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Srini Neelam

Bangalore

Summary

Highly skilled, passionate professional with proven track record delivering global business solutions at scale, including Enterprise Business Intelligence &AWS; Analytics, Global Forecasting, and Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Compliance, and Management for Fortune 500 companies.
Known for hiring and inspiring high-performing, cross-functional, and diverse teams of program and product managers, data scientists, technical writers, and data engineers. Guide them in implementing product strategy utilizing agile development to successfully deliver roadmap, create systems from concept through delivery and solve complex real-world issues. Work with customers to understand business requirements, develop and identify user experience, prioritize development tasks, develop go-to-market plans, and execute strategy.
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, work cross-functionally to develop a detailed approach to achieving objectives, and meeting defined success criteria. Excellent communication,
interpersonal, and organizational skills. Successfully handle multiple projects simultaneously in fast-paced and diverse environments.

Overview

21
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

Novartis
Bangalore

Associate Director, BI & Advanced Analytics
05.2020 - Current

Job overview

  • Managed and developed data lake and analytics platform to support business intelligence, predictive modeling, and advanced reporting capabilities for 90+ global locations.
  • Collaborated with10+ members of senior leadership to drive data-driven decisions by delivering a strategic vision for Enterprise BI and operational oversight of enterprise-wide reporting and analytics functions.
  • Brainstormed with executive stakeholders to create strategic initiatives aligned with organization goals by managing 19+ teams responsible for enterprise data warehousing, advanced analytics, master data management (MDM), and data quality.
  • Converted projects into products and delivered data products using agile methodology. Developed data products to help business users make data-enabled decisions with readily available dashboards and KPI's. These products helped business to save 7million on first year.
  • Supervised the design, development, and maintenance of data model, data automation systems, dashboards, and performance metrics that support 18+ critical business decisions.

LBrands
Bangalore

Senior Manager, Data & Advanced Analytics
03.2018 - 05.2020

Job overview


  • Pioneered early adoption of SAP HANA, SAP SAC, and Business Intelligence Technology. Reshaped global planning & business intelligence landscape by leading the development of multiple SAP HANA, BW solutions which standardized and centralized processes and cutting the submission process by 5 days, saving ~$1M in annual overhead costs.
  • Owned overall system performance including availability, system integration, business processes, data flow/integrity, 24/7 global support and communications
  • Reduced overhead costs 20% by partnering with Global Finance Teams in APAC, EMEA and US to design and deploy an integrated Global reporting solution at the LBrands consolidating multiple disjointed systems and processes
  • Influenced senior executives in international territories to implement a 24/7 offshore post go-live support model saving 70% in support costs
  • Harmonized Material master, customer master data and developed product called permanent restricts to restrict SKU's not to deliver/distribute to certain locations/countries.
  • Supported corporate financial, supply chain and procurement users to ensure data integrity, provided deep-dive data analysis identifying and correcting data discrepancies to meet non-negotiable deadlines
  • Enhanced system utilization 150% by establishing After Action Review sessions with business users to address system and process improvements
  • Prepared and managed all BI and analytics systems for 2019 holiday readiness.
  • Manage a $12M annual budget

VMware
Bangalore

Senior Manager, BI & Advanced Analytics
09.2015 - 02.2018

Job overview

  • Spearhead the transformation of Vmware operations to a data-driven organization by evolving Vmware's Business Intelligence and Enterprise Data vision and strategy.
  • Lead the modernization of our Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) and Business Intelligence platform resulting in an annual savings of $3M yoy in vendor and infrastructure costs. Led team of analysts and data engineers who re-designed & migrated 1000+ reports and dashboards and transitioned over 1000 internal and external users with no service interruption
  • Manage a team of analysts, engineers and consultants responsible for executing business reporting functions, performing deep-dive data analysis and driving operational metrics and scorecards across the organization
  • Partner with business unit leaders to form an Analytics Center of Excellence by restructuring multiple disjointed business unit teams, eliminating duplicative reporting by 100%
  • Eliminated data “gathering” and validation 100% by establishing enterprise data processes and governance standards (people, process, and systems) to manage data ensuring consistent, trusted data across Vmvare's global operations
  • Instituted the EDW Steering Committee and sustain trust-based relationships with directors, Vice Presidents and C-level executives aligning leadership with enterprise data goals
  • Cut vendor costs by 50% by reviewing and renegotiating contracts
  • Manage a $10M annual budget

Juniper Networks
Bangalore

App. Manager - IT, Data Analytics & BI
07.2012 - 08.2015

Job overview

Philips India
Bangalore

Project Manager - SAP BI & Analytics
11.2011 - 07.2012

Job overview

Citrix R&D India Ltd
Bangalore

Team Lead - SAP BI & Analytics
08.2009 - 11.2011

Job overview

LAPP IT Services
Bangalore

Team Lead - SAP BI & Reporting
01.2009 - 07.2009

Job overview

TATA Consultancy Services
Eindhoven

SAP BW Consultant/Lead
10.2004 - 12.2008

Job overview

AGS
Hyderabad

SAP Consultant
01.2002 - 09.2004

Job overview

Education

Indian Institute of Management - (IIMB)
Bangalore

MBA from Business Administration And Management

University Overview

Andhra University
Vishaka Patnam

Bachelor of Science from Electrical Engineering

University Overview

Skills

Business TransformationCloud transformation

Product and Program Management

Team Building and DevelopmentVendor & Customer Management

Financial SystemsEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Enterprise ArchitectureIT Service Management

Business Intelligence & Advanced analyticsData GovernanceData Quality management

Waterfall & Agile SCRUM MethodologiesEnterprise Architecture

AWS Snowflake SAP HANA EDW

SAPSalesforce

Data visualizationTableauQlik reporting Business objects Power BI

MS OfficeJIRA

Certification

SAP HANA

SAP Order fulfillment

SAP BW

Scaled agile

Timeline

Associate Director, BI & Advanced Analytics
Novartis
05.2020 - Current
Senior Manager, Data & Advanced Analytics
LBrands
03.2018 - 05.2020
Senior Manager, BI & Advanced Analytics
VMware
09.2015 - 02.2018
App. Manager - IT, Data Analytics & BI
Juniper Networks
07.2012 - 08.2015
Project Manager - SAP BI & Analytics
Philips India
11.2011 - 07.2012
Team Lead - SAP BI & Analytics
Citrix R&D India Ltd
08.2009 - 11.2011
Team Lead - SAP BI & Reporting
LAPP IT Services
01.2009 - 07.2009
SAP BW Consultant/Lead
TATA Consultancy Services
10.2004 - 12.2008
SAP Consultant
AGS
01.2002 - 09.2004
Indian Institute of Management - (IIMB)
MBA from Business Administration And Management
Andhra University
Bachelor of Science from Electrical Engineering

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