RAHUL DESAI
Miami,FL
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Manager
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER
07.2023 - Current
- Defined project scope using SAP for 3 New Product Development (NPD) projects, with high-visibility technology initiatives
- Executed projects by implementing a milestone plan, creating project documentation, and conducting effective kick-off meetings for leadership teams, saving a total of $1.4 million for the company
- Engineered and updated financial reports using Power BI to maintain profit margin above 50% on all the products
- Led teams in the end-to-end delivery of multiple products, making projects 20% more efficient and reducing time-to-market by 15%
- Drove cross-functional meetings and collaboration among technical and non-technical teams to improve inter-program dependencies, resulting in 3 months reduction in project timelines
- Documented the project charter, project plan, resource plan, and related project management artifacts in Confluence.
IT Project Manager
CORNING INCORPORATED
08.2022 - 12.2022
- Facilitated JAD sessions and tracked activities for software renewals to achieve 36% cost reduction
- Generated status reports and communicated with the team every week for metrics such as velocity, burndown, and quality via use of Jira
- Coordinated and negotiated with internal and external stakeholders, for projects worth over $2M to ensure appropriate and accurate order flow with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) map
- Managed several data consolidation efforts to combine multiple CRM systems into one corporate system resulting in increased operational efficiency by 40%
- Worked with Database Developers to optimize SQL queries and stored procedures, leading to 35% improvement in system response time
- Demonstrated effective leadership by setting clear goals, and motivating team members, ultimately exceeding project targets and ensuring client satisfaction.
Project Manager
HEXEN Engineering PVT. LTD
09.2017 - 09.2021
- Fostered collaboration with 20+ individuals across all disciplines to ensure project success through brainstorming and problem-solving sessions, and maintaining clear communication for better customer relationships
- Modified quality assurance processes, leading to a 25% improvement in project deliverable quality
- Applied critical path methods to establish a cost baseline, preventing cost overruns, and saving $55,000 with a project management plan
- Identified project risks and issues by developing mitigation strategies to minimize 30% project costs
- Implemented Agile methodologies to streamline project workflows and roadmaps, and tracked the project schedule reducing the project completion times by 35% using Microsoft Project and Trello.
Education
MS – Project Management -
Northeastern University
Boston, MA07.2023
BE – Civil Engineering -
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology
05.2017
Skills
- JIRA
- Lean Six-Sigma
- SharePoint
- SAP
- Pivot Tables
- AWS Workflow
- Visio
- Smartsheet
- Tableau
- Power BI
- Auto CAD
- Rhinoceros 3D
Additional Information
- Administered market research in healthcare and automotive sectors, and influenced the supply chain team to adopt a modified process, resulting in a 45% user growth.
- Increased conversion rate of the software development by End-to-End verification (mobile app); analyzed data from 25K monthly active users.
- Mentored change management training processes, resulting in a 90% better team coordination for the projects.
Timeline
Program Manager
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER
07.2023 - Current
IT Project Manager
CORNING INCORPORATED
08.2022 - 12.2022
Project Manager
HEXEN Engineering PVT. LTD
09.2017 - 09.2021
MS – Project Management -
Northeastern University
BE – Civil Engineering -
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology