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SKILLS PROFILE
Strategic/Programme
Planning
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Business Plan Analysis and approval of Overseas Delivery
Centres/Software Products.
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Budgeting – Develop templates, Coordination, Analysis, Review
and Alignment with Corporate plans and Query resolution
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Costing and pricing models
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Joint Venture – Evaluation, capital structure formulation,
Performance monitoring
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Investment Decisions – Identify, Analyse and Evaluate Company
and Country investment opportunities
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Staffing and Recruitment models
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Financial Analysis and Modelling - Monte-Carlo simulation,
Performance tracking (variances), Competitor tracking
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Project/ Programme Management
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Setting up and managing a Programme Management Office
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Programme Planning, budgeting and process management
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SOX, ISO, CMMi, Six Sigma compliancy
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Offshoring, Outsourcing and Relationship Management.
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Company level SLA/KPI management & analysis for Managed Services
Agreements.
Software Project
Management
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Project planning, Project monitoring and control, Quality
Assurance (Cost of Quality)
System Design and Development
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Requirement Analysis, High Level Design, Low Level Design, Unit
Testing, Trouble shooting
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Creation of Internal toolsets – Conception, development,
deployment and management.
Enterprise Resource Planning
1.
Baan IV- Materials Module implementation
2.
Oracle Applications
3.
SAP
Tools
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MS Office
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Microsoft Project
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Resource Management Tool
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Primavera, EPM orientation
BUSINESS
AREAS
Software systems applied to:
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Finance
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Corporate Functions – Management Information System (MIS),
Project financing
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Financials – Payments, Accounts receivables, Payables module,
Materials, Planning, Treasury, Billing, Project Management
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Manufacturing
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Planning, Inventory, Project Management,
ERP implementation, Vendor Management, BPR, Procurement, MIS
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Telecom
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Program Planning , Risk & Quality Management , Budget & Cost
Control.
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Management Reporting
EXPERIENCE
Over 9 years of experience and associated with activities such
as:
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Project & Programme Management
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Setting up and managing Programme Management Office.
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Budgeting – Handled TCS budgets FY 2002-03/ FY 2003-04
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System Design – Budget automation System, Inventory System, MIS
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Quality & Risk Management
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Vendor Management
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Strategic Review and analysis
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Financial Modelling – HR Model, Escrow model, Acquisitions model
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Project Appraisals and approvals– Power Projects, Delivery
Centres
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Pricing – Procurement and country-wise pricing models
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ERP implementation
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SLA/KPI Management for MSA contracts
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Programme Planning
Membership
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Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
EDUCATION
Degree
: Bachelor of Engineering with specialisation
in Production
Institute
: K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering
University
: Mumbai
Year & Month
: June 1996
Degree
: Masters in Management with specialisation
in Finance
Institute
: Sydenham Institute of Management Studies And Research &
Entrepreneurship Education
(SIMSREE)
University
: Mumbai
Year & Month
: June 2001
Certifications:-
1.
Project Management Professional (PMP) – Sept 2005
2.
Prince2 – Feb 2007
PROJECTS/ THESIS
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Title |
1)
Risk Analysis in Non-recourse Financing
2)
Escrow Capacity Estimation Of State Electricity Boards (SEBs)
in India using Monte-Carlo Simulation |
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Project |
1)
This project was carried out for Industrial
Development Bank of India (IDBI), Corporate Finance
Department at Mumbai.
The
objective of the project was to:
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Identify risks in Chennai based Power project (non-recourse
finance)
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Analyse risks
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Recommend detailed methods for mitigating risks.
2)
This project used Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh
regions as case studies for Escrow Capacity Estimation.
The factors taken into consideration were:
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Demand & Supply Projections
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Consumer wise tariffs & Collection efficiency
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Financial / Expenses of SEBs
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Development of Monte–Carlo simulation model (Stochastic
Model) for considering above parameters to identify the
escrow capacity of the SEBs
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Sensitivity analysis of the variables |
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Title |
Cost of Quality at Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.
(Typewriter Division) |
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Project |
The project involved identification of the Cost of
Quality (CoQ) for the Typewriter division.
A study was undertaken to calculate CoQ from Appraisal,
Prevention, External Failure and Internal failure costs
incurred by the department. The project delivered a
software system in dBase to calculate the CoQ department
every month. |
CAREER
PROFILE
Dec 2005 Onwards :
[snip]
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Title |
Program Management Office – Ericsson Services Ltd. UK
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Period |
Dec 2005 – to date |
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Position |
Program Planning and Control Manager – PMO Head |
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Responsibilities |
Program Level Planning
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Established framework for program planning for all
projects exceuted by ESL for [snip] 3G UK Ltd. consists
of IT, Design & Implementation and Network Rollout
projects.
