Santhakumar Sankaran

Santhakumar Sankaran

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  • About me

    Senior Business Consultant - Infor ERP - LN

  • Education

    • PSG College of Technology

      1992 - 1996
      Bachelor of Engineering - BE Production Engineering
  • Experience

    • IBM

      Aug 1998 - Dec 1998
      Project Trainee
    • SN Sofsys Private Limited

      Apr 1999 - Aug 2003
      Software Programmer
    • CEI India Private Limited

      Sept 2003 - Jan 2004
      Software Engineer
    • Infor

      Feb 2004 - Nov 2013
      Principal Consultant

      As a Principal Consultant at Infor, my role involved interacting with stakeholders (includes customers, PSO, Support, implementation teams, Project & Product Management, etc), project estimation, project planning & management, requirements gathering and analysis, work distribution and responsible for delivering to customer, doing performance review to the team.During the tenure at Infor successfully executed different engagements across different geographies in SCM, CRM, Lawson ERP, and Financial Management Software, Show less

    • Avantgarde Enterprises Private Limited

      Dec 2013 - Oct 2017
      Director Of Business Development

      Managed the complete Indian office Operations, Business Finance, Sales, Vendor Management, Supply Chain and Logistics.Successfully launched Avantgarde brand called Avante into the African continent at countries like Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. It helped in business growing to revenue of 200% in the first year of operations. During this process worked closely with African Governmental organization like the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health which helped us to win multi-million dollar projects.Successfully expanded the business operations into additional verticals like Garments and IT. In garments vertical, we successfully launched a shirt brand called Azzod and Avante Luxe at Africa and Indian market. And in the IT sector, we were Value Added Reseller for Stanley Healthcare Solutions in the Indian market.Traveled extensively to Dubai and the African subcontinent in establishing a business partner relationship with many Germany, Swiss, Italy and UK based companies to be their distributor at Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian Sub Continent.Executed many successful tender projects at African region in the areas of IT, Telecom, Defence, Cement, Steel, Sugar, Power and F&B industries and to United Nations Organization like UNPD, FAO. WHO, UNOPS & UNICEF. Show less

    • Collab EXIM Private Limited

      Nov 2017 - Mar 2020
      Managing Director

      Being passionate about Indian healthy lifestyle and food habits, I researched our ancestor's practices and launched an oil brand called Ancient Practices successfully in Hyderabad and Chennai. During this process, I was able to handle the complete life-cycle of a new product launch from branding, quality, and management, procurement, operations, finance, supply chain, and logistics. During this process, I have engaged with various governmental agencies and various export and import agencies to get the required certifications. Also in the shortest span of time, we could get the ISO certification. So during this process and experience, I could understand the challenges involved in launching a new product and understanding the consumer mindset in India and also understand how to position the new product in the market which can be promoted for a quality healthy lifestyle. Show less

    • NicheBees Technosolutions

      Mar 2020 - now
      Senior Business Consultant
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