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Framingham, MA, US

Paris, France, FR

Paris, France, FR

• Spearheading project management for a multimillion-dollar RBD brand transitioning from clinical to commercial markets.
• Overseeing global and local (country) launch readiness sessions across all departments and product launch pillars
• Collaborating with Global Brand Leads & Launch Excellence Leads to align on launch and marketing strategies and timelines by maintaining project plans and activities in IGNITE
• Establishing product supply readiness for launch countries by collaborating with the manufacturing and supply department to enhance launch timelines by 3-6 months.
• Governing and leading dedicated workstreams to provide robust cross-functional support and visibility across various launch pillars resulting smooth interdependencies between functions
• Steering validation project for 700+ commercial launch dates globally across Sanofi’s launch portfolio of 16+ products

Paris, France, FR

• Purchasing 650+ raw materials from global suppliers to drive continuous supply sustainably
• Analyzing demand and supply trends to eliminate excess costs of $13M through Class A purchasing strategies, inventory management, demand forecasting and supplier management
• Leading Cross department collaborative meetings and executing real-time problem solving through GEMBA walks
• Establishing and Maintaining KPI’s with visual dashboard standards for purchasing, planning and logistics departments
• Fostering vendor relationship management to improve supply chain performance to exceed the demand of the business.

Boston, MA, US

Course: Engineering Project Management

Boston, MA, US

• Supervised and managed all student staff supporting facility operations and provided constant support by communicating with workstations relative to physical distancing, customer service, and workstation/fitness center.
• Oversaw all operational, safety, and cleaning procedures for the facility.
• Primary responder for all emergencies of any type.
• Handled all customer care issues, membership and access questions.
• Communicated all maintenance concerns relative to building operations and safety, in a timely manner particularly if a situation arises that affects operations.
• Offered any safety, physical distancing, other expectations for use of the facility, and face covering instructions as necessary with the purpose of providing excellent customer service.

Boston, MA, US

• As part of the Enrolment Management team, utilized software such as Salesforce, Unibuddy and Five9 to facilitate a smooth Enrollment process for prospective students, thereby boosting the enrollment conversion.
• Interacting with both prospective students from all over the globe and currently admitted students to ensure their questions about the application process and university as a whole are answered.
• Engaged with the student community and demonstrated educational excellence and maintaining a high level of campus involvement within the university.
• Conducted live seminars and presentations to educate the students about the University regulations and experience.
• Managed International Open House events to connect with international prospective students and provided a high perspective of the experience at Northeastern University.

Boston, MA, US

• Managed and supervised all Campus Recreation employees including Fitness Consultants, Facility Assistants, Group Fitness Instructors and Personal Trainers.
• Supervised and controlled the daily operations of the Marino Center by enforcing all facility policies and procedures as necessary.
• Handled all customer service issues and transactions using the Cashnet system.
• Was responsible to provide a safe, clean and fun atmosphere for patrons in the Marino Recreation Center and to enforce participant access and participation in all available activity areas.
• Greeted and engaged with participants to create a positive and productive exercise environment that inspires exercise adherence.
• First Aid, CPR and AED Certified (American Red Cross)

Boston, MA, US

• Provided a safe, clean and fun atmosphere for patrons in the SquashBusters Facility and enforce participant access and participation in all available activity areas.
• Accounted for the safety of the fitness center and functional fitness area patrons by enforcing area policies, promoting safe exercise technique, and providing general spotting assistance with cardiovascular, strength.
• Oversaw the maintenance, troubleshooting, and inspection of all cardiovascular, strength, free weight, and functional equipment.
• Ensured participant satisfaction by greeting and engaging with participants to create a positive and productive exercise environment that inspires exercise adherence
• Performed routine facility rounds while on duty to inspect and troubleshoot equipment and facility.
• First Aid, CPR and AED Certified (American Red Cross)

Paris, France, FR

• Aligned goals with stakeholders and SLT on scoping, scheduling, budgeting and resource management to aid transition to a standardized project execution discipline and support projects worth $35M of revenue
• Managed, coached and led project managers and schedulers engaged by Sanofi
• Supervised daily progress for all projects by creating project plans, charters, timelines and dashboards using MS Project
• Presented key insights to stakeholders and SLT to ensure accurate tracking of facility’s alignment towards project roadmap
• Established innovative, efficient packaging methods to reduce logistics and transportation time by 2 weeks & costs by $40k
• Analyzed and tracked relevant qualitative and quantitative standards across GMP, quality, packaging, labelling and validation to drive operational excellence through continuous process improvements

Paris, France, FR

• Managed 7 projects simultaneously from initiation to closure resulting in expedition of Sanofi’s digital transformation initiatives by ensuring compliance and reducing resource allocation requirements
• Collaborated with global suppliers and managers across virtual meetings to align facility’s purchasing strategy & accelerate procurement processes by over 2 months reducing costs by 23%
• Analyzed supplier data and pricing trends for 5+ products to eliminate excess costs of $825k in purchasing strategies
• Monitored daily progress for all projects by creating project plans, charters, timelines and dashboards using MS Project and presenting it to respective stakeholders and SLT that led to accurate tracking of facility’s.
• Connected with 10+ best-in-class vendors to develop VR solutions and build business cases for company wide VR/AR adoption
• Facilitated change management & constant upgradation of all site systems by tracking 16 cybersecurity metrics to build robust protection models from both internal and external cyber threats to Sanofi

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

• Negotiated directly with 11 clients teams and eliminated user pain points through cross functional collaborations and drafting functional specification documents that promoted timely project stage deliverables using.
• Managed a team of 6 associates to develop and test B2B product segments that accelerated overall progress of deliverables
• Collaborated with clients and cross functional team leaders on a weekly basis to ensure proper understanding of each project stage among all team members
• Simulated and tested 13 financial banking modules as per client requirements based on periodic rounds of feedback during an extensive Online banking product (OBDX) development project
• Monitored project progress by evaluating 150+ UAT module run lines executed by each team member daily using SQL by driving KPI targets and drafted internal quality audit reports that promoted team transparency
• Designed and deployed product customizations to meet customer requirements by planning and executing team sprints

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

• Led a team of 11 members to visit and investigate 200+ organizations which resulted in L&T product sales worth $20k
• Collaborated with suppliers and ensured product availability as per customer demand that resulted in lead time reduction
• Visited numerous renowned, top-tier organizations across the city and was responsible for presenting, marketing and selling L&T products to respective clients
• Measured and analyzed harmonics (electrical pollution) generated by electrical systems of organizations and accordingly offered solutions (L&T products) to reduce harmonic generation
• Acquired detailed information of L&T product portfolios and created marketing strategies for on-ground implementation

Master Of Science, Engineering Management [Graduate Certificate In Economic Decision Making]

Bachelor Of Technology, Electrical Engineering