Nirav Pancholy Email & Phone Number

Richmond, VA, US

• Oversee the development, implementation, and upgrade of Sales, Finance, Contract Management, Transportation, and Warehouse applications for one of the nation's largest food service distributors. Supervise project.
• Earned 3 Recognition awards for project management excellence.
• Enhanced project management capabilities and quality by designing PM infrastructure, project charter, project management planning, scope management, change management, and close-out procedures.
• Increased efficiency and reduced distribution and warehouse labor costs 20% by implementing Engineering Labor Standards Power (Power Productivity) solution.
• Lowered cost-per-case by 40% in receiving area and enabled reduction in receiving support staff by partnering with Capstone Logistics to implement a web-based receiving system.
• Streamlined development times by implementing specialized report formatting and distribution tool.staff by partnering with Capstone Logistics to implement a web-based receiving system.

• Recruited to lead CRM systems implementation projects; also played key role on ERP implementation team. Actively involved in rollouts as a Project Leader. Supervised development teams.
• Lowered cost of servicing customers while increasing visibility of 15,000 items and improving supply chain efficiency by implementing web-based order entry system.
• Reduced customer service hours while increasing average order size 15% and margins 10% by introducing Sales Automation System. Also trained more than 150 sales representatives.
• Enabled recovery of $25,000 per month in damaged product costs by automating vital Over, Short, and Damaged (OSD) reporting at time of receiving.
• Led ERP suite upgrade, resulting in improved supply chain, food distribution services, order issue resolution, and accounting functions.
• Increased accuracy of commissions 90% by designing and implementing a Commission system for Area Managers, which also saved 8 hours of processing time for Human Resources.

• Led the implementation and support of ERP systems, and the design and development of supporting modules, for largest privately-held European-style cabinet manufacturer in the US.
• Saved $250,000 in consulting fees by leading ERP upgrade rather than using outsourced vendor.
• Improved sales forecasting and market analysis by formulating sales analysis reporting tool.
• Enhanced efficiency by implementing truck scheduling system and management information system.
• Enabled $25,000 in development and implementation costs by personally designing EDI for purchasing and customer service department.
• Led IT infrastructure support for new manufacturing facility and integrating the ERP system.

• Planned and managed projects for clients of IT services and Solutions Company.
• Supervised team of 6 on project to restructure an AS/400-based customer care and billing system for Gulf Telephone Company. Oversaw design, data migrations, and testing of new billing format. Ensured Y2K compliance for.
• Directed several Y2K compliance projects.
• Saved $250,000 by completing a client's system migration project 3 months ahead of schedule.
• Achieved 20% improvement in efficiency while lowering local and long distance costs 50% by merging Gulf Long Distance's telephone system to existing systems.

• Oversaw software division for IT services provider with international customer base. Supervised up to 10 persons. Managed projects as large as $500,000. Implemented JIT for third-party contracted jobs.
• Built annual revenues to $200,000 for department, achieving and maintaining profitability.
• Led key projects, including implementation of ERP systems, business systems, and manufacturing systems, including modules for inventory control, purchasing, AP/AR, and other areas.
• Facilitated improvements for clients, such as enhancing forecasting 30%, project scheduling 45%, manufacturing lead times 25%, and order change processing 50%.

Mba, International Business

Mca, Computer Applications

B. Sc., Physics