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Apoorva M G

Bangalore

Summary

Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Chief of Staff to R-CIO

Schneider Electric
01.2023 - Current


  • Ensured compliance across all COEs by defining and tracking key KPIs
  • Streamlined executive decision-making processes for improved organizational performance.
  • Collaborated with consultants and developed strategic plans for significant company growth.
  • Coordinated company-wide events and meetings to promote employee engagement, innovation and recognition.

Regional Program Manager, International Operations

Schneider Electric
05.2021 - 12.2022
  • Implemented change management strategies to facilitate drive adoption of New age employee experience tools
  • Collaborated with global counterparts to align on common goals for Box to One drive and developed global Champions network to enhance adoption of workplace tools

Chief of Staff to COO

Rakuten India
06.2020 - 05.2021
  • Spearheaded cost-saving measures through in-depth budget analysis and identifying areas for improvement.
  • Improved internal processes through thorough review, resulting in a reduction of wasted time and resources.
  • Conducted regular performance reviews for direct reports, providing constructive feedback for continuous professional growth.
  • Led crisis-management efforts during unexpected challenges; mitigating potential negative impacts on business operations.

Manager MES Systems and CPQ support

Schneider Electric
05.2016 - 08.2018
  • Saved cost of ~300K€ to company by founding a team of 5 and insourcing the vendor managed operations of manufacturing analytics and software development to support manufacturing applications deployed across 8 regions
  • Designed and implemented strategies for 10 manufacturing units to deploy digital manufacturing, repair and analytics tool, a project worth ~500K€ across Asia, Europe and USA resulting in an addition of 9K users to the system
  • Expanded footprint of Sales Digitization tool in NAM and APAC regions with 5 roll-outs as a project manager in 11 months by providing customized solutions to customize-price-quotation processes as per regional needs.

Lead Business analyst

Schneider Electric
06.2013 - 05.2016
  • End to End responsibility as Product owner of iTAC MES systems with technical teams and vendor management
  • Spearheaded the upgrade-project of process control tool worth ~600K€
  • Introduced 20 new features on cloud for digitizing manufacturing lines and designed ~150 new test cases to resolve 80% of long-pending issues on software
  • Digitized the process of repair data collection in an Industrial IOT project by provisioning manufacturing data from factory’s machines to cloud server in Philippines and achieved a 50% reduction in on-field repair time.

Education

Master of Business Administration, MBA in General Management -

IESE Business School, University of Navarra
Barcelona, Spain
08.2018 - 05.2020

Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Communications Engineering - undefined

Vellore Institute of Technology, VIT University
Tamil Nadu, India
08.2009 - 05.2013

Skills

Human Resources Management

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Accomplishments

  • Successfully completed OJAS – Leadership Acceleration program - 2022
  • Awarded Forte Scholarship by Forte Foundation for outstanding Women in MBA at IESE Business School, Spain, Aug-2018.
  • Nominated for a leadership development program- Mirror group that comprised 14 members among 2500+ SE Digital employees; presented strategy on developing Digital Profiles to CIO and HR department’s staff at Paris, France, June 2017
  • Selected for 2 leadership development programs held for top 50 of 18K employees at SE India; Women Leadership- URJA and Young leaders’ program-Champions Club; presented a strategy on sales improvisation to the Country President at Delhi, India, Aug-2016.
  • Recipient of Extra-Miler Award for 2 consecutive years in recognition of the commitment to customer satisfaction, July, Dec-2014
  • Served as core committee member of Innovation Club at Schneider Digital

Additional Information

Successfully completed OJAS – Leadership Acceleration program - 2022

Awarded Forte Scholarship by Forte Foundation for outstanding Women in MBA at IESE Business School, Spain, Aug-2018.

Nominated for a leadership development program- Mirror group that comprised 14 members among 2500+ SE Digital employees; presented strategy on developing Digital Profiles to CIO and HR department’s staff at Paris, France, June 2017

Successfully completed Women Leadership- URJA and Young leaders’ program-Champions Club; 2016

Served as core committee member of Innovation Club at Schneider Digital

Timeline

Chief of Staff to R-CIO

Schneider Electric
01.2023 - Current

Regional Program Manager, International Operations

Schneider Electric
05.2021 - 12.2022

Chief of Staff to COO

Rakuten India
06.2020 - 05.2021

Master of Business Administration, MBA in General Management -

IESE Business School, University of Navarra
08.2018 - 05.2020

Manager MES Systems and CPQ support

Schneider Electric
05.2016 - 08.2018

Lead Business analyst

Schneider Electric
06.2013 - 05.2016

Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Communications Engineering - undefined

Vellore Institute of Technology, VIT University
08.2009 - 05.2013
Apoorva M G