Priyanka GobhilSAP IS Retail Consultant

(Retail Master Data / Merchandising / Supply Chain / Pricing)

SAP IS Retail and SAP MM with overall work experience of 9 years with strong skills in multiple SAP Retail areas such as Retail Master Data, POS Integration, Merchandising, Pricing and Promotions etc.

Worked on various roles in multiple SAP engagements. Also Worked as SAP Deployment Lead and PMO Lead. Worked on multiple formats of SAP IS Retail & SAP R/3 ranging from FMCG & F&V Grocery, Telecom, , Optical

(Retail & Manufacturing), Electronics, Apparel & Footwear, Agriculture (Wholesale & Retail). Have worked on SAP IS Retail, SAP MM extensively with interfaces within and outside SAP. Couple of Onshore Experience on different Projects both Domestic and International including US. Experience of Domestic / International End to End Implementation of SAP IS Retail, as Module Lead for

MM. International Experience of end to end Implementation of SAP – IS- Retail i.e. analyzing the business

requirement, Business Blue print preparation, Realization, Go live and Support as a Consultant. Experience of Handling Multiple Support Projects as a Main Coordinator. Experience in gathering business requirements from Client, preparing Functional Specifications, Testing

developments, Mapping Business process with the System, User training, Documentation. Extensive experience of designing and configuring IS Retail in several modules such as Master Data

(experience around conversion of all retail master data besides configuration skills), Merchandising, Procurement, Inventory Management, Replenishment, POS Integration.

Exposure of creating the Enterprise Structure - Purchase Org, Purchase Area, Distribution Channel from Merchandising Perspective.

Extensive understanding of Master Data in SAP with all different interfaces. Excellent Understanding of ARTMAS, DEBMAS, CREMAS, COND_A, WP_PLU, WPUUMS, BOMMAT idocs. Experience in all phases of ASAP implementation methodology and three full life cycle implementations for Retail

Industry. Had been responsible for gathering business requirements, worked on design, Configuration and preparation of

functional specification documents for various retail master data and MM related requirements. Understanding of Procurement to Pay processes, RFQ, Purchase Requisition, Purchase Orders, Inbound

Delivery, ASN( Advance Shipment Note) , MIGO, MIRO. Deep Understanding on Stock Transfer Processes, Sub Contracting Process. Release Strategy on PO. Worked on Requirement Planning, Replenishment. Merchandise Distribution: Allocation & Collective PO

Process. Flow Through & Put- Away Process, Goods Movement & Inventory Processes. Understanding of Purchase Pricing, Creating Condition Type, Creating Pricing Schemas for Various Procurement

processes, Developing Pricing Routines for Specific Calculations. Have Used HP Quality Center for Creating Test Scripts, Scripts Execution and Logging Defects. Deep understanding and Experience in Article Master Configuration using the Data screens, subscreens. Have

worked for Single, Generic, Sales Sets, Prepacks, Display Sets, and Reference Articles. End to end configuration experience for Article Master, Customer Master, Site Master, Vendor Master,

Merchandise Categories, Merchandise Hierarchy, Characteristics, Site Groups, Listing, Assortment (General, Local and Layout Modules).

Configuration experience in Purchase order Management, Inventory Management and Physical inventory. Worked on Supply chain Idocs like ORDERS, ORDRSP. Understanding of Retail pricing and configuration experience on setting up Pricing Types, price for an article

per distribution chain, and at site level. Configured the Goods Movement, Goods Receipt, Goods Issue, Inbound and Outbound Delivery, Stock

Determination, and Article Document. Configured the MIGO setup with custom fields and Physical Inventory. Understanding of various modules in SAP enabling the multiple business functions like Master Data Management,

Retail Merchandising, Supply chain with MM-FI Integration.

P R O F E S S I O N A L C A R E E R E X P E R I E N C E:

PMO Lead (Accenture Project) Feb 2015 – Aug 2015 Client: Argos UK

Worked as a PMO Lead for Argos Project a UK based Catalogue Retailer. Managing the entire project PMO related Activities with the team size of 5 at offshore and coordinating with Onshore PMO. Role includes working on Accenture internal tools as Abacus/ ACP /MME/ SharePoint etc. Involved in different kind of resource level reporting to leadership. Managing Offshore Demands at engagement level and Onboarding/ Off boarding of resources. Managing all PMO related activities for the engagement at offshore.

