GURUPRAKASH KANNAN
Tiruppur
Summary
Knowledgeable senior specialist with deep expertise the field and offering several years of experience in the field sector. Adept at building and leading teams of specialists in daily operations.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Specialist - Business Analytics
AVANTOR
03.2022 - Current
- Conduct audits to ensure invoice accuracy and adherence to contractual agreements
- Analyze and negotiate rate cards, monitoring tax fluctuations, discounts, and surcharges to optimize costs
- Collaborate with vendors to ensure contract compliance and secure credit notes for discrepancies
- Maintain and visualize freight spend data for entire Europe region using Power BI dashboards, providing insights to stakeholders
- Perform data analysis on lead times, missing shipment data, expiry management, and monthly freight spending trends
- Work closely with teams like Accounts Payable, Sourcing, Transport, and Warehouse to ensure smooth operations
- Lead business calls with European stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into actionable tasks
- Assign responsibilities based on expertise, ensuring timely completion of tasks with regular follow-ups and updates
Business Analyst
Ford Motors
Coimbatore
07.2018 - 03.2022
- Coordinated timely international shipments of vehicles from Europe.
- Collaborated with manufacturing group to plan production informed by shipping timelines and market prices.
- Communicated with European National Sales Companies to update central pricing system.
- Conducted random audits on vehicle pricing actions, ensuring accuracy.
- Audited transactions efficiently and flagged discrepancies to NSCs promptly.
- Delegated audit samples to team members by vehicle line, achieving flawless execution.
- Collaborated continuously with team members and onshore clients to deliver market updates.
QA Analyst
State street HCL services
Coimbatore
02.2017 - 04.2018
- Facilitated live market setups for clients in domestic and international realms.
- Accurately matched actual cash movements to monthly billing statements from clients.
- Delivered prompt solutions to maintain exceptional service quality for clients.
- Compiled monthly reports by integrating data from various client modules, ensuring accuracy.
- Enhanced process adaptability by refining Auto-Debit workflows.
- Distributed tasks equitably among staff to maintain workflow efficiency.
- Guaranteed adherence to SLAs, preventing potential escalation issues.
- Achieved a consistent 95% attendance rate.
Education
MBA - Banking And Finance
Bharathiyar University
Coimbatore07-2018
B.Com (Corporate Secretaryship) -
GRD College of Science
Coimbatore06-2016
Skills
- Data analysis
- VBA (AI Integrated)
- Power Query
- Data cleaning
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Stakeholder engagement
- Process improvement
- Project optimization
- Data visualization
- ServiceNow management
- SAP P20
- Team management
- Negotiation
Accomplishments
- Completed end-to-end 'Freight Audit' process migration from the German CDC
- The process go-live has been completed before the timeline of 90 days
Timeline
Senior Specialist - Business Analytics
AVANTOR
03.2022 - Current
Business Analyst
Ford Motors
07.2018 - 03.2022
QA Analyst
State street HCL services
02.2017 - 04.2018
MBA - Banking And Finance
Bharathiyar University
B.Com (Corporate Secretaryship) -
GRD College of Science
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