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Babu S

Babu S

Chennai

Summary

Lead Solution Architect with extensive experience in designing and implementing software solutions. Expertise in guiding teams to achieve successful project delivery while aligning technology systems with business strategies. Recognized for innovative problem solving and technical leadership, driving operational efficiency. Achievements include leading transformation projects that enhanced system performance and improved customer experiences.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Solution Architect

Smith & Nephew
Pune
10.2024 - Current
  • Design and collaborate on a roadmap of Global Planning Systems Management and Operations solutions that deliver products to market faster, globally.
  • Partner with related Product Owners and Product Leaders to ensure the design and deployment of quality system solutions that consolidate all Global Planning Systems Management, Planning, and Operations software into a core set of solutions that reduces the overall application footprint.
  • Translate technical solutions into business activity and vice versa, and understand the impact of technical and business changes on each other.
  • Owning all design for Global Planning Systems technical solutions that will deliver the desired business outcomes, in alignment with enterprise architecture standards published by the Enterprise Architecture function, also meeting quality requirements, technical constraints, and performance requirements.
  • Overseeing the quality of output arising from solution build, and being responsible for the acceptance of the technical integrity and architectural compliance of the solution.
  • Working with both on-premise and cloud-based technologies to design the optimal solution for the customer.

Lead Consultant

HCL Technologies
Chennai
03.2022 - 10.2024
  • Data & Analytics Lead Consultant, leading the team in KINAXIS Practice.
  • Led a team of 14 members supporting the KINAXIS AMS Project for a British MNC medical equipment manufacturing company since May 2022.
  • Responsible for end-to-end Kinaxis Rapid Response demand and supply planning module maintenance on three servers (DEV, QA, PROD).
  • Managing daily data updates from 17 source systems (majorly SAP and AX), and continuously monitoring data integration errors.
  • Managing daily data feed into Kinaxis tables (36 tables) with approximately 66 million records.
  • Managing middleware (Snowflake), where the key files are received and placed for pickup.
  • Managing daily issues as incidents (P1, P2, P3, and P4) in the ServiceNow portal.
  • Managing enhancements as tickets in the JIRA portal.
  • Leading access management, incident management, change management, transport management, and housekeeping for the client’s rapid response.

Senior Engineer

Ford Motor Private Ltd
Chennai
03.2012 - 03.2022
  • Global Supplier Constraints Management.
  • Global Supplier Capacity Planning and Systems
  • Business Systems Planning and Implementation (Outbound Logistics)
  • Vehicle Distribution (Outbound Logistics)

Production Planning Engineer

Flowserve Corporation
Coimbatore
09.2009 - 03.2012
  • Production Planning and Operations.
  • Manage the overall procurement of all domestic supplies.
  • Analysis of production capacity and maintaining safety stock to reduce stockouts.
  • Streamlining the system and procedures for effective inventory control, ensuring the ready availability of materials to meet the set targets.
  • Consistently evaluating vendor performance to ensure adherence to predefined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Government College of Technology, Anna University
Coimbatore, India
08-2009

Skills

  • Solution design
  • Data integration
  • Change management
  • Enterprise architecture
  • Incident management
  • Cloud technologies
  • Data analytics
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Team leadership
  • System optimization
  • Project management
  • Technical documentation
  • Quality assurance

Languages

Tamil
Native
Native
English
Advanced (C1)
C1

Accomplishments

  • Warehousing cost optimization by improved network distribution for Smith & Nephew distribution centers
  • Implemented multiple functionalities in the Kinaxis Supply Planning module for Smith & Nephew, including dynamic safety stock, attribute-based planning, and material switches
  • Achieved $12.5 million USD savings for Ford International Market Group’s outbound freight and storage by driving total value management
  • Achieved $15 million USD savings for Ford Motor Company South Africa by implementing multiple suppliers for national distribution, regional/province-wise vehicle distribution model, and utilization of empty backhauls for export and import movements
  • Asia Pacific Recognition Award for RPA (Robotic Process Automation) for Ford Freight Verification Process

Certification

  • Kinaxis Maestro Contributor Level 1
  • Kinaxis Maestro Administrator Level 1
  • Kinaxis Maestro integration level 1
  • Kinaxis Maestro Author Level 1
  • Kinaxis Maestro Author Level 2
  • Kinaxis Maestro Solution Consultant Level 1
  • Kinaxis Maestro Demand Planning Application Specialist
  • Kinaxis Maestro Aggregate Supply Planning Application Specialist
  • Kinaxis Maestro Inventory Management Application Specialist
  • Kinaxis Maestro Master Production Scheduling Application Specialist
  • Kinaxis Maestro Constraint Scheduling Algorithm Specialist
  • Kinaxis Maestro Automated Sourcing Intelligence Algorithm Specialist
  • Kinaxis Maestro solution design best practices specialist

Timeline

Lead Solution Architect

Smith & Nephew
10.2024 - Current

Lead Consultant

HCL Technologies
03.2022 - 10.2024

Senior Engineer

Ford Motor Private Ltd
03.2012 - 03.2022

Production Planning Engineer

Flowserve Corporation
09.2009 - 03.2012

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Government College of Technology, Anna University

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