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Nishanth Karimbil

Coimbatore

Summary

SAP consultant with 15+ years of experience in SAP S/4HANA implementation (Brownfield and Greenfield), specializing in SAP MM, SD, YARD, CAR, Retail, and Fashion. Certified SAP Cloud Implementation Activate and SAP Activate Project Manager. Experienced in leading teams in various roles, including Delivery Lead, Solution Architect Production Support Lead, and Team Lead. Proficient in ASAP and Activate methodologies for implementation, consulting, and customer discovery sessions for project scoping. Additionally skilled in marketing and business development of IT products. Seeking challenging projects to expand my expertise in diverse business scenarios and take my career to the next level.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

MM Retail and Fashion SD Lead Consultant

Cole Haan
01.2025 - Current
  • Led end-to-end Greenfield implementation for global entities in Japan, USA, and Dubai under the RISE with SAP Private Cloud.
  • Conducted business workshops to gather requirements, identify pain points, and drive process improvements.
  • Created detailed Business Process Documents (BPDs) for system functionalities and business alignment.
  • Delivered SAP system walkthroughs and demos for the Cole Haan team, addressing configuration and process optimization.
  • Designed and configured a comprehensive SAP demo system for retail and fashion processes.
  • Implemented key functionalities: Article Master, Pricing & Promotions, Stock Replenishment, O2C, P2P, and Omnichannel Fulfilment.

Lead Consultant MM

Stoke-on-Trent City Council
01.2025 - Current
  • Involved in the implementation of SAP S/4HANA 2023 Public Cloud and Activate.
  • Worked as the Lead MM (P2P) Consultant for the upgrade from SAP ECC to S/4HANA Public Cloud 2023.
  • Familiar with the SAP roadmap and adopted the SAP Activate methodology, following Agile practices including sprint planning and execution.
  • Conducted workshop sessions, presented SAP Best Practices, reviewed business-driven questionnaires with key users, identified process gaps, and prepared detailed configuration documentation, Scope Org Structure, and product-specific configuration SAP Signavio and SAP ALM.
  • Utilized the S/4HANA Public Cloud Fiori Launchpad for system configuration, maintaining business roles, and assigning relevant applications.

SAP Lead Consultant /Solution Architect

Applexus
TN
11.2017 - Current
  • Develop Offshore and Onsite Functional Team specific in the Functional MM SD YARD EDI CAR Retail and Fashion domain for S/4 Hana implementation projects.
  • Train and mentor Team and develop consulting skills, system configurations, and solution proposals.
  • Applexus internal product development – IFS (Industry-Focused Solution) – S/4 Hana Retail, FMS MM SD Solutions template with standard business processes.

MM Retail Delivery Lead Consultant

Seaworld
03.2024 - 01.2025
  • Managed end-to-end project delivery: requirements, blueprinting, configuration, testing, go-live, and hyper care.
  • Led multiple SAP S/4HANA implementations (cloud and on-premises) for Retail, MM, and SD modules.
  • Directed cross-functional global teams across time zones, ensuring on-time, within-budget delivery.
  • Collaborated with C-level stakeholders to define project roadmaps and align SAP solutions with business goals.
  • Championed SAP Activate methodology, incorporating best practices for Retail, MM, and SD.
  • Oversaw system integration with third-party tools (EDI, Boomi, SAP PI/PO), and managed master data governance.

MM Retail Lead Consultant/Delivery

Ingles Market USA
02.2022 - 02.2024
  • Led Greenfield SAP S/4HANA Retail and MM implementations across all phases: Plan & Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy, and Run.
  • Designed and implemented Diverter Cross Dock and Orderbook custom procurement processes.
  • Conducted workshops, business process analysis, solution design, and prepared BPDs.
  • Managed core SAP Retail processes: store operations, master data, pricing, promotions, and replenishment.
  • Configured S/4HANA 2022 delta changes, including Business Partner (CVI), Output Determination, BRF+, WCOCO, and Fiori apps, and POS inbound profiles and DRFOUT site replication via SAP CAR.
  • Delivered FUT, UAT, cutover, user training, and post-go-live hyper care support.
  • Managed cross-functional teams across onsite and offshore locations, ensuring timely and quality delivery.

