Harpreet Puri

Heading the SAP Application Management Group for IBM Global Business Services in UK & Ireland

Responsible for business development and solutioning of large, multi-year application outsourcing business deals (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft..) within various industry verticals in the EMEA region. Focussed on contract size of upto $50-75 Million with a multi-continent delivery and engagement model.

Responsible for strategy and business planning within the worldwide application outsourcing team. Job profile included joint planning with SAP Germany for go-to-market strategies and global co-ordination with HP business units for applications business growth.

Managed a team of 25 SAP consultants in Frankfurt for a large IT outsourcing engagement with Deutsche Bank. Complete project management responsibility including planning, implementation, support and SLA reporting to Deutsche Bank & HCL Senior Management.

Part of a key Program Management Office managing a multi-million GBP IT Outsourcing contract for software services by British Telecom in UK. Managed a large team of consultants during knowledge transition phase at London, Cardiff and Aylesbury for project handover & offsite/offshore growth

Worked directly for HCL CEO office to provide a complete ‘IT eco-tracking system’ encompassing customers, competitors and target industry verticals on regular basis. Responsible for various pre-sales activities and all interaction with Industry Analysts like Gartner, Forrester Research and TPI on HCL capabilities and key strengths

Sales role for selling GE’s EDI software product suite as an E-Commerce solution for Automobile and Government verticals in India. Responsible for North India carrying a sales target of over INR 2 million annually. Consistently achieved sales targets.