VINIT TRIPATHI

As a PMO manager of Punjab state I am responsible for coordination and management of major projects of Mast/Tower, Intracity Fibre. NLD fibre rollout and FTTX Backhaul readiness.

• Scope Management- Having clear understanding and record of the released scope, working on it for feasible part of the scope, and sharing with the Area Heads and working teams for further course of action. Highlighting the non -feasible/issue part of scope to respective stakeholders for resolutions and follow up until they come into feasible/workable part of the scope. Keep following up and updating the progress on scope progress, BTG and completion with Statewise, CMP wise and Engineer wise performance and publishing it to state level and central management.

Data Management-

• Managing released scope, Preparing the project performance data with scope, progress, forecast, achievement and target and and Analyzing the key productive areas and areas of improvement.
• Preparing and assigning Monthly and Quarterly Liquidation plan and sharing the team and support them to achieve and deliver the targets.
• Preparation and circulation of the designated reports for the projects and planned activities. Preparing designated reports related to support required from various stakeholders for the resolution.
• Monitoring project progress, identifying risks and taking corrective actions as and when needed.
• Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
• Developed and implemented project plans to ensure successful execution.
• Reported regularly to management on progress and technical problems.
• Facilitated workshops to collect project requirements and user feedback.
• Met project deadlines and Targets, by effectively planning, following up with working team, vendors and stakeholders, facilitating and resolving the conflicts, issues by taking ownership, highlighting/escalating to the concerned stakeholders and observing the timely progress of the projects.
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
• Drafted project reports to identify successful outcomes, insights and future recommendations.

Started working in the EPC Division of Vindhya Tele links Ltd. a Flagship company of MP Birla group, offering complete turnkey services for Engineering, design, supply, construction, installation, testing & commissioning for Telecom and Power sector.

In the diverse profile I have handled major Projects as Wireline Fibre rollout for Private telecom companies like Airtel, Vodafone Idea Ltd.,Jio and own built networks as well as for major Government projects like BBNL, BSNL, NFS, and Gas Pipeline laying and jointing for GIGL - Mehsana-Bhatinda Gas Pipeline (MBPL)-

• BBNL Phase-2
• VIL Phase-2 & 3
• ASCON
• MBPL Gas Pipeline construction & Laying for GIGL

Key activities involved-

• Monitoring & reporting on standards & performance targets for individual projects assigned
• Implementing new initiatives and cascading to the management in order to achieve the target efficiently
• Providing prompt and accurate information on individual performance
• Analysis of Processes and finding the ways of Improvement
• Sleeping over the Project Tenders, discussion and presentation with the management and team members over the key requirements, expectations, scope of work and challenges to overcome if any.
• Overseeing the achievements and challenges of the project along with the estimated timeline to complete with the hindrances.
• Coordinating and Planning for the project, aligning survey, gathering information about the routes and sites to define the requirements of Permissions, Material, Manpower, and resources in order to achieve the customer requirements within the stipulated time frame.
• Procurement and ordering of Material
• Coordinating with GIS team for SLD, Survey reports, shape files, etc., and submission of the reports to the customer as per the requirements in desired templates
• Observing daily progress and ensuring the average and per day outputs are as per the required speed.
• Ensuring the progress reports, hindrance logs, actions taken, and issues closed/open are mapped and reported to the concerned stakeholders.
• Follow up with GIS team for KML, ABD, SLDs etc and Billing team for timely billing (processing, submission, and releasing) for the completed portions as per the norms
• Timely presentation of the progress, balance, issues, and suggested solutions to the management and customer
• Meeting with contractors/vendors on timely reports, issues, billings, and compliance
• Drafting emails and letters to the customer or management when and where required
• Field safety and compliance (manpower and instruments)
• Keeping team’s spirit high by appreciating them for their efforts and encouraging them to keep up the good work, ensuring they keep learning and improving
• Guiding team on failures.

