Senior IT Manager
Dar Al Arkan
Total years of experience :14 years, 7 Months
Leading Digital Transformation initiative. Responsible for end to end transformation roadmap design, development and operations processes.
Heading the IT Operations for Organization’s international operations in UAE and Europe.
Developing IT business plan in alignment with corporate strategy and digital innovation platforms and channels.
Collaborating with key internal stakeholders to recommend technologies that support digital needs. Developing business cases for new IT digital investment and communicate it to key internal stakeholders.
Effectively managing delivery of digital solutions, identifying priorities and understanding their interdependencies and resource requirements.
Liaising with internal stakeholders to ensure a smooth transition of digital changes. Applying change management process to support employee acceptance and adoption.
Responsible for managing the Digital program’s budget on behalf of the sponsor, monitoring expenditure and costs against delivered and realised benefits as the program progresses.
As a member of the Senior Leadership Group, I am collectively accountable for delivering organization’s goals and objectives
Key Achievements:
Collaborated with department heads and conducted multiple digital innovation workshops to identify the digital (mobile, social and cloud) disruptions and the transformation approach (business and technology) for same.
Developed and finalized the Digital transformation plan considering the management and business priorities.
Conceptualized, evaluated and initiated the implementation of various IT solutions with niche business value proposition and high RoI.
Responsible for managing Program and project for Government sector clients. Managed inter-dependencies between projects to ensure all of them are successfully delivered with highest quality, within budget and on time
Managing multiple large engagements (programs and projects) for multiple customers at same time
Lead teams, prioritized workload across teams, managed resources across various projects
Developed and maintained Project management plans (including Project schedule, Resource plan, Communication plan, Risk management plans etc.) to efficiently manage the project and initiate Change Management process at appropriate stages
Able to build stakeholder management prowess. Stakeholder includes senior management, functional managers, Account team, PMO, technical capability leaders etc.
Managed Program and Project budgets as well as procurements and resource contracts. Prepared and maintained Program/Project Budget tracking sheet to accurately report actuals and effectively control budget utilization
Established and executed governance framework for both the constituent projects and the program itself.
Accountable to Project steering committee and PMO for Program implementation
Tracked Program and Project tasks on weekly/monthly basis and provided reports on same to all the stakeholders
Key Achievements:
Spearheaded and completed ERP Program which included implementation of 5 Business Applications within 4 months. Implementation has been nominated for Oracle Innovation Award.
Successfully managed inter-dependencies between all projects within Program.
Assigned to couple of delayed projects. Successfully recovered from delayed projects with management support.
Managed implementation of tools & technologies new to my organization thereby added to portfolio and capabilities of my organization
Primary Accomplishments
Gained management confidence to expand his portfolio from Oracle ERP to include Web Applications, BI Application
Shortlisted & implemented new applications to manage business demands, keeping in mind the long term goals.
Nitin has succeeded in increasing the efficiency of crucial business processes. Lease process has been reduced from 22 days to only 4 days.
Succeeded in reducing the tenant’s outstanding by introducing process automations & controls
Nitin has also increased the system usage across the organization by displaying the benefits to senior management
He has received several commendations from the Senior Management & business user community
Job Responsibilities
Nitin is managing complete Oracle ERP operations at EMG, which is not only limited to production support but also involves business process improvements, implementation of new modules, upgrade and integration of ERP with external systems for business operations, especially mobile platforms like iPhone.
He is heading Web Portal implementations to increase the customer satisfaction & bring in operational efficiency
He is responsible for BI implementation & Operations
He has spearheaded many IT initiatives to bring in new & better applications to manage business demands, improve revenue & operational efficiency. He is currently managing an implementation of retail industry focused application.
He develops project scope definition and implementation plans to maximize allocation of resources, ensure timeliness of delivery and optimize solutions
He works with key business functional heads, plans, configures, and supports system implementations and business process integrations. Also acting as a system subject matter expert for supporting business processes
He is managing a fully integrated team to provide user support and further enhancements to business processes. He is providing technical direction to all team members, and ensuring on-time delivery of all projects. His team includes employees & vendor resources.
He is involved in the business analyst tasks like gathering requirements, designing solutions, configuration changes, setting up Proof of Concept (POC) demos, designing customizations/extensions, testing solutions, generating test scripts, writing documentation, etc.
He is accountable to Project steering committee for all ERP implementations & is single point of contact for all stakeholders including CEO, CFO, Department Heads, and Corporate IT etc.
He is responsible for preparing RFP, vendor evaluation & selection, contract negotiation & Finalization.
He prepares ERP Yearly budgets and monitors actual spending to ensure it never exceeds the budget
Prepare training plans for team and also organize trainings for ERP Users
He tracks the project & operational projects/tasks on weekly/monthly basis and provides reports on same to all the stakeholders.
Apart from Oracle ERP/CRM, he is also managing other CRM Products like Seibel (Customer Data Hub), Procco (Loyalty/Gift Card Program)
Below are some of the key projects undertaken by him, which includes new system implementations, enhancement projects, Upgrade & Migration projects
(i) Leasing & Revenue Management Solution
(ii) Customer Portal Implementation
(iii) Implementation of BI Reporting through Microstrategy
(iv) Oracle R12 upgrade
(v) Automation of Leasing & Collection Process
(vi) iPhone apps for online approval of leasing, HR & PR notifications
(vii) iPhone app for raising & closing SR
Completed MBA (Operations Management)