Candidates About

 

 

Vinoth Kumar Balaraman

 

Professional Summary

 

•     Total 12 years of extensive experience in Sales and Supply chain domain which includes:

§  7 years as Functional consultant for Oracle SCM, Manufacturing & CRM Modules.

§  5 years in Sales & distribution, customer service and as Oracle super user, implementation coordinator.

•     Working knowledge on Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM) and CRM modules in the areas of Order Management, Advanced Pricing, Depot Repair, Purchasing, Inventory,iProcurement , Sourcing, Planning, Quoting, Install Base, Service Contracts.

•     Working knowledge on Oracle Manufacturing in the areas of BOM, WIP, Costing, Engineering, Configurator.

•         Solid experience in P2P and O2C process.

•     Involved in complete lifecycle of a project starting from requirement gathering, solution designing, testing, migration to Post implementation support.

•     Extensive experience in the Functional aspects of Oracle Applications 11i &Release 12.

•         Basic technical SQL skills and good experience working in highly technical interface projects.

•         Experience includes execution of Oracle Applications implementations including the exposure to E-Business Suite Release 12, numerous Application Support projects with high level of Customer Satisfaction.

•     Adept in reviewing and analysing the business scenarios, processes and activities, evaluating end user requirements and custom designing solutions and troubleshooting any problems in the process.

•     Demonstrated abilities in mapping business requirements and translating these requirements into Oracle applications functional specifications and detailed test plans and custom designing solutions

•     Worked in Onsite and Offshore model projects, coordinating and leading offshore team.

•     Dynamic professional with excellent problem identification and root cause analysis skills, strong leadership, team management, Client relationship and interpersonal traits.

 

 

 

Education

 

Degree	College	Year of Passing
MBA(Marketing)	ICFAI Business School	2009
BE(Automobile)	PSG College of Technology	2003

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

Client:             GE Measurement and Control, Billerica, MA, US

Role:                           Oracle Functional Consultant- Onsite Lead

Duration:                   (11/2014) – till date

 

Project Description

GE – Oil and Gas business uses Oracle for managing their Purchase, Sales, Accounting, HR,         Repair, Manufacturing, Service activities. They use 5 different Oracle instances for managing different businesses like Turbo machinery, Surface drilling, Measurement and control operating from different countries like US, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, China, India.

 

Contribution

 

·         Handle Support and Enhancement tasks

·         Hands on Experience in following modules:

o   SCM modules – OM (O2C), Quoting, Advanced Pricing, Purchasing (P2P), Inventory, Quality, Planning.

o   CRM Modules - Depot Repair, Install Base, iStore, Quoting, Service Contracts

o   Manufacturing Modules- BOM, WIP, Configurator, Costing, Engineering

·         Involve in requirement gathering, Design, Testing, migration and support activities.

·         Expertise in leading offshore team.

·         Act as liaison between technical/offshore team and US Business users

·         Expertise in handling high priority (P1) issues.

 

 

 

Client:             GE Oil and Gas, Houston, TX, US

Role:                           Oracle Consultant- Roll out

Duration:                   (06/2013) – (10/2014)

 

Project Description

GE – Oil and Gas business wanted to extend the Oracle system to some of their organizations for managing their sales activities.

This is a rollout project for implementation of Oracle Order Management & Pricing, Inventory, Purchasing, Depot Repair module.

 

 

 

Contribution

·         Worked as part of Oracle SCM (OM, Pricing,PO, INV, Depot Repair) Roll out team.

·         Played active role in all phases of implementation like Requirement gathering, Solution design, configuration and Testing.

·         Handled CRP1, CRP2, UAT, User training, Migration and Go-live sessions.

·         PreparedRD020, BP080, MD050, TE040, BR100 documents.

·         Played an active role in support phase, handling support issues and change requests.

 

 

 

Client  :                       Savola Foods, Saudi Arabia

Role:                           Oracle Implementation Consultant

Duration:                   (06/2012) – (05/2013)

 

Project Description

 

The Savola Group is a Saudi Arabian industrial company. The Group’s major holdings supply Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and North African countries with edible oils, sugar, fresh dairy products, and restaurants serving fast foods.

