Prem Chander (Chander) Arumugam-Product owner for SAP PP, QM, APO, MM, MES and ABAP
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Product owner for SAP PP, QM, APO, MM, MES and ABAP
Husqvarna Group (at HCLTech)
Development and Implementation
- Conceptualization and implementation of the various requirements.
- Experience and ability to collaborate with other delivery teams
- Lead a team of 15 people taking care of matters including monitoring operations, delegating tasks and managing budgets.
- Act as product owner and represent the product vision, strategy and priorities in the area of production operations.
- Work closely with the members of the area including developers, analysts and QA to ensure the successful delivery of logistics features and improvements.
- Lead the process design and lead the build team for the SAP implementation (EU countries) and post-merger integration in SAP PP, QM, MM, APO and SD modules.
- Implemented and optimized MRP Live (MD01N) for multiple plants, improving planning runtime
- Worked with business users to transition from classic MRP to MRP Live
- Implemented SAP QM module, including quality planning and inspection lot processing, resulting in a 20% improvement in product quality compliance.
- Developed and tested custom reports using SAP Query and ABAP for MES data analytics, improving visibility into yield rates and resource utilization.
- Translate production requirements into clear and actionable user stories, acceptance criteria and technical specifications.
- Skilled in discrete, and process/manufacturing (PP-PI) environments; deep understanding of master data, production & process orders, recipe management, batch management, capacity & scheduling, shop floor control, and integration with QM, MM, EWM, MES.
- Worked in Variant configuration (VC)
- Supported international rollouts and transformation projects for SAP PP, QM, PPDS, aATP, EWM, and Variant Configuration within a global strategy.
- Tested functionalities for various business scenarios include interface systems
- Involved in SIT and UAT and cutover activities
Technology: Project Management, SAP PP, QM, MM, APO, ABAP OO, HANA Modelling, FIORI, SAP UI5, AMDP, SAP SD, SAP FICO and S4 HANA Emedded analytics
SAP Techno Functional Lead (SAP PP, QM, PP/DS, GATP and ABAP)
Infosys
Development and Implementation
- Concept creation and implementation of the various requirements.
- Experience and ability to collaborate with other delivery teams
- Managed a team of 10 FTE handling matters including overseeing operations, delegating tasks and managing budgets.
- Managing process design and lead the Build team for SAP roll out (EU countries) and Post-Merger Integration in SAP PP and QM modules
- Led the blueprint/workshops and acted as Business support lead for the SAP rollouts in functional area of Supply chain Management.
- Worked in PPDS Solution Design and Solution Configuration.
- Supported MRP runs (classic and live) and analyzed planning results.
- Migrated planning processes from classic MRP to MRP Live.
- Creative problem-solving skills and the ability to work on your own initiative to drive and deliver results
- Configured work plan determination, MRP plant parameters, MRP group, MRP types, lot size calculation, planned orders and movement types.
- Configured production planning profile, production order types and automatic purchase requisitions from MRP and goods movement.
- Worked in creating a POC for the SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud.
- Worked in S4 HANA cloud.
- Maintained SAP PPDS Master data, Influenced the steps of production planning, Production planning table configuration and User exits.
- Support on ad-hoc/cross-functional projects.
- Configured the Demand Management facility parameters such as MRP groups, MRP controllers, MRP types and lot sizing procedures.
- Worked in integration with the MM, SD, QM, WM and FICO modules
- Implemented Quality management module with emphasis on QM in production on statistical process control.
- Worked in Quality inspection and post production quality inspection activities.
- Developed and implemented in cross functional Modules SD, MM and QM
- Worked in the MTO, MTS and ETO
- On the tested functionalities for various Business scenarios include interface systems
- Involved in SIT and UAT and cutover activities
Technology: SAP PP, QM, MM, ABAP OO, HANA Modelling, SAP SD, SAP FICO and S4 HANA Emedded analytics
SAP Techno - Functional Consultant (SAP PP, QM, PP/DS, MM)
Porsche
S4HANA migration Project
- Leading Business Architecture design proposals and providing solutions for SAP ECC/ S/4 Hana Implementation projects in supply chain with primary focus in procurement and integration with newer cloud technologies.
- Responsible for handling business client presentations, resource planning, providing technical solutions, effort estimations and managing risk management
- Led the blueprint/workshops and acted as Business support lead for the SAP rollouts in functional area of Supply chain Management.
- New plants, departments, warehouse locations
- Assignment to planning areas, divisions and business areas.
- Created asset parameters for MRP and asset activation for inventory management.
- Adjusted master data to ensure MRP Live compatibility.
- Integrated external procurement and subcontracting into MRP Live.
