Kannan S

Meticulous Finance, Operations & AccountsDomain Champion with performance driven & problem-solving experience of 30+years, in Manufacturing, Retail,Manufacturing, Trading & Distribution & Logistics Sectors with a practical and commercial approach.

• Dexterously managedGlobal Operations Management, Turnaround

/Change Management, ERP Implementation, New Ventures / Projects, Business Process Review, New Initiatives, Financial Process and several others.

• Piloted teams for managing financial accounting, receivables and payables, preparing ledger books, reconciliation statements and finalization ofaccounts.
• Opened 2nd gatewayinto KSA from Jeddah port for all imports from Far East and Jebel Ali which assisted in extensive cost reduction for the Kingdom.
• Profitably re-negotiated with the Landlords for the rent which assistedin reducing the rent from 10% to 20%in2008 which saw a big slump in the market conditions in GCC; developed Central Warehousing Area of 100,000 square feet in Western Region whichassisted in improving the efficiency and reducing rent and labour costs. For Emax successfully negotiated rent as a percentage of Turnover. Set up outletsin Jeddah airportin duty free.
• Converted retail division profitable through out of the box concepts in Ghana, from second month of taking over as Business Head.
• Dexterously implemented SAP S4 Hana 17/09 with a record time of 6 months & 10 days, negotiated with SAP for 200 Licenses(Directly with SAP, East Africa in Kenya) and Tech Mahindra for implementation and directed the implementation. Adaption of latest Technology for the most effective and efficientprocesses, to ensure the accuracy and timelines of data and to ensure the utmost automation.Dexterously managedGlobal Operations Management, Turnaround

/Change Management, ERP Implementation, New Ventures / Projects, Business Process Review, New Initiatives, Financial Process and several others.

• Piloted teams for managing financial accounting, receivables and payables, preparing ledger books, reconciliation statements and finalization ofaccounts.
• Opened 2nd gatewayinto KSA from Jeddah port for all imports from Far East and Jebel Ali which assisted in extensive cost reduction for the Kingdom.
• Profitably re-negotiated with the Landlords for the rent which assistedin reducing the rent from 10% to 20%in2008 which saw a big slump in the market conditions in GCC; developed Central Warehousing Area of 100,000 square feet in Western Region whichassisted in improving the efficiency and reducing rent and labour costs. For Emax successfully negotiated rent as a percentage of Turnover. Set up outletsin Jeddah airportin duty free.
• Converted retail division profitable through out of the box concepts in Ghana, from second month of taking over as Business Head.
• Dexterously implemented SAP S4 Hana 17/09 with a record time of 6 months & 10 days, negotiated with SAP for 200 Licenses(Directly with SAP, East Africa in Kenya) and Tech Mahindra for implementation and directed the implementation. Adaption of latest Technology for the most effective and efficientprocesses, to ensure the accuracy and timelines of data and to ensure the utmost automation.

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