Lead Consultant/ Solution Architect

Pentland Corporation USA
07.2021 - 01.2022
  • Provided inputs for building business system roadmaps and strategies, including recommending solutions and offering expertise in architecture and process design.
  • Acted as the Lead Consultant and Solution Architect for the Retail and Logistics implementation project, actively involved in all phases—Workshops, Requirement Gathering, Solutioning, FSD, SIT, UAT, Cutover, Go-Live, and Hypercare support.
  • Analysed business requirements, evaluated estimates, and ensured on-time delivery of tasks assigned to the team.
  • Configured Retail, Procure-to-Pay (P2P), and Order-to-Cash (O2C) business scenarios and pricing schemas for various processes.

Lead Consultant

International Game Technology PLC
12.2020 - 07.2021
  • Led the SAP S/4HANA migration project as MM & SD Lead Consultant, covering all phases, including Database Lift & Shift, Archival, and HANA Migration.
  • Performed Readiness Check Error analysis and Simplification List Pre-checks to ensure system compatibility.
  • Executed master data inconsistency checks and implemented relevant SAP Notes for system optimization.
  • Configured Customer-Vendor Integration (CVI), including post-processing, synchronization control, customer integration, and vendor integration.
  • Migrated master and transactional data including Material, Vendor, Customer, Projects, Open POs/SOs, and Inventory, using LTMC, LTMOM.
  • Defined TO-BE processes, created blueprints, scope documents, and work plans during Global Template Design phase.
  • Created functional mapping documents, workstream-specific conversion logic, and cutover plans.

Retail MM Lead Consultant

Costco USA
01.2019 - 11.2020
  • Involved in end-to-end Implementation of SAP Retail MM, IM/ modules Participated in design awareness client workshop during requirement gathering phase Solutioning.
  • Lead the Master data setup activity, which includes – Site Profile, Site groups, listing procedures, Article master business partner, General Assortments, Assortment types, Distribution Center Site, Merchandise categories, Assortment lists etc.
  • Documentation – End user manual, functional specifications.
  • Updated Mater data and Pricing modules related issues reported by users in the issue log, analyzed the issues to provide solutions.
  • Updated system configuration and documentation when there were changes or new requirements in the business process.
  • Provided functional specifications while creating or changing SAP reports.

Retail SD Lead Consultant

Hudson Group USA
10.2018 - 12.2019
  • Worked extensively on the following - Master data, POS interfaces, Procurement, and requirement planning, Merchandise logistics, Assortment planning, Site Profile, and SAP Retail store logistics.
  • Configured the Article Master Data screens, Sub Screens, and the fields.
  • Retail-specific functions used at the DC include the Push method (allocation and replenishment) and Pull method (store orders).
  • Conducted IS-Retail overview sessions for the Team to help them understand the processes enabling them to understand the Functional Specifications and prepare Technical Specifications with Unit Test case scenario variants.
  • Handling helpdesk issues related to SAP Material Management and SAP Fiori and Business process mapping carried out improvements with customer requirements and integrations with other.
  • Trained Teams on business process transactions for the Team to independently create test-data.
  • Mentored the Team in soft skills and inter-personnel skills, in addition to business processes within SAP.

Retail MM SD Lead Consultant

VFS Corporation USA
01.2018 - 09.2018
  • Rolled out retail stores and distribution centers across the US.
  • Conducted Unit Testing, SIT, and UAT.
  • Configured retail sales pricing, POS outbound, and inbound processes.
  • Managed master data maintenance for Article Master, Sales Set, Assortments, Pricing, Site & Vendor Master, and Merchandise Category.
  • Performed mass data uploads using SAP tools like LSMW for Article, Customer, and Vendor Masters.

GST MM Consultant

Essar Group
07.2017 - 12.2017
  • I was involved in SAP MM and GST implementation project as MM lead consultant.
  • I was engaged in all the phases including plan and analysis, implementation, solution demonstration, UAT, user training, project cutover activities and post-go live support.
  • Configuration access sequence, condition type, TAXXINN Tax procedure.
  • Conclusion on Inbound and out bound process and BBP sing off Based on GST.
  • Functional testing of all business process requirements WRICEFs. Sign off from business.
  • GST changes as per the current draft of Govt.of India (CGST, SGST and IGST).
  • Implementing various SAP Provided OSS notes for GST for S/4 HANA.

GST MM Consultant

Mankind Pharma
07.2017 - 12.2017
  • I was the consultant for Material Management implementation for GST.
  • Carried out Organizational Structure creation, Configurations, and business process mapping with standard and customized requirements.
  • Worked in all the phases of from requirement gathering, implantation, UAT, user training, and post-go-live support as a module consultant.
  • GST Tax Procedure Configuration and Testing GST Scenarios.
  • Configuration access sequence, condition type, TAXXINN Tax procedure.
  • Conclusion on Inbound and out bound process and BBP sing off Based on GST.
  • Configuration of GST org structure and assignment of business places to GST registrations.
  • Set up of new condition types in the TAXINN and respective sales and purchase pricing procedures.
  • GST changes as per the current draft of Govt.of India (CGST, SGST and IGST).

As MM Consultant Support

Infomats INDIA
05.2015 - 06.2017
  • Material Master- Creation of number ranges, Assign of number ranges to Material Types.
  • Vendor Master Creation of A/C Group, Number Ranges, Assign of Number ranges to Document Type.
  • Creation of Organization Structures- Creation of Company, Company Code, Plant, Storage Location, Purchasing Organization& Assignments, Plant, Storage Location, Purchasing Organization & Assignments.
  • Creation of Document Type, Number Range, Assign number ranges to Document Type, Creation of Purchase Order w.r.t Purchase Requisition, Creation of Purchase Order R.F.Q, Creation of Automatic P.O in MM, Creation of Document Type, Number Range, Assign number ranges to Document Type.
  • Create & Maintain Quotations, Price comparisons, Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Orders, Gate Entry, Goods Receipts & Issue Notes, Other goods Receipts, Excise capture & Post, Invoices, Stock Transfer Orders (STO), Sub-Contractor Order & Import Process.

Education

Bachelor of computer science - B.sc IT

Skills

  • SAP S/4 HANA
  • SAP MM
  • SAP SD
  • SAP RETAIL
  • SAP FMS
  • SAP EDI
  • SAP YARD
  • SAP CAR
  • SAP WM
  • SAP PM

Accomplishments

  • Best Consultant Quarter Award 2020
  • Senior Star Performer Annual Award 2021
  • Best Senior Chairman’s Annual Award 2022
  • Gem Annual Award 2023

Blog

  • Https://www.applexus.com/blogs/sap-s4hana-1709-transforming-logistics
  • Https://www.applexus.com/blogs/road-ahead-sap-2020

Education Certifications

  • Bachelor of computer science, B.sc IT
  • SAP Activate Manager Certification
  • SAP MM S/4 HANA Certification
  • SAP SD S/4 HANA Certification
  • SAP Data Migration Achievement
  • SAP Cloud Implementation Activate
  • SAP Enterprise Architect
  • SAP Retail Functions and Business
  • SAP Cloud Sales

Timeline

MM Retail and Fashion SD Lead Consultant

Cole Haan
01.2025 - Current

Lead Consultant MM

Stoke-on-Trent City Council
01.2025 - Current

MM Retail Delivery Lead Consultant

Seaworld
03.2024 - 01.2025

MM Retail Lead Consultant/Delivery

Ingles Market USA
02.2022 - 02.2024

Lead Consultant/ Solution Architect

Pentland Corporation USA
07.2021 - 01.2022

Lead Consultant

International Game Technology PLC
12.2020 - 07.2021

Retail MM Lead Consultant

Costco USA
01.2019 - 11.2020

Retail SD Lead Consultant

Hudson Group USA
10.2018 - 12.2019

Retail MM SD Lead Consultant

VFS Corporation USA
01.2018 - 09.2018

SAP Lead Consultant /Solution Architect

Applexus
11.2017 - Current

GST MM Consultant

Essar Group
07.2017 - 12.2017

GST MM Consultant

Mankind Pharma
07.2017 - 12.2017

As MM Consultant Support

Infomats INDIA
05.2015 - 06.2017

Bachelor of computer science - B.sc IT

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