Manu Kaushik
Hyderabad
Summary
I am a Senior Product Line Manager at Reckitt Health India Pvt. Ltd with over 18 years of experience in IT, Digital Transformation, SaaS Products,, SAP consulting, and service delivery engagements across various industries. I have certifications in Project Management, SAP and blockchain as well as skills in Cloud Administration, Business Process Analysis, SAP and CRM. I have played key roles as IT COE Lead, managing product lifecycle for Financial Shared Services, Tax, Treasury and Legal IT systems, Digital Transformation Program Lead, IT SME and SAP Logistics leads across various organization, program initiatives, with a people management experience of managing a team of 15-20 people. In my current role as a Senior Product Line Manager, I define the IT and product strategy, IT roadmap, IT budgeting, and investment, IT Governance framework for Reckitt IT&D, with a focus across Global Financial Services areas specifically in the areas of PTP. I also lead and enabled business workshops, solution assessments, ROI calculations, and CXO level engagements. I have successfully delivered multiple projects and programs in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, SAP, automation, digital transformation and Cloud with and agile team size of 10-12 people. My mission is to leverage IT to create digital transformation using AI and deliver business value, innovation, and efficiency for the business.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Product Line Manager
Reckitt India HealthCare Pvt. Ltd.
03.2024 - Current
- Digital Transformation using AI
- Senior VP Level Engagement
- IT Program and Product Delivery Leadership and Engagement
- IT and Product Strategy and Financial Forecasting
- Product Portfolio Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Senior Business Relationship Manager
Senior IT Manager
Adani Total Gas Limited
01.2023 - 03.2024
- CXO Level Engagement
- IT Head
- Digital Transformation Program Lead (People Management)
- Technology Architect
- IT Business Partner
IT Manager
Reckitt India Pvt Ltd
03.2019 - 11.2022
- IT Competency Lead
- Digital Transformation Lead
- Information System Owner
- IT Architect
- People Manager
Senior Consultant
Numeric Technologies (India) Pvt Ltd
09.2018 - 03.2019
- Team Lead – Delivery
- SAP Architect
- SAP SCM Consultant (e-WM, SNC, TM)
- SAP Logistics Lead
Senior Consultant
Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd.
04.2012 - 07.2018
- SAP Logistics Lead
- SAP Project Lead
- SAP Subject Matter Expert
- Pre-sales
IT Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
06.2010 - 04.2012
- SAP Consultant
- SAP Support Team Lead
- Pre-sales Consultant
Senior Associate Consultant
Infosys Technologies Ltd.
02.2008 - 06.2010
- SAP Logistics Consultant
- Pre-sales
Assistant System Analyst Trainee
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
06.2007 - 12.2007
- Consultant
Engineer
Punj Lloyd Ltd. Delhi
11.2003 - 04.2005
- Design and Instrumentation Engineer
Graduate Engineer Trainee
HBN Chemicals Ltd.
08.2002 - 11.2003
- Plant Maintenance Engineer
Education
MBA - Finance, IT
ICFAI Business School Hyderabad
01.2007
B.E. - Electronic Inst.& Control
University of Rajasthan Jaipur
01.2002
Skills
- IT Strategy and Roadmap:
- Formulate IT strategy with CXO in alignment with business strategy
- Formulate IT roadmap for digital and business transformation projects and programs
- Budget Preparation and Forecasting and Business Case presentation:
- Formulate IT budgeting including capex and opex
- Develop a forecast on resource on-boarding vis-a-via IT initiatives
- Drive business workshops for value realization on Digital Transformation
- Derive and propose value realization on IT Investments to CXO
- Present business cases for IT investments to CXOs
- Technology Portfolio Management:
- Manage IT application portfolio and Product lifecycle across organization including SaaS products
- Manage and support cloud Infrastructure, administration and cyber security initiatives
- Consolidate IT landscape with reduction in TCO, increase in efficiency and productivity
- People Management and Teams:
- People Management of Teams , conflict resolution, performance management and appraisal
- Formulate high performance teams, cross skill training and vendor onboarding
- Setup IT competency in terms of the products, solutions, projects, support, and governance etc
- Vendor Management:
- Vendor information and selection through RFI and RFP
- Vendor relationship Management, SOW, Vendor On-boarding
- Drive QR business review and lead service level improvement
- Discuss licenses renewal for IT product and application portfolio and drive optimum allocation
- Program / Project Management:
- Lead and drive digital and business transformation programs
- Drive and Lead IT architecture and solution design discussions with enterprise architects and cyber security
