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15 month full-time Dual Degree Programin Global Supply Chain Management
PGPX
LeaderinGlobalSCM
Student Profiles2017-2018
02-03
A 15 month global learning experience
Experienced students with diverse backgrounds:Minimum 2.5 years of work experience with average of ~ 5.5 years
Diverse experience across industries including Manufacturing, Power, Oil & Gas and Information Technology
Previous employers include Accenture, IBM, L&T, Maruti, Reliance and TCS
Average GMAT of 650
Dual degreesA full partnership between IIMU and Purdue University in the USA
MS in GSCM from Purdue
Post Graduate Diploma from IIMU
Founded in 1869
Ranked among top 5 public universities in the U.S.
23% foreign students among the total student population of ~40,000
Krannert School of Management founded in 1958
Operations Management program ranked 6th in the U.S.
Supply Chain Management Logistics program ranked 12th in the U.S.
IIM UdaipurRanked 4th in India for research in the field of management by UT Dallas which tracks publications in 24 leading business journals
Ranked 15th among Indian management institutions according to NIRF, the National Institutional Ranking Framework
Purdue University5 months of Global Supply Chain Management (GSCM) specialization at Purdue
5 months of core management fundamentals at IIM Udaipur
2 month industry internships in India and abroad
3 months of advanced business and GSCM understanding at IIM Udaipur
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ManagementFundamentals
IIM Udaipur
Functional Expertise
5 months
ExperientialLearning
IndustryInternships in
India and Abroad
Real-world Learning
2 months
GlobalSupply ChainPerspective
Purdue UniversityUSA
5 months
International Exposure
AdvancedBusiness and SCMUnderstanding
IIM Udaipur
SCM Specialization
3 months
IIM Udaipur
Module 1
Experiential Learning
(Summer Internship)
CorporateLocations
Module 2Electives chosen from courses including
Design of Social Networks and Engagements
Developing a Global Business Strategy
Management Information Systems
Manufacturing Planning and Control
New Product Development
Organizational Development
Portfolio Management
Project Management
Using R for Analytics
Purdue University,USA
Module 3
Electives chosen from courses including:
IIM Udaipur
Module 4
Advanced Competitive Strategy: Managing Complementarities and Internal Barriers
Business Relationships and Networks
Digital and Social Media Marketing
ERP Systems: Technology Planning and Implementation
General Commercial Knowledge
Innovation Management
Integrated Marketing Communication
Management Control Systems
Manager as a Citizen in a Democratic Society
Managing Global Teams
Revenue Management
Services Marketing and Management
Note: The specific courses offered may vary from year to year.
A solid foundation in Management Fundamentalsan intensive specialization in Global Supply Chain Management
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Accounting for Managers
Business Statistics and Data Mining
Corporate Finance
Economics for Managers
IT for Supply Chain Management
Managerial Communication
Marketing Management
Operations Management
Operations Research and
Spreadsheet Modeling
Organizational Behavior
Supply Chain Management
The knowledge and skills acquired by the PGPX students at IIMU prepare them well for the following roles:
Potential SupplyChain Roles
Production Manager
Project Manager
SCM Consultant
Strategic Sourcing Manager
Supply Chain Analytics
Technical Manager
Technology Analyst
Warehouse Management
Business Analyst/ Product Analyst
Demand Planning
Executive Assistant to CEO/Supply Chain Leaders
Logistics Manager
Planning Manager/Inventory Manager
Plant Manager
Process Engineering Manager
Procurement/ Purchase Manager
ProfileSummaries Average work experience: 57.8 months
06-07
Current Profiles of PGPX Alumni
Manufacturing / Telecom Cummins Procurement Manager
Kraft Heinz Manager – SCM Excellence
Reliance Jio Senior Manager
E-commerce Flipkart Supply Chain Planning
Snapdeal
IT Services and Hardware Bristlecone Procurement Manager
Dell Program Manager M&A
ITC Infotech Lead Consultant
Manhattan Associates Supply Chain Advisor
Worxogo
Consulting Accenture Consultant - Mfg, CPG & Retail
EY Management Consulting Analyst
Retail Landmark Group Ass't Manager - Strategic Projects
Sector RepresentativeFirms
RepresentativePositions
Career Highlights
4.5 years of SAP Application Development (ABAP) experience for consumer product goods and banking clients
Functional expertise in materials management in addition to application delivery in Sales & Distribution and Finance
Technical team lead: Reviewing, estimating, planning and implementing clients' requirements.
Implemented various reports, interfaces and print based forms to drive simplification
Cross country exposure of managing clients from different continents
Long distance runner, represented IBM in half marathon and 10 km runs
Corporate Internship: Babaji Shivram Clearing and Carriers Private Limited
Improving fleet utilization to optimize transportation cost and feasibility analysis of restructuring the transportation service procurement process
Root cause analysis of lower utilization of the company owned fleet of carriers
Modelled a spreadsheet tool to decide whether the own vehicle to be used or hired from the market based on the vehicle availability, customer contract type, customer request for vehicle retention and profitability for a transportation request
Designed a KANBAN board to visualize and track the movement of own fleet, thus helping to improve the utilization of idle fleet
Costing analysis of restructuring the fleet mix to improve utilization
Feasibility analysis of procuring the transportation service from the broker market than the traditional transporter/ aggregator market and understanding the broker market in terms of pricing, payment terms, reliability and responsiveness
Career Highlights
4 years of experience in software development and project management activities with logistics and banking clients
Hands on experience to the complete lifecycle, starting from efficient requirement gathering and analysis, crafting solutions, working with a team to deliver end solution, and providing post-delivery maintenance and support
Cross cultural experience in dealing with stakeholders from 5 continents
Delivered multiple process optimization tools and techniques resulting in overall reduction in delivery time and effort
Led crisis management, defect prevention and learning and development for multiple projects
Team captain for table tennis national championship 2003 and 2007Corporate Internship: Procam Logistics
Study, analyse and establish warehousing Business case post Dedicated Freight Corridor (Western DFC) and propose appropriate location considering end-to-end supply chain
Analysed growth in various industrial sectors & upcoming industry specific clusters around Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (based on infrastructure and economic factors)
Worked out corresponding warehousing requirements in coming years vis-à-vis company's core competence and business development plan.
