Assistant Vice President And Program Leader- Enterprise Transformation
Cognizant Technology Solutions
San Antonio Tx/ Teaneck Nj
Worked closely with CXOs/ business unit heads and led a global team (USA, UK, India) focused on enterprise transformation, strategic alliances, business operations, strategy, pricing optimization, and cost restructuring.Key AchievementsCorporate performance improvement: Analyzed 15+ business units (application development, enterprise solutions, ITO), led competitive benchmarking, identified opportunities to improve operating margin, presented findings to CXO team and managed company-wide initiative for significant improvement in operating margin.Pricing strategy: Tracked leading competitors and drove pricing strategy at the corporate level to support company’s market leading growth. Analyzed pricing at key accounts, identified opportunities to improve and worked with business units to realize these opportunities.Financial planning & company-wide annual target setting: Developed detailed revenue growth as well as margin plans and highly insightful business/financial models for 15+ business units, and worked closely with CFO and FP&A team for setting financial targets.Operations planning: Implemented best-in-class planning processes at 15+ business units collectively $10B+ in revenue. Subsequent improvement in people utilization and pyramid (mix of senior and junior grades) reduced hiring plans by 5000+, lowered delivery cost, minimized revenue leakage and improved price competitiveness.