Rahul Rao Email and Phone Number

Working as a Client Solutions Manager driving and managing strategic proposals in the Pre-Sales Team for Retail, Distribution and Transportation clients End to end ownership of multiple large proposals worth over $900Mn USD on global scale with multiple stakeholders, regions and teams Concentrating on business growth for US and Canada geography Oversee creation of RFP/RFI responses, ensure high quality deliverables as per customer requirements and timelines  Create innovative pricing and financial models and constructs in line with organization strategy to ensure competitiveness and better profit margins Playing a consulting role in single service line led deals Creating high impact documents for Knowledge Management repository and future use Mentoring and training new joiners in team on processes and ways of working

 Working on Bid Management activities driving and managing high quality winning proposals in Business Intelligence, Big Data & Advanced Analytics Pre-Sales TeamExperience in Bid Management and Proposal creation related activities managing full cycle of proposal development process including– initiating kick-off meetings, assisting in bid/no bid decisions, managing bid budget, developing proposal/bid plans, leading storyboard development process, writing proposal sections, monitoring and supporting proposal review process, leading strategy meetings, maintaining boilerplate text and graphics, developing new graphics, preparing compliance matrices, ensuring schedules and deadlines. Experienced at assembling large, intercontinental, cross-functional, virtual bid teams and managing complex global bid operations to successful completion.  Bid Manager for multiple proposals in Business Intelligence, Big Data and Advanced Analytics technologies. Pursuit management with multiple wins under my belt Rate card creation Coordinating end to end proposal life cycle for RFPs, RFIs, RFQs coordinating with teams from sales, delivery, finance, etc Driving Solution creation, win theme integration, pursuit planning and adherence to timelines. Commercials and pricing determination Overall response quality improvement and beautification

 Working on Bid Management activities driving and managing high quality winning proposals in Business Intelligence, Big Data & Advanced Analytics Pre-Sales TeamExperience in Bid Management and Proposal creation related activities managing full cycle of proposal development process including– initiating kick-off meetings, assisting in bid/no bid decisions, managing bid budget, developing proposal/bid plans, leading storyboard development process, writing proposal sections, monitoring and supporting proposal review process, leading strategy meetings, maintaining boilerplate text and graphics, developing new graphics, preparing compliance matrices, ensuring schedules and deadlines. Experienced at assembling large, intercontinental, cross-functional, virtual bid teams and managing complex global bid operations to successful completion.  Bid Manager for multiple proposals in Business Intelligence, Big Data and Advanced Analytics technologies. Pursuit management with multiple wins under my belt Rate card creation Coordinating end to end proposal life cycle for RFPs, RFIs, RFQs coordinating with teams from sales, delivery, finance, etc Driving Solution creation, win theme integration, pursuit planning and adherence to timelines. Commercials and pricing determination Overall response quality improvement and beautification

P&G Projects Implementation team   Working as SAP SD consultant as part of implementation projects involving entire project life cycle from blueprinting, requirement definition, functional design, testing and business acceptance involving deployment and go live into production. Orion Project for business process restructuring for Latin America NA Galleria project for Wella divestiture and transition of its 43 brands to Coty Advanced Order Visibility project – Quotation creation from upstream non SAP system through idocs and referencing sales orders including entire quotation management Truck Load Optimizer project for sales orders quantity optimal truck space utilization Leading teams and chairing calls with team for updates and with clients during requirement definition and product demos. Creating and implementing new innovative tools in SAP which help in time effort and cost savings for clients. Creating multiple knowledge sharing documents and job aids for team. Mentoring new team members and guiding them till during their initial period of joining.New business proposals Helped in creating new proposals and Proof of Concepts of pitching new businesses and software to clients involving business sales pitch formulation with heads of business. Created savings and cost benefit analysis and presentations of existing practices and forecasted savings if new businesses are adopted and help pushing proposals. Assisted in bringing in business contract of 2.3 million $ Project: Blizzard, Safari, Mars, Museum Role: End to End MD SPOCMapping the Master data requirements for the project including AS-IS and TO-BE mapping of data and data dictionary creation, Preparation of schedule and WBS, BAT and defect resolution and Cutover into production

P&G Projects Implementation team  Working as SAP SD consultant as part of implementation projects involving entire project life cycle from blueprinting, requirement definition, functional design, testing and business acceptance involving deployment and go live into production. Orion Project for business process restructuring for Latin America NA Galleria project for Wella divestiture and transition of its 43 brands to Coty Advanced Order Visibility project – Quotation creation from upstream non SAP system through idocs and referencing sales orders including entire quotation management Truck Load Optimizer project for sales orders quantity optimal truck space utilization Leading teams and chairing calls with team for updates and with clients during requirement definition and product demos. Creating and implementing new innovative tools in SAP which help in time effort and cost savings for clients. Creating multiple knowledge sharing documents and job aids for team. Mentoring new team members and guiding them till during their initial period of joining.New business proposals Helped in creating new proposals and Proof of Concepts of pitching new businesses and software to clients involving business sales pitch formulation with heads of business. Created savings and cost benefit analysis and presentations of existing practices and forecasted savings if new businesses are adopted and help pushing proposals. Assisted in bringing in business contract of 2.3 million $Project: Blizzard, Safari, Mars, MuseumRole: End to End MD SPOCMapping the Master data requirements for the project including AS-IS and TO-BE mapping of data and data dictionary creation, Preparation of schedule and WBS, BAT and defect resolution and Cutover into production

On Purchase Analysis project performing analysis of purchases, VMI, supplier base, lead times, etc.

As a member of Team Genius in Billing and Payments Platform on BT project.Responsible for configuration which involved low level designs,configuration,unit testing,deployment and maintenance.Also was Single Point of contact for a brief period for product line 21CN responsible for tracking of impacts in that product lineAlso worked on MTNL project for 6 months where it was maintenance of the VPNs for MTNL.