A supply chain transformation specialist with over 17 years of progressive experience leading technology and process enablement for large scale projects.
A seasoned professional with a blend of rich consulting and industry experience.
Led the solution design and architecture to solve various business problems and fit-align the requirements
- NorthCentral Oracle Applications User Group, Chicago, USA: 22nd Feb 2013
- All India Oracle Applications User Group - SANGAM15; Hyderabad, India: 22ndNov 2015
- COLLABORATE 2017 - Oracle Applications User Group; Las Vegas: 3rd Apr 2017
1) Procurement functional lead for Oracle Cloud implementation of Manufacturing and Aftermarket Business Units for Oil & Gas equipment manufacturer
Procurement Functional Lead based at Houston (TX, USA) for manufacturing and aftermarket business units using Oracle Cloud integrating with 10+ homegrown applications (such as Manufacturing Execution System, eReceiving, Drawing Portal, Repair Management system, CPQ etc.,) and other Oracle Cloud applications (HCM, Supplier Hub).
Responsible for
- Providing solutions for Manufacturing and Aftermarket business units
- Making sure the solutions provided are in alignment with global design
- Lead conference room pilot sessions to present the solutions, capture the requirements
- Work with IT solutions director, VP and CIO to demonstrate the solutions, new functionality
- Partner with Business Process leads and IT cross functional leads in driving the Supply Chain solutions and strategizing the short term, long term solutions, road mapping etc.,
- Data conversion from legacy systems, cut-over and post production stabilization
2) Global Indirect Procurement implementation using Oracle Cloud (R13) for Oil & Gas equipment manufacturer
Functional Lead based at Houston (TX, USA). Procure-to-Pay implementation for indirect purchases such as MRO, Safety Supplies, Office supplies, Computer Software, Hardware, Employee Uniforms etc., . Functionalities include Catalog management, Punch-out, B2B communication with Suppliers using Oracle Business Network, Payables invoice processing, approval management, Supplier rollout, user access management.
Responsible for evaluating the requirements, prioritizing and implementing solutions, Test with suppliers, co-ordinate the releases, user access management and production issue resolution
3) Supplier Qualification Management using Oracle Cloud
Functional Lead based at Houston (TX, USA). Implementation of Supplier Qualification Management to address Supplier on-boarding, classification of critical, non-critical and miscellaneous suppliers, QHSE certification management to be in compliance with API/ISO, periodic audits and performance evaluation. Implementation of Supplier Qualification Management to address Supplier on-boarding, classification of critical, non-critical and miscellaneous suppliers, QHSE certification management to be in compliance with API/ISO, periodic audits and performance evaluation.
4) Global Large Scale Transformation Quote-to-Cash Flexible Consumption program using Oracle Cloud (R13) for a leading Business Process Services provider
Pricing Functional Lead based at Secaucus (NJ, USA). Large scale global transformation program to design and implement Oracle Cloud solution to digitize paper based customer contracts, bring efficiencies in sales cycle, ordering, contract management, pricing, revenue recognition, billing, customer management and accounting process areas and reduce revenue leakages. An interesting use case to build complex pricing strategies to price various types of services using Oracle Policy Automation and Fusion Pricing.
Responsible for scope and road map assessment part of Global design, leading business and IT workshops, document risks, key design decisions, Fit-Gap analysis, business expectation management, drive implementation and work stream deliverables
5) Discrete Manufacturing implementation for a leading LED, RF and Power Electronics Manufacturer
Lead implementer, Project Lead based at Research Triangle Park (NC, USA). Oracle discrete manufacturing implementation and integration with homegrown MES system. Transformation of heavily customized, manual processes around Material planning, Work order processing, Product costing, Cost accounting, Inventory management and Order fulfillment. Implemented a pilot in one of the manufacturing locations and built the road map to roll out the solution to other manufacturing facilities bringing the efficiencies in Planning, Manufacturing and Fulfillment processes eliminating the manual, homegrown systems/processes.
Responsible for defining the Program scope for Greenfield pilot implementation in one site and rolling out & enhancing the solution to fit to other sites, client and firm resource planning, portfolio management, stakeholder management, current state assessment, drive Business/IT workshops, implement the solution, training, testing and post production support
6) Oracle EBS R12.2.5 Integration with Oracle Transport Management on-cloud for a leading Manufacturer and Distributor of Over-The-Counter pharmaceutical products.
Lead Implementer, Project Lead based at Westbury (NY, USA). An integration project between applications EBS and OTM on Cloud. Retired 3rd party legacy TMS and configured EBS and built solutions to enhance and streamline the Warehouse Management, Shipping and Order Management processes by enabling OTM integration capabilities. Evaluated integration options and recommended the best possible approach to minimize the licensing costs for infrastructure.
