Head-IT, SAP, IOT, Digitization, analytics

Parijat Mukherjee PMP,CSCP

Profile and Skill Summary

Over 20+ years of experience with 17 years of experience in IT/SAP encompassing a wide range of skill set, roles and industry verticals. 5 years of core Manufacturing Industry SCM Domain experience in a leading Indian Manufacturing/Retail organization.

Eight full life cycle SAP/ERP implementation/Transformation projects (SAP,,BW, SRM, IS Retail, DBM ( Auto),CRM,EAM etc) completed successfully across the globe within stipulated time and budget. Two SAP roll out experience. All projects include a complex data migration sub-project

Extensive Experience in end to end solution and delivery of Supply Chain Transformation Projects including P2P

Successfully handled various roles in SAP implementation including Business Process Owner (Material Management), Lead Functional Consultant, Solution Architect and Project/Program Manager.

Executed SAP projects for wide range of industry sectors including Manufacturing (Chemical, Metal & Mining Industry, Shipbuilding (Defense), Automotive), Oil & Gas, Retail ( Mark & Spencer-UAE), Food & FMCG Industry (Nestle)

Extensive experience in handling projects in APAC region. SAP implementation experience in India, APAC, UAE (Dubai) & UK. Also worked in USA

Experience in Business Process Reengineering, Business Case preparation, Change management. Worked in Onsite / Offshore Model

Proficient in analyzing and translating business requirements to technical requirements and architecture.

Good management Skills, communication skills, interpersonal skills, self-motivated, quick learner, team player.

Worked as Head IT/SAP in a leading Indian Textiles/Apparel manufacturing and Retail group ( Grasim).

Worked in Cognizant Technologies Ltd as Delivery Head ( KSA/Bahrain)

Currently Working in PDS Multinational ( A Fashion SCM and Manufacturing Organization) as Delivery Head IT/SAP and implemented SAP AFS/FMS solution

Professional Experience

July’18– Till date Head-IT (Manufacturing)-GM PDS Multinational Group

PDS Multinational Group manages supply chains for major brands and retailers worldwide. PDS operates a vast global network covering over 31 offices, 18 countries and over 2,300 employees across Europe, North America, Middle East and Asia. Currently, PDS’ manufacturing operations are supported by its well-equipped facilities in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India.

Reporting to : COO/ CFO

Responsibilities :

• Responsible for IT/SAP function for all units across Bangladesh, Srilanka and UAE covering manufacturing units, Warehouses

and Trading/Sourcing Organisations . Manage IT strategic plans, policies, programs for business to accomplish corporate goals and

objectives. Leading all IT initiatives including Green Field SAP implementations and other system integration projects, upgrades,

Enhancements across multiple business units. Implemented P2P, O2C cycles and Make to Order ( MTO) manufacturing and Costing process. This covers conceptualization, budgeting, solution and implementation of projects,

project/portfolio Management.

• Common IT Platform solution for manufacturing where any new organization can be included / excluded with limited effort

• Implemented Planning Tool, Shopfloor automation tool, Planning Tool and analytics

• Responsible for Managing IT infrastructure and TCO and managing associated risks

• IT governance and IT security management across the units. Establish a control mechanism across the business units.

• Preparing and adhering to strategic IT/SAP roadmap for the organization. Planning budgeting for IT department. .

Managing budget Vs actual spent (Both Capex & Opex)

• Responsible for developing and implementing key strategic IT/SAP initiatives . Evaluate and

recommend changes to current infrastructure, ERP system and other applications requirements to meet organizational

needs Implementation of IOT, Analytics Solutions • Change Management and Stakeholder Management

Nov’2017 –Jul’18 Director-Projects ( KSA/Bahrain) Cognizant Technology

Cognizant is an American multinational corporation ( Fortune 500) that provides IT services, including digital, technology, consulting, and operations services. It is headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States.

