THAKUR SAINI
Summary
Experienced PMO & Engineering Manager with proven record of implementing best practices of project management processes, reporting, coordinating cross-project activities, dispute resolution, managing vendors and have good reputation with TOMRA customers.
Overview
45
45
years of professional experience
Work History
PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE MANAGER
TOMRA Food – AMERICAS
01.2023 - Current
- Key Achievements:
- Cross functional training of Project Manager between Process Food Project and Fresh Food Project
- Success in managing project margin as per company target
- Brilliant satisfaction rating among customers
- Responsibilities:
- Managing project management activities of PMO office for Americas of TOMRA Food, after company merge Fresh Food and Process food division.
- Managing team of projects manager working on project for fresh food as well as process food in USA, Canada, Mexico and Latin America.
PMO & PROJECT ENGINEERING MANAGER
TOMRA Fresh Food - NAM
01.2019 - 01.2023
- Transferred to USA form New Zealand on September14th 2019, by TOMRA to set up NAM-PMO as well as Global Project Engineering.
- Key Achievements:
- Established PMO and Project Engineering Office in USA for TOMRA Fresh Food
- Hired and trained Project Managers, Project Engineers and Project Leader
- Responsibilities:
- Managed project reviews meetings (commercial review and engineering review) for Americas, EU, LATAM and South Africa.
- Build and trained team of NAM Customer Project Managers to become best programme as well as project manager for Project delivery in full and on time, maintain best practices of project management by following set objective by PMO office.
- Trained the Project Leaders to manage any size of turnkey project by themselves without any help from other region of company and it paid off during COVID period, when we install and commission multi-million-dollar Projects by NAM team only.
- Trained Global Project Engineering team, worked with them to create training libraries for newcomers and put many steps to reduce the non-conformances on the project design and specs.
Sr. PROGRAMME & Sr. PROJECT MANAGER
COMPAC / TOMRA Fresh Food
01.2014 - 01.2019
- Key Achievements:
- PMO responsibility whenever the PMO- Director was travelling or on leave.
- Establish Project budget tracking templates, project summary sheet for net profit, resource allocation sheet
- Responsibilities:
- Executed programming of all the TOMRA big turnkey Projects, was engaged in design and commercial reviews, design reviews, third party engagement, install process improvement and helped to create Install/ commission folders for the Projects.
- Taken additional responsibilities to run the PMO office, when the PMO manager was travelling or on leave.
- Helped to establish Project templates for the Projects in Smartsheet, which are the must documents and tool in Project delivery now.
- Trained the teams creating risk registers, critical path, and strategies to keep project on track to avoid economic loss on project.
PROJECT MANAGER
Compac Sorting Solution Ltd -NZ
01.2011 - 01.2014
- Key Achievements & Responsibilities:
- Created detailed Project Plan, Project Install Budget Tracker, Project Risk Analysis, Critical path, project reporting process, and establish communication process.
- All the Project I managed, were tier4 projects, multi million dollars, most complicated, around many countries and spends months on site.
- Efficiently managed company’s first high value project, 2011- Wonderful Citrus 90Lanes (5x10lanes and one world’s biggest machine 40lane x 100meter long), with all the peripheral, total value of Project was more than NZ$20million, spend nine months on site.
- Managed second high value project, 2013- Wonderful Citrus 60Lanes (3x10lanes and added thirty more lanes to world biggest machine to make it 70lane x 100meter long), with all the peripheral, total value of Project was NZ$20 million, spend five months on site.
SITE MANAGER & PROJECT LEADER
Compac Sorting Solution Ltd -NZ
01.2004 - 01.2011
- Worked as site Manager for install of two; multimillion-dollar turnkey projects, Propal in Chile, and Riveridge Produce in USA-East, both Project were commission on time and within budget.
- Project lead, all the company tier-4 projects (turnkey & complicated) in different countries, some with penalty clause, successfully, on time and within scope.
