Prashant Karanjgaonkar

• Own, lead, and grow the Supply Chain (Manufacturing) IT Delivery domain, with end-to-end accountability for business–IT alignment, programme delivery, and service performance.
• Full ownership of the Supply Chain project and change portfolio, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and within budget, across projects, enhancements, DevOps-driven changes and implementation of global integration platforms across my projects.
• Establish and govern programme management disciplines, including planning, estimation in terms of budget and timelines, progress tracking, risk management, executive reporting, and decision forums.
• Accountable for global managed support, service performance, and user satisfaction for Manufacturing peripheral applications (MES and Plant Maintenance)
• Lead financial governance for the Manufacturing Supply Chain IT domain, owning an annual project and change portfolio of ~EUR 1M, including CAPEX/OPEX budgeting, monthly forecasting, accruals, PO compliance, contract reviews, and cost optimization, in close collaboration with IT Controlling, IT Procurement, and the Global PMO.
• Ensure 100% PO compliance, proactive accrual management, and rolling 3-12 month financial forecasts, embedding a strong cost-conscious mindset across the domain.
• Managed multi-vendor and partner ecosystems, governing performance through SLAs, KPIs, and commercial controls.
• Ensured all initiatives complied with enterprise architecture, security, audit, and internal control requirements, maintaining a strong risk and compliance posture.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of IT Consultants, Project Managers, and external consultants, including capability building and succession planning.
• Currently leading a geographically diverse team of 5 internals and 10 externals spread across EMEA, India and China, with a scope of expansion for building a stable team.
• Drive Agile and DevOps adoption, preparing teams and business stakeholders to operate in product- and service-oriented delivery models.
• Act as a sparring partner to senior IT management, constructively challenging priorities, solution approaches, and strategic IT decisions.
• Deliver programmes supporting 24x7 global operations, service continuity, and benefits realization within a shared-services environment.

• Selected Programme Leadership Highlights (Worth ~EUR 0.5M):
• Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Programme— Led a multi-site, multi-vendor programme integrating shop-floor systems with enterprise platforms, with end-to-end accountability for governance, financials, delivery assurance, operational readiness, application sustainability and managed support.
• SAP Plant Maintenance Mobility (SSAM) Programme — Delivered a global mobility programme for maintenance and field workforce digitization, focusing on user adoption, service continuity, change management, and realized business benefits.

• Steering end-to-end SAP functions as SAP Team Lead and Project Manager for all Applications & SAP modules under Supply Chain and Logistics vertical
• Manage and Involve in SAP Implementations, rollouts and Support Projects in area of Plant Operations (Supply Chain Management & Logistics) in individual capacity as required.
• Accountable for project control, ensuring projects are delivered within scope, budget, and schedule.
• Managing project escalations as a part of IT internal steering committees.
• Oversee SAP projects to provide metrics for reporting to executive team on Business case ROI and ensure right and timely communication to stakeholders. Identify project risks and mitigation plans.
• Motivate work of others outside of direct authority to ensure project milestones and deliverables are met.
• Take initiative for competency building and skill enhancement of Project & Support Team.
• Collaboration and Liaisoning between Business, Executive Team and Development team for end-to-end optimization of processes, new application development and enhancements within compliance, IT Security and target landscape guardrails.
• Leading a team of 10-15 members in Projects & Support
• Managing contracts and supplier relationships, meeting security and compliance requirements.
• Acting as SME for SAP Integration for SAP PM and SAP PP
• Responsible for SAP Authorization Management, Risk Management, System Refresh, SODs and SAP GRC
• Conducting Cybersecurity Audits and meeting security KPIs

Major Projects Delivered:

• SAP Configuration & Development for Export Business
• Central SAP System integration for small part deliveries

• Team Lead for SAP Application Management which involves incident management, change management and project management. Responsible and for statutory and group SAP audits.
• Headed a team of 10-15 members in Solution designing and implementing Business requirements in area of SAP PP, PM, QM, SD, FICO & Basis.
• Managed IT Suppliers which involve evaluation, contract definition, Service reviews, coordination between project and support teams for smooth handover of projects Handled cost management, statements of work and change requests
• Acted as Subject Matter Expert for SAP Manufacturing suite (SAP PP,PM and QM) and associated analytics.
• Project Budget Planning, Forecasting & Actuals tracking to meet the Business Plan targets
• Supported Global integration projects at design, execution, cutover and deployment.
• Project Management of various strategic projects like SAP Plant Maintenance, SAP Payroll, SAP SuccessFactors, Trades Platform Integration with SAP and WMS.

Major Projects Delivered:

• SAP Plant Maintenance
• SAP Success Factors and SAP HCM Payroll Integration
• TRADES Platform (Govt of India Portal for MSME Payments) Integration with SAP

• Lead team of SAP PP/QM/PM & Business Intelligence.
• Responsible for the specification, design and implementation of services within the SAP Manufacturing modules and integration points to other systems and processes.
• Project Management for SAP and Business Analytics deliveries
• Coordination with SAP Center of Competence for central rollouts and alignment with global strategy
• Provide advanced process and SAP consulting to business partners, responsible for the integration points between SAP PP and Manufacturing Execution Systems, tracking and delivering services within agreed service levels in the SAP.

Major Projects Delivered:

• Implementation and Rollout of SAP PP and SAP PM Projects, SAP VMS Integration with Indian SAP System, SAP Plant Maintenance implementation, Development of SAP ECC and SAP EP based Battery Management System, Quality Stop Integration.
• Implementation of Business Analytics Projects – Digitization of Germany HQ KPI reporting system using SAP and Qlik Platform.

• SAP Implementation and Support in SAP PP and PM
• Gathering business requirements.
• Analyzed AS-IS and TO-BE business processes, identifying gaps between business requirements and standard system solution. Designed and integrated system to meet client requirements, resulting in a 40% reduction in manual data entry and improved operational efficiency.
• Configuring System, preparing test cases, testing system and training users to meet project objectives.

Major Projects Delivered:

• SAP APO to SAP R/3 migration
• New Mercedes vehicle class Rollouts in SAP System - ML, C, GLE, GLS, E, GLA, CLA

• 04/2011 - 10/2011, Assistant Manager, ICICI Bank Ltd., Nashik,India
• 01/2008 - 04/2008, Executive-Analysis, L&T Ltd., Vishakhapatnam, India
• 01/2005 - 01/2008, Associate Manager, Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd.,Korba, India
• 01/2004 - 08/2004, GET (Mechanical), Maihar Cement-BK Birla Group, Maihar, India