Sufiyaan Afzal Sayed

End to End Implementation (S/4 HANA)

Twining’s and Ovaltine

Manager / MFG Lead

20/10/2021 till date

• Expanded cross-functional organizational capacity by collaborating across departments on priorities, functions and common goals.
• Applied customer feedback to develop process improvements and support long-term business needs.
• Evaluated employees' strengths and assigned tasks based upon experience and training.
• Cross-trained existing end users to maximize team agility and performance.
• Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
• Reduced process bottlenecks by training and coaching employees on practices, procedures and performance strategies.
• Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
• Working as a MFG lead/QM lead in the project
• Responsible to identify the business process gaps, opportunity for improvement or Issues and provide solution to overcome the gaps and design system to facilitate the business process more effectively
• Expertise in overall quality management for the projects delivered individually as well as in team
• Identify and design RICEFW objects for technical development from Solution design discussion
• Preparation of functional specifications for ABAP/BI reports, Integration with other modules
• Data collection from business Processes to be mapped in SAP environment
• Hands on Experience with S4 HANA Data migration tool LTMC and FIORI UI based functionalities
• Developed data mapping templates with translation rules and technical data for Migration
• Creating Roles and authorization matrix for End User as per the requirement
• Involved in Cross Functional Integration Issues
• Worked on FIORI apps “SAP S4 HANA 2020 FPS01” and configured PP/QM Business process with Security roles testing
• Configured and Implemented Catalogs, selected sets, MIC, Inspection Methods, QM-Specific Data in Material Master. Quality Info records. Defect Codes for Quality Defined notification
• Designed and Configured Processing of Inspection Plans with sample drawing procedure, Processing of Operations, control key and Inspection Characteristics
• Quality Notifications were designed and configured for use in complaints against vendor, Customer complaints and internal problems
• Configured the inspection type to define different types of inspection control and Implemented default values for inspection type - controls lot creation.
• Managing and handling a team of 15 members
• Understanding the business process through GPO’s and LPO’s

End to End Implementation (S/4 HANA)

BAE

Manager / PP/QM Lead

10/06/2021 to 15/01/2022

• Involved in implementation as a lead on SAP PP Manufacturing
• Hands on experience in using Fiori tiles
• Responsible for Business process study, requirement gathering, prepare As-Is, To-Be document & Gap fit analysis documents, prepare BBP document, data collection, system configuration, cut-over activity and custom developments
• Preparation of end to end business process flow
• Integration with SD during PP & SD process cycle
• Integration with MM during Inbound QM implementation for Input materials
• Worked With technical consultant in multiple enhancements, reports
• Expert in writing functional specification and logical thinking on different scenario, implications on system
• Requirement gathering for development of various reports & smart forms as per business requirement
• Interacting with the users and core team for knowing the exact issues

End to End Implementation (S/4 HANA)

ABB

Senior PP/QM Consultant

15/02/2021 to 15/05/2021

• AS-IS study – Study existing business process for Production Planning and associated other functions
• Business Blue Print – Mapping of TO BE process in SAP as per SAP best practices
• Handling team lead responsibilities
• Evaluate existing business processes and SAP environment to suggest recommendation for process improvement
• Interact with business users to understand the changes required in application to simplify process, increase customer satisfaction
• Build and design data migration template and plan
• Identify and build solution for GAPS identified during Blueprint workshop

RFP (S/4 HANA)

Qatar Chemicals (Q-Chem)

PP/QM Lead

15/09/2020 to 09/01/2021

• Worked as a Module lead/PP-QM Consultant in the project.
• As-Is study - Study existing business process for Production Planning/Quality Management and other associated functions
• Defining scope of work, identifying stakeholders, collecting stakeholders requirement, understanding users pain areas, consensus building across different stakeholders, finalizing the project objectives, prepare final scope document

End to End Implementation (S/4 HANA)

Menabev

Senior PP/QM Consultant

26/04/2020 to 07/08/2020

• Working as a Senior PP-QM Consultant in the project
• Responsible to identify the business process gaps, opportunity for improvement or Issues and provide solution to overcome the gaps and design system to facilitate the business process more effectively
• Responsible for Business process study, requirement gathering, prepare As-Is, To-Be document & Gap fit analysis documents, prepare BBP document, data collection
• Organize and arrange appropriate requirement gathering workshops/sessions with users
• Hands on experience in using Fiori tiles

Roll Out (S/4 HANA)

