Lokesh Grover, Business Analyst

Lokesh Grover

Business Analyst

DP World

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, Project Management Certification (PMP)
Experience
19 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 4 Months

Business Analyst at DP World
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2015
Business Analyst (PMO) at Religare Enterprises Ltd.
  • India - Delhi
  • November 2010 to June 2015

IT Business Analyst
• Collaborated with business and technology project stakeholders to understand & document business requirements (BRS), facilitate design and implementation of technical solution to meet their requirements
• Supported stakeholders with business view of technical solution for efficient customer expectations management.
• Performed Requirement Vs. Concept Solution mapping for benefits realizations.
• Managed change management process for effective impact analysis.
• Facilitated Business Stakeholders with Test Cases & Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) during User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for sign offs / spend approvals.

Process Re-Engineering & Continuous Improvements
• Actively Involved in departmental or cross-functional business process improvement efforts utilizing LEAN SIX Sigma Methodologies.
• Submitted recommendations to Management along with Business Case, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) & Cost Benefit Proposal for identification of new opportunities.
• Implemented multiple strategic, complex process improvement projects in conjunction with division goals and imperatives for increasing revenue, optimizing cycle time, reducing defect rates, and improving customer satisfaction
• Provided training to employees in new business processes and tools.
• Served as a change agent promoting the use of Lean Six Sigma methodology.
• Owned & managed complete life cycle of new processes that includes requirements gathering, management presentations, business cases, benefit realizations, action plans, & measurement analysis.
• Managed transition of Manual Trackers to Automated Workflows to move efforts from transactional activities to strategic thinking through Cordys, SharePoint etc.

PMO Analyst at Barclays
  • India - Pune
  • September 2008 to October 2010

Project Governance & Delivery Assurance (PMO)
• Monitored project baselines (scope, cost, time & risks) to proactively inform the management of any potential slippages and hurdles.
• Performed regular audits / reviews for quality assurance & control.
• Initiated & managed vendor relationships. (Work Orders / PO / Invoices)
• Owned & produced regular enterprise level project status reports to proactively inform the management of any potential slippages and hurdles.
• Developed & maintained project plans and tracked network diagrams on project management tool (MPP) for critical paths.
• Facilitated Project Managers with risk identification & continuously monitoring of risk register for greater risk control with application of suitable mitigation strategies.
• Provided mentoring for best practices & techniques as per PMI/PMBOK.

Sr. Business Analyst at IBM
  • India - Delhi
  • August 2007 to May 2008

Project Management & Delivery.

Business Analyst at IRIS
  • India - Navi Mumbai
  • August 2006 to August 2007

Business Analyst / Project Management

Project Coordinator / Engineer at Reliance Group
  • India - Delhi
  • July 2002 to July 2004

Project Coordinator / Planner

Education

Diploma, Project Management Certification (PMP)
  • at PMI, USA
  • October 2009
Master's degree, Information Technology
  • at Symbiosis University
  • June 2006
Bachelor's degree, Telecommunications
  • at Pune Institute of Computer Technology
  • June 2002

Specialties & Skills

Business Analysis
Business Process Improvement
IT Project Management
Project Governance
MS Visio
MS Sharepoint
MS Project

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate

Memberships

PMI
  • Member
  • October 2009

Training and Certifications

MS Project (Training)
Training Institute:
Weblogic
Date Attended:
September 2009
Duration:
24 hours
Project Management - PMI (PMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2009
Valid Until:
September 2015