- Responsible for creating the Customer vendor, Material master records and PP master data like BOM, Routing, WorkCentre’s etc.
- Process study and strategy decision for the process, i.e. H. MTO, MTS etc.
- Master data creation, i.e. H. Material master, parts list, work centres and work plans.
- Setup of Master data for the SAP PPDS
- Worked in QM module to facilitate raw material inspection, in process and finished goods inspection.
- Implemented Demand planning.
- Flow design, scenario testing and implementation.
- Post-implementation support with user training.
- Creation of special procurement keys for the demanding and supplying works.
- Lead for the evaluation, Implementation and user acceptance of PP/DS functionality.
- Worked in Demand planning.
- Developed and implemented in cross functional Modules SD, MM.
Technology: SAP PP, QM, MM, ABAP OO, HANA Modelling, FIORI, SAP UI5, AMDP, SAP SD, SAP FICO
Development Architect (SAP PP, QM, PP/DS and ABAP)
SAP SE
Development and Design
- Design the product for development
- Coordination and collaboration with other departments
- Planning, monitoring, and documenting project activities
- Worked in CDS view development, API and SAC in SAP PP
- Worked on developing the product in ABAP OO
- Worked in production planning to create RAP BO for production order processing and worked in SAP cloud.
- Also works in RAP BO for the Outbound Delivery and Production Order in SAP PP.
- Involved in designing and building the API for the customer for production planning and group reporting for the S4 HANA Cloud.
- API for the production order for SAP PP
- Customer incidents are handled through ServiceNow and support is provided to the customer through ServiceNow.
- Configured MM organizational elements: company code, purchasing organization, plant and storage location.
- Sound knowledge of SAP S4 Hana. Has extensive knowledge of SAP PP, SD and MM process.
- Providing support and resolving user issues in various areas of MM, PP and SD
- Configuration of planned orders and production orders. Conversion of planned orders into production orders.
- In work plans and work centers, custom task list usage, default values and parameters, defined control keys, maintained task list types, material type assignments, defined work planner/planner group, reduction strategies, routing selection.
- Configuration of PP-MRP processes, production orders, process orders, classification, batch management, demand management.
- Expertise in setting up PP master data, MRP, BOMs, routines, work centers/resources, resource networks, order type configurations, recipe management and designing manufacturing sheets.
- Worked in discrete manufacturing, production process industries (PP-PI) and batch manufacturing.
Technology: SAP PP, QM, SD, MM, ABAP OO, S4 HANA Cloud, SAC, UI5, FIORI, WEB IDE and S4 HANA
Project Lead (SAP PP, QM and MM)
Bombardier, Berlin & Daimler, Stuttgart
Implementation and Support. Main responsible for execution, support and architect
- Analyzed the existing operating concern in SAP R/3 system to create a data source according to reporting requirements.
- Creation and Maintenance of Material Master, BOM, Work centers, Routings and Production versions,
- Developed the Fiori app for the Sales reports for the Client Daimler.
- Worked in integration with the MM, SD, QM, WM and FICO modules
- Implemented Quality management module with emphasis on QM in production on statistical process control.
- Worked in Quality inspection and post production quality inspection activities.
- Worked in production order split functionality to split production order quantities.
- Configured Capacity Requirement Planning (CRP) and implemented Levelling (LVL) to ensure optimal use of available capacity
- Enabled effective capacity evaluation across work centers, improving on-time production
- Worked in QM module to facilitate raw material inspection, in process and finished goods inspection.
- Developed strategies for Master data loading and created Generic data sources for Global Mappings in Master data, which feeds data from middleware.
- Worked in Planning Reports
Technology: SAP PP, SD, QM, PPDS, MM, APO, ABAP OO and SAP HANA
Onsite Coordinator Tech Mahindra
BASF Business Services, Germany
Implementation / Support. Main responsible for execution, support and architecture
- Development of concepts and implementation of the various requirements from the other areas (purchasing, sales, CO and FI). Development tasks as part of the implementation and support of the project with:
- Designed the end-to-end implementation for the SAP PP and QM module.
- Led design, configuration, and deployment of SAP PP-PI solution for [industry, chemical ], including master data design (recipes, BOMs, resources), process order setup, batch management, and process manufacturing flows.
- Configured product groups, material types, bills of materials, various task lists and workcenters.
- Handled mass changes of various master data like material master, BOM, routings, etc.
- Worked on the integration of MM, SD and WM modules.
- Integrated PP-PI with QM workflows for in-process inspection, batch release, and quality certificates; designed sampling procedures; created MIC and inspection plans.
- SAP ABAP & ABAP OO, SAP ABAP Web Dynpro
- Onsite coordinator Tech Mahindra for development and support processes. Planning, configuration, implementation of process and support tasks.
