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Work History
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Meenal Rastogi

PMO-Associate Consultant
Delhi,DL

Summary

Prince2 certified Project management professional with 7 years of experience into diverse Project management practices (Waterfall+ Agile) to serve clients across geographies. Adept at planning, forecasting, demand and capacity of resources utilisation. Proactive risk mitigator, Incorporating agile practices to upgrade organisation’s agile way of delivery.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Associate Consultant

ZS Associates
Gurgaon, Haryana
11.2019 - Current

Project & Account Management

· Developed and maintained an exhaustive Project Plan for assigned projects Communicating with all teams and stakeholders involved to ensure proactive and timely delivery of milestones related to the project.

· Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement.

· Created spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel for daily, weekly and monthly reporting, variety of communications, documents & reports for smooth operations.

· Authored status reports for senior executives & Clients, detailing overall performance metrics such as Cost, Time, Scope and Risk.

· Experience in handling multiple projects at a time with both SDLC And Agile methodology.

· Weekly project review calls with both internal and external stakeholders. Ability to identify risks, develop, execute mitigation plan and drive completion.


PMO

· Assisted PMO Lead in handling program levels issues, change request and risks management.

· Coordinated with PMO lead in preparing ad hoc presentations and other essential task as required.

· Managed allocation of resources within the team & Pod.

· Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity with coordination.

· Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.

· Worked for documenting the idea of a chatbot to support multiple queries for a giant client.

· Worked for structuring & documenting Procurement & Contract Management process in entire PMO.

Project Analyst

Sunlife India Asia Service Centre Pvt. Ltd.
Gurgaon, Haryana
05.2017 - 11.2019

Project Analyst

Part of Group & Clients (GnC) responsible for managing and delivering key projects within agreed schedules, budgets and cost objectives. I had a diverse set of responsibilities which include Resource Management, Financial, Project & Time Management.

· Working as a Project Manager to plan, schedule and execute all stages of enterprise software and system implementations. Assessed business implications for each project phase and monitored progress to meet deadlines, standards and cost targets.

· Created cost-management plans and did milestones review with the team that were used as the basis for decision- making on proposed IT implementation projects.

· Regularly managed the project Risk by maintaining a risk log and mitigated it wherever possible.


Portfolio / Delivery Management

· Preparing weekly-consolidated status report for the portfolio and publishing the status trend for senior management.

· Acting as SPOC for offshore project teams and supporting delivery of management reports.


PMO

· Responsible for Resource Allocation within a project’s staffing profile in PPM for all the projects that require resource under Salesforce in any Portfolio/LoB.

· Was responsible for generating financial status reports (Quarter projections, cash report, forecast, burn sheet and time tracking reports)

· Keeping weekly meetings with Delivery Managers and Architects to know the Project pipeline to assume and manage the resource capacity and availability sheet accordingly.

· Facilitating weekly & biweekly dashboard meeting with PM’s and Leadership team

· Preparing & maintaining project tracker, project tracking for timely deliverables, maintaining timesheet, presentation, revenue tracking, Invoicing, project closure report along with closure analysis

· Handles complete project charter outlining scope, goals, deliverables, required resources, budget and timing.

Project Co-ordinator

Acuminous Software Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon
Gurgaon, Haryana
12.2015 - 03.2017

Project Co-ordination

· Working as a Key Account Manager with responsibilities of managing Stakeholders/Clients, Project Health, Invoicing for projects.

· Assist in the definition of project goals, scope and deliverables that support business goals, in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders

· Responsible for generating monthly invoices (billable) and sending them out to the client for billing purposes.

· Responsible for allocating resources on various projects and tracking their time w.r.t work explained.

Project Coordinator

NZT Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Delhi, Delhi
11.2014 - 12.2015

Project Co-ordination

· Coordinating requirements of client; developing and negotiating contracts; integrating contract requirements with business operations.

· Managing the projects and the development cycle: Release of Milestone, Change Management and Risk Management.

· Locating or proposing potential business deals by contacting potential partners; discovering and exploring opportunities in Domestic & International Market.

Education

Bachelors of Technology - Chemical Engineering

Banasthai University, Rajasthan
06.2009 - 06.2013

Skills

    Project planning and development

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Meenal RastogiPMO-Associate Consultant