Current Employment:

Current Employment Major Responsibilities (500 Words) (Include previous Employment Responsibilities)

A brief: I am part of Domain Consulting Group called TCS Manufacturing Innovation & Transformation Group (ITG), an elite
industry solution group mandated with delivery of cutting edge domain focused consulting assignments, thought leadership
and transformative business IT solutions.

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT TATA Consultancy Services, Role Managing Consultant (02-APR 2013 onwards):

Functional Area: Manufacturing Domain Consulting, Pre-Sales & ERP Business Transformation Advisory
Key responsibilities include:
1. Responsible for Program Leadership, breakthrough transformational domain consulting engagements, practice management
Industry research & thought leadership;
2. Procurement and Process Mfg Solution owner
3. Practice incubation for IT led business transformation Go-To-Market assets and COE Solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365
4. (ERP & CRM) and Azure (Digital 4.0 or Industry 4.0) Solution
5. Own Pre-Sales Proposals as Manufacturing & Procurement SME (Focus on Process Manufacturing in Food, Chemical etc)
6. Solution Architecting for ERP led Digital Transformation initiatives - Industry 4.0 Digital factory Solution surrounding ERP
offerings
7. Dual revenue targets for Direct (0.5 MM$) and Influence Revenue (10 MM $). Direct Revenue from Consulting Assignments
8. and Influence revenue from Consulting led selling, Go to Market activities and Pre-Sales proposals

Since the PGPX form does not have a placeholder for previous employment responsibilities. Mentioning previous employment
responsibilities in chronological order.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT 1 INFOSYS LTD., Senior Consultant (23 April 07 till 1 April, 2013)
Functional Area: Domain Consulting, Pre-Sales (Retail, CPG, Life Sciences) & ERP Package Consulting
Key responsibilities included
1. 1. Gap analysis, package evaluation, Pre-Sales, COE Incubation
2. 2. ERP Solution deployment for Food and Process Manufacturing customers
3. 3. Lead small teams or play a key part in big teams.
4. 4. Making winning proposals to drive business.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYEMENT 2 ORACLE INDIA PVT LTD., Business Analyst (12 Dec 05 till 19 April, 2007)
Functional Area: Business Analysis, Pre-Sales Support
Key responsibilities included
1. Responsible for post implementation SCM advisory for Process Manufacturing (including FMCG/CPG) clients
2. Support pre-sales process, proposals, business development
PREVIOUS EMPLOYEMENT 3 Hindustan Unilever Limited. (Joined through campus from NDRI, Karnal), Manufacturing & Product
Innovation Officer (01 Jul 03 till 09 Dec 05)
Functional Area: Manufacturing, Supply Chain Operations, Central Planning & Innovation Team
Key responsibilities included
1. Responsible for production planning, machine & manpower allocation & Inventory Management for around 90 variants (SKU
of Frozen Dessert & 12 variants (SKUs) of culinary products.
2. Research and Development for New product introduction during central innovation team stint at HUL Research Center
3. Pillar Head for spearheading Kobetsu Kaizen (Focused Innovation) pillar for entire factory.
4. Managing 4 Ms (Man, Material, Methods and Machine) in cross functional teams aimed at increasing operational efficiency

Current Employment Major Accomplishment (500 Words) (Include previous Employment Accomplishment)

Glimpse of my major career moves:

My career progression has been in diverse yet logically conjoined profiles. I started in FMCG operations with Unilever and learnt
nuances of manufacturing operations, product development and end to end supply chain function, subsequently I built on this
operations domain experience and made a transition to operations focused ERP and process re-engineering consulting profile.

While the diversity yielded breadth and depth to my operations experience; opportune and selectively chosen consulting assignmen
for new age players such as 3D Printing exposed me to new domains beyond my expertise in FMCG/CPG domain.

I have lived and worked across continents, including North America, Europe, and Asia, on short-term (5 days to one month) and
longer term (unto one year) engagements and understand the business environment and culture of most business regions around
world. In my professional career, I have led teams ranging from 5 (in consulting assignments) to 250 (in manufacturing assignments
people, many of them highly multi-cultural and drawn often from more than 5 nations. I revel in a diverse environment and wish to
augment my strengths by joining PGPX.

Globally published work: I have authored research papers and white papers in international fora and global internal forums for TCS
Infosys, and Unilever, on various aspects of manufacturing, Supplier Innovation, and digital. Although my future focus on the area is
not research-centric, I mention these to highlight my expertise and thought leadership in the domain.

