Manufacturing
Oil, Gas, and Mining
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Technology, Information and Media
Active

Rahul Patankar

IT and Digital leader for Manufacturing and Supply Chain

About Me

As a technology and digital leader with a strong focus on manufacturing, supply chain, and R&D/ Product Development. I have a versatile business and technology background acquired working with global consulting, IT majors, and industrial leaders such as AkzoNobel, E&Y, Capgemini, Rolta, Cognizant, and Accenture across manufacturing industry. Overview of my experience over more than 25 years collaborating with leading industrial companies -

Jurisdiction

Netherlands

Experience

Seniority LevelDirector
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Global IT and Digital Business Partner – ManufacturingAkzoNobel
2018 - 2025

• Global IT lead for Supply chain and since 2023 R&D/ innovate - managing a core team consisting of IT architect & delivery, and local IT and program specific extended team. • Strategic partner to Supply chain leadership for IT, Digital, OT / Automation, and Data analytics agenda. • Since 2023, strategic partner to Innovate / R&D covering PLM / Formulation, Product compliance, Labs, and innovation pipeline management • Lead strategy and (lifecycle) roadmap for automation and digitalization of supply chain, manufacturing, and Innovate streams - enable and orchestrate roadmap definition and deployment bringing together stakeholders from business, IT, and external partners. • Investment Portfolio Management for IT / Digital/ OT investments - planning and prioritization of initiatives and projects and business case definition and value tracking • Actively support supply chain operational excellence organization for process definition and harmonisation, master data improvement, and change management & user adoption. • Co - own reference framework/ architecture for ERP, IoT Digital platform, MES, OT / Automation, Product Compliance, PLM / Formulation, and HSE&S • Program Management and steering business and IT projects teams for ideation, initiation, and implementation of technology projects. Key initiatives to mention – (multiyear) Digital manufacturing and IIoT connected factory program; (multiyear) 3PL / 4PL deployment; (Multiyear) SAP standardisation; Integrated site system reference architecture for IT / OT / Digital (currently being deployed for Industrial Transformation); IT / OT integration and OT reference architecture; (multiyear) standardisation and modernisation of R&D and Compliance system landscape; Lab 4.0; ICS Cybersecurity deployment; Process and master data harmonisation; Data analytics – manufacturing, supply chain, and R&D data lake

Sr Manager Consulting – Industry X.0 Chemical IndustryAccenture Consulting
2017 - 2018

Consulting focused business development role for Accenture Industry X.0 (Accenture branding for Industry 4.0) offering - advising global Chemical companies on their Industry 4.0 journey. The key emphasis being realization and foundation for scale up in manufacturing and supply chain. Key initiatives – Industrial IoT offering for connected factory, IT / OT integration and Manufacturing architecture evolution, Data Science and analytics use cases for process analytics and efficiency improvement.

Director Consulting – Industrial DigitalizationCognizant Technology Solution
2016 - 2017

Consulting focused business development role to increase our presence in Nordic accounts within the area of industrial digitalization/ Industry 4.0. Key initiatives – develop industry 4.0 strategy and roadmap for a paper and wood products, oil field services, and engineering companies in the region.

Sales Director Europe –Rolta Europe
2014 - 2016

Business development and sales role to secure new accounts for Rolta OneView, a product aimed at IT / OT integration and operational intelligence / analytics. The focus areas were operations, performance management, maintenance and reliability, asset management, and supply chain visibility. Rolta was ahead of time with industrial data integration and functional contextualisation by using industry/ functional knowledge models. The target market included asset - intensive companies in sectors such as Oil & Gas, Chemicals, and Utilities.

Account executive – Private sectorCapgemini Nederland
2008 - 2014

Manage client relationships, develop new business, and deliver services for large corporate accounts like Royal Dutch Shell. As an account partner, I engaged in initiatives at Shell such as – smart field, CapEX portfolio management tooling, and PCD (process control domain) security.

managerCapgemini India
2001 - 2006

As a and later as a I oversaw programs and led teams on consulting assignments and IT / business transformation projects within the manufacturing and supply chain sectors. Selected engagements to highlight are – global Order management/ Planning integration with manufacturing system, large scale ERP implementation at a leading oil and gas company in India.

senior consultant,Ernst & Young Consulting India
1998 - 2001

As a I have worked on multiple consulting projects in Europe and Asia Pacific for Natural Resources and Manufacturing companies, focusing on supply chain transformation, process design, package selection, and system implementation.

Consumer ElectronicsPhilips India,
1996 - 1998

Within the Consumer Electronics division, I managed supply planning and was part of the team responsible for process re - engineering and ERP implementation at the consumer electronics factory.

Education

Masters of Executive MBARotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University,
2014 - 2016
Masters of Master in industrial engineering and OperationsIndian Institute of Management,
1994 - 1996
Degree of Bachelor in engineeringDAVV University,
1989 - 1993

Skills

Core skills10
Languages1

Skills

Digital Manufacturing
Digital Supply Chain
IT/OT integration
OT/ ICS Cybersecurity
OT architecture
IoT
Control Tower
Data and Analytics
ERP/WMS/TMS
Batch/Process Manufacturing

Languages

English

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