Venu Raman
Kensington,Surrey
Summary
I am passionate, highly self-motivated and results-driven project accomplisher, solving organization challenges through initiating & managing projects that triggers innovation & product development that producing value add to the people. My expertise in the knowledge of technology has helped in designing & developing IT systems, managing the overall product implementation with team size of 10+ across departments and collaborating with internal/external stakeholders & vendors.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Program Manager
Societe Generale Global Solution Centre
Bangalore, Karnataka
05.2011 - Current
- Responsible for leading IT project strategy-planning-delivery aligned to organization's objectives; monitoring delivery performance; building strong relationship with clients & vendors; and collaborating with cross functional teams to identify new opportunities to drive business growth
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- Successful delivery of 2 major critical system upgrade projects worth $1.3Mn for ASIA and EMEA on Peoplesoft HRMS in just 7 months.
- Led over23 ongoing projects of various kinds such as cloud migration, transition from on-shore/off-shore, developing data lake with all HR ERP systems integration, and much more.
- Scaled the offshore delivery with a team budget of €4.2 Mn and 30K man-days, delivered saving of €9+ Mn YoY through transition activity
- Solid performance on achieving NPS score to +49 from +2 through multiple engagement initiatives with customers.
- VENDOR MANAGEMENT
- 5 New Vendors onboarded and established strong vendor relationship to work collaboratively
- Worked internally with vendor management division in developing RFP's and vendor evaluation process
- Renegotiated contracts with existing vendors for improved costs and timely results
- RISK MANAGEMENT
- Developed & Managed on risk mitigation process on systems, people, cost, vendors helped business for successful risk mitigation process.
- PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
- Reduced process time by 20% by developing tool for resource requirement to hire process
- Reduced waiting time for managers by 75% through mobile integration with ERP
- Successfully migrated 12% applications to cloud & achieved 20% cost reduction by introducing the “Factory Model” moving to On-Premise, AWS, and AZURE cloud, ensuring data security
- INNOVATION :
- Gained 25% efficiency by introducing & developing innovative Self-Service Portal on Cloud Migration
- Setting up processes to manage skill gap analysis, capacity and tuning to enable information flow across the streams to deliver results & reduce cost & risk.
- LEADERSHIP
- Aided senior leadership by collecting and analyzing data, generating reports for continuous improvement or corrective action planning.
- Facilitated programmer-level discussions and workshops to achieve clear direction on key issues and priorities.
- TEAM MANAGEMENT
- Set team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance for optimum results.
Project Lead
Jones Lang Lasalle
London, London
09.2007 - 04.2011
- Cultivated positive staff relations and retention by organizing team bonding between members spread in Asia, BLR, UK regions.
- Managed project budgets in excess of £150K.
- Hands on Developed & coded HRMS / FSCM PeopleSoft screens & reports.
- Increased process efficiency by 15% through initiating automated process on HR & FSCM systems.
Education
EXECUTIVE MBA - General Management
Indian Institute of Management
Kolkatta 04.2015 - 05.2016
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
University of Madras
Hosur, Tamil Nadu 04.1992 - 04.1996
Skills
- Leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- Risk management
- Decision-Making
- Planning and Coordination
- Problem-Solving
- Analytical and Critical Thinking
- Self-Motivated
- Teambuilding
- Budget & Finance
Interests
A challenging task to accomplish through Inspiring and mentoring teams with a genuine, empathetic, persuasive interpersonal style that engenders trust while strengthening vendor relationships and building cross-functional cooperation solving organizational challenges. Introduced and implemented employee engagement & CSR programs to drive a culture of positivity and building team spirit to return back to society.
Additional Information
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Certification
PMP
Prince2
ITIL Foundation
CSPO
CSM
Six Sigma Yellow belt
Timeline
EXECUTIVE MBA - General Management
Indian Institute of Management
04.2015 - 05.2016
Program Manager
Societe Generale Global Solution Centre
05.2011 - Current
Project Lead
Jones Lang Lasalle
09.2007 - 04.2011
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
University of Madras
04.1992 - 04.1996
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