Karthik Hulikanthimutt

An accomplished professional with a dynamic career in Digital Supply Chain Management; targeting challenging assignments
across Digital Transformation, Transportation Management, Project Management, & Application Development Lifecycle
Management; preferably in Bangalore in an organization of high repute.

[email protected] +91-9164444718 www.linkedin.com/in/karthik-hulikanthimutt

CORE COMPETENCIES PROFILE SUMMARY (please confirm below points)

 Strategic Planning &  Achievement-driven technocrat with over 12 years of experience in Supply Chain
Implementation Logistics.
 Digital Transformation
 Drove continuous improvement across the Supply Chain Digitalization including the
 Program Management
development, planning, and execution of a digital strategy, cost saving initiatives and
 Business and Technology
metrics.
Stakeholders Management
 Budgeting & cost Optimization  Acted as the Product owner/SME for TMS products (SAP TM, OTM, Locus, Blue
 Global Delivery Management Yonder) that Business rely on for technology leadership, direction, and support for
 Incident & Problem Management U2K2 and Fusion region(25+countries)
 IT Governance / Roadmap  Successfully delivered TMS Implementation large digital transformation programs;
 Service-Oriented Architecture managed USD 10 Million budget with large team size of 40 (number)
(SOA)  Experienced in leading team members on activities such as as-is process and
 Technology evaluation (POCs maturity assessment, technology evaluation, opportunity identification, business case
&MVP) and roadmap creation and implementation of recommendations
 Enterprise Implementations
 Pre-sales / RFI & RFP
 Proven capability to build strong relationship across stakeholder groups (IT, Supply
Chain, Geo IT, Process excellence, country Users, Infosec team) with the expertise to
 Thought Leadership
effectively influence and communicate across various business lines and units and at
senior levels within the organization
 Managed the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) using the Agile
(Scrum/Sprint) methodology right from requirement analysis, documentation
(functional specifications, technical design), coding and testing, release & deployment,
SOFT SKILLS
including post deployment maintenance of solutions
 Comprehensive knowledge of TMS product (SAP TM, OTM, Locus, Blue Yonder)
Negotiation & Conflict Mgmt.
and SAP.
Active Listener & Communicator  Displayed excellence in providing digital advisories/consulting, devising digital
Analytical & Problem Solving strategy / roadmap for end-to-end transformational engagements in collaboration
with Subject Matter Experts, Consultants, Technologists and Business Analysis Teams
Leadership & Decision Maker

NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
EDUCATION
 B.E. (Electronics and
Communication Engineering)
from xxx college/year

TECHNICAL SKILLS
 MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint
 SQL, PLSQL, XML, XSL, BI Publisher
WORK EXPERIENCE

TRAINING/CERTIFICATION Since Oct’17: Unilever, Bangalore

Growth Path:
 TMS Certified Implementation
Assistant Manager DevOps Manager
Specialist
Oct’17-Dec’20 Dec’20-Till Now
 Agile, Block chain and hands on
Chatbot from Udemy Key Result Areas:
 Consistently received Passion for  Developing the solution roadmap and architecture for TMS products in coordination
‘High performance recognition’ with the business and IT stakeholders
 Optimizing future operating cost by ensuring that overall designs are done in a best
practice and efficient way
 Participating in the delivery of complex changes, resolution of incidents and
problems; delivering support for interfaces with other applications used in Supply
Chain including good understanding of their landscape
 Documenting Functional design blueprints in depth and take business and partners
signoff to ensure smooth landing
 Managing the commercial delivery against vendor contracts, therefore owning the scope of the delivery
 Defining, leading and developing the Product and IT Roadmaps to highlight key milestones while creating project deliverables
and defining requirements, scope, duration and cost of projects
 Acting as the Solution Lead driving non-linear growth for the unit through new Initiatives, embedding digital in solutions,
cognitive transformation, & innovative commercial modelling

Please confirm below points (value addition, select the most relevant ones)
 Aligning IT with business strategy, designing and driving large and complex business-IT solutions and translated complex
business requirements into innovative technology solutions
 Identifying opportunities for value creation through digital transformation within the Supply chain organization through an
understanding of stakeholder business goals, current processes and constraints, customer journeys and business roadmap
 End-to-End ownership and management of Digital Solutions right from conceptualization phase till roll out
 Understanding of business requirements and As-Is process mapping for arriving upon a To-Be process’; implemented TMS
Products (SAP TM, OTM, Locus, BY)
 Leading a team of developers, architects, project manager and business analyst across multiple projects & geographies with a
high level of collaboration and communication, resulting in reduced resource wastage and higher reliability
 Effectively managing projects within schedule & budget in coordination with implementation partners

Key Highlights:
 Successful moved OTM OnPrem solutions to OTM Cloud for all business streams across 25+ Countries
 Negotiated a large application support contract resulting in significant cost-benefits to 0.2 Million USD (Oracle Support);
managed the support contract for entire TMS platform for Unilever.
 Spearheaded various change management and implementation management techniques and approaches, leading to 30%
improvements in performance.
 Headed a team of 20 technologists spread across the globe to provide all digital services for a user base of 100+.
 Provided thought leadership and technical consulting in defining, implementing, ensuring, measuring and continuous
improvement of SIP along with quality standards, frameworks, practices and measurements

