Suresh S
SAP TM & MM CONSULTANT
Summary
Over 13 years of IT industry experience as an SAP Functional Consultant, specializing in Transportation Management (TM) for over 3 years and Material Management (MM) for 10 years. Experienced working in full life cycle implementations, rollouts, and upgrades across industries such as Manufacturing, Retail, Automotive, and Logistics. Expertise in project environments, delivering tailored SAP solutions to meet client requirements.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SAP TM Consultant
S4 HANA
Implementation
07.2022 - Current
- Worked on S4 HANA Integration with SAP TM 9.5 embedded for seamless operations
- Developed expertise in retail, shipper, and logistics service provider scenarios
- Worked on TM areas - Order management, Planning & execution, Charge management & Settlement
- Configured Transportation Management (TM) for inbound and outbound execution scenarios.
- Worked on Integration profiles, Control Keys & Freight unit building rules
- Configured Freight unit, Freight orders & Forwarding order types
- TM master data Set up - BP, Locations, resource, MTR, MOT, Transportation Lane & Zones, Carriers
- TM organization data Set up - Purchase Org/group, Sales org/group/area
- Configured selection profiles, planning profiles, carrier, and optimizer settings
- Streamlined charge management by optimizing agreements and rate tables & Scales
- Strong knowledge of the freight settlement process, service PO, and service entry sheet creation
- Worked on conditions, incompatibilities, unified packing building rules, and dangerous goods
SAP MM Consultant
S4 HANA
Implementation
01.2019 - 05.2022
- Configured SAP MM module to streamline procurement processes in S4 HANA
- Participated in requirement gathering, configuration, and design changes.
- Configuration of the MM organization structure, Master Data, and Purchasing
- Good knowledge related to different types of procurement processes
- Involved in the STO process configuration, inter and intra-plant
- Configured output determination for the purchase documents
- Good knowledge related to the inbound and outbound IDocs
- Configured the movement types, quantity and value parameters for material type
- Worked on GI/GR for purchase orders, sales orders, stock transport orders, and deliveries
- Experienced in understanding the design document and writing the Functional Specification
- Good knowledge in ASAP and SAP Activate methodology
SAP MM Consultant
ERP ECC
Implementation & Roll outs
03.2016 - 12.2018
- Configuration of the Enterprise structure and implementation of the P2P for a retail client
- Introducing Article and Vendor Master Data, Account Groups, Article Types
- Customization of the different purchase document types and number ranges
- Experience in business scenarios, like sub-contracting and consignment
- Creating the RFQs, contracts, and outline agreements
- Customization of the release procedure for the PR and PO with classification
- Configured MM -FI integration, account determination during GR process
- Good knowledge of retail master data and pricing, including assortments and listings
- Involved in promotions creations like fast entry and bonus buy promotions
- Required to ensure the Issues raised were resolved within the SLA timelines.
- Conducted training sessions for end-users on SAP functionalities.
SAP MM Consultant
ERP ECC
Testing and Support
01.2013 - 02.2016
- Handled issues related to master data & procurement process
- Worked on purchasing documents like PR, PO, Return orders
- Setting up the Material Master - Material groups, types and number ranges
- Maintaining the source list, purchase info records and vendor master
- Defining the plants and maintaining the storage locations for each plant
- Posting and validating the goods issues, goods receipt, and transfer postings
- Good knowledge related to the movement types during the stock adjustments
- Partner Profile maintenance for purchase documents
- Managed the test data availability in the test and UAT environments
- Supported system upgrades and testing activities for SAP MM enhancements.
Education
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering -
Andhra University
05.2012
Skills
- SAP TM
- TM Master Data
- Transportation Network
- Freight unit & Freight Order
- Transportation Planning
- Transportation Execution
- Charge Calculation
- Freight Settlement
- TM MM Integration
- TM SD Integration
- TM EWM Integration
- SAP Fiori TM Apps
- SAP MM
- Sourcing and procurement
- Master data management
- P2P cycle management
- Inventory Management
- Subcontracting Process
- Consignment management
- Stock transfer orders (STO)
- Purchase orders (PO)
- Pricing procedures
- Output messaging
- Release procedures
Certification
- SAP Certified Associate - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, Transportation Management
- SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement - Upskilling for ERP Experts
- SAP Certified Application Associate - Procurement with SAP ERP 6.0 EhP7
Experience
- Cognizant Technology Services - Hyderabad - July 2022 to Current
- Tata Consultancy Services - Chennai - June 2012 to June 2022
Accomplishments
- Improved system efficiency via custom TM optimizer profiles for route optimization.
- Reduced procurement cycle time by 20% through streamlined processes and enhanced automation
- Successfully led a project to integrate SAP MM with existing ERP system improving data accuracy by 20%
- Developed and executed training program over 100 end users, Enhancing their proficiency in SAP MM Functionalities
Technical Skills
- ERP: SAP TM 9.x, SAP S/4HANA TM, ECC 6.0
- Integration: SAP PI/PO, IDocs, CIF, ALE
- Tools: Solution Manager, JIRA, HP ALM
- Database: HANA, Oracle
- Reporting: SAP Fiori, SAP BW, CDS Views
Timeline
SAP TM Consultant
S4 HANA
07.2022 - Current
SAP MM Consultant
S4 HANA
01.2019 - 05.2022
SAP MM Consultant
ERP ECC
03.2016 - 12.2018
SAP MM Consultant
ERP ECC
01.2013 - 02.2016
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering -
Andhra University