Modelled a transportation case to find the appropriate locations considering shortest distance and shortest milk-run to cater to requirements of multiple locations
Calculated financial impact of the feasible warehouse locations
Proposed two warehouse locations to invest based on above mentioned analysis on company's competence, current and future
market scope, required logistics infrastructure, overall business and financial potential and further backed it with the feasibility of the proposed investment
Professional ExperienceTata Consultancy Services: Technical
Handled end to end software delivery process for multiple data based solutions
Planned and executed data archival solutions resulting in reduced data retention cost
Performed database development, data migration and data extraction using custom scripts, SSIS packages, linked server and process improvement utilities
Enhancement and maintenance of the web based solutions
Performed regular review of code for compliance to coding standards and efficient functionality
Process BasedCrisis Management
Conducted risk assessment sessions, created 'Business Continuity Plan' & conducted mock drills to train the team and verify efficacy of plan. SPOC (single point of contact) for executing appropriate and timely risk management actions in real life situations
Defect Prevention
Led defect prevention initiatives ensuring “zero reoccurrence”
Learning and Development
Organized learning and developmental initiatives to meet future requirements and ensuring attainment of required competency level by the team
Project budget estimation for development and testing for multiple data archival applications
Career Highlights
Business Intelligence developer with 4.5 years of experience in software development, process enhancement and project management
Developed and enhanced business intelligence for clients to enable efficient data analysis and robust decision making
Implemented multiple improvements to the existing delivery processes that led to overall reduction in processing time
Utilized the concept of Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) and the V model to efficiently manage various phases of the projects
Implemented data analytics to solve complex business problems
Corporate Internship: Mahindra & Mahindra
Forecasting process improvement and Inventory optimization
Implemented regression, exponential smoothing and seasonality based forecasting methods to forecast orders for 1300 critical spares and achieved a forecasting error of less than 18%
Performed Sensitivity analysis on the parameters related to Safety Stock, Average Stock and Reordering Point to determine the critical parameters to target for inventory optimization of the critical spares
Delivered a cost reduction of Rs 450 lakhs for ROP and of Rs 111 lakhs for Average stock due to changes in the lead time for daily and monthly MRP parts
Created a reusable simulation model to track the quantitative impact of changing a single parameter or multiple parameters related to inventory management
Identified improvement areas and provided recommendations to improve the existing planning and optimization techniques
Brought visibility of keys drivers leading to high inventory and recommendations to optimize
Professional Experience
Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing
Developed and optimized Business Intelligence applications for insurance clients to track their financial performance
Utilized business intelligence to develop solutions that helped the clients track the performance metrics of their customer call centres
Created complex reports for assessing customer sentiment and the overall quality of services provided by the employees
Proposed and implemented performance Improvement initiatives to reduce the lead time of the delivery process for capturing customer survey results
Implemented and optimized an end to end solution aimed at identifying fraudulent activities related to the claims management process for QBE insurance private limited
Reduced turnaround time for multiple data delivery processes with the aid of incremental data processing logic
Utilized the concept of data warehousing and data profiling to efficiently organize and store data in a well-structured format
Provided blueprint for integrating the transportation vertical into the in-house maintained software
Professional Experience
Technical
Accountable for the development and delivery of sales & distribution Adobe print forms for South Africa, Turkey and Georgia based clients
Built a transportation planner interactive report to give a holistic overview of shipments in process
Simplified the materials and services procurement process in SAP for a financial services company
Implemented travel and expense management solutions in SAP for a financial services company
Leadership
Cell Lead – Single Point of Contact for procure to Pay developments and change requests
Initiated and managed a project for plant maintenance
Planned and managed university hire training program
Innovation
Built a 'Budget Tracker Tool' on MS Excel for IBM internal usage to manage the timelines of change requests raised by the client
Amit Sinha
Experience: 51 monthsEducation: B. Tech, Electrical Engineering, West Bengal University of TechnologyPast Employers: Accenture
Experience: 54 monthsEducation: B.E. Mechanical Engineering, Bangalore Institute of Technology, VTUPast Employers: IBM India
Aneesh Badanidiyur Rao
Bishal Mugdha Ojah
Experience: 72 monthsEducation: B.E. Mechanical Engineering, Assam Engineering College, Guwahati UniversityPast Employers: Reliance Power
Akanksha Soneja
Experience: 48 monthsEducation: B. Tech, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology, Gautam Buddh Technical University Past Employers: Tata Consultancy Services
08-09
machinery, heavy mobile equipment, capacity improvement, reduce cycle time, production efficiency optimization and shift management
Fuel Management: Responsible for overall fuel management and their optimization in the plant, both diesel and coal
Material Management: Identification of critical & mandatory spares of all the equipment & keeping safety stock for the smooth running of the unit and also to handle emergency breakdown/shut downs
Reporting & Documentation: Preparation of daily MIS report, MOPR, organizing daily planning meeting, progress review etc
Purchase and Contracts
Procurement: Forecasting material requirement, vendor selection & evaluation, cost projection and preparation of technical evaluation report
