Annas Shah, Global IT Business Partner

Annas Shah

Global IT Business Partner

IHS Towers

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer System Engineering
Experience
12 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 5 Months

Global IT Business Partner at IHS Towers
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since March 2022

Partnering with 10 End Markets spanning in 3 regions Middle East, LATAM & Africa
for rapidly expanding business operations to drive the digital transformation of the
Tower Company Business via SAP Implementation
Created successful delivery pipeline for business demand
Established Demand Review process based on Business case bases to
ensure requirements are translated in technical and commercial areas
Identified automation opportunities through extensive business process
analysis. Gathered, analyzed, and documented functional & non-functional
requirements, process flows gap analysis, and feasibility analysis. Create Implementation plans with resource and Budget planning and
allocation
Leading Vendor Evaluation, Selection, Negotiations and Contracting
between top SAP Partners (IBM, Deliotte, EY, Accenture) Establishing Program structure and steering committee for finalization of
implementation partner
Creating high level migration strategy for moving from MS Dynamics to
SAP S/4 Hana on Cloud
Created High level plan for Template Solution creation & Implementation
Created Rollout plan in Waves to cover all End Markets in all 3 regions
ensuring optimum utilization of resources and quality of delivery
Utilizing Devops for Agile based Delivery
Ensure all IT Digital Products and services are being delivered as per
defined SLAs
Manage the successful (on time, on budget) delivery of assigned projects
through coordination with all involved parties including business
stakeholders, other IT and Organization departments and Vendors
Provide regular updates on program performance to Steering committee
comprising of C-Level Executives from all End Markets
Manage, coach, and support team and assigned project resources to
deliver to the best of their ability on time, within budget and scope

Head of Factories IT Transformation Middle East and South Asia at British American Tobacco
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • July 2018 to February 2022

Managed the MESA & NA Area for its 17 End Markets with 7 Factories and complex
supply chain networks as a Trusted Business partner. Spear heading the Digital
Transformation Agenda for Manufacturing, Supply chain, Engineering, Quality and
Costing and financials in this space.
Served as a Member of IDT Area level leadership team driving
transformation Agenda
Managed SAP roll out projects to new End Markets, New Factories, New
Warehouse Operations
Managed SAP implementation for New Entity requirements
Setting up SAP Intercompany and Intracompany scenarios for robust
material flows
Developing three-year roadmap, project business case development,
project planning, delivery, and implementation strategy of Hyper
Automation.
Successfully developed and executed Citizen Developers Program to
enhance digital competence in the Business team to help develop future fit
digital skills. The program delivered following key results o 700 Users Participation - 45 Citizen developers graduated o 25 User Apps Developed - 10 Apps scaled up in Production o 17 RPA App Developed - 3 RPAs scaled up in Production
The Programme comprised of following skill o Automation through Robotic Process Automation (UiPath) o SAP BTP using SAP Build o Microsoft Power Platform (PowerApps, Power Automate, Power
BI)
Managing a team of 2 Business Analyst, 2 Project delivery Managers and 1
Services Analyst
Successfully deployed Digital Tax Stamps and Track and Trace solution
based on SAP ATTP Solution Deployed Global Manufacturing Execution system in 3 factories with
integration for auto Transfer Request to Transfer order generation,
Material consumption and backflush, auto creation of SAP Maintenance
order, quality notification etc
Increased production efficiency by 20% and GBP 0.5 million cost savings
achieved per factory by deploying automated operations solutions

Project Manager at AGHA STEEL INDUSTRIES LIMITED
  • Pakistan
  • January 2018 to June 2019

Led the SAP S/4 HANA 1709 on Cloud Implementation with complete FIORI based
user experience and SAP Success Factors with Successful SAP ERP Delivery using
Activate Methodology
Managed overall Project budget and resource planning and had a team size
of 10 functional/technical Consultants
Led Vendor Evaluation, Selection, Negotiations and Contracting between
top SAP Partners (IBM, Deliotte, EY) Functional lead for SAP PP Module. Conducted scoping meetings and
blueprinting sessions for gathering requirements to identify all
GAP's/RICEFW's needed while ensuring the right business is orchestrated,
Managed the scope of work which included the project planning, business
process mapping, blueprinting, design, configuration, and setup of
technical environment using SAP Active Agile Methodology
Develop and manage project plans and documentation
Share Project Status Reporting with Project Sponsors and stakeholders as
per tailored communication plan addressing each stakeholder’s
communication needs

Deputy Manager at INDUS MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
  • Pakistan
  • January 2012 to December 2017

Serve as member of IT and SAP leadership Asia Pacific team with consistent
promotional career track, overseeing projects aligned with business goals and
objectives. Creating a bridge between business processes and its continuity with
integrated SAP solutions.

IT Governance and Roadmap Development
Project Management Office Lead for all Technology Projects (Complete Life
Cycle Management Using AGILE & Waterfall Methodology)
Oversee the analysis, design, implementation, testing and documentation
of all SAP projects
Oversee SAP Operations All modules and ensure smooth operations with a
team of 6 inhouse and 4 outsourced SAP Functional and Technical
Consultants
Manage all change requests, and approve after business impact and
integration evaluation
Rolled out SAP Template to Thailand and US

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer System Engineering
  • at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology
  • June 2011

courses: Project Management Professional PMP - PMI

Specialties & Skills

MIGRATION
BUDGETING
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
DELIVERY
FUNCTIONAL
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
MARKETING
NETWORKING

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English
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Training and Certifications

PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2017
Valid Until:
February 2026