IT DELIVERY LEADERSHIP AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Versatile consulting professional with expertise in Program/Project Management, Project Implementation and Global Rollout, providing integrated solutions for customers. Strong background in project management, with expertise in analyzing and mitigating risk and delivering cost-effective solutions. Excels at boosting performance and productivity by establishing realistic goals and managing deadlines. Management consultant with an impressive record of taking over troubled projects, developing remedial plans and executing to successful completion. Willing to go the extra mile to deliver a quality results on time and within budget and striving to exceed client expectations.
Notable experiences include:
Problem Solving skills with strong facilitation and communication skills
Strong consulting skills in supply chain, proposal development and solution selling
Project/Program Management expertise leading to meeting and exceeding customer expectations
Success in driving collaboration efforts across cross-functional teams for the development of innovative solutions to provide value added solutions to customers
Creating, building and leading business groups, motivating, inspiring and leading teams to higher levels of performance by mentoring and staff development
Industry Experience – Chemical, Pharmaceuticals, Oil and Gas, Automotive, Consumer Goods, Heavy Equipment and Steel
Global Experience – USA, Canada, Argentina, UK, Belgium, Sweden, Singapore, India, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Malaysia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PROJECT DELIVERY AND TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION LEADERSHIP
OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN CHEMICALS, PHARMACUETICALS, OIL AND GAS, AUTOMOTIVE, CONSUMER GOODS, HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND STEEL INDUSTRIES
Global Business Process Owner for Vendor Master through PO creation for a Global business process rollout project to Latin America, Asia, Europe, at AbbVie, a large Pharmaceutical company.
As Associate Partner at IBM was the Integration Lead, at Caterpillar, for the successful development of a global template and rollout at pilot locations using onsite and offshore resources in a $180 M project
As integration manager, at Caterpillar, successfully integrated the process developed by all process oriented work streams and also integrated SAP Solution manager with ARIS seamlessly that enabled the development of business friendly process oriented demos and documentation
As Program Director, at Cognizant, successfully managed an Order to Cash Implementation and Support, at Kimberley Clark, using an onsite, offshore (India) and near-shore (Buenos Aries) delivery model. Managed over 225 resources in USA, Argentina, UK and India. This was integrated with their existing SAP and other legacy applications. Turned around this troubled engagement by modifying standard onsite, off-shore model with one more responsive and suitable for the customer resulting in improving First Time Quality from 20% to 99% in a 3 month period and going live on schedule
As Senior Manager at PWC effectively led the implementation of an Ariba eProcurement solution integrated with SAP at a major auto-supplier for their locations in North America and Europe, on time and within budget. Used innovative electronic catalog design in conjunction with commodity strategy resulted in over $20 Million savings annually
As Senior Manager at PWC, successfully led the implementation of SAP Procurement solution integrated with the legacy financial systems for Goodyear locations in USA and Singapore through the use of an innovative design that improved functionality through increased automation resulting in increased accuracy and savings of over $2 Million annually.
BUSINESS AND SAP PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT
OVER 20 YEARS OF GLOBAL EXPERIENCE IN USA, CANADA, ARGENTINA, UK, BELGIUM, SWEDEN, SINGAPORE, INDIA, PHILIPPINES, SAUDI ARABIA, THAILAND, MALAYSIA
As Associate Partner at IBM, was the proposal Lead in the successful pursuit that resulted in a $180 M multi- year engagement at Caterpillar
As Assistant Vice-President at Satyam, successfully led proposal development that led to a $25 million, 5-year Production Support engagement for all of Nissan North America’s SAP and Non SAP applications.
As Assistant Vice-President at Satyam, partnered with HP and secured an SAP implementation engagement with GM valued at $24 million.
As Senior Manager at PWC successfully sold a $ 20 M project (E-Procurement using SAP B2B solution) to Raytheon.
As Senior Project Manager at Gedas, successfully led the development of a fixed low cost rapid implementation template for SMB automotive suppliers and successfully sold it at two automotive suppliers.
Successfully led proposal effort and sold SAP upgrade and GATP engagements at Goodyear.
MM and PM lead for a successful proposal effort for the development of SAP template for Shell ASEAN.
OTHER
Master Coach - Was selected as Master Coach (1 of 40 coaches) at PWC to provide leadership & to mentor other coaches to enhance team building and improve staff motivation
Recognition – Was recognized as the top performer in the SAP practice for North America in 2009 and 2010 at Cognizant
WORK EXPERIENCE
AUM CONSULTING AND IT SERVICES – PRESIDENT JAN 2011 ONWARDS
oAbbVie Foundation Project –Nov 2014 – May 2015
Global business process lead for PTP sub-processes from Vendor Master through Purchase Order
Ensuring Global business process standards are maintained during rollout to countries in Latin America, Europe, North America and Asia.