Role : Country Delivery Head for KSA & Bahrain

Responsibility :

Managing all IT projects including ERP implementations, Enterprise Solutions Projects, Consulting Projects

Involved in presales accepting/Rejecting, Approving Proposal

Pricing strategy

Ensuring smooth delivery by coordinating among various Horizontals and verticals

Ensuring project margin

Conflict resolution

Worked as Onsite Project manager for smaller projects where the are no onsite PM

Managed implementation projects in Clients like ARAMCO (SAP & Other applications), Petro Rabigh ( SAP), Saudi Telecom ( STC)-SAP, McDonald ( Oracle Apps), Kudu( Oracle Apps) etc

Feb’15–Nov’17 Head-IT/SAP-Dom Text./Fashion Apparel Div Grasim Industries

Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. (ABNL) is a US$ 4 billion+ premium conglomerate. It is part of the Aditya Birla Group, a US$ 42 billion Indian Fortune 500 organization operating in 36 countries in six continents.

Reporting to : Functional :: Business Cluster CIO, Administrative : President & Unit Head (DT)

Responsibilities :

• Responsible for IT/SAP function of Domestic Textiles & Apparel Business (all units across India) of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd covering all manufacturing units, Warehouses and Retails and Trading process outlets across India . Manage IT strategic plans, policies, programs for business to accomplish corporate goals and objectives. Leading all IT initiatives including SAP and other system integration projects, upgrades, Enhancements across multiple business units. This covers conceptualization, budgeting, solution and implementation of projects, project/portfolio Management. Unit IT/SAP heads are reporting to me.

• Responsible for Managing IT infrastructure and TCO and managing associated risks

• IT governance and IT security management across the units. Establish a control mechanism across the business units.

• Preparing and adhering to strategic IT/SAP roadmap for the organization. Planning budgeting for IT department. .

Managing budget Vs actual spent (Both Capex & Opex)

• Responsible for developing and implementing key strategic IT/SAP initiatives within India units. Evaluate and

recommend changes to current infrastructure, ERP system and other applications requirements to meet organizational

needs.

• Responsible to manage IT infrastructure and security. Managing complex architecture of inhouse datacenters, DR

servers and Cloud servers and related infrastructures

• Managing IT of 150+ retail outlets and integration with central ERP. Implement retail solutions in the outlets

• Preparing business cases for IT projects and measuring business benefits

• Stake holder management ( including CEO, CFO, SBU heads, Group IT, IT vendors) and internal customer

Relationship management

• Lead Change management activities across various business units

• Facilitating business requirement gathering workshops and also facilitate converting business requirements to technical

requirements

• Responsible for ensuring Regulatory/Internal Audit/Compliance requirements are met.

• Responsible for driving technical innovation and re-engineering, both internally and to the business, to improve

operational productivity and drive real cost savings back to the business.

• Implementation of Best Business practices, Business Process Reengineering across multiple business units

• Responsible for managing outsourcing, vendors and their deliverables ( TCS, PWC, KPMG,IBM, HP etc).

Negotiating contracts and associated risks

• Responsible for day to day operations and delivering services, Achieving a consistent high levels of service and customer satisfaction from key stake holders from business.

Major Projects/ Initiatives Completed/Underway :

Supply Chain Transformation using various tools along with SAP ( Phase1 completed, Phase 2 under process)

Implementation of Product Costing based on Standard costing model (Completed)

Implement Segregation of Duties (SoD), Planning for GRC implementation next year ( Completed in one Company)

Retail Data Migration ( Completed), GST related Data migration

Analytics :

oSales & Retail MIS/ Dashboard implementation through Qlikview/SAP-BI-BO applications (Completed)

oImplement Social media analytics/consumer sentiment analytics for different brands ( PoC completed)

Cloud based Sales Force CRM implementation (In process)

Digital Transformation-

oSmart Store ( Prototype implemented, under observation)

oSmart tailoring with e-mannequin ( Prototype implemented, under observation)

oE-commerce Portal ( Under process)

oIoT for shop-floor ( Phase-1 completed, phase-2 in POC phase)

oDigital design library/EBO wise e-catalog (Completed)

oSocial media analytics and consumer sentiment analytics on own brands and competitors’ brands (Completed)

Implementation of product costing along with transfer pricing based on actual costing model in one major business unit. (In process)

Migration from Formula based SAP Tax to Formula based procedure (TAXINN) to fulfill prerequisite of GST implementation (Completed)

