Bhavin Shah - Team Lead SAP EWM Engineering

Q: Where is Bhavin based?

Bhavin is based in Essen, Germany and prefers 100% remote projects.

Q: What languages does Bhavin speak?

Bhavin speaks the following languages: English (Advanced), Gujarati (Advanced), Hindi (Advanced), German (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Bhavin have?

Bhavin has at least 17 years of experience. During this time, Bhavin has worked in at least 7 different roles and for 7 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 6 months . Note that Bhavin may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Bhavin's latest experience?

Bhavin's most recent position is Team Lead SAP EWM Engineering at Swisslog GmbH .

Q: What companies has Bhavin worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Bhavin has worked for Swisslog GmbH , Metro AG , and Schenker Europe GmbH .

Q: Which industries is Bhavin most experienced in?

Bhavin is most experienced in industries like Transportation and Logistics , Information Technology (IT) , and Professional Services . Bhavin also has some experience in Energy and Retail .

Q: Which business areas is Bhavin most experienced in?

Bhavin is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Supply Chain Management , and Quality Assurance (QA) . Bhavin also has some experience in Project Management , Product Development , and Logistics .

Q: Which industries has Bhavin worked in recently?

Bhavin has recently worked in industries like Transportation and Logistics and Retail .

Q: Which business areas has Bhavin worked in recently?

Bhavin has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Project Management , and Supply Chain Management .

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Essen, Germany

Experience

Jan 2023 - Mar 2025

2 years 3 months

Germany

Team Lead SAP EWM Engineering

Swisslog GmbH

Over 19 years of experience in solution design, development, integration, and optimization within the SAP ecosystem
Direct line management of 8 engineers, responsible for yearly target settings and reviews, yearly compensation reviews, training and skill development, onboarding, and conducting interviews for new positions
Implemented agile based product management practices such as product roadmap, setup of Kanban boards in Microsoft Teams Planner, defining the product backlog and release cycles
Designed and developed high-level architecture to create reusable Swisslog’s standard product based on SAP EWM MFS to integrate various automation subsystems like pallet conveyors/cranes, light goods conveyors/cranes, autostore, monorail, star robots using Swisslog standard protocol
Experienced in end-to-end implementation of S4HANA Brownfield and Greenfield projects and in integrating third party subsystems like A-frames and KBS Pick by Light via TCP/TP or REST based APIs
Setup the overall development process along with required quality gates following continuous integration and continuous improvement principles
Served as technical team lead during customer implementation projects, running process workshops specific to MFS, preparing business blueprint, designing specifications, and executing integration tests between MFS and PLC subsystems
Successfully integrated light goods crane with SAP EWM MFS with double deep storage capabilities and total storage capacity of 9600 boxes
Expertise in a wide range of technologies, tools, and frameworks such as S4HANA EWM, EWM MFS, Embedded Analytics, API-based integration, SAP Cloud Platform, WebIDE, Fiori, SAP UI5, OOABAP, and Classical ABAP Development

Oct 2021 - Jul 2022

10 months

Germany

Lead Enterprise Architect

Metro AG

Performed high level impact analysis for S4HANA implementation on other processes
Responsible for 5 teams (Migration, Change and Release Management, Basis, Development, and Test Management) and their status reporting on a weekly basis
Accountable for team integration and people management
Managed overall communication with the implementation partner to ensure timely delivery with required quality and compliance
Designed the overall architecture and ensured adherence to standards
Experience in integrating automation subsystems including ASRS, light goods cranes and conveyors, monorail, star robots, depalletizing robots, pallet conveyors, autostore, and A-frames with SAP EWM MFS via TCP/TP or APIs
Worked with tools such as SAP BTP, SAP Build and Build Work Zone, BAS, VSCode, GIT, Eclipse, SAP Analytics Cloud, and SAP Fiori Launchpad

