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SHANKAR RAJ

SHANKAR RAJ

Manager
Salt Lake City,UT

Summary

Shankar is an accomplished leader and a certified professional with 18 years of extensive experience in CRM and eCommerce. Demonstrating exceptional skills in fostering robust connections with clients across diverse industries and cultural backgrounds, Shankar has built a strong track record of leading strategic, high-profile IT initiatives. With expertise in project management and consulting, Shankar has successfully overseen full life cycle implementations for regional and global rollouts. Possessing a deep understanding and proficiency in on-premise and SAAS-based cloud CRM/eCommerce software applications and their Omni channel (Chat, SMS, email, social networks, CTI) customer interfaces. Shankar excels in organizational strategy and demonstrates proficiency in agile frameworks. Known for a detail-oriented and analytical approach, Shankar maintains a professional mindset for problem-solving and delivery.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
Certification

Work History

Manager

Deloitte Consulting LLP
09.2021 - Current
  • • Managing the creation of innovative and transformative cloud-based technology to address clients' next- generational needs, creating effective IT visions, strategies, and roadmaps utilizing Salesforce, Hybris, and SAP CRM on-premise and Cloud solutions.
    • Conducting workshops and Interfacing with client stakeholders to gather functional and technical requirements. Analyze them and translate them into project design to deliver solutions.
    • Tracking and reporting on projects and milestones deliverables status.
    • Project and resource planning, budgets, scope, and change management, risk management, Stakeholder communications
    • Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes. Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
    • Adjusted job assignments and schedules to keep pace with dynamic business needs, factoring in processes, employee knowledge, and customer demands.
    • Developed and maintained relationships with customers and suppliers through account development.
    • Applied customer feedback to develop process improvements and support long-term business needs.

CRM Configuration Lead

doTERRA International LLC
08.2015 - 09.2021

• Responsible for Cloud CRM application & interface with legacy (non-SAP) and SAP (S/4, Hybris, Hana, PI/PO) systems.
• Strategizing solution deployments for all markets, provisioning SAP tenant procurements, refreshes, SDK/PDI.
• Postman testing for services, mashups, business scoping, workflows, Cloud SSO setup, language & layout adaptations, communication arrangements & system upgrades.
• SOAP & Rest-based APIs, RFCs, and O-data service usage for the cloud & on-premises systems.
• Business roles, authorizations, restrictions, (exchange, IE & Chrome) settings, certificates, portal integrations with CRM application.
• Data migrations, conversions, validations, profiling
• SAP cloud CTI setup, building KPI/SLA reports, and background jobs in the CRM tool.
• Supporting & troubleshooting issues with backend SAP IC sales delivery, service, returns, shipments & tax.

Senior Consultant

Deloitte Consulting LLP
02.2012 - 08.2015

• Leading solution design and development of high-end on-premise and cloud CRM tools with interfaces to no-SAP, hybris, S/4 HANA, PI/PO systems
• Proficiency with SAP CRM, ECC, Middleware Sales service, and marketing processes.
• Troubleshot issues by understanding issue, diagnosing root cause, and coming up with effective solutions.
• Identified business issues through careful collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Contributed to continuous improvements based on learning from ideas, client implementation, and previous experiences.

SAP Consultant

L&T Infotech
02.2007 - 01.2012

• Data Migrations, conversions, workflows, IC sales and service, and eCommerce processes implementations.
• Knowledge and experience in SAP IC sales, delivery, returns, shipments, pricing, variant configurations, channel management, trade promotions, CTI, and tax processes.
• GAP analysis, quality testing, Business blueprinting.
• Delivered SAP training, user support and knowledge transfer at end of project and followed up to verify successful implementation.
• Solved functional and technical obstacles and worked closely with project team from different streams.

Dealer Account Manager

Force Motors Ltd
01.2005 - 02.2007

• Responsible for 4 W Sales in the West Region
• Achieved sales goals and service targets by cultivating and securing new customer relationships.

Education

(MIT) Master of Information Technology - Information Technology

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
05.2023

MBA - Marketing And Systems

Prestige Institute of Management And Research
India
05.2005

BE - Electronics And Communications Engineering

Oriental Institute of Science And Technology
India
05.2002

Skills

LEADERSHIP SKILLS

  • Project Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Team Leadership, Motivation,
    Mentorship
  • Excellent Verbal and Written
    Communication
  • Data-Driven Decision-Making
  • Resource Planning and
    Budgeting
  • Vendor Management, Platform
    Assessments

TECHNO FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

  • Implementing Customer Service Interaction center/Customer Engagement Center processes as part of SAP Hybris commerce, SAP Sales & Service Cloud, SAP CR&B – ISU, SAP CRM, Salesforce B2B Commerce processes
  • SAP and Salesforce CX– Master Data, CRM Middleware, Backend Integrations CPI, PI/PO (S/4 HANA, SAP ECC), Sales, Service, Marketing, CPQ, C4C, eCommerce, ticketing, Case, Catalog, Pricing, Promotions, TPM, Order Management, Omni channel (Telephony, hat, SMS, E-Mail), social media analytics and reporting
  • Worked with Tools like Business Communication Management, SF Engagement center, MS Access, Java, Cloud Application Studio, MySQL, ASAP, SCRUM, JIRA/Confluence, ARIS tool, IRISE, Solution Manager, ITSM, Remedy mercury, HPQC, service now, Backend Integrations CPI, PI/PO, Catalog, Pricing, Promotions, TPM, Order Management, Omni channel (Telephony, Chat, SMS, E-Mail), social media analytics (Python) and
    reporting tools

Certification

  • Certified Scaled Agile - SAFe 5 Agilist
  • Certified SAP CAA - Sales Cloud
  • Certified Salesforce Administrator
  • Certified SAP CAA - SAP CPQ Implementation
  • Certified SAP CAA - SAP CRM

Additional Information

Go To Market Strategies, Proposals, SOW, Budgeting, Resource Planning Projects, Product & Release Management, SDLC, Managing Timelines, Future Opportunities & Roadmaps.

Executive CXO-Level communications and updates, conducting workshops, business requirement gathering, capability and architecture assessments, issue triage, assignment and resolution, system configurations, technical and functional specification documentation review, stakeholder collaborations, training the trainer and end users.

Key Project Highlights from last 3 engagements

SAP Hybris Implementation project: Implemented Hybris improvements for a luxury jewelry brand. Oversaw a team (14) of designers, functional consultants, technical architects, and FE/BE developers. Overall, the web traffic (+13%) was improved with SEO, Catalog and recommendation improvements, better search, and navigation.

Salesforce B2B Assessment/ Workshops: Conducted functional and technical workshops for one of the leading B2B Industrial products companies. Worked in the capacity of a Functional lead/ PM. Prioritized the backlog and scope of work for the implementation phase.

SAP CRM, SAP CX, and Salesforce CRM Assessment/Workshops: Assessed end-to-end business processes for sales, service, and marketing teams. Did vendor evaluations, pain point analysis, and validation.

Timeline

Manager

Deloitte Consulting LLP
09.2021 - Current

CRM Configuration Lead

doTERRA International LLC
08.2015 - 09.2021

Senior Consultant

Deloitte Consulting LLP
02.2012 - 08.2015

SAP Consultant

L&T Infotech
02.2007 - 01.2012

Dealer Account Manager

Force Motors Ltd
01.2005 - 02.2007

(MIT) Master of Information Technology - Information Technology

Virginia Tech

MBA - Marketing And Systems

Prestige Institute of Management And Research

BE - Electronics And Communications Engineering

Oriental Institute of Science And Technology
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