Saikrishna Karnati

About Saikrishna Karnati

SAP Functional Consultant with 14+ years of experience in SAP ECC and S/4HANA environments, specializing in Product Lifecycle Management, Production Planning, and Materials Management processes. Experienced in supporting end-to-end product lifecycle and manufacturing operations.• Strong experience in SAP PLM processes including Engineering Change Management, BOM management, and product structure management. Worked closely with engineering and manufacturing teams to streamline product development workflows.• Extensive experience conducting business workshops, gathering requirements, and translating business needs into functional specifications. Acted as a bridge between business users and technical teams during implementations.• Proven expertise in Bill of Materials management including Engineering BOM, Manufacturing BOM, and multi-level product structures. Supported complex manufacturing environments require structured product hierarchies.• Hands-on experience implementing Engineering Change Management processes to control product modifications and maintain product lifecycle traceability. Ensured controlled product updates across manufacturing operations.• Strong knowledge of SAP Document Management System (DMS) for managing engineering drawings, product specifications, and technical documentation. Ensured structured document lifecycle management.• Experience integrating PLM processes with SAP PP and MM modules to support seamless flow from product design to procurement and manufacturing.• Participated in multiple SAP implementations, S/4HANA transformations, and global rollout projects across manufacturing organizations.• Experienced in preparing Functional Specifications (FS), Business Requirement Documents (BRD), and process design documents supporting SAP implementation activities.• Strong experience working with cross-functional teams including engineering, production planning, procurement, and quality management to deliver integrated SAP solutions.• Expertise in product structure management and component hierarchy design supporting complex manufacturing product assemblies.• Hands-on experience supporting data migration activities including BOM structures, engineering documents, and product master data during system implementations.• Experienced in system integration testing, user acceptance testing, and validation of PLM business processes before production deployment.• Strong experience supporting cutover planning, go-live activities, and post-go-live hypercare support for SAP implementations.

Experience

1. SAP s 4 Hana Mm Ewm Data Migration

   PepsiCo

   Feb 2025 — Present · TX, US

   Led the end-to-end data migration process for EWM implementation, ensuring accurate transfer of legacy warehouse data to S/4HANA.• Gathered business requirements for data objects (material master, batches, bins, storage types, handling units, stock balances, vendors, customers).• Prepared data migration strategy and cutover plan, defining migration approach, sequence, dependencies, and validation rules.• Extracted data from legacy non-SAP systems using SAP BODS/ETL tools and mapped it to SAP EWM structures.• Worked on migrating master and transaction data from a legacy system into SAP EWM during implementation.• Collected requirements from business for data objects such as material master, storage bins, batches, HU data, stock balances, vendors, and customers.• Built mapping sheets between legacy fields and SAP fields for data loads.• Used LTMC templates and LSMW to load warehouse master data and stock information into the system.• I partnered with the BODS team to validate ETL loads and check data accuracy before moving to SAP.• Ran trial loads/mock runs multiple times to identify gaps and refine the migration process.• Coordinated with business users for data cleansing activities (removing duplicates, correcting material descriptions, fixing unit of measure mismatches).• Verified staging data in PLD tables before final load to SAP EWM.• Migrated stock balances into EWM with batch, bin, and HU details to ensure operational continuity.• Prepared validation queries to compare stock quantities, bins, and batches between source and target systems.• Involved in cutover planning and executed migration tasks during go-live weekends.• Supported users with UAT by checking if migrated data was usable in inbound, outbound, and internal processes.• I documented migration errors and worked with functional + technical teams to fix them.

Education

• Teegala Krishna Reddy Engineering College

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Information Technology

  2005 — 2009

Skills

• Requirements Analysis
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Microsoft Office
• Sap Mm Module
• Sap Warehouse Management
• Sap Materials Management (Sap Mm)