SAP New GL Migration ( Completed)

Profitability Analysis( SAP-COPA) implementation (Completed)

Organization restructuring in SAP ( Completed)

Developing infrastructure to increase retail outlets from 150 to 350 in number

Consolidation in ERP instances, Network bandwidth optimization

Security Related initiatives :

oBiometric ARS system implementation linked with payroll for 800 stuffs and 10000 workmen

oSystem Center Configuration Management (SCCM) to manage the IT Asset Management, Patch Management Software distribution and Software monitoring.

oData Leakage Prevention (DLP) Implementation

o Mobile Device Management (MDM) implementation

oDisk encryption for all laptops

Achievement : In CSAT survey, Domestic Textiles & Apparel Divisions stood on the top among all other business divisions within USD 42 Billion group on IT enablement and user satisfaction

Nov’13–Jan’15 SAP Program Mgr & Solution Arch Tata Consultancy Services

Looked after delivery and solutioning for all SAP Accounts in APAC region ( Except China), India

Responsibilities :

- Portfolio/ Project Delivery Management for all projects under supervision which covered both transformation as well as

service delivery projects

- Service Delivery Management, SLA negotiation and management, Contract management

- Solution Management and Architecture

- Project Profitability Management

- Client relationship management

- Managing Project Risks

- Ensuring Customer Satisfaction

- Quality Management

- Resource management

- Owning new solution for proposals of existing clients as well as new clients

Grade : C4 level Consultant ( equivalent to AGM).

Max. No. of Client managed at a time : 7 ( example NatSteel Singapore, Manila Water( EAM-Project), MAP ( Retail) -Indonesia, Sembcorp-Singapore, PTT ( Oil & Gas), Thailand, Sahaviriya Steel- Thailand/UK, etc)

Total Team Size : 150 Delivery Model : Onsite/Offshore

Nov’13–Jan’14 SAP Delivery Manager Tata Consultancy Services

PROJECT NAME: Thai Tax Enhancement Project

Client : PTT Public Company Ltd Fortune 100 Company ( Oil & Gas Domain)

Location : Bangkok

Project Brief : First project for TCS in this account. As per new legal requirements of Thailand government there many changes in tax procedure which impacted FICO, MM,SD modules. TCS successfully completed enhancement & testing for more than 700 test cases. Tax Data transformation and migration

Packages/Tools : SAP 4.6, 4.7, ECC 6.0

SAP Modules involved: SAP, MM, SD, FICO

May’12–Nov’13 Delv. Manager & Solution Arch. Tata Consultancy Services

PROJECT NAME: SAP Implementation and SCM Transformation in SSI-UK ( Project “Touch Stone”)

Location : United Kingdom

Project Brief : SSI is a Thailand based Steel manufacturing company and recently bought a large Steel plant in UK . Their UK plant is having second largest blast furnace in Europe. SSI, UK is implementing multiple software applications which will be rolled out in Thailand next year. Total SAP users in UK is 700. Data Migration from Legacy mainframe, Oracle database to SAP and Broner

Packages/Tools : SAP ECC-6.0, EHP 6.0, SRM 7.0, Broner (MES), Level 2 applications, RedPrairie Ware House Management System, ReadSoft Invoice automation tool, RFID integrationTIBCO Middleware

SAP Modules involved : SAP P2P ( MM-P2P, Supplier Relationship Management-SRM), SD-O2C, FICO, PS, PP,PM, QM, BW,BO

Nature : System Architecture, End to End SAP Implementation, Integration with other applications & process consulting for manufacturing process. Supply Chain transformation was one of the project goal. Onsite-offshore delivery Model. Complex data migration from Mainframe and Oracle

Role : Worked as System Architect and Supply Chain Solution Architect during Blue Print Phase then took over Delivery Manager role for the rest part of the project. Managing scope and change requests including Preparation of business cases for change requests Also Managed Project Risks. Managing changes in client organisation.