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT (Managing Consultant, TATA Consultancy Services: Manufacturing ITG)

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

1. Conceptualized and led Practice establishment for Manufacturing Domain focused Microsoft Dynamics 365 (ERP & CRM) an
Azure (Digital 4.0, Industry 4.0) COE, 10 Associates and 10 MM$ business pipeline for a leading Packaging Supplier to Food
 and retail sector
2. Devised Functional, technical, and financial parameter based strategy for a Global MES (manufacturing Execution System)
Roadmap with scope of over 100 manufacturing facilities in more than 50 countries. The MESA (Mfg Enterprise Solution
Association) ISA 95 based strategy included Industry 4.0 imperatives and its relevance for a leading CPG Packaging Supplie
and RFID Manufacturer.
3. Project Manager for Cloud based Transportation Management solution for a global automotive retailer and OEM supplier.
4. Framework based assessment of efficiency builders and metrics mapping for a warehouse and logistics center with potentia
business benefits of at least 0.5 million USD an year.
5. APQC, SCOR aligned 5 level Process Decomposition repository for Food, Agri and overall Process Mfg.
6. Devised (P2C2: People, Product, Communication and Continuous Improvement) based Supplier Innovation framework,
thought leadership article published on tcs.com
7. Devised an Evaluation Framework for COTS (Commercial Of the Shelf) v/s Bespoke MES Solution.
8. Devised a framework on Mitigating Risk in Oracle ERP Deployment- An Assurance Automation
9. Devised 3A (Assess, Acknowledge, Apply) based due diligence framework for Site Readiness & IT Solution Deployment
with a focus on value retention and business continuum.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYEMENT 1 Infosys Ltd., Senior Consultant- Retail, CPG, Life Sciences
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

1. Led Consultancy for Solution Architecting for a Fortune 500 Coffee Retailer and global Cola major; provided
Performance Improvement consulting and IT Solution deployment across processes from pre-sales to implementation
2. Led Post Merger Advisory, Business Process Reengineering, implementation & upgrade of E-Business for MNC
Beverage Manufacture’s NA Foods Division
3. Process Execution and Manufacturing – Worked for various Fortune 500 Client in devising their Process Supply Chain &
Manufacturing Execution Footprints. Assignments a mix of process consulting and Technology (Oracle ERP) based
solution
4. Center of Excellence (COE) Leader for the Mfg processes in FMCG, and CPG industry hub; responsible for multiple
global clients
5. Presented MES white paper in global forum delineating use of MES with 4M’s (Man, Material, Methods and Machine)
resolve Shop Floor problems.
6. Procurement Function Leader for End-to-End Life Cycle Implementation for a Fortune 500 Hi Tech Discrete major,
oversaw a team of 10 for New Age Procurement (Digital Procurement) solutions conception and implementation.

Key Learning
1. Client Interaction across cultures as a member of Global Implementation team, based out of Hong Kong, China and U
2. Exposure to End to end business solution engagement cycle from Pre-sales to solution delivery.
3. Application of IT in enabling Supply chains, perspective about Software & Enterprise Solutions industry.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYEMENT 2 Oracle India Pvt Ltd., Business Analyst (Dec 05 to April, 2007)
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
1. Provided solutions on client-specific issues in process manufacturing
2. Mentored and coached batches of new joinees on manufacturing domain orientation
3. Created KM articles as a part of Oracle knowledge repository.

Key Learning
1. Critical insights into Oracle Process Manufacturing Module & Software Product Industry.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYEMENT 3 Hindustan Unilever Limited., Manufacturing & Product Innovation Officer (01 Jul 03 till 09 Dec 05)
1. Effected Manpower rationalisation, Restructured the various agreements and SOP for operations and warehousing, material
inbound and outbound and other commercial functions.
2. Managed production operations for around 90 variants (SKUs) of Frozen Dessert & 12 variants (SKUs) of culinary products
3. Reduction in technical efficiency losses by use of Kobetsu Kaizen (Reduction in losses from 4 % to 2.2 %).
4. In house kaizens via Jishu Hozen (Autonomous Maintenance) which increased the reliability of machine (OEE Increased from
61 to 75 %); 20% reduction in product changeover time.
5. Undertook the exhaustive SWOT analysis of Competitors’ Market Dynamics leading to a paradigm shift in the Indian Frozen
Products introduction business strategies.
6. Implemented the production pilot tests on 10 new products launched during ‘Paisa Vasool-Summer 2004’ offer under the
‘KWALITY-WALLS’ Max Brand. Published research paper as a part of Unilever global research database, Colworth, (UK).
7. Devised a breakthrough & patentable avant-garde technology & equipment for the product with enhanced bouquet.

