contracts special stock like Subcontracting Purchase Orders.

·         Configured and evaluated the cost centers, mapping with work centers, carried out product costing for different materials including semi-finished, finished, co-products etc.

·         Involved in Unit Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Functional Integration Testing, Volume Testing and Performance Testing.

·         Managed daily update meeting for all the plants to resolve post Go-Live issues.

·         Created Chart of Accounts, asset classes, Master Data, Valuation, Asset types, allocations of number ranges and transfers of legacy data in Asset Management Module. Defined depreciation areas, depreciation terms, and periodic processing. I have also configured tax depreciation books.

·         Configuring shop floor activities, production schedule profiles, automatic transfer order creation, scheduling, confirmation of production orders.

·         Worked on sales and operations planning (S& OP) - creation of info structure, planning hierarchies, Planning Types, Macros.

·         Provided functional guidance to team to support QM integration within business.

·         Configuration of PP-MRP processes, production orders, process orders, repetitive manufacturing, classification, batch management, capacity planning, demand management.

·          Gathered business requirements, prototyped, and architected the SAP-FICO solution for the master data, contract management, service order processing, middleware, and pricing/billing.

·         Managed delivery of SAP development objects. Coordinated communication with off-shore delivery centers, provided guidance to functional designers, and reported metrics to senior leadership.

 

Detroit Diesel                  Redford, MI                                            Aug 2012 to Feb 2014

Sr. SAP Functional Lead Consultant

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

·         Worked on Supply Chain configuration, defined MRP relevant floats for different plants.

·         Developed test scripts for Purchasing (PO), Goods receipts (GR), Invoice verification and Goods Issues (GI).

·         Enhancement/Development on HANA and Implementation on SAP BW on HANA (Source System - SAP CRM 7.0 and Client Legacy Non-SAP Application)

·         Gathered the requirements for STO processes and worked with Senior MM and SD consultants for configuring the various scenarios of inter plant and inter company stock transport orders and took responsibility of implementation.

·         Assisted with the functional design of workflow, forms, reports, interfaces, conversions, and enhancements in SAP MM functionality.

·         Updated Vendor contracts, Request Setup of Capital projects AFE and WBS, provide charge codes.

·         Detailed analysis of the Master Data both in R/3 and APO and the Integration Model so as to pinpoint the exact cause of the errors arising due to faulty master data like planning calendars, MRP type.

·         Run purchase order reschedules reports e-mail and expedites Purchase orders, computerized inventory of all parts shipped and purchased. Ran weekly inventory report of all parts for each buyer

·         Configured PPM/PDS explosion and scheduling, firming, pegging, setup times, converting planned orders in PP/DS, configured PPDS module including converted SNP planned orders into PPDS orders, exception groups in the PP/DS planning log, product view.

·         Configured Demand management plant parameters such as MRP groups, MRP controllers, MRP types, and lot-sizing procedure.

·         Configured, Designed and Implemented Catalogs, Inspection Characteristics, Inspection Methods, Sample Determination, QM-Specific Data in Material Master and Dynamic Modification Rules.

·         Performed analysis on shop floor activities as per business process, configured and executed functions such as order creation, order release, availability check, shop floor papers, order confirmation, and order information system.

·Pricing: Configured complex Pricing, Pricing procedure, Condition types, Condition tables, and Access sequences, Condition Records. Thorough understanding of various pricing techniques.

·         Collaborated with project systems team, assisted with definition and configuration of PS master data, project definition, work breakdown structure (WBS), WBS elements, Network, Network activities.

·         Defined data fields for PP master data such as Material master, BOM, Work center, and Routing.

·         Defined settings for transactional data, functionalities such as material requirement planning (MRP).

·         Worked on assignment of fields to selection groups in master data, defined the data field properties.

·         Prepared As-Is documents, performed workshops to demonstrate configured functionalities.

·         Provided operational solutions in scheduling productions orders, optimizing lead time scheduling using suitable schedule margin keys (SMK).

·          End-to-end Implementation, Rollout, Support, upgrade, enhancements and various areas with implementation of Sub-modules like General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, New GL functionality and Asset Accounting, New GL Migration.

·         Work on developing a cross-functional solution on new roll outs. Developed user documentation and test scripts Facilitate testing and training sessions. Assisted in rolling out new functionality within the template.

·         Developed conceptual design document for various in house small projects related to SAP enhancements 

·         Interaction with user and client to understand there requirement and concern over existing system to identify system improvement points 

·Integrated the entire Purchase-2-Pay business process: Creation and maintenance of vendor master records. Vendor transaction processing (including invoices and payments) Integrated nature within the MM component, Invoice verification & Outgoing payment process.

·         Provided strategic planning, expert advice, and consultation on the design and implementation of business applications, including but not limited to analysis, risk mitigation, functional design, reengineering, integration, execution, and organizational effectiveness.

·Defined PP and PS security requirements, maintained authorization profiles, activity groups/roles, and user maintenance.

·Tested functionalities for various business scenarios, include interface systems.

·Prepared configuration documents, test scripts, and performed unit testing with multiple business scenarios.

·Assisted Key Users in developed reference help desk for End Users in the plant. Prepared documents and manuals for training.

·          Intermediate Documents (IDOCS): Monitoring, Reprocessing & Manual Posting of IDOCS, Setting up Partner Profiles, Process Codes and defining Port.

·Conducted training sessions, provided end user training and prepared training documents.

·Architecting and delivering integrated planning and performance management reporting

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