Manu Solanki
Unilever - CD IT Innovation Manager || IT Retail Delivery || TCS || Reliance || Nirma || Well Being Ambassador
- Role
- Unilever Innovation & Tech Transformation Manager at Unilever
- Location
- Bengaluru, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Manu Solanki
Over 13 years of experience spanning Retail IT Delivery and IT Innovation. Drove strategic IT initiative enabling Unilever distributor management across South East Asia & Africa. Managed one of the largest SAP CRM implementations. Proven track record of collaborating with business stakeholders to deliver business value. Expertise in IT Retails Delivery, Brining IT Innovations, Partner Governance & Agile Delivery and Robotics Automation. Well Being Ambassador leading stress elimination and vitality workshops across corporates. At Unilever (2014-Till Date)- Involved in delivering distributor management system across 6 Countries collaborating with 4 partners for Customer Development - Landing new capabilities of B2B order to cash and new channels - Unilever Food Solution and Ice Cream in South East Asia- End to end service management & partner governance At TCS (20••••14)-Worked at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) as SAP CRM Consultant and being instrumental in the implementation and maintenance of SAP CRM- Played a key role in implementing SAP CRM for Juniper Networks, Infinity Retail and Managed Adobe -Handled Pre-Sales for large and strategic deals spanning across various domains and geographies. At Reliance (20••••06)- Worked as field operation engineer for electrical division in a chemical plant for preventive maintenance. Well Being Initiatives -Established wellbeing pillars at various workplaces including Unilever & TCS-Led meditation sessions for leadership teams at Unilever. Certification & Awards - Certified in Prince2 Foundation, Practitioner, ITIL Expert, Agile Scrum, Azure Fundamentals and SAP CRM Fundamentals - Recipient of President\'s Award - Received 2020 CFO Hall of Fame & HUL Hero Award for leading wellbeing initiatives during COVID
Experience
Unilever Innovation & Tech Transformation Manager
Jul 2020 — Present
Key Responsibilities- Managing strategic initiatives in the IT landscape through Innovation - Managing budget & delivering solutions of € 5.3 Million for DMS & Reporting Platform - Landing new channel capabilities through core DMS integrations - Leading Tech Transformation through Application rationalization, ensuring Audit and Security compliance, Change/Release governance & Service introduction for CD IT Platform - Handling ITIL processes & P1/Major Incident Communication for CD IT Platform Deliveries & Achievements • Azure Migration: Prepared & implementing Cloud Migration business case for DMS & reporting infra (YOY Expected Infra saving € 1.4 Mn) • Delivered Data Lake program for Secondary Sales Data Ingestions from SAP system to Azure platform from DMS & Reporting platform. • Delivered E2E intuitive dashboard to enable intelligence app maintenance and delivered cost saving of € 120K • Integrated Tele Sales (new channel) & Loyalty Management: Capability enhancement for growth • Ideated and executed prototypes with integration of WhatsApp & Distributor management system
Education
Jabalpur Engineering College, Jabalpur
Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical
2001 — 2005
Kendriya Vidyalaya Rajgarh
AISSCE, PCM
1999 — 2000
Institute of Management, Nirma University
MBA, Marketing & Operations
2006 — 2008
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