Arvind Makraria

Business Sales and Delivery Executive at IBM India Private Limited

Role
Project Manager & Lead Solution Architect at IBM
Location
Bengaluru, IN
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Arvind Makraria

A career spanning over 25 years with experiences in Supply Chain Management, Business Process Transformation and IT, Arvind brings with him an extensive understanding of the IT Industry. A quick learner and strategic leader that translate business strategies into IT projects with the best interest of stakeholders. Currently as Manager and Lead Solution Architect, he is leading a very strategic green filed implementation project for Norwegian Hospitals to optimize supply chain management. Responsible for project management, architecture and delivery. Nurturing talent and building delivery capabilities at GDC Philippines. Starting with Godrej GE Appliances where he was responsible for strategic purchasing, material planning and cost take out initiatives. He has taken several initiatives to optimize BOM cost through innovative design of white goods parts, contract negotiation, alternate materials, hedging & reverse auction with the help of IT. He was also instrumental for implementation of ERP at Godrej. He later joined Atos Origin as SAP Logistics lead and supported prestigious Proctor and Gamble support and application development project. At IBM, I worked on global assignments for ERP Implementation & roll outs, Transforming business strategy into IT projects, management consulting, pre-sales, project & program management with P&L responsibility. In his previous role as the Service Delivery Leader for SAP P2P (Procure to Pay) where he was responsible for delivering to more than 20 clients cross sector. He has more than 350 resources in his department which he was leading. Arvind is PMP certified, SAP & IBM certified expert consultant, an engineering graduate and degree in Financial Management from Somaiya institute of management studies and research, Mumbai. Specialties: Project and Program Management Extensive business understanding of supply chain management Global delivery model- onshore, offshore & hybrid Building team & competency from ground up

Experience

  1. Project Manager & Lead Solution Architect

    IBM

    May 2014 — Present

    Managing green filed implementation project for Norwegian hospitals through Philippines global delivery center.

Education

  • Bundelkhand University

    Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engg.

    1990 — 1994

  • University of Mumbai

    Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance and Financial Management Services

    1997 — 2000

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