EIJAZ SHEIKH
Mumbai,INDIA
Summary
Solution-oriented professional with 20+ years expertise in IT-enabled companies having strong analytic and communication skills and proven ability to understand customer requirements and translate into actionable outcomes. Adept at problem-solving and supporting cross-functional teams to manage projects and deliver world-class products and services. Proven ability to lead teams of talented professionals in developing internal tools to meet business objectives.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work history
Manager, Business Enablement
NielsenIQ (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai, India
09.2019 - Current
- Lead communication with global cross-functional teams in operating more efficiently through different workstreams like pricing, study tracking & timelines, business data visualization, with understanding of their goals and requirements.
- Support transition of business data and documents from Google to Microsoft platform with identifying potential areas for efficiency gains, consistency, and optimization.
- Create and optimize of global automated tools in Excel 365, Google Spreadsheets to increase business productivity and efficiency for cross-functional teams.
- Develop self-serve data frameworks around business - creating best practices for Salesforce usage, focused on Power BI dashboard adoption, consolidating business data from different sources like Snowflake, SAP, Bowtie, Salesforce, Workbench, Excel files.
- Develop Power BI measures, dataflows, datasets, reports, and dashboards and consult on KPIs around business health for senior leadership.
- Global Leadership Dashboard ranked 6th across 2699 reports in organization. Average dashboard opening time reduced from 7 minutes to 2-36 secs for most users. Power BI dashboards adoption rate increased by 52% for current year. User adoption of FC Trackers, Global Pricing Summary Reference by regional and global business increased since prior year.
Manager, Nielsen Connect
Nielsen India Pvt. Ltd
Mumbai, India
05.2017 - 08.2019
- Assist in development and adoption of Innovation Alerts App – part of Nielsen Connect System - cloud-based platform to connect data, applications and users for manufacturers and retailers, to deliver predictive insights based on user needs.
- Conduct JIRA sprints, daily standup calls, biweekly demos, establish actionable metrics/KPI in Google Analytics, working with Project Owner on long-term roadmap for Innovation Activity App.
- Develop training decks, Confluence site knowledge base articles and ongoing support process for Innovation Alerts App.
- Document JIRA user stories and product specifications to optimize customer journeys.
- Google Analytics indicated positive increase in client usage & adoption of Nielsen Connect platform by 13% vs prior year.
Manager, Innovation Product Leadership
Nielsen India Pvt Ltd
Mumbai, India
01.2015 - 04.2017
- Manage Innovation Tools team responsible for process efficiency & internal tool optimization
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve significant closure on ongoing projects.
- Conduct weekly catchups for knowledge transfer through trainings and learning cases equipping team with technical expertise to handle issues and mitigate risks ensuring minimum impact to business and stakeholders.
- Deliver process simplification and cycle time reduction to increase efficiency and productivity of cross-functional teams. This increased cycle time for ARC team generating huge client decks in 10 secs vs 4 days and DC team generating charts/histograms and crunch statistical SPSS data within secs vs resorting to multiple analytic steps that consumed FTE hours.
- Collaborate with large business-impacting projects like Breakthrough innovation, Idea Screening, Fast Screening Deliverable etc., to hone expertise and engagement over product space.
Associate Manager, Analytic Tools Development Team
Nielsen India Pvt Ltd
Mumbai, India
09.2012 - 01.2015
- Lead Analytic Tools Development Team with high-level view on its operation ensuring big picture perspective on team and process.
- Establish financial and time-saving connection to work and metrics/KPIs to establish more control over team progress and check performance against indicators.
- Develop Charter of Excellence document for team best practices, internal business communication plan to broaden global awareness of team and training programs that covered current team skill needs.
- Create tools documentation indicated action steps from team meetings, to maintain clarity of next steps.
- Team efficiency increased by 35% compared to previous year, along with improving their work-life balance.
