Manojkumar Kambli
Thane
Summary
Seasoned Senior Vice President of Operations with comprehensive background in strategic planning, project management and team leadership. Proven ability to improve operational processes, enhance productivity and boost business growth through decisive leadership. Proficient at implementing cost control measures, enhancing staff performance and streamlining operations for efficiency. Committed to achieving high levels of customer satisfaction and business objectives across multiple industries.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Vice President: Operations
Volksara Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd.- Krystal Group Company
02.2019 - Current
- Company Overview: Volksara is engaged in IT, non-IT, and IoT ranges of solution offerings. The portfolio includes solutions pertaining to networking, platform/storage, cyber security, AI-ML, smart/safe city, integrated command and control center, data center services, cloud services, ITMS, smart solutions, track and trace, etc. Focus business verticals are the smart city, healthcare, ITMS, education, mobility, and other smart technology services. Volksara’s presence is in government, PSU, and enterprise domains, and it has worked on and delivered state-of-the-art projects successfully in each vertical.
- Strategic planning toward the organization’s vision and mission.
- Successful project delivery.
- Customer Relationship Management.
- Financial, cash flow management.
- Vendor/Partner Management
- Business / Solution Management.
- Heading Prestigious Projects: Pimpri Chinchwad Smart city, Nashik Smart city, Namchi Smart city, Odisha State Police station (600 +) Surveillance, MSEDCL - Cyber security, SRA & MHADA- Cloud
Senior Program Manager
Wipro Limited - SIMS
03.2015 - 02.2019
- Program Management, Customer Satisfaction, Operational Excellence, Project Financial Management, Team Management.
- Projects Handled: Jaipur Smart City: ICT Work, CIDCO: SMART CITY: CCTV-based Surveillance Project – Navi Mumbai Police, CCTV Deployment for Nashik Sinhastha Kumbh Mela 2015.
Program / Project Manager – Technology Services – Large Project Organization
HP India Sales Pvt Ltd
11.2010 - 03.2015
- Managing and delivering projects with project management standards.
- Analyzes profitability, revenue, margins, and utilization across practices.
- Ensures practice meets or exceeds budgeted financial objectives, including revenue and margin improvement.
- Tightly manage delivery with no red projects.
- Ensure knowledge capture and management compliance across the team.
- Maintain project governance compliance, including change control management.
- Ensure quality delivery with compliance with deal assurance requirements, including participation in pursuit engagements, quality reviews, and SOAR opinions.
- Support the Pursuit team to improve the win rate.
- Ensure skill tracking for the team and plan trainings that align with business demand.
- Part of the PMO (Project Management Office).
- Projects Handled: OCS to Lync 2013 Migration, Building New Vodafone DC IT Infrastructure, Axis Bank: IPV6 Implementation, Deployment of Contact Center Solution for Liberty Videocon General Insurance, Currently Handling Dena Bank RRB CBS (Core Banking Solution) Roll Out Project, Bank of Baroda Contact Center Deployment Project.
Regional Manager – ICS Delivery
Network Solutions Pvt. Ltd Company- An IBM Company
12.2006 - 11.2010
- Handling a team of 5 project managers, 20 engineers, 10 contract engineers, and 2 coordinators to carry out the delivery of multiple projects with competing priorities at the regional and national levels.
- Maintained the relationship with prospective clients, partners, OEMs, and vendors.
- Ensured strict compliance with all the processes laid down during the project life cycle.
- Carrying out regular audits of the projects as per the CMMI process, with new process rollout and adherence.
- Acted as the escalation point for clients' concerns and worked closely with department team leads to prioritize issues and coordinate troubleshooting efforts.
- Prepared commercial proposals for services, support, and AMC.
- Responsible for assessing the training needs of the team members.
- Defining Team KRA and KPI.
- Carrying out their appraisals and deciding on their roadmaps.
- Recruiting, training, and motivating personnel with diverse skills and from different functions.
- Project management of critical and high-value projects.
- Billing projection, achieving targets, and controlling department profitability.
Project Manager
Network Solutions Pvt. Ltd Company- An IBM Company
05.2004 - 11.2006
- Responsible for developing the project charter, Statement of Work, and Project Management Plan.
- Carrying out the project kickoff with the internal team and then with the prospective client.
- Acquire the project team, considering the skill sets required for the project.
- Responsible for assessing the training needs of the team members.
- Directly manage project execution.
- Project schedule adherence and cost plan adherence.
- Raise a change request in case of scope deviation, and take preapproval from the stakeholders.
- Responsible for Quality Planning, Quality Assurance, and Quality Control.
- Conducting periodic or phase-wise internal reviews of the project for monitoring project performance in terms of scope, time, cost, and quality.
- Daily updates to the client, and carrying out the weekly/monthly reviews with the client.
- Identifying probable risks and ways to mitigate them.
- Responsible for procurement and vendor management.
- Providing the entire documentation and Closure presentation to the client during sign-off.
- Document the lessons learned and provide the same to the PMO.
- Customer satisfaction and retention.
- Principal and Vendor Relationship Management.
- Payment collection, account management, and revenue generation.
- New process development and implementation.
- Projects handled: Structured cabling deployment, network infrastructure setup, data center buildup, routing, switching, and link commissioning for multi-location projects.
Executive Business Development
Microline India Pvt Ltd
11.2003 - 05.2004
- Developed business by analyzing customer needs and delivering optimal IT solutions.
- Planned, controlled, and managed projects to ensure successful implementation.
- Cultivated strong customer relationships through effective communication and support.
- Provided comprehensive IT solutions and services from initiation to completion.
