Pankaj Prasad

About Pankaj Prasad

An innovative and transformative hands-on customer-obsessed leader with a natural ability to act as a change agent and a proven record of finding more efficient, cost-effective ways to achieve goals for the organization and the customers. Idea generator who envisions unconventional approaches that fuel problem resolution. Have 25+ years of experience and have worked for o9 Solutions, Blueyonder (JDA), AXA, Wipro, TESCO, and GE. Experience in Supply Chain, Health, and Retail domains. Have worked in Product, Captive, and Services companies. Working as Senior Director, o9 Solutions, Bangalore since August 2021. Headed Global Partnership Management and operations, managing partner-led implementations and the cloud benefit operations team. Worked with partners on innovative initiatives for developing marketplace products on the platform, integrating these ideas into the product line. Also responsible for team leadership, strategic planning, performance monitoring, and ensuring compliance with relevant laws and best practices. Worked as Practice Director Information Technology, BlueYonder (f.k.a JDA Software), Bangalore since 2017. Heading the Customer Success and Support Engineering team comprising Professional Services, Product Support, and Enhancement. Accountable for the Operation of 200+ Customers globally with a portfolio of $100M+ ARR. Before joining JDA, worked as General Manager for AXA Technologies for 6.5 years and build the ERP competency team of 100+ associates. Accountable for delivery and support of SAP, Ariba, PeopleSoft HRMS, Oracle Fusion, PeopleSoft Finance, SFDC, Anaplan, Apptio, ECM, and AURA Applications for 236 entities globally. Led the initiative to move the entity from Core IT ( On-prem ) to Fast IT ( SaaS ). Worked as Delivery Manager in Wipro for Strategic customers, Sony, BP, and TNT. Worked on their RFP and was part of the Deal team. Acted as Transformation and Delivery Manager for both the customers after winning the deal and built a team of 300+ associates. Worked onsite and in India. Strategy | Planning | Value Selling | Sales Enablement | Business Development | SaaS | Demand Generation | Account Management | Project Management | P&L Management |Organizational Change Management | Team development | Agile Framework Digital Transformation |Supply Chain Management | ERP | IT Governance | IT Strategy | IT Risk Management | Enterprise Software | Enterprise Data Governance

Experience

1. Managing Director - Supply Chain Business Consulting

   NTT DATA

   Oct 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Help customers in their Digital Transformation Journey. My role is centered on strategic leadership, innovation, and capability building, impacting global clients across industries. & Consulting team for Business process & Data assessment for different Industry Verticals (Manufacturing, Retail, CPG, Automobile, LifeScience etc.) Delivery team for Supply Chain product suites ( o9, BlueYonder, Anaplan, ToolsGroup, Kinaxis, SymphonyAI etc.), enabling clients to unlock value. Functional, Integration and Advanced Analytics team with a focus on Fact based Digital Transformation aligning digital strategy with business KPIs. Post-Implementation Support & Continuous Improvement. & Build Centers of Excellence (CoEs) for Enterprise-wide transformation programs Designed and led in-house learning academies to upskill teams on digital supply chain, business process design, and agile implementation. & Conceived and developed multiple proprietary IPs and accelerators in supply chain diagnostics, planning health check frameworks, and integration toolkits. Created reusable solution templates to cut delivery timelines by up to 30%.(-) Spearheaded global GTM strategy by aligning consulting capabilities with market demand in Retail, CPG, LifeScience and discrete manufacturing verticals. Enabled partnership-led growth, co-creating bundled offerings with platform providers and cloud service partners. & Scaled a high-performance global team of consultants, data scientists, and Integration engineers. Fostered a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous learning, with measurable outcomes Mentored next-gen leaders.

Education

• Bangalore University

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science

  1998