Team Size: 45 Location : UK Delivery Model : Onsite-Offshore

Customer Satisfaction Index : 96% Status : Live on time, All processes stabilized within one quarter

Jun’11–May’2012 SAP Project Manager Tata Consultancy Services

PROJECT NAME: Al-Futtaim, UAE

Location : UAE ( Dubai)

Packages/Tools : SAP ECC-6.0, BI, BO, IS Retail, DBM (IS-Auto)

Nature : Implementation and enhancement through of new SAP modules and functionalities

Role : Client Project Manager ( T & M) .

Team Size: 65 Delivery Model : Onsite

Project Management Responsibilities:

a)Overall planning of projects by recommending approaches, identifying resources, developing timelines

b)Solution Architecture

c)Manpower Planning

d)Managing vendors ( both fixed price and T & M) for client.

e)Managing project budget, schedule

f)Managing Change requests and creating business cases

g)Facilitating requirement gathering workshops

h)Scope management, Solution management and change management including providing analysis on alternatives with anticipated impacts

i)Managing Stakeholders and Risk of the project

Projects Implemented:

a)SAP IS retail implementation in Marks & Spencer, UAE

b)SAP DBM – IS Auto implementation

Aug’10–May’2011 Delivery Manager Tata Consultancy Services

PROJECT NAME: Tata Steel Thailand IT Support and Enhancement

Location : Thailand

Version : SAP ECC-6.0, i2-SCM,EP 6.0, BI 3.0

Nature : Support and enhancement through implementation of new SAP modules and Functionalities

Role : Project Manager & Supply Chain Solution Architect .Managing both onsite &

Offshore team

Project Management Responsibilities:

a)Overall planning of projects by recommending approaches, identifying resources, developing timelines

b)Managing project budget, schedule and profitability

c)Facilitating requirement gathering

d)Identify and provide solutions to broad, complex/critical work and customer problems and issues

e)Scope management and change management including providing analysis on alternatives with anticipated impacts

f)Change Request Management including creating business cases

g)Increasing revenue and profitability from client

h)Managing Stakeholders and Risk of the project

New Projects Implemented:

a)Enterprise Portal(EP) Implementation

b)Employee Self Services (ESS)/Manager’s Self Services(MSS)

c)SAP Roll Out in Mini Blast Furnace ( MBF) Plant

Solutioning & Prototyping :

d)E-ordering (EP based) for customer collaboration

e)Automated steel scrap (raw material) procurement process

f)E-Procurement

Support Work:

a)Supporting all major core ECC6.0 Modules namely MM-P2P, SD-O2C, FICO, PP,PM, PP,QM,BW.

b)Supporting I2-a non SAP supply Chain plain application integrated with SAP- ECC 6.0

c)Supporting newly implemented Enterprise Portal(EP)

d)Entire support work is being carried out through SAP Solution Manager

Achievements:

a)91% Customer Satisfaction Index

b)99%SLACompliace

Delivery Model : Onsite Offshore

Dec’09–Aug’10 SAP Solution Architect Tata Consultancy Services

I)PROJECT NAME: Garden Reach Ship Builders & Engineers (GRSE) SAP Implementation project. GRSE is

one of the largest Ship building (War-Ship) company in India owned by Ministry of Defense, Govt. of India

Location : India

Industry : Manufacturing/Shipbuilding/Defense

Modules involved : SAP, MM, SD, FICO, PS, PP,PM, PP,QM,CS, MDM,APO,SRM c-projects, c-Folder

Version : SAP ECC-6.0, SCM 5.0, BI 5.0

Nature : End to End SAP Implementation & process consulting for Discrete manufacturing process

Role : Solution Architect and Integration Manager ( My role was limited till realization phase). Managed Business requirement workshops, Managing stake holders, preparing and Delivering end to end solution for client business

Status : Project went Live successfully. All processes stabilized within planned duration.

