Pranay Rajwade
Los Angeles, CA, US
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Mobile: 818-***-****
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
** ***** ** ******** *** articulating strategic solutions for business with accountability to drive change. Provide
advisory through full implementation cycle to address manufacturing, financial, procurement, inventory, warehousing,
order management and overall supply chain strategy using ERP/SCM tools.
EXPERIENCE
Pharmavite LLC (CPG Company) Los Angeles
Senior Business Analyst/ Manager band Oct 2007 – Present
• Build and sell strategic business solutions for large scale customer from initial program identification through
management buy-in and execution to ensure the fast and efficient roll-out that lead to operational process
improvements, cost savings and good practices.
• Delivery of large scale strategic implementation project to enable business include requirement gathering, design
and implementation of solutions using Oracle JD Edwards, ASCP, Demantra, Hyperion and other 3rd party tools
to support business processes and KPIs.
• Lead value chain planning implementation for Forecast to shelf processes. Lead system implementation for
business expansion like new manufacturing and distribution facilities. Lead process and system implementation
for sales and distribution of FG across USA. Support implementation of activity based costing for entire company.
• Lead operations excellence by improving scrap and yield factors. Implement system and processes for production
scheduling. Implement quality testing time to streamline processes. Lead implementation of product costing for
entire company and link manufacturing processes to financial accounting for multiple facilities across USA. Lead
work with business to prepare KPIs for implementing BI. Implement lot control components functionality for
GMP compliance. Optimize distribution networks and reduce overall lead time to customers.
Wipro Technologies (Consulting firm) Racine/Hyderabad/New Jersey
Lead Consultant Mar 2005 – Sept 2007
• Lead consultant for JD Edwards and Demantra modules in the business processes optimization
and support engagement in Johnson Diversey Inc. Lead and manage staff. Set expectations for each team
member and prioritize their work. Manage client relationships, prepare and deliver process related
presentations, document processes and SOPs.
• Implement centralized purchasing, Collaborative planning with suppliers (VMI), Order
execution and automation of inventory replenishment process at Emerson.
• Business Analysis, issue resolution and functional specs preparation to make developer
understand the requirements and work in close co-ordination till final delivery including preparation of test
cases and unit test report at Cardinal Health Inc.
• Present financial implications of operational changes to business users at Weyerhaeuser Inc.
• Participate in the delivery or sale of JDE services and support.
Systime Mumbai
Functional Consultant Feb 2004 to Feb 2005
• Implement a common business process for handling transportation, across business lines and
geography (USA) from multiple manufacturing facilities and distribution centers in JD Edwards Enterprise One
environment
Thirdware Solutions Ltd
Mumbai
Application Specialist Feb 2003 to Feb 2004
• Provided post implementation support on manufacturing, distribution and finance modules of
MFG/Pro
• Reduced inventory cost by 20% by developing various value added reports like inventory
ageing report, mobilizing appropriate inventory and obsolescence management at Quest International.
• Support supplier analysis module; ranking and selecting suppliers based on quality, cost and
delivery for 24 locations across the country at Unilever
Ganak Infonet Mumbai
Business Development –ERP May 2001 – Feb 2003
• Building key account strategy, give presentation and product demonstrations, responding to
RFP, final negotiation, closing the deal.
• Responsible for generating revenue, meet minimum sales goals annually by preparing funnel of
prospective clients and following up to close deals.
EDUCATION
S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research Mumbai, India
Post Graduation Diploma in Information Technology May 2001
B.Tech in Industrial Production (Specialization Dairy Technology) Raipur, India
Aug 1999
ADDITIONAL
• Certification: APICS CPIM
• Awards: Spotlight on Excellence in Pharmavite
• Expertise in CPG and Pharma industry
• Experience working in a GMP environment.
• Experience with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
• Full life cycle ASCP and JD Edwards ERP implementation experience.
• Business process redesign skills and understanding of business modeling concepts
Investment Banking Institute Los Angeles
Intensive 4-week financial modeling and valuation training program July 2012
• Performed company valuations utilizing (i) comparable public company analysis, (ii) precedent
transactions analysis and (iii) discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis
• Built fully-integrated financial statements projection model, LBO model.