Vice President / Senior Director IT, Enterprise Applications, SAP

Hanish Nadkarni

Pittsburgh PA 412-***-**** ********@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/hanish-nadkarni US Citizen

IT-Enterprise Applications, ERP, Supply Chain Planning & Digital Transformation Leader

Accomplished, results-driven Cross Functional IT-Enterprise Applications and ERP-SAP S4 & ECC savvy leader with a track record of leading high-impact technology transformations. Expertise in strategic, technology, product engineering, and consulting focused in Multi Industrial Verticals. Possess knack for fostering global diverse teams and championing innovation to elevate IT landscapes and business strategies to new heights. Directed enterprise-wide solution architecture activities that impact business units across Commercial (Sales & Marketing), Corporate (Finance & HR), and Operations (Manufacturing & Supply chain) with strong business and IT leadership, analytics, strategic, and operational skills. Road warrior ready for 100% travel.

Industry Experience

Automobile Biotechnology Chemicals Engineering Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical Medical Devices Telecom

Iron & Steel Nuclear Energy Brand Solutions-Services Operations & Manufacturing IT Consulting

Key Skills

Strategic Technology & Business Transformation People Leadership – Mentor & Coach Technology Roadmap & Solutioning IT-Enterprise Architecture & Landscape Analytics, Cloud Solutions & AI-ML Supply Chain & Logistics Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Intégrations & Consolidations Enterprise Master Data Management Procurement Budgetary Control Manufacturing & Execution Systems KAIZEN Data Management Driven Decisions & Solutions PMO-Project Management Agile/SCRUM Compliance & Audits SOX-Sarbanes-Oxley OCM-Organizational Change Management

Key Accomplishments

IT Solution Modernization: Integral part of Technology Leadership team managing end-to-end SAP ERP Applications implementations and transitions of $20B acquisition & merger and $3.5B divestiture.

Operation Cost Efficiency

Integral part of leadership to setup of offshore SAP CoE teams (SLAs. RACI etc) in Europe & Asia resulting savings of more than $2.2M.

Conceived, conceptualized, and supervised the global deployment of ERP-SAP CATS under budget resulting in savings of $0.5M.

Directed global KAIZEN events identifying blind spots & championing continuous process improvements utilizing lean techniques 5S, VSM-Value Stream Mapping, P-SQDV, KPIs to attain more than 30% improvisation in “Value” (Revenue Realization) and Technology & Business transformations based on AI-ML statistics.

Operation Process Optimization

Initiated, managed & deployed return management process utilizing Quality Notifications for customer/vendor complaints and internal manufacturing processes resulting in savings of @ $1 Million and recurring savings of $327K yearly.

Influenced and deployed effective global supply chain S&OP solution enhancing the planning efficiency by more than 92%.

Lead, designed, implemented, and delivered SAP PP S&OP solution leading to time requirement reduction from 28 manager hours to 7 manager hours per month.

5% Head Count reduction through global deployments Supply Chain Management & Logistics management and continuous improvement initiatives on planning of Demand, Supply, Production/Capacity Planning and Inventory Optimization.

Change Champion: Promoted and practiced (PROSCI-ADKAR) change-oriented mindset to invigorate transformative initiatives.

Global People Management: Supervised, mentored & motivated diverse teams globally over shared vision focusing on professional development & growth.

Professional Experience

PROPELiS, Pittsburgh, PA USA July 2025 - Present

Vice President SAP Programs & Implementation

PROPLiS is a go-to-market ecosystem that enables marketers to move their brands forward with greater speed, clarity, and confidence. It's broad range of integrated solutions include brand creative, packaging, print solutions, branded environments, and content production. As the Vice President, SAP Programs & Implementation, I am accountable for planning, managing, and delivering strategic Enterprise Applications & SAP programs and implementation projects across the enterprise. This includes SAP rollouts, new module implementations, system migrations, large-scale integrations, and the integration of third-party systems and proprietary company solutions into the Enterprise Applications landscape.

Program Leadership & Strategy

Project Execution & Delivery

Stakeholder & Change Management

Resource & Vendor Management

Performance & Compliance

IBM, Pittsburgh PA USA November 2024 – July 2025

Sr. Management Consultant SAP

This is a M&A-Merger & Acquisition project in which I manage and drive the solutioning & architecture of the SAP S4 HANA

2023 Supply Chain, Operations, PP-PI-Manufacturing, QM-Quality Management and PM-Plant Maintenance Implementation of the “KURARAY Chemical Manufacturing Company” for their new acquisition Calgon Carbon in the United States.

Implementation of SAP PP-PI, SAP QM (LIMS integration with SAP QM) & SAP PM

Directed the E2E Sales & Operational Planning process, driving business alignment with multifunctional partners.

Deployed return management process utilizing Quality Notifications for customer/vendor complaints and internal manufacturing processes resulting in savings of @ $1 Million and recurring savings of $327K yearly.

Matthews International Inc, Pittsburgh, PA USA June 2017 – August 2024

Sr. Manager Global Enterprise Applications & ERP - CoE / Supply Chain - S&OP

Driving technology transformations through strategic corporate initiatives impacting the organization, by providing technology leadership in deploying Business, IT & ERP-SAP S4 & ECC solutions in PP, QM, PS, CATS, MM, SD, WM, HR, Logistics, PM, FI, CO, PLM, Success Factors, IBP, DM-Digital Manufacturing, MES, Fiori Apps.

