CLARA DIANA JAMES
Senior Consultant - ABAP
Chennai
Summary
ABAP professional with 15+ years of design and implementation expertise, resulting in strong combination of technical, analytical skills and enhanced business sense. Entrusted with leadership and coordination of long running, high profile projects including oversight of multiple implementations, roll outs and upgrade projects.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Consultant
Astrazeneca
9 2015 - Current
- Worked and having good knowledge on modules like SD, MM, QM, FI/CO, EWM, PP in use of ABAP to enhance, extract data from and customize these modules
- Expertise in ABAP designed, developed, and modified many Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancement and Forms
- Worked on data conversions and data uploads from legacy systems, BAPI, BADI, ALE/IDOC, ABAP query, BDC, LSMW, module pool programming, RFC, user exit, authorization objects and OOPS concepts
- Good knowledge on finding and applying OSS notes
- Worked closely with functionals and project managers in design of solutions and enhancements
- Expertise in debugging both SAP standard and customized programs
- Independent thinking with keen problem-solving skills
- Strong integration skills of FI/CO with MM and SD
- Good understanding and exposure to SOLDOC Processes
- A motivated individual, quick learner, committed to teamwork and multicultural experience
- Worked as regional SPOC across all modules and has problem solving skills to analyze issues, identify root causes and develop solutions that minimize disruptions and downtime
- Lead and provided technical guidance, mentoring and training to junior developers, communicate effectively with PM and functionals
- Involved P1/P2 incidents, problem tickets and attained solution to critical issues
- Lead and delivered objects on time with high quality in India GST, Wuxi pas-x, Maihara pas-x, GQLIMS interface, China RDC's projects
- Worked on top 10 digital up lift project and won a CIO award
- Involved in lean initiative and delivered many automations work as part of improvements
- Provided technical support in working model, working model with EWM, working model with S4 decentralized EWM, Fit to stand POC's
- Connect ECC with CFIN and complete the value mapping
- Used and explored more on AIF to handle the inbound documents/messages in CFIN
- Provided technical support in Cross-system STO and new Tolling Solution using Intercompany Subcontracting
- Worked on various Interim Scenarios with Embedded CFIN
- Supported during S4 System upgrade of S42021, S42022 and to latest S42023 Version with SPDD, SPAU activity
- Extensive work experience in SAP ABAP programming tool using eclipse
- Provided technical support during ICSM set up
- Good knowledge on ABAP 7.4 coding
- Hands on experience on adding custom field using CFL Fiori app with clean core extensibility
- Applied CFIN relevant 1500+ OSS notes in all regional system using TCI
- Upgraded the Add-On for Life Sciences 2406 package in S4D system
- Attended SAP training session and enriched knowledge on CDS, RAP and extensibility concepts
- Worked on SAP DRC setup along with functional team
- Involved in SOAMANAGER setup during configuration of extended EWM and TM in one client as part of SAP SCM edition for S4 Hana
- Rectified Fiori app errors irrespective of any module
- Provided my insights on technical guideline document for Axial developments
- As part of DMC, learned and delivered POC's on 10+ custom FM
- Applied SAP Best practice for group reporting in 1SG and 40Y report enabling as part of FI
- Working on One source indirect tax integration with Thomson Reuters
SAP ABAP Consultant
HCL Axon
01.2012 - 09.2015
- Enhanced the BOM comparison report by adding custom columns to the report
- Enhanced the BOM screen with custom fields both in header and item level
- Developed custom t-code to upload BOM into SAP from Ms-Excel
- Enhanced the Purchase Info record screen with custom fields
- Developed code to create/change custom table for vendor master XPAC
- Based on change request, involved in code changing to the existing data conversion objects
- Developed LSMW for Routing
- Enhanced the PO and PR screen both header and item tab with custom fields
- Involved in designing of Shop floor plan for Production Order using Adobe forms
- Worked on branding requirement changes
- Developed a ALV report named as ‘Payslip batch report’, which displays the list of colleagues for payroll admin batch based on the input payroll area, period and country key from infotype 0, 1,6
- Developed an exit for ‘Cost centre validation’ for infotype 27
- Based on the Org key maintained in infotype 1 then cost centre will be validated
- In ‘Interface summary report’ added logic to segregate the LBG and VERDE employee employees before the output display
- Developed technical and UTD document for the object deliverables
Application Developer – SAP ABAP Consultant
Maersk Global Service Centres
11.2009 - 12.2011
- Worked extensively on workflow related incidents, analyzing and correcting them, which include identifying the correct owner of the WF and sending it to their inbox, WF forwarding by checking the approval mappings
- Worked on TEM workflows, PO approval and MM/FI invoice posting workflows
- Maintaining the master data details for vessel/voyage tables by running the reports
- Successfully resolved typical issues within the resolution period allotted to each type of incident
- Handled the business critical incidents very well by giving a prompt solution to the issues by thoroughly debugging into the problem
- Worked on erroneous inbound idocs by debugging and analyzing them
- Mapping of users to the position ids in the organizational structure
- Debugged the idocs generated from F111 tcode and found the root cause for the missing segment and segment data
- Involved in problem management team issues, found the root cause and fixed it
- I got appreciated with 'Customer Service Award' in the month of Aug 2011
Application Developer – SAP ABAP Consultant
IBM India Private Ltd
- Involved in ABAP developments such as reports, smart forms, ABAP oops and dialog programming and BDC’s
- Implementing OSS notes
- Developed PO and Invoice smart form from the scratch
- Created BDC for master data upload for transactions IE01(Equipment master create), IE02(Equipment master change), IA01(Equipment task list create) and IA02(Equipment task list change) using call transaction method
- Worked on user exits and developed ALV report based on the requirement
- Used ABAP dictionary concepts in the required places
- Used BAPI to confirm process order and to do automatic good movement
- Prepared technical specification for the objects developed
- Applied OSS notes in SAP standard programs as per functional consultant requirement
- Worked on LSMW during master data uploading
- Uploaded the client logo and created output device in SAP
- Developed custom pricing routine during SO creation as per requirement
ABAP Consultant
BHELSIA Design Cluster
05.2008 - 10.2009
- Involved in ABAP developments such as reports, smart forms, ABAP oops and dialog programming and BDC’s
- Developed smart form layout for billing details that display PO wise billing details with subtotal and grand total of billing amount for each vendor
- Created ALV report for Erection sequence generation with material code, description, weights etc
- Created Interactive report for Site Action Report, which displays defects in customer wise and with total number of defects
- Created interactive ALV report using oops
- It displays all supplier information on clicking material number
Education
Masters - Computer Application
Madurai Kamaraj University
Skills
CDS
DMC
ODATA
FIORI
ADOBE FORMS
ATC
RAP
CAP
AIF
OSS notes
BADI
Clean Core
Extensibility
OOPs
Debugging
Additional Information
o Microsoft Certified in VB.Net
o Oracle Certified Associate
o SAP Certified Associate in ABAP with SAP NetWeaver.
o Learned Swift programming for iOS app development on personal interest.
o Active participant of SAP Devtoberfest and gained SAP badges.
Personal Information
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Languages
English
Tamil
Timeline
SAP ABAP Consultant
HCL Axon
01.2012 - 09.2015
Application Developer – SAP ABAP Consultant
Maersk Global Service Centres
11.2009 - 12.2011
ABAP Consultant
BHELSIA Design Cluster
05.2008 - 10.2009
Senior Consultant
Astrazeneca
9 2015 - Current
Application Developer – SAP ABAP Consultant
IBM India Private Ltd
Masters - Computer Application
Madurai Kamaraj University