minaxi mistry

Business Excellence at ABB

• United Kingdom
• October 1999 to August 2010

Jun 2010 to Aug 2010
Project Management
- Simultaneously managed four engineering projects to deliver both financially and technically proficient solution to customer satisfaction and deadlines. Managed customer and team relationships to achieve targets (short assignment - emigrating to Egypt)
Oct 2004 to Jun 2010
Operational Excellence Manager
- Reporting to Global Executive level; Analyse and manage change globally; design and align a business-wide operational model
- Roll out new sales, offshoring and outsourcing strategies
- Market research, and compose marketing plans, new product marketing strategy, product positioning and organise customer events
- Leading multiple teams both locally and internationally, building trust and relationships, to communicate new ways of working using training/workshops (MEA and globally)
- Managing cost saving projects and deliver successes on time, from own developed plans and recommendations
- Quality/ efficiency KPI monitoring and reporting, whilst improving end user deliverables
- Taking a lead role in implementation of a new SAP business system; specific responsibility associated to sales and distribution and supply chain
- Acquisition leader, co-ordinating market analysis and alternatives assessment, due diligence, and integration planning
Sep 2003 to Sep 2004
Head of Supply Chain,
- Strategising purchasing function; introduced methods enhancing net working capital
- £30M Spend; achieved cost savings of £0.5M in the first 6 months
- Restructured and managed an SCM team of 8 people
- Develop purchase plan to achieve the organisation’s revenue and cash flow targets
Oct 2002 - Sep 2003
Senior Analyst - Business Planning
Oct 2001 - Sep 2002
Sales Engineer, ABB
-Achieved a success rate 1:3 proposals progressing to orders, totalling over £2M of sales
-Customer liaison and support field sales force
Oct 1999- Sep 2001
Grauate Training Scheme, then Acquisition Project Co-ordinator