Amit Kharde
Project Manager
Pune
Summary
Resourceful Project Manager with 20 years of expertise in organizing business operations, financial oversight and resource management to achieve smooth flow and project operations. Adept at driving project timelines and ensuring quality outcomes through strategic planning and execution.
Overview
3
3
Languages
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager
L and T Technology Services
02.2025 - Current
- Customer: Winnebago Industries, USA.
- Facilitate project delivery, adhering to customer needs and specifications, while upholding engineering principles, manufacturing criteria, and profitability benchmarks.
- Construct project plans detailing project scope, deliverables, and milestones, especially for product launches or engineering alterations.
- Operate as the exclusive point of contact for clients, facilitating deliverables, and leading project meetings.
- Controlled budgets and optimized resource allocation to achieve profitability targets. Monitored costs against estimates, ensuring alignment with financial objectives. Streamlined resource management to enhance project efficiency and maintain budget control.
- Anticipate risks, manage change requests, and implement mitigation measures to eliminate project delays.
- Enforce adherence to automotive industry standards by ensuring all project deliverables meet ISO/IATF 16949, APQP, PPAP, and GD&T criteria.
- Led client meetings for project kick-offs and status reviews. Organized quarterly business reviews to evaluate performance and set strategic objectives. Engaged with on-site and offshore teams to maintain clear communication throughout projects.
- Coordinate on-time project delivery and engineering adjustments that comply with program timelines.
- Determine and apply ongoing improvements to advance engineering delivery efficiency and operating model maturity.
- Highlight concerns swiftly, and outline corrective action plans.
- Support stakeholder management, risk mitigation, escalation handling, and project governance.
- Proposal Development: Crafting detailed techno-commercial proposals that include project scope, functional descriptions.
- Draft thorough technical proposals featuring project timelines (Gantt charts), risk mitigation strategies, and resource planning.
- Drafting and content creation: formulating technical and commercial proposals, incorporating project timelines, resource management, and cost estimation (internal hours, external costs).
Senior Technical Lead (ERS Domain)
HCL Technologies Ltd
03.2017 - 02.2025
- Project: Aftermarket Margin Improvement.
- Customer: Caterpillar, Inc. ,USA
- Project Duration: Mar 2017 – Jan 2025.
- Aftermarket Margin Improvement: Analyze aftermarket spend and prioritize part numbers for cost improvement opportunities using different analyses such as Bracket Pricing, Quoted vs. Demand, supplier negotiation, dealer net pricing analysis, resourcing, etc. To improve the margin.
- Pricing Strategy: Coordinating with the Product Life Cycle Manager and the global pricing team for pricing and profitability management for the total aftermarket portfolio for the Product Group.
- Project: Tear Down Analysis, Directional Costing, and Benchmarking for Three Competitor SUVs.
- Customer: Fiat Chrysler India, Pvt. Ltd.
- Directed a team of 10 in vehicle teardown, directional costing, benchmarking, and VAVE for three SUV vehicles.
- Schematic preparation, BOM preparation, and directional costing of all vehicle parts.
- Directional costing for complete vehicle systems, which are divided into BIW, chassis, powertrain, interior, electrical systems like HVAC, dashboard, interior systems, doors, and wire harnesses.
- Benchmarking of all vehicles with respect to material, design, features, cost, etc.
Deputy Manager
Fleet guard Filters Pvt Ltd
03.2011 - 03.2015
Assistant Manager
Amphenol Interconnect India Pvt Ltd
08.2008 - 05.2011
Trainee Engineer
Reliable Autotech Pvt Ltd
03.2005 - 06.2006
Education
MBA - Production & Materials Management
IBMR, Pune University
BE - Mechanical
Pravara Rural Engineering College, Pune University
HSC - Science
K T H M College, Pune University
SSC - All Subjects
Pravara Public School, Pune University
Skills
Project management
Business development
Proposal writing
Strategic sourcing
Time management
Cost reduction
Margin improvements
Benchmarking
Analytical skills
Communication skills
Team collaboration
Strategic planning
Purchasing and procurement
Problem solving
Critical thinking
Timeline
Project Manager
L and T Technology Services
02.2025 - Current
Senior Technical Lead (ERS Domain)
HCL Technologies Ltd
03.2017 - 02.2025
Deputy Manager
Fleet guard Filters Pvt Ltd
03.2011 - 03.2015
Assistant Manager
Amphenol Interconnect India Pvt Ltd
08.2008 - 05.2011
Trainee Engineer
Reliable Autotech Pvt Ltd
03.2005 - 06.2006
SSC - All Subjects
Pravara Public School, Pune University
HSC - Science
K T H M College, Pune University
BE - Mechanical
Pravara Rural Engineering College, Pune University
MBA - Production & Materials Management
IBMR, Pune University
KEY ACHIEVEMENT
- Achieved Cost Savings of $1.80 Million for RV Industry project from Feb-25 till date.
- Pioneered a cost savings initiative worth of $5.60+ Million USD from initiation of project from 2018 to Dec-24 for Caterpillar Inc, Aftermarket Margin Improvement project.
- Led Teardown, Benchmarking project for 3 SUVs for OEM customer.