Vijay Arora

Objective: Seeking a Sr. Level Management role

ü  Performance-focused and Strategic IT leader credited with dollar savings through enterprise-level technology utilization and exceptional strategy development.

ü  Big-picture and out of the box thinker who confidently champions business objectives with focused business acumen, vendor negotiations, offshore development and cost-cutting initiatives.

ü  Technical leader and planner with strong experience in advancing corporate performance through expert alignment of technical resources with corporate objectives.

ü  Dynamic management career with strong leadership, problem solving, planning, risk management, team-building and project management skills. Recruited, developed, motivated and retained diverse staff, structuring them into teams that deliver results and savings. Proven record of IT project execution in very large complex environments

ü  Extensive experience in business planning, organizational design, enterprise support, vendor management and information systems development

ü  Managed a team of professionals to provide enhancement, maintain, and support enterprise applications. Carried out managerial tasks such as resource management, development, talent management, performance management, compensation, retention, replacement and termination

ü  Work with business leaders of CRM, Accounting & Finance, Procurement & Supply Chain, Operations and Human Resources, to align technology road map with their priorities.

ü  Develop and implement successful project management and compliance strategies, continuously providing team members with the training, support, resources, guidance, and motivation to exceed organizational objectives. Developed project concepts, created plans and oversaw implementation of business solutions of simple to moderate complexity. Conducted Post-Implementation Reviews

ü  Oversaw the planning and controlling of a single task/projection on a day-to-day basis including project budget.

ü  Interacted with business and IT partners within the immediate environment to foster commitment and teamwork.

ü  Worked with business unit to define critical business needs and arrange appropriate resources. Managed work request evaluation and authorization, development and submission of work orders, as well as review of cost estimates from the suppliers

ü  Managed Project Costing and Budgeting , Project Schedules, Test plans, test scripts Milestones and other Documents

ü  Created project plans and timelines to ensure projects are completed within budget and within designated time parameters.

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ü  MBA – Finance & Marketing    - IMT Ghaziabad, New Delhi One of Top 10 Management Institutes in India

ü  BS Electrical Engineering   -   Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi -One of Top 25 Engineering Colleges in India

ü  Management: People / Team Management, Project /Program Management, IT Budgets, RFP, Compliance, Supplier/Vendor & Supplier Management

ü  Applications: ORACLE APPLICATIONS-Accounts Payable(AR) , Sales(CRM), Accounts Receivables (AR), Project Accounting(PA), Advance Pricing(QP), General Ledger(GL), Inventory, Order Management and Shipping, Purchase Order(PO), AGILE PLM, Salesforce and Siebel CRM

ü  Reporting  and Analytics Tools: Oracle Reports, Cognos8 BI, Cognos 8 Planning, Noetix, Informatica,  OBIEE, Cognos Decision Stream ETL, Discoverer: Administrator and End user layers

ü  Hardware Implementation: Unix, Linux Server, Sun Servers - Sun Solaris Unix, VERITAS file and volume manager/Veritas foundation suite, EMC disk , Veritas net backup, Oracle and Teradata Servers.

ü  Technical Project Management

Confdential, San Diego, CA                                                                                           9/2014 Onwards

Sr Manager Business Applications

·         Implemented and supported Oracle Apps projects in Workforce Time writing , Oracle Agile, Oracle Field Service CRM, Oracle Field Service, Oracle Mobil Supply Chain, Workforce Software, Oracle mobile Field Service, OM, INV, PO, and WIP in US, Europe and Asia.

·         Established relationships with vendors and partners . Conducted technical discussions, contract negotiations, and product evaluations.

·         Supported Oracle upgrade Project from 11i to R12.

·         Managed creation of several Inventory Organizations and Operating units.

·         Supported Inventory optimization Initiatives

·         Managed BI, data analytics and data warehouse initiatives in the organization in DGEN stabilization Datamart.

 Novatel Wireless Inc.  San Diego CA                                                                         3/2012-2/2014Sr Manager Business Applications

·         Implemented & Supported Oracle EBS, Agile Applications in CRM, OM, INV, PO, AP, GL, ,BOM, WIP, PLM and Manufacturing Area. Provided day to day support for CRM, PLM, Finance, Supply Chain apps.

·         Managed creation of several Organizations and Operating units. Managed Data Conversion for AP, AR, GL, Inventory balances, Purchasing etc.

·         March 2012 -July 2012 - Successfully Implemented Oracle Supply Chain (OM, INV,PO,RCV, Shipping)  including data conversions with zero issues on go live. 

·         July-2012 – Feb – 2014 – Successfully supported Oralce OM, INV,PO,RC , AP,AP,GL,i- Expense, Agile PLM

·         Sept2013-Feb2014- Successfully managed EDI 856 receipt automation

VMware Palo Alto CA                                                                                         7/2011-3/2012

Project Manager - Data warehouse, BI & Oracle EBS  

·         Managed Oracle Apps projects and OBIEE reporting in AP, AR, GL, OM, INV, PO, and Manufacturing Area.

