Darshani Ranasinghe

Experience

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  HEMAS HOLDINGS PLC

  Feb 2003 - May 2003

  Graduate Engineering Trainee
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  University of Peradeniya,Faculty of Engineering

  Aug 2004 - Jan 2005

  Temporary Engineering Instructor for Under Graduate Degree Programs
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  Jay Jay Mills Lanka Pvt Ltd

  Feb 2005 - Dec 2016

  Projects• 2012,2013-Req Analysis & the "Evaluation & Selection of ERP Systems/ VendorsEngaged in ERP Vendor/Implementation Partner Evaluations of selecting a new ERP system for the company. Evaluated Products SAP from Attunes, SAP from Seal, Oracle JD Edwards, WFX-World Fashion Exchange, Stage-India, Micro Soft Navition from PWC, MicroSoft Navition from Sundaram Infotech India, IFS Application, NOW-Datatex, Atom from Infoglobe India. • 2013,2014-Managing Requirement Analysis, design, develop, training, deployment of ERP system-“NOW” for Jay Jay Mills Group of Companies- NOW procured from an Israel company (Datatex) with the implementation partner, Infinite computer solutions from Bangalore-India for following modules in different stages for 400 end users across Jay Jay Mills Group of companies in 13 locations with a team of 28 members. ( Jay Jay Mills A-6 Plant, Jay Jay Childrens’ wear C-5, Twinstar Clothing D-4, Twinstar Clothing C-8, Jay Jay Mills Trinco- T24, T27, Twinstar Clothing Matara-K1, K2, Jay Jay Mills E-1, Jay Jay Mills C-1 Warehouse, C-4, Jay Jay Mills M1,M2 Monaragala )- Capacity Planning, Sales, BOM , MRP, Production Planning, Purchase, Supplier Portal, Warehouse Management, Cutting, Production Monitoring in all processes, Quality Assurance, Finished Goods Dispatch & Invoicing, Shipping & Commercial Documentations, Costing & Finance• 2014-Managing Data Migration from Streamline ERP to NOW ERP System, Go Live with NOW ERP• 2015-Managing Req Analysis, Product Reviews on Planning Tools-Fast React, Preactor.• 2015-Managing Requirement Analysis, configuration, training, deployment of “Machine Capacity/ Queue Management” planning application• 2016-Managing Requirement Analysis, Configuration, training, deployment of “Board” business intelligence application.• 2016-Managing Requirement Analysis, configuration, training, deployment of ERP System- “Atom” for Jay Jay Textiles Pvt Ltd in Sri Lanka/ Ithiopia.Responsibilities are in attached doc Show less  Managing Req Analysis, Design,Configure, Training, Implement streamline ERP system for following modules in different stages for 200 end users across Jay Jay Mills Group of companies in 9 locations. ( Jay Jay Mills A-6 Plant, Jay Jay Childrens’ wear C-5, Twinstar Clothing D-4, Twinstar Clothing C-8, Jay Jay Mills Trinco- T24, T27, Twinstar Clothing Jay Jay Mills E-1, Jay Jay Mills M1,M2 Monaragala ) with a team of 6 members.Inventory Management, Oder Planning, Style Creation, Bill of Material(BOM) , Material Requirement Planning, purchasing for lean manufacturing, Implement fabric cutting process Module, Production Planning Module, Implement EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) Module with suppliers, Production Tracking Module, AQL Testing, Finished Goods Management, Dispatching, Invoicing.  Managing a team of 3 Functional MIS Executives, 3 Assistants inSystem analyzing, gathering requirement documents for the new modules, Preparing the BR for the customization of existing modules, revising the existing modules for the changing business requirements, screen designing, checking & confirming the system requirement specification documents before start the developments, system implementation, user training, user support, problem solving using PG-SQL, servers maintaining in windows & Linux operating systems).  Except programming, involved in whole cycle of the system development in modules of administration, order planning, purchasing, approvals, EDI, stores, production planning, Lay Planning, cutting, production monitoring, FGS & shipping documentation, finance, costing, T & A..... Show less  Managing Req Analysis, Design, Configure, Training, Implement streamline ERP system for following modules in different stages for 100 end users across Jay Jay Mills Group of companies in 3 locations. ( Jay Jay Mills A-6 Plant, Twinstar Clothing D-4, Twinstar Clothing C-8,) with a team of 6 members. Inventory Management, Oder Planning, Style Creation, Bill of Material(BOM) , Material Requirement Planning, purchasing for lean manufacturing, Implement fabric cutting process Module, Production Planning Module.  Managing a team of 3 Functional MIS Executives, 3 Assistants inSystem analyzing, gathering requirement documents for the new modules, Preparing the BR for the customization of existing modules, revising the existing modules for the changing business requirements, screen designing, checking & confirming the system requirement specification documents before start the developments, system implementation, user training, user support, problem solving using PG-SQL, servers maintaining in windows & Linux operating systems).  Except programming, involved in whole cycle of the system development in modules of administration, order planning, purchasing, approvals, stores, production planning, Lay Planning, cutting, production monitoring, FGS & shipping documentation, finance, costing, T & A..... Show less  Managing Req Analysis, Design, Configure, Training, Implement streamline ERP system for following modules in different stages for 50 end users in Jay Jay Mills A-6.- administration, order planning, purchasing, approvals, stores, production planning, Lay Planning, cutting, production monitoring, FGS & shipping documentation, finance, costing, T & A..... Gained experience in all the areas of apparel industry while implementing the ERP system in following functional process areas.Merchandising, Planning, Suppliers, Stores, Cutting, Embroidery, Printing, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, Finished Good Stores, Shipping & commercials, Finance, Costing,IT,HR, Technical Product Development, Industrial Engineering/Work Study Show less

