Murali Vaidyanathan

Key Accomplishments

• Established a multi-year IT strategy for post M&A integration of 3 major steel companies culminating in transformational roadmaps
• Spearheaded financial transformation initiatives over 4 years impacting 4 business units, 6 locations, 12 product segments
• Managed supply chain transformation initiatives in areas of procurement, transportation, supply analytics and recycling products
• Designed system to track manufacturing operation transformation initiatives to help capture factory of ideas and track project progress for prioritized initiatives

**Financial Transformation Initiatives**

• Completed Enterprise adoption of Financial Budgeting and Reporting solution using combination of standardized ERP and EPM solution resulting in month-end close cycle reduction by 7 days
• Managed development of Manufacturing Costing solution that provides Business unit Finance directors with SKU level costing for products manufactured in their facilities
• Designed enterprise Project Costing solution to track construction of new steel plant in Pueblo business unit valued at approximately $830M
• Initiated System and Process changes to consolidate Transaction services into regional Shared Service centers there by reducing headcount by 8 people

**Supply Chain Transformation Initiatives**

• Collaborated with Maintenance Steering committee to initiate enterprise Equipment Maintenance Program to track more than 15000 assets across all business units with annual spend in excess of $60M and manage mobile solution using tablets for technicians
• Enhanced Vendor Analytics solution around purchasing category spend to optimize supplier base and reduce spending by 10%

**Operational Transformation Initiatives**

• Mapped in excess of 525 processes across 6 value streams by conducting value stream analysis (VSA) sessions across all locations culminating in more than 1000 Rapid Improvement Events (RIEs) identified that translated to more than $6.5M in savings/cost reductions
• Designed system to support Operational Excellence team to track Factory of Ideas and Problem Solving Boards across all business units that was used to track initiatives that were worth more than $100M of funnel value in cost savings/growth opportunities

Key Accomplishments

• Established working group in Workforce Leadership Council (WLC) - CoE for best practices in Booz Allen Hamilton for ERP, Logistics Transformation and Technical writing in Proposal development
• Spearheaded technical solution section for a large proposal to transform the key financial systems in USAF and presented to firm's leadership team
• Managed a team of 3 lead associates and 2 associates in Booz Allen Hamilton providing mentorship and performance feedback and in process working towards distilling ERP system knowledge through Workforce Leadership Council

**Key Initiatives**

• Managed a team of 16 members in the USAF ECSS (Expeditionary Combat Support Systems) Logistics transformation program with the mission of receiving signoff for a critical value stream, Working capital financial reconciliation
• Developed a data governance roadmap for the Enterprise Environment Safety and Occupational Health (ESSOH) system in the USAF
• Designed and developed a data acquisition strategy for a COTS solution to support AFCEC (Air Force Civil Engineer Center)
• Managed several discovery and design sessions with the Chief Civil engineer of the AFCEC as an IPT (Integrated Process Team) lead for facility operations and supply management

Key Accomplishments

• Implemented enterprise project and program management tool and help establish corporate PMO office
• Managed global rollout of travel and expense solution for Panduit impacting salesforce of more than 500 sales personnel
• Managed analytical platform to increase labor efficiency for all manufacturing operations
• Implemented treasury solution to automate complex intercompany transactions across different geographies
• Managed enterprise time and labor system implementation for all business units

• Managed a major business process re-engineering project for finance department resulting in retirement of legacy mainframe system resulting in standardization of all critical financial processes to manage spend of approximately $4B in a single ERP system
• Managed data integration project for City of Chicago with other city sister agencies like Chicago Public Library, Chicago Park District and others
• Developed a technology roadmap for City of Chicago to consolidate all billing systems using Enterprise Architecture and presented to Mayor’s office

• Managed a implementation team of 11 consultants (6 onshore and 5 offshore) for a large conglomerate to consolidate the HR/Payroll solution across 10 divisions

Designed and Develop several ERP solutions for clients in Manufacturing industry and several State and Local agencies

• Developed Hospital Management system for public hospitals in New Zealand and Australia and was part of the deployment team in 10 hospitals