KIRAN YERAMALLA

E-Mail: kye3871e@westpost.net
Mobile: 612-859-9015
SUMMARY
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SAP SCM MM CERTIFIED LEAD CONSULTANT, ARCHITECT WITH Over all of 9
years of experience, including 8 years of SAP consulting experience
as SAP MM/SD/WM/LE Senior Functional Architect/Project lead in
various industries such as Manufacturing,Printing,Hitech and
Automotive.
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Excellent working experience of integration points in MM and WM
with LE, PP, SD, and FI/CO modules.
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3 Full Life Cycle implementations, 2 production support, 1 Ecc 6.0
upgrade project experience involving Gap Analysis, data migration,
Configuration, Customization, Testing, User Training, Documentation
and Post Implementation.
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9 years SAP application configuration, integration development, and
support experience
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Worked extensively on EDI Configuration(
850,855,860,846,856ASN,856SC,940)
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Working experience on SNC and IS-Retail proects.
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Lead the ECC 6.0 upgrade project successfully.
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Heavy hands on experience in Customising,configuration and
enhancements in MM(Purchasing,Inventory Management,Invoice
verificatoion), WM(Masterdata,putaway strategy,pickaway
strategy,Batch management,Handling units,RF,Delivery processing)
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Self-motivated, strong commitment to meeting aggressive deadlines.
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Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal.
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Fast learner, able to absorb large amounts of information quickly
in a project environment.
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Willingness and flexibility to travel as needed to support project
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Strong presentation skills and experience with Visio,Powerpoint as
well as MS Office tools.
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Strong analytical & leadership skills,exceptional team player.

SAP SKILLS SYNOPSIS

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MATERIAL MANAGEMENT a" Configuration of Purchasing,Inventory
management,Master Data,Material master, PR, PO, Pricing, Agreements,
Info records, Release Procedures, Inventory Management, GR, GI,
Movement Types, Reservation, Transfer Posting, Stock Transfer,
Logistic Invoice Verification, Account Determination, Valuation,
Physical Inventory process.

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SD a" Complete end to end sales process, Configuration of Sales
Document types, Item Categories, Schedule Line Categories,
Customization of delivery documents, billing documents., Shipping
point determination

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INVENTORY MANAGEMENT- Consigned Inventory, subcontracting, missing
parts, movement types (GR/GI/transfer, movements), physical
inventory, Special Stocks ( Consignment, Pipeline, Sub- Contract) and
reservations, 3PL, Automatic Settlement-ERS, Document Parking, Invoice
verification online, Invoice release, Blocking invoices

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WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT- Placement/Removal Strategies, Palletization,
Wave picking, Delivery Processing, Transportation Planning, Routes,
Shipments, Bar-coding, IM/WM Movement types, Shelf life expiry date,
Production Material Staging, Picking, Batch Search Strategy, Packing,
Shipping, Transportation, Capacity checks, SAP RF, RF interfaces,
Physical inventory, Cycle Counting, Cross docking.

SKILLS AND TOOLS

 ERP Packages SAP R/3 Releases 4.6c,4.7, ECC5.0 & ECC 6.0
Languages ABAP/4, VBScript, HTML,XML
Cross Applications/ Interfaces RFC, ALE, SAP xMII, ANSI, X12, TLE,
EDI and IDOC.
Front End SAP GUI, ABAP/4 Reports, Smart Forms, SAP Scripts VB6.0
Operating Systems Windows NT/2000/2003/XP, MS-Dos, MAC OSX
Quality Management Quick Test Pro, Test Director, Mercury Quality
Center,
Project Management MS Visio, MS Project, MS Office, Quest, Remedy.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
CLIENT: APPLE COMPUTERS INC, CUPERTINO,CA.
COMPANY: MAHINDRA SATYAM OCTOBER '06 a" CURRENT
SAP MM/LE/WM TEAM LEAD (Environment:SAP ECC 4.7,ECC 6.0)
Task & Responsibilities:
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Currently working on SNC project with target on onboard 30 supliers
to this new functionality.
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Working in IS retail project in MM/LE space for Shangai and Beijing
APAC regions.
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Worked on SAP Core and Retail system interfaces to share
information on Master data,pricing etc.
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Worked in ECC 6.0 Upgrade Project in capacity of SAP MM/P2P Project
Lead which,was big success in Apple.
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Involved in requirement gathering, business process Analysis,
AS-IS/TO-BE analysis, and testing in procure to pay space.
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Implemented EDI transmissions for 93% of supplier's transactions
using EDI 850, EDI 860, EDI 856 ASN, EDI 856 SC and EDI 940.
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 Worked on IPAD release project in MM/LE/WM space to support the
complete Apple logistics process.
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Worked on Apple Iphone release project supporting MM/LE/WM
functionalities and EDI communcations with Suppliers from APAC
regions.
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Configured new Plant and Warehouse setup to accomodate the Apple
care (Apple products repair life cycle world)end to end
implementation.
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Worked on implementing CTO process with VC for Apple FG.
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Worked on CANADIAN tax change projects where in got to work with
Canada business team to help them adopt the MM and procurment
functionality with the changing tax rates with integration with FI
space.
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Developed Java based web front tool integrated with SAP R/3 as back
end for Apple business users to accomodate the Non inventory
procurement process.
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Involved in complete design,development of Procure to Pay process
for Apple Mexico Online stores Project.
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Configured output types, message types, workflow in case error
notification.
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Managed MRP Stabilization project which involved root cause
analysis of MRP related issues.
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Prepared test scripts and executed integration tests and unit tests
for all purchasing transactions at the time of system refresh.
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Involved in post-production support for end-users by resolving
numerous Remedy tickets and giving solutions for user Acceptance
Testing, involving in workshops, Presentations and meetings
ACCOMPLISHMENT: Successfully delivered many project deliverables
with in the tight and aggressive time lines resulting in saving huge
dollars for client on resource and time factors.