II ) PROJECT NAME: Mangalore Refinery (MRPL) SAP Implementation

Industry : Oil & Gas

Location : India

Modules involved : SAP, MM-P2P-O2C, SD, FICO, PS, PP,PM, PP,QM, MDM,SRM

Version : SAP ECC-6.0, SRM 5.0

Nature : End to End SAP Implementation & process consulting

Role : Solution Architect and Integration Manager ( My role was limited till realization Phase ) Role : Solution

Architect and Integration Manager ( My role was limited till realization phase). Managed Business

requirement workshops, Managing stake holders, preparing and Delivering end to end solution for client business

Status : Project went Live successfully

Jan’09–Dec’09 SAP Solution Architect Tata Consultancy Services

Worked as SAP Supply chain Solution Architect in SAP Technology Excellence Group, Manufacturing Vertical. Following are the Key activities accomplished-

Handling Consulting assignments as subject matter expert (SME) in the area of SAP P2P (MM/SRM)/DBM and also in the area of change management.

Presales activities including client presentation, Solutioning, Prototyping, PoC etc

Resource development for SAP Procure to Pay (MM, SRM) IS-Auto- Dealer Business Management (DBM). Prepared MM/SRM training materials for Global internal MM/SRM training within TCS.

Supporting delivery teams of different ongoing implementation projects (US & Europe) whenever required in critical situation by providing tailor made solution.

Project audit/ Due Diligence

Successfully handled pre-sales/Business Process Prototyping assignments with clients like Cummins Inc (USA), Delphi (USA), Electromotive Diesel (EMD), Dukati (Itali), International Flavor & Flagrances (IFF, USA & Netherland), Johnson Controls ( JCI, USA), WABCO (Germany) etc. In most of the cases, presented the solution to the client.

Key member of joint presales team with SAP to handle Al Futtaim SAP-DBM account-Middle East.

Worked as Solution Architect for Carnation(India)-a multi-brand car dealer – SAP-DBM (IS-Auto) implementation project on behalf of SAP-TEG during Blue Print phase

Led beta testing of DBM 7.0 (to be released) along with SAP

Location : Based in India but travelled various countries (mainly USA) frequently for consulting, solution presentation, Proposal presentation, Audit, Health check etc

Dec’07–Dec’08 SCM Solution Architect & MM Functional Lead TCS

PROJECT NAME : Millennium Steel (ECC 6.0 version) implementation & Roll out Project.

Location : Thailand

Version : ECC 6.0

Module : MM, SD, PP, PM, QM,FI, CO,BI

Nature : End to End Implementation & process consulting. Implementation and roll out to 4 companies and 4

production facilities. This also includes Supply Chain Transformation project. It is delivered in onsite-offshore model. I worked at onsite.

Role :

Integration among SAP and non SAP landscape like i2, Dealers portal, WBS etc. Functional lead for Interface development.

End to end supply Chain Solution design

Functional lead-MM/QM Module, handled all process mapping,Business Blue Printing, configuration, customization & BPR activities in these area.

Data migration.

Change Management in Logistics area. Status : Go-live achieved two months in advance SoW schedule

Mar’07–Nov’07 SAP MM/SRM Functional Lead Tata Consultancy Services

PROJECT NAME: Tata Steel India SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Implementation Project

Location : India

Module : SRM Version 5.0. Also worked in integration of SRM with MM, FI module of SAP 4.7. Lot of enhancement & customization involved.

Business Area Covered :

SRM Organization structure

Employee Self Service

Service procurement

Plan driven Procurement

SRM Workflows & BADI implementation, Spend Analysis reporting Using SAP BI

Nature : Implementation

Role : Functional Lead. Handled Configuration, interfaces, data migration and change management.

Status : Successfully implemented SRM & SAP R/3

Jul’06–Feb’07 SAP MM Functional Lead Tata Consultancy Services

PROJECT NAME : Indian Explosive Ltd. SAP R/3 ( 4.7 version) implementation Project. Indian Explosive Ltd. Is 100 % subsidiary of Orica, Australia. Orica is a global leader for Chemicals, Explosive and Mining product.

Location : India

Version : Version 4.7

Module : Entire Material management including Country India Version (CIN), MM-FI, MM- PP integration.