Sep 2016 - Sep 2021

5 years 1 month

Germany

IT Systems Architect

Schenker Europe GmbH

EWM platform owner responsible for ensuring zero downtime for non-HANA and S4HANA EWM platform
Participated in SAP Customer Network Meeting yearly to understand the roadmap for EWM product
Conducted market research on SAP trends in the EWM area and their benefits for Schenker
Member of the solution owner board handling change requests and designing target architecture for complex requirements
Provided architectural design and governance (standards, policies) for new user experience implementations including Fiori, Screen Personas 3.0, and handheld devices for S4 EWM platform
Designed architecture and guidelines for API based integration including microservices documentation, troubleshooting guidelines, and development guidelines
Implemented Embedded Analytics for day-to-day KPI management and SAP Analytics Cloud with live connection using Cloud Connector for management reporting
Participated in tender activities for effort estimation and presented target architecture to customers
Responsible for yearly upgrade of S4HANA platform and stakeholder communication
Served as POC for production issues as part of 3rd level support
Setup Solution Manager for system performance monitoring, root cause analysis, custom development management cockpit, and end-to-end trace analysis
Managed technical roll-out of EWM S4 template globally to 10 sites handling more than 60,000 order lines per day
Led a team of 13 including onshore, offshore, and external suppliers, and managed resource allocation and deadlines for running projects

May 2014 - May 2016

2 years 1 month

Japan

Senior Consultant ABAP

Nihon Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Setup development environment for Fiori development (Eclipse Kepler, Fiori toolkit, SAPUI5 1.28.*)
Configured roles and services for Fiori Launchpad including cache buster FLP service, Picking application, and Putaway application in SICF
Designed and developed organization specific themes using Theme Designer
Designed and developed transactional Picking app for single and multiple picking to be used by over 80 pickers on Windows enabled tablets and desktops
Conducted knowledge sharing sessions for project consultants and key business users on SAP Fiori
Developed simple and complex OData models to serve the Picking app
Developed action modules and routines to send and receive telegrams to move handling units on conveyors and between warehouse areas
Created routines to send telegrams for printing labels on conveyors (Replenishment, Shipping, Expansion area, Error)
Developed custom IDoc for sending picking details to MFS PLC
Designed condition based PPF actions at outbound order and warehouse order levels to assign voucher numbers and trigger IDocs to conveyor
Developed qRFC functions to transfer customer specific data between ECC and EWM and to create sales orders for customer return process using AFS BAPI
Implemented enhancement to fill Z-fields in condition table during wave determination

Dec 2008 - Mar 2014

5 years 4 months

India

Associate Manager

Accenture

Developed IDocs with attachments in BASE64 format for SAP DMS integration in Plant Maintenance
Created a program to read BMECat files from online catalogs and upload technical materials to SAP
Delivered a tool for functional consultants and end users to create conditional tables on the fly for partner determination and automatic shipment and delivery creation
Developed Inspection Lot Cockpit for QM operations and Global BOM Management report for BOM creation and distribution across plants with email notifications
Developed complex DMEE trees for banking interfaces
Built cockpits for Order-to-Cash, Quality Management, Sourcing, Maintenance & Engineering, Master Data Management, Pricing, and Test management

Sep 2007 - Nov 2008

1 year 3 months

India

Software Engineer

Siemens Power Group

Conducted walkthroughs with clients for functional specification reviews, effort estimation, development, and documentation, as well as unit test plan preparation
Migrated code from SAP R/3 4.7 to ECC 6.0 by removing obsolete statements and using OOABAP concepts
Improved performance by optimizing SELECT statements and loops
Developed vendor evaluation report using hierarchical ALV and OOABAP
Created SMARTFORM layouts for quality notification and service notification reports and sent PDFs via BCS SERVICES
Developed FLEXLAS using view clusters for global values accessible across reports
Implemented user exits for dynamic project definition and WBS element creation and email notifications via BCS SERVICES
Enhanced with number range objects to generate external sales order numbers
Developed an equipment info system using ALV TREE NODE and OOABAP and a shopping cart integration for equipment BOMs

Jan 2006 - Mar 2007

1 year 3 months

India

Senior Software Engineer

Mincells Solution Pvt. Ltd.

