ROBINSON
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Email: [email protected]
CAREER OBJECTIVE:
- Business Analysis : Business Process Definition, Functional specification documentation, Requirements gathering & analysis, Market research & Strategy development, Business plan creation
- Business Development: Responding to RFP/RFI, preparation of client presentations, handling client visits, practice development, PoC/PoV creation to increase the mind-share and wallet share
- Project Management : Client relationship management, client workshops, project planning & tracking, onsiteoffshore coordination, multi service integration, product ownership, test strategy and release strategy preparation Industries and customers
- Automotive : Leading Japanese global car manufacturer
- Retail : Leading home improvement retailer in the US, 2nd largest e-commerce retailer in US
- Logistics : Leading trucking and transportation company in the US with LTL, FTL, final mile and intermodal operations
WORK EXPERIENCE:
1.) Senior Consultant (Manager)
Cognizant Business Consulting – April 2012 to Present
Role Played:
- Assess business needs and align systems roadmap with short-term, long-term business goals
- Lead solution envisioning workshops with business leaders, line managers and supervisors
- Conduct joint application development (JAD) sessions involving cross-functional SMEs and IT SMEs
- SME for Supply Chain Planning function across Retail, CG & Auto industries
- SME for automotive aftermarket supply chain domain
- Seasoned consultant in Integrated Planning & Execution, Demand Forecast, Inventory Planning and Optimization projects
- Delivered process blueprint, conducted workshops, standardized processes Lead user guide and SOP preparation for the developed process / product
Business Development
- Led the preparation of Hyper-Personalization use cases and presentation for a marketing event in UK conducted by Cognizant Technology Solutions
- Functioned as lead bid-manager in several RFP response having a value of USD 500K – 1M across consulting
Supply Chain Management
- Also functioned as a team member in responding to the several other supply chain proposals in the capacity of Subject
Matter / Domain Expert
- Lead the Gartner Market Guide RFP for showcasing the Supply Chain Planning and TMS capabilities of Cognizant
- SPOC for planning the client visits that includes deciding the agenda for client visit, keeping client engaged with business
2.) Conversations And Innovation Ideas
Played a key role in presenting how CBC can add value to the customer Identified, Utilized and leveraged Cognizant partnerships for proposal response.
Practice Development
- Prepared comprehensive training material for supply chain planning domain
- Handled the training sessions of supply chain planning for new joiners and senior leaders of cognizant as well
- Provided domain training for more than 500+ associates in Integrated Planning and Execution (Demand and Fulfillment Planning)
- Delivered domain training sessions for verticals in Supply Chain and Transportation
- Created multiple excel based PoC for envisioned solution to leading car maker for presenting to the executive leadership
3.) Associate
Cognizant Technology Solutions – January 2010 to January 2011
Role Played:
- Senior developer responsible for development and implementation of legacy multi user warehouse system for a UK based general merchandize retailer
- Prepare design documents, perform coding, unit testing and implementation based on requirements
- Maintain RTM and CR
- Train freshers and lead a team of developers
- Responsible for providing service improvements through innovations which will make the process and system more efficient
EDUCATION:
- MBA in S P Jain School of Global Management
- BE in Anna University
AWARDS:
- Demonstrated leadership award March 2017
- Award for leading a team of 15 consultants, senior consultants – All MBA graduates.
- Guiding the team to do the requirements management for a transformation program.
- Dream team award February 2015 Going extra mile February 2014