  • Manager-Information Systems/ERP Systems

    Feb 2012 - Dec 2016

  • Incharge-ERP/Information Systems

    Feb 2008 - Feb 2012

  • Senior Executive Information Systems/Functional Consultant/Business System Analyst

    Feb 2006 - Feb 2008

  • Functional Consultant/Business System Analyst/Engineer

    Feb 2005 - Feb 2006
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  Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka

  Dec 2016 - Mar 2018

  Project Manager

   Projects Managed• Project Initiation, Planning & Designing, Execution, Monitoring & controlling, closing of the project of “Implementation of Employee Trust Fund Board-Business Process Improvement Study” contracted to MG Consultants Pvt Ltd• Initiation, Planning & Designing of “Implementation of Employee Trust Fund Board (ETFB)Management System”• Project Initiation of “Development of Excise Revenue Management System for Sri Lanka Excise Department”  Roles & Responsibilities in project management in the process areas of Integration, Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Human Resource, Communication, Procurement, Risk, Stake holder management in all the phases of Initiation, Planning & Designing, Execution, Monitoring & controlling, closing of projects.• Preparation of project charters for NPD approvals, Design of LFA( Logical Frame work Approach) Project Cost Estimations, Fund disbursement planning, Prep of Procurement Plans, Memo Preparations & Approvals, Appointment of committee members, Preparation of Terms of Reference, EOI for procurements, conducting committee review meetings, EOI Evaluations, Preparation of Request for Proposals, RFP Evaluations, Contract Negotiations, Financial Evaluations, Contract Reviews & Sign off, Conduct Meetings & share meeting minutes, Preparation of Project Plans with the vendors & Stake holders, Conduct Stake holder meetings/ workshops, Conduct Project Progress Reviews & steering committee meetings, Monitor the project progress, Risk Mitigations, change managements, Provide consultation to the government organizations, direct, govern & monitor the vendors to achieve the project goals, Review & approve the SRS, Review quality & acceptance of the deliverables, Review & recommend payments, Prep of project budgets & actuals, closing of projects, Report project progress to the management/ministry, Monitoring & Evaluation of Project Results based on input, output, outcomes, impacts to achieve project KPI, goals & objectives. Show less

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  Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment

  Apr 2018 - Dec 2021

  Consulting Project Engineer
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  The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce

  Feb 2022 - now

  Project Manager ERP Implementation