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Manu Nair

Manu Nair

Bengaluru

Summary

Business Consultant with 20+ years of experience in Digital Transformation, Process Mining & Re-Engineering, Business Process Consulting & Benchmarking and Robotics Process Automation. Having excellent track record in driving organizational change initiatives across corporate functions such as F&A, HR and Service Operations - Fulfillment, Assurance & Billing. Experienced in designing and implementing transformation strategies that improve efficiency, productivity and business processes. Strengths include transformation management, leadership, strategic planning, stakeholder engagement and project management.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

General Manager - Senior Transformation Lead

Vodafone Intelligent Solutions
Bengaluru
2021.02 - Current
  • Transformation & Process Mining Expertise: Lead transformation & process mining projects to analyze, identify inefficiencies, and optimize business processes.
  • Strategy and Roadmap: Define the vision, mission, and goals. Develop a strategic roadmap for process transformation & process mining adoption across the organization.
  • Demand Management: Identify and prioritize use cases across different business units, ensuring alignment with business goals.
  • Team Building and Development: Recruit, train, and manage a team of transformation specialists. Promote skill development and knowledge sharing within transformation tribe.
  • Technology Selection and Integration: Evaluate and select transformation tools that best suit the organization's needs. Ensure integration with existing IT infrastructure and data sources.
  • Communication and Evangelization: Promote the value of process transformation across the organization and raise awareness of its benefits.
  • Metrics and Reporting: Develop and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of process mining initiatives.
  • Success Stories and ROI Demonstration: Showcase success stories and demonstrate the return on investment (ROI) achieved through process mining projects.

AVP - Transformation Lead

Accenture
Chennai
2018.11 - 2021.02
  • Govern and drive transformation programs for Enterprise customers to improve operational efficiency and Customer experience.
  • Support new business acquisitions and expansions starting from RFP to Transition till Stabilization.
  • Provide support to Sales & Presales teams in identifying Value creation, business process transition & transformation opportunities.
  • Manage & drive RPA programs, conduct process maturity assessments to improve Business Outcome Indicators and SLA+ metrics.
  • Create culture of continuous improvement in Service Delivery function through ideation, training & mentoring.
  • Conduct governance meetings with internal & external Customers to evaluate and report out on the progress of transition and transformation initiatives undertaken.

Senior Manager – Business Excellence

Tata Communications & Transformation Services Ltd
Chennai
2017.02 - 2018.10
  • Design and drive high impact transformation programs for AT&T service delivery teams to improve operational efficiency & Customer experience.
  • Support service transition in As process Capture, KPI analysis, Gap analysis & To-be process modeling.
  • Provide advisory / consulting services to ATT global teams on process simplification , productivity improvement, potential opportunities for automation, continuous service improvement etc.
  • Provide RFP support to Sales & Presales teams on Value creation & process transformation opportunities.
  • Implement Quality Framework to evaluate and fine tune operational metrics leading to first time right / error free transactions.
  • Conduct meetings with senior leadership team in AT&T on monthly basis to provide insight on value creation initiatives and benefits realized.

Manager – Advisory Services

Vodafone Shared Services
Bengaluru
2014.09 - 2017.02
  • Perform due-diligence on Vodafone UK & New Zealand - Enterprise Business – SELL / BUILD / RUN Operations to identify potential opportunities in Business Process transition and transformation.
  • Capture As-Is process and pain points through stakeholder interviews and best practice bench marking.
  • Perform detailed data analysis to evaluate and prioritize pain points captured.
  • Identify potential opportunities in process transition based on complexity of tasks, nature of activity, security / regulatory compliance and cost arbitrage benefits.
  • Liaison with IT teams to evaluate feasibility of IT changes as a part of process transformation and provide necessary inputs as applicable.
  • Evaluate existing KPI measurement mechanism and suggest improvements as applicable.
  • Define To-Be process maps and rollout training on the same to various teams.
  • Create implementation road map for To-Be proposals / improvement initiatives and provide necessary project management support.
  • Drive and mentor continuous improvements through ideation, Lean and Six Sigma.
  • Deploy strategies to enhance customer experience and improve operational efficiency.
  • Enhance people potential through effective knowledge management.
  • Support transition and transformation programs for global clients.

Manager – Business Excellence

Huawei Technologies
Bengaluru
2013.08 - 2014.08
  • Identify and implement process, quality improvement initiatives for Global Network Operations centre clients of Huawei Technologies.
  • Rollout quality control mechanisms to ensure effective delivery , there by achieve operational excellence and enhance customer experience.
  • Identify operational bottlenecks / pain points and perform root cause analysis based on stakeholder interviews, data analysis and brain storming sessions.
  • Categories improvement solutions based on various management / operational priorities and prepare action plan to roll out implementation.
  • Track and manage action plan , provide necessary support at delivery level of process and quality improvements to ensure effective implementation rollout.

Process Consultant

Tech Mahindra Ltd
2011.05 - 2013.08

Project 1

  • Enable launch of Mobile phone services along with legacy services by understanding client requirements from a process & quality perspective.
  • Schedule and carry out stakeholder meetings to capture pain points in current state of operations.
  • Perform process and quality benchmarking / gap analysis of current state operations with industry best practices.
  • Identify issues / gaps and perform root cause analysis based on stakeholder interviews and problem solving techniques.
  • Conduct stakeholder meetings to discuss and priorities improvement solutions.
  • Prepare business case based on cost benefit analysis for process re-engineering, To-Be business & Operational process with possible impact on operating model / teams.