HPE

Senior PP Consultant

10/11/2019 to 18/02/2020

• Worked as a Senior PP consultant
• Responsible for End to End Roll Out, Monitoring, Testing & Execution of the project, Business configuration as per blueprint and assignment required for roll out
• Configuration of necessary settings for rollout projects
• Part of Hypercare support team after post Go-live
• Handling day to day tickets and working on UAT’s for new requirements.
• Highly involved in correction and modification in existing Z-Reports to keep balance and should not impact the system
• Involved in Unit & SIT testing based on business requirement
• Successfully completed UAT & integration testing with other modules
• Go Live & Support
• Analysis of enhancement requests received from end users & defining the time frame for development & delivery
• Design, FS preparation & co-ordination with ABAP team for development of enhancement requests, then testing, deployment & final delivery
• Prepare and build solution documentation like FDDs, BPPs, configuration document, Transport tracker etc.
• Support business user in user acceptance testing
• Analyse and solve production queries
• End user training & documentation

Greenfield Implementation (S/4 HANA)

Sun Pharma

SAP PP Lead ( API Division )

01/10/2018 to 31/10/2019

• Applying SAP PP functionality to support business needs & priorities so as to obtain competitive and strategic advantage
• Responsible to identify the business process gaps, opportunity for improvement or Issues and provide solution to overcome the gaps and design system to facilitate the business process more effectively
• Responsible for business process study, requirement gathering, prepare As-Is, To-Be document & Gap fit analysis documents, prepare BBP document, data collection, system configuration, cut-over activity and custom developments
• Completed configuration & custom development as per business requirement
• End users and power users training for day to day activity
• AS-IS study as per process, preparing flow charts & Business process Sign off
• Preparing functional specifications/technical specifications to address GAPS
• Development of various reports & smart forms as per business requirement
• Business process testing on the Dev and QAS system for upgrade along with security role testing
• Worked on Bulk In house label printing solution which involves development of smart form, interface with Weigh-Scale machine for label printing
• Interacting with the users and core team for knowing the exact issues mentioned in the tickets
• Carry out FUT & Integration testing
• Raising issues for SAP standard bugs through SAP service market place and coordinating with SAP labs to complete the activity
• Extraction of the KDS (Key data Structure) from the different servers, to check out the volume, duplication and to consolidate
• Conducting UAT and Integration Test for all business scenarios
• Organize and arrange appropriate training sessions for Users across multiple locations
• Handling day to day tickets and working on UAT’s for new requirements.
• Involved in cross functional integration issues
• Responsible for end to end Roll Out, Monitoring, Testing & Execution of the project, Business configuration as per blueprint and assignment required for roll out
• Integration with WM for staging materials to production supply areas from the warehouse
• Working closely with technical team for the development of ‘Dispensing Cockpit’ custom object for material staging
• Maintained and uploaded data using LSMW & BDC for PP, validating & uploading the master data for PP
• Interact with business users to understand the changes required in application to simplify process, increase customer satisfaction
• Identify and design RICEFW objects for technical development from blueprint discussion
• Analyse and solve production queries
• Configured Batch management and Batch derivation to suit the business requirement
• Responsible for generation of reports in coordination with ABAP consultant & providing continuous real-time support for all SAP related activities
• Hypercare support post GO-Live

Worked as SAP PP/QM Consultant

End to End Implementation (S/4 HANA)

Venus Wires India Pvt Ltd

Project Manager / PPQM Lead

01/11/2017 to 15/09/2018

• Worked as a Project Manager and lead for SAP PP/QM
• Implemented Variant Configuration
• Applying SAP PP functionality to support business needs & priorities so as to obtain competitive and strategic advantage
• Worked as project lead and overall solution governance across all modules
• Responsible to identify the business process gaps, opportunity for improvement and provide solution to overcome the gaps
• Responsible for business process study, requirement gathering, prepare As-Is, To-Be document, prepare BBP document, data collection, system configuration, cut-over activity and custom developments
• Completed configuration & custom development as per business requirement
• Daily and Weekly job monitoring
• Worked With technical Consultant in multiple enhancements, reports
• Expert in writing functional specification and logical thinking on different scenario, implications on system
• Worked on IDocs /Interface related tickets and Batch job failure issue
• Interacting with the users and core team for knowing the exact issues
• Carry out FUT & Integration testing
• Raising issues for SAP standard bugs through SAP service market place and coordinating with SAP labs to complete the activity
• Training & support to end user team
• Handling team lead responsibilities
• Involved in cross functional integration issues
• Developed data mapping templates with translation rules and technical data for migration
• Creating roles and authorization matrix for end user as per the requirement
• Conducted cut over planning, preparation, functional readiness
• Preparation of user manuals and documentation
• Go-live and support

