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Saikat Pal

                                                       Saikat Pal

Email: sap_saikat@yahoo.co.in              Mobile +91 9881008865    

 

 

Summary

 

Saikat Pal is a SAP techno-functional Consultant having 4+ years of  experience at implementation and operation of SAP systems  in working with some of the largest organizations around the world including Gillette, General Electric Aircraft Industry, General Motors and Hitachi and has worked on various platforms. Saikat has worked during various phases of SDLC such as Requirements and Analysis, Design and Construction, Testing, UAT. Saikat worked in implementations projects in different roles from team member to module leader. Apart from that Saikat has operational experience in Plant Maintenance and Material Management and Sales and Distribution.

 

Key Achievements

Ø       In-depth knowledge on Plant Maintenance, Material Management, Sales and Distribution projects including project scheduling.

Ø       Gained extensive Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) process knowledge of an Aircraft Industry while working for GE Aircraft industry.

Ø       Self motivated, an adaptable team player and have very strong professional ethics.

Ø       Strong delivery focus and enjoy the challenge of working under triple constraints of time, cost and quality.

Ø       Excellent stakeholder management skills, superb communication, team motivation, and interpersonal and technical leadership skills.

Ø       In-depth knowledge of major RDBMS including Oracle and SQL Server 2000.

Ø       Good knowledge on quality management like CMM, Six Sigma (DMADV).

 

SAP Training

Materials management Module
Overview of Materials Management.
Introduction to Materials Management;
Purchasing Guide;

R/3 Data dictionary
ABAP/4 Programming;
ABAP/4 Query;


SAP Experience Summary

  • Full life cycle Implementation Projects 2
  • Primary Module: PM â?“ Plant Maintenance.
  • Secondary Module: MM and SD.
  • Other modules exposure, integration and detail knowledge:
    • mySAP SRM for Material procurement
    • PS Project Systems
  • Upgrade Projects 2
  • Technical skills: ABAP/4
  • Industry exposure: Retail, Financial solution , Aerospace , MRO

Training: Class Instructor on SAP technical domains, Preparation of training scenario/documentation.

 

 

SAP Knowledge

 

  • PM Plant Maintenance

Detailed knowledge of integration points between PM/MM and SD. Experience with operation of Plant Maintenance processes.

PM Master : Before customizing Master Data in Plant Maint & Cust Serv.PM - Material Master Vs. Equipment Master, Show Equipments Characteristics in a List, Component Allocation in Task List ,Scenario of Rotating Equipment.

PM Order : Control the PM Order Type Maintenance Notifications Order Link, Work Order Cost Control, Impact on Business if PM Order Not Settled ,In PM how to Return Material Backflushed ,Change Maintenance Strategy in General Task List ,User Status Set Date in Maintenance order ,SAP to best handle Repeat Maintenance Jobs ,Recording Measuring Docs. Against Work Orders, Stop Complete Confirmation (IW41) before (IW32),Difference Between TECO & Business completion ,Integration Between PM, QM and PP in SAP, Settlement Rule In Maintenance Order.

  • MM Material management

Detailed knowledge of purchasing, material files, and stock handling processes. Work experience includes the following MM sub-modules: Inventory Management, Forecast Based Planning, Purchasing, Vendor Evaluation and Physical Inventory. Creation of master records such as Material Master Records, Vendor Master Records, and Purchase Info Records. Release of RFQ s/QTN s, batch management study, source list creation, quota arrangement, master pricing conditions, outline agreements, release strategies for purchase requisitions, collective release of POs and vender evaluation in Purchase Management. Goods receipt posting, goods issue against reservations and handling of consignment stocks, and third party stocks. Sales order requirements, negative stocks, and sub contracting items in Inventory Management. Usage of five storage types, which included creating different types of storage bins and implementation of different placement and removal strategies in Warehouse Management

  • SD Sale and Distribution

Detailed knowledge of sales processes from supply chain perspective. Work experience includes distribution functions, cross-plant distribution, ATP across plants and delivery procedures.

