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