Vendor Management and Performance evaluation: Managed vendors of Reliance Power with a business of approx Rs 500 lakhs including their performance evaluation
Contracts: Preparation and execution of service and material contracts
Budget Management: Preparation of budget under various heads like services, inventory & Matcons: formulating strategy and cost minimization
Liaisoning and Regulatory Compliance: Direct liaisoning with railways on coal transportation and fulfilling applicable legal requirements
Training and Development
Team management: Establishing and implementing department policies, objectives, goals and procedures. Formulate, implement and track career development plans of the team and expose them in the respective function they are suitable to
Training and development: Certified internal faculty for imparting technical training in the organisation
Career HighlightsProfessional with 6 years of experience in managing operations, procurement, inventory planning, contract management in a 1200MW thermal power plant at Reliance Power
Managed & completed erection & commissioning of Coal Handling Plant expansion in 1200MW thermal power plant
Hands on experience in bulk material handling, maintenance planning and scheduling, operation cost reduction and Inventory optimization
I2P2M certified professional in project management (CIPM)
BVCI certified internal auditor in ISO 9001, 14001 and OHSAS 18001
Corporate internship: Ernst & Young (EY)Project 1- Identification of potential airports under Govt. of India scheme Udaan-Regional air connectivity
Studied 640 districts of India based on population, literacy, district domestic products, tourism, surface connectivity & remoteness
Data mining operations including data cleaning and regression to identify underlying pattern and to remove the outliers
Developed a working regression model which predicts potential air travellers in each districts
Proposed a total of 56 brown-field airports
Proposed route planning using hub-and-spoke model
Analysed various industries which are benefited by air-connectivity
Project 2- Study of railway budget and analyse the possibility of including more goods carried by railways
Conceptualised and developed working model predicting the cost of transportation of different value goods over various distances by railways and comparative study with road transport
Professional Experience: Reliance PowerOperations
Safety: Dept. safety officer entrusted with creating awareness and implementation of safety norms and accident reporting
Operation and Maintenance: Responsible for overall management of coal handling plant operations & maintenance, overhauling of heavy
Career Highlights
6 years of experience in Manufacturing, Sales & Distribution and Software Development
Assembly of process equipment leading large team of skilled and non-skilled workers
Engendering sales & distribution network for industrial lubricants of HPCL
Python programming language and django framework for development of web graphical user interface
Demand forecasting using R and Python for perishable products
Pricing recommendation application development for perishable products
Corporate Internship: Farm Taaza
Documented algorithms for development of pricing recommendation application for around 100 SKUs
Provided recommendation on digitization of supply chain
Developed system for multiple drop shipments and pick ups
Professional Experience
Sales & Distribution
Launched carrying & forwarding agency of HPCL lubricants in Eastern Madhya Pradesh
End-to-end sales & distribution from indenting lubricants (200 SKUs) to distributing and selling products through various channels in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra
Career Highlights
4.5 years of experience in commissioning and managing operations of a Greenfield project.
Key Skills: Manufacturing strategy, production planning, inventory optimization, operational excellence and MIS
Certifications: IRCLASS certified internal auditor on Integrated Management System (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001), data science and analytics using R programming from IIM Lucknow
Involved in plant commissioning and ramp up of operations of 2.6MTPA integrated cement plant
Delivered vertical start-up of plant, 110% performance factor within three years of instalment
Reduced raw material and fuel inventory from Rs 410 crores to Rs 327 crores- 20% annual reduction
Responsible for key plant KPIs such as cost, plant reliability, productivity, and product quality
Implemented practices of Plant Operating Model (POM 2.0)-model for achieving operational excellence
Acted as Single Point of Contact to due diligence team during divestment of the business
Bench marked plant performance parameters with competitors and other Lafarge plants
Corporate Internship: Farm Taaza
Improved demand forecast accuracy, framed inventory management system and developed pricing tool
Suggested accurate demand forecasting models which improved the overall forecast accuracy by 38%
Developed strategy document to determine and close the potential gaps of inventory management system
Developed a dynamic pricing tool to decide on daily prices of fruits and vegetables
Career Highlights
3+ years of experience in project management, construction, strategy & planning for a petrochemical complex
Developed and optimized multiple solutions enabling efficient data analysis and robust decision making
Conceptualized & implemented an automated project monitoring tool and imparted training to 200 engineers
Project management : Responsible for delivery of a refinery expansion project for 8 large units
Data Analytics: Responsible for monitoring major cost deviations & crafting mitigation plans
Interface management: Handled interface schedule between construction and commissioning, involving multi-culture workforce
Corporate Internship : Siemens
Analysed impact of GST implementation on exports
Defined GST reformation in export and identified the financial impact of GST regime on each of the export processes
Performed cost optimization to reduce the working capital & overall cash outflow by identifying the provisions to be used under GST regime
Identified major secondary vendors and performed cost benefit analysis to generate the savings of more than Rs 300 lakhs per year by incorporating bill payment directly by Siemens
Achieved of Rs 2200 lakhs worth of Sales in two years.
