Hiten Raval

About Hiten Raval

A thought leader and goal oriented executive with an outstanding track record in delivering client value, achieving revenue, profitability, and growth objectives. Highly successful in managing complex global projects, business development, and integration management. Strong customer focus and highly motivated team player to accomplish organizational objectives. Hiten possesses over 22 years of experience in Supply Chain Management, including 16+ years in SAP ECC / APO and Supply Chain Planning solutions. He carries broad industry experience in extensively leveraging technology to enable process/business transformations. His experience spans across several industries including Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences, Consumer Electronics, Automobiles, Brewery, CPG and High Tech. Hiten has delivered several successful projects on Advance Planning and Optimization with a strong focus on Supply Chain planning. He developed internal practice and is a recognized wall of fame people leader. He has successfully built the team on Integrated Business Planning (IBP). Hiten is adept at managing client relationships. He reaches for common ground, seeks win-win solutions and ultimately improves client satisfaction.Responsible for advising the client on best industry practices for planning their Supply Chain operations.

Experience

1. Senior Program Manager

   IBM

   Jan 2004 — Present

   Delivery- Delivered accountability for the scope, quality and financials of large-scale SAP engagements involving technology, process, & organizational change initiatives. Hands-on leadership & direction to the team as well as manages client executive relationships. Lead business case development & performance measurement. Deliver complex & integrated environment which is multi-functional, multi-national or crosses multiple locations. Provide Supply Chain Transformation subject matter expertise, guidance, strategies, and best practices.Business Development Activities- Understanding client requirement and work with them to build strategic direction and pursue in line with their business road map. Solution/ Application evaluation, analysis of options, feasibility check with potential cost saving, Proposal, Pricing, Project Planning, Solution Design and Account Development. Sector SCM APO CoE lead, Build and led internal communities of IBM industry practitioners.Practice Development-Build SAP Supply Chain best practices, led recruitment, mentoring

Education

• Thadomal Shahani Engg. College (Bombay University)

  B.E. Electronics Engineering

• Bhagubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic

  Diploma in Industrial Electronics

Skills

• Pmo
• IT Strategy
• Software Quality Assurance
• Business Process
• Management Consulting
• Enterprise Software
• Supply Chain Management
• Management
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• Sap
• Project Management Office (Pmo)
• Business Transformation
• Sap R/3
• Integration
• Supply Chain
• Project Management
• Team Management
• Sap Erp
• Business Development
• Erp
• Solution Architecture
• Sap Products
• Business Intelligence
• Sap Implementation
• Strategy