Nirmal Kumar C, Developer in Houston, TX, United States
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Nirmal Kumar C

Verified Expert  in Engineering

SAP Developer

Houston, TX, United States

Toptal member since April 3, 2025

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Microsoft DevelopmentJiraBusiness Intelligence DevelopmentSQLTableau DevelopmentVisioVisual Studio Development
Bio

Nirmal is an SAP Ariba and SAP Materials Management (MM) consultant with nine years of experience in implementation, migration, and testing across manufacturing, chemicals, and retail. He specializes in SAP Ariba/MM, SAP Procure-to-Pay (P2P), SAP Source-to-pay (S2P), cross-functional integration, SAP Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions, and SAP IDoc troubleshooting in SAP S/4HANA and ECC. Nirmal's strong technical and functional skills make him a key player in SAP transformations.

Portfolio

Ascend Performance Materials
SAP Ariba, SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP HANA, SAP S/4HANA, SAPUI5...
Corning
SAP Ariba, SAP Materials Management (MM), Functional Analysis, SAP, SAP HANA
GSK US
SAP Ariba, SAP Materials Management (MM), Functional Analysis, SAP, SAP HANA

Experience

  • SAP Materials Management (MM) - 9 years
  • SAP - 9 years
  • SAP Procure-to-Pay (P2P) - 9 years
  • Supply Chain Operations - 8 years
  • SAP Ariba - 6 years
  • SAP Fiori - 4 years
  • SQL - 4 years
  • SAP S/4HANA - 4 years

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

SAP, SAP Ariba

The most amazing...

...SAP S/4HANA migration I've led automated procurement processes, reduced cycle times by 30%, and ensured business continuity across global teams.

Work Experience

SAP Ariba/MM Functional Analyst

2024 - PRESENT
Ascend Performance Materials
  • Participated in all phases of the SAP HANA implementation lifecycle, including analyzing business processes, conducting gap analysis, blueprinting, and designing and configuring SAP Ariba.
  • Collaborated with SAP Ariba implementations, including Ariba SIPM, sourcing and contract, purchase to order, supply chain collaboration for commerce automation, and integration with a back-end SAP S/4HANA system.
  • Configured Ariba Upstream capabilities, including Ariba Sourcing, Ariba Contract Management, Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management, and Ariba SLP.
  • Worked on SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway to maintain certificates, create port definitions, and customize for different integration scenarios.
  • Configured pricing determination by creating a calculation schema, condition types, tables, and records, assigning access sequences to the condition tables.
  • Created and customized SAP Fiori applications using SAPUI5 to meet specific business requirements, ensuring a user-friendly interface.
  • Established supplier settings, including order confirmations, shipment notifications, and invoice processing in SAP Ariba.
Technologies: SAP Ariba, SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP HANA, SAP S/4HANA, SAPUI5, Functional Analysis, SAP, SAP HANA

SAP Ariba/MM Functional Analyst

2022 - 2024
Corning
  • Conducted thorough requirements gathering sessions, collaborating with key stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into system requirements.
  • Performed comprehensive fit and gap analyses to assess 'as is' and 'to be' system scenarios in collaboration with cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment between business and IT requirements.
  • Worked on Ariba Upstream modules, which included Ariba Sourcing, Ariba Contract Management, and Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance Management (SLP).
  • Configured all stages of SAP Ariba, which included sourcing, contract management, supplier lifecycle and management, supplier information and performance management, supplier risk, and procurement.
  • Collaborated with automatic purchase order (auto-PO) and purchase requisition (auto-PR) creations.
  • Set and customized OpenText's vendor invoice management (VIM) and invoice capture center (ICC) solutions to optimize end-to-end invoice processing.
  • Defined release procedures for purchase orders and purchase requisitions, specifying approval levels and criteria to ensure compliance with internal controls and authorization processes.
Technologies: SAP Ariba, SAP Materials Management (MM), Functional Analysis, SAP, SAP HANA