Key Roles & Responsibilities: Sending Weekly / Monthly reports to leadership on resourcing, upcoming new roles, resource availability ,

upcoming roll offs , extensions required etc. Managing Onboarding/ Off boarding / Movements of resources in the engagement. Locking the resources for upcoming demands, creating demands in the tool Abacus/ MME. Done lots of improvements in the process related to the On Boarding/ Off boarding/ Movement process on the tool

for better efficiency & reducing manual efforts. The entire process was put on share point for easy accessibility & efficiency.

Automated various tasks of sending & receiving auto emails using share point. Managing Bay events / Outdoor parties for the team. Addressing to leadership queries and giving Adhoc reports on requirement basis. Have put the process in place for the time reporting of resources on the client tool to reduce the mismatch on

MyTe & Client time reports resulting in less billing issues. Handled all other PMO related activities on daily basis.

SAP Retail / MM Consultant / Deployment Lead (Accenture Project) Sep 2011 – Jul 2014 Client: Target Corporation, USA

Part of Target Canada Expansion program Merchandising Team across various Releases of Project (R1/R2/R3) Responsible for all the Master Data Conversions Functional Design, Build, Testing & Deployment. Handled the

entire Conversions till Deployment on Production and part of Data load and Cutover. Among Conversions did Article Master, PIR (Purchase Info record) , Vendor Master, Purchase Pricing , MCH

(Merchandise Hierarchy) & AH (Article Hierarchy) Site Master Configuration, did the entire configuration & Master Set up for Site Master including the ALE setup to

transfer the sites across the systems. Site Hierarchy & Site Group Setup, did the entire setup of Site Hierarchy & Site Groups across all systems. Article

Master Configuration. Creation of Bonus Buys, Promotions, Markdown Plans for testing. Also Lead the L3 Support for the program. Responsible for handling tickets and Issues Post Go Live for

Merchandising & SCM. Worked as Deployment Lead for Various Sub Projects at Onshore. Responsible for Preparing Deployment Plan. Listing down Pre & Post cutover activities, Mitigation plans, Business Validations. Following up with teams on the Deployment related activities and identifying dependencies across the teams.

SAP R/3 MM Consultant (Wipro Project) Aug 2010 – Aug 2011 Client: AIRCEL, India

On Site Domestic Support Project with exposure to Functional Upgrade. Involved in Implementation of Material Serialization Process. Part of Functional Upgrade Team.

Responsible for Day to day operational Activities. Involved in New requirement gathering from the Business Master Data Creation Configuration of New Business processes Testing of Business Scenarios Streamlining of Master Data Creation process Taking requirement from client for Customized developments & preparing the Functional Specification documents. Testing of Customized developments. FI-MM Integration Procurement process configuration. Exposure to CIN (Country India Version) pricing. Preparing test case documents for purchasing scenarios & customized developments Involved in Master data upload on Production.

SAP IS Retail Consultant/ Module Lead (Polaris Project)Client: Heritage Foods, India Nov 2009 – Jun 2010

Implementation of ISR-SAP, Upgrading from JDA legacy system to SAP ISR, Domestic Onsite Project. Did the entire Blue-Printing , AS-IS study and Business process definition (To-Be Process) and Fit & Gap Analysis

as part of the Requirement Gathering & Design Phase of the Project. Configuration of Retail Master Data: Site Master (Site profiles, Stores & DC; Article Master (Single Article);

Merchandise Category hierarchy, Merchandise Category, External Vendor). Set up of Assortment Management: General and Local Assortment. Purchase Pricing. Procurement & Stock transfer Process Release Strategy on PO. ASN (Advance Shipment note) / Inbound Delivery Process. Requirements Planning & Replenishment: Manual Re-order point planning. Merchandise Distribution: Allocation & Collective Purchase Order. Flow through & Putaway process configuration. MM-FI Integration. SAP-RXL Integration, Outbound & Inbound processes. Sub contracting process for Staples conversion from Bulk to child article. Goods movement & Inventory management. Developed more than 30 RICEF’s Including LSMW/ BDC/ Upload Programs. Pricing Routines for Markdown calculation in Purchase pricing schema. Calculation of Process loss while converting the Bulk Article to child Article Via Sub Contracting Process. Auto DSD (Direct Store Delivery) Replenishment program based on Vendor Schedule. Auto Transfer of In transit stock while returning stock from Store to DC. DSD returns to Vendor based on MRP, Inbound process development. Staples Requirement calculation report based on the Child stock Availability in the DC & in the Staple Pack

House. Suggestive Auto Indent for F&V (Fruits & Vegetables) Articles based on the historical sales at stores along with

Consideration of Dump, Pilferage factor, Fill Rate etc.

