AMUTHAN JAWAHAR
Abu Dhabi
Summary
- Skilled Digitization Leader with over 25 years of experience supporting businesses to innovate, optimize ROI, transform and scale their organization and succeed.
- Strong ability to define & plan the digital vision, strategy and roll out process across multiple industry sectors.
- SAP Implementation, Rollout, support & upgrade projects, Suite on HANA, S/4 HANA Transition, Cloud Migration of SAP Infrastructure.
- Able to work effectively in multi-disciplinary, geographically dispersed team.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Director IT & ERP
Khidmah LLC
2020.01 - Current
- Established IT & ERP department with qualified professionals and minimizing the dependency on third party support. Managed ERP systems of SAP Suite on HANA and Oracle EBS to support the business requirement of both the companies.
- Under cloud strategy, migrated on-premise SAP infrastructure to SAP Private Cloud Edition (PCE) under RISE with SAP program. Also replaced on-premise CRM system with cloud-based SAP C4C CRM system.
- Under digitization initiative of procurement function, implemented SAP Ariba sourcing and launched supplier portal with Ariba Commerce Automation fully integrated with SAP at Khidmah.
- Implemented cloud-based document management system integrating with SAP property management (REFX) module with OpenText platform to digitize voluminous property management physical documents with customers.
- Launched Companies Intranet Portal using SAP Workzone. Also launched employee portal and mobile app to digitize all employee self service requirement. Implemented SAP SuccssFactors modules of Employee Central, Performance Management, Recruitment and Onboarding functions to digitize key HR functions.
- Under Digitization initiatives played active part in developing customer portal and mobile applications enabling customers to access Khidmah and Provis services through digital platforms.
- Integrated customer portal and mobile apps with payment gateway enabling online payment option to customers. Also had payment gateway integration with SAP for posting accounting entries to record collections from customers.
- Developed Technician Mobile App integrated with SAP to digitize facilities management operations where service requests created in SAP are pushed to mobile app enabling technician to promptly attend to customer complaints and resolve issue.
- Digitized petty cash management by launching prepaid card with FAB and integrating same with user mobile app to monitor spend, attaching supporting invoices, approval workflow and functionality to submit claims and request for cash refurbishment.
- Established new function within our department for data analytics to develop Management Dashboards using Power BI tool for senior management by integrating it with SAP HANA tables.
- Developing cloud platform and set up video wall infrastructure for Integrated Command and Control center to efficiently manage and monitor facilities management operations at 90 plus client project sites with use case of Smart Energy Management, OT Device Management, Occupancy Monitoring, Smart Restroom Services, Smart Waste Bin Management, Smart Lighting Management and Smart Workforce Management.
- Setup new IT infrastructure for Khidmah and successfully handled complicated assignment of splitting IT infrastructure between Khidmah and Provis.
- Played active role in managing integrations with our parent company Aldar’s ERP system in Oracle EBS for posting Rental Revenue of Aldar’s properties managed by Provis in SAP.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
Associate Director IT & ERP
Provis Real Estate Management LLC
2020.01 - 2021.12
- Khidmah and Provis are fully owned subsidiary of Aldar Properties and shared IT, ERP and Digitization functions till December 2021.
- From January 2022, due to Organization restructuring I was assigned with Digitization responsibilities only for Khidmah as Provis responsibilities where handed over to the newly formed IT, ERP, Digitization unit of Provis.
Head of Information Technology
Ali & Sons Holding LLC
2012.02 - 2019.12
- Consolidated IT infrastructure function across the Group companies and managed IT infrastructure support and services with centralized IT team.
- Wrote policy, procedure and manuals governing internal IT use.
- Conferred with executives to advise and plan for short-term and long-term IT system upgrade needs.
- Led technology selection and rollout, focusing on organizational planning, provider contracts and supplier service-level agreements.
- Established in-house SAP department with Qualified SAP professionals to have cost effective SAP implementations, rollouts and support for 12 plus Group entities under different verticals.
- Implemented single ERP with SAP solutions across the Group companies by sunsetting redundant legacy applications. This made it possible for the Group to have centralized support services for critical business functions of Payroll, Assets Procurement, etc that has resulted in significant cost saving with improved efficiency.
- SAP implementation and Rollout for all Group companies in different verticals that includes, Ali & Sons Oil & Gas, Ali & Sons Contracting, Ali & Sons Marine Engineering, AMWAJ Jewelry, EUROSTAR Rent a car and Ali & Sons Real Estate.
- Delivered and implemented SAP retails solution at FOODCO LLC with our in-house SAP team
SAP Project Manager
Tech Mahindra
2008.12 - 2012.01
- Multitasked and managed multiple deliverables and projects concurrently and facilitated use of SAP for enterprise resource planning.
