Narayana Nagaraju, Lead SAP MM Consultant

Narayana Nagaraju

Lead SAP MM Consultant

Fujitsu Technology Solutions

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, MBA - Operations
Experience
17 years, 1 month

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 1 month

Lead SAP MM Consultant at Fujitsu Technology Solutions
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2018

-Managing an entire life cycle implementation of the SAP MM Module
-Conducting requirement gathering sessions for Materials Management & Ariba
-Explaining to business team about the functionality of SAP and mapping the scenario into SAP by providing the best solutions
-Identifying Bespoke Solutions, wherever the scenario is unable to map in standard SAP, as a part of ‘Fit Gap Analysis’
-Sunsetting multiple legacy system and building interface between SAP and the remaining legacy systems
-Documenting business process for all 9 business entities for MM & Ariba module
-Preparing & reviewing of Business Process Docs like BBP, FRS, & User Manuals
-Configuring entire business process in to SAP for MM, and interacting with technical team to explain the FRS, and for developing the required WRICEF objects
-Engaged in identifying standard reports in S4 HANA 1709, & developing custom reports to support business requirements
-Educating the super users with the functionality of SAP, business cycles and reports
-Providing trying to BPOs, Key Users, & End users according to their activities in SAP

SAP Project Manager/ Senior SAP MM Consultant at Kaar Technologies
  • Oman - Muscat
  • April 2012 to September 2018

• Attending business meetings to understand the ‘AS-IS Process’.
• Explaining to business team about the functionality of SAP and mapping the scenario into SAP by providing the best solutions.
• Identification of Bespoke Solutions, wherever the scenario is unable to map in standard SAP, as a part of ‘Fit Gap Analysis’.
• Integration meetings with finance team for inventory valuation.
• Responsible to prepare and review of Business Process Docs like BBP, FRS and User Hand Outs.
• Responsible for configuring entire business process in to SAP for MM and CIN.
• Interacting with technical team to explain the FRS and develop the required object.
• Involved in the data migration activity.
• Identification of standard and custom reports in ECC to support business requirements.
• Interaction with BI team for building Dashboard and KPI reports.
• Educating the super users with the functionality of SAP, business cycles and reports.
• Responsible to handle tickets based on the priority and resolving the same per the SLA.

Application Consultant at Collabera (IBM)
  • India - Bengaluru
  • June 2011 to March 2012

• Preparation of functional specifications for new developments to the existing functionality.
• Integration with technical team during build process.
• Creation of IS-Oil and MM master data for testing.
• Preparation of test scripts using HPQC and executing end to end testing’s.
• Handling defects on MM related issues and resolving the same as per the priority.
• Coordinating b/w onshore & offshore for new improvements and releases.
• Preparing documentations and delivering knowledge transfer.

SAP MM Consultant at Hewlett Packard
  • India - Bengaluru
  • May 2009 to June 2011

• Configured SAP MM and WM in all aspects of designing: configuring, documenting for implementations using ASAP methodology.
• Setting up Material Master- Field Selection for Data Screens, Material Types, Number Ranges, Material Groups and Split Valuation.
• Customizing MM and WM organizational structure.
• Customization of Vendor Account Groups, Partner Determination and Vendor Sub-Range.
• Setting up Release Strategy for PR, PO and Contracts with Work Flow functionality.
• Configuration for Automatic Account Determination.
• Settings for Inventory Management - Physical Inventory, Goods Receipts & Invoice verification.
• End to end testing like Unit level testing and Final integration testing.
• Cutover activities and uploading of Master Data using the LSMW.
• Awareness training sessions conducted for the business core team member.

Senior Buyer at Bajaj Allianz Financial Distributors Ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • February 2007 to April 2009

• Responsible for finding the right vendor through the standard procurement process.
• Involved in P2P process like from RFQ to Payment.
• Responsible for creating purchasing documents like RFQ, Contracts and Call off Orders.
• Ensure all the purchasing documents are approved within mandated guidelines.
• Ensuring the products or services are delivered on time
• Maintaining records of items purchased or transferred between departments / branches.
• Maintaining essential reports and circulating the same with the management.
• Maintaining good relationships with existing suppliers while seeking new ones.

Education

Master's degree, MBA - Operations
  • at Amity University
  • June 2017

Master of Business Administration - Operations (Supply Chain Management)

Master's degree, M.Com - Commerce
  • at Central College, Bangalore University
  • August 2009

Central College, Bangalore University.

Bachelor's degree, Economics
  • at Visweswarapura College of Arts & Commerce
  • August 2007

Master of Business Administration - Operations (Supply Chain Management)

Specialties & Skills

Purchasing Processes
Functional Specifications
Sales Process
Microsoft Office
FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
SOLUTIONS
TESTING
Microsoft Office Packages
Team Management
Change Management
Project Management

Languages

Hindi
Expert
English
Expert
Kannada
Expert
Tamil
Intermediate
Telugu
Expert

Training and Certifications

SAP Certified Solution Consultant, SCM (MM) - ECC 6.0 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2012