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SAP PP & Variant Configuration (VC) Consultant | SAP IBP – Demand & Supply Planning | S/4HANA & ECC | Production Planning | Global SAP Rollouts

About

SAP Production Planning (PP) and Variant Configuration (VC) consultant with 3.5+ years of hands-on delivery at Tata Consultancy Services — specialising in make-to-order manufacturing on SAP S/4HANA and ECC, with growing depth in SAP IBP demand and supply planning. As the sole SAP PP/VC functional owner on global engagements for ABB Ltd. (Fortune Global 500), I have delivered 5 end-to-end projects across Norway, Canada, and Mexico — spanning legal-entity carve-outs, multi-plant rollouts, greenfield implementations, and AMS/hypercare — every one reaching go-live without rollback. WHAT I DO - SAP PP & Variant Configuration: Super BOMs & Super Routings, characteristics, classes, configuration profiles, variant tables, and object dependencies (preconditions, selection conditions, procedures) for complex configurable products. - VC Master Data Migration: automated migration of 160+ VC objects via IDoc (ALE/EDI), with post-migration validation and local VC logic. - SAP IBP: demand & supply planning, Harmonized Planning Areas, key-figure configuration, statistical forecasting, and S/4HANA-IBP integration via CI-DS and RTI. - Integration & WM: PP-WM interface for variant-configured production orders, Kanban replenishment, MRP, and safety-stock optimisation. - Delivery: fit-gap analysis, functional specifications, UAT design & facilitation, cutover, data migration, and Train-the-Trainer using Agile/Scrum. SELECTED IMPACT - 9-plant, 2-country S/4HANA/ECC rollout delivered on schedule at 99%+ master-data accuracy, with zero post-go-live production delays. - Monthly S&OP planning cycle cut from 3 weeks to 5 business days through integrated IBP demand-supply planning. - 28% faster goods movement via end-to-end PP-WM integration. CERTIFICATIONS SAP Certified Application Associate - S/4HANA Production Planning & Manufacturing (1610) | SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition - Production Planning & Manufacturing | Exploring Planning Processes in SAP IBP. Open to SAP PP / Variant Configuration / IBP roles — India and international (Europe, UAE, remote). Core skills: SAP PP · Variant Configuration (VC) · SAP IBP · S/4HANA · SAP ECC · Production Planning · Demand & Supply Planning · Super BOM · Super Routing · IDoc / ALE · PP-WM · Kanban · MRP · Safety Stock · Fit-Gap · Cutover · Master Data Migration

Location

Pune Division

Work experience

SAP PP/VC/WM/IBP Consultant at Tata Consultancy Services, Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos, Client: ABB Ltd. (Fortune Global 500). Sole SAP PP/VC functional owner for the ABB Norway entity — acting as functional lead while delivering module scope end-to-end with no supervision. Delivered 5 major engagements across Norway, Canada, and Mexico covering carve-outs, multi-plant rollouts, integrations, and greenfield implementations on SAP ECC / S/4HANA. VARIANT CONFIGURATION & PRODUCTION PLANNING - Migrated ~160 VC objects (characteristics, classes, configuration profiles) via IDoc (ALE/EDI) across client landscapes; created and maintained local VC objects post-migration and derived dependency logic from syntax analysis. - Built Super BOMs and Super Routings with full dependency assignments (preconditions, selection conditions, procedures) for complex configurable, make-to-order products. - Configured the PP-WM interface for variant-configured production orders, plus MRP, Kanban replenishment, and safety-stock optimisation. SAP IBP - Delivered demand & supply planning — Harmonized Planning Areas, key figures, statistical forecasting, and S/4HANA-IBP integration via CI-DS (time-series) and RTI (order-based). DELIVERY & SUPPORT - Led AMS/hypercare for the Norway entity — resolved critical production issues and stabilised operations post go-live; collaborated cross-functionally with SD, MM, and QM for end-to-end process integration. Impact: 5 go-lives with zero rollback; 9-plant / 2-country rollout at 99%+ master-data accuracy; S&OP cycle cut from 3 weeks to 5 days; 28% faster goods movement via PP-WM integration.

SAP Functional Consultant at Tata Consultancy Services, Jan 2023 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr, Working as a Team lead for SAP PP/QM Modules in an AMS project.

SAP PP / MM Trainee (Internship) at Tata Consultancy Services, Apr 2022 - Aug 2022 · 5 mos, Pune District, - Completed structured training on SAP PP and Variant Configuration within the ABB engagement environment; supported functional testing and gained hands-on SAP ECC configuration experience. - Managed material discontinuation via the MRP-4 view (MM02/MM03) — discontinuation indicators, follow-up materials, effective-out dates — and tracked residual inventory using MB52/MC46. - Received full-time offer (Sep 2022); onboarded as consultant in January 2023.

SAP Specialist at Tata Consultancy Services, Apr 2022 - Aug 2022 · 5 mos, Completed structured learning on SAP PP and Variant Configuration within the ABB engagement environment. Assisted in functional testing activities and gained foundational hands-on experience in SAP ECC configuration. Received full-time offer letter in September 2022; onboarded as consultant in January 2023.

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Enterprise Resource Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning, COEP (College of Engineering, Pune)

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering, Smt.Kashibai Navale college of Engineering