Developing and updating Standard operating procedures for PTP sub-processes.
oCSC – Program Management Feb 2014 – May 2014
Responsible for developing the detailed project plan for global rollout of template
Presenting to the steering committee and getting buy-in for the timeline and project plan
oSrinergy – Partner, VP sales & business development, Jan 2011 to Jan 2014
A start-up renewable energy company based in Michigan with operations in Michigan, Georgia and Puerto Rico
Responsible for setting up the sales infrastructure in Georgia and Puerto Rico and selling $ 2 M in projects
Developed a self-sustaining sales model that can be duplicated in other states/regions
COGNIZANT – DIRECTOR, SAP PRACTICE, JULY 2008 – AUGUST 2010
$3.25 billion global leader (NASDAQ: CTSH) of advanced IT including computer systems and services
Director – SAP Practice, North America
As Program Director, managed SAP Delivery and Support, at Kimberley Clark, using an onsite, offshore (India) and near shore (Buenos Aries) delivery model. Managed over 225 resources in USA, Argentina, UK and India.
Turned around a deeply troubled Order-to-Cash (OTC) at Kimberley Clark, with a budget of USD 110 Million, project in three months, and successfully partnered with the customer to enable the OTC go-live.
Selected Contributions:
Turned around a very deeply troubled project at Kimberley Clark, with a budget of USD 110 Million, in three months.
As Program Director improved profitability of SAP engagement, at Kimberley Clark, from 22% to 36% in the course of one year.
Sold Quality Assurance project for the largest retail company in Canada.
Awarded the highest performance bonus as recognition for being the top performer in 2008
Awarded 190% performance bonus in 2009 for being one of the top performers in a very difficult year
IBM – ASSOCIATE PARTNER, GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES, JUNE 2005 – JUNE 2008
$90 billion global leader (NYSE: IBM) of advanced IT including computer systems, software and services
Associate Partner – IBM Global Business Services
Member of sales pursuit team for very large SAP projects in the Midwest.
Selected Contributions as Associate Partner:
Proposal Lead in winning a $180 M Global Template development and Rollout project at Caterpillar
Member of PMO as Integration Manager for the implementation of the SAP Global template development at Caterpillar
Responsible for the integration of processes across all work streams like finance, production, Inventory, Sales and Technology
Responsible for developing the requirements for setting up an SAP COE for Caterpillar.
SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES – ASSISTANT VP SAP PRE-SALES, 2003 -2005
$6.8 billion company (NYSE: SAY) offering software implementation and outsourced services to organizations in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.
Assistant V.P. SAP Pre Sales (USA)
Fostered key relationship with large, global clients including Goodyear, MARS, Nissan and GM.
Delivered SAP pre-Sales support that enabled the company to win a $25 million, 5-year Production Support engagement for all of Nissan North America’s SAP and Non SAP applications.
Partnered with HP and secured an SAP implementation engagement with GM valued at $24 million; Delivered presentations to C-level executives at various companies as a means of growing Satyam’s SAP footprint in the USA.
GEDAS, Auburn Hills, Michigan 2002 – 2003
$1 billion global company specializing in production support, data centers, SAP implementation and consulting
Senior SAP Project Manager
Selected to turn around a troubled full suite SAP implementation project; restored the project and executed a highly successful implementation.
Led the design and development of a low cost rapid SAP implementation template for small and medium automotive suppliers. Successfully implemented it at two customers.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, Detroit, Michigan, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia & Singapore 1994 – 2001
$2 billion management consulting firm with worldwide presence
Senior Manager
Master Coach - Was selected as Master Coach (1 of 40 coaches) to provide leadership & to mentor other coaches to enhance team building
As Procurement lead, enabled Goodyear to track batches of rubber throughout the lifecycle (from its source in Asia, to shipment and finally through manufacturing) by designing an innovative process using SAP.
Designed and implemented a Natural Rubber procurement system for Goodyear that saved the client over $2 million in Y2K costs by implementing an, SAP based, automated system that trimmed monthly closing time from 2 man-weeks to 1 man-hour.
Led efforts in conceiving and selling a key project (E-Procurement using SAP B2B solution) to Raytheon, which was valued at $20 million.
Slashed annual spend on cutting tools by 30%, which equated to $20 million annually, by leading the Supplier enablement team at the Dana E-Procurement Project.
MM and PM lead for the design and implementation of SAP at Shell locations in Singapore, Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia in South East Asia.
MM Lead in the template design for SAP implementation for Caltex in Asia and Africa.
MM and PM lead for the design and implementation of SAP at Hadeed Steel in Saudi Arabia.
Additional leadership roles at EDS (1990 – 1994) and other companies. Details provided on request.
CERTIFICATIONS
CPIM – Certified by American Production and Inventory Control Society
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, N.I.T.I.E., Bombay, India
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering (Honors) B.I.T.S., Pilani, India