Ram Ranganathan

• Senior-level Supply Chain and Operations leader with extensive experience in creating strategies and leading execution of all global supply chain activities, including procurement, manufacturing and distribution management. I am very effective in managing and leading cross-functional teams to drive product supply and productivity improvements. Conducting risk mitigation, while driving supply chain strategies for end-to-end pipeline management and supply planning. I am equally skilled in negotiation and strategic decision making efforts perfected with 15 years of experience in interfacing with organizational business units.
• 15 Yrs. of combined enterprise delivery and supply chain consulting experience in driving process improvement, migration, optimization and digital transformation projects for fortune 500 companies in B2B and B2C businesses across the globe.
• Ram's industry experience includes Automotive, Life Sciences, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals, Publishing, Hospitality & Tourism, Oil & Gas, Retail & Distribution, Engineering, Airlines, Media & Entertainment, Banking, Financial Services, Public Sector, Manufacturing and Health Care verticals.
• 12 Yrs. of experience in implementing and delivering ERP Cloud solutions and successfully in managing functional / technical configuration, driving workshops for end users, deployment, post implementation support and effectively advocating the stakeholders about ERP cloud implementation best practices in cross-functional environments.
• 10 Yrs. of skillful hands-on experience in helping businesses within the source to settlement, lead to cash, procure to pay and recruit to retire processes spanning the entire commerce and supply chain lifecycle - in driving competitive advantage and cost savings. Also, fundamentally, ensuring the management of leveraged agreements, important supplier and customer relationships, and the effective execution of commodity planning and management within the assigned client regions.
• Successfully implementing, revamping, executing and compiling the regional procurement and commodity/spend category strategies, contracts, processes, policies by driving prioritization, supply response across supplier base.
• Centrally responsible for handling buyer and vendor relationships and being an ERP solution advisor to client's c-level executives within procurement business processes (Supplier Life Cycle Management, Strategic Sourcing, Contracts, Compliance, Purchasing, Buying, Requisitioning, Invoicing, Catalog Management, Discount Management, Supply Chain Collaboration and Order Management).
• Assisting and leading the development of IT category management strategies for clients and customer, by directly working with c-level executives (like CPO, CIO, CFO etc.) and IT leadership to improve TCO and meeting departmental business goals.
• As a recognized trusted advisor within the digital procurement space, I am experienced in solution adoption, facilitating negotiations with suppliers on contract terms, obtaining approvals on legal terms, performing biddings and solicitations, help analyze complex supplier proposals, and making award recommendations to sourcing management and business units.
• Demonstrating leadership and customer-centric mindfulness by fulfilling client's business goals and maximizing their operational efficiencies by optimizing their key performance indicators (KPI's) and service level agreements (SLA's).

Team Player Award, PAT on the back appreciation for strategic customer(s), Appreciate award offerings across SAP implementation methodologies.

• Product Manager from Product School
• Machine Learning from Stanford University
• Business Analytics from Wharton

Certified Associate in SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions, Fieldglass, S/4 Hana, Concur, SAP Business Process Modeling tool (Signavio)