ANKIT KUMAR
Business Advisory - Strategy & Operations
Bangalore,KA
Summary
Business advisory manager with 11 Year of proven expertise in Business transformation, Digital transformation and Program management across IT services, ITES, Telecom, Hospitality, EPC and Manufacturing industry
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Manager - Business Transformation
Ernst and Young
Bangalore, Karnataka
08.2016 - Current
- Led large scale business transformation across sales, delivery, customer experience, supply chain and finance
Managed end to end project life cycle including senior stakeholder management, budgeting, P&L, resourcing, timeline and quality assurance
Identify and nurture business opportunities with new and existing clients; Prepare business proposals and pitches
Realized $400M savings and EBIDTA improvement of 300 bps for global IT services firm through cross functional initiatives and enterprise cost reduction
Managed CRM and ERP implementation for sales and delivery transformation of Global IT services firm
Improved sales effectiveness and customer engagement for premium luxury hospitality chain through primary research, peer and industry benchmarking
Realized 35% lead time reduction for P2P and 7% for I2C process of India’s largest construction company
Assistant Manager - Capital Projects Advisory
Protiviti
Abu Dhabi
06.2013 - 03.2016
- Operational, Strategic and Financial risk management and contract compliance for Capital Projects
Key account manager to manage resources, mobilization, cash flows and project invoicing
Led and finalized partnership with 8 firms to provide SMEs, enhancing portfolio of services
Identified new clients and business opportunities; Increased portfolio of services with existing clients
Key Clients: ADCO, ADNOC, Aldar, Barwa, Masdar
Optimized Sales, Leasing and Procurement processes for major real estate developers in region
Delivered savings of $2M from discrepant claims by contractor and unclaimed penalties.
Risk assessment of projects worth $3.5B spanning across Oil & gas, Infrastructure and mixed use
Manager - Projects and Development Services
Jones Lang LaSalle
Mumbai, Maharashtra
05.2008 - 05.2011
- Directly liaised CXO level client heads from Germany, Singapore, US for strategy implementation
End to End Ownership project delivery including procurement and vendor management
Single point of contact for Stakeholder management across client, consultants, architects and vendors
Key Clients: Volkswagen, Standard Chartered Bank, Bloomberg, Travelocity.com, Spencer Stuart
Managed total budget of INR 845M spanning area of 183,000 sqft across 8 interior projects
Handled Infrastructure work for car plant; Budget - €580M; Production - 1.2M car/year
Achieved LEED Platinum and Gold rating by US Green Building Council for two projects
Education
B.Tech. - Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur 06.2004 - 05.2008
MBA - General Management
Indian Institute Of Management
Calcutta 06.2011 - 04.2013
Skills
Stakeholder Management
Program Management
Process Excellence
Business Transformation
Digital Transformation
Customer Experience
Agile Methodology
Change Management
Lean/ Six Sigma
Certification
Design Thinking
Timeline
Design Thinking
01-2020
Agile Project Management
01-2020
Introduction to cloud computing
01-2020
Lean Management
01-2020
Six Sigma Green Belt
01-2020
Blockchain Fundamentals
01-2020
Manager - Business Transformation
Ernst and Young
08.2016 - Current
Assistant Manager - Capital Projects Advisory
Protiviti
06.2013 - 03.2016
MBA - General Management
Indian Institute Of Management
06.2011 - 04.2013
Manager - Projects and Development Services
Jones Lang LaSalle
05.2008 - 05.2011
B.Tech. - Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
06.2004 - 05.2008