  • PS Project System

Detailed knowledge of integration points between PP/MM and PS. Experience with operation of Project System processes.

  • ABAP/Technical Skills
    • Conceptualization, design and management of development project.
    • ABAP: Report design and programming.
    • ABAP Query reporting.
    • BDC/LSMW/Data Migration and uploading
    • SAP Scripts â?“ Print Layouts
    • User Exit/Enhancements/BADIs/Modification
    • SAP Support Packages â?“ OSS note release
  • Training
    • Preparation of training scenarios on the system, training documentation.
    • Class Instructor on MM & Technical Modules.
  • Related Knowledge/Skills:

Application software skills MS Office : presentation, spreadsheet, word processing applications and Access Database.

 

Professional Profile

 

Employer                         : EDS , Electronic Data Systems

Title                                           : SAP Consultant

Dates of employment         : Jan 2007 till date

 

Project                     : Electronic Nota Fiscal

Software                : SAP ERP Central Component 5.0

Client                    : EDS and City Hall Authority , Sao Paulo , Brazil

Duration                     : ongoing

Role                       : MM/SD functional consultant

IMG-Path:  Cross-Application Components -> General Application Functions -> Nota Fiscal. Provides an overview of the solution for issuing electronic Nota Fiscal (Notas Fiscaís) on state(SEFAZ)/federal and on municipal level for the city of Sao Paulo.

Serves as a central source of information regarding:

�        Delivery of NF-e solutions

�        Support and Maintenance concerning NF-e related issues

will be updated as new developments are released.

A full solution for NF-e requires two parts:

1. An integration of NF-e process logic into the application logic of the backend

2. A solution for a messaging system complementing the implementation in the backend.

Functional errors related to the back-end solution should be reported to the component XX-CSC-BR-NFE

 

Project                       : ESGT Sub-module Rollout for DE31 (Germany), IT21 (Italy), ES05 (Spain), ES12 (Spain)

Type                           : Rollout

Software                : SAP ERP Central Component 5.0

Client                    : EDS Germany, Italy, Spain

Role                       : Functional consultant

Business Design, Technical Design approved by ES module owners/technical experts, Configuration of template to include �local settings�, Unit testing, System Integrated Testing (SIT),User Acceptance Testing (UAT),Migration Testing, Migration, Implementation, Project Post Production Support

 

Change Management Activities

Process changes, Personnel changes, User awareness and buy-in, Education and Training, Communications

 

Employer                         : Patni Computer Systems Limited

Title                                           : Senior Software Engineer

Dates of employment         : June 2003 till January 2007

 

Project                     : GEAE CSA PROJECT

Type                           : Maintenance and enhancement

Location                : Wales, UK

Client                    : General Electric Aircraft Engines, Wales, Cardiff

Duration                     : 26 months

Role                       : Onsite Coordinator

 

GEAE UK uses SAP (PM/SD/MM/FI) for controlling all plant maintenance, materials and financial activities and reporting. Some of the main projects Saikat was involved in this MRO Aircraft Engine processes:

¨       RTV Process â?“ Autoscon â?“ starting from buyers/fitters raise sub contracted Purchase order against repair order

¨       Factorized life calculation â?“ only GEAES uses SAP to calculate life of equipment/functional location and Material life values â?“ Work on detail label â?“ NEP (Never Exceed Period), NEIP (Never Exceed Inspection Period) values.

¨       Scrap at vendor â?“ This process starts central store -> Central receipts -> Subcontract receipts and valid for Short term Return to Vendor (SRTV) and Long term return to Vendor (LRTV).

¨       A Receipts and B Receipts â?“ A receipt process receives the returned materials where B receipts may only be performed for subcontract Inspection.

¨       Notifications, MRB and reservation â?“ using standard IW21 MRB and scraps to raise requirement and reservation to fulfill the demands.

¨       Upgrade of Planning board â?“ this unique GEAE owned transaction facilitates to track down entire Engine process in a overhaul engine shop starts from Engine entry (Gate 0) to Engine dispatch (Gate 3C) and billing (Gate 4).

