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United States

Bangalore, In

Bangalore, In

Recyck - The Uber of Sustainability

Burlington, Ma, Us

I initiate business development and go-to-market strategies, implement key performance indicators (KPI), ensure financial control and regulatory compliance, and implement process improvements as Governance / Steering Committee member. I establish rapport and trust with key decision-makers at world-class fashion and lifestyle / retail brands by gathering requirements and providing bespoke guidance on enterprise improvement, IT strategies, vendor evaluation, resource utilization, and solutions design based on market insights and business capabilities. I inspire innovation while addressing risks and opportunities.

Hong Kong, Hk

I facilitated organization to grow from $1B+ to $4B+ quickly on a harmonized platform by guiding C-suite on pre-sales, project and resource planning, Statement of Work (SOW) definition, enterprise improvement, IT roadmaps, solution architecture, and business process re-engineering. I advised IT teams on ROI strategy, standardization, and solution design and utilization enabling consolidation of all brands onto single platform, standardization of business processes, and significantly reduced overhead.

Bredebro, South Denmark, Dk

Project: SAP Fashion ERP Solution ImplementationI recommended need-based suggestions for SAP fashion management solution design, architecture, and implementation addressing wholesale and retail business processes leading to fashion / retail best practice solution design for implementation.

New York, Ny, Us

Project: Advisory on issues in Retail pricing/ promotionsI resolved relentless problem regarding retail pricing and promotion through root cause analysis and application architecture / design to meet business needs yielding dramatic cost savings by building application on existing landscape.

San Francisco, California, Us

Project: Implementation of SAP’s Hybris B2B solution for Levi’s Europe• I designed, architected, and integrated Hybris with SAP for all Levi's Europe B2B processes delivering best practices implementation and automation of B2B channel and increasing B2B sales in Belgium.

Totowa, New Jersey, Us

Project: Implementation of Retail Solution for Capezio Ballet Makers• I designed, architected and responsible for business process re-engineering and delivery of retail integration project

Project: SAP AFS/ Retail ImplementationPhase: Blueprint/ RealizationResponsible as a solution architect for solution design and managing teams in different streams through blueprint and realization of the project

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

Projects: Wholesale Implementation, Retail Implementation for US and Canada• Responsible as a Team Lead for Design and managing a team for Configuration and Testing for Wholesale, Retail processes for US and Canada

Chantilly, Virginia, Us

Client: AT&T – St. Louis, MO 12/2006 – 07/2007Industry: TelecommunicationsProject: ERP-EPIC Testing (CoET) Role: SD Consultant/ SME Phase: Integration Testing> Part of the team responsible for integration testing of developments for AT&T’s U-Verse (FTTP) release.Client: Hughes Network Systems – Germantown, MD 09/2006 – 11/2006Project: Telecom billing evaluation project Role: SD Consultant> Performed GAP analysis for the requirements on various platforms namely, SAP SD, SAP IS-U, Highdeal and Oracle’s Portal billing platforms Configuration and testing of the billing requirements on SAP SD module > Worked closely with the SAP FI team in assessing, configuring and testing of receivables management requirements.

Master'S Degree

Summer Graduate Course, Envr S-158E Sustainable Fahion