Janarthanan GV
Chennai
Summary
Competent results-oriented IT Head with 18 years of proven achievements in information technology with expertise in IT operations. Highly regarded for keen attention to detail, adherence to standards, and expert technical background; adept at directing diverse teams to achieve and exceed business objectives. Demonstrated excellent technical and analytical qualifications with outstanding customer service skills. Strong track record in creating strategies for improvement of internal operations and workflow for various departments and business operations, while providing a solid skill set in project documentation, budget planning, teamwork, and leadership.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Deputy Manager IT (IT Head)
Bharat FIH Ltd (Foxconn Group)
05.2023 - Current
- Managing entire end to end IT Operations and evaluating them to ensure IT Standards and Compliances with the company policies
- Devised and Established IT Policies and Systems to support the implementation of strategies set by the management
- Responsible for maintaining annual IT Budgets for Capex, Opex and effectively controlling the IT expenses and increase the IT revenue to the company
- Analyzing Business requirements of all departments to determine their technology needs to improve the efficiency and productivity
- Responsible for establishing and implementing global distribution IT strategies for ERP, MES and In house Applications
- Driving the IT Applications roadmap, evaluating existing solutions and deployment needs based on the Business requirements
- Drive the SAP landscape design review sessions and actively participate in ensuring that a robust application framework and roadmap is achieved for the SAP landscape in the organization
- Responsible for Migration of SAP 4.6C to S/4 Hana and involved in Cut Over activities for data migration
- Ensure that the SAP PTP/OTC functional design meets the business requirements of the Company
- Maintaining IT Infrastructure which includes Computers, Servers, and Information Systems, IT Security, Communication systems and networking
- Identifying and understanding the opportunities for Automations and digitalization for implementing Industry 4.0 Solutions
- Spearheading team of IT Professionals for all IT Operational activities and ensuring their Performance are achieved as per organization goals and ensured they are motivated
- Maintaining and Forecasting the IT Budgets and working towards minimizing the expenses and increase the productivity for the company
- Maintaining ServiceNow application for IT service Management and ensure all the incidents and requests are handled as per the Service level agreements
- Maintaining all IT Projects in Project management application for new request and change requests and required solutions are implemented on time without any breaches
- Implementing effective IT Security plans to avoid Security threats for the computers, networks and Servers.
Manager IT
Flextronics Technologies India Pvt Ltd
10.2018 - 10.2022
- Responsible for Managing IT Operations which involves Handling Project Management, IT Infrastructure, Manufacturing Execution Systems(MES),ERP Implementation and Support, Application Development and Support, IT Service Management, Digital Transformation and Smart Manufacturing (industry 4.0)
- Acts as a single point of contact (POC) for the business strategic issues, and as a liaison between information services teams and the business partners
- The ability to identify changes to the customer environment that could potentially impact the services provided
- Provides education to partners with regards to IT strategy, value and service offerings
- Managed IT staff by recruiting, training and coaching employees, communicating job expectations and appraising their performance
- Handled End to End IT project management and ensure all the projects, Change Requests and solutions are delivered on time without any breaches
- Setting Digital strategy,and manage technology roadmaps,and governance in the areas of Factory Automations, IoT, RPA and DevOps
- Handled IT Capex and Opex for all new Projects and drive to reduce the cost to the company
- Handled Green field Project and set up complete IT Setup as per the Company Policies
- Implemented In-house MES application for all manufacturing stages for real time traceability
- Implemented Service Desk application for incident Management and Change Management and ensured all the Incidents and changes are handled as per SLA
- Implemented procedures for architecture, designing, support, and maintenance of Active Directory, LDAP and IT infrastructure projects
- Implemented Face readers for employees attendance to avoid the Manual touch in Biometric machine and also its very helpful towards this Covid Situation
- Implemented Interactive Dashboards(Visual Factory Management) to have ease tracking of Real time data
- Implemented ERP for all inward and outward movements in the company
- Planned and Installed Physical and Virtual Servers and reduced the Operating expenses
- Worked with the Cross functional teams for IT related kaizen Projects towards operational Improvements and reduced the Costs
- Implemented IT Security policies to have effective controls of Endpoint metrics
- All Services and applications has been configured to common tool called Flexsense which triggers auto mail and alerts for any error/Issues raised
- Managing all IT vendor relationships and negotiated with and selected vendors for Telecommunications and Information Technology products, systems, and services
- Providing end-user communication for service outages, system upgrades, service improvements, service implementation, and service retirements
- Maintaining and Updating the IT assets on UpToDate at IT asset Management tool
- Takes end-to-end accountability for the ongoing quality control, development and delivery of IT products and services for each assigned business area
- Accountable for program execution and delivery in line with initiative objectives, benefits, and success criteria
- Develops, shares, and leverages best practices across IT
- Driving and review the IT Employees performance continuously and arrange necessary support to enhance their skills towards their career Developments (TRP-Talent Review Process).