- Assembled fruit grading machines, inspection cabinets, peripherals in the
Maintenance Engineer / Assembler
Sleepyhead -NZ
01.2002 - 01.2004
Site Manager - Construction
Civil Contractor – India
01.1998 - 01.2002
Shift In-Charge / Production Manager
ACC Ltd. – India
01.1983 - 01.1998
Trainee Cement Manufacturing
ACC Ltd. – India
01.1981 - 01.1983
Education
Bachelor of Science - Science
Panjab University
Chandigarh India 01-1980
Skills
- Mechanical Engineering
- Bachelor of Science (B Sc)
- Project Management (PMI)
- Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
Accomplishments
- Documented and resolved design issues which led to machine performance.
- Collaborated with team of Sales/Applications, Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Installation in the development of capital projects
- Supervised team of more than 10 staff members.
- Achieved budget tracking by introducing smartsheet for control and monitoring tasks.
- Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
- Achieved deliver of project in full, on time , on budget by completing project execution with accuracy and efficiency.
ATTITUDE & STRENGTH
- Enthusiastic to keep the team motivated, positive, and transparent to take new & big challenges calmly with can-do principles, effective delegation, and team-building skills through following my strengths:
- Leadership & Management skills
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Organization and Problem-solving skills
- Technical and Process skills
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILTY TAKEN
- 2004 -2011 Design
- I worked with mechanical design engineer for innovative design of Main Drive which is currently been used.
- I worked with mechanical design engineer to design assembly jig for mid-section assembly jig and load belt assembly jig.
- 2011 -2014 Project Install Folders and Project Management Reporting Documents
- Worked with document writer to improve the information and checklist for install/commission.
- Made template for detailed project plan and financial analysis at project wash up.
- 2014 -2019 Financial Improvement pre-sale and post-sale of projects
- Improved the Install Pricing Sheet for solution and sale team to mitigate the risk of wrong install/commission budget.
- In 2019, I went to CKC to preassemble mid-section module for MLS 6L and below to cut short install time and install budget to save money, did that for two projects and successfully cut half of install time and this configuration has still been used.
- Did design reviews for all the projects with solution engineers to mitigate the risk of integration and functionality.
- Worked with production planning to for proper estimation of project delivery phase time requirements.
- Helped to setup manufacturing in Slovakia.
- 2019- Current PMO & Project Engineering Manager
- Start process of helping SENG for pre-sale projects, design, and commercial review to get the sale.
- Start helping service on the quoting process for upgrades.
- Set up agreement with Rochin Industries and Other labor supply companies, to provide resource for install/commission, whenever needed.
- Cross Department helps to Pre-sale and Post sale of projects.
RIGHT TO WORK STATUS IN USA
I have Lawful Permanent Residency (Green Card) in USA.
AWARDS & RECOGNISATION
Three TPM awards for process improvement, while working for Associated Cement Companies Limited., Five-time Customer Satisfaction award for Project delivery and commission on time between 2004 and 2010 (COMPAC), Trophy awarded for the success of Paramount Project Execution and delivery in 2011 by COMPAC Management
Languages
English
Full Professional
Hindi
Full Professional
Timeline
PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE MANAGER
TOMRA Food – AMERICAS
01.2023 - Current
PMO & PROJECT ENGINEERING MANAGER
TOMRA Fresh Food - NAM
01.2019 - 01.2023
Sr. PROGRAMME & Sr. PROJECT MANAGER
COMPAC / TOMRA Fresh Food
01.2014 - 01.2019
PROJECT MANAGER
Compac Sorting Solution Ltd -NZ
01.2011 - 01.2014
SITE MANAGER & PROJECT LEADER
Compac Sorting Solution Ltd -NZ
01.2004 - 01.2011
Maintenance Engineer / Assembler
Sleepyhead -NZ
01.2002 - 01.2004
Site Manager - Construction
Civil Contractor – India
01.1998 - 01.2002
Shift In-Charge / Production Manager
ACC Ltd. – India
01.1983 - 01.1998
Trainee Cement Manufacturing
ACC Ltd. – India
01.1981 - 01.1983
Bachelor of Science - Science
Panjab University