Key Learning
1. Understanding of the Operational Aspects & Concept to Make cycle of CPG (Consumer Product Goods).
2. Subtleties of organization dynamics, Planning & innovation in a Multi SKU-Multi Plant organisation.
3. Macro Perspective about FMCG industry.

Prizes, Awards, Honours or Scholarships (Accomplishment detail 200 Words Each)

A. GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Limited Scholarship

During the B Tech program at National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, I won various fellowships, including the prestigious
Glaxo Smithkline Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH) Fellowship.

GSKCH Fellowship is an academic merit based fellowship that is given to only one student in the batch in a year. I won this fellows
in session 2001-2002. The fellowship involved a stipend of Rs 1000 per month during the year 2001.
 A. Dr P Bhattacharya Memorial Scholarship, NDRI, Karnal

During the B Tech program at National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, I won various fellowships, including the prestigious
Dr. P Bhattacharya Memorial Award Fellowship instituted in the memory of Dr P Bhattacharya an eminent dairy scientist of
international repute and ex- president of Indian Dairy Association.

This Fellowship is an academic merit based fellowship that is given to only one student in the batch in a year. I won this fellowship
session 2000-2001. The fellowship involved a stipend of Rs 800 per month during that year.

A. Ranked 102 in All India Entrance Examination for admission to UG programs and award of National Talent Search
fellowship by ICAR in Year 1999

Placed in merit in All India Entrance Examination for admission to UG programs and award of National Talent Search fellowship in
agriculture and allied subjects. This is an exam conducted by ICAR (Indian Council of Agriculture Research) to allow admission at
highly selective 100 - Year old NDRI (National Dairy Research Institute), Karnal (30 Students intake nationally in year 1999).

The institute, established in 1923, is a premier Govt. of India national research institute and center of excellence under the Indian
Council for Agricultural Research. B Tech, The program a blend of courses in technology, processing, production and business
management (pertaining to dairy and food domains), aims at creating competent industry managers and entrepreneurs to exploit t
largely unexplored opportunities for dairying and milk-foods processing in India. Institute alumni hold enviable positions in Food &
other sectors throughout the globe. I graduated top 10 percent of the class, and was offered a role through campus by the
prestigious Hindustan Unilever (Unilever India) in FMCG manufacturing operations that I gladly accepted.

URL: http://www.ndri.res.in/ndri/Design/aboutNDRI.html

A. D) Mention about Kobetsu Kaizen Pillar head in HUL Factory

As part of TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) initiatives at Hindustan Unilever Nashik Frozen Dessert and Culinary products factor
out of the seven pillars (Kobetsu Kaizen (Focused improvement), Autonomous Maintenance (Jishu Hozen), Planned Maintenance,
Quality Maintenance, Training, Office TPM, Safety Health and Environment) and 5S (Seiri Seiton Seiso Seiketsu and Shitsuke)
foundation I spearheaded the most important pillar (Kobetsu Kaizen) and 5 S foundation of TPM.

As part of the responsibility, I led companywide improvement efforts in People, Process, and Technology area to bring about
enhancements in OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency), breakdown frequencies, workplace environment, time taken for new product
introduction etc. I led a cross cultural team of local Marathi speaking populace of workmen with supervisors and junior officers draw
from different parts of India and collaborated with Japanese consultants to bring about tangible improvements as envisaged under
Kobetsu Kaizen Pillar.
Some of the examples are:

1. 1. Manpower rationalisation, Restructuring of various SOPs for operations & warehousing, material management.
2. 2. Reduction in process efficiency losses by Kobetsu Kaizen (Reduction in losses from 4 % to 2.2 %).
3. 3. In house kaizens via Jishu Hozen to increase the OEE from 61 to 75 %; 20% down in product changeover.

A. E) Most Valuable Player in Infosys COE 2011

Adjudged Most Valuable Player for leading key activities as part of QSR (Quick Service Restaurants) and CPG (Consumer
Packaged goods) COE (Center of Excellence). I led product development and process manufacturing track solution developmen
efforts for these COEs.

Apart from this, as a knowledge champion. I enabled 5 paper selections in reputed OAUG10, an eclectic mix of Oracle ERP user
companies who congregate in Las Vegas every year to deliberate and exchange view on road map of Oracle business solution
offerings. One of these papers was authored and presented by me. The paper dealt with Oracle MES (Manufacturing Execution
system for Process Manufacturing) features for managing 4 Ms namely Man, Material, methods and Machine on shop floor.

