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Gautam C Pradhan

Gautam C Pradhan

Programmer Analyst Trainee

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Manager at Cognizant Consulting

  • Education

    • National Institute of Technology Rourkela

      1997 - 2001
      Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Mechanical Engineering

      Studied theories,principles and practical application of Mechanical Engineering concepts. Understood how technology and science work in tandem to improve human life. Made some life-long friendships with many amazing students from different societies and backgrounds.Learnt the importance of symbiotic relationship and discovered myself.

    • Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

      2005 - 2007
      Master of Business Administration (MBA) Operations and Information Systems

      Activities and Societies: Quizzing and Debating; Sports Member of Student Executive Council - Managed many student led cultural and competitive events.Head of Sports committee - Conducted multiple sports and athletic events across multiple schools of business belonging to NMIMS;Head of Quizzing and Debating society - Conducted quizzes and debates in college; Selected a competitive quizzing team to represent college in many national level quizzing events.

  • Experience

    • Cognizant Technology Solutions

      Sept 2001 - Jan 2002
      Programmer Analyst Trainee

    • Spectro Analytical Labs Limited

      Jun 2002 - Oct 2002
      Executive - Customer Support

    • Moser Baer India Ltd

      Feb 2003 - Nov 2004
      Process Engineer

      Actively contributed in Lean manufacturing, waste elimination, Kaizen implementations, yield improvement planning, cycle time and cost reduction projects.Responsible for:• creating SOPs and user manuals for various business processes• execution of yield and quality improvement projects• process capability analysis and improvement of business processes• implementation of control plans on production shop floor• monitoring critical processes parameters, timely process audits and process optimization• reducing manufacturing cost and cycle time of the DVD production • successfully process commissioning of various DVD-R production lines Show less

    • Hindustan Times

      Nov 2004 - Jun 2005
      Senior Executive

    • Cognizant

      Jun 2007 - now

      Responsibilities: Business process analysisOpportunity assessmentPreparing and presenting recommendations to senior managementBusiness IT AlignmentQuality AssuranceImplementing recommendationsProject 1: Partnered with cross-functional team to successfully implement Oracle Retail (RMS, RPM, SIM) at a fast paced fashion retailer. Responsible for data conversion and Integration across multiple legacy Aptos (formerly Epicor Retail) applications, Enterprise Business Intelligence and Oracle Merchandising suite.Project 2: Partnered with a 3rd party vendor team to successfully migrate client's Enterprise BI system into Amazon AWS Cloud. Managed the project under stringent time lines and delivered it successfully without any interruption to business users. Show less Lead functional consultant responsible for requirement management, quality assurance and user training of a big Business Intelligence application deployment for a fast paced fashion retailer. Lead consultant responsible for end to end requirement management for Task Management program to help a large general merchandise retailer to gain visibility across the supply chain and skillful management of store tasksLead functional consultant for implementing 2 merchandising initiatives for a large privately held food and drugs retailer. These involved creating systems, enhancements and process improvements to enable the effective management and usage of Display Ready Units across the different business areas, improving the ability of the stores to reduce labor expense and the cost of goods. Multiple retail areas benefited due to system implementation - Store replenishment, store receiving, space planning, new Item/vendor Setup, direct store delivery system, deals management systems, labor management Show less

      • Manager Consulting/Senior Manager

        Jan 2021 - now

      • Senior Consultant

        Apr 2017 - Dec 2020

      • Senior Consultant/Manager - Retail

        Jun 2015 - Apr 2017

      • Consultant

        Jun 2007 - May 2015

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • CSCP - Certified Supply Chain Professional

      APICS
      Dec 2008

    • CPIM - Certified in Production and Inventory Management

      APICS
      Sept 2008

    • Digital Marketing Certified Associate

      Simplilearn
      Dec 2016
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