RAJU GANDHI
Bangalore
Summary
An accomplished Product Leader in driving strategic Data initiatives with 19+ years of experience working in Global initiatives including international experience. Expert in Digital transformation, Strategic Leadership, Product Establishment, Digital Analytics, Team Leadership & Development, Change Management, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Business Impact driven Innovation.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Products Leader | Data Architect | Sr Manager
Kimberly-Clark
Bangalore
07.2021 - Current
- Lead a global program for Digital Core Transformation, managing a team of 50+ professionals in a high-value, data-centric transformation project.
- Orchestrated the delivery of SAP Data Conversion across 130+ objects, serving all major process area company-wide.
- Developed and implemented enterprise-wide Data Governance strategies, building repeatable governance journeys and business offerings (e.g., SKU rationalization, SKU lifecycle management, MDG Governance on S4 HANA).
- Driving Implementation & Adoption of new age Data capabilities in the lines of enterprise wide capabilities like Market place, Collibra for Cataloguing, Monte Carlo for Data Quality and enhanced observability and Profisee for building Hierarchies within K-C environment.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to manage product lifecycle, facilitating the introduction of 4 new products in the Organization.
- Provided technical leadership for Architecture review board reporting directly to CTO
Lead Consultant
Infosys
Bangalore, Toronto, Zurich, London
07.2006 - 06.2021
- Data Architect, MDG Implementation - Mondelez International.
- Data Architect, Treasury Implementation, Mondelez International.
- Data Architect, Global Supply Chain Principal, Company - Mondelez International.
- Data Management, Divestment of French Confectionery - Mondelez International.
- Data Management, Jacobs Coffee, and Dough Edwards - Mondelez International.
- Data Conversion - Cadbury & Kraft SAP Integration.
- I have participated in various 18+ SAP major releases.
- I have contributed to various pre-sales work for accounts like Hallmark, Pepsico, Mars, and various other CPG organizations.
Initiatives
K-C S4 HANA Conversion
K-C Business Segment based Organization Setup
K-C Data Foundation Initiatives - SAP MDG, Collibra, Monte Carlo, Profisee, Tags
K-C Data Analytics Use Cases - e-KPI, UDMs, UIF, Commercial Data, Supply Chain, Growth Marketing
Infosys - Part of various Pre-Sales work for various CPG organizations.
Timeline
Products Leader | Data Architect | Sr Manager
Kimberly-Clark
07.2021 - Current
Lead Consultant
Infosys
07.2006 - 06.2021