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 -