Vinod Pais, Logistics Application Manager

Vinod Pais

Logistics Application Manager

MAJID AL FUTTAIM RETAIL - CARREFOUR

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Experience
27 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :27 years, 0 Months

Logistics Application Manager at MAJID AL FUTTAIM RETAIL - CARREFOUR
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since August 2011

• Responsible for Implementing Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) in different countries in the Company Locations.
• Monitor the Project time frame, necessary resources need to be involved (recruitment, procurement and consulting), Risk and Budget.
• Project Manager responsible about all Logistics Projects- DC and Warehouses opening.
• Analyze & evaluate information and Business process requirements. Create practical solutions to fulfill the business needs that comply with quality standards and technical requirements.
• Work closely with management to prioritize business goals and information needs.
• RFC “Request of Change” analysis and report.
• Liaison with 3PL regarding System Administration, Issues & Resolutions.
• Responsible for Training other country Logistics IT Managers on the WMS system.
• Launched Logistics DC Project in UAE for Fruits and Vegetables section with Breakdown flow with LSP Kuehne + Nagel.
• Launched Logistics DC Project in UAE for FMCG section with Picking/Breakdown flow with LSP Agility and AMI.
• Launched Logistics DC Project in Egypt for Fruits and Vegetables / Dry section with Breakdown flow with LSP DALTEX.
• MSA “MAF Sourcing ASIA” with LSP DAMCO in Hong Kong.
• Launched Logistics DC Project in Jordan for with Picking/Breakdown flow with LSP Easy log.
• Responsible for Data Warehousing Project for Implementing BI tools.
• Responsible for in house development of Incident management WEB tool.

BACKOFFICE SYSTEMS MANAGER at MAJID AL FUTTAIM RETAIL - CARREFOUR
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2007 to July 2011

• Managing / Support the existing Retail Management ERP from Cylande, France for 115 stores in 16 countries.
• Managing/ Support the existing Warehouse Management system from Generix, France.
• Manage the Software Development Team, Help Desk Support Team and assign tasks.
• Prepare the Analysis, Design, Interface, Estimation & Resource documents.
• Ensure that proper documentation is prepared by the software development team following the SDLC procedure.
• Assumed control of several ERP customizations outsourced to Consulting firms and completed them in-house in a third of time estimated by consulting firm.
• Designed and implemented Online Help Desk Management systems for faster solution to issues.
• Managed the ERP to Business Intelligence BI project for faster Management reporting.
• RFC “Request of Change” analysis and report.
• LDT and scales data update.
• Liaising with the Hardware & Software Suppliers.
• Budgeting & effort estimation.
• Perform team appraisal, assessments, evaluations, training.

Systems Manager at AW Rostamani Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2005 to May 2007

• Techno Functional Consultant for Oracle E- Business Suite implementation.
• Responsible for Data Migration process from AS/400 to Oracle.
• Responsible for Support Activities for the Group.
• Solely responsible for Administration, Development & Support of AS/400 Systems for Whole Group. Managing Group’s AS/400 system for 45 locations.
• Support of ERP Dealer Man System.
• Enhancements of Existing Programs.
• Designing SDLC as per Nissan Motors local requirement.
• Effort estimation and allocation of work.
• Implementation of application for new Renault Division.
• Redesign of daily batch run from AS/400 to Great Plains.
• Responsible for Administration, Development & Support of AS/400 Systems for European & Far East Regions.

Senior Systems Analyst at Jotun Powder Coatings
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2003 to November 2004

• Responsible for Administration, Development & Support of AS/400 Systems for European & Far East Regions.
• Consultant for Implementing In-house developed ERP - BPMS on Oracle 9i

Senior Analyst Programmer at HSBC IDC
  • India - Pune
  • April 2002 to December 2002

Responsible for Support & Maintenance of HSBC Credit Cards System for Middle East.
HSBC Core Banking System PLATO - HCC 4.0- PLATO - HSBC, Sheffield, UK.

Senior Software Engineer at Satyam Computers Limited
  • India - Hyderabad
  • November 2000 to March 2002

Involved in Analysis, Estimation, coding, Unit Testing, Preparation of Technical Specification, System Documentation, User Manuals for Various Projects.
• Enhancements of ACIS/400 System - Reports Rewrite Project for Apria Healthcare, USA - Satyam Computers.
• ECSIM - Euro Compliance System for GE Mondovi, Italy - Satyam Computers

System Analyst at DSQ Software Limited
  • India - Mumbai
  • February 1997 to October 2000

System Analyst on AS/400, Technical Consultant for ERP - Mapics implementation. Involved in Analysis, coding, testing of various projects
Mapics Implementation & Customization for Bayer, India - DSQ Software.
Mapics Implementation & Customization for Hayleys Group of Companies, Colombo, Sri Lanka - DSQ Software.
Excise & Modvat System for Bayer, India - DSQ Software.
Enhancement and maintenance of IBM Distributed Management System DMS/38 for RPG group, Mumbai, India - DSQ Software.
Customer Demand Module for Clariant India - DSQ Software.
SAPICS - Salary Processing Information Control System - In-house project for DSQ Software.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Malnad College of Engineering
  • September 1995

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Computer Science from Mysore University, India.

Specialties & Skills

Process Flow
Logistics Management
Software Design
ERP design
Project Management
Bussines Intelligence : Businees Objects, Cognos, Web Intelligence
ERP : WMS Infolog, Retail Management, JD Edwards, Oracle E- Business Suite, MAPICS, MOVEX, BPCS
Reporting Tools : Crystal Reports, Developer 2000 – Forms 6i , Reports 6i
Tools : ALDON, AS/SET, QUERY/400, PDM, SEU, SDA, RLU, DFU,Cool 2E (SYNON)
Languages : AS/400 - RPG/400, CL/400, ILERPG, SQL/400,Cobol, VB, Java
Database : DB2/400, Oracle, SQL, Access, Foxpro

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Kannada
Expert

Training and Certifications

Quality Management Systems -QMS of CMM Level 5 for software development methodology (Training)
Training Institute:
Satyam Computers
Date Attended:
May 2001
ITIL (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons, Dubai
Date Attended:
July 2013

Hobbies

  • Music, Travelling