Implementation

Baumer Technology

Project Manager / SAP PP Lead

15/01/2017 to 31/09/2017

• Worked as a Project Manager and lead for SAP PP
• Implemented Variant Configuration
• Integration with SD during PP & SD Process cyce
• Integration with MM during Inbound QM implementation for Input materials
• AS-IS Study as per process, preparing flow charts & business process signoff
• Leading and Supporting the global MFG environment of the client by providing the functional solutions as per the client requirement for PP and QM area within the SLA
• Generating functional specifications/technical specification to address the gaps
• Co-ordination with technical team in case of enhancements & mapping new business requirements
• Carrying out end to end testing and integration testing for bug fixes & new requirements
• Development of various reports & smart forms as per business requirement
• Worked on IDocs /Interface related tickets and Batch job failure issue
• Carry out FUT & TUT testing
• Carrying out configuration settings to suit the user requirements
• Conducting UAT and Integration test for all business scenarios
• Training & support to end user team
• Highly involved in correction and modification in existing Z-Reports to keep balance and should not impact the system
• Root cause analysis of frequently occurring SAP errors & provide permanent solution to them
• Analysis of enhancement requests received from end users & defining the time frame for development & delivery
• Maintained and uploaded data using LSMW & BDC for PP, validating & uploading the master data for PP
• Support business user in user acceptance testing
• Go Live and post Go Live support
• Configuration and technical developments, if required post Go Live
• Analyse and solve production queries

Support

Glennmark Pharmaceuticals

PP/QM Consultant

28/12/2015 to 28/12/2016

• Applying SAP PP functionality to support business needs & priorities so as to obtain competitive and strategic advantage
• Solving problems on priority basis
• Preparation of user manuals and documentation
• End users and power users training for day to day activity
• Testing of functional issues before fixing them and moving to production
• Creation of configuration request as per client requirement
• FS update for all changes through Solman (Solution Manager) tool
• Daily and Weekly job monitoring
• Generating functional specifications/technical specification to address the gaps
• Co-ordination with technical team in case of enhancements & mapping new business requirements
• Carrying out end to end testing and Integration testing for bug fixes & new requirements
• Development of various reports & smart forms as per business requirement
• Business process testing on the Dev and QAS system for upgrade along with security role testing
• Part of Hypercare support team after post Go-live
• Organize and arrange appropriate training sessions for users across multiple locations
• Handling day to day tickets and working on UAT’s for new requirements
• Involved in cross functional integration issues
• Maintained and uploaded data using LSMW & BDC for PP, validating & uploading the master data for PP and QM
• Solving problems in process manufacturing -Process Order execution, Confirmation, Goods Movement errors
• Analysed the errors, researched for the cause of errors, provided corrective solutions and suggested for preventive actions to avoid
• Providing continuous real-time support for all SAP related activities
• Supporting the global MFG environment of the client by providing the functional solutions as per the client requirement for PP and QM area within the SLA
• Configured Batch management and Batch derivation to suit the business requirement

End To End Implementation

GM FABRICS

PP Lead / Project Manager

29/01/2015 to 20/12/2015

• Worked as project lead and overall solution governance across all modules
• Worked as SAP PP lead
• Handling team lead responsibilities
• Implemented Variant configuration
• Responsible to identify the business process gaps, opportunity for improvement or Issues and provide solution to overcome the gaps and design system to facilitate the business process more effectively
• Responsible for Business process study, requirement gathering, prepare As-Is, To-Be document & Gap fit analysis documents, prepare BBP document, data collection, system configuration, cut-over activity and custom developments
• Preparation of end to end business process flow
• Integration with SD during PP & SD process cycle
• Integration with MM during Inbound QM implementation for input materials
• Worked with technical consultant in multiple enhancements, reports
• Expert in writing functional specification and logical thinking on different scenario, implications on system
• Interacting with the users and core team for knowing the exact issues
• Carry out FUT & Integration testing
• Training & support to end user team
• SAP Interface with Design software, Yarn Procurement and Sales Force
• Organize and arrange appropriate training sessions for users across multiple locations
• Successfully upload the PP HANA master data through LTMC & LTMOM
• Analysis of enhancement requests received from end users & defining the time frame for development & delivery
• Involved in cross functional integration issues
• New business scenario study, analysis and configuration in SAP
• Maintained and uploaded data using LSMW & BDC for PP, validating & uploading the master data for PP
• Developed data mapping templates with translation rules and technical data for migration
• Creating roles and authorization matrix for core user & end user as per the requirement
• Experience in all phases of build activities and implementation life cycle for SAP S4 HANA project
• Evaluate existing business processes and SAP environment to suggest recommendation for process improvement
• Interact with business users to understand the changes required in application to simplify process, increase customer satisfaction
• Prepare and build solution documentation like FDDs, BPPs, configuration document, Transport tracker etc.
• Support business user in user acceptance testing
• Prepare Test scripts for unit testing
• Preparation of user manuals
• Conducted cut over planning, preparation, functional readiness
• Involved in giving functional inputs as per business logic to BI technical consultant for report development
• Responsible for final upload of the master data
• Go –Live & Support