The solution and Go to market assets developed as part of these COEs were used as key enablers to successfully scout for new
ERP focused multi mullion dollar IT projects businesses with the food division of a Cola Major and a key iconic Coffee retailer.

International Exposure

Infosys Limited Arrow (Jul 18/05/2008 - 18/03/ 2009

This was my first year long international business trip to a major business hub, Hongkong, a conduit to Asia. Starry eyed,
I landed in Hongkong to work as a Supply Chain expert to lead customer initiatives for a greenfield ERP implementation.
The ERP implementation, largest in Oracle Applications history, was rolled out to 200 countries. As a Functional lead,
I performed key roles during global blueprinting phase leading and participating in key workshops attended by people from
over 50 nationalities.

Managing customer expectations, applying domain expertise to solve customer problems and using functional features of
Oracle ERP to blue print business process were some of the regular activities that I performed during my stay. I led multi-cultu
2-10 members.

Key learning was to understand how important the collaboration in a multi-cultural environment is. On a lighter v
I had a couple of study visits to China to understand first SEZ in Shenzen, I also made a few fun visits to Macau
to try my luck on roulette. Twin cities of Honkong and Macau are the practical replica of the saying: Work Hard,
Play harder. I learnt this concept and much more in my maiden overseas visit.

a. As Infosys Limited Oracle Functional Consulting Projects for Fortune 500 Coffee Retailer (Jul 30/07/2011 - 03/10/ 2011)
 My second international trip of 4 months and a first to a western economy, was happening to say the least.
The image is still fresh like the morning coffee aroma in the Testing sessions at the global corporate headquarters
the iconic coffee retailer, sensory evaluation of the nuances of slight variations of Arabica and Robusta.

Being a dairy & food technologist by training, I could apply my domain experience and Oracle E-Business Suite
knowhow for complex business driven ERP upgrade project of my customer, which has redefined the way people
experience coffee. The larger objective was to have more agile ERP solution in place which would exploit new
features offered by Oracle to become more customer centric.

Having spent a significant time in leading offshore development team, I travelled to US to be closer to client
business SMEs for steering solution buy in on key milestones. Mainly worked on Procurement and process
manufacturing operations of ERP. Key performance indicators were to achieve consensus between business
understanding by client users and technical verbiage used by software developers.

a. B) Infosys Limited PepsiCo (Jul 08/06/2012 - 03/10/ 2012

This 4 month trip to Peterborough in Canada was for a strategic project of our client, the North America food business of one of th
two Cola majors. I operated from the NA Food Division headquarters and the worlds oldest oats manufacturing facility situated on
banks of Otonabee River in Peterborough. I worked as a lead Supply Chain Consultant on some of the key aspects such as

1. Devise process re-engineering strategy to bring common IT landscape and Process harmonization between acquired busines
of potato chips with the Oats.
2. Designing Co-mingling & outlier processes for Warehouse and Direct store delivery distribution strategies

Having designed Go to market offerings as a part of CPG COE in Infosys, my involvement was from Pre-Sales presentation, Proposa
Writing to blue printing and solution deployment.

Based on insights, I created a blog titled as - Mergers & Acquisitions: Look Beyond Bean Counting: IT Demands Its Due, that says
given critical role of IT in deciding whether mergers deliver the expected value, the key strategic decisions belong not only to bean
counters or financial advisers and strategy consultant but also to IT executives who assess IT synergies of merged entity.

a. C)

Self/Career Improvement Efforts <<Benefits gained 200 Words>>

A. Design Thinking (04-05 April,2 016)

 I underwent Design Thinking training from 04-05 April at the prestigious Tata Management Training Centre
(TMTC) was founded in 1959, by Mr.JRD Tata, the fourth chairman of the Tata Group. Design thinking is a
methodology used by designers to solve complex problems, and find desirable solutions for clients. A design
mindset is not problem-focused but solution focused and action oriented towards creating a preferred future

BENEFITS GAINED:
I am part of a solution focused niche domain consulting group called Manufacturing Innovation &
Transformation Group within TCS with mandate to provide cutting edge business and IT solutions to complex
business problems. Design thinking approach helped me in arriving at cost conscious yet effective solutions.
During that time, I worked as a Supply Chain solution lead for a strategic ERP led business transformation
program of a leading 3 D Printing company, I devised simple yet scalable for Supplier Collaboration and Supp
would help to redefine the supplier new product introduction and 3 D manufacturing value chain of ‘the way
The solution foundation concept was manifested as part of the Supplier Innovation white paper that I authore
tcs.com.