¨       Generating Web e-mail message for SNECMA (Snecma was one of the world's leading aerospace corporations which merged with SAGEM to form SAFRAN - Client of GE Aviation) containing Purchase Order details at the time of Auto Subcontract creation order.

¨       Concession excellent functionality to track down repetitive error process anywhere in overhaul shop raising notification and authorized certification for Concessions and to mark the equipment.

 

Saikatâ?™s responsibilities in this project include:

  1. Requirements and Analysis: Understanding the requirements of the client and act as a functional resource.
  2. Interacting with the client on various forums to discuss the status of the project, clarify any queries regarding the functionality etc.
  3. Design for the SAP customizations and development of actual transactions
  4. Testing & debugging

 

Project                     : GEAE UK SAP MAINTENANCE

Type                           : Maintenance

Location                : Mumbai, India

Platform                : Windows NT 4.0 Server

Software                : SAP ABAP 4.0

Client                    : GEAESL, Wales, Cardiff

Duration                     : 11 Months

Role                       : Project Leader

 

Some of the main projects Saikat was involved in this MRO Aircraft Engine processes:

¨       Reporting tools Exception Report 21 days after Gate 1B closed engine information, material consumption, engine delay information etc to US head quarter in Cincinnati.

¨       Functional Location and equipment installing creation using BDC

¨       User Status update of Functional location, equipment and PM order.

¨       Reporting action tool on base of repair(component) order, module order and engine order

¨       QPAR Program in BDC for notification raise to track down repetitive error process anywhere in overhaul shop raising QPAR (Quality Prevention Action Reporting)

 

ü       As part of the maintenance team, I was Involved starting from the coding based on the Incidents/CDRs sent by the OSC.

ü       Gaining functional knowledge how work in shop floor goes.

ü       Writing data extract, dialog program to feed data from SAP to a standalone oracle based system WIPS.

ü       Assigned as Project leader of four team members.

Management work.

 

Project                     : HITACHI HSK SAP ABAP FI DEVELOPMENT

Type                           : Development

Platform                : Windows NT 4.0 Server

Software                : SAP ABAP 4.0

Client                    : Hitachi

Duration                     : 2 Months

Role                      : Team Member

 

          HSK is the software development arm of Hitachi, which is a global electronic and electrical component giant. HSK has been asked to develop some ABAPs for the FI Module of SAP-R/3 being implemented at IHI.

 

ü       As part of the Development team, I was Involved starting from the coding based on the detailed MCR sent by the OSC.

ü       Writing BDC.

ü       Writing data extract program, dialog program.

          Preparing Test cases.

 

Project                     : GILLETTE RENAISSANCE PROJECT

Type                           : Development

Platform                : Windows NT 4.0 Server

Software                : SAP ABAP 4.0

Client                    : Gillette,USA

Duration                     : 4 Months

Role                       : Team Member

 

Gillette had proposed to build a Financial System architecture, which will focus on financial management and reporting. The goal is to develop and implement a financial system architecture that will efficiently capture financial data across different geographies and from different ERP systems. The captured data needs to be consolidated in the BIW system.

                      In order to achieve the above objectives, the CGL (Centralized General Ledger) system will be developed on the GPCAT system. SAP Business Warehouse has been chosen as the tool to consolidate data from the CGL and local ERP systems.

 

ü       As part of the Development team, I was Involved starting from the analysis based on the DER sent by the OSC.

ü       Writing HLDs (High level Design).

ü       Writing reports in Report painter.

ü       Developing ALE configuration

          Sending outbound IDOC�s (As �BD12� transaction does)

 

 

 

Education

 

Passed S.S.C (West Bengal Board) with 89% - 1st class.

Passed H.S (West Bengal Board) with 90% - 1st Class.

Ranked 50th in Combined Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE).

B.E in Electronics & Telecomm. From Jadavpur University, Kolkata with First class honors and 83% in average.

 

Awards

 

Awarded Employee VCA (Valuable Contribution) for the last quarter of 2005 from Patni Computer systems Ltd.

 

 

 


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