- Setup IT governance and execution of projects delivery for procurement, finance and supply chain streams
- Lead and deliver organization wide IT initiatives of divestures, mergers, acquisitions
- Technology Solutions Design, problem solving and Innovation:
- Business problem analysis- Requirements Gathering, requirements elicitation, business process mapping and fit-gap analysis
- Conceptualize and design IT solutions and product ideas
- Provide architecture design– applications, infrastructure, low code platform, Interfaces integration, Cyber Security, Data encryption
- Design Innovative solutions - Low cost (capex and opex) with rapid deployment capabilities
- Drive the design of IT solutions and product ideas
- IT Governance
- Provide governance, risk, and compliance data insights
- Update IT related policies and procedures
- Coordinate and face IT Audit with audit teams and bring closure to audit findings
- Plan implementation of processes and procedures
- Identification, assessment, management and reporting of risks relating to IT and cyber-security
- Review current and proposed information systems for compliance
- Developing standard operating procedures for IT systems to ensure compliance
- Technical IT Skills:
- ERP - Business Process Mapping (AS IS - TO BE), Business Blueprinting, Fit-gap analysis, documentation, configuration, customization, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Data Migration and Cutover activities, Hyper-care support
- Pre-sales – Solution design and estimation, RFPs and RFI response, presentation decks
- Change Management and Transformation - Solution Demos, workshops, trainings for client on-boarding
- ITIL processes – Incident Management, Service Request, Problem Management, Change Management
- Project Management Methodologies like DevOps, SAP S/4 HANA activate, Agile, SDLC, ASAP
- Technological Skills: CRM, SAP eWM, SAP Ariba, SAP concur, SAP S/4 HANA 1610, SAP MM, WM, SD, SAP FICO, SAP SNC, and corresponding integration scenarios, Idocs, XMLs
- Digital Solutions – Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP, conversant, IOT, AI/ ML, Block chain
- Product performance metrics
- Team management
- Customer engagement
- Data-driven decision making
- Cross functional leadership
- Product roadmapping
- Product portfolio management
- Product training
- Product lifecycle management
- Financial forecasting
- Stakeholder management
- Partner management
- Demand generation
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Attention to detail
- Product strategy
- Product vision and strategy
- Critical thinking
- Prioritization and execution
- Design thinking
- Roadmap development
- Goal setting
- Interpersonal communication
- Strategic planning
- Product roadmaps
- Progress monitoring
- Customer empathy
- Project planning
- Project management
- KPI tracking
- Stakeholder relations
- Stakeholder alignment
- ROI analysis
- Requirements building
- Requirements gathering
- Use case study generation
- Vendor management
- Improvement metrics measurement
- Business case development
Certification
- Project Management:
- Project Management Professional (PMP) (PMP Number: 216068) (Validity 2017 to 2020)
- Open SAP Certifications:
- SAP Leonardo – Enabling the Intelligent Enterprise
- Procurement Transformation with SAP Ariba and SAP S/4 HANA
- Implementation of SAP S/4 HANA
- SAP S/4 HANA in a Nutshell
- SAP S/4 HANA Deep Dive
- SAP Global Certification:
- Solution Consultant Supply Chain Management – Procurement mySAP ERP 2004(Certificate ID: 0011579323)
- English Language Certification:
- Pearson’s Test for English Academic (PTE) – Overall and Individual section score 90 (Registration ID: 311719377 and Test Taker ID: PTE000434638)
- Digital Area:
- LinkedIn Certifications:
- Understanding Cloud Fundamentals - Computer Networking, Cloud Computing, Network Administration, Amazon Web Services. Security
- Transformational Leadership
- Leading Other Effectively
- Blockchain: Certified Block Chain Expert – Certificate ID 49864024
Timeline
Senior Product Line Manager
Reckitt India HealthCare Pvt. Ltd.
03.2024 - Current
Senior IT Manager
Adani Total Gas Limited
01.2023 - 03.2024
IT Manager
Reckitt India Pvt Ltd
03.2019 - 11.2022
Senior Consultant
Numeric Technologies (India) Pvt Ltd
09.2018 - 03.2019
Senior Consultant
Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd.
04.2012 - 07.2018
IT Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
06.2010 - 04.2012
Senior Associate Consultant
Infosys Technologies Ltd.
02.2008 - 06.2010
Assistant System Analyst Trainee
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
06.2007 - 12.2007
Engineer
Punj Lloyd Ltd. Delhi
11.2003 - 04.2005
Graduate Engineer Trainee
HBN Chemicals Ltd.
08.2002 - 11.2003
MBA - Finance, IT
ICFAI Business School Hyderabad
B.E. - Electronic Inst.& Control
University of Rajasthan Jaipur
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