CESIL JESUDAS
Summary
Versatile Senior Manager specializing in Program Management and skilled at planning, implementing and overseeing key improvements to drive business growth and efficiency. History of cultivating an open culture with free exchange of information. Pursuing new professional challenges with a growth-oriented company.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager - Global IT Strategy & Operations
Colgate Palmolive
07.2024 - Current
- As a Senior Manager in Portfolio Transformation responsible for
- Organizational Leadership: Integrates Global IT Strategy and operations
- Define the roadmap and lead the execution for the portfolio transformation
- Plans, organizes, directs, and coordinates the activities with various functional divisions in the organization to ensure risk reduction
- Responsible for Global Strategy Policy, Procedures and Standards
- Ensuring Distribution operations with defining process and systems
- People: Manage the hire to retire lifecycle
- Process: Implementing SAFe principles, mapping it to release, lockdown and operational calendar
- Platform: Managing IT portfolio life cycle
- Partners: Multiple Global Departments, Delivery Centers, Business owners, Vendors & Consultants
- Financials: IT Portfolio Financials and Budgeting
- Policies: IT policy from inception till retirement
- Innovation: Leading innovation process across the organization - with IT team
- Accomplishments: Leading Global IT Strategy & Operations
- Conducting Internal Audits across departments
- Implementing PPM tools and business continuity
- Ensuring Operational excellence across GCC's
- Risk reduction initiatives ensuring SOX compliance
Senior Manager
Expeditors
06.2021 - 05.2024
- As a Global Supply Chain Portfolio leader responsible for Organizational Leadership:
- Integrates effectively in organizational governance and operations
- Define the roadmap and lead the execution
- Plans, organizes, directs, and coordinates the activities with various functional divisions in the organization to ensure all global objectives are achieved
- Documents procedures and standards
- Ensuring Distribution operations with defining process and systems
- Scheduling both inbound and outbound shipments processes & systems
- People: Manage the hire to retire lifecycle
- Process: Implementing SAFe principles, mapping it to release and operational calendar
- Platform: Managing IT portfolio life cycle
- Partners: Multiple Global Departments, Delivery Centers, Business owners, Vendors & Direct Contractors
- Financials: IT Portfolio Financials and budgeting
- Policies: BCP Owner and Global Mobility program
- Innovation: Leading innovation process across the organization focusing with IT team
- Accomplishments: Leading multiple GSC from India & transitioning kick start to GSV's
- Ensuring Operational excellence across the globe
- Responsible for Enterprise-wide multiple programs for digital transformations & deliverables
- Creation and implementation of best practice logistics vision, strategy, policies, processes & procedures to aid and improve operational performance
- SAFe Implementation - developing ART vision and strategic themes
- DevSecOps Implementation
- Innovation product benefits adding up to multimillion dollar
- Hire, train, motivate & manage a high-performance team
- Design Thinking workshops during collaboration
- Digital Transformation roadmap preparation for Global Suppliers, Governments & Agents of Expeditors
- Manage solution delivery tapping diversified technologies
- Responsible for Discovering, defining, articulating, prioritizing, clarifying, and delivering outcome-based solutions for highly impactful problems
- Responsible for the hub-spoke architecture with economical implementation of API's and EDI
- Responsible for people management lifecycle within delivery center of 400+
- Drive process & system automation to enable a better customer experience and a more scalable system to support our growth & expansion
- Managing the organization's software development needs
- Staying updated on IT trends and emerging technologies
Assistant Director
Ernst & Young
01.2020 - 06.2021
- Global Product Manager - Industry Solutions Portfolio & Industry Cloud
- A Strategic Global Product Portfolio leadership role managing Multi Hundred Mn USD
- Product Manager & Program Manager, to develop and manage, different Industry Sector Product using SAP Product Suite and SAP Cloud offerings
- Accomplishments: Delivery & Operations of multiple SAP Industry Solutions products for Business lines Consumer Products, Power & Utilities, Life Science, Chemical, Retail & Simple Finance (Agnostic)
- Maintaining the MVP's product lifecycle
- Successful Completion of S4 HANA 2020 Upgrade
- Managing the lifecycle of the products from Ideation to Retire
- Managing the Services Delivery in Operate
- Managing a virtual team of 150 people
- Implementing DevOps within the product line for build and operate
- Integration of DevOps with SOLMAN
Start-up Architect
Brillio Technologies Pvt. Ltd
05.2017 - 06.2019
Head SAP Pre-Sales (Product Management)
Brillio Technologies Pvt. Ltd
06.2016 - 05.2017
- During this tenure responsible for assigned Projects operational/strategic activities of the organization in accordance with policies, goals and objectives established for achieving business imperatives consistent with the Financial KPI's
- Business Development
- Provide strategic direction for managing and enhancing organization business
- Develop new business opportunities in new & existing business segments
- Increase productivity at all levels such as Turnover, Revenue Vs Cost, Timely collection of payments etc..
