Ramesh Mahankali
Glen Mills,PA
Summary
Expert ABAP solution provider in the areas of reports(Classical, Interactive, ALV),Interface, conversions using BDC & LSMW user exits, BADI, Enhancements, Batch Job Scheduling, Dialog programming, OOPS programming, ALE/IDocs/EDI, scripts, smart forms, Adobe forms, ZEBRA label printing, RFC and transport management, Implicit/Explicit enhancements, MES Interfaces, performance tuning, routines, SAP query, RF screens and APIs. Worked on ECC modules SD, CS, MM, WM/IM, PP, PM, QM, FI, CO-PA. Worked on SCM/APO modules DP, GATP, SNP, CTM, PP/DS and CIF modules using Function modules/BAPIs to read and update live cache, CIF user exits, BADI, custom heuristics and interfaces to 3rd party applications. Knowledge of BI/BW and worked on design and development of start routines, updates rules, Generic data sources, and customer exits for variables used in BEx reports. Domain experience includes medical devices, pharma, CPG, chemical, process,automotive and manufacturing. Conducting code reviews, unit and integration testing, cut-over activities. Experience with SAP Service Marketplace, Notes and OSS Messages in researching solutions. Strong debugging skill, root cause analysis, SPAU/SPDD, Unicode conversion. Experience with ASAP, waterfall and agile software development methodologies. Experience in working onsite-offshore model.
Professional application developer with robust experience in crafting and implementing high-performance software solutions. Adept at team collaboration and consistently achieving targeted results, ensuring reliable support and adaptability to evolving project needs. Strong skills in full-stack development, agile methodologies, and problem-solving, coupled with proactive approach to delivering quality applications. Recognized for effective communication, analytical thinking, and commitment to driving project success.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Applications Developer
Southco Inc.
07.2018 - Current
- Development and enhancement of RICEF objects in the areas of SD, Logistics, MM, WM, QM, FI-CO modules
- Help Business Analysts in identifying root causes for reported production support issues and suggested suitable technical solutions to address the issue
- Performance improvement of material master update program to update base quantity and Empty pipeline Lead TIme(EPLT) program
- Enhancement to the program which converts Purchase Requisition to Purchase Orders
- ZEBRA Label development includes creation and implementation of barcodes, RFID labels and other tracking tags using ZEBRA Technologies products, particularly their printers and software for asset tracking, inventory management and product identification
- Reduce errors in creating sales from EDI IDocs by correcting master data and configuration
- Support new plant rollout in Poland by customizing Quotation/Order Acknowledgement/Invoice forms that need to be sent to customers
- Increase warehouse processing efficiency by creating RF programs to move the stock
- Customizing invoice processing to enable EU triangulation reporting requirements
- Creating interfaces with external warehouse systems like VANAS engineering storage solutions
SAP Technical SME
Cogent IBS
05.2014 - 07.2018
- Company Overview: Dow Chemical
- Working on re-platforming My Assignments application to ECC: Database design and development dictionary objects
- Design and development of API to move data between frontend and ECC
- Development of sales data interface program from BW to ECC and creating default rules based on attributes
- Enabling Standard Fiori Apps to create sales orders for demo purposes
- Dow Chemical
SAP Technical SME
TEVA pharmaceutical
08.2016 - 02.2017
- Design and development of EDI/IDoc interfaces (Sales Order/ASN/Inventory) for single face to customer projects between SAP and ORACLE systems
- Responsible for Change control, Code reviews and cutover activities for projects
ABAP Lead Consultant
MERCK – COMET
06.2016 - 08.2016
- Worked on activities for upgrade to SAP HANA DB & Enhancement pack 8 upgrade which include: SPDD and SPAU activities
- Custom code analysis and remediation using various tools provided by SAP after HANA DB upgrade
- Root Cause analysis of the issues found during functional testing of the upgraded system
- Implementation of ATC tool for ensuring quality development and making the code ready for S/4 HANA migration
ABAP Lead Consultant
Johnson & Johnson – Medical Devices
01.2015 - 05.2016
- Worked on development of interface programs for Inventory and sales order feed from 3rd party DC system to SCM/APO, configuration of ALE/IDoc set up
- Modification of CIF user exits to create purchase order in ECC from APO TLB run