Savola wants to implement a system for Procurement, Ordering, Pricing and managing Marketing budgets. This project involves implementation of Core Purchasing and Marketing Modules with capacity to perform activities like Budget creation, Budget control form (BCF) creation, Purchase requisition and Purchase Order Auto creation, Marketing Budget updation and regular procurement activities. It involves interface of Marketing Module with Purchasing and Payable Module

 

Contribution

·         Implemented Oracle Marketing, Purchasing(P2P), OM(O2C),Adv Pricing, Quoting

·         Played an active role in Requirement gathering, Solution design, configuration and Testing.

·         Handled CRP1, CRP2, UAT, User training, Migration and Go-live sessions.

·         Prepared RD020, BP080, MD050, TE040, BR100 documents.

·         Played an active role in support phase, handling support issues and change requests.

 

 

Client:                         Balfour Beatty, UK

Role:                           Oracle Implementation & Support Consultant

Duration:                   (03/2011) – (05/2012)

 

Project Description

 

Balfour Beatty is a multinational infrastructure group with capabilities in professional services, construction services, support services and infrastructure investment. This project involves ERP implementation of Oracle Business Suite R12 - Finance, SCM, CRM, Projects, and HR modules. It is an upgrade project.

 

 

Contribution

·         Implementation and support of SCM modules- Order Management, Pricing, Purchasing, Inventory.

·         Worked as Part of Presales team and involved in product demonstration of Depot Repair,EAM, iProcurement, Sourcing, iSupplier.

·         Worked in Onsite and Offshore model project, coordinating with Onsite team

 

 

 

Organization:             Bharti Axa General Insurance Company Ltd, India

Role:                           Sales Manager

Duration:                   (03/2009) – (02/2011)

 

Company Profile:

Bharti Axa General Insurance is service provider for non-Life insurance products like Motor, Health, Personal Accident, Property, Casualty, Marine & Engineering Insurance products. They sell their products through various channels and they have multiple sales offices in India.

 

Contribution

·         Handled Channel management –Agent, Broker and Corporate channel.

·         Worked on contracts, Install base, Pricing, Quoting, Ordering tools.

·         Worked with Underwriters/Risk engineers in preparation of quotations.

·         Coordinated with Risk engineering, Underwriting, Operations and Claims team for risk assessment, approvals, quotations, policy documents& faster claim process.

·         Involved in agent identification, enrolment & development activities.

·         Involved in need analysis, consultation, negotiation, marketing, training, business development and customer service.

·         Developed aggressive sales strategies to achieve budgeted monthly sale.

·         Handled Motor, Health, Personal Accident, Property, Casualty, Marine & Engineering Insurance products.

·         Completed Licentiate and Associate ship level certifications in non-life Insurance domain conducted by Insurance Institute of India.

·         Winner of national level contest, ‘Marketing Warfare 2009’ conducted by the company.

 

 

 

 

Organization:             Rane Brake Linings Ltd, India

Role:                           Marketing Executive, ERP Super user

Duration:                   (09/2003) – (05/2006)

 

Company Profile:

Rane Brake Linings, India operates in collaboration with Nisshinbo Brakes Inc, Japan. They are the manufacturers of asbestos free brake linings, disc pads & clutch facings used in Automotive. They distribute their products directly to OEM customers and After market dealers. They use Oracle ERP to maintain all functions like Sales, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality and Finance.

 

Contribution

·         Handled Original Equipment Manufacturers(OEM) sales and service tasks

·         Worked as Oracle ERP super user on modules like Oracle Order Management, Pricing, Quoting.

·         Worked with ERP vendor in Implementation and support of Oracle Modules

·         Trained end users to work on Oracle Modules for sales related activities.

• Handled OEM customers, coordinated with internal departments and met customer demands.
• Developed aggressive sales strategies to achieve budgeted monthly sale.
• Planned the schedules of the clients and accordingly dispatched materials as per customer requirements.
• Managed & resolved customer queries in effective and efficient manner.
• Coordinated for client visits, quality inspections and purchase of raw materials.
• Actively involved in new product development and payment follow-ups.
• Successfully handled a project for reduction of payment outstanding and got appreciations from the top management.
• Worked in Product testing- Testing of Brake Linings & disc brakes.