Rumana Ahmed

Huntersville,NC

Summary

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. Manages and leads cross-functional teams to drive product supply and productivity improvements. Leads risk mitigation, while driving supply chain strategies for end-to-end pipeline management and supply planning. Skilled in negotiation and strategic decision making, perfected by 19 years of experience in leading organizational business units.

Work History

Senior Business Transformation Lead, SCM & TMS

Ingersoll Rand / Trane Technologies

Senior Business Transformation Lead for Trane’s Inventory, Shipping & TMS transformation program deployment - Gap Analysis, Business Process Re-Engineering, Integrated and User Acceptance Testing, Cutover, Go-live, Change Management & Training at multiple (20+) plant locations in North America and Mexico including remanufacturing and aftermarket distribution centers
Oversaw the implementation of the business processes that manage the availability of Inventory in the warehouses and the onetime fulfilment of customer orders, helping the shipping team to transition from the legacy systems to shipping with Oracle EBS
Ensuring their understanding of all documents required for shipping both domestic and international
Oversaw the re-engineering of Business Processes in alignment with the Global Design and also lead the training and change management, educating 200+ users with best-in-class business processes and technological practices
Currently Implementing Oracle Fusion SCM for a site in China
Running a POC in the fusion instance to validate if oracle fusion can deliver our current business needs
Some key achievements are as follows: Led End to End Implementation for the Distribution centers & MFG Plants for Oracle EBS , TMS (OTM) , Kewil & UPS world ship in line with our Global design of integration framework
Deployed Bulk and Instant Planning and a Hybrid OTM Planning Models
Implemented a real time shipment tracking technology solution 4Kites & Project 44 and the integration with OTM
Transformed Trane to an EDI (990 , 214 & 204 ) enabled platform - Rolled out 60 TL / LTL carriers
This enhanced the logistics capabilities to track and manage the carrier base in terms of performance of pick up, deliveries, and tender acceptance as well as ensuring compliance to our agreements on performance and rates
Led the successful migration from UPS to FedEx as a transportation carrier at all the plants in America’s region, saving $ 4 M in annual transportation costs
Have worked on OTM related Freight settlement applications OANDA , CASS & US Bank integrations.

Manager

Wipro Technologies

Manager with multiple engagement teams at Fortune 500 clients- Cisco, Sony & Ahold
Overall Project Manager from design to deployment for OTM implementation at Cisco & Ahold with end-users based in the USA & Europe
Implemented SAP EIS (SmartOps), a multi- echelon inventory optimization across Cisco’s supply chain
Expertise in Oracle E-business R12 , Oracle Supply chain management (Oracle SCM) cycles like Procure to Pay (P2P)[Oracle Purchasing(PO)/Accounts payable(AP)], Order to Cash(O2C) [Oracle Order management(OM)
Led multiple Oracle E-Business Suite due diligence & assessment assignments with Fortune 500 companies and led the conversion of those into delivery projects through enabling conversation with Business and IT leaders by delivering Business value case proposition, Proof-of-Concepts and presentations
Designed a product, “OTM for Retail”, which helps generate shipment scenarios (eg
Rush Hr, Milk Run, Continuous Move) for retail companies to facilitate faster implementation (30% reduction) of OTM in retail companies
This product is a continuing income source for Wipro, and has garnered about $ 4 M in revenue till 2014
Implemented a method to train fresh recruits, using videos and hands on guides, thereby reducing the training time by 120 Hours/ quarter, or $ 10,000
Led the delivery and Transitioning of IT functional enhancements worth $ 500,000 to $ 4,000,000
Planning and Scheduling: Experience with deploying Planning IT applications like Oracle MRP, ASCP and Kinaxis.

Education

BE -

MVIT

Skills

Process Redesign / Change Management

Project and Operations Oversight

Project Risk Management / Quality Control

Enterprise Business / IT Strategy

Oracle Data Migrations/ Conversion

Third Party Supplier Management

ERP Strategic Planning and Solution Provisioning

Business case creation/ Quality and Value delivery

Oracle Fusion SCM

Product Management

Accolades Certifications

2016, 2018 & 2023 President's Award in the Category: Operation Excellence for the smooth go live of the Tradeport & Charlotte Reman Site (2016). Mocksville & RTC site (2018) & Greenville (2023)
2018 President's Award in the Category: Inspiring Progress for have volunteered more than 550 hours to Classroom Central in the Carolinas, to prepare students for 21st-century learning and help teachers feel valued. Through various programs they’ve delivered more than 900 school supply items and equipped more than 5,500 students with STEM kits that they packed themselves. This work contributes to one of Ingersoll Rand’s 2020 Corporate Citizenship goals related to STEM education.
Completed the Oracle Fusion SCM Training
Completed the Certification of Implementation Specialist of the Oracle Supply Chain eBusiness Suite.
Certified Oracle Transportation Management Implementation Specialist.
Awarded the Collaborate, Execute and Learn award from the client for multiple enhancements & Projects.
Awarded a certificate of excellence for the implementation of the Disaster Management plan of the Cisco Supply Chain processes.