Arvind Arora

Background

About Arvind Arora

21+ years of experience in IT Consulting services ranging from large Project & Program management, Implementation, Managed Service Delivery for Enterprise Applications • Extensive experience in supply chain solution consulting with expertise in Strategic Sourcing, CLM & Operational Procurement, ‘Source to Settle’ and ‘Procure to Pay’ solutions such as Ariba, SAP SRM, i2 SRM • Demonstrated experience in managing large scale Implementation, Upgrade and Support Projects for Enterprise applications (i2/JDA, Ariba, S/4 Hana, ECC, SRM) across various industries including CPG, High-tech, Power/Utilities, Manufacturing • Product development & Consulting experience on Strategic Sourcing and Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) suite of products for a leading Supply Chain company • Strong Experience in Managed Service Delivery following the ITIL processes of Incident Management, Change Management & Problem Management • Led the Supply Chain CoE (Centre of Excellence) with 100+ practitioners running various threads such as Industry alignment and Certifications, White Papers, Innovation & Value Adds, Tools and Accelerators, Trainings & Recruitment, Knowledge Management • Good understanding of Agile framework and experience in Agile methodologies (Scrum) • Proven track record of managing Process & IT transformation as well as large ERP programs realizing quantified business value for the clients • Good experience in managing projects in a Distributed development model which includes multi-geography teams and have worked internationally on various client locations • Effective communication and leadership skills, with ability to build, mentor & motivate teams to work cohesively • Experience in managing the external audits (SSAE 16) and Sox compliance requirements • Proven Implementation, Application development and Support skills across different sizes of projects undertaken using various development methodologies (ASAP/Waterfall/Agile) • Worked closely with external vendors to ensure application stability, seamless integration, system security and compliance in terms of defined processes • Guided the team to provide various Value adds and continuous Service Improvement plans to the clients to improve process efficiencies and enhanced user experience • Good experience in using various project management, collaboration, and reporting tools such as MS Project, MS Teams, Jira, SharePoint, Excel etc.