CLIENT: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN'S

COMPANY: ANID INFOSOFT LLC APRIL '06 - SEP '06
SAP FUNCTIONAL CONSULTANT MM-IM/WM (Environment: SAP ECC 4.6C)
 Task & Responsibilities:
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Worked in Source to Pay team for confuguring Purchasing,
Subcontracting, Third party, Consignment, Internal/External
Procurement, Stock Transports, Requisitions, master records.
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Worked on MM master data such as material master, vendor master,
Purchasing info record, source list and running MRP for planning.
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Mapped the business requirements, re-engineered and configured
procurement, inventory management and Material management right from
Blueprinting.
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Worked on various payment terms for suppliers according to
requirements received from business group.
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Created new PO/PR document types for direct, indirect and Media
procurement and set up the required allowed item categories required
by business.
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Worked on automatic account determination at the time of GR and IR,
configured the tolerances for invoice variances according to A/P
requirement.
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Set up the release strategies for PO's according to price and
linked the workflow to release strategies.
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Worked on Logistic invoice verification including document parking
with activation of workflow.
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Customized confirmation control keys according to business
requirement for shipping notification and Order acknowledgement.
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Customized new condition types for external service procurement,
access sequence for Freight %, Freight Fixed etc according to
blueprint.
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Worked on data migration process from legacy system to SAP and
issues while uploading the data.
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Batch management for variant product stock, created batch levels,
batch specification, batch master records, mass processing of batch,
split valuation, search strategy.
 ACCOMPLISHMENT: Configurated Sub contracting process and stream
lined their business process.Delivered the project in stipulatede
time lines saving good dollar value to the clients.

CLIENT: HEWLETT PACKARD,SINGAPORE.

COMPANY: AKASHYA SYSTEMS PVT.LTD JAN '05 a" FEB '06
SAP MM/WM/PP SENIOR CONSULTANT (Environment: SAP R/3 4.7)
This was production support and enhancement role on their R/3 4.6C
system.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

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Coordinated and involved in Post-Implementation support activities
in the area of Production Planning and Warehouse management.
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Attended meetings with business user for requirement scoping,
solving the issues and worked on enhancements.
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Designed Delivery Processing, Picking, Packing, Goods Issue,
Shipping in Batches, Replenishment deliveries, Route Schedules.
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Worked on invoice verification process for external service
procurement including parking of invoices, blocking of invoices,
managing cash discounts and delivery costs.
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Worked on material BOM, MRP, Scheduling, Shopfloor and demand
planning in production planning.
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Set up basic shipping functions, deliveries, delivery schedules,
defined shipping point, loading points.
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Configured the system to optimize material flow using different
Put-away and Picking strategies.
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Part of team which developed interfaces for RF devices via SAP
Console to integrate RF devices into SAP WM module.
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Used mobile data entry methods to confirm transfer order in the
WMS.
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Extensively customized IM/WM functions of goods receipt, goods
issues, reservations, stock transfer and transfer postings.
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Customized the physical inventory and inventory sampling of
warehouse stocks with stress placed on ABC analysis.
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Incorporated batch management procedure with stress placed on
LIFO/FIFO.
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Implemented / Configured RF queues, Assigning users to different RF
queues, custom model data entry screens and activated RF monitor.

ACCOMPLISHMENT: Defined streamline process for PDM and MM space

integrated with many down steam and up stream interfaces which,
helped end users to work on their day-to-day activities more
effectively.

CLIENT: DELPHI AUTOMOTIVES,TROY,USA.