SAP IS Retail MDM Consultant (Groupsoft Project) Jun 2009 – Nov 2009Client : Luxottica Retail, US

Responsible for all the Integration related activities from SAP between SAP & MAP (Merchandise Assortment Planning).

Transferring of data from SAP to MAP. Generating IDOC for transferring data & updating MAP database via XI Flowing MAP planning data back to SAP for initial deployment & executing Logistic cycle based on that. Running requirement planning based on the planning data. Involved in Offshore activities of SAP ISR implementation. Preparing Functional Specifications. Creating Master data. Involved in Master data related configuration

Preparing test cases and recording via HP Quality Center.

SAP Retail Consultant (Groupsoft Project) Sep 2008 – Apr 2009Client: Albatha Retail, UAE

Involved in BBP (Blue Print) preparation. Basic Configuration. Master data creation: Site Master (Site profiles, Stores & DC; Article Master (Single & Sales Sets); Merchandise

Category hierarchy, External Vendor). Assortment Management: General and Local Assortment. Purchase Pricing. Requirements Planning & Replenishment: Manual Re-order point planning. Procurement process configuration. Testing of the Procurement Process and Customized Developments. Taking requirement from client for Customized developments & preparing the Functional Specification

documents. Preparing test case documents for purchasing scenarios & customized developments BIW (Business Intelligence Warehouse) reports testing related to SCM part. Involved in Master data upload on Production. Merchandise Distribution: Allocation & Collective Purchase Order. MM-FI Integration. Retail Consignment: Procurement & Stock transfer of consignment article. Customized Home Delivery & Replenishment Process. Goods movement & Inventory management via SRS & RF (Mobile POS). Go Live Preparation –Preparing Proper Documentation and Business Benefits, Process Definition, Activity

Charts. After Go – Live Support, Troubleshooting & Developments.

SAP ISR Support (Groupsoft Project) Mar 2008 – Sep 2008 Client: Magrabi Optical, UAE

SAP ISR Support Project, Understanding current Business processes. Troubleshooting issues. Communicate with client and gather New requirements Coordinating with client for all Requirements & follow – up Marinating Track record for issues whether resolved or pending. Escalation of pending issues Preparing End-User Documentation. Ensuring on time delivery to Client. Creation of Master Data. Implementation of New Process Requirements. End User Training on the Process Transactions Preparing Functional Specification for Customization. Testing Customized Developments. Maintaining Issue tracker. Assigning issues for different Modules to designated consultants.

SAP ISR Associate Consultant (Groupsoft Project) Oct 2007 - Mar 2008Client: Indiabulls/ Pyramid Retail , IN

Analyzing Business Requirement Communicate with client and gather New requirements Troubleshooting Implementing new business processes.

Streamlining Inbound & Outbound process. Preparing End-User Documentations Keeping track of Full Development done throughout the project with the Details. Preparing Functional Specification for the Customized Development. Testing the Customized Development. End User Training on the Process Transactions Off-Site Co-ordination with On-Site Consultants between the Functional & Development Team Testing the Customized Development

SAP ISR Associate Consultant (Groupsoft Project) Oct 2007 - Sep 2008Client: DSCL(Haryali Kisan Bazaar), IN

Understanding current Business processes. Communicate with client and gather New requirements Troubleshooting. Implementing new business processes. Coordinating with client for all Requirements & follow – up Maintaining Track record for issues whether resolved or pending. Escalation of pending issues Delivering the Issues to client on Time Creation of Master Data (Site master) Preparing End-User Documentation End User Training on the Process Transactions. Preparing Functional Specification for Customization Testing Customized Developments Implementing Manual Requirement Planning process. Merchandise distribution process via Allocation & Collective Purchase Order. Cycle counting process. Customized reporting.

Associate Consultant (Groupsoft Project) Oct 2006 - May 2007Client: ITC Ltd, IN

PLM Implementation at ITC for Brands Wills Lifestyle, John Players & Miss Players.