- Enhancement to automate the process of work in process (WIP) batch creation for tracking material & batch sent to vendor for external processing (sterilization)
- Worked on interface developments like of Stock query, Goods Receipts and operation confirmation with MES systems CAMSTAR and WERUM, configuration of ALE/IDoc setup
- Worked on modification of Journal Entry workflow application backend function modules
- Worked on customization of process order behavior to account for scrap at operation level including reducing subsequent operation quantity and components quantities
- Development of interface program to send inventory and forecast data to SNC system from ECC and APO for raw material and finished goods to provide visibility to suppliers
- Worked with Vertex partner to implement Vertex Tax accelerator 2.0
- Participated in Fit-Gap assessment to rationalize RICEFW list and finalize the development scope based on business requirements and input from the SMEs, Estimation of RICEFWs
- Reviewing functional specifications, guidance to developers, ensure that key metrics on development progress are tracked, provide code reviews, ensure that technical development specs are properly documented
- Making sure that unit testing of RICEFW objects is completed in accordance with client sign-off procedures, monitoring staffing and ensure that issues are escalated and resolved based on collaboration with the project manager and PMO team
- Supporting various testing cycles including Integration, business simulation, system testing and UAT
- Managing various technical cutover activities (partner profiles/application server file creation/) during development, testing, dress rehearsal and GO-LIVE phase of the project
- Evaluating functional specifications, conducting review meetings with functional and offshore technical teams, assisting offshore team in technical challenges
Sr. ABAP APO Consultant
Campbell Soup
08.2014 - 12.2014
- DP PF Planning area extract for selected key figures with pallet products exploded into component level volumes in monthly and weekly buckets
- Program to perform RECALC of ship forecast final for selected business unit and brand at the most detail level of the CVC as soon the forecast at the higher level is entered
- Program to back up and restore assignment table for life cycle management and the forecast GUIDs
- CVC Null Report to identify the missing master data when the transactional data is moved from ECC to APO via BW
Sr. Technical Consultant
Remington
05.2014 - 08.2014
- Monitoring CIF jobs, trouble shooting and identify root causes from application log
- Development of OData services using NW framework to be consumed in UI5 personas
- Development of RF transaction to automate the process of packing a HU and GR against a Production order with serialized component
- RF transaction for GR from Production (non-HU) order of a serialized and non-serialized material
- Customization of Smartforms for schedule agreement, FRC Forecast schedule, JIT Delivery schedule and pack/pick list to meet the business requirements
SAP Lead Consultant
Tech Mahindra
12.2011 - 04.2014
- Worked on various issues reported during upgrade from APO 4.1 to SCM 7.02
- Unicode conversion/SAP Notes implementation
- Rebate Settlement Automation program to issue credit notes based on actual sales in a division and make a rebate note per ship-from & ship-to
- Development of ABAP query for Goods Receipt for Sales on Water Process in SD module
- Changes to transaction ZVPA10 to align with committed volume project for product allocation GATP module
- Modification to user exit ATP00001 in ECC to influence the ATP check happening in APO by changing check mode
- Implemented user exit CIFPIR01 to move the PIR date to the end of month while releasing the forecast to ECC from APO DP
- Developed a program to firm planned orders in APO
- Modified user exit FV45VFZY_USEREXIT_CATALOG_VALU to send custom fields to APO for a sales order by appending field catalog
- Implemented user exit CIFORD02 to send process order text to APO via custom structure CI_ORDCUS
- Implementation of method CHANGE_CIF_STRUCTURES of BAdI CUSLNTRTO_ADDIN in ECC to change the procurement priority of PDS while sending to APO as per entries maintained in the custom table
- Implemented BAdI /SAPAPO/RRP_IO_COL to add custom fields to elements tab of product view and receipts view
- Flat file interfaces to transfer PM work orders, operations, PO and vendor data to cost tracking application
- Worked on SD user exit and routines changes to exclude rebate for special operations and overstated rebate accrual
- Modification of order and invoice scripts to enable e-signatures in SD module
- Developed a tool for automating manual Journal Entries approval process in FI module using interactive ALV
- Developed Credit Report for credit exposure calculation in OTC module
