Sep 2023 – Feb 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Remote

Jul 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Led the major business use cases for automated transaction matching (account reconciliation) using machine learning & data science algorithms

Apr 2021 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Lead the life cycle of the account reconciliation product from conception to code to finally paying customers!

Mar 2020 – Apr 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Leading the digital product management for the direct business channel that includes online sales & direct marketing sales channels
• Building & prioritizing the product roadmap, collaborating across functions such as Sales, business strategy, Marketing, UX, Engineering, Operations
• Product managing key digital assets – corporate pre login website, chatbot, online sales onboarding application
• Enhancing SEO for website by enabling support on technical SEO

Jan 2018 – Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Program Managed the ABSLI Digital Transformation Project & led other digital improvement initiatives under the digital sales vertical of ABSLI

Sep 2017 – Dec 2017 · 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Stint 2: Ultratech Building Solutions - Enhancing product offerings and profitability for UBS with alternate sourcing models
• Project Objective: Exploring Stocking Model or Contract Manufacturing
• Stint Deliverables:
• Exploring various product categories which can be added beyond the existing categories
• Ways to improve the sourcing of products to improve profitability
• Exploring the options of warehouse and the break-even volume for making the same viable.

Jun 2017 – Dec 2017 · 6 mos

Jun 2017 – Sep 2017 · 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Stint 1: Pantaloons - Project DUM (Drive Until Maturity) - South Zone
• Project Objective: Improve productivity (SSPD) of underperforming stores
• Stint Deliverables:
• Ensure no gaps in hygiene parameters of store(s) and drive improvement plans (SOP Standards and Manpower)
• 1-2 weeks of customer research – in store feedbacks, GC data base deep dive and insights
• Identify and prioritize factors deterring the store SSPDs (CE, Brand level SSPDs, Conv% etc)
• Draft key actionable for each factors – with timelines
• Implement actionable items which would show results in the project stint timeframe

May 2015 – Apr 2016 · 11 mos · Jamshedpur Area, India

• Selected as Core Member of the Task force formed for the preparation of Tata Business Excellence Model(TBEM) assessment and developed an action plan (for department wise TBEM assessment preparation) in collaboration with the HODs of 7 departments
• Facilitated and tracked the registration, review and progress of 43 six sigma projects(more than 100% increase in number of projects over the previous year) in the flat products division, mentoring and training various cross-functional teams
• Worked as a core team member on Tata Steel’s strategic Initiative - Shikhar25 which focuses on EBIDTA improvement through operational efficiency
• Worked in collaboration with one of the top consultants on brain-storming ideas, identification, & execution of operational efficiency improvement projects at 13 plants of Jamshedpur works
• Organized a Suggestion Generation Campaign during FY’16 & generated 5200 suggestions for improvements/kaizens within a 15-day period through 800 employees, a feat recognized by Vice President (Manufacturing)
• Instituted an employee reward & recognition system for shop floor workers (especially crane operators) and involved them in SGA(small group activities) circles
• Took initiative to design & develop an online portal to access KPI data at flat products in coordination with the IT department
• Won Apex level (Managing Director) ‘ASPIRE Project Award’ at TATA Steel for improvement projects in the year 2014 & 2015
• Certified in Green Belt program by Tata Steel and deployed the learning in mentoring many project leaders on their projects
• Certified as ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor by Tata Steel and helped many departments in closing their non-conformities

Jul 2012 – May 2015 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Jamshedpur Area, India

• Initiated & executed a six-sigma DMAIC project on process delay reduction by 63% over previous financial year (FY’13), working with a team of employees from cross-functional areas and design engineers from General Electric. The project lead to a savings of ₹3 crores
• Led and mentored a team of over 130 people (unionized worker category distributed over 4 shifts during the day) as Manager, Electrical Maintenance at the Shop floor of Hot Strip Mill Plant working closely with them during breakdowns and shutdowns
• Initiated & executed a project on revamping 5 electronic earth pits which were due for revamp since the commissioning of Hot Strip Mill in the year 1993
• Worked with the procurement department to develop and evaluate multiple vendors in order to get competitive pricing & desired quality and successfully broke monopoly of the existing vendor working in the earth pit domain
• Initiated & executed a safety project for reducing LTI(loss time injury) and improving the working conditions of the camera maintenance personnel on the shop floor especially for cameras installed in hazardous areas such as furnace and at ceiling of the plant
• Prepared the annual budget proposal for CAPEX projects under mills & utilities electrical maintenance department
• Managed the Inventory for the critical electronic spares and worked on vendor exploration and development for expensive installations such as infra-red cameras

Jul 2011 – Jun 2012 · 11 mos · Jamshedpur Area, India

• Secured 1st position among 40 Management Trainees of Electrical batch and 3rd overall in a batch of 120 Management trainees after the completion of a year long induction cum evaluation programme for new campus recruits
• Recognized by MD of Tata Steel for the above achievement and sent for a 15 day ‘foreign leadership exposure’ program to Tata Steel Europe, Singapore & Thailand
• Developed an LED repair kit for Tata Steel’s internal traffic signal LEDs – a project recognized by HOD of electronic repair department of Tata Steel

May 2010 – Jul 2010 · 2 mos · Jamshedpur Area, India

• Received a Pre Placement Offer (PPO) after the 2 months internship program which constituted of live project and other evaluation criteria such as personality assessment etc.
• Project Title: To review 33kV/66kV relay coordination using E-TAP Software