Kannan Natarajan

Company Overview: A next-generation global technology company that helps enterprises re-imagine their businesses for the digital age - Digital, IoT, Cloud, Automation, Cybersecurity, Data & Analytics, Gen AI, Infrastructure Management and Engineering

• As P&L owner, drive business growth and profitability through delivering high quality digital transformation programs under various delivery models, ensuring higher customer satisfaction
• Develop strategic initiatives in collaboration with Sales and Capability teams, overseeing execution, governance, and enhancement of delivery metrics
• Collaborate with Clients to drive their comprehensive Digital Strategies, offering solutions for transformational roadmaps and operational efficiencies, leveraging evolving trends in cloud computing, data, analytics and AI, product operating models, agile delivery and intelligent automation
• Develop strategic initiatives in collaboration with Sales and Capability teams, overseeing execution, governance, and enhancement of delivery metrics
• Maintain a sharp focus on P&L management, implementing strategies to boost utilisation efficiencies, cross leveraging, operational excellence, and talent retention to enhance profitability
• Cultivate a culture of Service Excellence and Stability within the team, driving continuous service improvements

• Led comprehensive IT/Digital transformation initiatives, granting Customers distinct competitive advantages
• Integrated vital Supply Chain systems into Oracle Retail and related product suite, facilitating the Retail transformation program's success
• Streamlined 3PL-operated warehouses within the customer's IT landscape
• Continuously enhanced integration to optimise operational efficiencies, combining application and infrastructure services for unified service delivery
• Established HCL’s role as a People Systems implementation partner, displacing specialist incumbents

• Established and expanded supply chain capabilities, collaborating across teams to craft business strategies, navigate diverse regions, and drive end-to-end delivery of solution proposals in response to RFPs
• Devised an industrialized framework for rapid, cost-effective Blue Yonder product implementations, securing 10+ new logos and fostering client relationships across geographies

• Established an accelerated WMS rollout platform using a template/complexity-based model across EMEA for 3PL customers
• Implemented templates and a catalogue-based framework for targeted verticals and regions for a global 3PL leader

• Developed and expanded capabilities in the Transportation & Logistics vertical using Blue Yonder solutions
• Managed delivery of Blue Yonder WMS projects for clients in the Transportation, Manufacturing and Retail sectors

• Devised an efficient and cost-effective implementation framework for BY Warehouse Management solutions across the regions
• Developed strategic plans for implementing BY Warehousing solutions and delivered them successfully, ensuring the satisfaction across business and operations teams

• Development, enhancements of major/minor product releases for RedPrairie Warehouse Management System
• Enhanced the core product architecture platform of RedPrairie suite of products
• Customer specific enhancements & implementing solutions to RedPrairie's customers

• Development, enhancements and maintenance of web and desktop applications per customer requirements
• Development of e-commerce portal for a leading telecom major in South Asia