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Munich, By, De

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Project budgeting, controlling and reporting managementManaging senior stakeholder communications for PMO

Norway

Assisting Serial Investors with Market and Business Intelligence, Acquisition Strategy, Business Case Building, Strategy and Planning. Achieved Investment for Go Global Ecommerce and group of companies. Currently GGE and group is known as Worldwide Commerce.- Delivered strategic management counsel: Portfolio synergy & business opportunities, and business plans for investor share growth.- Developed commercial due diligence reports: Analysis of Market, Customer, Competitive landscape and offer.- Conducting secondary research to gather Market and Competitor Information.- Collaborate with GGE’s top management for synergy and risk assessments.- Formulating growth strategies of the target through multiple channels: Partnership, Business Development and Inbound Marketing.- Achieved funding for short-term needs and investor interest for future needs.

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Working with the CEO/Founder on the fronts of Business Strategy & Product Innovation Strategy - Designing and implementing appropriate data management tools and practices to optimise outcomes- Develop and analyse reports that monitor key business metrics such as financial KPIs, customer satisfaction levels, marketing funnel, operational throughput effectiveness, etc to identify potential internal risks- Micro and Macro Market monitoring - Monitoring global trends within target market and industry trends to identify upcoming challenges or opportunities for the organisation. Cyclically monitoring the “5-forces” challenges and opportunities, with a particular attention to how competitors are evolving (KPIs, business models, services)- Create a departmental and a company dashboard with appropriate KPIs accessible to managers and the board - Support CEO/Founder in business and strategy definition, organisation and tracking- Led the procurement process for organisation wide CRM subscription. Achieved 50% cost reduction. Procurement done by conducting bidding.Business Intelligence- Analyse how the organisation can provide value add to its customers through the analysis and interpretation of available data- Support functional needs in automation of reporting and BI requirements.

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Working with the CEO/Founder and CMO on the fronts of Operations Improvement and Market testing & entry initiatives respectively, in addition to the Partnerships Management responsibilities with CGO.- Developing and analysing the process breakdown structure of the operations to explore possibilities of automation to reduce onboarding time and costs. Research, ideated and lead development of 'Go Global Ecommerce App' to automate customer onboarding.- Industry Research: Research, identifying suitability and implementing suitable systems and best practises for Sales & Marketing in Go Global Ecommerce. Targetting market readiness of functional teams for global expansion actions.- Brand development - Lead the development of company brand identity/image in leading B2B tech platforms - G2 and Trustradius.- Research and analysis of the competitors to improve the service offering and pricing for target market readiness- Design, validate & coordinate execution of marketing events/campaigns generating awareness, curiosity and interest among partners, customers. Create content for Executive LinkedIn posts, Podcasts/Short Videos, and event keynote presentations.- Company CRM Expert - Managed and streamlined Sales & Marketing operations via HubSpot.-Led conception to implementation of'Go Global Ecommerce App' - Automated client onboarding process. Reduces 10% customer onboarding time. Improved value-addition for strategic partnerships.

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Assisting CGO in Sales & Leading Strategic Partnership establishment and Management: Defining Strategy objectives, Implementing systems and best practises, Performance tracking and analysing for areas of improvement to achieve Go Global Ecommerce's Global expansion goals.- Strategic Thinker & Hunter: Strategise to own end to end sales and partner lifecycle, took initiatives with hands-on ideating and resolving bottlenecks in search, acquisition, nurture and lead generation.- Creating the right Partner Ecosystem for the e-commerce market, digital services like eCommerce platform, Logistics companies, Digital consultancy, and Web Agency Services.- Assisting in coordination, bidding, negotiation, and onboarding of prospect clients.- Assisting the CGO with internal reporting of key metrics

Paris, Île-De-France, France

CSR consultancy to enrich Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) of employees at workplace.- Study of competitor practises and KPIs to enrich D&I- Analysis of the client's employee engagement and motivation and data-driven suggestions to manage the transformation required- Analysis driven suggestions to handle employee resistance during the transformation of organisation and leadership- Design of KPIs and dashboard to enrich D&I and steps to achieve Employee InclusionResult - Client recommended & presenting analysis at International Diversity Seminar.

Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Merger & Acquisition Consultancy Project for Italian ERP CompanyResearch and analysis of following parameters of potential targets in the market -- Financial Performance- Business Strategy synergy- Corporate Culture synergy- Market capture potential- Future potential in COVID impacted marketResult - Client approved the final M&A targets & analysis. Top scorer among cohorts (100 percentile)

Cuddalore Area, India

M/s Larsen & Toubro Ltd is India's Largest Construction Enterprise.Underground Electric Cabling Project - Coastal Disaster Risk Reduction ProjectA World Bank funded Project (IDA/52790)"Top Performer" of the annual employee appraisal awarded for 2019-2020.Roles & Responsibilities: Lead-role in the time over-run Project Implementation responsible to Corporate Management, mandate to recover the lost progress of two projects, viz., Cyclone Resilient Electrical Network projects- Phase-I & II (Value: ~50Mn. USD each)• Project leadership, strategic thinking and attention to details: Review of Project Budgeting, Scheduling, Monitoring, Logistics & Vendor management• Stakeholder communications and relationship building: Handled key client communications, client confidence restoration & review meetings• Contract & Claim Administration: Delivered client clearance for 65% of project’s invoices• Civil Engineering: Spearheaded the site civil engineering of complete scope ~4Mn. USD, in 8months’ time• Managing choke-points, multidisciplinary skills: Identified the project choke-points & systematised them. (Total value~0.5MnUSD)■ Handled procurement responsibilities of the bottle-neck inventory■ Handled logistics & coordination of Plant & Machinery resource allocation - Special mission• Management Information System, Project data collection, analysis, processing: Furnished and presented MISreports to higher officials & HQ officers, assisting in decision taking.• Drove business case development, executive communications with the client teams & top management, and strategic plans to accelerate the project cash flow to 2x for fast-track completion.• Secured client's executive confidence and obtained contracts for the next 2 phases of the infrastructure project, each worth ~ $40 Mn• Mentoring: Mentored trainees in project management, adherence to company’s quality norms & overall conduct.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Operations Management Role"Top Performer" of Annual employee appraisal awarded for 2016-2017 Awarded company sponsorship to pursue Master's in Construction Technology & Management from The National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (Elite Indian Engineering Institute, Deemed University) 2017-2019.Roles & Responsibilities:Provided high quality, timely and reliable technical and operational supports to the Head of Civil & Mechanical Operations, at the corporate level, towards better and effective management of the regional and site projects operations. Civil Engineering and managerial supports at corporate level to Head of Civil and Mechanical, in project monitoring & control, resourcing in respect of men, other resources incl. methods, technology applications, etc., ensuring that all business operations are effective and efficient,Identifying and fulfilling customer requirements, in respect of running projects of Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Bangalore clusters of L&T, i.e., South and East India Regions. (Running projects: 47).KPIs -Provided several explorative supports to help identifying, incorporating and integrating technologies and practices at HQ level from company-wide sources. This has not only helped to document and create a knowledge depository (guidelines and frameworks to follow) but also for sourcing and reusing them for future assignments and applications.Regular liasoning with all departments of the Company and Project Managers of 47 sites.Provided Client coordination support for 2 projects, with required software support for Scheduling priority work in Microsoft Project and PrimaVera - Was commended by the Clients and Project Managers for this, for identifying key processes and dodging delay of 1.5 months.

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Field Supervision of Execution of Civil WorksRoles - Site-level lead for completing projects on schedule and within budget, according to the client's needs. supporting Project Manager Overall responsibilities for the planning and civil construction work at 18 Site locations, Quality control & compliance of standards, incl., HSE aspects. Administration of Contracts, Coordination with consultants.KPIs - Significant contributions independently in coordinating and managing the planning and construction works of the substations at 18 different locations, although I was deployed as a trainee. Was recommended to provide technical and operational supports to the Head of Civil & Mechanical Operations, at HQ, on transfer from the above posting, before the project completion was achieved.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, International Management, 3.8/4.0 Gpa, Passed With Distinction

Activities and Societies: ESCP Student Consulting SocietyFT Global MBA Rankings 2022 - #52 Worldwide, #13 in Europe, #3 in France #1.

Master Of Technology - Mtech, Construction Technology And Management, 7.7/10.0 Frist Class

Activities and Societies: University Soccer Team - 2017-19 - Won 2 Inter-university Tournaments. Research paper pursued - Inventory.

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Civil Engineering, First Class - 7.99/10.0

Activities and Societies: University Soccer Team - from 2013-2015 - Won 2 Inter-University tournaments - Won 2 Intra-university.