Harsh Upadhyay, Manager and Head of Process Improvement Department

Harsh Upadhyay

Manager and Head of Process Improvement Department

Bahrain Airport

Location
Bahrain
Education
Master's degree, Finance
Experience
20 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 10 Months

Manager and Head of Process Improvement Department at Bahrain Airport
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • My current job since January 2016

-Reporting to Chief Support Service Officer (CSSO & Board of Director)
-leading transformational initiatives from design to operationalization for Support Services (Procurement, Warehouse & Inventory, HR, Finance, Administration & IT)
-Design and Deploy Lean Six Sigma program through influential leadership and process excellence
-Managing a team of Business Improvement Officers who are aligned with Support services

Achievements
-CEO & CSSO Appreciation Email for Transforming Procurement & Warehouse Processes

Quality Leader at UnitedHealth Group
  • India - Delhi
  • November 2013 to December 2015

UnitedHealth Group (US Based Fortune 14 organization, who deals in Health Insurance & Health Insurance Management Solutions )
Quality Leader & Master Black Belt, Nov 2013 - Dec 2015

Responsibilities
-Reported to the Global Director of Operational Excellence
-Engaged Senior Management & Department Heads to understand business, identify burning issues / opportunities & review the Operation Excellence Program on a regular basis
-Managed continuous improvement initiatives for IT Infrastructure, Procurement, HR, Finance & QA (Testing) portfolios across India, US, Philippines & Ireland
-Managed Global Black Belt team & Provide systematic approach for project identification, methodology selection, belt alignment, tollgates & project closure
-Supported Process Excellence via ITIL in Infra & CMMI level 5 in Dev, QA & Services

Achievements
-Achieved $6.55 Million QNI through Projects and CI initiatives
-Trained 12 people in 4 weeks Black Belt Class Room Training & 40 People in 1 week GB Class Room Training
-Successfully implemented the bimonthly Business Quality Council (BQC) for Technology Level & Portfolio Level

Sr. Manager at Motilal Oswal Financial Services
  • India - Mumbai
  • March 2007 to October 2013

Responsibilities
-Reported to Vice President of Business Process Excellence
-Provided strategic direction and technical expertise to Top Management & Leadership team on process improvement
-Improved continuously the business processes by setting up the right metrics framework & measurement system
-Led & facilitated projects (individual or teams) operation excellence projects with effective change management
-Set-up & Managed the feedback and escalation mechanism including VoC & Net Promoter scores
-Managed Organisation DNA improvement through:

1.Mentored Green Belts, Lean & Kaizen Projects
2.Ensuring adherence to various quality measures such as Quality Audit & ISO standards
3.Organised IDEA Generation Program (Kaizen), Best Practice sharing, BPExcellence Award, Quality fair etc.

Achievements
-Completed 35 BB projects & 10 CI initiatives which impacted to 10 lacs+ customers & $ 2.69 Million benefits
-Successfully trained 243 people in different quality programs like: PMP, White Belt & Green Belt Training
-Implemented an Idea generation Program (TING!), Champion Award Framework, Organization level VOC capturing

Sr. Tech & Black Belt at LG ELECTRONICS INDIA PVT LTD
  • India - Delhi
  • July 2003 to February 2007

Responsibilities
- Reported to the HOD of Quality Assurance Dept and led a team of 4 members
- Define baseline for the service levels and develop performance dashboards to report on various KPIs
- Managed vendor DNA enhancement through: audits, providing quality trainings and other suitable initiatives
- Ensured adherence to the various quality measures such as GQA (Global Quality Audit) / ISO standards

Achievements
-Completed 10 Quality Improvement Project and saved $ 2.59 Million
-Successfully trained 250 vendor people in different quality program like: 7 QC tool & Green Belt

Education

Master's degree, Finance
  • at Symbiosis
  • January 2011

MBA Finance

Bachelor's degree, Instrumentation & Control Engineering
  • at Board of Technical Education
  • June 2003

Specialties & Skills

Change Management
Business Process Improvement
Lean Sigma
Lean Six Sigma
Change Management
QUALITY
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
CUSTOMER SERVICE
LEADERSHIP
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Hindi
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Black Belt (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2004
PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2010
Lean Bronze Certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2012
ISO 9001 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2010
Master Black Belt (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2012

Hobbies

  • Watching Football
  • Playing Chess