VIKAS KUMAR
PROGRAM MANAGER
Summary
Creative Program Manager with 11-year track record guiding enterprise-wide technological wellbeing. Skilled at aligning human and technical resources to enhance return on investment and accelerate business progress. Dedicated to wringing optimal performance from available resources while charting cost-efficient upgrade paths.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Management Office (PMO) Manager
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, HAL
Bengaluru, India
12.2012 - Current
- Oversaw the development of detailed budgets for each project phase; closely monitored expenses against planned estimates.
- Drafted and estimated requirement of floats for maintaining serviceability of helicopters and got it approved in contract, which enabled the team to achieve higher serviceability of fleet.
- Drafted the warranty management policy for rotory wing platform.
- Fostered an environment that encouraged open dialogue between team members; resolving conflicts constructively when they arose.
- Facilitated workshops to collect project requirements and user feedback.
- Assigned tasks to junior module staff, delegating work orders based on individual employee proficiencies.
- Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
- Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
- Analyzed project performance data to identify areas of improvement.
- Resolved supply chain issues and improved reliability of the product by data analysis of the parts/components based on region, customer and fleet size.
Deputy Manager of SCM
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, HAL
Bengaluru, India
01.2017 - 06.2021
- Teamed with customer services and marketing teams to confirm that product availability meets customer demand.
- Collaborated with customer services teams to forecast demand accurately, enabling proactive planning for inventory requirements and production schedules.
- Increased sister divisions supply chain efficiency and development by leading cross-functional teams and developing a system for monitoring critical supply chain issues, enabling supplier integration and management technology tools, upgrades.
- Managed supplies of major electrical and mechanical components of three types of rotory platforms with all the sister divisions of HAL.
- Improved supplier relations through regular communication, fostering trust and collaboration, resulting in better support during peak demand periods.
- Improved, standardized and documented planning and scheduling processes.
Engineer
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, HAL
Bengaluru, India
01.2013 - 12.2016
- Researched and identified solutions to technical problems.
- Established strong relationships with customers through regular communication and follow-ups, leading to increased brand loyalty.
- Co-ordinated with other stakeholders of the project/contract to complete the supply of spares for old project to maintain enough floats and inventory at customer bases.
- Co-ordinated with various agencies (DGAQA, RCMA, etc.) for approval of documetns for STANDARD OF EQUIPMENT (SOE) of helicopters.
- Supplied Role and Equipment spares to INDIAN NAVY AND INDIAN COAST GUARD.
Management Trainee
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, HAL
Bengaluru, India
12.2012 - 12.2013
- Gained knowledge of company policies, protocols and processes.
- Mastered industry-specific software tools for efficient data analysis, reporting, and decision-making purposes.
- Completed the project on monitoring system of supplies received from various vendors against various modules of a helicopter.
- Gained knowledge on business management (financial, marketing, organization behavior).
Skills
Risk Mitigation
Analytical Skills
Excellent Communication
Interpersonal Communication
ERP Software
Teamwork and Collaboration
Documentation And Reporting
Task Prioritization
Staff Management
Project Status Reports
Project Management
Staff Management
Accomplishments
- Drafted and convinced the Cost negotiation committee for production floats worth 110 Cr through effectively analyzing the past 5 year failure data of pars/components. It was carried forward for all the future projects/contract helping the organization to receive additional orders.
- Drafted and implemented warranty policy for Rotary platform for entire organization which is active till date.
Certification
PMP certification
Timeline
PMP certification
12-2022
Deputy Manager of SCM
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, HAL
01.2017 - 06.2021
Engineer
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, HAL
01.2013 - 12.2016
Project Management Office (PMO) Manager
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, HAL
12.2012 - Current
Management Trainee
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, HAL
12.2012 - 12.2013