Mahesh Solanki

Hands-on ERP implementation project manager with 20+ years and 30+ ERP and enterprise-application projects delivered on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Dynamics NAV and SAP across manufacturing, trading, retail, e-commerce, hospitality, automobile and commodity trading (CTRM). Has managed the full implementation lifecycle — requirements and gap analysis, configuration, integrations, data migration, UAT, go-live and post-go-live stabilisation — and has worked both sides of the table: as project manager at implementation partners (Godrej Infotech, Robosoft) and as the client-side IT leader owning delivery, vendors and outcomes (Work Store, Fazlani, Pittie). Acts as the single point of coordination between business heads, senior management and the implementation partner, driving plans, sign-offs and issue closure with disciplined follow-up and early escalation.

Has cut manual effort by up to 80% and enabled 30–50% business growth through ERP-led transformation.

Senior General Manager – Group IT - Pittie Group - Mumbai · Consumer, Manufacturing, Logistics, Media, Real Estate · 7 group companies

(2025-11)

• Lead the end-to-end D365 Business Central (v28) implementation and rollout across Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales, Warehouse, Quality and Inventory.
• Own programme governance — technology roadmap, annual budgets, vendor management, timelines and alignment with business heads and senior management.
• Deliver API integrations with Banking, TMS, CRM, Bizom, DMS, Courier, e-commerce and quick-commerce platforms.
• Established master data governance for Items, BOMs, Customers, Vendors, Production and Financial data to keep data clean for migration and go-live.
• Deliver workflow approvals, MIS and executive dashboards on Power Automate and Power BI; lead a 12-member in-house IT team across D365 BC, Power BI, applications and infrastructure.

Product Delivery Manager – CTRM - Robosoft Solutions Pvt. Ltd. - Commodity Trading & Risk Management (Oil, Gas, Metal) · Middle East clients

(2025-06 - 2025-09)

• Led delivery of the Robo-Commodity D365 BC solution (back-to-back trading, physical stock, hedging, paper trading); closed 3 client projects worth ₹2.75 Cr (AED 1.21M).
• Architected price risk management — formula pricing, MTM benchmarking, options / futures hedging, hedge closure and roll-over, day-end closure and real-time Power BI dashboards.
• Managed API development, testing and the Azure DevOps pipeline; worked with the CEO, COO and business heads on scope and delivery.

Assistant Vice President – IT - Work Store Group - Mumbai · Corporate Procurement, E-commerce, Retail, Beauty · 5 group companies

(2024-07 - 2025-06)

• Led 2 full-cycle D365 BC implementations (E-commerce and Trading) — 70% reduction in manual effort and 30% business growth; recognised as Top Employee.
• Managed middleware and integrations with Shopify, Vinculum, Salesforce, Contlo and Limechat, plus Retail POS; delivered MIS dashboards in SSRS and Power BI.
• Led a 15-member in-house IT team supporting Workstore, Holistique Beauty, Glide Brands, The Better Flour and Valuetree Ingredients.

Senior Manager – IT (Group IT Head) - Fazlani Group - Mumbai · Manufacturing, Agriculture, Export & Import, Education, Retail, Hospitality, Trusts · 15 companies · 10.5 years

(2013-12 - 2024-06)

• Group IT Head for 15 companies — tobacco manufacturing, agri-commodity trading, floriculture export, perfumes & cosmetics, hospitality, ready-to-eat foods (Mumbai and New Jersey, USA) and charitable trusts.
• Owned enterprise applications (NAV 2016 / D365 BC, Salesforce, WINHMS, Retail POS), ERP user training and the IT helpdesk with incident and change management.
• Implemented a Quorum-server business-continuity platform (DR, backup, storage, cloud backup) across Mumbai and Navi Mumbai; built MIS dashboards in SSRS and Power BI.

Manager – ERP Project Manager & Functional Consultant - Godrej Infotech Ltd. - Retail, Pharma, Manufacturing, Automotive, Trading, Agro, Export & Import · NAV 2009R2 / 2013R2 / 2016, AX, LS Retail, S

(2007-09 - 2013-11)

• Led onsite ERP projects as Project Manager and Functional Consultant across the full lifecycle — requirements analysis, design, implementation, training and post-go-live support; authored FRDs and resolved gaps through FRS / RRS.
• Aditya Birla Retail: Team Leader for 20 consultants on Navision 2009 and LS Retail across 1,000+ supermarkets and 20 hypermarkets — store rollouts, new features and application support.
• Maruti Suzuki India: Led the Dealer Management project — Navision 2013R2 dealership module integrated with SAP HANA; deployed nationwide with onsite delivery at Manesar (Gurugram) and dealer locations.
• International: Alliance Tire Americas (USA, South Africa, Israel, Netherlands, China) and Serdia Pharmaceutical (France).

SAP SD Consultant - Align IT Consulting

(2007-01 - 2007-08)

SAP SD Consultant - Global-Link Solutions

(2004-01 - 2006-12)

Led a team of 20.

Instrumentation & Control Engineer - Flow Control Industries

(2001-01 - 2004-12)

8+ pharma automation projects.

E-commerce Programmer - MCS

(2000-01 - 2001-12)

B.E. - Instrumentation & Control Engineering - V.C.E.T., Mumbai University (2000-01)

Post-Graduation - Supply Chain Management - Welingkar Institute, Mumbai (2013-01)

Certificate - Project Management - IIT Delhi (2014-02)

Advanced Certificate - Data Science, ML & AI - IIT Guwahati (2024-09)