Responsible for delivering EBS implementation scope in multi-vendor implementation, ensure the best integration and implementation practices are followed, highlight risks, client/internal resource and deliverable management, training, validation process support to meet the pharmaceutical industry needs, deployment and post production normalization.
7) Warehouse Management Process Improvements for a leading Manufacturer and Distributor of Over-The-Counter pharmaceutical products.
Lead Implementer, Project Lead based at Westbury (NY, USA).Provided solutions for some of the business pain points in Outbound Warehouse Management processes like Sales Order release, picking task prioritization, picking rules & strategies, label design & printing, shipping documents and Oracle Mobile Web Application forms
Responsible for leading change, recommending the scope for process improvements, optimize the warehouse management rules, implement the process changes
8) Assessment of Procurement Cloud implementation and integration with JDE Financials and Inventory for a leading supplier of building materials
Team Lead based at RTP (NC, USA). Lead the Solution Architecture review of troubled Procurement Cloud implementation project and its integration with existing JD Edwards Financials and Inventory modules. Conducted interviews with Business process owners, IT leads and incumbent SI partner. Acted as an extended arm of Client IT team by reviewing the requirements, proposed solution and Fit-Gap analysis. Suggested the gaps in solution and built the road map to fix the solution issues and extend the Procurement Cloud footprint. Implemented Supplier enablement (Supplier Qualification Management) , Punch outs, Catalogs, requisitions (self-service procurement/iProcurement), Supplier and other master data sync and Purchase Order, Receipt transaction integration
Responsible for managing the deliverables, conducting the solution review and advising on the solution gaps that were to be addressed
9) Proactive Backlog Management for a $ 48 Billion Networking, Communications and Consumer Electronics Manufacturer
Functional Team Lead based at Hyderabad, India. Led a team of functional consultants to build a solution prototype for Conference Room Pilot on enhancing the existing Backlog Management Workbench by integrating it with Oracle Rapid Planning solution to provide recommendations to planners in expediting and re-committing the schedule ship dates using plan simulations, what-if scenarios etc., .This was a use case to eliminate the planners reacting to the situations in advancing and pushing the scheduled ship dates to meet the demand Supply Chain.
Responsible for the delivery of Proof of Concept from the inception to developing the prototype and demonstration of the solution. Managed a team of functional and technical consultants.
10) Transformation for a $ 48 Billion Networking, Communications and Consumer Electronics Manufacturer
Lead consultant based at San Jose (CA,USA).Designed and built solutions for ADF based Backlog Management Workbench to simplify supply chain planner's daily operations in managing backlog in terms of expediting the sales orders upon customer requests and re-committing the sales orders based on supplier's capacity constraints and inventory unavailability etc.,.
11) Global sourcing for a $ 48 Billion Networking, Communications and Consumer Electronics Manufacturer
Lead Consultant based at San Jose (CA,USA).A business process transformation project to sunset disparate legacy sourcing processes for various ordering sources to choose the best warehouse and design & built a global sourcing process for manual orders, Online/Electronic/EDI orders placed from multiple ordering sources and orders placed using iStore. Defined a global algorithm for choosing the best warehouse for sales orders based on geographic, inventory, customer and priority business rules and developed a solution for the same.
12) Enablement of Build-to-Stock Product Fulfillment for a $ 48 Billion Networking, Communications and Consumer Electronics Manufacturer
Lead Consultant based at San Jose (CA,USA).Redesigned the key supply chain processes under SCOR Model: Plan, Make and Deliver; with a shift from the legacy, heavily customized ERP to Purchased order based fulfillment for Build-to-Stock standard and configurable products resulting in reduction of 25% of supply chain costs and increased supply chain visibility. Standardized the communication of supply chain data with Contract Manufacturing and 3rd Party Logistics Partners using RosettaNet XML based B2B messages. Implemented Order Management, Purchasing, Shipping, Inventory for standard and configurable products
13) Quote-to-Cash Solution Design for a $ 48 Billion Networking, Communications and Consumer Electronics Manufacturer
Functional Analyst based at San Jose (CA,USA). Solution design, analysis of enhancements and scoping based on business impact for Order Management, Advanced Pricing and TeleServices modules.
14) Order-to-Cash Managed Services for a $ 48 Billion Networking, Communications and Consumer Electronics Manufacturer
Techno-Functional Analyst based at San Jose (CA,USA) & Bangalore/Hyderabad (India).Production support and maintenance track lead for Order Management and TeleServices modules.
- NorthCentral Oracle Applications User Group, Chicago, USA: 22nd Feb 2013
- All India Oracle Applications User Group - SANGAM15; Hyderabad, India: 22ndNov 2015
- COLLABORATE 2017 - Oracle Applications User Group; Las Vegas: 3rd Apr 2017
1) Procurement functional lead for Oracle Cloud implementation of Manufacturing and Aftermarket Business Units for Oil & Gas equipment manufacturer
Procurement Functional Lead based at Houston (TX, USA) for manufacturing and aftermarket business units using Oracle Cloud integrating with 10+ homegrown applications (such as Manufacturing Execution System, eReceiving, Drawing Portal, Repair Management system, CPQ etc.,) and other Oracle Cloud applications (HCM, Supplier Hub).
