BALAJI RAMESH

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Professional Profile

Presently working in Mindtree Pvt Ltd as Technical Lead SAP S4HANA SD Consultant.

Completed training and certification through SAP Learning Hub on SAP IS-RETAIL, SAP S4HANA, SAP Leonardo, IoT, and Machine Learning certify to serve through Deloitte training.

12 years of total working experience.

8 years of SAP Consulting Experience including training.

Over 4 years of extensive experience in Merchandising and Marketing in Textile Industry.

US – B1 Visa holder.

Academic Credentials

MS (Applied Textile Management) from University of Borås, Sweden.

B.Tech (Textile Technology) from Anna University, Chennai.

Training in SAP R/3 SD module at Ventosoft Pvt Ltd, Chennai. Experience

SAP SD Lead (April 2019 – Till Date) – Mindtree Consulting Pvt Ltd. (Bengaluru, India) SAP SD Consultant (February 2017 – April 2019) – Deloitte Consulting Pvt Ltd (Bengaluru, India) Analyst, SAP SD (Nov 2016 – February 2017) – CommScope Telecommunications Ltd (Hyderabad, India)

SAP SD Consultant (June 2014 – November 2016) – Wisemen Consulting Pvt Ltd (Hyderabad, India) SAP SD Consultant (July 2013 – May 2014) – Crave Software Pvt Ltd (Mumbai, India) Asst. Manager Marketing (May 2012 – Dec 2012) – Global Resource Management Group (Chennai, India)

Organizational Expertise

CONSULTING SKILLS

Understand, Analyze and interpret business needs as per SAP best practice.

Travelled to the US, ensured cut-over, and post go-live support had a seamless transition for business.

Ensure timely completion of configurations, testing and developing new requirement based on business needs.

Have hands on end-to-end experience on implementing S4HANA to one of the leading brewing company in the US.

Excellent working knowledge on SAP SD in S4 HANA basic configuration, working on idoc, output, pricing and logistics configuration.

Project Handled

Company: Mindtree Consulting Pvt Ltd.

Industry: Packaging Industry

SAP SD Consultant: 1 year 4 months

Client: DS Smith.

Role: Implementation, Blue printing

Technical Information: SAP ECC

Company: Deloitte Consulting Pvt Ltd.

Industry: Beverage Industry

SAP SD Consultant: 1 year 6 months.

Client: E&J Gallo Winery

Role: End-to-End Implementation, Requirement Gathering, Cut-over activities, Post go-live support Technical Information: SAP S4 HANA

Company: Deloitte Consulting Pvt Ltd.

Industry: Retail

SAP SD Consultant: 7 months.

Client: Walmart Manufacturing, Costa Rica.

Role: Implementation, Requirement Gathering, Cut-over activities, Post go-live support Technical Information: SAP ECC

Company: Commscope

Duration: November 2016 to February 2017

Designation: SAP SD Consultant

SAP ENVIRONMENT: Support and Implementation.

Company: Wisemen Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd.

Duration: April 2015 to November 2016

Client: Virtus Pharmaceuticals, US

Designation: SAP SD Consultant

SAP ENVIRONMENT: Implementation

Company: Cravesoft Solutions Pvt Ltd.

Duration: December 2013 to May 2014

Client: Micro-supreme, Pune

Designation: SAP SD Consultant

SAP ENVIRONMENT: Support

Key Functional Areas

MARKETING

Managing marketing operations for achieving increased growth and top-line profitability; establishing global linkages and initiating market development efforts.

Identifying and developing potential clients in the targeted markets / industries and sectors to ensure maximum customer satisfaction by appropriate delivery and setting quality norms.

Analyzing latest marketing trends and providing valuable inputs for enhancing sales and marketing strategies.

Coordinating with fabric / trims suppliers on the latest updates in the market season wise and providing the trends to the buyer.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Managing the overall operations for the improvement in the existing products, based on market trends and requirements.

Providing sound inputs & support to the team from conception to completion stage of the product.

Providing buyers with latest addition in the product categories in terms of fabrics/silhouettes and stitch detailing.

Getting the latest and upcoming fashion trends in stores.

Preparing range wise presentations for the buyer’s season for the vendor fair / designer meets for them to choose styling/fabrics/trims and various developments in Denims washes & Fabrication. CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

Identifying client requirements & specifications, obtaining approval for production sample and conduct price negotiations to firm up the orders.

Interacting with the buyers (client) & keeping them informed on the status of running orders.

Liaising between buyers and manufacturers for facilitating smooth order execution and handling the entire business cycle from quotation to closing the sale. Significant Achievements

Active contributor in completing Virtus implementation in 8 weeks. Active participant in SAP Inside Track event in Bangalore. Provide suggestion to Swedish Red Cross to reduce inventory by benchmarking the best practice among other Red Cross Societies in EU.

Other IT Skills

Languages: SQL, MS Access.

Operating Systems: Win 7/XP/2000

Tools: Solman, Open Text, Charms, MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook and Visio) Personal Details

Temporary Address: 116, Tranquil Ambience, Vignana Nagar Main Road, Bengaluru – 560075. Permanent Address: 5/721, Sabari Salai, Madipakkam, Chennai – 600091. Date of Birth: July 6, 1985.

Language Known: Tamil, English, Hindi (Basic Proficiency), Swedish (Basic Proficiency), Japanese (N5) Passport details: Z3258287 valid up-to July-2025

(Balaji. R.)

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