Gunjan Kumar
Banaglore
Summary
As a Solutions Architect at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), I bring over 13 years of experience in the supply chain and retail domains, as well as multiple certifications in Azure, DevOps, and BY CKB. Worked in Client Location London for 6 years. I have a strong background in design, development, and technical support in various areas of Supply Chain and other product like Blue Yonder and Quantum Retail products, as well as Azure cloud services. Currently, I am the Foods Solution Architect for Marks & Spencer (M&S), one of the UK's leading retailers, where I collaborate with senior business stakeholders, clients, and client partners to deliver innovative and effective solutions for their ranging, ordering, replenishment, and allocation processes. I produce high-quality solution and design outputs, facilitate agile teams, and provide subject matter expertise and consulting services. I am passionate about delivering value, simplifying complexity, and working across multiple business functions.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Solutions Architect
Tata Consultancy Services
Bangalore
01.2024 - Current
- Creating system analysis and design outputs aligned with business and architecture requirements, offering consulting services through subject matter expertise
- Developing system and functional specifications, along with high-level solution designs
- Collaborating with senior business stakeholders, clients, and client partners
- Currently serving as a Solution Architect for the SRD (Space Range Display) product, collaborating closely with the M&S business team to address various business needs such as upgrades, the implementation of new features like HFSS (High Fat Salt Sugar), ensuring store compliance, and providing an end-to-end view of ranging processes
- Also, solution architect for the Price & Promotion product, my role involved streamlining and enhancing the pricing structures for both retail and wholesale
- Our efforts aimed to simplify and ensure accuracy in pricing, effectively resolving underlying issues stemming from the SAP platform.
- Worked closely with cross-functional teams including developers, product managers, QA engineers.
Solutions Architect
Tata Consultancy Services
London
10.2020 - 01.2024
- Served as a Solution Architect and Technical Consultant for the migration from IKB to CKB
- Additionally, contributed to the development of the store compliance solution
- Served as a solution architect for the GFR program, streamlining the supply chain process for suppliers
- This initiative not only enhanced our GSCOP score for M&S but also resulted in a remarkable ascent from the bottom to the top rank
- Facilitating Agile Teams with Feature and Story Level Designs and setting vision and strategy for engineering teams
- Working closely with Product Owners, Product Managers (Agile Teams) and business stakeholders to understand requirements, provide solutions, consult and transition.
Senior Technical Consultant /Senior Functional Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
London
10.2017 - 09.2020
- Senior Technical & Functional Consultant at TCS for Marks & Spencer in Cloud AZURE, JDA IKB/CKB & Quantum Retail.
- Expert in Ordering, Replenishment, Allocation, JDA category management, and Supply chain.
- Producing system analysis and design outputs to meet business and architecture requirements.
- Provided end-user support when necessary by troubleshooting technical problems reported by clients.
- Provided guidance to junior technical consultants in the areas of system analysis, design, coding, testing and implementation.
Functional Technical Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
Chennai/London
10.2014 - 09.2017
- SME for some of the critical applications and focused on enhancements in day to day life of production operations
- Technical support, maintenance and administration in JDA Space planning, Floor planning, Ordering, Replenishment, Allocation and supply chain.Producing system analysis and design outputs to meet business and architecture requirements.
Support Engineer
Cognizant
Chennai
08.2011 - 09.2014
- The MnS Foods has the most heterogeneous collection of application software’s like Quantum, NEST, SRO,SSRD. Most of their supplier orders processing applications are critical to Mns Foods business among these are the Quantum order processing, SRO ordering System & SSRD ranging, JDA IKB and JDA space planning and Floor planning.
- Has worked across multiple business function and possess strong knowledge in Space and Floor planning, Forecasting, Ordering, Replenishment and Transportation areas.
- Engaged in Application value maintenance and done service improvement for JDA Intactix, Quantum retail, SAS IMPS and SAS Micromarketing applications.
Education
DAV Public School
BE - Information Science, Information Technology
M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology
Skills
- Azure Cloud
- Databricks
- Enterprise Architecture
- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Agile Methodologies
- Business Process
- Databases
- Application Development
- Retail Domain Experience
- Cost Estimation
Certification
- Mule MCD - Integration and API Associate - MuleSoft, 02/2020, 02/2022
- Supply Chain and Operations Management - National Association of State Boards of Accountancy
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert - Microsoft, 01/2023, 2024
Languages
Hindi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Accomplishments
- Thrice received “Outstanding contribution Award” from TCS & M&S- Client during Q3 2016 , Q3 2018,
Q1 2021 (M&S Food CTO).
Timeline
Solutions Architect
Tata Consultancy Services
01.2024 - Current
Solutions Architect
Tata Consultancy Services
10.2020 - 01.2024
Senior Technical Consultant /Senior Functional Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
10.2017 - 09.2020
Functional Technical Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
10.2014 - 09.2017
Support Engineer
Cognizant
08.2011 - 09.2014
DAV Public School
BE - Information Science, Information Technology
M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology
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