Team Leader, Analytic Tools Development Team
Nielsen India Pvt Ltd
Mumbai, India
06.2010 - 08.2012
- Lead Analytic Tools Development Team providing automation support to cross-functional teams ensuring successful completion of projects, developing right protocols of engagement with team and workload.
- Create analytic tools using VBA, SQL, MS-Access, PowerPoint, Word and Excel, JavaScript, and relational databases for business reporting to deliver efficient, portable, and flexible solutions with documenting user needs, business workflow processes, and delivering desired end-product. This reduced UX cycle time by 75% and increasing FTE hours by 3 FTE.
- Coach team members in proven, cutting-edge methodologies, communicating individual feedback to enhance individual productivity.
- Mentor team on matters of meeting project milestones, planning, organizing and prioritizing workload and facilitated BASES and CR services trainings.
- Present multiple solution options to key stakeholders with appropriate recommendations. This improved error rate and change requests by 50%.
- Create and provide full documentation and training to key stakeholders.
- Conduct performance reviews and tailored employee feedback to facilitate professional development.
Consultant VBA Developer
German Company
Mumbai , India
10.2008 - 05.2010
Systems Analyst
Pangea 3 Legal Database Systems Pvt Ltd
Mumbai , India
04.2007 - 10.2008
Workflow Executive
IBM Daksh
Mumbai, India
04.2005 - 07.2006
Senior Associate
Ocwen Financial Solutions
Mumbai , India
11.2002 - 10.2004
Technical Helpdesk
Vishal Infotech Ltd
Mumbai, India
04.1999 - 10.2002
Sales Coordinator
Falcon Foil - North West Manufacturing Company
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
03.1996 - 10.1998
Client Servicing Executive
Venture Direct Advertising Pvt Ltd
Mumbai, India
03.1992 - 02.1996
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
University of Mumbai
Mumbai, Maharashtra10.2009
Skills
- Team Management
- Problem-solving
- Data Analytics
- Reporting and documentation
- Office 365, VBA, Google Appsscript, TypeScript, Python, TSQL
- Power BI, Power Automate, Sharepoint
- Google Analytics, Google Data Studio, Salesforce, Jira, Confluence
- Balsamiq, Invision, Figma
Accomplishments
- Earned 12 Simply Excellent Awards for 8 years in a row leading analytic tools team and 1 for creating Power BI data architecture and dashboards for leadership and regional teams. Also received 5 Thank You e-cards.
- Quality Process Analyst for the month of Dec'03 for imparting excellent quality service at Ocwen Financial Solutions Ltd.
- Train the Trainer certificate program at Ocwen Financial Solutions Ltd.
- Gift vouchers for creating Break-Tracker system in Excel VBA for the Collections Department during Annual Rewards & Recognitions at Ocwen Financial Solutions Ltd.
Timeline
Manager, Business Enablement
NielsenIQ (India) Pvt. Ltd.
09.2019 - Current
Manager, Nielsen Connect
Nielsen India Pvt. Ltd
05.2017 - 08.2019
Manager, Innovation Product Leadership
Nielsen India Pvt Ltd
01.2015 - 04.2017
Associate Manager, Analytic Tools Development Team
Nielsen India Pvt Ltd
09.2012 - 01.2015
Team Leader, Analytic Tools Development Team
Nielsen India Pvt Ltd
06.2010 - 08.2012
Consultant VBA Developer
German Company
10.2008 - 05.2010
Systems Analyst
Pangea 3 Legal Database Systems Pvt Ltd
04.2007 - 10.2008
Workflow Executive
IBM Daksh
04.2005 - 07.2006
Senior Associate
Ocwen Financial Solutions
11.2002 - 10.2004
Technical Helpdesk
Vishal Infotech Ltd
04.1999 - 10.2002
Sales Coordinator
Falcon Foil - North West Manufacturing Company
03.1996 - 10.1998
Client Servicing Executive
Venture Direct Advertising Pvt Ltd
03.1992 - 02.1996
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
University of Mumbai