PMP Certified Supply Chain Project / Program / Consulting Manager

Industry:	Management & Business
Occupation:	Program Manager
Ideal Companies:	Google, Amazon, Wipro, Cognizant, PwC, KPMG, HCL, Cisco, NettApp, SanDisk, EMC, Facebook, iGate, Accenture etc.
Education level:	Bachelor
Will Relocate:	No

• Innovative and result driven PMP Certified professional with progressive years of experience in Project / Program Management, Pre-Sales, Process Consulting, Business Process Transformation, Strategic Due Diligence, Operations, Business Development, Client Relationship Management and People Management. • Significant experience in leading multi-million, multi-cultural engagements across US, Europe and APAC. Led and executed multiple engagements in areas of Supply Chain Management, Business Process Analysis & Re-engineering, IT Strategy, Cost Optimization, Portfolio Rationalization, Package Evaluation, Implementation and Solutioning. • Possesses good ‘Gravitas’ and can hold conversations with client leadership (CxO / Director etc). • Have demonstrated capability to manage and improve service levels, and manage large complex programs in Supply Chain and Manufacturing Functions for CPG, Metals, High-Tech and Retail clients. Strong domain knowledge in Supply Chain Management primarily in the area of Demand Planning, Sales & Operations Planning, Order Management, Outbound Logistics, Transportation Management, Warehouse Management, Inventory Management and Procurement. Have demonstrated capabilities of managing projects in other areas like Infrastructure and Operation Management, Business Intelligence etc. • Deep understanding in Process Excellence, Value Stream Mapping, and Project & Change Management. Have a blend of IT as well as business knowledge to effectively capture client requirements into applications. Good team person with leadership skills and adept at communicating with client, clearly setting expectations, establishing priorities & managing risk to successfully deliver an overall program. Keen insights into the needs and views of others, ability to listen and identify issues & problem areas and frame innovative solutions. • Decisive, energetic, focused team leader/player who leads high-performing teams through implementing change and improvements. •Product Package Expertise: ARIBA (Source to Pay), i2/JDA (Demand Management, Factory Planning & Scheduling, Inventory Management, Sales & Operations Planning, Supply Chain Planning, Transportation & Logistics Management, i2- Master Data Management) and SAP-Advanced Planning Optimization, SAP-Sales and Distribution, HP Quality Center. •vWorked on integration projects, which include UNIX Server, Oracle-Database with Various i2/JDA Products and ARIBA (Source to Pay).

8/2009 - Present

(private)

Manager

• • Delivery of product /service /solution within constraints (schedule, features / functionality and budget). • Accountable to ensure the quality execution in the delivery of a product/service/solution to drive satisfaction in the Customer Partner Experience. • Developing strategic ongoing customer relationships, gaining trust and esteem for the company. • Management of medium to large complexity projects of approximately 10 - 20+ people (employees, customers and partners) falling under direct project responsibilities spanning Local / Regional / Global • Responsible to work as Supply Chain Domain expert for SCM capability and provide expertise to win new deals in SCM space. Develop the SCM expertise through training and mentoring. • Responsible of working on new RFPs response, proposal presentation, understanding client requirement, generating statement of work etc. • Mapping the requirements and providing best solutions by working on evaluation and definition of scope of project and finalization of project requirements. • Providing end-to-end management of multiple projects from conceptualization and visualization to technology mapping and final execution of the projects. • Delivering and implementing the project as per the scheduled deadlines; extending post-implementation and maintenance support to the technical team and client. • Lead the Center of Excellence of i2 practice. Responsible for team building and client building. • Responsible to maintain professional certification by the PMI® and to mentor others to build competencies.

5/2007 - 8/2009

Accenture

Manager

• • Responsible to work as Supply Chain Domain expert for SCM capability and provide expertise to win new deals in SCM space. • Involved in pre-sales and deals’ formalization activity. • Responsible for project management, implementation and supporting the i2 Supply Chain Planner, SAP-SCM deliverable at the client end. Review and design the technical architecture, modeling and functional requirement. • Responsible to staff the new team to support the project, stabilize and finalize the service level agreement. • Interact with the clients’ Key Business users for regular feedback and communicate the same to the team members. • Responsible to look out for the opportunities to increase the scope of maintenance and support for the project. • Responsible for preparation of weekly status report, KPI reporting and monitoring, team mentoring, career guidance to team members, managing budget, induction of new team members etc. • Responsible to manage the team of engineers who are working on internal project. Mentor the SE and SSE to enhance SAP-APO skill and develop the lateral cross trained. Manage the performance appraisal, skill assessment, and training needs identification of the team.

4/2006 - 5/2007

i2 Technologies Inc.

Individual Contributor

• Functional and Technical support of i2- Factory Planner to varied customer sectors like metal sector, Hi-tech, FMCG etc. • Responsibilities of doing the root cause analysis for customer cases and interacting with development team for enhancement cases. • Scheduling the task of FP team. Mentoring and assisting the team for various technical and functional issues. • Successfully putting the system of Customer ownership among the team member. Responsible to manage the team with respect to customer ownership. • To make sure that the customer satisfaction is achieved and to gather acknowledgement from various customer.

7/2001 - 4/2006

Tata Steel

Manager

2012

Certification Degree

Project Management Institute, USA

• Project Management Professional (PMP)

2001

Bachelor Degree

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

• Industrial Engineering

Type	Name/Title	URL	Description
Website	Social	http://www.linkedin.com	Professioanl Netwroking

Skill	Rating
Supply Chain Management
Project / Program / Delivery Management
Pre-Sales
Supply Chain Consulting
i2 / JDA
Ariba
SAP-APO
Oracle-IOP
SAP-SD
HP Quality Center
Forecasting
PL/SQL
Oracle DB
Infrastructure Management

PMP, Supply Chain Management, i2, JDA, Program Manager, Delivery Manager, Consulting