Worked as Project manager and Business development for PAN India Installation & Commissioning, handling a team of 50+ engineers, exploring new business areas and projects

• Worked to support the company mission and adhered to company protocol at all times, and cascaded to the team, Operated with a strong work ethics, professionalism, and the ability to work under pressure
• Assisted with the recruiting and interviewing of new and potential employees
• Preparing daily workloads for staff & coordinating the daily allocation of work
• Company presentation to the clients
• Exploring new business opportunities for the company
• Management of the PAN India projects and team size
• Projects assignment to the team, coordinating and managing till the end-to-end commissioning of the nodes
• Projects and Team coordination for PAN India deployment
• Team Reporting, Preparing, and Publishing DPR
• Leading, targets and achievement con call with team members, Customer and management.
• Reviewing and approving team’s Time sheet and Expense sheet
• Preparing AT sheets and getting AT clearance
• Evaluating the cost of projects including the miscellaneous expenses cascading to upper management for the engagement evaluation
• Team handling, Assets Management., Equipment life cycle, Safety Compliance, and documentation.
• Ensured the team size is well equipped with the mandatory tools and properly trained and passed the tests before they are deployed on live equipment
• Ensured team on the field is timely paid for their expenses and their concerns and issues are listened to and resolved timely
• Getting requisite clearances and permissions to the team from clients or respective stakeholders for the engagement of the team
• Site Allotment-Assignment details, access details, personnel contacts
• Proper survey of the sites, material verification, Installation, commissioning, QA, ATP
• Interfacing between management and customer

Achievements

• Bagged 4G Rollout I&C projects for PB, HP and HR for Airtel
• Bagged 10G/100G I&C projects majorly for Airtel, Idea, Vodafone, PGCIL and PUNCOM for the company
• Aligned team and completed a record more than 70 I&Cs targeted for Airtel’s 4G Rollout delivery in July-2018 by placing team and equipping them with the all required tools and equipment in one go
• Reduced the company expenses up to 70% by introducing local engineers and guest houses in the sited areas.
• Introduced online approvals and processing of employee claims.
• Completed E1 punching and I&C of 26 sites of J&K in record 17 Days, helping to start the integration early, recognized by the leadership
• Delivered 100 sites in a month for PB, HP, and HR for Airtel, recorded as best of the output ever
• Delivered PGCIL projects within the committed timeline
• Excellence award for ensuring and maintaining the standards of the organization
• Introduced company to Sterlite and lead to global exposure
• Received Leadership award from Director.

I started my career with coordinating and handling PAN India Wireline Fibre rollout for Telecom giant Bharti Airtel Ltd. Undergoing the profiles like coordinating and managing ROW, OSP/ISP Material, PR-PO, Vendor & Warehouse management.

Key Activities

• CWIP and Scope management
• ROW Applications, DN Processing, payments (DD/SD/BG) submission to Government and PROW
• Authorities, and ensuring work permission availabilities
• Monitoring the ROW Rates issued by government circulars and approving the DN as per the same
• Leading the Finance approvals higher budget in case of exceptional cases going through NFA budget approvals
• Capitalization of submitted payments and Recovery of DD/SD/BG as per the defined norms
• PR and approval from stakeholders for OSP and ISP Material requests, after the route allocation and PO approval
• OSP and ISP material processing, Ensuring requisite availability of required material at circle WH or at the site beforehand
• Ensuring the ROW and Material related documentation and requests properly put and approved in the organization’s portal, for better and safe tracking
• Project Management, Planning & Co-ordination for Intercity and intracity OFC rollout and FTTB/FTTH nodes
• Coordination with PAN India FTTB and wireline team
• Identifying the issues on circles challenging the delivery and lead to resolve
• Reducing Inventory, by the capitalization of issued material, visiting Warehouse to Validate Scrap and safe disposal, Update of documentation
• CAPEX Control/Reduction & Capitalization (Services/ROW/Material)

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Participated in Six sigma project on Inventory reduction and resulted in a field inventory of 600 Mn
• Reduction to less than 150 Mns in 10 Months
• Played a vital role in the migration of ROW payments and Material processing in ERP flow for invoice entry, validations, and approvals. This helped to bring down the TAT of 20-5 days of DN processing to 4 days of delivery, in turn helping the execution team a head start of 15 Days.
• Silver awardee from Sr VP projects for the contribution in achievement of AOP before the target.