Kavana S
Dearborn,MI
Summary
Senior Project Manager bringing highly credible technical leadership to direct multi-functional project teams engaged in full system development and implementation in high tech environments. Experienced overseeing diverse teams of developers, analysts and quality professionals engaged in complex projects with budgets up to $60 million. Solid understanding of project management tools. Project Management Professional and certified in Agile methodology.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Project Manager
Authorly.ai
Bangalore, Karnataka
11.2021 - 10.2023
- Clients relationship management, Coming up with marketing strategies
- Managed multiple projects with competing deadlines simultaneously.
- Developed and maintained project plans, timelines, and budgets.
- Built and established strong partnerships with teams, vendors and contractors.
- Monitored progress of each project to ensure timely delivery of deliverables in accordance with established quality standards.
- Maintained records of all documents related to each project including specifications, change orders, invoices.
- Provided guidance to team members regarding tasks assigned to them.
- Led meetings with internal team members, consultants and contractors.
Senior Purchase Executive - Supply Chain
Ingex Foods
Bangalore, Karnataka
07.2019 - 10.2021
- Plans for raw materials inventory to all manufacturing units based on production plan, shelf life, lead time, available storage space, MOQ (minimum order quantity)
- Fixing the buying price after considering the various processing cost, packing charges & margin for the seller
- Identify, develop and induct new vendors to business to have strong vendor base and negotiate effective cost
- Achievement: Already shown more than 1.2Cr Annual savings in 6months duration.
- Prepared purchase orders based on approved requisitions; tracked orders throughout fulfillment process.
- Developed and implemented purchasing policies and procedures in compliance with company regulations.
Procurement Executive - Projects
ITC LTD (FOOD DIVISION)
Bangalore, Karnataka
07.2017 - 07.2019
- Manages Inventory and Procurement of major raw materials for 35 manufacturing units( Biscuit, Confectionaries, Snacks, Juices, Staples) across various geographical locations across India
- Handling sensitive commodities like Dry fruits, vegetables, Dry veggies , Maida, corn etc
- And make sure on time with quality products to plant
- Ensuring right material availability at right time, right price and right quantity so that business opportunity is well harnessed
- Plans for raw materials inventory to all manufacturing units based on production plan, shelf life, lead time, available storage space, MOQ (minimum order quantity)
- Shares schedule with vendors, monitor order status and inventory levels, follow up for timely delivery, rescheduling based on sudden increase or decline in production
- Co-ordinates with Logistics Team for timely vehicle placement and movement of materials
- Co-ordinates with Finance Team for timely payments of Vendors and other internal team SAP, Planning team for smooth operations
- Fixing the buying price after considering the various processing cost, packing charges & margin for the seller
- Identify, develop and induct new vendors to business to have strong vendor base
- Prepares Purchase order, Contracts in SAP
- Planning and Execution for vendor audit quarterly
- Achievements: Ensured no stock out situation at all manufacturing units consistently and zero write off of material
- Has achieved significant savings through negotiation towards purchase of key raw materials and RM at reduced rates than the budgeted price
- Identified, developed and inducted-in new vendors into the system to minimize dependency on single / limited number of vendors.
- Analyzed market trends to identify potential cost savings opportunities.
Senior Business Development/ Project Manager
Flipkart India Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore, Karnataka
01.2014 - 03.2016
- The role involves category (H&B, food supplies) management and development with respect to sales and revenue achievement
- Developing and maintaining relationship with key accounts for getting better margin, offer and promotions on existing and new SKU as compared to competitors
- Assortment planning with respect to width and depth for individual vertical like skincare, haircare etc
- Streamlining the supporting business function i.e
- Cataloguing, marketing, warehousing, logistic, finance, inventory planning and purchase order raising team
- Identifying the market potential and grooming the category by improving the verticals in terms of range and pricing
- Understanding the category dynamics with respect to the market and thereby getting the marketing plans executed
- Key Deliverables: Vendor management, Monitoring procurement end to end delivery, Assortment planning, Stock planning and replenishment, Monitoring and returning the RTV stock on periodic basis, Pitching and closing marketing & promotion plans with the Brand to improve category bottom line, Launched category pet supplies and food supplies at Flipkart, Monitoring delivery of goods till warehouse, Follow up with vendor till delivery to warehouse, Developing range and maintaining assortment for the category as per online sales trend, PO creation and maintainance, Increasing visibility of top performing SKUs and getting better offers and margins from the Brand / supplier / distributor for the same, Inventory Planning for fast and slow moving SKUs with respect to customer buying pattern and seasonality, Improving customer experience on the website by getting high resolution images and videos uploaded especially for high MRP products, Monitoring payments of key accounts and vendor re-conciliation, Responsible for market research on price, data, product movement, competition pricing, product bundling etc., Developed a very good understanding of the category and become an expert on the sales and supply side of the given category, Seller on-boarding and maintaining relations getting better offers on special days(e.g beauty bonanza, big app sale day.
Education
Master of Business Administration - Marketing & Finance
M.P Birla Institute of Management, Race Course Road, Banglore University
01.2013
Bachelor of Business Administration -
Vidyodaya Frist Grade College, Tumkur
01.2011
Skills
- Client Relationship Management
- Requirements Gathering
- Project Planning
- Project Scheduling
- KPI Tracking
- Client Relations
- Training and Mentoring
- Cross-Functional Communication
- Schedule Coordination
- Agile Methodology
- Meeting Participation
- Quality Control
- Project Goals and Milestones
- Scope Management
- Client Liaison
- Resource Allocation
- Stakeholder Management
- Workflow Analysis
- Sprint Planning
- Software Development Lifecycle
Activities
- Winner of Divathon (marathon) conducted by ITC Ltd
- Winner of Project Management Hackathan - Flipkart
Timeline
Senior Project Manager
Authorly.ai
11.2021 - 10.2023
Senior Purchase Executive - Supply Chain
Ingex Foods
07.2019 - 10.2021
Procurement Executive - Projects
ITC LTD (FOOD DIVISION)
07.2017 - 07.2019
Senior Business Development/ Project Manager
Flipkart India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2014 - 03.2016
Master of Business Administration - Marketing & Finance
M.P Birla Institute of Management, Race Course Road, Banglore University
Bachelor of Business Administration -
Vidyodaya Frist Grade College, Tumkur
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