DARSHAN KHARADI
Nashik
Summary
Experienced Manager with a proven track record of success in leading teams and driving strategic initiatives. Background in project management, with demonstrated abilities in effectively managing multiple projects and achieving desired outcomes. Proficient in critical thinking and complex problem-solving, instrumental in delivering high-quality results. Skilled in adapting to changing environments and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Known for strategic planning and execution prowess, with strengths in analytical thinking, leadership, and building strong relationships with business partners. Adept in all facets of project management, including planning, budget management, and coordinating all project components.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager - BFS
Datamatics Global services Limited
Nashik
11.2022 - Current
- Effectively managed a diverse team of 41 individuals, including an assistant manager, team leader, quality SME, and individual contributors, ensuring their activities were supervised
- Supervised employee costs and departmental expenses to ensure adherence to project budget constraints
- Effectively oversaw two projects generating an annual revenue of 4.3 Cr, while upholding a robust gross project margin of 65%
- Achieved an 11% year-over-year revenue growth
- Successfully executed one-time projects in the previous and current year, generating a combined revenue of 1.1 Cr
- Collaborated with Global Banks as a backend support provider, successfully improving financial data quality by increasing it from 99.2% to 99.6% within a span of just seven months, ultimately avoiding penalties worth worth 12L for the year '23' when compared with the performance during year '22'.
- Provided leadership to a team of professionals, ensuring the successful delivery of projects aligned with key performance indicators
- Worked as the Lead for Learning and Development (L&D) across the entire BFS domain
- Pioneered a Chat GPT competition in May 2023 for the BFS domain, leading to the successful implementation of 5 KAIZEN projects that resulted in a saving of 6 FTE
- Collaborated with the Datamatics sales team, handling proposal requests and effectively closed 2 projects
- Implemented cost-control measures and optimized spending by restructuring employee budgets and inventory allocations based on the project need
- Enhanced operational efficiency by implementing training and coaching sessions for staff, focusing on best practices, procedural optimization, and performance enhancement strategies
- Ensured adherence to corporate quality standards at the domain level
- Enhanced team agility and performance by cross-training existing employees.
Senior Data Researcher - II
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Ahmedabad
11.2012 - 11.2022
- 4+ years of experience in managing day/night shift and workflow management
- Collaborate with stakeholders for identifying and gathering analytical requirements for customer, product, and project needs
- Maximized productivity by keeping detailed records of daily progress and identifying and rectifying areas for improvement
- Monitored employee productivity and optimized procedures to reduce document process time
- Developed quarterly road maps based on impact, effort, and test coordination, working with stakeholders to achieve short-term and long-term goals
- Performed duties in accordance with all applicable standards, policies, and guidelines to promote safe working environment
- Experience in resolving Bugs, client questions, internal research queries, and content level technical issues
- Experience in Worked for DATA Transformation (CARE) team for different department projects
- Experience in handling and resolving an issue for sensitive loaders and internal applications
- Responsible for timely and accurate collection of Estimates provided by various contributors across the globe
- Responsible for launching quarterly quality audits and provide accurate result to internal stakeholders
- Experience in providing Estimates content training
- Experience in arranging team gathering activities and team motivational activities
- Leads many projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement
- Carried out day to day duties related to accurately and efficiently
- Trained and mentored employees to maximize team performance.
Education
Master of Business Administration - Finance
Gujarat Technological University
Ahmedabad06.2012
Bachelor of Commerce -
Gujarat University
Ahmedabad06.2010
Skills
- Project Management
- Report Building
- Strong Stakeholder Management
- People Management
- Performance Management
- Policy Implementation
- Strong Communication
- Conflict Management
- Advance Excel
- PowerPoint
- Tableau
- SQL
- Blue Prism
- Power BI
Projects & POCs
- Automation Project - Luxembourg Sourcing Tool Automation Project
- Automation Project - Financial data auto-extractions for Brazil and Mexico
- BFS Learning & Development lead
- POC for new RFP for BFS
- Lead - BFS Chat GPT competitions
- Blue Prizm automation projects (Deployed 4 RPA Projects)
- POC of Pathfinder and Pathfinder UAT - Ahmedabad
- Lean and RPA awareness programs - Ahmedabad
- Part of SNL and CIQ data alignment and integration
- Part of IHS Markit project for Agent Data and Estimates segment and geographical data project.
Certification
- IMC Institute - Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- IMC Institute - Certified Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
- Skill Nation - Microsoft Office Automation
- Skill Nation - Certification in SQL - Structured Query Language
- Certified SAFe POPM
Accomplishments
- Chat GPT Lead - 5 Kaizen Project
- Aug 2022 - INNOVATION CHAMPION - H1 2022
- Jul 2020 - Lean Champion
- May 2020 - ESTIMATES LEAN & AUTOMATION Champion_Q1-2020
- Jul 2017 - Q3 2017 - Champion in Estimates & Contributor Research
Languages
Gujarati
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Hind
Advanced (C1)
C1
Marathi
Beginner (A1)
A1
Timeline
Manager - BFS
Datamatics Global services Limited
11.2022 - Current
Senior Data Researcher - II
S&P Global Market Intelligence
11.2012 - 11.2022
Master of Business Administration - Finance
Gujarat Technological University
Bachelor of Commerce -
Gujarat University
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