Led and directed the IT-SAP S4 HANA & ECC integration and consolidation project of $45M acquisition(M&A) of the new Energy Division of EV Batteries.

Established and led mission critical global SAP-COE offshore support operations in Europe & Asia resulting in savings of approximately $2.2M.

Initiated, orchestrated and launched the enterprise level change control board, new requirement governance for intaking.

With respect to SAP S4 HANA ERP globalization roadmap, consolidated the enterprise ERP applications to replace regional and silo applications.

Re-designed, supervised, and deployed global Logistics Warehouse Management solution leading to 50% reduction in logistic times.

Conceived, conceptualized, designed, and delivered the successful global deployment of ERP-SAP CATS solution resulting in $0.5M savings.

As the global product owner and Head of S&OP, initiated, orchestrated, launched and deployed the Global Supply Chain SAP S&OP function.

Managed commercial sales planning, go to market strategy, customer relationship management, in coming business forecasting.

Global supply chain enabling global resource management, global production order assignment, Resource planning and forecasting.

Initiated, implemented lean processes and P-SQDV improving the “Value” (Revenue Realization) parameter by more than 30%.

Champion change by promoting and practicing a change-oriented mindset to invigorate transformative initiatives.

AMGEN Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA May 2016 - June 2017

Sr. Manager - Global Principal IS Enterprise Architect CoE

Owned and drove manufacturing and supply chain initiatives from planning stage through execution and deployment.

Developed AMGEN specific SAP ERP & IT manufacturing deployment solutions Plan to Produce (PTP)/Plan to Stock (PTS), PP, MM, QM that aligned and simplified AMGEN global business processes within cGMP.

Lead operating model transformation by re-defining and implementing new operating model changes to accelerate digital transformation in MRP, Capacity Planning, contract manufacturing and SCM IT/processes resulting in enhanced planning functionality.

Managed external service providers, partners and consultants through implementations and ongoing maintenance.

Sycor Americas Inc, Pittsburgh, PA, USA July 2010 - April 2016

Sr. Business Analyst / Project Manager

Directed and deployed complex global projects from inception to execution including integrations between various applications by providing process expertise in the areas of IT Enterprise Applications, ERP-SAP S4 HANA & ECC, PP, MM, QM, PM, FI, CO SCM, Manufacturing Execution-MES and Logistics.

Led, delivered and implemented SAP SCM and manufacturing solutions for global merger ($20B) of The Dow Chemicals and Rohm & Haas.

Lead Architect for SAP S4 HANA & ECC SCM-APO, MRP, contract manufacturing, Quality Management, Manufacturing Executions & Logistics for global divestiture/de-merger project ($3.5B) carving out OCD-Ortho Clinical Diagnostics after being spun off from its parent Johnson & Johnson.

Design Architect in areas of MRP, Quality Management, Manufacturing, Capacity Planning process, ATP & ECM for Angus Chemicals.

SAP PP-PI consultant for SAP global implementation project at SIMONA.

Paddock Laboratories, Minneapolis, MN USA November 2008 – July 2010

Sr. Business Analyst / Project Lead CoE

Managed & led the end to end of SAP ERP analytics from “what” “how” and “when” to arrive to “why” ultimately delivering insights to the business.

Lead, designed, implemented, and delivered SAP PP S&OP solution leading to time requirement reduction from 28 manager hours to 7 manager hours per month.

Revisited, analyzed, re-designed, deployed and resolved MM, CO, MRP and Quality Management issues.

Oversaw audit compliance and ensured audit compliance of applications, and ERP security including SoD.

Additional Experience

SAP Consultant at Sycor Americas Inc, Pittsburgh, PA, USA October 2007 – October 2008

Associate Consultant II - SAP at Satyam Computer Services, Hanover, Germany February 2007 – September 2007

Business Analyst/Project Lead – SAP at Mastek, Paris, France May 2006 – January 2007

Helpdesk Manager SAP at Reliance Infocom, Mumbai, India February 2006 – April 2006

Functional Analyst – SAP at Net Business Solutions, Mumbai, India September 2004 – January 2006

Education and Certifications

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering

PROSCI Certified Change Control Management Practitioner

Enterprise Applications Portfolio & Technical Skills

SAP S4 HANA, ECC & R3 Fiori Apps IBP-Integrated Business Planning DM – Digital Manufacturing Rapid Response APO LIMS SAP MII BW BPC PI/PO MES-Manufacturing Execution Systems SAP Solution Manager- SolMan 3PL INFOR-ERP ORACLE-PLM SAP Ariba FICO MM SM IM-Inventory Management and SAP modules (OTC SCM PTP RTR PTM PTS PTD) SAP Business Objects Gateway/Fiori CPQ Reverse Supply Chain Sales Force SCADA MTO MTS ALM-HPQC EWM 3PL Evantage RICEFW (Reports Interfaces/Middleware – PIPO, BOOMI, MULESOFT Conversions Enhancement Forms and Workflow) EDI Workday Service Now E-Commerce Applications

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