Venugopal Thoddun Rajaram
Summary
- Accomplished Techno Functional IT Consultant with 13 years of experience in the Information Technology on emphasis of BlueYonder (Dispatcher and Discrete WMS) and Manhattan Associates WMOS (classic and SCPP versions)
- Performance-driven and knowledgeable WMS Expert with a proven track record of success and Excellent business knowledge and working experience in Supply Chain Management processes.
- Effective leader and great communication skills, excellent time management skills and important ability to remain calm in a stressful situation.
- Possess exemplary organization skills complemented by an acute attention to detail to prioritize daily task, having proven ability to wear different hats and assuming responsibility for daily business operations
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Techno Functional Consultant
Cognizant Technology Solutions
12.2016 - Current
- Discover, organize, and clarify business needs and review/produce specifications for change
- Prepared proposals outlining requirements, potential solutions and required resources, timelines and costs to achieve objectives.
- Assess change-proposals and define solutions to help the organization achieve its goals
- Integration Architecture Finalization with design architecture team
- Inform Customer with new BY WMS capabilities and introduce key functionality across the Business
- Designed impressive solutions to overcome existing system challenges.
- Work with the Technical Analyst and development team to ensure that they understand the specifications.
- Conducting meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings.
- Managing projects, developing project plans, and monitoring performance
- Executed and implemented solutions on time and within budget constraints while ensuring high levels of service throughout process.
- Worked closely with end-users to assess business requirements, support change and deliver high-quality customer experiences.
Senior Systems Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
05.2014 - 11.2016
- Work with training team to document system scenarios and identify roles impacted to help develop a change management/training plan
- Performing configuration changes as the process of stabilizing the system
- Monitoring the Project Deliverables to attain high quality in each Phases of the SDLC
- Developing seamless integration module with WCS system using Java bootstrap technology and REST API services
- Helping testing team in competing System testing, System integration testing and Performance testing
- End to end implementation of WMS Automation program
- Key KPI reports (graphical view) in a web-based dashboard
- Conducting workshop with multiple stakeholders & Business to gather the requirement for upgrade the existing WMS system
- Configuration on MIF(Manhattan Integration Framework), Printer & functional testing of WM product
- Building new environment, Installing Control-m and syncing with production environment
System Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
12.2009 - 04.2014
- Planning, organizing, and evaluating the operations of information systems, to develop and improve Client business processes
- Responsible for identifying the recurring issues and provide fix for it
- Managing project scope and changes control by providing solutions and coordinating with vendor if required
- Performing configuration changes as the process of stabilizing the system
- Monitoring the Project Deliverables to attain high Quality in each Phases of the SDLC
- Ensuring Team motivation and continuous improvement throughout the Delivery Phases
- Automate the process wherever possible to fix the issue instead of manually intervention
- Inventory reconciliation between Order management & WM and fixing the interface issue
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics
Sona College of Technology/Anna University
INDIA2009
Skills
Product Competencies
- BlueYonder (Dispatcher and Discrete WMS)
- Manhattan Associates WMOS (classic and SCPP versions)
- BlueYonder Labour Management
Programming Languages
- PL SQL, Shell Scripting, Java Bootstrap
Key domain & Process Competencies
- Operational Expertise – Experience in WMS Operations and Supply Chain Management including modules such as Inventory Management, Planning, Inbound, Outbound, Shipping ,Quality management, Performance measurement, Activity Management and System integration
- Consultancy- Providing value added solutions for various distribution modules with strong knowledge on Supply Chain process (Warehouse Management, Demand Planning, Order management System, Store planning)
Key Process Competencies
- Process knowledge (Conventional)- Involved in all SDLC phases of Waterfall & DevOps models those are pertinent to any project life cycle stages such as Analysis, Design, Development, System Testing, Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, implementation and Post Implementation Phase support
- Process knowledge (SAFE Agile/DevOps) - Certified Scrum Master and SAFe Agilist having rich experience in the Scrum & DevOps process model
Certification
- BlueYonder Certified warehouse management Functional and Technical Consultant
- Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals Consultant
- BlueYonder Certified Luminous control Tower Consultant
- SAFe 5 Agilist
- Scrum Master
Languages
English
Fluent
Tamil
Native
Additional Information
- Winner of Supply Chain White Paper Challenge 2021 across Supply Chain practice within current Organization
- Have won the “Best Results - EMEA” winner of JDA Software's 2019 Real Results Awards.
- 4+ End to end implementations of various Warehouse Operation projects for retailer Customers, involved in the integration of WCS components with WMS.
- Extensive experience in customizations and enhancements in WMS application Strong Retail knowledge by supporting Legacy application and delivering 10+ major projects for UK's largest Retailer.
- Configure and support interfaces between JDA and other legacy and data-warehousing tools using IBM MQ, Java, Mainframe utilities, etc.
Major Retail Customer Worked
- Pets at Home
- Target Corporations
- Kohl's Corporations
- Nike Inc
- Marks and Spencer plc
Declaration
I hereby declare that the above-given information is correct and any further information will be furnished on request
Venugopal Thoddun Rajaram
Timeline
Techno Functional Consultant
Cognizant Technology Solutions
12.2016 - Current
Senior Systems Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
05.2014 - 11.2016
System Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
12.2009 - 04.2014
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics
Sona College of Technology/Anna University