Dynamic project manager with extensive experience at Tractor Supply Company, excelling in financial management and vendor relations. Proven track record in optimizing supply chain initiatives and leading cross-functional teams. Skilled in performance optimization and data analysis, driving successful project outcomes and enhancing operational efficiency.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager
Tractor Supply Company
Brentwood, TN
08.2015 - Current
I work closely with the Director to define and manage projects' financial budget (2 M- 6M) and vendor contracts.
I collaborate with core services technical leadership across Network, Security, Infrastructure, Database, DR, Quality, and Service Operations to architect and deliver projects for various Omnichannel, Supply Chain, and Retail initiatives.
Projects: Buy Online and (Pickup, Delivery, Ship from Store), Blue Yonder Inventory and Commits, Inventory accuracy, Fraud Management platform, TSC Mobile App, Loyalty, Payments (Branded,Private label, Co-brand, Apple and Google Pay, Buy Now Pay Later,PayPal), Carrier Integrations (UPS, Fedex, XPO, USPS), TSC Delivery Platform, Customer fulfillment via replenishments. Returns Management, Services implementation, DCs, MCs and Vendor fulfillment, WMS Manhattan migration, Blue Green Deployment.
Senior Associate
Cognizant Technologies Solutions
08.2011 - 08.2015
Clients Involved:
Performance Lead, Cognizant (at Nike), Beaverton, OR. May 2015 to August 2015.
Led the performance optimization for the new product launch flow.
Optimizing and providing recommendations to the product team on the new order capture flow.
Created a test script and evaluated the new flow created for performance load testing.
Evaluate the load test results, and provide input on the performance bottleneck.
Generate the report and present it to the management team.
Evaluate new performance-optimizing tools, and provide a recommendation on the same.
Project Lead, Cognizant (at Fossil Group Inc.), Richardson, TX. February 2015 to April 2015.
Project: Product selection for OMS. Led the design discovery and design phase, and created functional and technical documents for the OMS implementation.
Creating a flow and functional document for the existing business flow.
Creating a high-level technical design document for all the interfaces and flows.
Anchor the product evaluation discussion, and provide a technical snippet for each product against the requirement.
Respond to the vendors concerning the technical questions.
Part of the product evaluation discussion included providing technical input on each product.
Narrow down the final list of products with detailed technical input and justification.
Project Lead, Cognizant (at Academy Sports), Houston, TX. Sep 2011 to Jan 2015.
Worked closely with business owners, developed a project delivery plan, and executed it flawlessly.
I was an on-site coordinator, guided the multiple-track lead, and managed offshore delivery.
Projects delivered: Stability and Enhancement Track, Ship from Store, Drop Ship Vendor, Support and Enhancement, WMS enhancement, and optimization.
Team Lead
Xchanging Inc.
Bangalore, India
11.2007 - 07.2011
Worked on multiple Support projects involving optimizing and stabilizing Sterling (OMS,WMS) implementation.
Activity involves bug fixing, performance optimization, and onsite-offshore coordination.
Client Supported : DISC Support -Production Support Analyst UK SeLECT Support Team Lead APAC- EMEA (Headquarters in Malaysia).
Developer
AdviceSync Consulting Pvt. Ltd
Chennai, India
04.2005 - 11.2007
I worked on building a web-based application called “CALL CENTRAL,” which was used by multiple education boards of different states in India.
Activity involving Design, Solutioning, development, and unit testing, support.
Designed and built an SMS application to trigger bulk SMS independently, reducing the SMS provider's significant cost.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
Periyar University
Tamilnadu, India
01.2003
Skills
Project management
Supply chain management
Team leadership
Financial management
Vendor management
Performance optimization
Data analysis
Team collaboration
Certification
Sun Certified Java Professional, 5.0 certified
IBM Certified Deployment Professional, Sterling Order Management V9.1