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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Improving quality and efficiency of Performance Reporting and Analysis | Capital Projects DepartmentLeading efforts to increase the efficiency and quality of performance reporting through three levers1) Automating data collection and reporting, 2) Ensuring data accuracy and consistency and,3) Data-driven decision making by utilizing tools including but not limited to PowerBI, Power Automate, IBM Maximo, Excel etc.

Mergers & Acquisitions | Operating Model IntegrationOrchestrated a post-merger Operating Model Integration project across APAC and EEMEA regions. Led a team of 3 offshore resources, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery, contributing significantly to client success.Proposals & Business Development | Revenue Growth Contributed to storyboarding, solutioning, and content creation targeted at CXO-level audiences, resulting in winning new scopes of work worth over $2.3 million for two clients.Data Analytics & Visualization | KPI Reporting AutomationDeveloped an automated dashboard (Excel and PowerBI) and conducted comprehensive end-user training, enabling seamless consolidation, tracking, and creation of CXO-level KPI reports. Resulted in an annual savings 250+ hours for client teams.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Cost Benchmarking | Strategic Savings Spearheaded SG&A Cost Benchmarking, identifying critical gaps and highlighting improvement opportunities valued at over US $10 million for the client.Due Diligence | Financial ModelingAssisted in Operational Due Diligence engagement by building a data model and analysis. Prepared the final report for client which aided in decision making of an acquisitionMarket Research | Data & InsightsCarried out market research for a client to help them understand the retail-clinic market trends, competitors, challenges etc. in the US and created a CXO-level report summarizing the findings

Bengaluru Area, India

> Helped Capgemini deliver three successful proposal/RFP solutions, thereby bringing in revenue of US $1+ Million> Delivered two projects successfully with a client satisfaction score of 4+ out of 5> Managed the detailed oversight of multiple work streams within the project> Took care of the Day-to-day operational tasks during the project execution> Tracked and monitored the budget throughout the execution phase

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

> Managed the detailed oversight of multiple work streams within the project> Took care of the Day-to-day operational tasks during the project execution> Tracked and monitor the budget throughout the execution phase

Bangalore

Project Title: A study on Operational Efficiency through Visibility and predictability in LogisticsThe project work included evaluating and suggesting changes for the company's visibility platform developed by the technical team. Evaluating the logistics model of company's new customers and giving recommendations from a point-of-view of visibility in logistics

Jodhpur Area, India

> Assist Area Manager in designing strategic plans to increase sales & service related activities> To groom and train the dealership staff in sales & service> To ensure the sales & service activities are performed as per company standards in these dealerships

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Operations Management And Supervision, Cgpa 6.6/10

Activities and Societies: Member of Academic Program Committee & Coordinator of Opsession- The Operations club of SIBM-B

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Cgpa 7.52/10

Activities and Societies: Student coordinator at SAE Collegiate club L.D.C.E., Event Manager of the Robotics Event at Teqnix'13

Hsc, Science, 71.6%

Ssc, 83.2%