Ravi Shankar Rajan

๐Ÿ‘‰ Head of SAP | SAP S/4HANA & RISE Program Director (Pharma/Healthcare) | Clean Core | BTP Governance | TCO Optimization

Maharashtra, India

About

๐Ÿ”น ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ I help enterprises modernize SAP without blowing up run-costs, compliance, or operations. By delivering S/4HANA on RISE programs that stabilize fast, stay clean, and reduce TCO. ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฃ ๐—ฆ/๐Ÿฐ๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—” โ€ข ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฃ โ€ข ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ โ€ข ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿ’ผ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œ ๐——๐—ผ I lead end-to-end SAP S/4HANA transformations (Brownfield / Selective / Greenfield) with a strong focus on cost control, clean-core governance, and predictable deliveryโ€”especially in Pharma and Healthcare. I operate as a player-coach: hands-on in design decisions, remediation strategy, cutover planning, and post-go-live stabilization. โš™๏ธ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—œ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ โ€ข ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜: BTP governance & FinOps to control sprawl, shrink HANA footprint, and retire wasteful custom code โ€ข ๐—™๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„: Signavio-led process redesign + Fiori/embedded analytics to unblock Q2C/OTC bottlenecks โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ: PMO rigor, multi-vendor orchestration, and CSV/GxP-ready deliveryโ€”without chaos ๐Ÿ“Š ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€ข Delivered large, multi-country SAP programs with 95% predictable execution โ€ข Achieved ~40% custom-code reduction and 30%+ process efficiency gains โ€ข Rolled out 60+ Fiori dashboards to improve visibility and decision speed โ€ข Applied AI (incl. SAP Joule) for forecast accuracy and proactive risk control ๐Ÿงญ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ Stabilize first. Modernize deliberately. Data-driven, compliance-tight, business-literate. ๐ŸŽฏ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€ RISE with SAP โ€ข S/4HANA (Brownfield / Selective / Greenfield) โ€ข Clean Core & ABAP Cloud BTP Governance & FinOps โ€ข Signavio Process Intelligence โ€ข CSV/GxP PMO & Multi-Vendor Delivery โ€ข Fiori & Embedded Analytics ๐Ÿ“ฉ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ Open to Program Director, Transformation Lead, and Head of SAP roles. ๐Ÿ“ Mumbai / Bengaluru | ๐ŸŒ Open to global opportunities

Experience

  • Head โ€“ SAP & Digital Transformation | RISE with SAP | BTP | AI at A Leading Global Healthcare MNC with Businesses into Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
    Oct 2024 - Present ยท 1 yr 10 mos

    โ€ข Global S/4HANA on RISE across India, UK, US; clean core + ABAP Cloud. โ€ข BTP governance & FinOps; right-size FUEs, control cloud spends. โ€ข Signavio-led redesign โ†’ 30%+ efficiency; custom code โ†“ ~40%. โ€ข CSV/GxP-ready delivery, Fiori (60+) & analytics, strong PMO (โ‰ˆ95% on-time).

  • Enterprise Program Director | SAP Digital Transformation | PMO | BTP | S/4HANA at Infosys
    Mar 2013 - Oct 2024 ยท 11 yrs 8 mos

    โ€ข Delivered 5+ SAP S/4HANA programs (life sciences, retail, manufacturing) end-to-end (Exploreโ†’Deployโ†’Hypercare). โ€ข Led 150+ multicultural consultants across India/EU/US; ~95% on-time/on-budget. โ€ข Ran ECCโ†’S/4 brownfield/selective migrations with Clean Core & ABAP Cloud โ†’ ~40% tech-debt reduction. โ€ข Built an enterprise PMO (Hitachi Medical Systems, 250+ team) with KPI/OKR governance and audit-ready delivery. โ€ข Scaled BTP + Fiori/embedded analytics and Cloud (Azure/GCP) to improve TCO and decision speed (30%+ gains). โ€ข Deployed AI/ML for supply chain & finance forecasting โ†’ ~20โ€“25% accuracy uplift.

  • Senior Delivery Executive โ€“ Digital Transformation & Program Governance at IBM
    Oct 2010 - Mar 2013 ยท 2 yrs 6 mos

    โ€ข Delivered SAP ECC (FI/CO, MM) and BI solutions for BFSI & manufacturing across South Asia; S/4HANA-ready process/data design. โ€ข Established PMO governance, cutting project delays ~30% and lifting delivery visibility (dashboards, cadence, RAID). โ€ข Drove analytics & automation to unlock ~20% process efficiency in finance & operations. โ€ข Applied Agile, Jira & DevOps release practices โ†’ faster cycles & stronger cross-team collaboration. โ€ข Ran multi-vendor governance; sustained CSAT 6/7 across key strategic accounts.

  • Project Delivery Lead โ€“ SAP Transformation | Digital ERP Programs at Larsen & Toubro Limited
    Jun 2007 - Oct 2010 ยท 3 yrs 5 mos

    Managed the implementation and delivery of custom development and product add-ons in the oil and gas retail sector. Setting up of PMO processes across projects managed with optimum leveraging of skills, efforts, and schedule

  • Technical Project Manager at Atos Consulting
    Jan 2006 - Jun 2007 ยท 1 yr 6 mos

    Delivered a complex multi-country program in entertainment and event management, resulting in a 14% increase in business efficiency and a 19% improvement in stakeholder satisfaction. Tracked project timelines resulting in a 25% improvement in schedule adherence, a 17% improvement in effort adherence, and an overall 92% on-time delivery of key milestones.