Saurabh Kothawade

SAP IS-Retail Functional Consultant with 4.8 years of SAP experience and over 4 years in SAP Retail on ECC and S/4HANA. Experienced in Article Master Data, Site Master Data, Assortment Management, Listing (WLK1), Promotions, POS Integration, and IDoc processing. Skilled in production support, functional specifications, testing, incident analysis, and cross-functional collaboration across Retail middleware teams.

SAP IS-Retail Functional Consultant - VIVCTA (formerly Tietoevry Tech Services)

(2022-01)

• Supported SAP IS-Retail processes including Article Master, Site Master, Assortments, Listing, and Promotions.
• Managed article listing activities and resolved assortment and product visibility issues across retail stores.
• Supported promotion execution and pricing validation for retail campaigns including Bonus Buy, Coupons, and Discounts.
• Monitored and resolved POS integration and IDoc processing issues involving WPUBON, WPDWVE, and WPUUMS.
• Investigated production issues, performed root cause analysis, and coordinated solutions with business and technical teams.
• Prepared Functional Specifications and collaborated with ABAP teams for SAP Retail enhancements and custom developments.
• Supported functional testing, UAT activities, and post-deployment validations.
• Participated in a large-scale SAP Retail store migration program.
• Coordinated with multiple SAP middleware teams to ensure stable retail business operations.

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Sandip Institute of Engineering & Management, Nashik (2020-01)