Project Manager
Freelance
Total years of experience :8 years, 10 Months
Key Achievements
-Accurately assessing clients' demands reduced time delays by 50% for five projects, resulting in high customer satisfaction.
-Independently supervised an 11-member cross-functional team that finished two projects a week ahead of time and on a tight budget of
USD 100, 000.
-Two complex projects were completed in 75% of the expected time by implementing agile methodologies.
-Independently led a 3-hour project management training for a U.A.E.-based contracting company.
Key Responsibilities
-Develop and execute comprehensive project plans, including detailed work breakdown structures (WBS) and risk registers, using MS Office
tools.
-Ensure timely completion of all deliverables and minimise project risks through risk management strategies.
-Manage the site's operations while supervising suppliers, vendors, contractors, subcontractors, and other workers.
-Coordinate designs (civil, MEP, fit-out), papers, permissions, NOCs, and utility connections with clients, consultants, and government
agencies.
-Organise, monitor and update daily resources, costs, scope, and schedule changes.
-Maintain high-quality professional and interpersonal connections with clients, teams and stakeholders via email and phone to ensure effective communication and collaboration
Key Achievements
-Headed the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) department at the Bangalore Zonal Office.
-The relocation of the Kerala credit department from Bangalore to Kochi was concluded two weeks ahead of schedule, saving 40% of the time required.
-Led a 5-member team and managed a credit portfolio worth over USD 200 million at the Kochi Zonal Office, contributing to over 200% growth in two consecutive fiscal years.
-Implemented a credit training program for 44 branch employees, reducing credit evaluation time by 50% and loan approval turnaround time by 92%, from 3 months to 1 week.
Key Responsibilities
-Led and managed the credit department by setting goals, managing client relationships and performing periodic reviews of credit proposals to identify non-performing accounts.
-Conferred with new clients about their credit requirements and prepared credit appraisals that scrutinised the company’s previous years’ financial statements, market data, credit risk rating, and credit history.
-Applied engineering knowledge to prepare techno-economic viability reports that presented a detailed yet simplified view of the complex technical aspects of the company.
-Identified significant developments in the industry, economy and businesses which have implications on the credit risk exposures and modified recommendations to protect the interests of clients and the bank.
-Identified critical accounts through independent inspections and initiated several strategies to prevent further slippage of these accounts to non-performing assets.
-Reviewed annual reports of the zone and compiled financial information per internal requirements to provide the actual performance of the zone.
-Negotiated actively with property owners for hiring their premises for the new branches as part of the expansion plan of the zone.