End To End Implementation

Oji JK Packaging

Lead PP Consultant / Asst. Project Manager

20/06/2014 to 22/12/2014

• Requirement gathering, Prepare As-Is, To-Be document & Gap fit analysis documents, prepare BBP document, data collection, system configuration, cut-over activity and custom developments
• Completed configuration & custom development as per business requirement
• Preparation of end to end Business process flow and signoff
• Worked with technical consultant in multiple enhancements, reports
• Expert in writing functional specification and logical thinking on different scenario, implications on system
• Carrying out end to end testing and Integration Testing for bug fixes & new requirements
• Development of various reports & smart forms as per business requirement
• Business process testing on the Dev and QAS system for upgrade along with security role testing
• Worked on Bulk In house label printing solution which involves development of smart form
• Integration with production software (kiwiplan) for manufacturing
• Interacting with the users and core team for knowing the exact issues and pain areas
• Extraction of the KDS (key data structure) from the different servers, to check out the volume, duplication and to consolidate
• Carrying out configuration settings to suit the user requirements
• Training and workshops (Project team, Core team and End users)
• Conducting UAT and Integration test for all business scenarios
• Handling team and taking team lead responsibilities
• Design, FS preparation & coordination with ABAP team for development of enhancement requests, then testing, deployment & final delivery
• Maintained and uploaded data using LSMW & BDC for PP, validating & uploading the master data for PP
• Experience in all phases of build activities and implementation life cycle for SAP ECC project
• Go Live and Support

Roll-Out

NOCIL LTD

Senior PP Consultant

10/02/2014 to 03/05/2014

• Solving problems on priority basis
• Preparation of user manuals and documentation
• End users and power users training for day to day activity
• Configuration of necessary settings for rollout projects
• Master data collection & preparation and upload in SAP
• Testing of functional issues before fixing them and moving to production
• Creation of configuration request as per client requirement
• Development report and customization changes made through change request
• Development of various reports & smart forms as per business requirement
• Involved in correction and modification in existing Z-Reports and smart forms
• Successfully completed UAT & integration testing with other modules
• Root cause analysis of frequently occurring SAP errors & provide permanent solution to them
• Evaluate existing business processes and SAP environment to suggest recommendation for process improvement
• Build and design improved solution in SAP landscape
• Well versed in business/GAP Analysis, configuration on system & preparing test scripts
• End user training & documentation
• Providing continuous real-time support for all SAP related activities
• Go-live and support

Roll Out

VIP Bangladesh

PP Consultant

05/10/2013 to 31/01/2014

• Solving problems on priority basis
• Preparation of user manuals and documentation
• End users and power users training for day to day activity
• Configuration of necessary settings for rollout projects
• Master data collection & preparation and upload in SAP
• Testing of functional issues before fixing them and moving to production
• Creation of configuration request as per client requirement
• Development report and customization changes made through change request
• Development of various reports & smart forms as per business requirement
• Involved in correction and modification in existing Z-Reports and smart forms
• Successfully completed UAT & integration testing with other modules
• Root cause analysis of frequently occurring SAP errors & provide permanent solution to them
• Evaluate existing business processes and SAP environment to suggest recommendation for process improvement
• Build and design improved solution in SAP landscape
• Well versed in Business/GAP Analysis, configuration on system & preparing test scripts
• End user training & documentation
• Providing continuous real-time support for all SAP related activities
• Go-live and support

Support

GVR / Rochem Separations / Iball / CFCL / Atul Auto / Famycare

Associate PP Consultant

15/03/2013 to 15/09/2013

• Applying SAP PP functionality to support business needs & priorities so as to obtain competitive and strategic advantage
• Solving problems on priority basis
• End users and power users training for day to day activity
• Testing of functional issues before fixing them and moving to production
• Creation of configuration request as per client requirement
• Generating functional specifications/technical specification to address the gaps
• Co-ordination with technical team in case of enhancements & mapping new business requirements
• Carrying out end to end testing and Integration testing for bug fixes & new requirements
• Development of various reports & smart forms as per business requirement
• Business process testing on the Dev and QAS system for upgrade along with security role testing
• Organize and arrange appropriate training sessions for users
• Handling day to day tickets and working on UAT’s for new requirements
• Involved in cross functional integration issues
• Maintained and uploaded data using LSMW & BDC for PP
• Analysed the errors, researched for the cause of errors, provided corrective solutions and suggested for preventive actions
• Providing continuous real-time support for all SAP related activities