Catered to industrial lubricants need of Reliance Power, L&T Ecc, Northern Coalfields Limited, Hindalco, Reliance Infrastructure, Lanco etc
Manufacturing and Material Handling
Assembled process equipment to be used in Oil refineries up to 80 m long for Saudi Aramco, Petrobras and Indian Oil Corp Ltd
Designed dispatch-plan and executed dispatch of process equipment
Led team of more than hundred workers
Created and executed daily work plan for workers
Executed material handling of equipment parts up to weight of 80 Tons
Software Development
Developed web graphical user interface for wirintco
Programming, writing customized python scripts, web development and aggregation of various technologies
Assisted in strategy making and presales presentation development of anti-terrorism device
Deepali Jain
Experience: 40 monthsEducation: B. Tech, Mechanical Engineering, RGPV, BhopalPast Employers: Reliance Industries
Experience: 59 monthsEducation: B.Tech, Production Engineering, NIT SuratPast Employers: Godrej & Boyce, Wirintco, Hindustan Petroleum
Harsh PandeyBiswajit Das
Experience: 53 monthsEducation: B. Tech, Chemical Engineering, NIT Durgapur Past Employers: Lafarge India
10-11
Professional Experience
Production Planning, Control and Performance Management
Operation Planning
Prepared plant production plan and budgets (monthly and yearly) and ensure targets are achieved
Prepared plant long term improvement plan (PPP) in collaboration with various functions
Managed material requirement planning and inventory of raw materials and fuels
Cost Optimization
Reduced cement production cost by 10%
Strategized maximum utilization of open source power, reducing power price by 30%
Improved plant variable cost forecast accuracy to 96%, an increase of 15% by improving accuracy of production and raw materials consumption forecast
Reduced workforce in packing operation by 6%; saving around 1 million INR per year
Process Optimization
Monitored daily operations parameters and implemented improvement projects to increase plant productivity, improve product quality and lower down product cost
Reduced specific heat consumption by 3% and specific power consumption by 8%
Prepared breakdown analysis of cement mills and kiln, increasing reliability of mills by 13% and kiln by 10%
Conducted root cause analysis for reliability, quality and energy-related problems by using data analytics tools
Managed progress of jobs during annual plant shutdown
Improved utilization efficiency of CCR operators' performance in shifts
Carried out benchmarking exercises to identify potential improvement projects
Led daily production meeting with plant management team
Professional ExperienceResource Planning
Responsible for manpower planning and allocation for all units
Delivered manpower productivity through various analytical intervention
Single point of contact for various units and top management, to ensure seamless communication
Engaged with the core planning at headquarters for closure of critical issues, material procurement and schedule updating for the engineering and procurement functions
Project Management & Construction
Involved in project reschedule strategy and prepared revised plan for all the units in the project
Involved in project cost estimation and management information system of direct, indirect and infrastructure cost
Carried out budget control & variance analysis & worked for corrective measure for significant deviation
Maintained reporting of risk management and lessons learnt for the project
Crafted and implemented an interface platform between the weekly and daily progress reports which has streamlined the generation of ad hoc reports
Utilized business intelligence to facilitate project management
Career Highlights
Around 9.5 years of experience in developing solutions in the enterprise mobility, messaging and collaboration domain
Provided consulting support to esteemed clients such as NYSE (New York Stock Exchange), Bombardier Transportation and Network Rail (UK) in the contemporary enterprise mobility platform
Provided solutions and support to the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), Ministry of Finance, Government of India for the entire messaging and collaborative infrastructure
Responsible for L3 support for IBM Domino servers in the Messaging and Collaboration domain for Alstom globally with a user base of approximately 80000 users across 100 countries
Globally certified in VMWare Airwatch, Mobileiron and IBM Lotus Domino 8.5
Corporate Internship: Ernst & Young
Study the concept of TOD (Transit Oriented Development) and its application on station redevelopment projects in identified cities across India
Study on how to prepare Project Information Memorandum (PIM) for station redevelopment projects in identified cities across India
Study how railway transportation around the world has helped increase revenues for railway companies and the analysis for implementing the same methods for the Indian railways and prepare a report on the same
Time value of money analysis for investment feasibility
Professional Experience
Consulting support to help clients transition to mobile first organizations using BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) platforms such as Airwatch, Mobileiron and Blackberry 10
Deployment of Mobileiron / Airwatch MDM agents, MEM and MCM apps across Android, iOS and Windows platforms
Managing Airwatch secure e-mail gateway, Content Locker Collaborate and Cloud Connector
Installing, configuring, upgrading and managing IBM Domino, Sametime, Traveler and Quickr servers
Developed a Lotus notes database to automate the internal employee referral process in Alstom India
Led the team which released the first version of the CBEC internet portal 'ANTARANG', a data repository for government officials with features such as blogs, forums and discussion databases as usable options
Koustuv Pal
Experience: 113 monthsEducation: B. Tech, Information Technology West Bengal University of TechnologyPast Employers: Alstom, Tata Consultancy Services and CSC
Career Highlights
Transportation Engineering professional with domain experience in traffic engineering and highway planning & design
Conceptualized and designed highways of national importance
On hand experience of managing projects of large scale involving high level of complexity and relationship management
Ability to analyse and interpret complex data
Corporate Internship: Eureka Forbes
Warehouse productivity improvement and route optimization
Proposed centralized stock point at Bangaluru for the premium Forbes Pro industrial equipment to cut down logistics cost and inventory
Proposed cross docking of operations to optimize warehousing space
Surfaced and quantified the impact of month end sales spikes to the tune of Rs 30 lakh per year and initiated discussions to structurally improve
Proposed rationalization of the portfolio by looking at sales contribution of the product, the age of the product and the profit margin
Career Highlights
Around 8 years of work experience in sales and business development
Expertise in retail and e-commerce operations, with focus on top-line and bottom-line performance and mapping customer requirements
Conceptualized and executed medplusmart.com (e-pharmacy) and positioned it from scratch to India's leading e-pharmacy in less than a years' time
Ordering and delivery management experience in the domain of e-commerce
Comprehensive experience in strategic planning and implementation of solutions pivotal to business needs
Hands on experience in franchise acquisitions in white spaces
Corporate Internship : Tupperware
Distribution Network Optimization and warehouses consolidation Post GST
Carried out network modelling with final recommendation of reducing number of warehouses from 7 to 5
Optimized network routes of the recommended network
Annual saving of approx. Rs 2 Crore with 5 % reduction in overall inventory
Implementation of recommendations in progress
Professional Experience
Sales and Retail Operations
Successfully turned around 250 loss making pharmacies of MedPlus
Responsible for business units operations and Retail stock management in Lakme
Marketing and E-Commerce Operations
Spearheaded pan India operations of Medplusmart.com (e-commerce wing of MedPlus) by ensuring order tracking, delivery planning and delivery management
Designed end to end operations process of Medplusmart.com from order receiving to last mile delivery in 6 states of India successfully. Achieved service level of 2 hour delivery of medicines to customers
Implemented key operational practices for effective E-commerce services such as designing software solutions to track regular customers, customers purchase patters, product bounce tracking and effectively addressing product shortages
Franchise Acquisition and Business Development
Spearheaded franchise acquisitions in AP and Telangana states
Responsible for franchise acquisitions process: lead generation, prospect profiling, tie-up processing, location suggestion and agreement finalization
Spearheaded pharmacy franchise acquisitions of MedPlus. Signed up 107 franchises in 6 months duration by effective proposal planning
Career Highlights
3 years of experience in operations and support for sales & distribution application, focusing on order, invoicing and inventory management
Formulated and executed various cost reduction and operational excellence initiatives to optimize IT operations
Data analytics using linear Regression/ logistics regression, and R
Developed test modules for effective pre -launch of various sales and distribution systems
Handled incident management and change management tasks for Airtel Africa
Responsible for testing and production support of various web modules for banking and finance giants
Hands on experience on various software tools like HP quality centre, SQL developer, Tableau for desktop and server
ITIL V3 certified operations professional.
