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ERP PRODUCT OWNER · AGILE DELIVERY
PRODUCT · DATA · ERP

Manikandan
Ranganathan

01 / 06

ERP Product Owner turning complex business challenges into scalable digital products — connecting product strategy, enterprise systems, data and Agile delivery to create measurable business value.

📍 Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India · OPEN TO PRODUCT OWNER / ERP OPPORTUNITIES
Portrait of Manikandan Ranganathan
~10
years across analytics, ERP & product
01PRODUCTVision · Roadmaps · Prioritization
02ERPImplementation · Support · Migration
03DATASQL · Analytics · KPI-driven decisions
04DELIVERYAgile · Scrum · Stakeholder alignment
About

From data to product leadership

01PRODUCT MINDSET

I'm an ERP Product Owner with nearly a decade of experience delivering enterprise software across ERP, analytics, and digital transformation initiatives. My path from Data Analyst to ERP Specialist to Product Owner lets me pair technical depth with business strategy.

I specialize in turning complex business challenges into scalable digital products — working closely with stakeholders, engineering teams, and customers to define vision, manage backlogs, and deliver measurable value through Agile methodologies.

PRODUCT STRATEGYERP DOMAINDATA-DRIVEN DELIVERY

"Great products are built by deeply understanding customer problems, aligning business goals with technology, and continuously delivering measurable value."

— PRODUCT PHILOSOPHY
What I Do

Where I add value

The day-to-day work of shaping a product from idea to delivery.

Product Vision & Strategy

Setting direction that aligns business goals with what gets built.

Roadmaps & Backlogs

Building and managing roadmaps and product backlogs.

Feature Prioritization

Ranking work by business value, not just noise.

User Stories & Acceptance Criteria

Writing requirements engineering teams can act on.

Sprint Planning & Reviews

Leading Agile ceremonies that keep delivery on track.

Cross-team Collaboration

Working closely with Engineering, UX, QA and Business.

ERP Implementation Support

Supporting enterprise ERP rollouts end to end.

Data Migration Programs

Driving accurate, low-risk migration of business-critical data.

Data-driven Decisions

Using data to guide what the product does next.

Core Competencies

Skills across the stack

Product Strategy
Product Vision
Roadmap Planning
Product Lifecycle Management
MVP Planning
Feature Prioritization
Scrum
Sprint Planning
Backlog Grooming
User Stories
Acceptance Criteria
Sprint Reviews
Retrospectives
ERP Implementation
ERP Support
ERP Data Migration
Infor LN ERP
Business Process Improvement
Stakeholder Management
Customer Discovery
Requirement Gathering
Business Analysis
Process Optimization
Data Analytics
SQL
Dashboard Reporting
KPI Monitoring
Data Visualization
Featured Projects

Shipped, delivered, improved

Selected examples of how I turn enterprise problems into clearer priorities, better delivery and stronger business outcomes.

SELECTED WORK
PRODUCT OWNER

Enterprise ERP Product

Owned vision, backlog and delivery across the full product lifecycle.

Responsibilities
  • Defined product vision
  • Managed product backlog
  • Prioritized features
  • Created user stories & led Agile ceremonies
Outcome
  • Created stronger alignment between business and development teams
  • Improved delivery focus through value-based backlog prioritization
  • Connected customer needs to product goals and release decisions
DATA MIGRATION

ERP Data Migration

Challenge: enterprise customers needed accurate migration of business-critical ERP data.

My Contribution
  • Gathered migration requirements
  • Coordinated with functional teams
  • Validated migrated data
Outcome
  • Reduced business risk across the migration process
  • Improved confidence in data quality for go-live
SUPPORT TRANSFORMATION

ERP Support Transformation

Rebuilt how support issues were resolved and escalated.

Responsibilities
  • Root cause analysis
  • Process improvements
  • Functional consulting & stakeholder communication
Outcome
  • Improved customer experience through structured issue resolution
  • Strengthened ERP reliability through root-cause and process improvements
EXPERIENCENearly a decade across ERP, analytics & product
APPROACHCustomer problem → Product decision → Agile delivery
STRENGTHBusiness strategy + ERP domain + technical depth
Career Journey

The roadmap so far

02INCREASING OWNERSHIP

Increasing ownership — from analytics to product leadership.

STAGE 01

Business Operations

Where it started
STAGE 02

Data Analyst

Foundations in data
STAGE 03

ERP Support

Into enterprise systems
STAGE 04

Senior ERP Support

Deeper ownership
STAGE 05

Senior Product Specialist

Bridging support & product
CURRENT

Product Owner

RPM International
Certifications

Continued learning

03CONTINUOUS GROWTH
Technical Skills

Tools I work with

04PRODUCT + ERP + DATA
Infor LN ERP
SQL
Excel
Power Apps
Power Automate
SharePoint
Agile
Scrum
Data Analytics
Project Management
Why Work With Me

I bring together business strategy, ERP domain expertise, product thinking, and technical understanding to deliver customer-centric solutions — bridging business stakeholders and engineering teams while driving measurable outcomes.

Contact

Let’s build something useful

Open to Product Owner, ERP Product, Business Systems and Digital Transformation opportunities where product thinking and enterprise domain expertise can create measurable value.