- Continuously analyze team productivity and sales pipeline to surpass targets
- Ensure quality and timely delivery of products and solutions
- And actively solve any customer facing challenges
SAP Delivery Manager - NA & APAC (Product Delivery)
Stefanini IT Solutions
01.2014 - 11.2014
- Accomplishments: SAP Solution Consultant & Project Delivery Manager for one of the major automotive manufacturers having operations in North America, Mexico & Latin America
- Finalized process of Service Delivery, Transition and Governance
- Finalized Delivery Model for India delivery
SAP Program Manager
Wipro Ltd
07.2012 - 01.2014
- Accomplishments: SAP Solution Consultant & Delivery Manager for one of the major ship builders in India
- Successfully managed offshore support delivery for multiple customers in Middle East region
- Recognized as 'Best Manager', 2012 - 2014
- Recognized as 'Best Delivery Team - Middle East Region - Wipro', 2012 - 2014
Senior Manager/Programme Manager/Service Delivery Manager - Strategy & Services
UST Global
07.2010 - 07.2012
- Accomplishments: SAP Solution Consultant & Offshore Account Management for multiple US customer (Fortune 500)
- Successfully managed offshore support delivery (Mainframe) for one for the major pharmaceutical provider in US region
- Successfully implemented procedures and policies to reduce the legal & financial risk of the organization with a global achievement of 7% over two years
- Sustained Target Revenues exceeding USD 100 M annually with Fortune 500 Clients
- Successfully launched SAM as service
SAP Project Manager/SAP Pre-Sales Manager/SAP AMS Practice Manager
Wipro Ltd
07.2008 - 07.2010
- Accomplishments: Successfully implemented SAP for King Abdullah University & IFFCO-FELDA operations (Middle East, Malaysia & Philippines)
- Integration Consultant for ARAMCO, SASREF, YASREF, PetroRabigh, Dubai Electricals and Water Authority
- SAP Solution Consultant for multiple customers in Middle East Region & India
- Salary payment solution implementation for YASREF (Integration of SAP with relevant Banking system)
SAP Principal Consultant
Intelligroup Asia Pvt. Ltd
11.2007 - 06.2008
- Accomplishments: SAP Program Management for strategic customers in American continent
- SAP Pre-Sales Consultant for opportunities targeted
- Successfully implemented comprehensive business plans and enhanced business of USD 20 M with existing customers
SAP Project Lead/Business Analyst
Syntel Ltd, Chennai
07.2006 - 10.2007
- Accomplishments: Successful implementation of Workflow Solution for one of the major Insurance providers in American Continent
- Onsite coordinator for SAP Support provisioned for one of the major logistics organization across globe
- Developed multiple customer BOR objects for solutions and successfully coordinated efforts for 7 months for USD 120 M contract that reduced client costs by 8%
Senior SAP Development Consultant (Product Implementation)
OptiBiz Technologies (IVL India Group)
02.2004 - 07.2006
- Accomplishments: Successful implementation of SAP Certified Ad-on modules to multiple customers in Indian Subcontinent
- Awarded as Best Consultant
- Onsite coordinator for SAP Support provisioned for one of the major logistics organization across globe
Programmer Trainee
Nexus IT Solutions
12.2002 - 10.2003
Education
MCA -
University of Madras
Chennai, India03-2003
Skills
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Data-driven decision making
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Strategic planning
- Human resources management
- Operations planning
- Organizational improvement
Timeline
Senior Manager - Global IT Strategy & Operations
Colgate Palmolive
07.2024 - Current
Senior Manager
Expeditors
06.2021 - 05.2024
Assistant Director
Ernst & Young
01.2020 - 06.2021
Start-up Architect
Brillio Technologies Pvt. Ltd
05.2017 - 06.2019
Head SAP Pre-Sales (Product Management)
Brillio Technologies Pvt. Ltd
06.2016 - 05.2017
SAP Delivery Manager - NA & APAC (Product Delivery)
Stefanini IT Solutions
01.2014 - 11.2014
SAP Program Manager
Wipro Ltd
07.2012 - 01.2014
Senior Manager/Programme Manager/Service Delivery Manager - Strategy & Services
UST Global
07.2010 - 07.2012
SAP Project Manager/SAP Pre-Sales Manager/SAP AMS Practice Manager
Wipro Ltd
07.2008 - 07.2010
SAP Principal Consultant
Intelligroup Asia Pvt. Ltd
11.2007 - 06.2008
SAP Project Lead/Business Analyst
Syntel Ltd, Chennai
07.2006 - 10.2007
Senior SAP Development Consultant (Product Implementation)
OptiBiz Technologies (IVL India Group)
02.2004 - 07.2006
Programmer Trainee
Nexus IT Solutions
12.2002 - 10.2003
MCA -
University of Madras
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