Conducted requirement gathering and analysis of client needs
Understood business processes and existing IT applications and designed roadmaps for software development
Mapped business requirements for process enhancement into functional specifications
Performed knowledge transfer to the development team
Formulated business and software requirement documents and use cases

Summary

Over 19 years of experience in solution design, development, integration, and optimization within the SAP ecosystem, as well as line management and project delivery.
Experience with end-to-end architecture design and governance (standards, policies, quality gates, etc.).
Experience in 1 end-to-end implementation of S4HANA Brownfield and 1 end-to-end implementation of S4HANA Greenfield project.
My expertise includes a wide range of development and integration technologies, tools, and frameworks, such as S4HANA EWM, EWM MFS, Embedded Analytics, API-based integration, SAP Cloud platform management, WebIDE, Fiori, SAP UI5, OOABAP, and Classical ABAP Development.
Experience in integrating numerous automation subsystems, including ASRS, light goods cranes and conveyors, monorail, star robots, de-palletizing robots, pallet conveyors, autostore, and A-frames with SAP EWM MFS via TCP/TP or APIs.
Experience in working with various tools such as SAP BTP, SAP Build and Build work zone, BAS, VSCode, GIT, Eclipse, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Fiori Launchpad.

Skills

Abap
Ooabap
Cds Views & Entities
Rap
Fiori
Odata Services
Rest & Soap Based Apis
Hana
Amdp
Ui5
Javascript
Ewm
Tm
Ewm Mfs
S4hana Embedded Analytics
Salv
Alv
Btp Extensions
Automation Integration
Qrfcs
Reporting
Agile Software Delivery
Product Design And Development
Scrum
Adobe Forms
Smartforms
Badi Enhancement Framework
Sd
Mm
Le
Pp
Performance Analysis
Atc
Code Inspector

Languages

English

Advanced

Gujarati

Advanced

Hindi

Advanced

German

Elementary

Education

Oct 2003 - Jun 2005

Veer Narmad South Gujarat University

Master of Science in Information Technology · Information Technology · India

Oct 2000 - Jun 2003

Veer Narmad South Gujarat University

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology · Information Technology · India

Certifications & licenses

Development Consultant - SAP Netweaver – ABAP Workbench

SAP

Rest Based APP Development

Open SAP

SAP SME for Technology Review Program

Accenture

Software Development on SAP HANA

Open SAP

Profile

Created

March 2025

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Frequently asked questions

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Where is Bhavin based?

Bhavin is based in Essen, Germany and prefers 100% remote projects.

What languages does Bhavin speak?

Bhavin speaks the following languages: English (Advanced), Gujarati (Advanced), Hindi (Advanced), German (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Bhavin have?

Bhavin has at least 17 years of experience. During this time, Bhavin has worked in at least 7 different roles and for 7 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 6 months. Note that Bhavin may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Bhavin be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Bhavin would be well-suited for roles such as: Team Lead SAP EWM Engineering, Lead Enterprise Architect, IT Systems Architect.

What is Bhavin's latest experience?

Bhavin's most recent position is Team Lead SAP EWM Engineering at Swisslog GmbH.

What companies has Bhavin worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Bhavin has worked for Swisslog GmbH, Metro AG, and Schenker Europe GmbH.

Which industries is Bhavin most experienced in?

Bhavin is most experienced in industries like Transportation and Logistics, Information Technology (IT), and Professional Services. Bhavin also has some experience in Energy and Retail.

Which business areas is Bhavin most experienced in?

Bhavin is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Supply Chain Management, and Quality Assurance (QA). Bhavin also has some experience in Project Management, Product Development, and Logistics.

Which industries has Bhavin worked in recently?

Bhavin has recently worked in industries like Transportation and Logistics and Retail.

Which business areas has Bhavin worked in recently?

Bhavin has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Project Management, and Supply Chain Management.

What is Bhavin's education?

Bhavin holds a Master in Information Technology from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University and a Bachelor in Information Technology from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University.

Does Bhavin have any certificates?

Bhavin has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: Development Consultant - SAP Netweaver – ABAP Workbench, Rest Based APP Development, and SAP SME for Technology Review Program.

What is the availability of Bhavin?

Bhavin is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Bhavin?

Bhavin's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.