Responsible for
- Providing solutions for Manufacturing and Aftermarket business units
- Making sure the solutions provided are in alignment with global design
- Lead conference room pilot sessions to present the solutions, capture the requirements
- Work with IT solutions director, VP and CIO to demonstrate the solutions, new functionality
- Partner with Business Process leads and IT cross functional leads in driving the Supply Chain solutions and strategizing the short term, long term solutions, road mapping etc.,
- Data conversion from legacy systems, cut-over and post production stabilization
2) Global Indirect Procurement implementation using Oracle Cloud (R13) for Oil & Gas equipment manufacturer
Functional Lead based at Houston (TX, USA). Procure-to-Pay implementation for indirect purchases such as MRO, Safety Supplies, Office supplies, Computer Software, Hardware, Employee Uniforms etc., . Functionalities include Catalog management, Punch-out, B2B communication with Suppliers using Oracle Business Network, Payables invoice processing, approval management, Supplier rollout, user access management.
Responsible for evaluating the requirements, prioritizing and implementing solutions, Test with suppliers, co-ordinate the releases, user access management and production issue resolution
3) Supplier Qualification Management using Oracle Cloud
Functional Lead based at Houston (TX, USA). Implementation of Supplier Qualification Management to address Supplier on-boarding, classification of critical, non-critical and miscellaneous suppliers, QHSE certification management to be in compliance with API/ISO, periodic audits and performance evaluation. Implementation of Supplier Qualification Management to address Supplier on-boarding, classification of critical, non-critical and miscellaneous suppliers, QHSE certification management to be in compliance with API/ISO, periodic audits and performance evaluation.
4) Global Large Scale Transformation Quote-to-Cash Flexible Consumption program using Oracle Cloud (R13) for a leading Business Process Services provider
Pricing Functional Lead based at Secaucus (NJ, USA). Large scale global transformation program to design and implement Oracle Cloud solution to digitize paper based customer contracts, bring efficiencies in sales cycle, ordering, contract management, pricing, revenue recognition, billing, customer management and accounting process areas and reduce revenue leakages. An interesting use case to build complex pricing strategies to price various types of services using Oracle Policy Automation and Fusion Pricing.
Responsible for scope and road map assessment part of Global design, leading business and IT workshops, document risks, key design decisions, Fit-Gap analysis, business expectation management, drive implementation and work stream deliverables
5) Discrete Manufacturing implementation for a leading LED, RF and Power Electronics Manufacturer
Lead implementer, Project Lead based at Research Triangle Park (NC, USA). Oracle discrete manufacturing implementation and integration with homegrown MES system. Transformation of heavily customized, manual processes around Material planning, Work order processing, Product costing, Cost accounting, Inventory management and Order fulfillment. Implemented a pilot in one of the manufacturing locations and built the road map to roll out the solution to other manufacturing facilities bringing the efficiencies in Planning, Manufacturing and Fulfillment processes eliminating the manual, homegrown systems/processes.
Responsible for defining the Program scope for Greenfield pilot implementation in one site and rolling out & enhancing the solution to fit to other sites, client and firm resource planning, portfolio management, stakeholder management, current state assessment, drive Business/IT workshops, implement the solution, training, testing and post production support
6) Oracle EBS R12.2.5 Integration with Oracle Transport Management on-cloud for a leading Manufacturer and Distributor of Over-The-Counter pharmaceutical products.
Lead Implementer, Project Lead based at Westbury (NY, USA). An integration project between applications EBS and OTM on Cloud. Retired 3rd party legacy TMS and configured EBS and built solutions to enhance and streamline the Warehouse Management, Shipping and Order Management processes by enabling OTM integration capabilities. Evaluated integration options and recommended the best possible approach to minimize the licensing costs for infrastructure.
Responsible for delivering EBS implementation scope in multi-vendor implementation, ensure the best integration and implementation practices are followed, highlight risks, client/internal resource and deliverable management, training, validation process support to meet the pharmaceutical industry needs, deployment and post production normalization.
7) Warehouse Management Process Improvements for a leading Manufacturer and Distributor of Over-The-Counter pharmaceutical products.
