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Sumit Bhardwaj
Chief Project Manager, Project Office
Ageo, Saitama
Summary
- Versatile and accomplished MBA professional with over 11 years of work experience across global automotive companies in India and Japan. Adept in complete product life cycle management, right from product planning to new product introduction
- Proven track record of leading multi-cultural functional teams, global stakeholder negotiations and delivering critical projects with high quality product within schedule and budget targets
- Products covered : Trucks (Expert in E/E Architecture, ADAS, Connectivity and Engines) and Construction machineries
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Chief Project Manager, Project Office
UD Trucks, Isuzu Group
Ageo, Saitama
09.2019 - Current
- Gathering and reporting consolidated portfolio, program and project KPIs status and financial information to leadership.
- Lead top priority program to develop next generation heavy duty truck platform with budget of $350 million to retain top position in Japan market with over 50% market share.
- Driving project / project manager adherence to UD trucks project management governance processes.
- Developing program/project management best practices/templates and providing training/mentoring to project managers.
- Review/audit adherence to methodologies, budgets, and timing.
- Work closely with R&D/supplier management team to ensure proto/series parts preparation in time with PPAP completion
- Department representative for creating internal communications content and delivering within organization
Project Manager, Life Cycle Management
Mitsubishi Fuso, Daimler Trucks Asia
Shin-Kawasaki
09.2016 - 08.2019
- Define product strategy and lead Portfolio Management in close collaboration with leadership team for export markets based on market and competitor analysis.
- Lead complete vehicle and powertrain projects from scope definition to market launch in accordance to CVDS methodology.
- Lead high priority project to develop next generation truck with budget of $58 million and total business volume of $2 billion.
- Create, maintain and align master schedule with time plan of sub projects using project management tools.
- Manage internal and external stakeholders located across Europe and Japan to deliver key project milestones.
- Manage cross functional team and decide working direction to solve critical issues and prevent delays from base time plan.
- Identifying risk, developing & monitoring risk mitigation plans and resolving project issues.
- Responsible to report overall project quality gate milestone status with financial summary (Budget, Unit cost, CM, DCVA, Payback calculations) to top management and escalate any delays.
- Responsible to drive monthly Product Executive Committee meetings and briefing to top management.
Project Manager, Manufacturing Engineering
Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery
Jamshedpur
11.2011 - 03.2015
- Project coordination for new product development with Key function managers located across 3 plants in different states.
- Devise and implement lean production strategies to improve performance across safety, quality, lead time, sourcing costs, indirect mfg cost, TPM deployment, people development and enable capacity expansion.
- Manage complete “Product lifecycle Management“ from assessment to change management.
- Led Hitachi`s "Global India Series" Project for 20T and 40T excavators for exports market.
- Expert in Cost Reduction methodology- worked with Mckinsey as partners for 3 years to reduce cost and material variance.
- Formulate Vendor skill development plan to reduce defect analyzing inputs from Process Audits, Field Failure, and rejections.
- Enable on-time manufacturing of New Products by process standardization and SMM (Standard man minutes) validation.
- ME-ISO Coordinator and lead the department to achieve ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 re-certification.
Assistant Manager, Sales & Marketing
Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery
Pune
07.2010 - 10.2011
- Responsible for Sales and promotion of Wheeled Equipments in Pune region.
- Prepare Sales MIS on monthly basis comprising of Monthly Sales figures, Market Share, customer database, Supplier's database and Competitors.
- Accomplished New Product Introduction of TH76 and TH86 in Pune territory achieving more than 100% YOY sales growth leading to a revenue in excess of $ 6.9 Million.
- Trained 15 dealer employees on product features and customer interaction in “Wheeled Vertical” segment.
- Organized promotional events and customer meets to promote the newly launched backhoe loader models.
Education
MBA - General Management
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
Kolkata, India 04.2015 - 03.2016
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
India 06.2006 - 05.2010
Skills
Leadership
Accomplishments
- Rated as top performer in 2020-21 in UD Trucks and promoted to be youngest manager in project office.
- “LCM Excellence Award” in Daimler for taking on an extra role of co-running A-PC office in Q2,3,4 in 2017.
- “Kaamyambi award” for exemplary efforts in energy conservation at Tata Hitachi and winning ENCON award from CII.
- Commended at Hitachi Global awards for exempliyfing brand attributes.
- Successfully completed half Marathon run in “Samanvay ” at IIT Madras.
- Event Head to organize NIT Durgapur's Automotive Technical festival
Certification
“LCM Excellence Award” in Daimler for taking on an extra role of co-running A-PC office in Q2,3,4 in 2017
Interests
Cycling
Meditation for relaxation
Timeline
Chief Project Manager, Project Office
UD Trucks, Isuzu Group
09.2019 - Current
Project Manager, Life Cycle Management
Mitsubishi Fuso, Daimler Trucks Asia
09.2016 - 08.2019
“LCM Excellence Award” in Daimler for taking on an extra role of co-running A-PC office in Q2,3,4 in 2017
03-2016
Successfully completed half Marathon run in “Samanvay ” at IIT Madras
11-2015
“Kaamyambi award” for exemplary efforts in energy conservation and winning ENCON award from CII
06-2015
MBA - General Management
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
04.2015 - 03.2016
Commended at Hitachi Global awards for exempliyfing brand attributes
06-2014
Project Manager, Manufacturing Engineering
Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery
11.2011 - 03.2015
Outbound Leadership Course at Uttarkashi (13K ft above sea) certified by Tata Steel Adventure Foundation
12-2010
Assistant Manager, Sales & Marketing
Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery
07.2010 - 10.2011
Event Head for Motorzundung National level Automotive Technical festival, organized by SAE collegiate club of NIT Durgapur
10-2009
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
06.2006 - 05.2010
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