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Cummins Inc.IT Manager, Supply Chain PMO
Mar. 2024• Oversight and execution of Cloud Supply Chain Modernization strategy
• Conduct Steering Committee cadence for risk review, escalations and decision-making to mitigate roadblocks with executive
sponsors and key stakeholders
• Partner with Enterprise Data Management team to define Data Quality metrics and apply throughout the end-to-end deployment
• Liaison between Technical and business stakeholders for Requirements elicitation
• Apply Supply Chain business acumen by innovative thinking to implement business process improvements
• Managing stakeholder expectations based on the audience for detailed analysis or executive summary
UPSManager, Supply Chain Logistics
Feb. 2022 - Feb. 2024Alpharetta, Georgia, United States• Owned and managed a global portfolio of impactful programs, including system conversions, digital strategy, transformation, compliance, and tech debt solutions
• Facilitate adopting standardized business processes designed to cater to customer needs and higher productivity during the entire software development lifecycle. • Conduct monthly prioritization meetings with all stakeholders and participate in deployment and release planning
• Maintain monthly and weekly Scrum cadence meetings to review status and address critical issues
• Work in a Product Manager capacity to manage the Agile board with the Build team to organize Project backlog, manage dependencies across multiple projects and resources
• Expertise in various Software Delivery methodologies to design and implement a hybrid-friendly project management process within our matrix organization, using Lean/ Agile principles
• Provide visibility to executive leadership and stakeholders via KPI reporting for critical initiatives
• Experience in driving new organizational strategies to facilitate Digital transformation to drive success
• Develop risk management and mitigation strategies through contingency planning while thriving for continuous process improvement and facilitating change adoption.
• Change agent with client-centric vision for greater customer satisfaction measured using Net Promoter Scoring
• Mentor and manage multiple local and offshore teams for daily responsibilities and career development and foster collaboration
• Ensure strategic application and solution feasibility by reviewing client proposals, RFP, and Scope documents, actively participating in contract negotiations, and working across multiple applications, including third-party vendors, on-prem legacy applications, and SaaS systems.
UPS Supply Chain SolutionsManager, Program Management Office
Jul. 2021 - Feb. 2022Alpharetta, Georgia, United States• Strategize the company's logical separation from 110 shared applications during Freight Divestiture • Define exit strategies for successful logical separation of UPS Freight business to Tforce Freight
• Oversee the implementation of exit strategies, including monitoring progress, providing guidance, and resolving issues
• Drive Steering Committee cadence for status and decision-making for mitigation of roadblocks with executive leadership via the pre-defined PMO process
• Evaluate and manage relationships with third-party vendors.
• Identify impediments and report any roadblocks via the appropriate escalation process.
• Implement any changes to scope or new requests via the Change request process.
• Manage development schedules & interactions between vendors, project team & support team
UPSApplication Development Project Manager
Oct. 2018 - Jul. 2021Alpharetta, Georgia• Define milestones, manage & control detailed project plans throughout the project life cycle.
• Review overall project performance using various reporting tools & and metrics.
• Conduct monthly sprint planning for department applications and design quarterly release roadmap
• Maintain RAID documentation for functional and project-related documentation.
• Work as a liaison between the business, Operations, Info Sec & the IT team
Racami LLCProject Manager, Client implementations
May. 2017 - Jul. 2018Norcross, Georgia• Facilitate company wide transition from Waterfall to Agile approach.
• Define WBS, identify dependencies, risk analysis, milestones, & level of effort to approximate a timeline.
• Implement any changes to scope or new requests via approval of change control board. • Manage development schedules & interactions between vendors, project team & support teams.
• Develop roadmaps for the projects & manage the plan from kick-off to final hand-off.
• Coordinate cross-functional meetings to review project progress & determine roadblocks.
• Manage Product Backlog & assist product owner in backlog grooming & prioritization.
• Maintain consolidated project documentation repository using the G-suite.
• Facilitate stakeholder communications for requirements gathering & understanding business goals.
• Work as a liaison between the business & the project team.
Cadence 5IT Project Manager
Mar. 2015 - Dec. 2015Richmond, Virginia• Gather requirements through Interviews, Questionnaire, Focus Groups, Brainstorming, with stakeholders.
• Plan & execute projects at different stages of software & hardware implementations.
• Delegate tasks to the team for prioritization based on schedules.
• Compiled use cases & promoted their validation during UAT testing. • Organized & facilitated scrum ceremonies like Sprint planning, Daily scrums, Reviews & Retrospectives.
• Planning Poker for story point estimation during Sprint Planning.
• Manage changes in the project scope, devise contingency plans & promote continuous improvements.
• Break down epics into user stories based on INVEST criteria.
ArQuleProject Manager/Scientist IV
Jan. 2013 - Jul. 2013Supervised a small team overlooking their daily activities and career development process.
Monitored and controlled the establishment of an independent working system for concentration determination.
Remodeled in-house system to perform lipophilicity on LO candidates.
Collaborated with inter-functional teams to streamline various platform processes.
Supervise the discovery team overlooking the daily activities & career development process.
Execute automation project for compound identification that increased productivity by 60%
Streamline processes within the scientific team to increase candidate passing rates by 73%
Spearheaded the establishment of HPLC system that lowered outsourcing costs by 50% Collaborate with inter-functional teams to streamline various platform processes.
ArQuleScientist III
Jan. 2009 - Jan. 2013Perform quality control and data analysis of kinase screening set using HPLC and MS.
Conduct 1D and 2D NMR for structure determination of small molecules.
Analyzed basic and complex drug formulation and stability studies of lead drug candidates.
Spearheaded NMR project from conception to launch for LO compound characterization.
Train and mentor junior staff for system maintenance and equipment troubleshooting.
Establish CLND system for exact concentration determination & solubility measurements.
ArQuleScientist II
Mar. 2008 - Jan. 2009Perform high throughput library purification for kinase drug candidates using HPLC and MS.
Analyze potential drug candidates in early discovery stages of drug discovery.
Document SOPs and manuals to support chemical analysis and experimentation.
Maintain data integrity by establishing online data storage and archive.
Virginia TechRESEARCH/Teaching ASSISTANT
Aug. 2004 - May. 2007Conduct chemical and pharmaceutical analyses and characterization of anti-cancer agents using HPLC techniques for method development.
Conduct and maintain cell based A2780 bioassay.
Perform UV/Vis, IR and NMR testing on active components isolated from plant material.
Teaching Assistant for undergraduate level Organic and General Chemistry Laboratories.
Responsibilities involve assisting students with conducting lab work, grading lab reports and organic lecture exams.
University of MumbaiResearch Trainee
Aug. 2003 - May. 2004Conduct proximate principles on food samples.
Involved in research work directed to prove that nutritional superiority is achieved on fortification of the food sample.
TDMSummer Intern
May. 2003 - Aug. 2003Conduct bio-analysis and bio-equivalence studies on pharmaceutical samples and potential drug candidates using HPLC.
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