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New Delhi, Delhi, India

• Develop and execute the organization’s digital roadmap, aligning IT applications with business goals and driving the adoption of emerging technologies.
• Manage and optimize the portfolio of IT applications, ensuring integration across departments and alignment with business processes and objectives.
• Lead the cultural shift towards digital transformation, ensuring smooth implementation and user adoption of new technologies and tools.
• Measure the success of digital initiatives, track KPIs, and drive continuous improvement in IT systems to maximize business impact and innovation.Projects with Achievement:
• Field-force Application: Successfully implemented a Field Force Application that streamlined on-the-ground sales operations, improved real-time data collection, and enhanced communication between field teams and the.
• Dealer Management System: Led the implementation of a comprehensive DMS to optimize dealer operations, inventory management, and order processing.

Faridabad, Haryana, India

• Lead digital sales & marketing transformation, including digital tech implementation, digital marketing strategy, and sales management.
• Develop business requirement roadmaps for sales & marketing projects.
• Drive lead generation through digital marketing, including social media, affiliate marketing, performance marketing, and database marketing.
• Focusing on improving conversion rates by optimizing digital sales channels and increasing the efficiency of the sales process.
• Implement digital initiatives across dealer channels to drive digital adoption.Projects with Achievements:
• Customer Experience Platform: Led the development of a comprehensive platform, including websites, chatbots, AR/VR, and e-commerce solutions, contributing to a 40% increase in digital enquiries in FY24 and representing.

Greater Noida

• Lead the digitization strategy and oversee projects aimed at creating smart assembly lines and advanced factories.
• Drive the implementation of software solutions to integrate PPC, R&D, supply chain, and manufacturing functions.Projects with Achievements:
• Proplanner Software Implementation: Spearheaded the planning and execution of Proplanner software to integrate supply chain, manufacturing, R&D, and logistics as part of the World Class Manufacturing initiative.
• New CRDi Model Launch: Managed the launch of a new CRDi model for the domestic market, contributing to improved market share.
• Inventory Process Transformation: Achieved a 50% reduction in manpower costs and dispatch time by transforming the finished goods inventory process using RFID tags and inventory management software.
• Productivity Enhancement: Increased plant productivity by 30% through process restructuring and digitization across driveline, engine assembly, and machine shop operations.

Noida

• Drive plant automation, productivity enhancements, and digitization initiatives in line with industry best practices.
• Lead Capex and Opex budget planning and monitoring for all Indian Subsidiaries.Projects with Achievements:
• Cycle Time Reduction: Reduced cycle time on the refrigerator assembly line through the installation of robotic arms, and improved material flow with AGV installations and online monitoring.
• Innovation Award (FY-13): Awarded the FY-13 Innovation Award for developing and implementing automation concepts that significantly boosted supply chain and plant logistics productivity.
• Kaizen Leader Award (FY-14): Recognized with the Kaizen Leader Award for successfully executing 20 automation and digitization initiatives within one year.
• Cost Savings: Achieved annual savings of ₹150 crore through value engineering and value stream mapping of processes in FY-14.

Faridabad

• Lead project planning and execution to enhance plant productivity through automation and digitization initiatives.
• Oversee industrial engineering and manufacturing engineering activities to optimize operations.
• Manage new product launches and the planning and execution of manufacturing facility expansions.Projects with Achievements:
• Vendor Capacity Enhancement: Enhanced external vendor capacity by re-engineering processes and implementing a real-time monitoring system, significantly improving quality control and production planning.
• Plant Capacity Expansion: Commissioned multiple paint shops, treatment lines, CNC and other special-purpose machines, achieving a rapid plant capacity expansion.

Mba, Operations

B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering

Sangeet Prabhakar (B.A In Music), Hindustani Classical Vocal

Diploma, Autocad

Certification, Music