Key Projects:
 PIB (Primary Inbound Implementation): Onboarding Primary inbound in OTM for more than 80+ Factories
 DELTA (Dedicated Truck Planning Application): Enable connected smart ops for leased dedicated trucks provided 11.4 M
savings in Logistics cost ,4K kms empty mile reduced and 2.5KTon’s carbon footprint reduction
 SPIN (Spot and Indent Application): A web-based platform for spot bidding and transport tendering for operations and carriers
 Dynamic clustering for India Secondary outbound network yielded 11% cost savings in the overall Freight cost spent
 EPOD Application for Proof of Delivery: 350k+ € Projected Savings through paperless POD ways of working

Innovative and Self initiatives:

 Locus Roll out for Last Mile Route optimization
 Optimized the routes & achieved 7% cost savings in terms of reducing the number of Trucks and improved the customer on time
delivery leading to amplified customer satisfaction
 Planning Simulator: Live Simulator built for the end users to forecast the trucks based on the historical data available
 In house BOT: A simple interactive BOT for the end users to manage the operations
 Cost Maker Checker: A solution for three-way cost match; ensuring the right payment is made to vendor
 Technology Evaluation/Assessment: Walk me, Loginext, Oracle AI

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

Birla soft as Solution Architect Jun’15-Sep’17

Oracle as Functional Consultant Jan’11-May’15

PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 10th April1988
Address: Bangalore 560043
Languages Known: English, Kannada, & Hindi

Refer to Annexure for project details:

ANNEXURE
Project: -Tower Bright (an 4PL Company)
Overview: Tower Bright is being projected as a 4PL provider hence to act as a single platform for all business units leveraging
services of Tower Bright’s OTM for shipment loads. Hence Tower Bright as a parent entity will need access to all the business
transactions viz. Orders, shipments, bills/Invoices, freight rates etc.
Various OTM Modules are implemented as below->
 Implemented Tertiary Distribution, Sourcing, Brokerage & Forwarding Projects
 Conducted Business Requirement sessions with all the required business users
 Configuration of Packaging and Ship Units, TiHi, Order Configuration, Reference Qualifiers etc.
 Making Inbound/Outbound interfaces ready for Order Release, Planned Shipments, Invoice and Voucher
 Creation of Automation Agents to automate the workflow
 Co-ordination with offshore technical team for development of custom Reports
 Created Solution Design documents and Functional Test Cases
 Configuration of Direct, Multistop, Multileg, and Pool Shipment, Shipment Group, Special Service
 Resolved client issues at onsite during implementation and Post Go- Live Support period
 Obtaining the system's logs to identify the root cause and conduct system troubleshooting
 Sharing Status tracker to Project Manager on regular basis

Project: - SCG OTM_SOURCING Implementation

Overview: This customer has used TMS functionality to the core. Modules mainly focused on this project were Sourcing, GTM,
Order Management, Brokerage and forwarding, Shipment Management, Contract and Rate Management, Business Process
Automation and Configuration & Administration.
Responsibilities:
 Understood the AS-IS processes and activities of the client's business; gathered the business requirement with the client
 Conducted a fit-gap analysis of the business requirement with the application and presented various Proofs – of - Concept
(POC) to the client
 Prepared Business requirement specification based on the client's AS-IS business process and their business requirement
 Prepared TO-BE document
 Managed Solution Design and configuration & OTM Configuration like agents, properties, planning parameters, rate
configuration etc
 Master Data setup
 Tracked work progress daily and reporting to project manager
 Managed the Offshore Support Team from Project Deliverables point of view
 Given the knowledge transfer to the client team, in perspective of sourcing and usage of the system
Key highlight: OTM Standard Sourcing gives very basic functionalities. Being SCG an international logistics provider which has
got maximum business over Ocean, we had to customize to an extreme extent to fit the requirements. OTM sourcing is used by
very few clients in the industry.

Project: - Unilever AAR and Fusion

Overview: This customer has used OTM functionality to the core. Modules mainly focused on this project were Order
Management, Shipment Management, Contract and Rate Management, Business Process Automation and Configuration &
Administration.
Responsibilities:
 Took new requirements from Business, analyzed, confirmed on the feasibility of the Requirement, and moved the changes to
Prod Instance once configured and signed off by the Users
 Offered effective Solutions for Business to reduce complexity by minimizing overhead cost and helping them to achieve their
targets along with smooth business flow (Eg:- Automation of order assigning from depot , calculating empty distance ,
backhauling, Automation of Shipping Cost, Delivery Block)
 Involved in Technical and Functional Audits for Unilever India and AAR Regions (which Involves suggesting better solutions,
highlighting gaps and the area of improvement)
 Customized the Existing FTI Report based on Business Requirement
 Attended workshops and design validation sessions for different Unilever Regions to understand their Business Flow
 Acted as a SPOC for fixing critical PROD issues
Project: -Unilever Europe and Americas
Overview: This customer has used OTM functionality to the core. Modules mainly focused on this project were Order
Management, Shipment Management, Contract and Rate Management, Business Process Automation and Configuration &
Administration. I have worked intensively on Technical Part of Order Management, Shipment Management which includes
screen customization using style sheets, XMLs, java scripting and agent configurations with help of packages.
Responsibilities:
 Wrote MD50 and MD70 for all the requirements
 Customized Screen with the help of JSPX and XSL
 Configured Business Process Automation, Order Management, Transportation Planning and Execution and Configuration
and Administration
 Analyzed business & developed reports; worked in defects fixing packages and procedures