Corporate Internship: Eureka Forbes
Improvement in vehicle utilization, route planning and warehouse optimization
Prepared low cost tool to capture demand and daily vehicle utilization with recommendations for consolidation
Devised route planning procedure using Google APIs thereby improving the delivery accuracy and time by almost 30%
Prepared and redefined KPIs for transportation and delivery department for Eureka Forbes
Suggested portfolio simplification through one in one out policy based on historical analysis
Performed financial analysis of month end spiking of sales and its impact on warehouse performance and vehicle utilization
Professional Experience
Involved in upgradation , testing, debugging, delivery and support of various web modules for a banking and finance giant
Led various automation initiatives for effort reduction and increased fault prevention. Decreased the severity 2 incidents by 20%
Led optimization initiatives that increased turnaround performance and reduced financial losses by 10%(approx.)
Responsible for all patch implementations, change management and service request management efforts for the sales & distribution system for a telecom giant
Career Highlights
Electrical Engineer with 4 years of work experience largely in oil and gas, power and petrochemical sector
Responsible for electrical design of oil and gas, power and petrochemical plants
Led project engineering execution of power plants based in Egypt
Client engagement to identify new business opportunities in India
Vendor evaluation and selection for mechanical packages and electrical major equipment
Proposal / tendering management and cost estimation
Member of “Teach for India” campaign for which I volunteered to teach class 8 and designed study material for the same
Corporate Internship: Siemens
Assessment of GST impact on imports planning
Impact analysis of GST on imports of all 8 different divisions of Siemens
Proposed model for procurement and financial planning based on GST tax structure
Vendor management and resource allocation to minimize losses due to delayed shipments and custom clearance
Professional Experience
Market study and business development to identify new opportunities for engineering services in India
Led project and proposal review meetings for electrical design
Manhour estimation and feasibility check for engineering projects
Vendor technical negotiations and coordination for timely delivery of products
Stakeholders management for timely execution of the project tasks and leading regular project review meetings
Co-ordination with site team for the successful execution of the project
Designed electrical engineering for projects in Middle East and Europe
Professional Experience
Complexity Management
Handled complex engineering problems(conflicting design requirements and unsuitaibility of conventional materials) in projects of national importance and came up with innovative solutions
Relationship Management
Served as a liason between government clients and concessionares and provided high quality engineering solutions fulfilling their requirements
Project Planning and Management
Responsible for planning of a project, created work breakdown structure and identified critical input activities to evaluate risk of late completion and over budgeting
Design of Highways
Responsible for geometric design of Transportation related projects (Highways and roadways) and formulating a BOQ(Bill of Quantities) for the project
Analysis and Intepretation
of schematic and engineering data to offer recommendations for traffic management and highway safety
Nikhil Deshmukh
Experience: 49 monthsEducation: B.E. Electrical, Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Mumbai UniversityPast Employers: Techint India
Experience: 40 monthsEducation: B.Tech, Civil Engineering, Kurukshetra UniversityPast Employers: Egis Consulting Engineers
Sahil Chaudhary
Sai Ram Kumar M
Experience: 92 monthsEducation: B. Tech, Electronics and Communication, CMRCET, JNTU Past Employers: Lakme Lever
Nikhil Agrawal
Experience: 38 monthsEducation: B.Tech, Computer Science, UPTU Past Employers: IBM India, Tata Consultancy Services
12-13
Career Highlights
A certified 6-sigma black belt with 5 years of work experience primarily in production planning, inventory management and project management.
