Dinesh Kothawade

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About Dinesh Kothawade

Dinesh is experienced IT Service Delivery Professional With 24 years of professional work experience, including 18+ years in IT, and strong expertise in Project Management and Deployments.Currently Managing an offshore team of 720 consultants and leveraging on site resources and the coordination of deliverables for a well known Second largest Fertilizer Manufacturing company from North America.Responsible for leading IT strategic initiatives that align with enterprise objectives to deliver measurable business value utilizing global delivery model for keeping program on track, within scope and mitigate risk for a portfolio of 50 Million Per year.Very well-rounded SAP professional within the SD module strong analytical and hands-on technical skills as well as cross module knowledge. Served as module lead, Team lead, Project Lead on Implementations and Roll outs. Project delivery within many industries such as Automotive, Oil and Gas,Manufacturing and Retail in SAP SD, VMS, IS Auto, IS Oil Downstream.Has excellent customer facing, problem resolution skills, leadership and managerial skills. Ability to interface with all project team members at all levels and client members outside of project scope. Customer centric experience earned through working in close proximity with customer. This includes 4 years of onsite experience in the United Kingdom, 2 years in Canada, nearly a year each in Australia and France, and short visits to nations such as the United States, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Swiss.18 years of SAP Functional consultancy Experience with 4 Complete Life Cycle Implementation in IS OIL through Business Blue print, Realization, Integration testing and Go Lives. 4 Production support and 7 Rollout in Europe area. One Upgrade (Merger of 2 big Oil companies with ERP upgrade) in CANADA.Specialties: • Extensive experience in Implementations, Roll-out & Application Support projects across industries. Key to his success is his ability to effectively engage client personnel, lead cross functional teams and encourage thought leadership to achieve desired project/program objectives. Always met very stringent deadlines and delivered results even under high pressure. Constant desire to learn; genuine commitment to excel.