Manager-IT
NHK F Krishna India Automotive Seating
06.2013 - 10.2018
- Managed end to end IT operations which involves maintaining IT infrastructure, Application Development and Support, Project Management, IT Security, IT Governance
- Prepared the IT budget for financial years based on customer Demands
- Responsible for development and delivery of optimal and exceptional support of the SAP suite of solutions to support the strategic growth of the company
- Maintained SAP Landscape administration which includes change and transport management using STMS and CHRAM (Emergency Changes and Routine Changes), Solution manager
- Maintain BPP, Work Instructions, presentations pertaining to P2P in SAP
- Partnered with all project team leads (Infrastructure, Security, PMO, Functional, Testing, and Master Data) to ensure integration and alignment in requirements, timeline, issues, and dependencies
- Basic SAP Solution Manager Configuration for various process (e.g
- Basic Solution Manager Configuration ,ChaRM Configuration, Incident Configuration, Monitoring Configuration, Reporting Configuration etc.) Business Process Operations & Monitoring :Job Scheduling Management, BPM - Alert Handling, BPM integration into Service Level Reporting; BPM – Setup, BPM functionality to specific products (e.g
- CRM, SCM or SRM purposes) setup Application Monitoring, Set-Up System Monitoring, Activating/Deactivating SAP Solution Manager Monitoring ,End to End Root Cause analysis & Early Watch Alert (EWA), Setup Early Watch Alert
- Implemented of Service Desk Management Process: Service Desk Message handling process, Creating Messages from an SAP System, Incident Management with External Help Desk, Work Center Incident Management, Interaction Center Web Client in SAP Solution Manager Service Desk, Maintain IMG for Service Desk, Create an IMG project for Service Desk Configuration
- Implemented Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for barcode traceability in shop floor for material tracking in all production stages
- Deployed Interactive Dashboards across the company for real time data tracking
- Developed Business Contingency, Disaster Recovery Plan and Procedures
- Developing Business Contingency, Disaster Recovery Plan and Procedures
- Planned, prioritized and communicated all Change Controls within Information Technology teams and the business groups
- Tracked and ensured all changes were completed and tested within prescribed time frames while ensuring little or no disruptions to the start of the production week
- Providing stability for trading and production
- Asset management is implemented through web based system for organization capital expenditure budget tracking.
Functional Analyst
Motherson Sumi InfoTech and Designs
05.2009 - 05.2013
- Prepared functional specification documents for new changes in the ERP
- Headed team of functional and technical consultants
- Prepared Monthly Review presentations
- Gather Client Requirements and Propose for new developments
- Providing Trainings to Process Owners, stake holders and to designated Managers
- Involved in various business operations and helped the organization to achieve cost-effective production with increased quality, efficiency and satisfied customer service
- Involved in documenting the business process by identifying the requirements and also involved in finding the system requirements
- Took part in data modeling and business modeling and preparation of Project plan, user acceptance testing
- Detailed understanding of business functionality and took the responsibility of preparing the Functionality Test Plan which was used by testing team while doing their testing process
- Involved in the meetings with Sr
- Business Analyst and managers and understood various process plans, business process, and functionality in detail
- Created test cases and test scripts
- Prioritized outstanding defects and system problems, ensuring accuracy and deadlines were met
- Performed GAP analysis of business rules, business and system process flows, user administration, and requirements
- Coordinated with Headquarters & South ERP practice to have trouble free & error Free implementation
- Coordinated with all the functions for localization & standardization of eMpro ERP Implementation accordingly
- Evolving processes for support, prioritizing incidents, escalating paths to internal IT teams and vendors, interacting with the teams regarding status and closure of incidents: ensuring that the processes are compiled with by the teams
- Interfaced with Business, Operations, Info-security, Risk Management, Corporate Audit to ensure that all Tech operations met.