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Weekly Schedule Monitoring more than 250 Projects and
generation of Weekly Release plan for customer [snip] 3G
UK. Program Milestone monitoring–10 milestones/project.
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Analysing all dependencies (baseline, environment &
resource) among projects and understand the impact for
rescheduling & priortisation.
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Weekly Roadmap management consisting all ESL projects
with schedule and budgets breakup.
Resource Modelling
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Manage Strategic Resource Tool for the Resource
planning.
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Forecast environmentwise demand and supply for all
initiated and approved projects & change requests.
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Monitor headcount and resource skillsets profile.
Budget Control
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Review,analyse,monitor Budgets & Spend of all ESL
Projects
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Forecast the mandays forecast based on the consumption
and future demand.
Project Approval, schedule & Cost Control Tool
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Replicated the Project Approval, schedule & Cost Control
Tool in Ericsson for project monitoring.
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Source for creation of the history of the projects.
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Information Maintenance and troubleshooting of the Tool.
SLA/KPI management
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Calcuate the score for each SLAs/KPIs measures on weekly
basis and present it to the customer [snip]
demonstrating the monthly performance.
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Analyse SLA/KPI success/failures with reasons and
contributing to continous improvements initiatives.
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Measure the monthly throughput of the company.
Project Management
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Project Manager for internal projects and change
requests.
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Programme Manager for few Internal projects
Risk Management
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Analyse escalated project risks, highlight, monitor them
to closure.
Management Reporting
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Successfully established Organization level Reporting
framework for Internal & External Customers – Managing
Director, Directors & Business Sponsors of ESL/H3G.
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Involved actively with ESL senior management in
analysing and resolution of the issues.
Quality Management Framework
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Achieved CMMi Level 3 certification.
SOX compliancy
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Implemented and ensuring SOX compliancy for all
projects.
Misc:-
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Participation in the Proposal writing
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Toolset generation for automation initiatives.
Achievements:-
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Bagged TCS Star of the Month Award for team members
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Started, established & stabilised PMO for Ericsson
Services Ltd. UK.
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Increased the PMO teamsize to 13 members form 2 members
with successful offshore setup.
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L&D Coordinator for last one year
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Conducted Trainings as Faculty on PMP & Project
Management in TCS & TCS Dublin.
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Account Maitree coordinator
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Project |
Program Management Office monitors all Programs/Projects
in Ericsson Services Ltd. It is responsible to track
the projects, manage project escalation issues, maintain
MIS, Management Reporting, IT Projects’ Budget & Cost
Control, Program planning , Project Approvals &
Closure. Projects handled currently 250+.
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Tools / Special Software |
Primavera, Microsoft Projects, Starteam, Oracle
Discoverer, Business Objects. |
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Work location |
Reading – UK |
Sept
2003 Onwards : [snip]
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Title |
Program Management Office – [snip] 3G UK
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Period |
Sept 2003 – Dec 2005 |
|
Position |
Program Management Analyst – PMO Team Lead |
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Responsibilities |
Program Level Planning
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Designed the framework for program planning.
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Weekly Schedule Monitoring more than 150 IT Projects.
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Analysing dependencies among projects and understand the
impact for rescheduling & priotisation.
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Weekly Release Plan generation which determines the
scheduling of all IT Projects in Hutchsion 3G UK.
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Managed annual budgets of more than £40 million.
Resource Modelling
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Understand environmentwise dependencies of the projects.
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Monitor resource availability of the environments.
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Understand and analyse the demand and availability gap
for scheduling and prioritisation of the projects.
Budget Control
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Align budgets to corporate plans.
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Review,analyse,monitor Budgets & Spend of all IT
Projects
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Coordinate & facilitate in Budgets preparation.
Project Approval & Cost Control Tool
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Conceptualization, Development and Generation of the
Project Approval & Cost Control Tool now backbone of H3G
Management project monitoring.
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Information Maintenance and troubleshooting of the Tool.
Risk Management Framework
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Developed & Implemented Risk Management framework for
H3G IT Projects.
Management Reporting
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Established the IT Organization Reporting framework for
Chairman, CTO , Directors & Business Sponsors of H3G.
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Involved actively with H3G UK senior management in
analysing and resolution of the issues.
Quality Management Framework
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Actively participated for establishing the H3G Quality
Framework.
4th Line Support
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Very successfully managed 4th Line Support
Trouble Ticket Management reporting
Misc:-
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Participation in the Proposal writing
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Assisted in preparation of Telecom BSC.
Achievements:-
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Hutch – TCS Star of the Month Award
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Started, established & stabilised PMO for H3G UK.
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Increased the PMO teamsize to 7 members though a
overhead for H3G UK. Currently establishing Offshore.
