Mohit K Manepalli
Hyderabad
Summary
NITAN - Experienced Program Manager with 8 years of expertise in planning, procurement, SCM, and AI tools integration. Skilled in using tools such as MS Visio, MS Projects, ASANA etc to streamline workflows, collaborating with cross-functional teams such as IT engineering, finance, legal/compliance, operations, business PMO, business teams, and external vendors to ensure timely project delivery.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Global Program Manager
Micron Technologies
Hyderabad
07.2023 - Current
- Acted as the primary liaison SPOC (Single Point of Contact) between IT Scrum Masters, Business Analysts, Data Transformation teams, Finance/Account payable teams, Legal/compliance teams, and procurement teams for enhancement requests and new procurement initiatives.
- Implemented internal tools for tracking POs, materials, and payments for the newly setup Gujarat plant until Ariba systems were established.
- Established a separate pathway for prioritized payment of small and diverse vendors to ensure on-time payment, which led to a 32% increase in incentives from the US government.
- Developed a process for onboarding current Ariba vendors to the ERS (Evaluated Receipt Settlement) platform for reducing payment delays, and then setting up a playbook for the operations team to handle Business as Usual (BAU) activities, which reduced the overall late payments by 16%.
- Regularly updated project status, key milestones, timelines, project health, risks/challenges, and impact of the projects to the leadership team in STEERCO (Steering Committee) meetings, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
- Facilitated cross-functional collaboration and addressed high-priority risks and issues, driving timely and informed decision-making.
Program Manager
Amazon Development Centre
Chennai
08.2022 - 07.2023
- Spearheaded the normalization of data for brands listed in Amazon's catalogue, one of the largest in the world, ensuring consistency and accuracy across the platform.
- Worked closely with the engineering technical team to communicate program pain points, driving towards optimized solutions.
- Continuously improved Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and strengthened guidelines to ensure defect-free data normalization and thereby handing them over to the operations team for Business As Usual (BAU) activities.
Project Manager (Process Expert) - Operations
Amazon Development Centre
Bangalore
05.2021 - 08.2022
- Strategic implementation of new project management tools for smooth compliance operations, based on the business need.
- Identifying the business need and pain points in operations, and thereby proposing the most optimum solution to overcome them.
- Coordinating with various stakeholders from Finance, Legal, technical, and non-technical departments to ensure the smooth function of the implemented project tools.
- Fulfillment of legal requirements of reporting authorities in North America, mostly in the U.S.
- Leverage the skills of Alexa's artificial intelligence in the field of operations.
- Pilot study of Regulatory Interactions in North America.
Asst. Manager (Client Interface)
Larsen & Toubro ECC Limited
Trichy
12.2020 - 05.2021
- Interface between Client (Indian Railways) and Headquarters.
- In a span of 6 months, I single-handedly managed to claim invoices totaling around 109 Cr INR.
- Monthly submission of price escalation in line with Contract Agreement.
Sr. Engineer (Planning & SCM)
Larsen & Toubro ECC Limited
Faridabad
06.2018 - 12.2020
- Project Planning.
- Track earnings in project of total contract value 580 Cr INR, and modify existing plans and initiation reports to reflect the latest status.
- Analysis of sales, invoice, and cost. Prebid and post-bid.
- Responsible for processing approval worth 120 cr in a span of two years.
- Interaction with client, partners for approvals on design and invoices.
- Handled subcontractor billing of E&M works in the project.
- Effectively worked on EIP (SAP of L&T), prepared numerous work orders, purchase orders, etc.
- Periodical updating of the JCR (Job Cost Report).
- Procurement
- Vendor identification, RFQ and Enquiry floating, techno-commercial vendor negotiation, and finalization.
- Finalized vendors and awarded work for around 85 Cr INR.
- Arrangement of source approvals from the client for timely supply of manpower, machines, and materials.
- Handling and preparation of comparison statements, approval notes.
- Handful experience in dealing with Indian, as well as foreign vendors.
Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET)
Larsen & Toubro ECC Limited
Faridabad
06.2017 - 06.2018
- Handled subcontractor billing of the project.
- Effectively worked on EIP (SAP of L&T), prepared numerous work orders, purchase orders, etc.
- Periodical updating of the JCR (Job Cost Report).
- Provided primary support for design and site engineers for timely completion of milestone activities.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Raipur (NITRR)
Raipur05-2017
HSCC - MPC
Sri Chaitanya Jr Kalasala
Rajahmundry01.2013
SSC -
Sri Chaitanya Techno School
Rajahmundry01.2011
Skills
- Project Management
- Project Planning
- Price Variation/Escalation Analysis
- MS Office tools (Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio)
- Mediation and vendor negotiation
- EIP (SAP of L&T), Coupa
- Report analysis
- Lean Six Sigma
- SQL in data science (Pursuing)
- Railway Orientation
- Supply Chain Management
- Procurement
- Data Analysis
- Agile Projects
- MS Office Applications
Certification
- SQL in data science (Pursuing)
- Lean Six Sigma (Green belt) from ISEL Global
- Railway Orientation from Larsen and Toubro Constructions Pvt Limited, Kanchipuram
Languages
Telugu
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
Global Program Manager
Micron Technologies
07.2023 - Current
Program Manager
Amazon Development Centre
08.2022 - 07.2023
Project Manager (Process Expert) - Operations
Amazon Development Centre
05.2021 - 08.2022
Asst. Manager (Client Interface)
Larsen & Toubro ECC Limited
12.2020 - 05.2021
Sr. Engineer (Planning & SCM)
Larsen & Toubro ECC Limited
06.2018 - 12.2020
Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET)
Larsen & Toubro ECC Limited
06.2017 - 06.2018
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Raipur (NITRR)
HSCC - MPC
Sri Chaitanya Jr Kalasala
SSC -
Sri Chaitanya Techno School