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ANKUR GARG

ANKUR GARG

Program Manager
Ghaziabad

Summary

Dynamic project management professional with a proven track record of delivering high-impact projects across diverse environments. Expertise in driving project timelines while ensuring quality outcomes through meticulous strategic planning and execution. Recognized for fostering collaboration, adaptability, and a strong commitment to team success and client satisfaction. A results-oriented approach consistently exceeds stakeholder expectations and achieves organizational goals.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
1
1
Language

Work History

Program Manager

AVL India
01.2025 - Current
  • Managed geographical cross-functional teams for successful project completion within deadlines and budgets.
  • Established strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring support for program initiatives.
  • Developed and maintained logistics workflows, procedures and reports.
  • Implemented risk management strategies to mitigate potential barriers to project success.
  • Leading the Domestic ATS Program with pan-India client interaction, which includes all audit agencies like ARAI, I-CAT, and CIRT.
  • Leading the EV projects from Headquarters in Graz, Austria, for the vehicle charger, for which I was there for three months and managed the CFT geographically.
  • Leveraged project management processes and tools to define and execute projects.
  • Facilitated workshops and conducted one-on-one training to educate team members.
  • Project Budget Management for all the domestic and export programs.

Program Manager - EV

Sonalika International Tractors
05.2024 - 01.2025
  • Develop project plans and operational strategy from scope to launch.
  • Defining, monitoring, and controlling the timeline to avoid delays through escalation management, along with the mitigation plan, in order to maintain the timeline.
  • Defining, monitoring, and controlling the budget to avoid escalation to stakeholders and working on a mitigation plan.
  • Managed geographical CFT for successful project completion within deadlines and budgets.
  • Communication alignment of the project team with outsource agencies.
  • Direct discussions with the Executive and Managing Director on a regular basis to assess progress.
  • Implement risk management strategies to mitigate potential barriers to project success.
  • Conduct comprehensive program evaluations, identifying areas for improvement, and recommending actionable solutions.

Program Manager

CNH Industrial
03.2019 - 04.2024
  • Managed geographically cross-functional teams for successful project completion within deadlines and budgets.
  • Engaged and worked alongside cross-functional stakeholders to manage strategic initiatives.
  • Met with project stakeholders on regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.
  • Coordinate with outsourced agencies for cost-reduction ideas and should costing.
  • Customer engagement is necessary to understand the need to secure the requirements at the time of feature reduction on the product.
  • Collaborated closely with senior management to align project objectives with strategic company initiatives for overall business growth.
  • Yearly budget approval for all the issues of the current program, and monthly updates on the budget sanctioned versus consumed, and forecasted overrun.
  • Conducting a weekly budget meeting with the CFO for budget approval on design solutions in current models.
  • Conducting weekly reviews with functional heads to debottleneck the issues for expediting the implementation.
  • From 2019 to 2021, looked after NPD, then from 2021 to 2022, Current Programs, and finally from 2022 to 2024, Cost Reduction Programs.

Education

MBA - Operations Management

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
Mumbai, India
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Galgotia's University
Greater Noida, India
04.2001 -

Intermediate - PCM

Silver Line School
Ghaziabad, India
04.2001 -

High School -

Silver Line School
Ghaziabad, India
04.2001 -

Skills

Project Management

Certification

JIRA [Credential ID - 67214] from Great Learning

Timeline

Program Manager

AVL India
01.2025 - Current

Program Manager - EV

Sonalika International Tractors
05.2024 - 01.2025

Program Manager

CNH Industrial
03.2019 - 04.2024

MBA - Operations Management

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Galgotia's University
04.2001 -

Intermediate - PCM

Silver Line School
04.2001 -

High School -

Silver Line School
04.2001 -
ANKUR GARGProgram Manager