Managed centralized production planning and inventory control of noodles, seasoning, pasta and snack factories
Responsible for optimum finished goods stock level at multiple stocking locations in West Africa to deliver high service levels
Cross-functional interaction with sales, marketing, procurement, logistics, quality and production departments
Played a pivot role in selection of “best fit” ERP solution meeting organization's functional requirements
End to end project management and execution of a large scale product launch ('10 in 1' multi-pack noodles)
Reduced manpower from 62 to 2 per shift by automating flour handling system with a budget of USD 1.5 mn
Organized knowledge sharing sessions with PPIC teams and trained 800 employees on Six Sigma concepts
Corporate Internship: Tupperware
3PL Selection ensuring seamless integration with Tupperware supply chain
Bifurcated operational scope between 3PL vendor and Tupperware
Developed RFP, service level agreement and circulated among best 3PL vendors in India
Evaluated 3PL vendors using flexible scorecard methodology and recommended the best
Professional Experience
Production Planning and Inventory Management - Corporate
Material Requirement Planning: Reduced average imported raw materials inventory by 25% releasing working capital to the extent of 3 mn USD
Production Scheduling: Managed planning and execution of complex promotions like caricature, Tazzo, Magnetic Stickers, Recharge cards etc
Distribution Management: Instrumental in designing end to end supply chain for an additional brand of instant noodles right from product launch till it achieved 12% market share in the country
Project Management
Spearheaded project on automation of flour handling system with 40tph capacity completely eliminating manual operations
Executed project design, installation and commissioning of 7 multipack machines across 3 noodles factories
Coordinated installation and commissioning of a 7-color rotogravure printing machine of capacity 400mpm and one extrusion machine of capacity 350mpm
Six Sigma Implementation
Six Sigma project on reduction of fat content of instant noodles from 18% to 16.5%
Six Sigma project on reduction of weight variance of instant noodles thereby improving sigma level from 2.4 to 3.1
Implemented two six sigma projects thereby delivered an annual saving of USD 0.7 mn
Career Highlights
Around 5 years of experience in managing large projects, driving cost and process improvements
Optimized and overhauled the logistics system of telecom nodes to avoid damage and loss of materials
Responsible for large scale project of rolling out new Telecom sites and swapping of old sites
Efficiently managed outsourcing initiative, vendors' training and development to ensure vertical startup
Managed telecom network operations for 24X7 mobile network availability
Key Skills:
Project Management, Resource Management, Logistics Management, Problem Solving
Corporate Internship: Babaji Shivram Clearing and Carriers
Project 1 - Improvement in transportation efficiency by reducing idle time of in-house fleet
Performed revenue and expense analysis of trucks to find profit generating vehicles
Prepared and implemented vehicle allotment guidelines on the basis of clients' past behavior and routes served to improve utilization of own fleet of trucks
Standardized and automated transport MIS report by removing gaps to facilitate reliable and accurate reporting
Project 2-Automation of import clearance operational processes
Prepared blueprint to automate the operational processes of marine import clearances, highlighting benefits in billing cycle, operational processes and compliance
Professional Experience
Logistics Management
Managed logistics of 1500 mobile tower sites across Rajasthan
Redesigned packaging of nodes to avoid damage of materials during transportation, loading and unloading
Project Management
Orchestrated and executed the pioneer project of swapping existing old technology nodes with new technology nodes across Rajasthan and delivered the stretched target
Managed vendors starting from vendors' induction, training and development including financials
Played a pivotal role in launching one of the 3 critical Network Operation Centres in Rajasthan
Operations Management
In charge of one of the three critical Network Operation Centres in Rajasthan
Lead different core nodes capacity expansion and software up gradation projects to ensure smooth operations of mobile network
Cost Saving Initiatives
Reduced wastes through innovative solutions and converted non-usable category feeder cables and telecom nodes to usable category resulting in saving of Rs. 10 Million
Process Improvement Initiatives
Automated the critical MIS report generation process resulting in reduction of lead time from 1 hour to 10 minutes
Innovated and automated fault management process through auto alarm generation to reduce network downtime
Saumitra Kumar
Experience: 66 monthsEducation: B. Tech, Electronics and Communication Engineering, NIT AllahabadPast Employers: Idea Cellular
Saravana Mariappan
Experience: 63 monthsEducation: B.E. Industrial, College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai Past Employers: Dufil Prima Foods - Tolaram Group, Nigeria
14-15
Career Highlights
Engineering professional with more than 4 years of work experience in designing FMCG plants
Developed process plant layouts for FMCG giants such as P&G and Unilever
Hands on experience on engineering design
Vendor management comprising process and packing equipment selection & installation
Implemented rapid changeover strategies on bottle packing lines to improve packing line productivity
Corporate Internship: Athena Supply Chain Lab
Supply chain network design for automotive Tyre manufacturers
Network modelling to Identify a suitable location for setting up multi-user warehouse for automotive tyres (North Indian market)
Potential of around 20% cost improvement in transportation cost and inventory carrying cost with the proposed location
Professional Experience
Responsibilities
Worked on process equipment selection and process plant design layouts using CAD
Managed various interfaces with client, construction contractors, fabrication contractors and equipment manufacturers
Career Highlights
Supply chain professional with 4.5 years of experience in sourcing, vendor development, costing, price negotiation, inventory management, and procurement
Key Competencies
Doing price negotiation based on zero based costing, trend analysis and parametric comparison
Assessing risks associated with supply chain and drafting risk mitigation plans
Evaluating vendors, introducing new vendors and developing new products
Performing data analytics with R, and SPSS tool using regression techniques, and data visualization using Tableau
Managing procurement of commodities, simple transformation components and engineered subsystems
Saving cost through localization, value engineering, yield improvement and alternate sourcing
Corporate Internship: Cargill India
Supply Chain network optimization post GST and development of analytical model for freight rate calculation.
Proposed cost efficient supply chain network post GST for Bakery products. Estimated annual cost saving of Rs 120 lakhs
Suggested inventory system for the new network considering the sales trend. Estimated saving of Rs 18.93 lakhs per year
Developed an analytical model for freight rate calculation using multi-linear regression with 80% accuracy
Professional Experience:
Vendor management
Responsible for purchase and annual price negotiation with strategic vendors of size amounting to approximately Rs 500 crores (1.2% of the MSIL purchase)
Cost Reduction
a) Reduced cost through activities such as VAVE (0.4%), Yield improvement (0.4%) and inner part localizations (0.2%)
b) Delivered all cost saving targets to the tune of 3% of the turnover through annual negotiation (Rs. 15 crores)
c) Delivered cost reduction of Rs 40 crores annually through RM localization (1 % of the BIW components purchase)
Strategic Sourcing & Product Costing
Performed sourcing and target costing for more than 1400 products across 20 vendors
Price negotiation
Conducted commodity price negotiation with Tata steel, POSCO, JSW and Essar Steel and achieved negotiation targets
Supplier risk assessment and risk management
Evaluated suppliers based on management, financial, operational and demographic risk parameters, and formulated risk mitigation strategies for 15 MSIL vendors
Inventory Management
Maintained the inventory on line through flawless execution of Just in Time system
Inbound Logistics consolidation
Implemented “Milk run project” along with 3PL partner, CEVA logistics, resulting in optimized logistics cost and reduced lead time. Annual cost saving of Rs 25 lakhs
Vendors Capacity Planning
Assessed the existing capacity of the suppliers and planned for future expansion based on sales forecast.
