Chandra Shekar

Senior SAP ABAP Technical Lead with 16+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise SAP solutions across ECC and S/4HANA landscapes. Extensive expertise in ABAP on HANA, CDS Views, RAP, OData Services, SAP Gateway, RICEF development, and enterprise integrations using IDocs, RFCs, Proxies, REST APIs, and SAP BTP Integration Suite. Proven ability to optimize HANA performance, resolve complex production issues through advanced debugging and root cause analysis, lead technical architecture discussions, conduct code reviews, and collaborate with Fiori and functional teams to deliver scalable, high-performance SAP applications.

Sr. SAP Lead Engineer - Lucid Motors Group - AZ

(2025-01)

After Sales / Procure to Pay project: Developed and enhanced RICEFW objects including Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, and Workflows to support After Sales and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) business processes across SAP MM, QM, FI, WM, and Master Data.

• Designed and developed custom ALV reports for procurement, inventory management, quality inspection, vendor performance, goods movements, invoice reconciliation, and financial reporting.
• Built inbound and outbound interfaces using BAPIs, IDocs, RFCs, and REST/OData services to integrate SAP ECC/S/4HANA with third-party logistics, warehouse management, supplier, and finance applications.
• Developed CDS Views and optimized Open SQL queries to support SAP Fiori analytical applications, embedded reporting, and real-time operational dashboards.
• Created and enhanced OData services using SAP Gateway (SEGW) to enable SAP Fiori applications for Purchase Orders, Goods Receipts, Quality Notifications, Inventory Management, and Vendor Master processes.
• Customized Business Object Workflows for Purchase Requisition, Purchase Order, Goods Receipt, Invoice Verification, Vendor Master approvals, and Quality Notification approval processes.
• Implemented BAPI-based custom programs for Purchase Orders, Goods Receipts, Goods Issues, Vendor Master, Material Master, Quality Notifications, and Inventory adjustments with comprehensive error handling and application logging.
• Developed user exits, customer exits, BADIs, enhancement spots, implicit and explicit enhancements to automate procurement validations, pricing logic, inventory controls, and financial posting requirements.
• Executed large-scale master data migration using LSMW, including Material Master, Vendor Master, Purchasing Info Records, Source Lists, Bills of Material, and Warehouse Master Data with validation, cleansing, and reconciliation activities.
• Designed and implemented high-performance ABAP on HANA solutions using CDS Views, AMDP, Open SQL optimization, and HANA push-down techniques to improve analytical reporting performance by reducing database execution time.
• Designed conversion programs for legacy procurement, inventory, and financial master data using LSMW, BDC, BAPI, and custom upload utilities to ensure accurate migration during SAP implementation and upgrade projects.
• Collaborated with functional consultants from MM, QM, FI, WM, and business stakeholders to gather requirements, prepare technical specifications, estimate development effort, and deliver high-quality ABAP solutions.
• Participated in project planning, sprint execution, effort estimation, code reviews, transport management, cutover planning, and post-production stabilization activities using Agile and SAP Activate methodologies.
• Created Adobe Forms and Smart Forms for Purchase Orders, Goods Receipt Slips, Quality Certificates, Delivery Notes, Inventory Documents, and financial correspondence.

Sr. SAP Lead Engineer - John Deere Enterprise - Moline - IL

(2021-01 - 2025-01)

Order Management (Order to Cash) project: Led end-to-end SAP S/4HANA Customer-to-Cash (C2C) solution architecture covering order capture, pricing, availability check (ATP/aATP), delivery execution, billing, invoicing, and financial posting, ensuring scalable and standardized business processes across multiple business units.

• Architected enterprise Order-to-Cash solutions integrating Sales & Distribution (SD), Production Planning (PP), Warehouse Management (WM/EWM), Materials Management (MM), and Finance (FI) to support make-to-stock (MTS), make-to-order (MTO), and hybrid manufacturing models.
• Designed and governed complex pricing architectures, including customer-specific pricing, contracts, rebates, promotional discounts, freight conditions, surcharge calculations, and volume-based incentive programs using SAP S/4HANA pricing procedures.
• Defined SAP Advanced Available-to-Promise (aATP) strategy, implementing Product Availability Check (PAC), Alternative-Based Confirmation (ABC), Product Allocation (PAL), Backorder Processing (BOP), and Supply Protection to optimize inventory utilization and customer service levels.
• Established enterprise Business Partner (BP) governance, defining customer roles, partner determination procedures, account hierarchies, credit management, sales area assignments, billing relevance, and master data standards supporting global OTC operations.
• Designed Material Master governance across Sales, MRP, Production, Warehouse, and Accounting views to ensure consistent pricing, ATP accuracy, production planning, warehouse execution, and financial integration.
• Architected seamless integration between SAP S/4HANA and CRM, CPQ, eCommerce platforms, customer portals, third-party logistics (3PL), SAP WM/EWM, transportation systems, and external invoicing applications using SAP CPI, REST APIs, OData Services, IDocs, RFCs, and BAPIs.
• Led cross-functional solution design workshops with business stakeholders to align global OTC processes, pricing strategies, fulfillment models, warehouse operations, and financial requirements.
• Governed solution architecture across SD, MM, PP, WM, FI/CO, SAP BTP, Integration Suite, and analytics platforms, ensuring adherence to enterprise architecture standards and SAP best practices.
• Reviewed functional specifications, technical designs, integration architecture, and custom developments to ensure scalable, upgrade-compatible, and high-performance SAP S/4HANA solutions.
• Directed end-to-end integration design for sales order processing, production planning, warehouse fulfillment, goods issue, billing, revenue recognition, and financial accounting, ensuring complete transactional integrity across the Customer-to-Cash lifecycle.

Sr. SAP Lead Engineer - John Deere Enterprise - Moline - IL

(2018-01 - 2020-12)

SAP Travel Management and FICO Integrations project: Led SAP Travel Management implementations and support across 15+ countries, combining deep technical and functional expertise to deliver scalable solutions.

• Specialized in SAP HR modules and integration tools, ensuring seamless data flow and process alignment across enterprise systems.
• Directed cross-functional teams of SAP consultants to successfully deliver Travel Management and FICO postings and payment projects, meeting quality benchmarks, timelines, and client satisfaction goals.
• Established structured project governance through review mechanisms, action plans, escalation protocols, and standardized templates.
• Monitored and reported project variances across phases, ensuring alignment with delivery timelines and quality expectations.
• Fostered collaboration and integration across subproject teams, driving unified execution and knowledge sharing.
• Participated in strategic project planning sessions with clients and business analysts to analyze requirements and recommend system designs for complex business needs.
• Designed and implemented ALE/IDoc-based master data distribution between multiple SAP ECC instances, ensuring consistent replication of Material and Employee master records.
• Configured distribution model, partner profiles, and message types for key master data objects (MATMAS, HRMD_A), enabling seamless data flow across systems.
• Collaborated closely with peers, stakeholders, and leadership to ensure business needs were fully understood and effectively addressed.
• Developed a report to provide a list of all items (open/cleared) posted for customers.
• Developed an Interactive report for FI Module, it generates General Ledger (GL), Accounts Receivable (AR) and Accounts Payable (AP).
• Design and development of audit rules and Workflows using SAP Business Rules