SUSHANT KADYAN
Delhi
Summary
Result driven Project Manager with 9 years of experience in planning and implementing complex projects across fast growing start ups and giants in 3PL & Courier Industry. Proven record in delivering successful projects and solutions as a skilled and customer focused project manager with a keen sense of project goals, scope and team's roles & responsibilities. Expert in designing detailed project schedules, milestones, workstreams & operations. Enthusiastic team leader with ability to manage stakeholders, project administration, documentation, compliances and risk assessment.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager - Solutions & Design - LVC
Arise IIP
Gurugram
09.2022 - Current
- Handling Global Project Management for India, Africa & Dubai – Project Planning, layout designing, Controlling Compliance & Risk, documentation, and implementation.
- Collaborated closely with senior management on long-term strategic planning initiatives related to projects in development or execution stages.
- Forecasted, scheduled and monitored project timelines, personnel performance and cost efficiency.
- Managing P&L for warehouses to consistently reduce per sqm storage cost through improved storage design & annual capacity planning.
- Developing and Controlling Annual Operating Plans for Ground Operations.
- Documenting SOPs for Warehouse Designing, Process Excellence and Project Implementation.
- Developing Risk Mitigation matrices for the involved stakeholders in Projects.
- Preparing and Presenting Business Case Applications (BCA/BRS) for new projects with focused details on volume planning, resource planning, client requirements, CAPEX/OPEX (budgeting), ROI, milestones and risks.
- Actively involved into techno commercial procurement of vendors for projects across countries.
- Developing RFPs, RFQs, Evaluation matrices for procurement and operations to onboard perfect fit vendors.
- Reduced per sqm warehouse development cost from $250/Sqm to $120/Sqm.
- Solution Design for warehouses - automated, mechanical, storage racking systems, conveyor systems, docking solutions, loading/unloading and MHEs.
- Successfully designed and procured for approx 750K Sqm of warehouse space across 7 countries.
- Negotiated contracts with vendors and suppliers based on company objectives and budget constraints.
- Ensured compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures throughout the life cycle of each project.
- Identified risks associated with each project and developed strategies for mitigating those risks.
Senior Manager - Projects and Process Excellence
Xpressbess Pvt. Ltd.
Gurugram
04.2021 - 09.2022
- Leading the team of Engineers and designing layouts for manual and automated facilities (synergy hubs) for B2C and B2B first mile, line haul, return and last mile Operations.
- Planned, Designed and implemented projects on Cross Belt Auto Sorter for Banaglore, Bilaspur, Gurugram, Bhiwandi and Surat.
- Preparing working guidelines for stakeholders to standardize the Processes and steps involved in projects.
- Developed SOPs and formats for - Site Evaluation Templates, Procurement matrices and Process Flow Charts for Real Estate/Admin, Procurement and Operations teams.
- Lead a cross functional team of stakeholders - Admin, Operations, Procurement, HR, Marketing, Finance, Security and IT.
- Handled Country level PMO for C-Suit Management to present project milestones and budget tracking at PAN India level.
- Designing Solutions for Ground Operations to improve processing efficiency via conveyors (linear, inclined, uni/bi-directional), loading/unloading telescopic conveyors and dock levellers, vertical storages for space utilization.
- Introduced and lead Go Green approach in projects - Solar, LED, LEED Certification.
- Developed and implemented strategies to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and increase productivity.
- Managed a team of 10+ employees by providing guidance, setting goals and objectives, delegating tasks, and monitoring performance.
- Collaborated with external vendors to negotiate contracts that met company requirements while minimizing costs.
- Leadership role in planning annual budgets for each department based on forecasted sales volumes.
Project Manager - Operations Program Group
DHL Express India
Mumbai
05.2017 - 04.2021
- Managing PAN India Projects for Engineering & Infrastructure team to plan, design and execute layouts for ground operations.
- Designed & implemented 18 Service Centres (3000 – 25,000 sq ft) Projects within promised lead time (3 months) & approved capex budget.
- Introduced the concept of 70:30 for area demarcation for Operations and Offices in Service centres to ensure space utilization and cost saving for longer tennuers.
- Assisted Team Lead as Secondary PM in Country's largest project in terms of Capex and facility size (126000 sq ft) – Bangalore Gateway Expansion and Relocation - Overlooking program management (RFPs/RFQs/BOQs/PMC Coordination/Vendor Onboarding/Evaluation Matrices/Documentation).