Transition Manager

Tata Communication Transformation Services Ltd
Pune
2007.07 - 2011.04
  • Capture client requirements and prepare effort estimate & project delivery plan.
  • Participate in e2e transition activities as subject matter expert starting from solution design to steady state.
  • Analyze the customer’s current business environment, processes and the desired end-state.
  • Participate in the high level solution design – as part of discovery phase.
  • Analyze scope of work and dimensioning & recruiting resources for the project.
  • Schedule & manage onsite and offshore training and roll-out of the designed processes.
  • Design SLAs, KPIs, quality metrics & dashboards for performance review.
  • Plan & manage Operations Readiness Tests.

Network Engineer

Railtel Corporation of India Ltd
Chennai
2004.09 - 2007.07
  • Provision/Test various bandwidth rates including E1/E3/DS3 for various global/domestic clients like Vodafone, idea etc.
  • Manage and troubleshoot customer complaints using EMS/ NMS systems like Alcatel, Marconi, and Fibcom & Tejas.
  • Lead a team of 3 Engineers and support troubleshooting and restoration of link based on the complaints from customers with minimum restoration time with high resolution.
  • L1 support and trouble shooting of IP services.
  • Configure static route and access list for internet bandwidth customers.
  • Coordinate and guide Field Engineers for commissioning new circuits and troubleshooting existing circuits’ based on the issue caused.
  • Operation and Maintenance of OFC networks including monthly health check using OTDR and Power meter.
  • Rectification of OFC faults using splicing machine.
  • Commissioning and trouble shooting of new and existing customer services.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

J.J Engineering College
Tiruchi, TN
2004-04

Skills

Business & IT Transformation

Process Consulting & Re-engineering

Digital Transformation

Project and Change Management

Customer Experience Management

Service Delivery Management

Program Management

Lean and Six Sigma Black Belt

Data Analytics

Financial Management

Time Management abilities

Budget Administration

Career Trajectory

Feb 2021 - Till Date : General Manager - Senior Transformation Lead - Vodafone Intelligent Solutions 

Nov 2018 - Feb 2021 : AVP - Transformation Lead - Accenture Solutions Private Ltd.

Feb 2017 - Oct 2018 : Senior Manager – Business Excellence - Tata Communications & Transformation Services Ltd.

Sep 2014 - Feb 2017 : Manager – Advisory Services - Vodafone Shared Services

Aug 2013 - Aug 2014 : Manager – Business Excellence - Huawei Technologies

May 2011 - Aug 2013 : Process Consultant - Tech Mahindra Ltd.

Jul 2007 - Apr 2011 : Transition Manager - Tata Communication Transformation Services Ltd.

Sep 2004 - Jul 2007 : Network Engineer - Railtel Corporation of India Ltd.

Key Achievements

  • Successfully driven Transformation Initiatives across various local markets and group entity of Vodafone corporate functions and service operations lines resulting in significant Performance Improvement, Customer Experience Enhancement and 5+ Mn value benefits.
  • Led process re-engineering assignments for VF Romania, VF Greece and delivered 15+ NPS improvement, 2Mn Revenue benefits and 27% Opex reduction.
  • Conceptualized and Developed delivery framework for Human experts program for VF Ireland to achieve 80% resolution at First Line of defense.
  • Successfully deployed RPA in VF Turkey Network Operations Center and automated triaging process resulted in 2Mn value benefits and 20% reduction in MTTR.
  • Driven Business Process Re-engineering assignment for Vodafone New Zealand to streamline the value chain across SELL + BUILD + RUN segments. Also optimized 50+ FTE worth efficiency.
  • Driven Digital transformation initiative to simplify Billing process for a USA based service provider leading to 20% efficiency gain.
  • Deployed RPA in Finance & Accounting domain of leading Telecom Service Provider in France and repurposed efforts worth 30+ FTEs.
  • Successfully supported a new Business acquisition worth $370M for a Leading Telecom Service Provider in USA. Stages include RFP, Transition, Stabilization and Client value creation.
  • Driven Process Consulting assignment for a leading Telecom Service Provider in Netherlands to streamline the campaign management process to enable launch of Mobility Service.

Certification

  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
  • Advanced RPA Professional
  • eTOM practitioner
  • TM forum certified Digital Maturity Assessor
  • ITIL V3
  • Scaled Agile

Languages

Malayalam
First Language
Malayalam
Proficient (C2)
C2
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Tamil
Advanced (C1)
C1
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
C1

Timeline

General Manager - Senior Transformation Lead

Vodafone Intelligent Solutions
2021.02 - Current

AVP - Transformation Lead

Accenture
2018.11 - 2021.02

Senior Manager – Business Excellence

Tata Communications & Transformation Services Ltd
2017.02 - 2018.10

Manager – Advisory Services

Vodafone Shared Services
2014.09 - 2017.02

Manager – Business Excellence

Huawei Technologies
2013.08 - 2014.08

Process Consultant

Tech Mahindra Ltd
2011.05 - 2013.08

Transition Manager

Tata Communication Transformation Services Ltd
2007.07 - 2011.04

Network Engineer

Railtel Corporation of India Ltd
2004.09 - 2007.07

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

J.J Engineering College
  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
  • Advanced RPA Professional
  • eTOM practitioner
  • TM forum certified Digital Maturity Assessor
  • ITIL V3
  • Scaled Agile
Manu Nair