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Bagged 4th Line support project for TCS
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Instrumental in bagging Project Approval & Budget
Control Tool development project for TCS.
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Project |
Program Management Office monitors all IT
Programs/Projects in H3G UK. It is responsible to track
the projects, manage project escalation issues, maintain
MIS, Management Reporting, IT Projects’ Budget & Cost
Control, Program planning , Project Approvals &
Closure. |
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Tools / Special Software |
Primavera, Microsoft Projects, Starteam, Oracle
Discoverer, Business Objects. |
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Work location |
Maidenhead – UK |
June
2001 Onwards : [snip]
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Title |
Corporate Strategy Group
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Period |
July 2001 – Sept 2003 |
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Position |
Business Analyst |
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Responsibilities |
Business Plan Analysis
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Identify opportunities for expansion & setting up of
Delivery Centres. (Melbourne - Australia, Japan, China
and Mauritius)
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Country Analysis using parameters such as Human
Resources – availability of talent, Recruitment, Market
conditions, Govt. regulations, potential clients etc.
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Product Analysis – Investments required for the life
cycle, target segment, promotions – advertising, road
show etc.
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Perform Business Plan analysis using tools such as Net
Present Value, Cash Flow Analysis etc., Project
appraisals and facilitate approval from Top Management.
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Setting up joint venture – business plan creation,
company structure, investment monitoring & advisory.
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Executed $20 million new investments
Financial Models (Long Term & Short Term)
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Prepare Costing models country wise for project pricing
(Time & Material) for over 30 countries.
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Prepare pricing models from Costing models.
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Develop Delivery Centre Model for optimal utilization of
the delivery centre resources.
Budgeting
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Prepare Templates, budget parameters and structure for
Geographies, TCS’ Industry and Service Practices,
Delivery Centres, Support Departments, Group Clients and
CAPEX.
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Align budgets to corporate plans.
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Coordinate & facilitate in Budgets preparation.
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Review, analyse, monitor & report variances.
Budget Automation System (BAS)
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Lead Technical team for developing Budget Automation
system
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Monitor project schedules, requirement fulfilment and
User Acceptance Testing.
Handled PMO for TCS Asia Pacific Region
Misc.
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Financial Analysis of Computer Maintenance Corp. of
India (CMC) & handle investor grievances (which was
acquired by TCS during this period – the largest IT
acquisition in the country).
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Formulate Recruitment Model for HR department – Skills
required, background, attrition rates etc.
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Analyse companies for Strategic alliances / Mergers and
Acquisition.
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Study and Analyse current scenario vis requirements and
regularly provide recommendations to Nasscom, Ministry
of IT on World Trade Organization; Software Technology
Parks in India etc. |
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Project |
TCS’ Corporate Strategy Group provides strategic inputs
to TCS’ senior management. It is responsible for
reviewing corporate plans, undertake feasibility
studies, Budgeting, Project Pricing support to TCS’
Regional Managers, Competitor analysis, Company
analysis, Merger and Acquisition activities, Management
Information System and monitoring TCS’ strategic
investments. |
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Tools / Special Software |
Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Java, Oracle
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Work location |
Mumbai |
September 1996 – July
1999 : [snip].
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Title |
Materials – Procurement & Planning
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Period |
September 1996 – August 1999 |
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Position |
Executive |
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Project Management
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Undertake Erection of presses & press–brakes and Sheet
Handling systems including Design, Planning, Manufacture
and Erection for over 50 projects involving 6 – 18 month
schedules.
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Cost and Risk Management
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Manage and liaise with sub-contractors for machine
sub-assemblies.
MIS & Software Development for the Division
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MIS for effective inventory control – Several
improvements in material control were made by
development of a software package to analyse daily
inventory status, pending indent / order status and all
MIS activities related to Purchase, Stores & Planning.
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Develop Order Management System for control &
monitoring.
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Aging analysis for different class items.
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Projects status reporting to Management.
ERP Implementation
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Implement Baan IV Materials Module for the entire
division (150 users in a period of one year)
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Train 20 Baan users
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Provide maintenance support
Vendor Management
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Vendor development – new vendors for critical items and
jobs leading to savings
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Consolidate Vendor base – handling approx. 300+ vendors
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Identify and Undertake Supply Chain initiatives for cost
reduction
Procurement
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Handle Finished, Sub-Contracting & Raw Materials
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Manage Annual procurement of approx USD 1 MM
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Just-In-Time (JIT) implementation for the department
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Under take Cost reduction initiatives
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Sourcing
Inventory Control
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Implement JIT for class A and class B items
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Improve Re-order levels items – one such initiative
resulted in annual savings of approx. USD 14,000
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