Nature : End to End Implementation & process consulting

Role : MM/QM Module Lead for implementation . Performed BBP, Configuration, Testing, Data migration, Integration with other modules, Functional specs for development

Status : Successfully Implemented on time

Aug’05–Jun’06 SAP MM/SRM Functional Consultant IBM Global Services

Worked in Following two projects-

A. Nestle Globe Project is World’s largest SAP Project. Started from 2001 & expected to be finished on 2008. SAP was being implemented in all global Nestle locations in 80 countries . Total no. of expected users 240000

Location : EU/India

Version : SAP R/3 4.7, EBP (SRM)

Nature : Global template based roll out. Worked in onsite-offshore model.

Role : Involved in one European Roll out as a SAP-Procure to Pay (MM +SRM) Functional Consultant

B. British American Tobacco (BAT) : Owner of big tobacco brands like Dunhill, Pall Mall etc. Large scale SAP project implementation & roll out. I was involved in SRM rollout project in Malaysia.

Location : Malaysia.

Version : SAP R/3 4.7, SRM 4.0

Nature : Global template based roll out. Both Classic & Extended classic scenario. Worked in onsite offshore model.

Role : SRM Functional Consultant.

TOOL Used :

Testing : Quick Test Professional ( QTP)8.2, Test Director, Load runner, ACE+

Jan’04–Jul’05 SAP MM Core Team Lead Indian Rayon & Industries Ltd

Implementation

Client : Indian Rayon & Industries Ltd.

Size : 20 team members Core Implementation Team

Role : SAP Core team Lead /SME ( Business side)

Implementation Partner : Price Water House Coopers

Duration : 1.5 year

Industry : Textiles & Cement

April’98– Dec’03 Assistant Manager Indian Rayon & Industries Ltd.

Worked in various roles in Aditya Birla group, one of the biggest and most reputed manufacturing organization in India.

Company : Indian Rayon & Industries Ltd.

Worked in different functional areas as follows-

-Worked in SCM domain & Production planning. Worked as a single point of contact between IT & Business. Responsible for finalizing IT related business requirements and also approving all IT deliverables from business side

-Engineering service procurement and subcontractor Management

Industry : Textiles & Cement

Skill Set

ERP: SAP (ECC 6.0, SAP 4.7, SRM 5.0)

Managerial : Managing IT Dept. of large enterprise, SAP implementation, IT-Project management, IT-Program management

SAP Functional Module:

Primary :Procure to Pay (P2P) Material Management, Supplier Relationship Management (Certified),

Warehouse Management

Secondary : IS-Auto Dealer Business Management(DBM), Plant Maintenance, Quality

Management, Enterprise Asset management (EAM), Production Planning, Sales and

Distribution, Enterprise Warehouse Management, Understanding of FICO process and integration

Domain : Procurement to Pay (P2P) Management, Inventory Management, Material Management, Supply Chain Management ( APICS Certified), Energy Management ( Certified)

Industry : Process/Discrete Manufacturing Industries, Steel, Automotive, Retail, Oil & Gas, Construction/Real estate

Processes: Project Management ( PMI Certified), ITIL (certified), Six Sigma,

Education:

Post graduation [ MBA Level] in Public System Management on Dec 1997 from Indian Institute Of Social Welfare & Business Management (IISWBM),

Master in Computer Application ( MCA) from Birla Institute of Technology ( BIT), Mesra, a premiere institute in India

Professional Certification/Training:

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification from Project Management Institute(PMI), USA

ITIL Certified in IT Service Management

SAP Certified Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Consultant

Certified Supply Chain Professional ( CSCP) From The Association for Operations Management (APICS), USA.

Accredited Energy Manager( Reg. No EM-0279), Govt of India: Passed Certified Energy Manager Exam.-2004 organized by Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Govt. of India under Energy Conservation Act.-2000 . Can practice as energy manager anywhere in India under the act.

Certification on Industrial Energy Efficiency from UNESCAP ( United Nation organization)

Authorized SAP training from SAP academy on Dealer Business Management (DBM 6.0)-IS Auto, Supply Chain Event management (SCEM), Extended Warehouse Management(EWM), Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Convergent billing and invoicing (CC/CI)

Six Sigma certification from IBM

ISO 9000/ISO 14000/OHSAS 18000 certification from Centre for Quality Management System, Jadavpur University

Mail Id : ********@*****.***

Cell No : +919*********

Contact this candidate