• B. E-Business Suite Sales Champion

Infosys partnered with Oracle to equip Domain Professionals with requisite E-Business Suite (ERP) Competenc
focused on understating and mastering the Sales life cycle of Oracle E- Business Suite.

BENEFITS GAINED:
I gained key sights on how to pitch domain specific offerings from ERP in collaboration with Oracle. The certi
equipping on nuances of ERP selling and responding to client business problems with ERP based solution op
helped to get expertise to work on Sales proposals that I worked on with reasonable success rate to gain bus
Packaged) and manufacturing space.

• C. E-Business Supply Chain Management Pre-Sales Champion

This is one more certification in the series of Oracle Partner Network Capability building initiatives. I gained k
strong pre-sales proposal responses that would help the ERP selling move from a mere business software pac
consulting led selling.

BENEFITS GAINED: I used the expertise gained to work on Pre-sales proposals to respond to RFPs (Request fo
in CPG (Consumer Packaged) and manufacturing space.

• D. E-Business Suite Manufacturing Champion

One more certification in the series of Oracle Partner Network Capability building initiatives.
 BENEFITS GAINED: As I have worked in Process Manufacturing space during my stint with Unilever India Food
opportunity to learn how a standard package like Oracle ERP provides solutions to various verticals in Process
namely, Food, CPG, Metals and Chemicals. .

Insights gained helped me to apply my food industry domain experience and learnings in Process Manufactu
ERP solution. This understanding brought about gaps in packaged Solution offering and what a best in class
should be.

• E. E-Business Procurement Champion

One more certification in the series of Oracle Partner Network Capability building initiatives.

BENEFITS GAINED: I confirmed the level of expertise that I have on the Supply side solution offerings in Orac
Solutions. Insights gained helped me to get advanced expertise to work on Pre-sales proposals that I worked
success rate to gain businesses in CPG (Consumer Packaged) and manufacturing space.

• F. Total Productive Management (TPM) : Gemba Kaizen

Hindustan Unilever Nashik factory embarked on an ambitious TPM Drive. As a leader of Kobetsu kaizen (Cont
I undertook Gemba Kaizen certification from Japanese Management Association (JMA) to formalize my under

Gemba Kaizen extends the concept of Kaizen (Change for Good) to the real solutions and real problems. GEM
Continual Improvement at the Real Place. It is a key concept in value engineering as it talks about Identifying
MUDA (Waste or non-value adding activities or obstructions to flow) from work processes and work spots.

Gemba Kaizen insights helped me to focus on Continuous improvements on real problems and real solutions
solutions for non-issues that may abound on a manufacturing shop floor.

• G. Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)

Awarded by APICS- The association for Business operations, Certified Supply Chain Professional or the CSCP p
professional to earn and demonstrate knowledge and organizational skills for developing more streamlined o
professionals are spread across 82 countries. The course curriculum has 3 modules namely Supply Chain Desi
and Execution, Supply Chain Improvements and Best Practices.

BENEFITS GAINED:

I gained internationally recognized certification, insights in a vast body of knowledge focused on Supply Chai
understanding to develop futuristic supply chain solutions that maximize ERP investments and build sustainab
 The knowledge gained helped me in several ERP based business technology assignments and pure play proce
consulting assignments.

• H. Techniques for Managing Industrial Safety

A certification that is part of Process Safety Management initiatives and delivered by Du Pont, it was facilitate
for Manufacturing Officers like me who manage Man, Material, Methods and Machine (4Ms) and this control
factory operations.

BENEFITS GAINED:
What I gained from the course are the insights into unsafe mindset psychology and role of unsafe conditions
an industrial setup. The techniques taught me behavioral ways to identify and check unsafe actions. The tang
through the initiatives that I spearheaded for factory wide rollout of safety conscious mindset and assurance
with significantly reduced number of near miss accidents.

• I. 6 Months Diploma in MS office, dBase 3 plus, C++

Undertook this course as an extra initiative during my B Tech program to learn key aids for a successful
documentation skill upgrade.

• J. Total Quality Management & ISO-9000 including Organizational Behaviour and Internal Quality Auditing

Undertook this course as an extra initiative during my B Tech program to learn about som
lean management concepts that have redefined the way manufacturing quality is perceived at shop floor. The
module correspondence and contact course delivered by Indian Institute of Management and Technology Ch
understand key professional concepts on Organization behavior and internal quality auditing. This course diff
during placement process and highlighted the point that I have willingness to learn concepts to enhance my