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Manzoor Malik Jacob

Chennai

Summary

Dynamic professional with extensive experience at Tata Consultancy Services, excelling in OTC processes and project management. Proven track record in driving process improvements and enhancing customer relationships. Skilled in SAP ERP and team leadership, consistently delivering results while fostering a collaborative environment. Adept at problem-solving and stakeholder engagement to achieve strategic goals.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Transition Lead & Delivery Lead - OTC

Tata Consultancy Services LTD
Chennai
10.2024 - Current
  • Communicated with stakeholders to address concerns and maintain engagement during transition process.
  • Managed transition projects, overseeing timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.
  • Developed and implemented transition plans, schedules, and strategies for successful execution.
  • Provided leadership and mentorship to project teams, promoting collaboration and high performance.
  • Identified and executed process improvements to enhance efficiency and quality standards.
  • Monitored project progress, reported on KPIs, and ensured adherence to established timelines.
  • Maintained accurate documentation of transition activities, ensuring completeness and proper archiving.
  • Tracked project progress proactively, identifying risks and implementing effective mitigation strategies.

Functional Consultant / Design Lead OTC at Chennai

Tata Consultancy Services LTD
Chennai
08.2019 - 03.2024

Germany & Netherlands

  • Streamlined OTC processes outsourced to TCS, including Customer Agreements and Trade Incentive management.
  • Finalized project scope and assigned responsibilities between TCS and Bayer for OTC operations.
  • Developed detailed process flows for each transaction-level activity to enhance clarity.
  • Executed credit checks on sales orders exceeding defined credit limits.
  • Established SAP processes for client contracts related to rebate calculations
  • Configured customer master data in SAP, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulations.
  • Implemented cash application processes, improving invoice management efficiency in SAP.
  • Monitored project progress and executed mitigation plans for identified deviations.

Delivery Leader

Tata Consultancy Services LTD
Mexico
01.2015 - 01.2019
  • Coordinate all aspects of project and serve as a liaison between customers and TCS leadership team
  • Regular connects with customer to build a healthy and lasting relationship
  • Point of contact for the account and help customer to address issues/problems with TCS delivery team
  • Assist customer with ongoing or new projects with TCS
  • Manage & lead calls on contracted SLAs, KPIs including escalations
  • Work on change requests in terms of adding new resources/activities to the existing scope
  • Follow up with customer on purchase orders and non-payment of TCS invoices
  • Review project status in terms of people, process & systems with customer
  • Suggest products and services of TCS that suit customer interests and customer requirements.
  • Data-driven approach for decision-making after consensus with customer.

Customer Leader

Tata Consultancy Services LTD
Chennai
01.2012 - 01.2015
  • Finance Processes managed were OTC (Cash Application), P2P (Accounts Payable, Vendor Set up and Vendor Query Management) and R2R (General Ledger - Manual Journal Entry posting, Bank Reconciliation with SAP balances)
  • Driving and managing the team to meet client SLAs, TCS internal requirements and Process Improvements
  • Interacting with the client on a weekly basis to keep them posted on Project status - SLAs, Volumes, Attrition, Action plans, Process improvements and Reporting
  • Implementing client requested change in processes, special projects such as SAP upgrades, inclusion of new SAP Modules
  • Reviewing project status with Team Leads, SMEs and providing instructions/directions to the team
  • Handling Client related audits and TCS audits
  • Handling Client escalations and providing solutions/action plan to resolve escalations
  • Reporting to TCS Management on critical requirements and project status
  • Managing Employee allocation to WON, Cost Management and Project financial Numbers
  • Following up and resolving disputes more than 1 million USD
  • Keeping the Nielsen Clients informed of the cash estimates for the month
  • Ensuring the team performs 100% accuracy on credit checks and weekly interacting with Nielsen on the orders on hold

Delivery Manager, Team Lead

Tata Consultancy Services LTD
Chennai
01.2007 - 01.2012
  • Finance Processes were OTC (Master Data Management, Cash Application, Cash Collection, Credit Management)
  • Supervised a 22-member team in the Accounts Receivable processes namely Order Management, Credit, Collections & Cash Application
  • Entrusted to achieve the Service Levels in Accounts Receivable
  • Interact with TCS stakeholders and customer to strategically manage processes

Senior Customer Service Representative

RR Donnelly & Sons
Chennai
03.2003 - 10.2007
  • Managed incoming calls from customers while providing exceptional service.
  • Evaluated team performance metrics against established standards on a regular basis.
  • Resolved escalated customer complaints in a timely manner.
  • Monitored customer feedback surveys to identify areas of improvement.
  • Monitored customer accounts to track outstanding issues and implement new solutions.
  • Managed processing, scheduling and execution of customer purchase orders.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com) -

University of Madras
Chennai, India

Skills

  • SAP ERP - Order Management
  • FSCM
  • Cash application
  • Oracle
  • PeopleSoft
  • Order to cash
  • Cash collections
  • Credit control
  • Reporting
  • Customer rebate processing
  • Order processing
  • Order fulfillment
  • Billing
  • Accounts payable management
  • Vendor management
  • Travel and Expenses
  • Client Management
  • Project Management
  • Identification of efficiencies
  • Process Standardization
  • Digitization
  • Process improvement
  • Customer relationship management
  • Team leadership
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Excellent communication
  • Flexible and adaptable
  • Verbal communication
  • Friendly, positive attitude
  • Analytical thinking
  • Communication
  • Written communication
  • Problem-solving

Accomplishments

  • Partnered with Nielsen Client to implement FSCM SAP module for Cash Collection
  • Standardized AR operations across 22 countries in Europe
  • Initiated and implemented process improvements for Nielsen which resulted in 152K USD per year
  • TCS Green Belt Certified

Languages

English
First Language
Tamil
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Hindi
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Nepali
Intermediate (B1)
B1

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Transition Lead & Delivery Lead - OTC

Tata Consultancy Services LTD
10.2024 - Current

Functional Consultant / Design Lead OTC at Chennai

Tata Consultancy Services LTD
08.2019 - 03.2024

Delivery Leader

Tata Consultancy Services LTD
01.2015 - 01.2019

Customer Leader

Tata Consultancy Services LTD
01.2012 - 01.2015

Delivery Manager, Team Lead

Tata Consultancy Services LTD
01.2007 - 01.2012

Senior Customer Service Representative

RR Donnelly & Sons
03.2003 - 10.2007

Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com) -

University of Madras
Manzoor Malik Jacob