- Introduced Strategies like - Central BCAs, Central Repository, Project Audits, Standardization of Fire Evacuation Plans, Green Catalogue for Optimized Procurement and timely trainings on Project Management Life Cycle and Five S.
- Presented findings from data analysis in a clear, concise manner that was easily understood by stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Conducted regular status meetings with internal teams and external partners to track progress against established milestones.
- Maintained records of all documents related to each project including specifications, change orders, invoices.
- Reduced per Sqft development cost from INR 2800/Sqft to INR 2400/Sqft. Reduced TAT for Shopping Carts and PO generation from 7 Days to 3 Days.
- Improved processing speed by 15 minutes through direct loading/unloading.
- Furnished project updates to various stakeholders, informing on strategy, adjustments and progress.
- Submitted budget estimates, progress reports and cost tracking reports.
Assistant Project Manager - Planning & Engineering
Delhivery Pvt. Ltd.
Gurugram
05.2015 - 05.2017
- Finalized, designed, completed & handed over 4 facilities to Operations team within 4 months -
- Processing Centre – Sort Capacity - 60000 shipments/day (3000/hour; 3000*20) with size of 14K sqfts., and 12 Arm Auto Sorter Installation. (Estimated Cost – INR 6 Crores)
- HUB – Facility Size – 8K sqfts. (Estimated Cost – INR 2 Crores)(Dispatch Processing Centre) – Facility Size – 1200 sqfts. (Estimated Cost – INR 5 – 10 Lakhs)
- Reduced failure in service levels of Ahmadabad as origin, from 50% to less than 0.6% within 7 months.
- Successfully reduced the breaches in First Mile from around 30% to around 2%.
- Optimized Routes for pickups & saved upon the fuel and manpower cost involved in pickups. (Up to 20%)
- Improved the service levels of Surat by 15%.
- Optimized the processes through SOP Trainings to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
- Reduced the fake update remarks to zero within a month.
- Opened Drop @ Shop vendors to optimize the cost model per shipment.
- Made NDR Calling compulsory and got this implemented across all centres in South Gujarat.
- Responsible for monitoring & improving the operational performance for Last Mile centres, PAN India.
- Creating the dispatch capacity on the affected DCs, with per shipment cost and the productivity taken in account.
- Leading the execution team for RFID implementation in First Mile & Line Haul, PAN India.
- Proposed, developed, and implemented KIOSK Operations in DCs is Northeast.
- Monitored budgeting activities by tracking expenditures and providing regular updates to management.
- Identified risks associated with projects and developed strategies for mitigating those risks.
- Ensured compliance with applicable regulations throughout the duration of the project.
- Prepared monthly progress reports summarizing key accomplishments achieved since the last report.
Education
PGPM - Supply Chain Management
Great Lakes Institute of Management
Gurugram03-2015
B.Tech - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
03-2013
Skills
- Project Planning & Design
- Materials Delivery Scheduling
- Regulatory Compliance
- Compliance Enforcement
- Budget Development And Adherence
- Project Tendering And Procurement
- Vendor And Contractor Negotiations
- Profitability Optimization
- Project Documentation
- Auto Cad
- MS Project
- Cost Control
- Risk Management
- Project Documentation
- Root Cause Analysis
Certification
- Executive Program in Advanced Project Management, IIT Delhi
- Supply Chain Fundamentals, MIT USA
- Supply Chain Analytics, MIT USA
- Supply Chain Dynamics, MIT USA
Affiliations
- Country Go Green Manager, DHL Express
- Go Green Project Manager, Xpresbees
Languages
Hindi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
French
Elementary (A2)
A2
Timeline
Project Manager - Solutions & Design - LVC
Arise IIP
09.2022 - Current
Senior Manager - Projects and Process Excellence
Xpressbess Pvt. Ltd.
04.2021 - 09.2022
Project Manager - Operations Program Group
DHL Express India
05.2017 - 04.2021
Assistant Project Manager - Planning & Engineering
Delhivery Pvt. Ltd.
05.2015 - 05.2017
PGPM - Supply Chain Management
Great Lakes Institute of Management
B.Tech - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
- Executive Program in Advanced Project Management, IIT Delhi
- Supply Chain Fundamentals, MIT USA
- Supply Chain Analytics, MIT USA
- Supply Chain Dynamics, MIT USA
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