SAP Ariba/MM Functional Analyst

2019 - 2021
GSK US
  • Collaborated in all phases of a SAP S/4HANA migration, from planning and assessment to execution and post-migration support.
  • Participated in preparing the business requirements document and blueprint by reengineering the existing system to bridge the gap with the to-be system.
  • Handled Ariba processes related to contracts, purchase requisitions and purchase orders, receipts and service entry sheets, and invoicing, ensuring accuracy and reliability.
  • Created and maintained pharmaceutical-specific SAP MM functionalities, such as batch management, shelf-life expiration date (SLED) management, and good manufacturing practice (GMP) compliance to address unique client requirements and ISO standards.
  • Configured automatic account determination settings to map procurement transactions in the P2P cycle to the appropriate general ledger accounts, ensuring accurate financial postings.
  • Established automatic goods receipt (GR) settings to facilitate seamless integration with procurement processes.
  • Serialized goods movements in inventory and warehouse management modules related to goods receipt, goods issue and transfer posting, and physical inventory.
Technologies: SAP Ariba, SAP Materials Management (MM), Functional Analysis, SAP, SAP HANA

SAP MM Functional Analyst

2018 - 2019
Ford Motor Company
  • Integrated SAP MM with external systems using SAP IDoc and application link enabling (ALE), facilitating seamless data exchange with 3rd-party partners and improving overall supply chain visibility.
  • Configured the P2P cycle, including purchase requisition, request for quotation, purchasing info records, source lists, purchase orders, goods receipt, and invoice verification.
  • Adapted SAP Batch Management, demonstrating expertise in batch creation, tracking, and quality control to ensure the accurate and efficient management of batch-related processes.
  • Executed the adept configuration of outline agreements in the P2P cycle, including the scheduling agreement, contract agreement, and release procedure.
  • Worked on various aspects of master data management, including info record maintenance, quota arrangement, source lists, and customer master data.
Technologies: SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP Investment Management (IM), SAP IDoc, Application Link Enabling (ALE), Functional Analysis, SAP

SAP MM Functional Analyst

2016 - 2017
Godrej Group Companies
  • Configured release indicators for purchase requisitions and purchase orders in the P2P cycle, allowing for conditional releases based on specific criteria, such as monetary value or material group.
  • Established automatic output determination for purchase orders in the P2P cycle, ensuring that the system triggers the appropriate communication channels for transmitting purchase orders to vendors.
  • Prepared quota arrangement settings to distribute procurement quantities among multiple sources.
  • Configured settings in P2P for three-way matching in invoice verification, reconciling purchase orders, goods receipts, and vendor invoices, ensuring accuracy and preventing overpayments.
  • Integrated SAP retail with point-of-sale systems, enabling real-time data exchange for accurate sales reporting, inventory updates, and customer insights.
  • Collaborated with SAP supply chain management for seamless integration with SAP retail, optimizing end-to-end supply chain processes from procurement to distribution.
Technologies: SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP Warehouse Management System (WMS), Functional Analysis, SAP

Experience

Inventory Management System

This project involved creating a local inventory management system to develop a KPI tracking dashboard application. The system uses product information, supplier data, sales data, and inventory data to efficiently manage inventory, optimize sales, and conduct thorough gap analysis, root cause analysis, requirements gathering, and case documentation.

Education

2018 - 2019

Master's Degree in Information Systems

University of Toledo - Toledo, Ohio, USA

Skills

Tools

SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP S/4HANA, SAP Fiori, Jira, SAP Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Visio, Visual Studio, Microsoft Project, SAPUI5

Platforms

SAP Ariba, Microsoft, SAP HANA

Languages

SQL

Other

SAP, Micro Focus ALM, SAP Migration, SAP Procure-to-Pay (P2P), SAP Source-to-pay (S2P), Functional Analysis, SAP, SAP HANA, Supply Chain Operations, SAP LSMW Data Migrations, Vendor Selection, SAP Investment Management (IM), SAP Warehouse Management System (WMS), Information Systems, SAP IDoc, Application Link Enabling (ALE)

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