- Traveled to client locations to implement SAP solutions and offered post-installation support services.
- Gathered requirements, defined scopes, allocated resources and established schedules meeting or exceeding project demands.
- Architected SAP solutions by prioritizing simplicity, appropriate scale, resiliency and maintainability.
- Delivered SAP training, user support and knowledge transfer at end of project and followed up to verify successful implementation.
- Successfully Managed and delivered SAP Implementation Project for Al Rostamani Real Estate and Terumo Corporation in Dubai, Hamriyah Steel at Sharjah and Ali & Sons Motors Division at Abu Dhabi.
- Also lead SAP HANA upgrade project for Borouge at Abu Dhabi.
Senior SAP FICO Consultant
Capgemini
2007.04 - 2008.11
- Key team member in the project for global merger of SAP systems of Lucent Technologies and Alcatel to form new company Alcatel-Lucent S.A
- Conducted data modeling, performance and integration testing.
SAP FICO Consultant
Coconut Software's (CVSIT Solutions)
2004.06 - 2008.05
- Facilitated implementation and support of SAP financials and performed detailed analysis of complex business process requirements.
- Documented functional designs and test cases.
- Identified gaps, issues and worked around solutions.
- Mapped client business requirements, processes, and objectives and developed necessary product modifications to satisfy clients' needs.
- Provided consulting services on both new and existing implementations and support projects.
- Delivered SAP training, user support and knowledge transfer at end of project and followed up to verify successful implementation.
- Did End to end implementation project for Godrej Consumer Projects Ltd and Nitco Tiles Ltd
Education
MBA - Information Technology
Annamalai University
Abu DhabiCA Final Gr2 - Financial Accounting
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
MumbaiBachelor of Commerce - Finance, Accounts, Taxation And Costing
Bombay University
MumbaiSkills
- Digitization
- ERP Management
- SAP Implementation & Rollouts
- IT Service Management
- Digital Platforms
- ERP Systems Expertise
- IT Strategy
- IT Leadership
Accomplishments
- Manage the program for Digitization and ensure projects are delivered within agreed quality standards, risk parameters timescale and budget.
- Setting Digital Strategy and manage technology roadmaps and governance in the areas of Cloud computing, ERP implementations, RPA, mobile applications & web portals, AI, Automation and other technologies.
- Implementation of SAP cloud applications that includes SuccessFactors for employee portal & mobile app, SAP C4C for CRM portal, SAP Ariba for supplier portal, SAP Qualtrics for Customer Surveys and SAP OpenText for document management solution.
- Managed user support team using on-premise Oracle EBS (Version R12.2.10) application with GL, AR, AP, Property Manager modules
- Efficiently handled integrations between digital platforms, business applications and ERP systems to have unified data flow across the processes.
- Managed Business/BI analysts and developers for Data Analytics and developing interactive executive and operational dashboards on web and mobile platform. Utilized Power BI analytics tool integrated with SAP HANA tables / Pooled data from Azure data platform.
- Set up Integrated Command and Control Center to monitor and manage efficiently the facilities management operations across multiple project sites by integrating with Building Management Systems (BMS) and deploying IOT sensors at critical equipment and locations.
- Directing the effective delivery of IT Helpdesk Operations, Change and Release Management, Disaster Recovery Planning, Business Continuity, IT governance and Cloud migration strategies.
- Managed data-center infrastructure, servers, storage, virtualization, data security, networking, wireless telecommunications, and its operations backed by financial insights and KPIs.
Certification
- “Organizational Design for Digital Transformation” from MIT Sloan
- “SAP Certified Professional” in Financial Accounting ECC6.00 EHP 4
- "Change Management Master" Advanced Diploma from LEORON Institute
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Tamil
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
Malayalam
Intermediate (B1)
Timeline
Associate Director IT & ERP
Khidmah LLC
2020.01 - Current
Associate Director IT & ERP
Provis Real Estate Management LLC
2020.01 - 2021.12
Head of Information Technology
Ali & Sons Holding LLC
2012.02 - 2019.12
SAP Project Manager
Tech Mahindra
2008.12 - 2012.01
Senior SAP FICO Consultant
Capgemini
2007.04 - 2008.11
SAP FICO Consultant
Coconut Software's (CVSIT Solutions)
2004.06 - 2008.05
MBA - Information Technology
Annamalai University
CA Final Gr2 - Financial Accounting
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Bachelor of Commerce - Finance, Accounts, Taxation And Costing
Bombay University
- “Organizational Design for Digital Transformation” from MIT Sloan
- “SAP Certified Professional” in Financial Accounting ECC6.00 EHP 4
- "Change Management Master" Advanced Diploma from LEORON Institute
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