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Vikash Kaushik

Project Lead
Puducherry
Vikash  Kaushik

Summary

Enthusiastic Project Management Professional with 9+ years of successful track record in handling various project management activities like initiation, planning, monitoring, controlling, budgeting, executing, reporting and RAG status for the entire project. Well-versed with different tools like Microsoft Project, JIRA and MS Excel for overseeing entire project management activities. Hands-on experience in monitoring multiple projects through the entire project cycle and managing the day-to-day detailed aspects of projects.

Ability to develop and implement detailed project plans to monitor and track project progress. Proficient in ensuring on-time delivery by ensuring effective coordination of resources and workforce. Blend technology skills with extensive Agile/Scrum experience

Overview

10
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education
3
Certifications

Work History

Eaton Corp.
Pondicherry

Project Lead
08.2022 - Current

Job overview

  • Currently Working on Salesforce CRM implementation project for field service.
  • Organized Fit-Gap meeting to have quick demo of standard salesforce functionalities and understand high level business requirement.
  • Creating user stories, acceptance criteria, development hours and sprint planning.
  • Schedule weekly meetings with BPO's, FA, BA and other stakeholders to understand requirements in detailed way and refine user stories for development team.
  • Develop and implement project management methodologies and processes that align with organization's strategic objectives.
  • Provide regular project status updates to senior management, stakeholders, and project teams.
  • Develop and maintain project budgets, track project expenditures, and identify opportunities for cost savings.
  • Communicate, facilitate, train and govern project management process and performance of projects to agreed project management baseline.
  • Develop and maintain project management templates, tools, and best practices to ensure consistency across all projects.
  • Develop and maintain open communication by presenting weekly project management dashboards and reports for all levels of stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery.
  • Conduct sprint retrospective with stakeholders to understand what went wrong and what works best to improve upcoming sprints delivery.
  • With Salesforce Field Service implementation, Average Annual benefits - productivity improvement of cost $23.3K with additional revenue gain of $451K

Valuelabs LLP
Hyderabad

PMO Manager
02.2021 - 08.2022

Job overview

    • Analyze and collect project requirements by meeting different stakeholders, organize workshops and interviews.
    • Prepare and documents high level overview of project in terms of scope, schedule, budget, skills and resource required, acceptance criteria.
    • Developed and implemented project plans and budgets to ensure successful execution.
    • Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
    • Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
    • Worked with cross-functional teams to successfully complete project delivery.
    • Tracked project team member performance closely and motivate them to participate actively in scrum meetings.
    • Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote team engagement.
    • Prepare Sprint retrospective dashboard for feedback and future sprints improvements.
    • Provided personalized end-user training documentation, Plan and monitor OCM with help of L&D team.
    • Prepare and present weekly and monthly project progress dashboard for stakeholders buy in throughout project delivery.

Capgemini
Gurgaon

Associate Consultant - PMO
06.2018 - 02.2021

Job overview

  • Own PMO Process and tools like project charter. TMS, Issue management, communication and reporting, knowledge management.
  • Conduct project onboarding activities like Project code creation, billing schedule, skills and resources required and budget allocation.
  • Facilitate team induction, kick off meeting and required access for different tools and applications.
  • Track and report project progress to project stakeholders in accordance with project communication plan.
  • Created and developed detailed work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines.
  • Facilitate PMO governance meetings includes setting up agenda, MOM and action tracking.
  • Track and maintain risk tracker to ensure all risks are documents and tracked within stipulated time.
  • Maintain SOP documents, training plans, documents repository with version control.
  • Prepared presentations to explain revisions, enhancements and process improvements of organization's systems and programs.

Eaton Power Quality Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi

Project Associate
02.2015 - 11.2017

Job overview

  • Facilitated workshops to understand project scope and collect project requirements.
  • Produced quality standards, checklists, report templates, and processes.
  • Planned, executed, and controlled assigned projects, ensuring work performed complied with contractual requirements.
  • Connect with manager weekly to provide detailed project report and milestone updates.
  • Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
  • Provided ongoing cost and estimate analysis reporting and managed cost allocation.
  • Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
  • Reported regularly to stakeholders on project budget, progress and key risk areas.
  • Identify risk, create risk register and focus on risk mitigation in accordance with risk impact and priority.
  • Creating lesson learned and key changes and OCM updates after each iteration cycle
  • Analyzed project performance data to identify areas of improvement for next sprints.

Canon India Pvt Ltd
Gurgaon

Operation Support Executive
09.2013 - 02.2015

Job overview

  • Support customer to resolve their issues through incoming calls and emails.
  • Support customers through initial troubleshooting steps to resolve issue on call.
  • Delivered services to customer locations within specific timeframes.
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in team environment.
  • Improve productivity by providing CSR performance feedback for corrective actions.
  • Routinely prepared and evaluated CRM reports to identify problems and areas for improvement.
  • Track and manage incoming paperwork Keep all members of team up to date with current information according to client requirements.
  • Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.

Education

Kurukshetra University
Kurukshetra

Bachelor of Technology
08.2009 - 08.2013

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Skills

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Certification

Certified Scrum Master – CSM

Timeline

Project Lead
Eaton Corp.
08.2022 - Current

Advanced Certified Scrum Master

09-2021
PMO Manager
Valuelabs LLP
02.2021 - 08.2022

Project Management Professional - PMP

11-2020
Certified Scrum Master – CSM
08-2019
Associate Consultant - PMO
Capgemini
06.2018 - 02.2021
Project Associate
Eaton Power Quality Pvt. Ltd.
02.2015 - 11.2017
Operation Support Executive
Canon India Pvt Ltd
09.2013 - 02.2015
Kurukshetra University
Bachelor of Technology
08.2009 - 08.2013
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