Business Analyst
PSP Technologies
05.2005 - 04.2009
- Managed the Full SAP Project Life cycle including defining, planning,tracking and project completion
- Involved in project Preparation activities like preparing a project plan for the complete spin-off project for MM module, Defining mandatory requirements for Migrating MM module transactional data and Master data
- Involved in Blueprinting Phase of the SAP Spin-off project- documenting Functional Requirements, New Developments, Master data Migration, Transactional Data Migration
- Tracking RICEF objects for the MM modules and gathering any changes or new developments with respect to it
- Created functional specs for downloading and uploading attachments in PR and PO
- Prepare and deliver formal presentations to prospects and customers
- Preparation of business proposals addressing clients business needs
- Design, development and debugging of ABAP Programs for reporting using Classical, Interactive and ALV Reporting
- Worked in SAP Script and Smart forms
- Work done was modification of existing SAP forms
- Prepare complete Technical Specification based on the system requirement
- Design the Database and Graphical User Interfaces for the system requirements
- Prepare Program Specification, Coding Plan and Test Plan
- Developed a report for Goods Receipt listing with Vendor Name
- Created a report to get all the unrestricted stock of finished goods
- Created a Classical Report to display a list of Purchase Requisitions with details like MRP controller, release date, unit of measure along with the standard details
- Designed the Form for GRN (Goods receipt note).
Education
B.Tech - Information Technology
Anna University
01.2005
Skills
- Databases and Data Visualization: SQL Server, Oracle , Power BI , Tableau
- ERP: SAP S/4 Hana, SAP B1, EMPRO, Sync system, BAAN
- SAP Technology :ECC, Ariba, PI, Enterprise Portal, Solution Manager, Business Objects, BW, ABAP, Basis
- Industrial Automations : IoT,RPA,Industry 40 , Artificial Intelligence
- PM Tools : FlexPM, Project place, MS Project
- MES Systems: SCADA,Flexflow,FMES
- Languages: Visual Basic, Net, Java ,Angular
- IT Infrastructure : Network Administration, Server administration, Cloud Computing
- IT Management & Delegation
- IT Project Management
- Application Management
- ITSM , ITIL , IT Security ,IT Strategy
- Budgeting and Cost Control
- Individual Contributor
- Research, Analysis & Strategy
- Strategic Leadership with Empathy & Understanding
- Digital Transformation & Smart Manufacturing
- Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) & Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- Industry 40 Solutions & Factory Automations
- Database Management
- IT Infrastructure & Server Administration & Cloud Computing
- Discrete Manufacturing and Process Manufacturing
Certification
Lean Green Belt Certified
Accomplishments
- Received Lean Green Belt Certification for implementing Lean projects and saved the Costs to the Company.
- Received ISO Internal Auditor certification.
- Best Employee of the Year for Motivating the IT employees under the Program “People Motivation Plan”
Communicationaddress
F6, Ruby Enclave, West Tambaram, Chennai, 600045
Noticeperiod
30 Days
Personal Information
- Passport Number: G9118038
- Title: Manager- Information Technology
- Date of Birth: 08/01/1983
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Deputy Manager IT (IT Head)
Bharat FIH Ltd (Foxconn Group)
05.2023 - Current
Manager IT
Flextronics Technologies India Pvt Ltd
10.2018 - 10.2022
Manager-IT
NHK F Krishna India Automotive Seating
06.2013 - 10.2018
Functional Analyst
Motherson Sumi InfoTech and Designs
05.2009 - 05.2013
Business Analyst
PSP Technologies
05.2005 - 04.2009
B.Tech - Information Technology
Anna University