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RAKESH B

St Louis

Summary

SAP Consultant with over a decade of experience in business/technology transformation initiatives carrying out solution evaluation, consulting, and operations in manufacturing, retail, logistics, and service industries. SAP Solution Lead focusing on Automotive/Manufacturing. SAP VMS & SD modules. Subject Matter expert. Experience includes working with leading global consulting organizations such as IBM/Yash/Accenture/Mphasis- An EDS Company. Multinational experience includes working USA/UK/SA. Result-oriented professional. SAP Certified Associate in S/4 HANA-SD.· Worked in Credit Management usage on S/4 HANA FSCM. Worked in Pricing, Credit Management, and Account Determination.· Worked in Intercompany Sales process, Third Party Salesprocess, Delivery process interfaces with third party systems and Delivery outputs.· Worked on Transportation module of ECC defined shipment types, Routes, Route determination.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

SAP S/4 HANA Sales & LE Solution Architect

HarleyDavidson Inc.
05.2023 - Current
  • Conducted blueprint session for OTC and VMS
  • Getting Requirements from Business users and Propose solutions in SAP
  • Collaborates with cross-functional teams onsite and offshore to develop Agile Methodology
  • Worked on the configuration of SD and VMS process as per the BRD
  • Worked on developing inbound and outbound interface with CAMS system for Credit Card/PayPal payment authorization.
  • Works with the user community to review, analyze, and define business requirements
  • Translates and documents end-user business requirements to design, document, and test SAP application solutions across multiple functional groups.
  • Preparing SD questionnaire for Workshops.Prepared flow charts as per story boards.
  • · Proposed various enterprise structures as per existing business process.

Senior Advisory Consultant

Target
11.2021 - 01.2023
  • Lead MM and IS Retail Consultant from Offshore in E2E Implementation
  • Configuration of Sites, Merchandise Category & Hierarchy, Assortments, Listing, Replenishment Planning, Pricing Procedure, Purchasing Document Types, Number Ranges, Release Strategy
  • Create Test Scenarios with Functional and E2E test teams to aid rollouts
  • Integration with WM Processes such as Inbound & Outbound Delivery, Picking, Packing, Put-away, Shipment documents
  • Worked on customized Handheld solutions such as creating PO, Inbound Delivery, Good Receipt, etc
  • Using a handheld device embedded with SAP GUI
  • Prepared Functional Specifications for Z-developments such as Enhancements, User Exits, Reports, and Interfacing through IDocs.

Senior Consultant

MUNDI PHARMA
09.2021 - 11.2021
  • Worked on supporting the client on various issues from time to time along with Test case developments
  • Responsible for creating Test cases and Execution of different business scenarios and getting Signoff with the core team.

SD Solution lead

BRIDGESTONE
06.2020 - 02.2021
  • Working on Activate Methodology and Business Partner
  • Responsible for Requirement gathering, Gap Analysis, Solution design, BBP documentation, and Deployment
  • Performing SAP configurations in SAP SD
  • Working on Customer Vendor Integration (CVI)
  • Working on FIORI Concepts and Changes in SD and MM
  • Experience with Subscription Management, Billing, Contract Accounting, Payment Solutions, Collections & Knowledge of Integration with third-party applications using BRIM & S4 HANA.

SD Solution lead

GEAerospace
08.2019 - 06.2020
  • Providing support to clients globally in the area of SD and LE through the OTRS tool
  • Participation in various CR meetings and presenting the change in the CAB for getting approval
  • Handling the Different incidents and CRs via the OTRS tool.

SD Solution lead

VALEO-PIAA
10.2018 - 08.2019
  • Prepared Business Blueprint
  • Conducted Sales and Distribution Module Workshops with businesses to understand AS-IS
  • Configured end to end OTC cycle including, Enterprise Structure, Sales Order types, Item Categories, Schedule Line categories, Sales Areas, basic functions like Pricing, Text determinations, partner determinations, Delivery types, Delivery Item category, Copy Control, Billing types, revenue account determination, etc
  • Worked on Fit GAP Analysis and identified different GAPS
  • Prepared FS documents and Coordinated with Development team to fulfill the GAPs according to the business requirement
  • Configured STO and Consignment processes
  • Worked on Backorder processing
  • Developed new ORDER ENTRY interface (Customer specific)
  • Prepared new Business Requirement Documents, Functional Specifications, Interface Specifications, and mapping sheets
  • Prepared interface related test cases and test scripts for end to end business processes for Integration Tests.

SD Sr.Consultant

Carestream Dental
02.2017 - 10.2018
  • Providing support to Client Globally in the area of SD and LE through OTRS tool
  • Participation in various CR meetings and presenting the change in the CAB for getting approval
  • Handling the Different incidents and CRs via OTRS tool
  • Coordination with middleware team from onsite any interface related issues.

SD Sr.Consultant

TEXTRON AVIATION
05.2016 - 02.2017
  • Handling configuration changes in SD module as per mapped business process
  • Creation of New reports & Queries in according to user requirements
  • Worked on user exist to bring in new functionality as required in business Blueprint
  • Creation of various output types as per client requirements
  • Set up pricing procedure determinations as per organizational requirements
  • Carried out unit testing and integrated testing.

SAP Solution lead

HCCBPL
03.2014 - 05.2016
  • Providing support to Client in SD and Transportation Module through CCSN tool
  • Mentoring and upskilling the consultants in the project for all the process related clarifications and expertise solutions to support the global template
  • Prioritizing, Delegating and Monitoring the tasks to be completed within the team for the given time periods to meet the targeted project deliverables
  • Driving the weekly team meetings and daily stand-up meetings to understand the tickets and CRs flow and the statuses of the same Also, driving project related meetings
  • Handling planned and un-planned leaves within the team with proper resource backups
  • Planning for team holidays and supporting project during Indian holidays on shift basis
  • Handling Prime (Timesheet) activities and the respective approval mechanisms.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Programming

Lovely Professional University - INDIA
04.2013

Skills

  • Automotive
  • Sales & Distribution
  • Implementation, Migrations, Upgrades & Logistics Execution
  • Rollouts & Support
  • System Integrations - MM/FI
  • S/4 HANA Sales
  • Vehicle Mgmt System

Accomplishments

  • Certified SAP S/4HANA Sales 2021 Upskilling.
  • SAP Certified Associate - SAP Activate Project Manager

Personal Information

Title: SAP S/4 Hana Sales 2021 Certified Consultant

Timeline

SAP S/4 HANA Sales & LE Solution Architect

HarleyDavidson Inc.
05.2023 - Current

Senior Advisory Consultant

Target
11.2021 - 01.2023

Senior Consultant

MUNDI PHARMA
09.2021 - 11.2021

SD Solution lead

BRIDGESTONE
06.2020 - 02.2021

SD Solution lead

GEAerospace
08.2019 - 06.2020

SD Solution lead

VALEO-PIAA
10.2018 - 08.2019

SD Sr.Consultant

Carestream Dental
02.2017 - 10.2018

SD Sr.Consultant

TEXTRON AVIATION
05.2016 - 02.2017

SAP Solution lead

HCCBPL
03.2014 - 05.2016

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Programming

Lovely Professional University - INDIA
RAKESH B