Elumalai Perumal
San Jose,CA
Summary
With a proven track record at Abbott LABS, I excel in leading digital business transformations and fostering team collaboration. Expert in ERP implementation and innovation management, I've successfully managed projects with budgets over $50 million, demonstrating exceptional problem-solving skills and a commitment to excellence.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Head/ Program Management -PDM-LIS (Contract)
GILEAD SCIENCES
Foster City, USA
01.2023 - Current
- Responsible for the development and implementation / Support of IT applications in GxP and non GxP environment
- Develop, coordinate, guide and maintain IT operations systems strategic and operational plans in support of the overall clinical/patient-focused mission and business strategy
- Manage a team of 20+ staff members and an annual capital budget of $50+ million and OPEX budget of $60+ million
- The Laboratory Technology – Analytics operation is split into following workstreams
- Analytics: Focus on creating dashboards / analytical reports for Supply chain, R&D and CxO Organizations
- Salesforce: Focus on adapting to partner’s expectations to move from a disconnected experience to a seamless interaction
- Business applications: Focus on building capabilities for GxP Learn, Transportation Management, Vendor Management, LIMS, Cost of Goods, Clinical Batch Release/Tracker
- Migrating Data Analytics Dashboards from Oracle/OBIE to AWS/Tableau
- Dashboard for CxO organization to review and mitigate compliance risks
- Built a collaboration tool to track the product development / manufacturing
- Automating Training dues (GxP Learn)
- Migrating quality application from Oracle to AWS
- Migrated Vendor Management system from Oracle to AWS
- Migrated IQS (GxP) application from on premise setup to AWS
Head -IT (Global Information Services)
Abbott LABS
Chicago, USA
08.2016 - 01.2023
- Provide Leadership to Plan, Build & Run organization in a dynamically connected home space
- Create, develop and operationalize the Company’s information technology strategy
- Collaborate with business and Technology leaders to set the systems strategy for various business entities
- Develop and maintain strong working relationship with IT suppliers
- Project Catapult: SAP S/4 HANA (Green Field implementation) for APAC region, covering 10 countries, generating $2 billion business
- Delivered DMS solution for India business – Transitioned from manual process to electronic approval
- Supply chain Planning process re-engineering
- Serialization (GXP)– worked with regional team & Ministry of commerce in India
- Delivered web-based application for Abbott Vascular business for export compliance
- Delivered multiple 3 PL interfaces for Abbott's operations in Europe & Asia
General Manager – IT (Application Architect/Delivery)
Abbott LABS
Chicago, USA
07.2014 - 07.2016
- Provide leadership to a team of Professionals in SCM applications development and support
- Built a global Plan / build organization with strong processes, controls, and systems
- Drove the formation of regional organization and restructured the Local IT organization
- Drove $3.5 million Project to migrate planning and reporting solutions from JDA / Cognos to SAP APO/BOBJ
- Led a project involving building interfaces between US customs portal and Abbott ERP systems
Chief Manager-IT (Product Owner – SCM Applications)
Abbott LABS
Chicago, USA
09.2010 - 06.2014
- Provide stewardship to a team of IT consultants and SMEs from business functions in a transformational role
- Setup organization structures for the bought-out business in the same box in which the legacy business applications were running
- Negotiated and setup TSA with the parent company
- Positioned organization for future growth by implementing SAP-ERP, APO and BW
- Improved governance transparency, long-term roadmaps, and systems alignment to corporate goals
Manager -IT (SCM Applications)
Abbott LABS
Chicago, USA
10.2006 - 08.2010
- IT Functional Lead for SCM applications – Managed Project delivery and support
- Seamlessly managed projects and daily operations for 6 Functional / Technical consultants
- SCM Integration for Pharma Business – Business process re-engineering
- Implemented Advance planning solutions (migrated from i2 to SAP) APO-SNP, PPDS, GATP modules
Education
MBA - Supply Chain & Project Management
National Institute of Management
03-2010
Bachelors - Industrial Engineering
Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering
02-1996
Diploma Eng. - Mechanical Engineering
Elumalai Polytechnic
01.1987
Skills
- Digital Business Transformation
- ERP Implementation
- Innovation Management
- Advance Planning Solutions
- Global Expansion
- Outsourcing & AMS
- Program & Project Management
- Process Improvement
- Compliance GXP & SOX
- Team Leadership & Motivation
- IT Strategic Planning
- Vendor & Client Relationships
- Financial Management & Cost Optimization
- Pricing Strategy
- SDLC Management
- Contracts/Negotiations
- Coach/Mentor
- Budget/Audit/Controls
- Problem-solving
- Calm under pressure
- Interpersonal communication
- Team building
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem resolution
- Active listening
- Supervision and leadership
- Organizational skills
Certification
- SAP-MM
- PMP from PMI
- CSCP from APICS
- Managing virtual teams from IIL
Personal Information
Title: Head-IT (Global Information services)
Affiliations
- Marathoner
Timeline
Head/ Program Management -PDM-LIS (Contract)
GILEAD SCIENCES
01.2023 - Current
Head -IT (Global Information Services)
Abbott LABS
08.2016 - 01.2023
General Manager – IT (Application Architect/Delivery)
Abbott LABS
07.2014 - 07.2016
Chief Manager-IT (Product Owner – SCM Applications)
Abbott LABS
09.2010 - 06.2014
Manager -IT (SCM Applications)
Abbott LABS
10.2006 - 08.2010
MBA - Supply Chain & Project Management
National Institute of Management
Bachelors - Industrial Engineering
Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering
Diploma Eng. - Mechanical Engineering
Elumalai Polytechnic
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