Gajendran A Murugesan Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

SCM, ERP & Business Intelligence – SAP, Power BI• Responsible for Forecasting & Inventory planning for Dressings & Spreads products• Responsible for maintaining stock in right balance to minimize inventory cost• Data analysis of consumer demand pattern and material requirement planning using power BI• Effectively managed suppliers through continuous engagement & by developing strong relationship • Responsible for building Key business metrics by incorporating industry best practices and tools• Carried out MIS, ERP projects for continuous business improvement• Responsible for supply chain planning to increase the OEE & Service Level• Selective inventory control adopted using ABC, HML, FSN, SOS & EOQ analysis• Carried out Stock transfers from third party warehouse for the production run• Carried out Cycle count and Inventory reconciliation to match SAP and physical inventory• Handling of 12 weeks demand forecast to short term or weekly firm plan• Coordinated with Finance, MIS, R&D and other stake holders for continuous business improvements

Pune, Maharashtra, India

ERP, WMS & Business Intelligence – SAP S/4HANA, SAP GUI 740, ECC 6.0 EHP 618, Qlickview BI• Carried out SAP MIS projects to implement new and improve existing spares business process• Handled KTM and Bajaj spares business for around 104 Mn USD per year in FY20• Effectively handled Demand Forecasting & inventory planning for 20k SKUs and 70 countries• Prepared Annual Business Plan and done Target setting after calculating the Potential and penetration• Calculated potential for PM/WT parts considering the units in operation, kms run and scrap ratio• Selective inventory control adopted using ABC, HML, FSN & EOQ analysis• Responsible for service tools replenishment by considering the safety stock, shelf life & in-transit items.• FIFO based Order processing carried out for Mature and New Markets• Periodic Reconciliation of SKUs by analyzing the demand pattern and R&D’s recommendation• Planned logistics to reduce buffer charges at stock yard from 10000 USD in FY19 to 3000 USD in FY20• Coordinated with Plant, MIS and Master data team for BOM in case of kit and assembly SKUs• Coordinated with Plant, Finance, MIS, R&D, PSG and other stake holders for continuous improvements

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Dealer Management System – Oracle Siebel, Oracle Business Intelligence, SAP• Effectively implemented DMS across all channel partners & ensure usage to reap benefit of cloud application• Assisted in sales planning activities such as MOP, rolling plan and target setting for the zone• Implemented and monitored new CRM initiatives like MOP, Myscore, ICMS, etc• Conducted training to rollout and field team for new functionalities in DMS (sales, spares & services)• Carried out application and infra rollout planning for channel partners• Participated in new business requirements related to new process or process change • Regular analysis of sales and industry data for critical evaluation and interpretation for Sales planningZonal Marketing• Handled Dealer Group Promotion budget for promotional activities• Coordinated with Media agencies to implement ATL and BTL activities• Activity planning and reporting for print, radio, cinema & promotional activities• Coordinated with Media, Brand, Events & agency team for seamless implementation of ATL & BTL activities• Ensuring the sanctity of branding POS artworks• Identification of prominent locations for Hoardings, Wall Paintings, Posters, Banners, etc.• Conducted monthly review meeting with Rural sales executives to drive rural business• Enquiry and Sales Target setting for RSEs• Branding & activation planning for rural markets• Analysis of rural data such as OL, demographic & religious, agricultural, business or social events

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Ramco ERP on cloud• Pre-kick off discussion with pre-sales and sales team to understand nature of customers business• Kick off discussion with customer key stakeholders• Preparation and review of Project plan based on discussion with customer key stake holders• Understanding of customer’s as-is business process and their pain points• Business requirement analysis and mapping requirement with ERP product for implementation; Preparation and review of Business Requirement Specification document• Training the key stake holders and end users in SCM, Finance (GL, AP, AR, Fixed Asset Management, Inventory etc) & HCM modules• Preparation of enrollment form as per customers business needs (EMOD setup) and initiation of DB creation• Collection of Master data from respective business process team and master data upload• Collection of opening balances for creditors, debtors, inventory and data upload• Handholding support activities during and after go-live• Managing customers and partners for their new requirements/change requests and preparation of product feature specification documentDealer Management System• Successfully done DMS implementation for 80+ dealers in pan India• • Implemented Material Management & Inventory Planning module in DMS as per customer’s requirement• Business requirement analysis and mapping requirement with DMS product for implementation• Handholding support through follow up visits to Dealership to track application usage and query clarification• Providing suggestions to product team for product improvement based on end users feedback• Analysis of new requirements and preparation of product feature specification documents• Planning of rollout activities and managing teams by providing prompt support to dealers

Chennai Area, India

Area of interest is market research, data analytics and customer relation ship management. Undertaken Live project from Godrej-Hershey to gain customer insight for introducing new confectionery items. Done empirical study in the area of cultural impact in consumer search behavior

Bangalore Area, India

Technical Lead for a team of 10 members in BFSI domain. Involved in client interaction for requirement gathering, designing and application development. Also involved in training and guiding subordinates and managing deliverable.

Mumbai Area, India

Team member involved in SDLC cycles like requirement gathering, designing, application development, unit testing and application deployment.

Pgpm, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Godrej-Hershey Live project for understanding consumer insight to introduce new confectionery items. Actively.

B.E, E.C.E

Activities and Societies: Executive of Youth Red Cross Executive, Member of PSG Tech Dance Club, hosted Renaissance and Intrams

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