Project Manager
Genie Technologies Inc.
Total years of experience :15 years, 11 Months
Managing end to end implementations of Blue Yonder (formerly JDA) WMS for retail, F&B, clients in Philippines, Indonesia.
• Managing portfolio's for several projects and completing in well-defined manner
• Responsible for defining and implementing project requirements and handover strategy
• Estimating man-hours, resource allocation and cost for project
• Using project planning tools to prepare project plan, schedule, activity list, identify key milestones
• Helped clients and project teams choose the right business analysis techniques and processes
Playing role of proxy Product Owner in Agile (SCRUM) methodology driven projects.
• Responsible for functional/non-functional requirements elicitation and documentation, requirements management and communication, UAT and User training
• Handling kick off meeting with client for clarification on scope of work and risk mitigation
• Attending bid clarification meeting with vendors
• Follow-up of activities to track progress of work and escalate issues to project sponsor
• Managing communications with all stakeholders including client to interpret their needs and requirements and implement them in project
• Meeting with client on weekly basis for project updates with focus on cost, planned work and productivity overview
• Reviewing of project documentation and ensuring changes are implemented on documents under proper change control environment
• Monitor compliance to applicable codes, practices, QA/QC policies, performance standards and specifications
• Perform overall quality control of the work (budget, schedule, plans, personnel’s performance) and report regularly on project status
• Ensuring on-time delivery is made for each project milestone and maintain agreed KPI with respect to quality
• Official handover of project deliverables and conducting final review meeting with client
• Identifying and updating project risk in risk register
• Developed procedures for stakeholders, performing internal audits, involved in process improvement programs and engaged in team development activities.
• Responsible for training and skill development for team member
• Handled E2E operations & analysis for procurement, contract management, spend management and order management for client.
• Identified key vendors for materials and services to support business functions
• Managed value of $8 Million contracts globally
• Prepared spend analysis report for client and provided suggestions for improvement in future by reducing non value added spends
• Communicated client expectation to project team via cross functional meeting
• Arranging and participating in brain storming sessions for team to generate cost saving ideas and overcome market challenges
• Conduct knowledge sharing sessions and training for project team
• Performed evaluation and negotiation of price & lead time for long term contracts
• Used various systems to generate ad-hoc reports to check stocks, invoices, order backlogs and prepare KPI reports for management review
• Decreased costs and optimized supplier performances: involved in the day-to-day planning of orders, dates and making sure the plant runs smoothly (Inventory control) by developing procurement strategies to get competitive price and material delivered in JIT
• Performed category management of materials and identified cost saving opportunities for commodities
• Worked in re-categorizing vendors as per ABC analysis and commodity wise split
• Bidding for new and existing materials and prepare strategy for negotiation with vendors
• Monitoring and handling contract leakage activities to maintain contracted price, escalating deviations to key stakeholders
• Monthly Review of supplier’s performance during contractual period on schedule, price and quality
• Taken initiative in developing the automation process for procurement in SAP, thereby reduced manual PO’s, increased turnaround time, reduced good receipt and invoice mismatch
• Worked towards updating standard operating procedures
• Worked on continuous improvement projects to eliminating causes of error/ rework
• Handled transition Projects from Australia to India to move procurement activities
• Involved in SAP implementation team to provide functional expertise; requirement gathering, process mapping, preparing blueprint, IMG customization, documentation and training
• Managed purchase to pay cycle for procurement
• Identification, selection & procurement of control system and automation products from vendors as per company’s quality norms and standards
• Creating and sending RFQ's to Vendors, Issue letter of Intent, Purchase Orders & Service Entry Sheet
• Performing costing analysis, technical comparison, negotiation and price finalization with respect to available budget for project
• Negotiating rates for global services with suppliers and sub-contractors
• Attending bid clarification meeting with selected vendors before PO award
• Vendor follow-up for delivery of material/services and documents, clearing PO issues and NCR’s
• Coordinating with logistics team for delivery of materials at warehouse/plant
• Responsible for clearing invoices in workflow, checking GR/IR mismatch
• Responsible in payment follow up with AP agents and payment centre
• Ensuring quality of material from vendors is achieved by involving QA for inspection
• Working closely with project team to fulfill project demands
• Updating standard price, PO hedging, forecasted delivery dates and lead-time in SAP for material, ensuring stock levels are maintained
• Handling of vendor quality notifications and variation orders
• New vendor assessment and development in order to enhance capacity and meet demands.
• Generating BI reports for PO close out and preparing weekly MIS report for management’s review.
• Maintaining communications between corporate office, distribution centers and all stake holders
• Worked in special task force team to close issues on 87 PO's for other buyers
• Create and maintain master data for Purchasing (Material & Service, Outline Agreement, Source List, Info records, vendor data) in SAP
• Updating standard procedures in cooperation with process owners