COMPANY: VANGUARD SOLUTIONS PVT.LTD JUNE '04 a" JAN'05
SAP MM/LE FUNCTIONAL ANALYST (Environment: SAP R/3 4.6 C)

Tasks & Responsibilities:

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Generated goods receipt for Purchase Orders, goods issue for
production orders and reversals, removing materials for
non-production and packaging areas, removing obsolete and scrap
materials from inventory
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Involved in managing special stocks like Consignment stocks and
pipeline stocks
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Created Purchase Requisitions for various services and transmitted
the data to Purchasing in MM
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Automated the invoice verification process through ERS settlements.
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Configured and utilized movement types, cycle counting the physical
inventory, and posting the cycle count variance
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Global rollout existing SAP system with creation of 2 new company
codes and plants and creating/extending all configuration,
requirement gathering, blueprinting, customization and program
enhancements.
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Set up raw material planning using MRP. Set up bulk item in such a
way that rail or truck shipment schedules are updated by MRP using
scheduling agreements
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Configured transfer postings, reservations and special stocks of
inventory management
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Involved in interfacing and integration of MM with PM, PP, SD, WM
and FI/CO modules.
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Analyzed legacy master data, helped in designing data conversion
programs for Material Master, Vendor Master, Open Purchase Order,
Contract, Purchase Info Record and Invoices using LSMW, eCATT.
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Handled cutover activities and created business cutover strategies
for conversion from legacy system to the new system.
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Demonstrated various MM transactions and business scenarios for the
users as a part of end user training.

ACCOMPLISHMENT: Successfully lead the team on live physical

inventory count activity. API has been carried out for 65 plants for
semi finished stock in Delphi as well as customer and vendor stock.
During this activity I was involved in deciding strategies for Annual
physical inventory & in changing the customized code of API for Delphi
as per requirements. This helped clients to successfully carry out
their physical inventory process more effectively.

CLIENT: FEDERAL MOGUL,MICHIGAN,USA

COMPANY: MIRACLE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS,INC FEB'04 a" JUNE '04
SAP MM/WM FUNCTIONAL CONSULTANT (Environment: SAP R/3 4.6 C)
Implementation of SAP R/3 4.6C and global roll out in Asia Pacific
and south America.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

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Coordinated and performed successful analysis, design,
configuration, testing and involved in full life cycle implementation
of MM and WM application module
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 Provided an automated SAP KANBAN solution with JIT calls for the
manual KANBAN process.
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Configured Warehouse set up, movements, physical Inventory,
Interface with external material handling system.
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Use of Consumption and receipt transactions for handling units.
COPAWA, COWBHUWA, COWBHWE.
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Incorporated batch management procedure with stress placed on
LIFO/FIFO.
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Implemented / Configured RF queues, Assigning users to different RF
queues, custom model data entry screens and activated RF monitor.
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Configured and tested the shipping module, designed customer
specific shipping labels, packing of material at delivery level,
moving the packages shipping area and finally goods issue.
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Design and configure the printing of custom tickets. Interfacing
with third part labeling and printing software.
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Material picking, pre-weighing (dispensing), material staging and
setting of control cycles. Also custom development of mass Control
Cycle creation.
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Planning and replenishment of bins when using fixed bins. Using
capacity planning of the warehouse for interplant material transfers.
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Worked on GI/GR for Purchase Orders, Sales Order, Stock transfer
and Transfer posting
ACCOMPLISHMENT: As a key player in the team, helped the clients to
get the supply chain process streamlined.

CLIENT: DUO ASSOCIATES INC,USA

COMPANY : COSMONET SOLUTIONS PVT.LTD MAY '02 a" DEC '03
SAP MM FUNCTIONAL CONSULTANT
(This was post Go-Live production support)

Tasks & Responsibilities:

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Involved in user training, final preparation, Go-live and support,
and resolved enhancement issues.
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Configuring & Customizing the MM Elements through IMG and closely
interacting with other modules for resolving cross-modular issues
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Creating outline agreementsa"scheduling, delivery/forecast,
delivery, contracts-value/quantity based
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Maintenance of Material Master and Vendor Master. Material
Documents: Inquiry, Quotation, Contract, Purchase Order, Returns,
Scheduling Agreement, Credit memo request, Debit memo request
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Configuring the end to end Business processes in SAP including
partner determination procedures, Text determination procedures and
output determination procedures
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Processed special materials with shelf life expiration date in the
IM system
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Monitored the differences at regular interval & processing the
differences pertaining to Inventory controls, cycle count process
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Conducted daily back flushing and running bill of materials for all
raw material inventories.
Accomplishment: Was a key player in the project in getting the
project deliverables delivered in the time lines and was also in
support module for good number of months helping end users to get
their task running with out interruptions.

EDUCATION
Bachelors degree from Madras University, Tamilnadu,India in 2001.
FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE
SRI JAYALAKSHMI AUTOMOTIVES PVT,LTD JUNE '01 a" APRIL '02
DEALERS FOR HUYNDAI MOTORS
Worked as Service engineer and spare parts Procuement specialist.
Managed the workshop floor as Mechanical engineer.
Follow up with supplier for meeting production requirements and co
ordinating with other departments like Finance,Production,Quality
control and Warehouse.
 ACCOMPLISHMENT: Was great value added service engineer having got
trained in Hyundai plants operations and spare parts procurement
process. Was key payer to have got the Customer satisfaction index
for year 2001.