Maulik Dixit

A Digital Transformer, a Solution Architecture, and IT Leader with 30+ years of overall experience with specialization in conceptualizing, driving, and delivering international, cross culture projects. Proven expertise to design and lead transformative tasks – delivering quantified objectives with high customer satisfaction. Business Partner who understands and communicates business language and engages with business stakeholders to define and drive Business-IT Strategy. A change enabler, taking the team through the transformative journey to achieve defined business goals.

Areas of Expertise includes:

IT Strategy & Roadmap • Digital Transformation • Business Process Management & Controls • Automation • Growth Enabler • Change Agent • Project Management • Leading Strategic Initiatives • Stakeholder Management • Due-Diligence • Post merger integration • Manufacturing Operations • Cross / Multi-Culture Projects • International Program Management  • Solution Architecture • IT Operations and Governance • ERP Systems & Processes • Customer Centric Solution • Enterprise Technologies • Budget & Cost Management • Vendor Management • Oracle ERP • Oracle APEX • Oracle PL/SQL

Transformative Projects Delivered:

1. Led Oracle ERP transformation and enhancement projects with rapid implementation plan across India and MEA regions. Instrumental in major ERP Enhancement and alignment project in Europe and SEAO regions → 3-4 days of inventory reduction in each units; ~10% reduction in overall IT operating cost
2. Defined and implemented Global Salesforce CRM solution using sales cloud within Flexible packaging business segment. Also worked out strategic roadmap to consolidate existing multi-org setup to single organization. → Improving global pipeline visibility by 20% and estimated to give 10% SFDC operating cost reduction
3. Co-authoring and driving digital transformation for newly created commercial organization. Defined global product costing and NPD processes, digitalising and implementing across multiple geographies. → Improving response time by 3-5 days, information accuracy and availability 
4. Instrumental in successfully piloting and adopting QAD Dynasys' S&OP tool adoption at German Unit → Improving  forecast and execution visibility, improving OEE by 2% with ~5% reduction in inventory
5. using MS Azure technology. Data ingestion from multiple ERP systems such as Oracle eBS, SAP R3, Microsoft AX, Homegrown systems, Microsoft Excel. → Improved data discovery gave overall 1% EBIT improvement in the first year itself.
6. Conceptualized and directed shopfloor digitalization project, standardizing MES/MoM solution, data acquisition and tag standardization - Successfully Piloted at Thailand Factory using Siemens OpCenter. → automation give 7% OEE improvement during pilot phase

Strategic Directional Achievements:

Establishing newly created segmental role, defined and implemented IT strategic roadmap Flexible Packaging Business Segment along with business stakeholders. → Targeting decentralised setup to hybrid centralisation, better alignment with business and technology needs, standardization and collaborative work practices

Defined architectural framework and practices for Huhtamaki group. Methods and practices for recording all IT assets in the organization. Utilising information for new projects and activities including budgeting. → Creating IT software asset database, operating work practices. Methodology for IT Ops cost & budget prioritisation; Application standardisation, collaborative working, IT asset sharing

Co-conceptualized IT Operating Model for Huhtamaki Global IT function and contributed in its implementation. Supporting its implementation. → Optimising IT governance, effectiveness and operating cost; redefining ‘Way of Working’ & ‘One Huhtamaki’ 

• MBA (Finance), NMIMS, Mumbai, 2001
• Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications, NIIT, 1993
• B. Sc (Physics), D G Ruparel College, Mumbai University, 1991