- Involve in the Unit Testing, Integration Testing and dress rehearsal activities
- Involved in production support issues related to SRM shopping cart and GTS plant set up
Sr. SAP ABAP Consultant/On Site coordinator
TCS
03.2006 - 12.2011
- Lead the Onsite, Offshore Development team and coordinate with the offshore team members for development and Design
- Interaction with cross functional teams in identifying requirements, TS Writing, Design & Reviews
- Provide Work Estimates and deliverable deadlines
- Involve in the Unit Testing, Formal and Informal Integration Testing
- Create a cutover plan and manage the Cutover Activities
- Support data migration from the legacy systems and provide development support for data conversion
- Conducted training sessions for functional and business users
- Analysis of CIF various master data errors from batch jobs and identifying the root cause of the error
- APO Queue error monitoring and root cause analysis
- Manage and support development requirements and provide functional/technical support in the SAP Production environment
- Year-end archiving for objects MM_ACCTIT, SD_VBAK, and MM_EKKO
- Modification of LIVE Interfaces (ZUPI) programs as per business requirements for various EDI transactions
- Liaison with other teams e.g
- BI, Basis and functional teams support to ensure reported issues are resolved according to SLA
- Batch jobs monitoring, troubleshooting & identifying issues
SCM Module Lead/APO ABAP Consultant
Eli-Lilly GBIP
03.2006 - 05.2008
- Single point contact from offshore to the customer at onsite for resolving issues on various Trouble Tickets within a stiff deadline
- Implemented BAdI /SAPAPO/SDP_INTERACTIVE for planning book locking while the background job is running
- Conducting code reviews to make sure best practices and coding standards are adhered to before object delivery
- Worked on development of proto type for integration between PP-PI and xMII system
- Developed, enhanced, implemented and maintained several programs in SCM Module
APO ABAP Consultant
Bristlecone India Pvt. Ltd
01.2005 - 03.2006
- Conducting code reviews to make sure best practices and coding standards are adhered to before object delivery
- Worked on various user exits/BAdIs and programs to copy data b/n different planning books
- Created RFC FMs to get the data from the BW system for validation
SAP ABAP Consultant
JCB
01.2005 - 08.2005
- Participated in unit, Integration testing and cutover activities
- Sales order upload program using BAPI in SD module
- Schedule Agreement creation using BDC in MM module for transaction ME31L
- Notification creation for IW51 transaction in CS module using BDC
- Conducting code reviews to make sure best practices and coding standards are adhered to before object delivery
- Tracking the RICEF status and guiding the in-house developers in meeting the deadlines
- Several Classical, interactive and ALV reporting in SD/CS/PP/MM/LE modules
- SAP scripts modifications in SD, MM and FI modules include Goods Receipt Note, Cash Document, Cheque and Payment Advice, Dunning form, Account Statement, Balance Confirmation, Quotation, Order Confirmation
- Smartforms Inspection Note (During Delivery), Credit Note, Accounting Voucher
- User exit (RV60AFZZ) for Capturing Vendor and unloading point into KOMK structure when creating billing document
- User Exit (MV45AFZB) Calculation of new pricing when the shipping plant has been changed while creating sales order
- Implemented BAdI “MD_CHANGE_MRP_DATA” with importing data for stock transfer purchase order
Education
Masters - Industrial Engineering
NIT
01.2002
Bachelors - Mechanical Engineering
JNTU
01.2000
Skills
- Time management
- Team leadership
- Effective communication techniques
- Agile methodologies mastery
- Applications development
- Technology integration
- Analytical thinking
Certification
- Certified by SAP in SAP NetWeaver 2004 - Application Development Focus ABAP
- Open SAP Certified in ABAP Development for SAP HANA
- ITIL V3 Foundation Certification
Timeline
Sr. Applications Developer
Southco Inc.
07.2018 - Current
SAP Technical SME
TEVA pharmaceutical
08.2016 - 02.2017
ABAP Lead Consultant
MERCK – COMET
06.2016 - 08.2016
ABAP Lead Consultant
Johnson & Johnson – Medical Devices
01.2015 - 05.2016
Sr. ABAP APO Consultant
Campbell Soup
08.2014 - 12.2014
SAP Technical SME
Cogent IBS
05.2014 - 07.2018
Sr. Technical Consultant
Remington
05.2014 - 08.2014
SAP Lead Consultant
Tech Mahindra
12.2011 - 04.2014
Sr. SAP ABAP Consultant/On Site coordinator
TCS
03.2006 - 12.2011
SCM Module Lead/APO ABAP Consultant
Eli-Lilly GBIP
03.2006 - 05.2008
APO ABAP Consultant
Bristlecone India Pvt. Ltd
01.2005 - 03.2006
SAP ABAP Consultant
JCB
01.2005 - 08.2005
Bachelors - Mechanical Engineering
JNTU
Masters - Industrial Engineering
NIT