- Executed full lifecycle implementation of S/4HANA for process manufacturing plant; configured production execution (process orders), status management, material staging, backflush operations.
- Worked on recipe management, co-products & by-products handling, ensuring proper accounting and batch tracking.
- Created and maintained characteristics, classes, class hierarchies and configuration profiles as per business process requirements.
- Ensured regulatory compliance: traceability, batch documentation, quality integration.
Technology: SAP PP, SAP BW 3.5 / 7.x, ABAP OO, Webdynpro, IP and BO. POC on SAP HANA and BW on HANA
SAP Consultant
Rabobank, Netherlands
Implementation and Support
- Responsible for customer interaction, understanding customer business requirements, analysis, technical design, development and testing of various global templates. Collected user requirements.
- Creates custom data sources for purchase info record information. Develops reports for Financial reporting and Planning Modules.
- Develops queries based on client requirement. Uses calculated key figures, formulas, restrictions, conditions, exceptions in the queries. Develops report-to-report interfaces, publishes views on web.
- Rolled out a SAP BW project for reporting needs on SAP FI and CO data.
- Develops complex reports using Query Designer and Web Application Designer.
Technology: SAP BW, ABAP OO, IP, FICO, and BO
Team Member
Bosch Rexroth, Germany & ZFLS, Germany
Development & Support
- Collection of requirements, management business blueprint preparation.
- Business Content activation and migration of ETL from SAP BI version 3.5 to version 7.0.
- Worked in development of multidimensional data models and processed all routines in transformations.
- Actively and regularly involved in load monitoring of daily, weekly and monthly data loads with process chains.
Technologies: SAP BW, ABAP, SAP MM and SD
Smith & Nephew, USA
Development
- Responsible for development in BI and ABAP.
- Worked on setting up procedures for extracting data from SAP R/3 using generic extraction and customization of LO-Cockpit using BAdI and user exit programs.
- Generation of reports with ABAP List Viewer (ALV) and grid display.
Technology: SAP BW, ABAP & ABAP OO
Industry Experience
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Experienced in Manufacturing, Automotive, Information Technology, Chemical, Banking and Finance, and Healthcare.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Operations, Quality Assurance, Product Development, and Production.
Summary
18+ Years Experience in SAP PP, QM, PPDS, ABAP, EWM, aATP, Variant Configuration, and S/4HANA
Skills
Excellent Knowledge
Sap Expertise: Sap Pp, Pp-Pi, Qm, Mm, Apo, Pp/Ds, Ewm
Sap Pp Related Master Data: Material Master Data, Bom, Routing, Work Center, Demand Planning, Detailed Scheduling, Mrp Live, Pp-Mm Integration
Sap Qm: Inspection Plan, Inspection Method
Sap Ppds (Production Planning And Detailed Scheduling): Master Data Maintenance, Production Planning Table Configuration, Detailed Scheduling, User Exits
Sap Ewm (Extended Warehouse Management): Warehouse Process Optimization, Integration With Sap Pp, Qm, And Sd, Cross-Functional Material Flow Management
Sap Variant Configuration: Characteristics, Classes, Class Hierarchies, Configuration Profiles, Dependencies For Mto And Mts Scenarios
Abap Development: Abap Oo, Ricef, Bapi, Badi, User Exits, Alv Reports, Web Dynpro, Cds Views, Amdp, Fiori, Ui5
Integration: Sap S/4hana, Ecc, Mm, Sd, Fico, Ewm, Mes, Qms
Very Good Knowledge
Ai & Analytics: Predictive Procurement, Invoice Anomaly Detection, Nlp-Based Contract Insights
Leadership: Global Template Rollouts, Stakeholder Engagement, Requirements Engineering, Uat/Pq Testing, Governance, Process Harmonization
Industries: Life Sciences, Automotive, Fmcg, Retail, Banking, Chemical
Sap Qm: Inspection Plan, Inspection Method
Sap Mm
Mto, Mts Planning Process With Variant Configuration, Capacity Management, Demand Planning
Technical Skills: Sap Hana Studio, Slt, Sda, Sap Solution Manager, Lsmw, Sap Query
Good Knowledge
Vba, Javascript, Lumira, Css, C#
Languages
Education
Anna University
Bachelor of Electrical & Electronics Engineering · Electrical & Electronics Engineering · Chennai, India
Texas McCombs School of Business
Post Graduate Program · Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning · Austin, United States
Certifications & licenses
Project Manager – SAP Activate Certification
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, QM Certification
SAP PP Certification
SAP HANA Certification
SAP ABAP Certification
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