Worked on reducing the footprint of skids (modular blocks of process plant) to reduce the logistics cost for plant machinery
Unique Initiatives
Delivered “One day installation” initiative through de-bottlenecking the end to end installation process for bottle packing lines
Developed the capability of “Traffic Study” to minimize safety risk through optimum design of walkways, a significant offering to drive safe practices
Applied creative thinking in using the Virtual reality headset as a substitute to plant envisioning (A virtual walkthrough of plant)
Developed automation tools using excel VBA and Auto lisp
Experience: 51 MonthsEducation: B.Tech, Mechanical EngineeringPast Employers: Larsen & Toubro Technology Services
Shankar Srinivas Eleswarapu
Shekhar Kumar Jha
Experience: 52 monthsEducation: B.E. Mechanical Engineering, MIT ManipalPast Employers: Maruti Suzuki
Career Highlights
Mechanical Engineer with 2.5 years of experience in modelling, analysis, quality assurance and process improvements
Worked as Design Engineer for Cyient (Aero Thermal Systems Group) supporting a client based in the United States
Award of Excellence from the client for developing an alternative approach driving significant cost savings
Value adds' award from Cyient , for developing a VBA tool, reducing overall project lead-time
Star of the Quarter award for Q1 2016 (Aero Thermal Systems Group internal performance measure award)
Member in a team of four that was awarded with “Excellence in Project Performance”
Corporate Internship: Athena Supply Chain Lab
Optimising FMCG Supply Chain network post GST implementation
Deployed OR model to arrive at the most optimum supply chain network
Potential of 14% reduction in overall supply chain cost with the proposed network
Based on the proposed network, the existing 22 Regional distribution centers can be reduced to 3 post GST, without impacting the service level
Identified Ambala, Kanpur and Hyderabad as the 3 consolidated regional warehouses under GST regime
Professional Experience
Modelling, Analysis, Quality Assurance and Process Improvements
Carried out one dimensional flow analysis for Aero Engines, manufactured by a leading aero engine manufacturer based in the US
Designed and implemented Process Improvement Plan in collaboration with various functions in Aero thermal systems group, Cyient
Knowledge of developing and implementing Quality Systems to meet stringent client specifications of core engine components in Aerospace Industry
Elected as quality control facilitator for Aero Thermal systems group, Cyient and served in the position for three quarters
Career Highlights
Engineering professional with 4+ years of experience largely in customer development, NPD and quality management
Delivered growth ahead of the market resulting in share gain of 12%
Instrumental in resolving product development and quality issues for a customer increasing revenue by 400%
Corrected sales skew across the month through structural interventions
Significant learning experience through a new start up
Responsible for stocking policy to deliver high service levels
Corporate Internship: Babaji Shivram Clearing and Carriers
Establishing Vendor selection and evalutaion policy using bentchmarking process & Route Optimization through segmentation process
Optimised routes for Babaji Shivram's Truck fleet to improve quality of service and reduce costs
Developed service matrices for the vendors and standardised service level expectations for Mypacco Company
Completed benchmarking of services with Mypacco's competition
Developed policy for vendor selection and evalutaion on different performance parameters and frequency of performance reviews
Professional Experience
Sales
Managed annual business revenue of Rs 850 million with end-to-end responsibility of large customer base
Delivered 11% annual sales growth against market growth of 4% (2014-15) in the 2 - wheeler segment
Resolved product development and product quality issues to increase market share from 10% to 40%
Increased share in ERW (electric resistance welded) tubes from 40% to 80% for M&M
Reduced overdue payments from 7% to 0.26% with a positive impact on working capital
NPD & Quality Management
Responsible for quality assurance, quality control, client complaints, new product development and process audits
Reduced the product feasibility response time by 80% and sample lot dispatch time by 30% over delivered NPD sales target
Identified and reduced major quality defects by 70% and thus helped regain customers' trust and the lost market share
Exposed to feasibility study, costing, e-tendering, manufacturing, new product development and order management of railway engine's components and assemblies
Sourabh Rana
Experience: 51 monthsEducation: B.E. Metallurgy, PEC University of TechnologyPast Employers: Tube Investments of India
Siva Sai Pradeep Rai
Experience: 31 monthsEducation: B. Tech, Mechanical Engineering, KL UniversityPast Employers: Cyient
16-17
Career Highlights
3.5 years of experience in ERP (SAP) implementation and support
SAP ERP functional consultant for state electricity board largely focusing on device management, energy data management, billing and invoicing
Techno-functional experience in ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming)
Client engagement to understand functional requirements and propose a solution with minimum SAP customization
Interface management with finance, plant maintenance and materials management to ensure seamless integration
Data Analytics using SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) for quantification of variations
Conducted regular employee training and development seminars for the team as well as the customers
Active member of social organizations such as “Tarumitra”, “Young India” and “Make a Difference”
Corporate Internship : Mahindra and Mahindra
Improvement in Customer Service level through structural interventions
Prepared a detailed loss tree to surface key drives of service losses
Engaged with respective losses owners (departments) to devise structural solutions
Formulated an automated low cost portal to track daily stock position and hence provide window for immediate procurement of parts
Career Highlights
Around 6 years of IT experience in enterprise mobility and IoT.
