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In this Capability Deployment Program management role, I manage the scope, budget, timelines, and business benefits for a combined value of $5M value across 20+ Cisco B2B Partners leveraging Rosetta Net messaging Framework. This role envisages rolling out new B2B Integration messaging (Rosseta Net) interfaces and enhancements to allow end-2-end visibility of shipments across Brokers, Carriers, Customs Clearance and Tariffs compliance across multiple partners across the complex global landscape. The Capability Deployment portfolio comprises of about 1800 Warehouse Depots globally

In this Project management role, I managed the contract management, scope, budget, timelines, and business benefits for a combined value of $8M value across 5 IT projects. ➡️ This $3M project implemented Pulse Software to manage various personalization techniques (embroidery, laser, sandblast, etching, embossing, etc.). The product rolled out to 5 warehouses with a saving of $1.6M/yr. in business benefits successfully. ➡️ This $2.5M Project implemented all the features from old PkMS systems into the new Manhattan 2020 version of the Warehouse Management system. About 15 different features proved important milestones from an IT perspective for a scalable and flexible product for business users across a dozen warehouses and hubs. ➡️ This $1M Project provided integration of warehouse management with 3rd party (4Kites) to track and relay real-time shipment information to customers. This helps in gaining enhanced customer experience and loyalty. ➡️ This $0.5M project implemented Freight Auditing and Billing capability to operations, especially tracking the expenses and delivery times of 3rd Party delivery partners. This resulted in reducing operational expenses and increasing efficiency to the tune of $700K per year.

In this leadership consulting role, I provide a single source system of truth about items and all attributes through the RIVERSAND MDM solution. My team and I converged all item- and taxonomy-related information into MDM to save an estimated $2M in annual operational, training, and management costs. We also removed cross-system disparities related to item syncing, manual updates, and downstream replication. Finally, we laid the foundation for infrastructure management by hosting MDM in a private Azure Cloud and integrated it with external social media.➡️ Understand client business and project requirements by studying documentation and conducting SME and business analyst interviews to develop project scopes and timelines for data migration development and testing phases. ➡️ Identified disparate data sources, reviewed existing data structure, and created a data migration architecture document to highlight data to be migrated to MDM – data extraction, profiling, cleansing, consolidation, governance, and stewardship. ➡️ Devised cut-over strategy, backup dates, SLA/OLA guidelines, audit trail, and SOPs for data management by MDM admin and business users. ➡️ Collaborated with MDM product architects to review and design the “to-be” architecture of data dictionary, business rules, contexts, workflows, interface/export requirements, dashboards, and reporting for IT and business users.➡️ Partnered with client business to understand data cleansing requirements and review data profiles and migration reports. Incorporated feedback and finalized cut-over strategy and related planning activities

In this role for Gap, my team and I aimed to provide the right product at the right time, and enhanced agility for Gap’s North American and European warehouses and related material-handling and inbound logistics systems used in warehouse operations, productivity tracking, and labor management. The results were excellent - The results were excellent - $10Mn saving per year in operational costs, and a 200% faster turnaround (store shipments) after automation across 15 warehouses. Key Details: ➡️ Led a DevOps team of 30 and was in charge of development and operations for retail supply chain warehouse & logistics management systems. ➡️ Collaborated with solution, technical architects, and Vendors in the design review process for multiple development projects in warehouse management and material handling. ➡️ Upgraded the entire Retail WMS and satellite systems stack and migrated to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure successfully. ➡️ Integrated Vendor, PO, WMS, and related systems with Infor (GT Nexus) in the Logistics area successfully.

Here I led another transformative project for Gap, Inc. My team and I instituted Gap’s Application Support and Maintenance (ASM) program solution for 300+ applications across technologies and domains. I guided Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 support and directed incident management, problem resolution, minor/major enhancements, change management, release administration, and SLA management. The key applications I worked on were Warehouse Management, Inventory systems, Europe/China Growth Initiatives, Transportation, and Planning & Forecasting. We also divided the entire Gap application footprint into six clusters for better support management and tracking. Key Details:➡️ A team of ~300 (100 onshore, 200 offshore) staffers worked for the ASM program, which spanned five years and involved a $110M deal. Managed the hiring and training of more than 50 onshore and 100 offshore resources. ➡️ Oversaw a supply chain portfolio (one of six portfolio areas) of about 50 resources servicing 10+ applications. ➡️ Reduced application support costs by about 40% throughout the project in 2 years.➡️ Created an IT product (BEST) – Batch Estimation and Simulation Tool, that predicted critical paths and future impacts on major IT deployments

Integrated CRM(Blue Martini) for tracking loyalty and in-store “Holds” services. Implemented Inventory Hub that provided accurate Available to Sell Inventory information for web & sales personnel to allow better customer service at Nordstrom

Implemented Oracle Retail Suite v10 (RMS, ReSA, ReIM, RDF, Replenishment, Allocations, RDW) to all brands of the retail channel. This provided a one-stop system for the item, price, inventory, invoices management, and stock ledger reporting. Helped William Sonoma to move into a cost-based accounting Inventory system that was geared and sized for new-generation scalability and reuse

Replatformed the Retek Data Warehouse (RDW) system from Oracle/Unix to Netezza to realize significant improvements (12hrs to under 4hrs) in batch run-times of the ETL process of Data Warehouse

Managed and implemented multiple features leveraging the Oracle Retail, Radiant POS, and SFM (Site Fuel management) for managing items, prices, fuel, and inventory for Hess’s 1700 convenience stores

Implemented Oracle Retail Suite v9 (RMS, RDF, Replenishment, Pricing, Allocations, RDW) to all brands of the retail channel. This provided a one-stop system for the item, price, inventory, and stock ledger reporting. Helped Nordstrom to move into a retail-based accounting real-time Inventory system post integration with PkMS WMS for real-time inventory receipts, which was geared and sized for new-generation scalability and reuse