Anand D

Experience

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  Dell Technologies

  Aug 2002 - Oct 2002

  Customer Representative (Corporate Relationships)

  • Developed capability to identify customer issues, prepare a set of solutions and recommend the best solution.

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  Infosys

  Nov 2002 - Apr 2004

  Software Engineer

  • Role - ABAP Consultant- Developed SAP solutions and enterprise software add-on solutions for Telecom customers.•Contributed to Solution Proposals for new projects by providing estimation figures for module realisation phase.•Organised team building workshops and performed mentoring activities for new software engineers.

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  SAP

  May 2004 - Sept 2008

  Associate Manager

  • Role - Project Manager: Delivered high visibility projects for Fortune 500 customers in multi-location teams in Germany, US and India.• Process Implementation: Led SAP Customer Relationship Management projects to implement process requirements and provide enterprise solutions for SAP customers.• Customer Engagement: Project Bids and Project-scope identification during pre-contract negotiation phase.

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  Thomson Reuters

  May 2009 - Apr 2010

  Mergers and Acquisitions Consultant

  Roles- Business Strategy ConsultantActivities-- To derive and streamline Strategy for Acquisitions in emerging markets- To derive a ‘Market Entry’ strategy for Exchange Trading Instruments (ETI) products in emerging markets-To research Competitive Landscape and Industry Trends in each country to derive pre- and post- Market Entry scenarios with modelling techniques applying Game-theory approach to illustrate possible outcomeso To provide a comprehensive assessment of associated Risks in terms of their Operational, Political, Economic, Legal and Tax metrics Show less

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  HomeServe UK

  May 2009 - Oct 2009

  Business Strategy Consultant

  Role- Business Strategy Consultant Part of MBA Industry Internship/ Experience Program- To review and enhance existing processes used to derive the Organisation wide Change Plan to improve resource allocation frameworks that support the emerging business strategy- To engage with key Stakeholders to align the derived Change Plan with the emerging business strategy and identify gaps in current Delivery-Strategy with financial analysis- To derive a Business Systems strategy for the Chief Information Officer using a “Blue-Sky” perspective to support the emerging Business strategy Show less

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  Varian Medical Systems

  Jan 2011 - Jul 2014

  Business Systems Consultant

  Role - Europewide Application Delivery Lead (SAP, Salesforce, ServiceMax). Project Manager managing multiple Transformation Projects to ensure successful project delivery, balancing scope, schedule, budget and risks from initiation to project closure and experienced in managing senior stake holders

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  DXC Technology

  Sept 2014 - Jun 2018

  Senior Project Manager

  Client - Siemens, Rolls Royce (SAP, Vertex)Role - Account Delivery Manager for End to End delivery for SAP system and Vertex application Project/AMS..Additionally, responsible for reporting to Senior Management and Steering Committee. Staffing and managing Vendors for Infra/System changes related to the Account.PS: Joined Hewlett Packard GlobalSoft ltd which changed later to DXC Technologies in 2017

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  Freelance :: Self Employed

  Jul 2018 - Oct 2019

  Mergers and Acquisitions Manager
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  Philips

  Nov 2019 - Jul 2022

  Program Project Manager

  Client - Philips Netherlands Commercial/Tax Operations (Health Systems, Personal Health)Role - Program/Project Manager(Vertex on SAP)- Managing multiple Business Transformation Projects within program to ensure successful IT delivery, balancing scope, schedule, budget and risks from Project initiation to closure. —— Experienced in managing senior stake holders for the entire program - Monitoring/reporting progress to the Program Leadership and Steering Committee - End-to-End Project management, including project plans and estimates from application and impacted infrastructure vendors, scoping and requirements through implementation and deployment. Proactively monitoring, managing and reporting on execution of deliverables.- Change Management/Business Readiness - Business Co-ordinating Tax Assessment Workshops, Requirements, UAT Planning, Golden Order, Training across cross functional business teams – SCM-Order Desk/Purchase/Tax) for successful Project Delivery- Managing delivery of Tax Solution to address changes in Goods/Services Flows in Philips Global Supply Chain and deployment of Vertex driven Tax Calculation for over 60 Company Codes globally spanning over 1000 AP/AR flowsPS - working for Philips via consultancy Show less

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  IBM

  Aug 2022 - now

  Program Project Manager
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  Shell

  Aug 2022 - now

  Program Project Manager

  Information Strategy and Governance ProgramEnsuring Successful Delivery, Business Readiness, User adoption for multiple projects within the high visibility Strategic ProgramRole - Program/Project Manager- Managing multiple Business Transformation Projects within program to ensure successful IT delivery, balancing scope, schedule, budget and risks from Project initiation to closure- Monitoring/reporting progress to the Program Leadership and Steering Committee - Change Management/Business Readiness - Co-ordinating Business User Workshops, Requirements,Alignment with Business Opportunities Managers/IMCM/IMCFPs- Managing Enterpise wide Solution Delivery for more than 10k Business UsersPS - working for Shell via IBM Show less