Lead Implementer, Project Lead based at Westbury (NY, USA).Provided solutions for some of the business pain points in Outbound Warehouse Management processes like Sales Order release, picking task prioritization, picking rules & strategies, label design & printing, shipping documents and Oracle Mobile Web Application forms
Responsible for leading change, recommending the scope for process improvements, optimize the warehouse management rules, implement the process changes
8) Assessment of Procurement Cloud implementation and integration with JDE Financials and Inventory for a leading supplier of building materials
Team Lead based at RTP (NC, USA). Lead the Solution Architecture review of troubled Procurement Cloud implementation project and its integration with existing JD Edwards Financials and Inventory modules. Conducted interviews with Business process owners, IT leads and incumbent SI partner. Acted as an extended arm of Client IT team by reviewing the requirements, proposed solution and Fit-Gap analysis. Suggested the gaps in solution and built the road map to fix the solution issues and extend the Procurement Cloud footprint. Implemented Supplier enablement (Supplier Qualification Management) , Punch outs, Catalogs, requisitions (self-service procurement/iProcurement), Supplier and other master data sync and Purchase Order, Receipt transaction integration
Responsible for managing the deliverables, conducting the solution review and advising on the solution gaps that were to be addressed
9) Proactive Backlog Management for a $ 48 Billion Networking, Communications and Consumer Electronics Manufacturer
Functional Team Lead based at Hyderabad, India. Led a team of functional consultants to build a solution prototype for Conference Room Pilot on enhancing the existing Backlog Management Workbench by integrating it with Oracle Rapid Planning solution to provide recommendations to planners in expediting and re-committing the schedule ship dates using plan simulations, what-if scenarios etc., .This was a use case to eliminate the planners reacting to the situations in advancing and pushing the scheduled ship dates to meet the demand Supply Chain.
Responsible for the delivery of Proof of Concept from the inception to developing the prototype and demonstration of the solution. Managed a team of functional and technical consultants.
10) Transformation for a $ 48 Billion Networking, Communications and Consumer Electronics Manufacturer
Lead consultant based at San Jose (CA,USA).Designed and built solutions for ADF based Backlog Management Workbench to simplify supply chain planner's daily operations in managing backlog in terms of expediting the sales orders upon customer requests and re-committing the sales orders based on supplier's capacity constraints and inventory unavailability etc.,.
11) Global sourcing for a $ 48 Billion Networking, Communications and Consumer Electronics Manufacturer
Lead Consultant based at San Jose (CA,USA).A business process transformation project to sunset disparate legacy sourcing processes for various ordering sources to choose the best warehouse and design & built a global sourcing process for manual orders, Online/Electronic/EDI orders placed from multiple ordering sources and orders placed using iStore. Defined a global algorithm for choosing the best warehouse for sales orders based on geographic, inventory, customer and priority business rules and developed a solution for the same.
12) Enablement of Build-to-Stock Product Fulfillment for a $ 48 Billion Networking, Communications and Consumer Electronics Manufacturer
Lead Consultant based at San Jose (CA,USA).Redesigned the key supply chain processes under SCOR Model: Plan, Make and Deliver; with a shift from the legacy, heavily customized ERP to Purchased order based fulfillment for Build-to-Stock standard and configurable products resulting in reduction of 25% of supply chain costs and increased supply chain visibility. Standardized the communication of supply chain data with Contract Manufacturing and 3rd Party Logistics Partners using RosettaNet XML based B2B messages. Implemented Order Management, Purchasing, Shipping, Inventory for standard and configurable products
13) Quote-to-Cash Solution Design for a $ 48 Billion Networking, Communications and Consumer Electronics Manufacturer
Functional Analyst based at San Jose (CA,USA). Solution design, analysis of enhancements and scoping based on business impact for Order Management, Advanced Pricing and TeleServices modules.
14) Order-to-Cash Managed Services for a $ 48 Billion Networking, Communications and Consumer Electronics Manufacturer
Techno-Functional Analyst based at San Jose (CA,USA) & Bangalore/Hyderabad (India).Production support and maintenance track lead for Order Management and TeleServices modules.
1) Oracle Cloud implementation of manufacturing and aftermarket businesses for Oil & Gas equipment manufacturer
2) Flexible consumption solution implementation using Oracle Cloud for a leading business process services provider
3) Discrete Manufacturing implementation for a leading LED, RF and Power electronics manufacturer
4) Procurement Cloud implementation and integration with JD Edwards for a leading supplier of building materials
5) Oracle EBS integration with OTM Cloud for a leading pharmaceutical product manufacturer and distributor
6) "Enterprise wide Supply chain transformation" for a $48 Bn Networking and Consumer Electronics Manufacturer
7) Direct Fulfillment Enablement for a $ 48 Billion Networking and Consumer Electronics Manufacturer
- Network hardware and software
- Consumer electronics
- RF and Power supplies
- North Central Oracle Applications User Group
Chicago, USA
22nd Feb 2013
- SANGAM15 - All India Oracle Applications User Group
Hyderabad, India
22nd Nov 2015
- COLLABORATE 2017 - Oracle Applications User Group
Las Vegas, USA
3rd Apr 2017