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Saleel Kulkarni

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Last update: 23.08.2019

SAP MM CONSULTANT

Graduation: B.com
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: English (Limited professional) | Hindi (Limited professional)

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Profile Summary
 
  • SAP Functional Consultant offering over 12 years of successful career distinguished by commendable performance in Implementation, Up-gradation, Roll Outs, and Production Support and Enhancement projects.
  • Steered two MM implementations, one WM/EWM support for upgrades
  • Explored new functionalities in SAP EWM 9.1; proficient in ASAP Methodology and SAP best practices
  • Experienced in as-is and to-be, blueprinting, realization, testing (unit testing, user acceptance testing and integration testing), end-user training, final preparation, go-live and project support
  • Seeking challenging assignments in the field of Supply Chain Management, specifically  EWM
  • Expertise in writing functional design specifications for Reports, Enhancements
  • Skilled in managing complete Materials Management function entailing procurement, vendor negotiations ensuring timely supplies of material; stores functions; displayed competence in managing functions for seamless movement of goods
  • An effective communicator with exceptional relationship management skills with capability to relate to people at any level of business

Core competencies:
  • SAP MM Consulting
  • Production Support & Enhancement
  • UAT & Integration Testing
  • Requirement Gathering
  • MM Functional Consulting
  • Project Management
  • Go-Live & Post-Live Support
  • Functional Specification
  • End-user Training

Project history

From Aug’18 to May’19 with Mannlowe Information Services Pvt. Ltd., Pune as Sr. SAP Consultant

Client:                   Rising Pharma USA
System Status:       SAP S/4HANA 1610
Location:                Pune (Offshore Support)
Role:                      Sr. SAP MM-EWM Consultant

Responsibilities:
  • Giving offshore support to Rising Pharma like enhancement in MM, preparing functional specification preparation of end user documents (inbound-outbound deliveries) with respect to EWM
  • Configuring  release strategy for Purchase Requisition (PR) and Purchase Order (PO) for multiple releasing authorities and departments
  • Resolving:
  1. Day-to-day issues in SAP MM procurement which originated from processes such as procurement of raw material, stores and spares, capital goods, stock transfers, consumables, services, and so on
  2. Issues that arose in the post-implementation phase with valid solutions that required minor customisations in the SAP system
  • Formulating business process scope and objectives for SAP system as Onsite SAP MM Functional Lead; analysing and evaluating existing systems, proposing solutions, and recommendations for solving SAP Procurement problems
Dec’17- Jun’18 with PEOL Technologies Ltd., as Sr. SAP MM Consultant
(On payroll of 3x3Conect Hyderabad)

Client:                   Tata Power Ltd., Mumbai, Ariba Downstream Implementation
System Status:       ECC 6 Ehp.7
Location:                Mumbai (On-site)
Role:                      Sr. SAP MM Consultant

Responsibilities:
  • Gathered requirements and prepared functional requirements specification for Ariba/Related SAP modifications
  • Prepared new business flowchart for the new business process flow
  • Prepared Unit/Integration/UA Test scripts
  • Conducted workshop for end users; prepared end user document and conducted end-user training
  • Worked as part of the onsite team and support business users with processor system issues
  • Delivered:
  1. CRs / enhancements, conducted MM configuration pertaining to Ariba Downstream implementation
  2. End-to-end solution for enhancements
  3. Ensured high customer satisfaction through on-time in-scope delivery of projects
Aug’17-Sep’17 with Adroit Infotech Ltd., Pune as Sr. SAP MM Consultant

Client:                  
System Status:     ECC 6 Ehp.7
Location:              Pune (Offshore Support)
Role:                    Sr. SAP MM Consultant

Responsibilities: Configured Vendor Subrange

Mar’10-Jul’17 with KPIT Technologies Ltd., Pune as Sr. ERP Consultant

Worked on multiple Projects:

1.    Suzlon Energy Ltd.                                                                  Mar16 to Jun16
Role: SAP MM Consultant-
Location: Pune, India Onsite Support
Production Support. Resolved level 3 tickets, Configuration of Organizational Data
Co-ordination activity with business users for proper handshake of issues during user testing as well as during issue resolution.
Meet with business users to evaluate and understand system changes/issue list.
 