Hands on experience in latest digital technologies in the resources domain
Research & Development for multiple industry specific enterprise mobility solutions, internal assets and prototypes
Exposure to different geographical and cultural work environments in India and USA
Strong cross industry business understanding
Key skills
Product development, project management, business and technical feasibility studies with focus on enterprise mobility, IoT and analytics
Corporate Internship: Amazon
Packaging Process Optimization
Extensively studied Amazon India logistics processes and benchmarked with Amazon global processes
Evaluated current products identified for optimized packaging based on product identification, testing, shipments and returns
Conducted discussions with stakeholders and domain experts to customize and automate the identification logic which picks potential products for optimized packaging
Calculated savings potential of optimized packaging with process automation and testing portal
Experience: 40 MonthsEducation: B.Tech, Electrical and Electronics, Cochin University of Science and TechnologyPast Employers: Tata Consultancy Services
Tanya Rastogi
Teja Vardhan Podipireddy
Experience: 70 monthsEducation: B.E. Electronics and Communication Engineering, Osmania UniversityPast Employers: Accenture
Proposed an improvisation in the stock norms which ensured availability of stock along with inventory optimization
Professional Experience
SAP enterprise resource planning end to end implementation for state electricity board with continuous support in usage of various SAP functionalities
Management of all the processes of the state electricity board consolidated with the Indian energy market for efficient utilization of the resources
Responsible for cost-effective customization of SAP according to the reasoning and requirement of the customer
Involved in client interaction on a daily basis for finding solutions aiming towards 100% customer satisfaction
Management of cross module functionalities and process flows in SAP to reduce losses incurred due to gaps in the implementation of inter module linkages
Responsible for closure of critical issues pertaining to scheduling
Conducted training sessions for the required officials and new trainees on a regular basis
Single point of contact for the team thereby
Created verification framework and tested logic to identify potential candidates and testing portal
Product testing portal integrated with identification logic has been implemented for India
Helped organize pilot launch of reduced packaging program and associates training
Professional Experience
R&D and Business Analytics
Worked as an enterprise mobility functional consultant to build industry related mobile apps/assets
Performed functional research for industry specific applications including case development, technical feasibility study and solution design
Part of architecture consulting team to bridge the gap between asset and client implementation architecture
Functional consultant for SAP mobility solutions relevant to maintenance processes for Accenture mining, energy, and chemical and natural resources groups
Sales and Marketing Support
Built aggregated cutting edge solutions across the global to create industry specific storylines and conducted 100+ C-level client workshops
Created mobile app prototypes based on client requirements for workshops
Performed the role of HTML developer to help build App catalogs and package all the relevant sales material
Recruitment ProcessIIMU's Corporate Relations Team of dedicated professionals oversees the recruitment process. Under their supervision, the Student Corporate Relations Committee facilitates all interactions with the companies. A Relationship Manager is appointed to be the key point of contact with each company.
We encourage companies to conduct their presentations and interviews in person on campus. When this is not practical, Skype, video-conferencing and telephonic facilities are available.
Final PlacementsRecruitment starting in November
Pre-placement PresentationsCompanies have the option of using a pre-placement presentation to give students information about their business, vision, work culture and the roles and opportunities available, followed by a Q&A session.
Placement ProcessInterested students apply to the company and submit their resumes through the Student Corporate Relations Committee. The selection process generally consists of resume-based shortlisting andone or more rounds of personal interviews. Offers, including details of role, location, compensationand other relevant terms and conditions, must be conveyed to the candidate through the StudentCorporate Relations Committee. The placement process is governed by the Institute'splacement rules.
Post-placement ProcessOnce a company has made an offer as part of the campus placement process, a candidate is bound to accept/reject the offer within a stipulated time frame. When a candidate accepts an offer, he/she automatically opts out of the placement process and ceases to be part of the pool of candidates available to companies.
The candidates are made the offer conditional on their successful completion of the course. The HR managers at the respective companies then take over to guide candidates through the induction and joining process.
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Corporate Partners Include:
global leaders in revenue analytics
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RelianceJio Infocomm The Cold Chain Company
A PGPX student received the coveted Krannert Scholar Award given to studentsin the top 5% across all Master's programs
Three PGPX students were awarded membership in Beta Sigma Gammain recognition of their high scholastic performance
A PGPX student was part of the team that secured 2nd place in theAmazon/A.T. Kearney Case Competition
A PGPX student was part of the runner up team at the 20th Annual International Case Competition organized by the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie-Mellon University
A team of four PGPX students placed third in the Stamina Case Competition organized by the Business Information and Analytics Centre (BIAC) at the Krannert School of Management
PGPX students were ranked in the top 5 in the Global Operations Conference case competition in the US, considered the biggest international conference in operations and supply chain
PGPX students were among the top 6 teams from 80 teams across the globe for the finals of the Indo-US Business Conference – C.K. Prahalad Business Case Competition at the University of Michigan
A PGPX student won the “Operations in Action” award for exemplary internship experience across the Krannert School of Management at Purdue
In the last four years, PGPX students have consistently made their mark in global competitions during their semester at Purdue - right up with the very best in the world.
High Achievers
Career Highlights
Around 7 years of experience in consumer finance and retail, largely in the domain of credit card strategy and business analytics
Full understanding and ownership of the credit card policy
End to end project management starting from scoping to final implementation, in the area of credit risk management
Proficient in communicating business insights using advanced excel and power point based dashboards, SAS, SQL, linear/logistics regression and optimization tools
Won “Team of The Year” award across global analytics centre (GAC) JPMC
Corporate Internship: Ernst & Young
Detailed study of indirect taxation system (pre-and post GST) and evaluation of tax impact on logistics industry
Conducted detailed analysis of Logistics' industry spend (pre and post GST)
Quantified the impact of GST on logistics spend: potential 2% reduction with GST implementation
Qualitatively analysed impact on simplification of tax structure
- Supply chain network will be more optimal & demand driven than “CST” driven
Professional Experience
Ownership of credit line management decisions for existing and prospective customers of Chase credit cards
Recertifying the policy by optimizing credit line for NPV, ROE and Net credit losses
Formulating target segment for new account booking in line with the overall consumer banking targets set for the year
Handling a million plus customer base and billion plus outstanding and delivering entire project within a years' timeline
Business support to the biggest Pharmacy retailer in US:
Predictive analytics to identify customer base most sensitive to direct/e-mail communication
Designing differential value offers for targets based on demographics, past transaction history, loyalty and wallet size
Experience: 75 monthsEducation: B.Tech, Electrical Engineering, NIT KurukshetraPast Employers: JPMorgan Chase, MuSigma
Vipul Goyal
www.iimu.ac.in
Student Corporate Relations Committee
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