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VIVEK SHUKLA

IT Project Manager / Supply Chain Consultant with strong technical background, business vision, people development and resounding experience of more than 6 years with demonstrated expertise in IT Projects & consulting for Supply Chain Automation. Experienced project execution professional with passion for technology; skilled in grasping the big picture, conceptualizing, developing, implementing projects & partnering closely with business leaders.

Key Skills

Negotiation
Communication Skills
Resilience
Result Driven
Product Strategy
Budget Management
People Management
Project management
Supply Chain Management
Business Continuity Plan
Stakeholders Management

Professional Experience

Jan 2021
Present
IT Manager | Functional Lead
Mahindra Logistics Limited Mumbai, IN
Mahindra Logistics Limited is one of India's leading third-party logistics (3PL) solutions providers.
  •  Provide high-value services in IT projects, such as solution architecture design, project management and value engineering. Emphasized strategies in gathering, reviewing, and analyzing data requirements. 
  • Built and strengthened relationships across functional leadership areas to keep development and operational plans interconnected and effective.
  • Assign tasks to functional resources to ensure delivery on action items to respective operations team and implementation team.
Mar 2017
Feb 2021
Project Manager
AUTOPLANT SYSTEM INDIA PVT. LTD. Gurgaon, IN
Autoplant is an industrial IoT enabler, offering a full suite of logistics management solutions for enterprises to run their business operations.
  • Meticulous understanding of automating end to end supply chain process from order defining, order assignment, dispatch, proof of delivery, invoicing, freight settlement to fleet management.
  • Chair daily and weekly governance meetings or CAB calls to update and track scrum board overall status.
  • Creating and updating the JIRA's as per the development and progress made on use case.
  •  Assure effective reporting in the following areas: 
    • Cost, schedule, and scope
    • Quality control, audits, and inspections 
    • Resource utilization and performance (productivity factors)
  • Creating and outline test Plans, facilitate UAT, coordinate walk through and obtaining sign off from client.
Mar 2016
Mar 2017
Assistant Project Manager
AUTOPLANT SYSTEM INDIA PVT. LTD. Mumbai, IN
  • Maintained project objectives, created project plans, delivered projects within defined timelines & budget.
  • Drive cross functional team activities for managing activities related to procurement, development, integration with ERP system, testing & infra readiness.
  •  Expertise in mapping business requirements GAP analysis (As-Is & To-Be Analysis), RCA (Solution to problem) and SWOT analysis.

Sep 2014
Mar 2016
Functional Consultant
AUTOPLANT SYSTEM INDIA PVT. LTD. Mumbai, IN
  • Managed project documentations of functionality, integrations, deployment strategies & user trainings.
  • Applied strong time mgmt., planning, decision making & problem-solving skill to determine risks/delays effectively.
  • Involved in all phases of product Life cycle & SDLC from requirement gathering, design, development, testing, code promotion and user trainings to support for production environment.
  • Experience in working at client Location involving close liaison with Client and other key-stakeholders.
  • Experience in Business Process Optimization and Process re-engineering.
May 2013
Sep 2014
Functional Trainee | Pre-Sales
ISHIR DIGITAL Noida, IN
ISHIR is a global diversified outsourced IT services company which brings Offshore Outsourcing to clients’ doorstep.
  • Aligned company goals with customer outcomes and increased satisfaction by automating contact management systems.
  • Interfaced with cross-functional team of business analysts, developers and technical support professionals to determine comprehensive list of requirement specifications for new applications.
  • Always enlisted customer-service approaches.

Education

Apr 2008
May 2012
B.TECH in United College of Engineering & Research
Gautam Buddha Technical University

Achievements

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • Mentored logistics process automation for VICAT Cement focused on Freight Reduction & Trip TAT reduction – 2020-21 [Project Valuation: 5 Cr].
  • Designed e2e solution & implemented in-route & in-plant tracking automation for Coal Logistics at Vedanta Aluminum Ltd. achieving 100% automation – 2019-20 [Project Valuation: 18 Cr].
  • Implemented reverse auction for outbound logistics at JK Cement alongside supply chain process automation reducing freight costs by 15% PA – 2018-19 [Project Valuation: 4 Cr].
  • Completed e-Passport implementation for Lafarge-Holcim across 29 locations of ACC & ACL within 10 months, 1 year before project timeline – 2017-18.
  • Managed implementation of projects across various industry giants like Lafarge-Holcim (ACC & ACL), Wonder Cement Ltd, JPL/JSPL for various automation projects focused into RFID Tracking, Vendor Collaboration, Smart Loading, e-POD, GPS Tracking, Auctioning, TMS and YMS.

Hobbies & Interests

  • Music
  • Social media
  • Travelling
  • Watching movies

Languages

English
(Native)
Hindi
(Native)
Marathi
(Basic)

Career Aspiration

3 years from now, I see myself perfecting the role of project manager. In the long-term, I’d like to assume more leadership responsibilities by using my strengths in management, organization and communication. Plus, my ideal path would include working abroad for few years. That’s my top career goal.

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