2.       Reliance                                                            Feb15 to Feb16
Role: SAP MM Consultant
Location: Mumbai, India Onsite Support
  • Carried out extensive Quality Assurance Testing for Media Implementation Project consisting Unit Testing and Integration Testing for Media Business
  • Processes and also assisted end users in User Acceptance Testing to validate the business scenarios. 
  • Carried out Go-live Activity and Post Go-live support
 
3.      Yazaki India                                                                  Nov14 to Jan15
Role: SAP MM Consultant
Location: Pune, India Onsite Support
 
Bench Activity                                                                           MAY 2014-OCT 2014
 
4.      CEAT LIMITED                                                     Jan14 to Apr14
Role: SAP MM Consultant
Location: Mumbai, India
Offshore Support on behalf of SAP, Handled issues related to the logistics
 
5.       Buckeye Pipeline Company                                 Dec13 to Jan14                                               
Role: SAP MM Consultant
Location: Huston, USA         
Offshore Support Data Migration Project          
Switch over from SAP to JDE              
Data Extraction 
Data Mapping into JDE
6.       SAP Support AMS Pool                                        Jul13 to Nov13      
Role: SAP MM Consultant
Location: Pune
Offshore Support
Worked with Service on Demand department, completely dedicated department for SAP support of our esteemed clients coming from different industry verticals, like automobile, paint, rubber, fertilizers etc. Type of tickets includes SAP roll outs, fault finding and providing solutions, issues related to excise duty, Sometimes SAP standard reports does not fulfill the requirement of customer, so it requires Z developments (customized). Z developments are mainly used to generate customized reports, for example Purchase register wherein we need to extract data from different tables of Vendor Master, Material Master, Purchase Order.
 
Below are some of the activities carried out
 
1.     Developed purchase register for Rexnord India.
2.     Developed RFQ smart form as per client requirement with technical consultant.
3.     Tested Automatic email trigger of purchase order
4.     Maintaining condition records for new tax codes
5.     Client interaction for any understanding/requirement gap.
6.     Developed process document for subcontracting process with account assignment category E (Sales Order)
 
7.       Gestamp Sungwoo Stamping & Assemblies Ltd.      Feb13 to Jun13
Role: SAP MM Consultant
Location: Chennai
On site, end to end complete implementation
 
Business Process: Make to Stock
 
Conducted discussions with core business team for gathering of requirements and business process for Blueprint workshop.
Configured Material types Number ranges (External numbering) for Material master, PR, PO and changed the field status of the material master records as per the user requirements.
Lot of data cleansing has been carried out for all master data such as material master, vendor master, info record, source list.
After cleansing the master data, it was uploaded by using, LSMW (Legacy System Migration Workbench) and BDC (Batch Data Communication) and Call Transaction.
Configuration of material master
Carried out unit test, integration test end and end user training.
Designed and Implemented SAP Functions: Release Strategies, Procurement of External services.
 
8.       Carried out Request for Proposal for Crestwood     Oct12 to Jan13
Role: SAP MM Consultant
Offshore Support
 
10.     Applied Medicals, USA                                                     Jul12 to Sep12
Role: SAP MM WM Consultant and Project coordinator
Location: Pune
Offshore Support, Process Automation project
Used SAP TAO tool to record business processes of Applied Medicals
Got exposure to working knowledge of Warehouse Management in below aspects
 
1.     Configuring the master data and transactional data items like storage types, storage sections, and storage bins, picking and put away areas. 
2.     Configuration WM Structure by Defining storage types, storage sections, storage bins, quants, etc.
3.     Different types of storage, such as high rack storage, block storage or fixed bin storage
4.     Put away and picking strategies for fixed bin, open storage, addition to existing stock, and storage unit types (pallets) 
5.     WM Movement types, Storage type search, Storage section search, Storage bin type search, Stock Placement (Put away) & Stock Removal (Picking) strategies.
6.     Configured storage types with and without Storage Unit Management 
7.     Executed complex cross-functional modules scenarios.
8.     Worked on physical inventory, cycle counting, analyzing the count results, and posting of difference in the system 
 
11.SAP Support AMS Pool                                   Apr12 to Jun12
Role: SAP MM Consultant
Offshore Support
Involved in resolving tickets received from different domestic clients.
Preparation of user manual
 
12.   PACCAR, USA Jan 12 to Mar 12
Role: SAP MM Consultant
            Offshore Support
Preparation of functional specification for business requirement
Carrying out extensive testing in development as well as quality server
Identified tables and fields related to source list in SAP system to do field mapping into non SAP SRM System.
 
13.     Comau S.p.A, Italy. Sep 10 to Dec 11
Role: SAP MM Consultant
            Offshore Support
Involved in resolving tickets received on mail.
Created baseline configuration document for China and Serbia.
Carried out new Company Code roll out with 7 plants for China.
For data migration we used LSMW. To avoid wrong data uploading we made a strategy of uploading the data by stage wise means let the one data get loaded, then take the other one, so there will not be stress on the system, just like maintaining the parameters. Though it was time consuming, but it was effective. Count was approx. 20000 materials and 500 vendors throughout world. 
Carried out new Company Code roll out with 3 plants for Serbia.
Carried out unit and integration testing extensively.
Plant roll out activity carried out for France.
Understanding and creating functional specification for different reports.
Resolved issue related to purchase register for India related activity.
 
14.     Rexnord India Pvt. Ltd., Pune India Mar 10 to Aug 10     
Role: SAP MM Consultant
On site, end to end complete implementation.
            Finalized business blue print.
Mapped to-be system requirements for Implementations.
Mapped MM organization structure
Configuration for MM module
Carried out uploading master data activity
As per the requirement of the client, it was required that data should consist the details of legacy system (material master) So the details were converted into text and was maintained in basic data text, legacy material number was maintained in the old material number field and the data was loaded into SAP
Carried out end user training and created end user training documents.
Professional Experience: Previous Organizations Nov08 to Dec09
Worked with Idhasoft Ltd, Vashi Navi Mumbai, as Associate MM Consultant and also explored Plant Maintenance module                           
 
15.     Sapat Tea                                                        Dec 08 to Jul 09
Role: SAP MM Consultant
Location: Mumbai
            Offshore Support Mumbai, India.
Configuration and creation of new material types
Creation of new material group
 
16.    Rahimafrooz Globatt Ltd.
Bangladesh, a leading Battery Manufacturer in Bangladesh Aug 09   to Dec 09
Role: SAP PM Consultant
Onsite Post Implementation go-live support
Provided post implementation support to the end users for Plant Maintenance related scenarios. Analyze end users’ needs and participated in the design of the process requirements.
Professional Experience: Previous Organizations Feb07 to Oct 08
Worked with as Associate Consultant CMS Computers Ltd. Seepz, Andheri (E) Mumbai
 
17.        Nivea India                                                     May08 to Nov08
Role: SAP MM Consultant
Location: Mumbai
Post Implementation support
 
 18.    Kansai Nerolac Paints                                                Jan 08 to Apr 08
Role: SAP MM Consultant
Location: Mumbai Post Implementation support
 
 19.   HODEK Vibration Technologies Pvt. Ltd.            Oct 07 to Dec 07
Role: SAP MM Consultant
Pilot Implementation Project. By using ASAP methodology…
 
1.     Identifying Business Goals and Objectives of Customer in line with SAP Best Practices for the Automotive Supplier Industry Segment
2.     Selection of Business Scenario Groups / Business Scenarios / Business Processes as per SAP Best Practices
3.     Selecting Key Performance indicators from Solution Map and aligning with Customer-defined KPI
4.     Creating and finalizing Customer Solution Map
5.     Creating Business Process Master List
6.     Identifying Critical Success Factors for Implementation
7.     Configuration and Creation of Organization Structure for Material Management.
8.     Configuration of Material Masters, which includes number range assignment, field selection configuration.
9.     Configuration of Vendor master, which includes creation of new account groups
10.  Configuration of Purchase Requisition, which includes creation of new document types and number range assignment.
11.  Configuration of Release Procedure with classification for Purchase Requisition and Purchase Orders, which includes creation of new characteristics and classes
12.  Preparing Business Blueprint document for Business process
13.  Creating end user training program and Training documents.
14.  Preparing documentation for Baseline testing.
15.  Preparing test cases & carried out Unit testing. Creation of unit-testing document.
16.  Preparing test cases for integration testing
 
20.         ABM Knowledge ware Ltd. (MCGM Project)   Mar 07 to Jun 07
Role: SAP MM Consultant
Post Implementation support
 
Domain Experience:
 
Worked with Authorized Dealers for Maruti, Udyog Ltd, Hyundai Motor India Ltd, Bajaj Tempo Ltd, Exide Batteries Ltd etc in Spare Parts Department for near about 13 years 
 

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