·         Analyzed Business Requirements for reporting, BI and data warehousing design and

·         Managed QA , UAT and testing for reports and dashboards designed in OBIEE and Informatica using Oracle EBS, Mylearn and Sales force  as source systems

·         Managed Design  and creation of multiple ETL jobs using principals of data warehousing and using Ralph Kindle methodology. Created Star and Snowflake schemas based on application requirements. 

Achievements at VMWARE

·         Aug 2011 -Feb 2012  Successfully rolled out new Oracle Applications functionalities, Enhancement and customization in an onsite and offshore model

·         Aug 2011 -Feb 2012  Successfully rolled out 7 new OBIEE dashboards and Informatica mappings

eBay INC, San Jose CA                                                                                         8/2010-8/2011

Data Analytics Director –Consultant through InfoBahn

·         Managed Project plans, schedules, resources

·         Managed PMO activities to report, coordinate, contribute, and assist in all PMO efforts: Track Phase/Milestone closures, budget review, and resources utilization/constrains, missed time line, and get back on track actions

·         Documented Project Charter, Project Scope, Projects Risks/Risk management, Business cases, Project Change management Plans etc.

·         Supported eBay Seller, buyer and trust Analytics teams.

·         Managed a team of Data Analytics consultants.

·         Created infrastructure and applications on Big Data , Analytics, Machine learning, Predictive analytics using technologies like Hadoop, Cassandra, Pig, Hive

·         Managed teams handling   Data warehouse , Teradata, SQL, Hadoop, and  Big Data Servers

Trimble Navigation Ltd., Sunnyvale, CA                                                       6/2002-Feb2008

 Oracle EBS Implementation and  BI, Data warehouse Manager

·         Managed full cycle implementations of business systems like Oracle applications, ERP and Finance Applications in US, Europe and Asia Region.

·         Managed a team of over 4 contractors and 7 full time employees to implement and Support Oracle Applications in OM, INV, PO, and OTL , WIP areas.

·         Managed development of dashboard reporting, KPI and data warehousing using tools like OBIEE, Noetix, and Cognos etc.

• Managed Oracle setups for over 20 Oracle Application modules and close to 500 reports and other customizations like interfaces and custom extensions.
• Managed day to day operations like customizations, software development, system administration, Business System Analysis etc.

Achievements at Trimble Navigations Ltd, Sunnyvale CA

• June2002 -March 2003- Successfully rolled out new Oracle Applications, Functionalities, Enhancement and Customizations for Trimble Europe Business.
• March 2003 -July 2004 - Successfully Implemented Oracle Supply Chain (OM, INV, PO, RCV, Shipping)  including data conversions for Trimble America Region
• Jul2014 – Dec 2014 - Successfully rolled out Noetix views and  BI package
• March 2004  -Feb 2005-  Successfully rolled out Cognos 8 BI dashboards and Decision Stream ETL mappings
• Feb2005 -July 2005- Successfully rolled out Cognos Planning FP&A Application
• Jan 2006 – Dec 2006- Successfully rolled out Cordys –Java SOA suite including completion of multiple finance and supply chain projects

Wireless Facilities Inc., San Diego                                                      7/2000-6/2002

Sr. Manager of Oracle Applications Development

7/2000 - 6/2002 –Oracle Applications Manager  Wireless Facilities Inc., San Diego .

4/2001 – 6/2002  - Promoted to Technical Manager. Managed a team of 7 developers and DBA’s

7/2000-4/2001 – Joined as Software Engineer – Managed a team of 4 contractors

Environment: Oracle 11.0.3 (AP, AR. GL. PO. PA. HRMS, I-expense, I-Procurement, I-time(OTL), Self Service HR, Solaris, Veritas Volume and File Managers)

·         Managed a team of 7 Business Analysts, Software professionals, Database Administrators and System administrators for support of business processes and systems.

·         Implemented, Enhanced and supported key business systems like Oracle applications impacting the way Finance, Accounting, operations, purchasing and requisitioning process work in the organization.

·         Managed and supported full cycle oracle applications implementation for the enterprise internationally in US, Europe and Mexico.

·         Planed and evaluated new technologies, best industry practices and cost benefit analysis for Information Technology Management

·         Responsible for over 3 million IT spending Budget.

General Atomics – San Diego CA                                                                     3/2000-7/2000

Oracle Consulting Manager  

·         Managed a project to create over 120 oracle new reports in 90 days with a team to 2 people.

Xerox                                                                                                                         8/1989-3/2000

IT Business Systems Manager

·         Managed IT services and solutions.

·         Managed Implementation of CRM, ERP and other business systems.

·         Oversee all IT functions including strategy development and execution, budgeting, applications, infrastructure, and physical security.

·         Created process and productivity improvement projects.