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Chowdari Karanam

Nashville,TN

Summary

  • 14+ years of professional experience in software development, support, testing, and implementation.
  • Experience of Oracle Retail (V23.119.0,16,13.2,14.1,9) components (RMS, RIB, ReSA, RPM, Allocation, POS,ReIM,RTM, SIM, RMA, MFP (Merchandise Financial Planning) , AP/IP (Assortment Planning/Item Planning),WMS development, Support, Testing and implementation.
  • Experience in defining product roadmap from intake and prioritization to delivery.
  • Certified Retail Industry Generalist.

Skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Oracle Retail (V231,190,132,141) components (MFCS,RPCS,SACS,SIOCS,IMCS,RMS, RIB, ReSA, RPM, Allocation, ReIM,RTM, SIM, RMA,RPAS(MFP,AP/IP,RDF,IPO) ,

Python ,Kubernetes, Docker, airflow, ELK stack , Kafka , Grafana, Jenkins, AWS, GCP , Pl/sql, Shell scripting, proC, XML, JSON,Java ,CI/CD tools, Groovy,MS Visual Studio, Git,Machine learning

Work History

Solution Architect

Hibbett Retail
08.2023 - Current
  • Lead the development of solutions design for Oracle Retail Merchandising Foundation Cloud Service/Merchandising System implementation, focusing on MFCS, SIOCS, SACS, RPCS, IMCS, XSTORE, CE, and Order Broker.
  • Provide hands-on configuration, development, and support, ensuring end-to-end design and implementation.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, vendors, and internal resources to translate requirements into functional and technical specifications.
  • Driven integration processes, ensuring seamless incorporation of new solutions into the enterprise architecture.
  • Demonstrated expertise through expert written and oral communication, presenting high-level solutions to stakeholders.

Sr Retail Systems Analyst

Kirkland's Inc.
08.2019 - 08.2023
  • Maintained and administrated all Merchandise applications including RMS (Retail Merchandise System), RPM (Retail Price Management), Allocations, RESA (Retail Sales Audit), REIM (Retail Invoice Matching), RTM (Retail Trade Management), POS,MFP (Merchandise Financial Planning) , AP/IP (Assortment Planning/Item Planning).
  • Overseen Implementation of MFP cloud V14 RPAS. Responsible for development and integration on MFP .
  • Implemented Oracle retail Trade management, RTM and Invoice Management, ReIM to enable direct import and 3-way match capabilities .
  • Implemented and supported BOPIS, SDD,3PL, curbside pickup, e-comm inventory consolidation and real-time customer order visibility.
  • Managed mid-sized teams with onsite and offshore split

Engineer

Nordstrom Inc
06.2015 - 08.2019
  • Completed more than 6 projects each year
  • Built real time data streams, Ingest data from heterogeneous data sources and publish them as enterprise business events in a distributed message stream such as Kafka.
  • Experience working with container management technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes
  • Experience in developing python scripts for automation and performing functional tests and data validation
  • Working knowledge of CI/CD
  • Developed & optimized Oracle's Merchandising Operations Management Suite v14.1 to support Nordstrom's RFDS Management capabilities
  • Good experience in working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) like AWS EC2, S3, VPC, DynamoDB etc
  • Evaluated new technologies and built prototypes for continuous improvements in data, infrastructure and engineering.(eg -Machine learning (AWS ML,Jupiter,Xgboost) & Airflow .)

Lead Retail Consultant

Deckers Outdoor Corp
01.2015 - 06.2015
  • Provide ongoing support for retail systems
  • Primary point of contact for RIB, RMS, ReSA, RPM, POS,Allocation.
    Work Closely with Business and Finance users across the globe to prioritize monthly
    Enhancements/Projects
  • Identifying functional and technical gaps, estimating work, producing documentation

Senior Software Engineer

Accenture@TJX,Bestbuy
02.2009 - 12.2014
  • Implementation & enhancement of Oracle's Retail MOM suite applications (Versions 9.0-14.1) primarily focusing on ReSA and ReIM
  • Provided rotational on-call support for all global regions(US,UK,Canada)
  • Improved performance of the application through performance tuning (SQL and PLSQL)
  • Preparation and customization of batch programs with PL/SQL, ProC, UNIX,Java, Shell scripting
  • Recognized for developing automation scripts to optimize man-hours and Client Value Creation

Education

Bachelor Of Engineering In Electronics & Communication

Anna University

Overview

15
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years of professional experience

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