Business Research Executive
Tata Economic Consultancy Services (A Division of TATA Sons Ltd.)
06.2002 - 11.2003
- Targeted and developed new business opportunities for consultancy services.
- Devised and sold customized solutions tailored to customer needs.
- Cultivated and maintained strong relationships with clients.
- Created a comprehensive business plan for Estar InfoTech Ltd.
- Designed and developed complex systems, analyzing demand and supply dynamics.
- Conducted feasibility study for urea plant project in Bangladesh.
- Entered strategic initiatives for JUMA group in MENA writing and printing paper sector.
- Assessed status of technical textiles in India to forecast future trends for Ministry of Textiles.
Junior Engineer
Mafatlal Home Products Ltd ( A Sun Grace Group Company)
05.1999 - 09.2000
- Company Overview: Mafatlal Home Products Ltd is in the business of modular kitchens.
- As a part of the direct sales team, I was successful in adding new clients to the organization.
- Apart from the sales team, I was instrumental in the planning and execution of the projects for all orders taken by the sales team.
- Further, I also aided the 'Product Development & Innovation' team to successfully launch three new product ranges.
Education
M.M.S. - Systems
Jamanalal Bajaj Institute Of Management Studies
Churchgate, Mumbai05.2002
B. E. - Production
K. J. Somaiya College Of Engineering
Vidyavihar , Mumbai05.1998
Skills
- Program and operations management
- Stakeholder Management
- Pre-sales support
- IT infrastructure deployment
- Data center development
- System integration
- IoT and smart city solutions
- Integrated command center management
- PMO participation
- Project management techniques
- Team leadership and development
- Interpersonal communication skills
- Strategic planning and execution
- Financial oversight
- Customer relationship management
- Vendor relations management
- Operational excellence strategies
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- Process compliance and improvement
- Organizational development initiatives
- Business strategy formulation
- Business process optimization
- Leadership training programs
- Business growth strategies
- Employee engagement and motivation
- Continuous improvement methodologies
Certification
- Certified PMP professional
- Certified Prince2 Foundation and Practitioner
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft Project 2010, managing projects
- ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
Accomplishments
- Implemented all the projects successfully, and the same has been appreciated within the organization and by the customer. Received the appreciation mail or letter to document the same from customers
- WIPRO: Best Project – Team Award H1, 2015-16, West region
- WIPRO: Best Project Manager – Individual Award H1, 2015-16, West Region
- WIPRO: GIS Pinnacle Award 2015 – Best kid on the block in the year 2015
- Awarded the Star PM Award and the Star PM Award (Runner-Up) in 2013 and 2014 consecutively for four quarters
- Received Highflyer Award for best performance in the year 2010
- I appreciated being selected as a top talent by the CEO
- Team award for outstanding team contribution in IBM kickoff 2008
- Individual Performance Award for Outstanding Individual Contribution in IBM Kickoff 2008 and 2009
- Awarded as a 'best performer' by the organization
- Team of the Quarter – Mumbai: Apr 2004 to June 2004
- Spot award for excellent performance
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 09/13/77
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Gujarati
Project Management Leadership Trainings Attended
- PMI-certified project management training program conducted by AstroWix
- Presentation skills workshop organized by the Indian Academy of Management
- Moving from management to leadership: seminar organized by PMI Mumbai Chapter
- Essential soft skills for PMs: seminar organized by PMI Mumbai Chapter
- Fast track for managers new to IBM
- Quality assurance conducted by the IBM QA team
- Certified People Manager course conducted by Totus Consulting
- Team leadership and motivation
- Project management using MS Project 2007 training by QSIT
- Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft Project 2010, managing projects
- Risk management training by HP
Skills And Summary Of Experience
Masters in management studies (MMS) from JBIMS with a background in engineering, 25 years, IBM, HP, Wipro, more than 20 years in project/program management of IT infrastructure deployment, non-IT, data center build-up, system integration, data and voice networks, IoT, ICT, and smart-safe city, integrated command and control center of value greater than 100 crores, program/project management expertise covering all areas of IT infrastructure, non-IT enabling infrastructure across verticals such as BFSI, government, energy and utilities, smart cities, program management, project management, operations manager, pre-sales support, ability to manage projects across all its phases right from initiation to closure/handover, active participant in PMO (Project Management Office), knowledgeable in project management tools, processes, and techniques, decisive, energetic, focused team leader/player who builds, leads, and manages high-performing teams through implementing change and improvements, exceptional interpersonal communicator who effectively interacts with clients and at all levels of management, excellent presentation skills
Affiliations
- Modelling
- Traveling to new places
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Senior Vice President: Operations
Volksara Techno Solutions Pvt. Ltd.- Krystal Group Company
02.2019 - Current
Senior Program Manager
Wipro Limited - SIMS
03.2015 - 02.2019
Program / Project Manager – Technology Services – Large Project Organization
HP India Sales Pvt Ltd
11.2010 - 03.2015
Regional Manager – ICS Delivery
Network Solutions Pvt. Ltd Company- An IBM Company
12.2006 - 11.2010
Project Manager
Network Solutions Pvt. Ltd Company- An IBM Company
05.2004 - 11.2006
Executive Business Development
Microline India Pvt Ltd
11.2003 - 05.2004
Business Research Executive
Tata Economic Consultancy Services (A Division of TATA Sons Ltd.)
06.2002 - 11.2003
Junior Engineer
Mafatlal Home Products Ltd ( A Sun Grace Group Company)
05.1999 - 09.2000
M.M.S. - Systems
Jamanalal Bajaj Institute Of Management Studies
B. E. - Production
K. J. Somaiya College Of Engineering
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